:p to Soom

[modernwizard]

Isn't this nice? Soom is rereleasing some of their Super Mega Gem [65cm] and Idealian [72cm] male sculpts. Included in the list of options is Photon, who I'm attracted to because he just needs a little sharpening to be a good Jareth. Well, the head does. Unfortunately, the Idealian body is extremely muscular, thick and heavy. It's a well executed sculpt, but I really dislike that body type.

It would be very cool to put a Photon head on a slenderer [and lighter!] body, but Idealians are really big. Photon's head circumference is 24cm, his neck circumference 13.5cm. For comparison, Dollshe's "old" [original, ~2006] sculpts have a head circumference of 23.5cm, a neck circumference of 11.2cm. Like I said, they have really big heads and really thick limbs. The Super Gem body offered in this rerelease has a neck circumference of 10.5cm, so I'm not sure a Photon head would look good on a Super Gem body. Blaaaah.

I'm not getting a Photon anyway. My Jareth doll is much closer to what I want, and I made it, so I'm much more attached to it.

EDIT: Not Super Gem, Mega Gem. Mega Gems are apparently ripped like the Idealians. Siiiiiigh.

Comments

[tygati.livejournal.com]

There are no Super Gem releases in this special order period. Those are Mega Gems, which are waaayyy stockier. And look like bodybuilders on steriods. x_x

[blogofstench.livejournal.com]

Poooooooop.

[tygati.livejournal.com]

The heads do look stupid on smaller bodies too. Pretty much the only other bodies that can take a MegaGem or Idealian head are Iplehouse's ginormous EID bodies. Everything else leaves a massive gap that looks awful.

[blogofstench.livejournal.com]

"I don't like men with TOO many muscles!" -- Janet, from Rocky Horror. Man, I wish Soom would employ their 3-D digital design magic and offer versions of Idealian headsculpts that don't require weight-lifting champion bodies.

[tygati.livejournal.com]

I can live with the Idealians, they at least just look muscular. I can't stand the MegaGems, though, because they seriously look like steroids have fried their brains. :( I loved Ender's face so much, just... not on that body. x_x

[plaidedbra.livejournal.com]

I was looking at that earlier, when I was exploring the Uyoo images. I could deal with a bulky human body for a bjd, but I didn't find any of those heads appealing. I'm also disinterested by the fact that Soom bodies don't seem to have double-jointed knees. (I saw a photo of someone's Beryl, the satyr-lady, kneeling on a tree branch with the joint exposed and elastic stretched. I think they, or some of their bodies, have double-jointed elbows, though. No clue about the smaller bodies.)

The moose/elk character was interesting, but the legs and hooves seemed too stompy. (Those horns make me want to stage Thidwick, the Big-Hearted Moose photos!) As for Idealians, Dover was neat... but not part of the sale. (The all-important funding issue doesn't factor into my daydreams of dolls.)