Post by tasuke on Jun 16, 2015 9:45:02 GMT -5
(6/11/2015)
hi there again, everyone.
i just recently stumbled upon this line of Chinese fashion dolls,
fairly unremarkable to me, save for their very nice (IMHO) clothing.
for one exceptional example, i just won this particular one off the BAY for around $22.65 shipped, all for her seemingly lavish Japanese feudal-era Princess Kimono;
- since this appears to be generally Barbie-sized, i am banking upon the dress fitting my 27cm. OBITSU-based SAMURAI SPIRITS Nakoruru;
- i've been looking for a lavish kimono such as this one for her for a long time, and this is the first i've found
that appears to meet or exceed my standards, and the first i've found for a reasonable price.
in any case, anyone have any experience to share on this apparently lavishly dressed line of Chinese Dolls?
i've looked into them online, and, while there isn't much on them, there was enough to see that this is hardly the only doll the company made that is so exceptionally dressed...
seems like an early-2000's children's fashion doll line endorsed by a legendary Chinese celebrity;
www.yuesaikan.com/wawa-dolls.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yue-Sai_Kan
(6/16/2015)
so, as it turned out, this Barbie-like "Yue Sai" doll was indeed pretty much exactly Barbie sized. to the degree that i'm under the impression
that her body is in fact a direct knock off of MATTEL's standard vanilla original body design.
of course, that means... that there ain't no way the kimono will fit my Nakoruru's far shorter, slender, more delicately-proportioned OBITSU body, Alas.
all the same, all's not lost by even half; the kimono seems to fit my 1/5 TSUKUDA HOBBY "Shaorin Shichiri" as if it was made for her.
she's an unusual scale, much taller than the average Barbie, but with otherwise very similar general proportions.
she's a rare doll, even in Japan. she's from the little-known-in-the-west late-90's Manga/Anime series "Mamotte Shugogetten"
my copy of her is in fact a customized amalgam, with longer legs than the average, and double-jointed elbows,
both features taken from a TSUKUDA HOBBY ToHeart "Akari Kamigishi"
both entries in TH's ToHeart doll line possess double-elbow joints that no other doll in TH's extensive "Full Action Doll Series"
character doll line seems to share, and the Akari, for whatever reason, has legs a good inch or two longer
than any other. this all seems to complement lady "Shao" just fine. i made her garter, tabi socks and hair ribbon myself;
