Vinyl vs resin- the ultimate battle!

[AlmySidaKay]

Mountain Dew: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1tg2l_y ... re=related

Every time I read the words Mountain Dew, that's what I hear in my head.

[Lamia of the Dark]

I don't have any resin dolls yet, but I have 5 Obitsus and one Hujoo, and I love them a lot

[Stormlight]

For all you multiple (resin) doll owners, do you limit yourself to the offerings of only one company?

Not anymore. I used to have only Luts sculpts because that's what I started out with and their sculpts were the first ones I saw and fell in love with. But I'm slowly branching out. I've got a few from Fairyland (who started from Luts but have now created their own AMAZING doll lines). I've also got two Dollmore sculpts, and a gray elf from B&G, a pair of Souldoll Littles (1/6 scale), an Iplehouse JID boy, and now my Dollfie Dream. I still want another Obitsu body for my Haruka head, too.

I also have a few 27cm Obitsu and Dollfies, although they stay mostly in a bin. I'm considering selling them since I don't really play with or display them.

Oh, and my two little Hujoos, a Berry and a Wing. Finally got proper eyes for them. Now just need to find proper clothes for the Wing.

[Lexagon]

For all you multiple (resin) doll owners, do you limit yourself to the offerings of only one company?

While I haven't been collecting for a long time I wouldn't limit myself, currently I own only RS dolls because they are the most cost effective and in my opinion beginner friendly. However, I have a few dolls from all different companies on my wishlist. I don't think it's really worth it to limit yourself to just one company because there are many out there and who knows you might find one you prefer better than the one you've currently got. That doesn't mean however, that if I do get dolls from different companies I won't like RS any less, it just means that they didn't have the sculpt I was looking for If that makes sense

[zirconmermaid]

It's all about Hazel!! And she's vinyl. I find I play more with the vinyl dolls, and I really love my Obitsu. I like resin too, and I have a nice selection of them as well. It's usually about the characters and what fits. I have favorite sculptors, and am drawn to the dolls face first. I really don't mind the staining issue on vinyl, it happens, I love them anyway.

[Trethowan]

You know, maybe I'm just easy to please. I like everything. I like so many different brands, sculpts, resin, vinyl, abs... whatever. It's all good. As long as it suits the character, then that's really all I need.

[Lilli]

Okay - now that I've had vinyl *and* resin, I definitely have a favored material - Hujoo's ABS, followed by vinyl. My Cookie is resin and I adore her. She seems less fragile than the BBB resin, but still, for the "may face flop and live to still have a nose" factor, the non resinous synthetics win. Hands down. But then, I'm a clutz - and we, like me, prefer things to be pretty sturdy and possibly harder to harm...cuz with me, it's definitely a possibility! Oh, and having 2 young boys who love my dolls adds to the reason...more than you know....

[SetsunaKou]

For all you multiple (resin) doll owners, do you limit yourself to the offerings of only one company?

Not at all! ^^ Since we make 'character or portrait' dolls, I go around searching ALL the companies/brands until I find the sculpt that will work best as a starter base for the certain character we're making.

For my preference, I love the DD bodies, the Obitsu 60cm bodies and the ResinSoul bodies---they're so animelike and can all be easily mixed and matched! For heads, of course I adore the Volks DDs for anime characters, and the Parabox anime head is terrific, too. We have 26 Obitsu/Volks DDs 1/3 vinyl bjd, so you know we love 'em! ^.~

For realistic portrait dolls? I like AoD bodies (male), Impldoll bodies, and Dollmore bodies. The new Island Doll bodies are decent, too. Usually, I find the varied sculpts of AoD can work for what I need! It's really amazing how AoD has such a wide difference in each of their models and mature looks. None look alike which is awesome! I love Dollzone, but they do have a stylized' look where you can tell from a mile away ----"Ah! That's a DZ!"
I also love Dollmore---again, like AoD, a vast array of styles and mature looks.

Volks, I'm actually not that fond of for realistic--they're all a bit too 'cutesy' and childish looking to me. I guess it's because we do make chara dolls that it's tough to find a Volks sculpt that will actually work for a real person who's not 12-15 years old.

So, I buy whatever brand/company suits the project I'm working on currently. ^^

[Mary Kathryn]

The longer I'm in this hobby the more I lean toward frankendolliehs. I'm considering buying an Obitsu body for my RS Dai. I love her sculpt, but Obitsus are lighter and easier for me to handle. The obvious choice is to put her head on an Obistu body.