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Dolls, Dolls, Dolls! From Mattel to resin BJD's and everything in between, I love dolls!...and photographing them! Some are mine and some are reposts...enjoy :) @wondermark on Instagram

[animatingforfun]

Stop-Motion Moana

“We can rebuild her… We have the technology… We know the way!”

A few months ago I ripped apart a Moana doll and made it into a stop-motion puppet using a kinetic armature kit.  

The walk cycle above was the first thing I animated with this puppet, and was just a throw-away practice test with no green screen. I had never done a walk cycle in stop-motion before and soon discovered how difficult animating a straight-ahead cycle within a localized space with no retakes could be.

I showed the cycle to my dad while he was holding my Moana puppet in his hand and he seemed more impressed with this crappy test than the actual animation I did on the movie! I think the combination of him holding the puppet, and then seeing it come to life on the video before him was what blew him away. I guess that’s the appeal and magic of stop-motion. :)

Here’s a second test I animated for fun:

I read that it’s best to have the foot joints nice and tight to hold the weight of the puppet, and have the arms looser.  It’s amazing how much weight those toe and foot ball-joints could hold for the falling poses:

[mindfulwrath]

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[reallyhardydraws]

i love you, robo-barbie. [based on this photo!]

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[dat2ndaccount97]

T H I S.

[dollsorwhatever]

D23 Ariel Reroot

IDK if anyone saw months ago when I got my D23 Ariel, but..well

Basically not 5 minutes after opening her, while I was washing her hair, the front plugs of her parting combined into one hole and the hair fell out. Which is incredibly common with 17′’ LE Disney dolls; my Winter Belle’s head split open and I spent two weeks pressuring Disney to replace her, my friend’s Ariel went bald within minutes of being deboxed, etc. It’s gotten to the point where I usually end up removing a doll’s head immediately upon arrival to fill with vinyl glue so that her plugs are secure by the time I get to washing the hair.  I pretty much burst into tears and freaked the fuck out lmfao. 

I immediately decided to send her for a reroot. I could have feasibly just repaired the split and rooted a new parting, but her hair was dangerously thin to begin with and the layers were weird so I opted for a full reroot by Cyano Reroots . I mean, if she’s gonna get fixed I might as well make her better than she was before, right? 

That was about 2-3 months ago, and she just got to me last week. 

Her new parting is GLORIOUS 

The reroot is exactly what I wanted; thick, even, with a flawlessly thatched parting.  It was also suuuper long. I ordered the second-largest size of nylon from CustomdollhairAU and the finished reroot came out to be 19′’- WAY longer than I needed, but it was really fun to look at before I cut it lol The hair is the exact same shade and texture as the original, so it’s basically like she was made this perfect. 

I started washing and cutting the hair over the weekend; I tried my best to emulate the layering of most DS Ariel dolls, and I left it a little longer than her original hair was.

Last night I finished it up with a full flat iron and added a wave to her ends and..ooof she’s STUNNNING

Her hair is so, so so so so sooooo gorgeous. 100xx Better than she was before, in every way.  She’s gonna stay naked for a little bit (much like how Vanessa’s been naked for months now lol) because I need to do some work with her jewelry; DS doesn’t put clasps on their metal necklaces so I need to add one myself, and her ‘’hair clip’’ has this weird ass metal bar so that you can basically prop it on top of her hair which looks super awkward, so I’m going to add a small comb underneath to make it actually stick in her hair correctly.  I also really want to replace her hands; D23 Ariel came right before DS updated the hand sculpt for their 17′’ dolls, so she still has the original pancake mitten hands. I’ll have to somehow find a dirt cheap DS 30th Anniversary Ariel so that I can steal her hands lol. 

[oak23]

Bought some Sailor Moon earrings on the off chance the wand would be passable enough in scale and it is woo https://www.instagram.com/p/B_glx8IJTlh/?igshid=1s8syf1gy33ph

[dollsorwhatever]

This Gashapon diecast charm also makes a pretty great doll prop! The metal loop is a bitch to remove but it’s perfectly scaled and super pretty lol (ignore Serenity’s lumpy-ass buns in this old pic elrkjbglkjb)

ETA: Avaneshop has one for pretty cheap, but idk what their international shipping is like lol

[thedoll-life]

Some more Monster High Dolls I bought today.

My bank account’s crying hella hard rn.

[disneylimitededitiondolls]

OFFICIAL: The 2019 Disney Store Designer Masquerade Collection!

[dolljunk]

So I’ve been wanting to make a Princess Peach doll for ages but I never felt motivated enough until my Bo Peep frenzy happened.

I really didn’t know what to do for her hair so I winged it since I didn’t wanna give her an 80s mullet so I opted for a more fashion doll look to her.

[dollsahoy]

I do love that use of the Ballerina Barbie crown, too

[oak23]

It’s fashion

[calochortus]

Kikipop Diner by Squishdellia Via Flickr: The Kikipop Diner girls came in! I’m very excited about them! 💚I love their hair clips, they are very strong and secure. It says their little desserts are made by Re-ment. 😆 Overall very cute and colorful release! I need to set them up a little cafe!

[dollycoffee]

He’s got major teary bottom vibes

[kallenart]

Ladybug is finally done! I’ll post Queen bee and Reyna rouge pics soon ;)

[renamok]

Two iconic faces from my childhood. Pearlette is happy to see her longtime friend, ironic shelf bangs and all. She needs a name…

[margo-embee]

Some photo’s of my dollhouse Morgerak Manor in 1/12th scale. Today I finished replacing all of the cleaned furniture and accessories, including all the stuff in the garden. For the first time this complete picture of the outside of the house: the finished facade with the garden accessories.

All of the rooms are cleaned and furnished again. Today I will show you my living room.

It took me more then 2 hours to arrange all of the miniatures in this room.

Some detail shots.

In the cabinet on the left I built a dollhouse in 1/144th scale (a dollhouse in a dollhouse).

A glimpse of the hallway (this last photo was made by placing my camera inside the living room).

This dollhouse plus most of the furniture is made by me; partly using building kits, mostly using lots of imagination to build my dream house. Some of the accessories I crafted myself, some were collected by me over the last 20 years.

[dolljunk]

Just having a low energy day after work, and redressed some dolls. Camira is proving to be fussy cuz I like her in things but I don’t love her in anything. I do like her in this fluffy playline dress though.

My Disney Store Maleficent got her red clown lips wiped off and I put her in this dress now that I made her palette a bit more limited. Funny enough, eliminating one of the colours makes her more versatile to dress.

[miwadake]

Disney Aladdin Agrabah Collection Pre-order $99.99                                            

https://hasbropulse.com/products/disney-aladdin-agrabah-collection

Collectors and fans alike will delight in Disney’s Aladdin Agrabah Doll Collection that includes five beautifully detailed dolls. From the brave “diamond in the rough” Aladdin, dressed in his Prince Ali costume to Princess Jasmine and her best friend Dalia, to the wisecracking Genie and the evil Jafar, this set is a must-have addition to any Aladdin doll collection.

Includes Aladdin doll, Genie doll, Royal Vizier Jafar doll, Princess Jasmine doll, and Dalia doll

All 5 dolls have removable outfits and accessories inspired by Disney’s Aladdin live-action movie

Accessories include Jafar’s staff, 2 tiaras, 3 necklaces, 2 headpieces, and a pair of earrings

This movie-inspired doll set is a great birthday gift or holiday present for 3 year olds and up  

With their amazingly detailed, removable outfits, this 5-pack of dolls will be treasured by collectors and fans of the movie alike

Includes: 5 dolls, 4 outfits, cape, 4 pairs of shoes, and 9 accessories.

The tumblr that had the other photoset linked to an instagram that had a link to the pre-order so I grabbed the pics.

Honestly they look just fine. Given the poses I doubt Al & Jafar are articulated but I’d love to be wrong and it has me curious about what Disney’s movie dolls will do/look like. 

[momdusa]

Well in all honesty I can’t just run out and buy a 5-pack but I will be keeping an eye out for Jasmine and Aladdin.

[dolljunk]

My superman dolls, since I figure I liked my first three as triplets and now my fourth is just a cousin of theirs.

Their names are Clark, Kent, Kal and El.

[dolljunk]

My three Super Hero ken bodies with… details….

[dolljunk]

So I had a 4th Superman doll that I have been neglecting cuz I liked his face but I couldn’t find a shirt I liked on him.

So I got bored and starting detailing some body hair on him cuz I have been wanting to do a slightly hairier body than usual.

He also got a beard and new brows to match so I’m pretty happy with how he looks now.