Ah yes...this year has been a very expanding one for me in the hobby. I've gotten more dolls, started doing faceups, picked sewing back up. I've felt really accomplished! But there was one thing I truly never thought I would do:
I have always felt too wimpy to try hybridization with dolls. Thats why I jumped at the chance when I saw my Switch Hahwha for sale WITH the humming doll body.
That is, until I checked Ebay earlier this week and found a MDR Fang head, with faceup, cookie skin, for $150 while on the phone with the boyfie and told him about it. Fang has been a grail doll of mine for as long as I can remember (at least a decade). Fang was my introduction to MDR and I've dreamt of her ever since.
So, boyfie did something crazy/amazing and BOUGHT HER FOR ME !!!
But this meant...hybridization would be crucial. MDR is on hiatus and even then, her releases are so random who knows when or if she'd ever do a Komorebi drop (and the whispers of Cookie resin being discontinued on DOA weren't helping my anxieties any).
So I did what I do best: obsessive research. Dollshe Copper Oriental (Dollshe is..questionable at best), Dollstown Copper Oriental (supposedly not a good match), Maskcat Tan. I LOVE Maskcat, a doll from them is another grail. This could be a good option!! I'd have to save up, and then theres the scary tarriffs lol
I was looking at 5000 resin matching photos. Even ones that didn't include MDR Cookie lolol one I saw seemed to suggest MDR Cookie and Fairyland Tan were pretty good match wise.
(I cant find credit for the match photo or I'd share sorry)
Then I did something: I went to the Ebay sellers page. And they were also selling a CoralReef 62cm body in light tan.
So my brain wheels were turning. I looked up CR resin matches and saw KomorebiDolls posted this:
Fairyland Tan...the one that seems a good match to Cookie?
That was enough for me lol
But what about SIZE match...the shoulder width is 2cm more than the Komorebi body and is a bit taller. Will it work??? I did what any reasonable person would do: shitty photoshop
I matched up the neck sizes in Photo Collage lmao so this is what I'm going off of. Anyway i snatched the body up and we will see how it turns out when Boyfie comes to visit. Assuming both the head and body have made it in time (he shipped the head to him so he could wrap it up).
If the body works, yay! I plan to either sell my Volks Liz or Myu to help offset the cost of the body. If the body doesn't work, I'll sell it.
