#avastars

[happy-little-doorbell]

why are we as a community not calling our vast avatars “a-vast-ars”

[nedermemes]

Avastars is wel echt uh.. een programma

[buildingshitwithcrab]

Ava-Stars, man. A second-hand review, and sort-of guide of what to expect:

I’ve seen posts about people buying the bodies on amazon for cheap, for the outfits and accessories, but I don’t remember ever seeing anyone headswap the bodies. There may actually be a good reason for that.

These two were found at Valley Thrift, down from the outlet. One was 99 cents, and one was $2.99 because she still had her (admittedly very nicely made) pink princess gown. Both still had their shoes, which are also really nice. The bodies are very similar to Barbie Gymnast, except for no waist movement at all. Elbows and knees are still far superior to cheaping out on 5-point bodies, though.

These are the faces you had to send away to get 3D printed from your photos. They look like they use the “sandstone” material, with possibly some photoshopped makeup, which is... okay? But everything is blurry, compared to stamping or hand-painting--and I understand that the latter of which would’ve increased the prices, dramatically.The faces also still have the faint ridges of being printed line by line. They were not sanded smooth, and with the blurriness, I think the color was added simultaneously with the printing. As a result of these factors, the faces look, well, dirty.

There’s also the added problem of using a child/pre-teen face on an adult body. It just doesn’t blend well, to me. Had I gotten one of these dolls as a kid, I’d have been hugely disappointed when the face came back. I’d have been expecting me, except Barbie-tized, and that is not this.

But, I was an asshole kid and now an asshole adult, when it comes to likeness accuracy. Other kids and teens may not be as lofty with their expectations. I’m gonna guess that the sisters(?) who had these dolls swing closer to my end of the spectrum though, as they were donated to a thrift store.

I did just want the bodies, after all, so haha, who cares about the heads? Well, if you intend to re-body Ava-Stars, you should care about the heads. Because it IS NOT easy to get these things off. Hot water or a hair dryer will not work. Not alone. Because, you see, the head is FILLED WITH GLUE. FILLED. ENTIRELY. It appears to be basic hot glue, and not the weepy, sticky stuff Mattel had been using for a while, but it is not going to budge from pulling, alone. Adding “for ages 5 and up” on the box is sufficient, guys. This level of never-coming-off-by-accident is totally unnecessary.

As you can hopefully see in pic #3, I had to cut “gates” into the backs of the heads (with a sharp box knife) for the pegs to slide out of, and then had to yank on them a fair bit to get the glue wad around the peg to tear away from the rest of the glue wad in the head. This does eventually work, would probably work a little faster with some consistent heat application, but I managed not to break either peg.

Conceivably, you could pry off the 3D face and just use some air-dry clay to sculpt another; or cut the vinyl face off of a Barbie to make a mask (the faces are hot-glued on, too, or at least these two were.) Maybe you like the 3D face’s uniqueness and just want to overpaint the features to be sharper. But, if you find any Ava-Stars thrifted, you may want to think hard about what you want to do with them. If sculpting and painting a new face sound cool, great--the hair is really nice quality and densely rooted. But if you want them to rebody other heads, like I do, be prepared for a struggle. I’m certainly going to use these bodies out of spite, if nothing else, but cutting the heads and yanking on the pegs may be things not everyone is confident in doing. For the hassle and level of articulation you get, I’d say they are not worth paying any more than you would for a similar Mattel body, unless they have their clothes. Their retail value was in the customization, and if you’re getting one thrifted, that horse has left the barn.

[dolljunk]

So Avastars was an attempt at the 3d printing gimmick of scanning your face and putting it on a doll. It seemed to have failed horribly cuz there’s tons of faceless Avastar deadstock on ebay now. I was tempted but I couldn’t justify the shipping but then Amazon got a few as well so I grabbed the rockstar cuz I knew I could at least use his clothing.

Surprisingly everything about this doll feels high quality from the quality of the materials like the solid vinyl limbs and saran hair, to the clothing, to the presentation. For $15 I mainly got this for the clothing but this doll feels really nice to handle. I might sculpt him a face maybe.

[ponyguru]

Neighthan and the Rockers!

These are three Avastars outfits, which I talked about a little bit in one of my videos!

[aubreysilver]

I bought four of those faceless Avastar dolls and they arrived today. I'm really impressed with the quality of the doll clothes and bodies. The clothes are a step above the older Integrity play line, and a few steps below Integrity collector lines. I wonder if they might have had more success copying Build a Bear, selling the clothes separately from the dolls.  

[laurellondonuk]

Models Own

I did my own model shots for my own products and I really enjoyed it. Now I can add the ability of photographer to my growing list of skills. I mean why not – I did a photography course at College once and at one stage I considered taking photos professionally. I even went as far as working at a studio. I didn’t like the practice though – something about giving away an 8 by 4 then taking…

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[haarlemupdates]

Danstalent Kirsten de Vos uit Haarlem doet mee aan Avastars

Bengelo, Fae, Jayvee, Jimmy Cool, Kioko, Chanora, Skye en Juan. Dat zijn de acht virtuele supertalenten die tegen elkaar strijden in de grensverleggende talentenshow Avastars. Achter de ‘avastars’ schuilen enkele bekende namen uit de zangwereld waaronder Ben Saunders, Lisa Loïs, Dwight Dissels en voormalig K3-zangeres Klaasje Meijer. Elke zanger vormt samen een professionele danser één avastar. Het zangtalent zorgt voor de aansturing van het gezicht en de stem van de avastar, en het danstalent draagt een speciaal pak waarmee het lichaam van de avastar wordt aangestuurd. Danstalent Kirsten de Vos uit Haarlem doet ook mee: zij brengt samen met Pearl Jozefzoon avastar Fae tot leven. Avastars wordt gepresenteerd door Kalvijn en is vanaf 24 februari 2023 om 20.30 uur te zien op SBS6. Naast avastar Fae doen er dus nog zeven avastars mee. Avastar Bengelo bestaat uit zanger Ben Saunders en danser Angelo Pardo, en Sharon Doorson en danseres Charlice Johannes zijn samen avastar Chanora. Lisa Loïs vormt samen met Kelsey Ketting avastar Jayvee. Avastar Jimmy Cool treedt op met behulp van de stem van Dennis van Aarssen en de moves van Floris Bosveld, Dwight Dissels en Adil El-Hammouti vormen samen avastar Juan en Klaasje Meijer blaast met danseres Valery Bouwknegt leven in avastar Kioko. Avastar Skye wordt gevormd door zangeres Jill Helena en danseres Nathalie Chaves. Online reporter Moïse Trustfull zorgt voor backstage reportages. In Avastars dansen én zingen virtuele supertalenten live on stage. Ze treden op voor een jury die bestaat uit vier grote namen uit de muziek- en danswereld: DJ Nicky Romero, Nick en Simon en topchoreograaf Dan Karaty. Elke performance barst van de special effects en moves die alleen in een virtuele wereld mogelijk zijn. Welk virtueel supertalent wint €50.000 en is de eerste avastar die een eigen single en videoclip mag opnemen met niemand minder dan Davina Michelle? Avastars wordt geproduceerd door Talpa Entertainment Producties. De show is het resultaat van een intensieve samenwerking met NEP Group. Avastars wordt mede mogelijk gemaakt door T-Mobile en Samsung. Uitzendingen: vanaf 24 februari wekelijks om 20.30 uur op SBS6 en op KIJK.nl.