Dollfie Dream Sister: MDD writ large or Obitsu 50cm killer?

[TheHighlander]

Very interesting. Volks is playing catch up with Obitsu on the internal technology (so to speak). The first thing I said to Misheru (my wife) when I saw the pictures was that the elbow joint looked similar to the Obitsu 50cm. She just laughed. But it does seem like Volks is responding to the Obitsu 50cms.

Now all we need is for Obitsu to scale up those knees and elbows on the 50cm and put them on the 60cm body. Perhaps then Volks will follow suit, everybody wins.

[SetsunaKou]

Interesting...you seem to have gotten more nuance out of the original language press release than Google Translate did. (not surprising!)

Yes, I can read and translate Japanese. ^^ But my sister is 1000 times better than I am at the really tough kanji. I can read and understand the common words, and doll stuff is all full of common phrases and wording. (Tough things are political, agricultural stuff. When doujinshi start talking about chicken farmers and their politics, I'm lost! ^^;; That's where my sister comes in. She's fluent in Japanese. I'm only good at the basic, easy, everyday stuff. ^^;;)

Those online translators REALLY mangle things up...badly. I think because Japanese is such a 'vague' idea-driven language, it's hard for the instant translator to understand where they're going. Japanese isn't like French or Spanish or German, where it's pretty direct and exact meanings, so a decent translation is possible.

But Japanese has many words that can have MANY meanings, depending on the context of the sentence previous and the kanji. If it's only written in hiragana, you really must use the context to understand the meaning and even, then, there can be several choices. ^^

If you ask a native Japanese person to translate a phrase, but without giving them the sentence or two before and the sentence or two after, they will most often say 'I'll guess, but it may not be correct since I don't have the context.'

Also, in books and speech, Japanese often leave off the subject of the sentence, just assuming you know what's happening by context. For example, a common sentence, writing about two people would be 'picks up the glass, drinks.'
Without saying WHO is picking up the glass! From the previous sentences, you must gather which character is doing the action!

It's also adorable how they name things so picturesquely. 'ebi' is 'shrimp' in Japanese and the kanji that means 'ebi' is 'little old man in the sea.' I guess the 'hunched' shape of the shrimp equates to a 'bent over' old man. Japanese does this for almost everything.

Funny, ne? But it's such a beautiful language---so flowery and picture-driven! I love translating the song lyrics---such beautiful thoughts!

[haruredjen]

I'm actually kinda psyched by this. The more different styles, sizes and shapes of dolls, be they vinyl or resin, the happier I am. Though I have to admit that I'm not as concerned with ultra-posability as some folks. I'd love to see this body side-by-side with all the other vinyls, Volks and Obitsu, that are out there.

...K2? You gonna take the plunge on this girl? I see you're not overly impressed, but do ya think curiosity will get the better of you?

[K2!]

...K2? You gonna take the plunge on this girl? I see you're not overly impressed, but do ya think curiosity will get the better of you?

It's hard to be really impressed till the final product is in our hands. Only then can we truly know what this doll is all about. I do have 4 Dollfie Dreams already. As long as they don't start making them out of some sort of hard resiny substance and sell them lottery style, I'm game.

[TheHighlander]

...K2? You gonna take the plunge on this girl? I see you're not overly impressed, but do ya think curiosity will get the better of you?

It's hard to be really impressed till the final product is in our hands. Only then can we truly know what this doll is all about. I do have 4 Dollfie Dreams already. As long as they don't start making them out of some sort of hard resiny substance and sell them lottery style, I'm game.

::confused::

But....don't Volks already sell their vinyl dolls lottery style?

[K2!]

::confused::

But....don't Volks already sell their vinyl dolls lottery style?

Volks sells their full sets lottery style but they do list the headless bodies for sale on their site separately. If they add the DDS to these listings, I'll probably get one, but if they are only available as "character full sets" I probably won't.

[Mary Kathryn]

I'm intrigued. I only have a 1/6 scale Dollfie and the body is floppy as all get out. But I like to try new things. If they go up for sale on the US site I might take it under consideration although I'd probably get an Obitsu Sheba head since the anime ones really aren't my style.
I'll await K2's review if and when he gets one since it was largely his photos and tutorials concerning the 50cm Obitsu that sold me on getting Claire.

[haruredjen]

I do have 4 Dollfie Dreams already. As long as they don't start making them out of some sort of hard resiny substance and sell them lottery style, I'm game.

LOL!!! Amen!

[cirquemom]

[As long as they don't start making them out of some sort of hard resiny substance and sell them lottery style, I'm game.

*shudders at the thought*