i did something sort of dumb last week...
there was someone on Den of Angels who seems to have a pretty enormous bjd collection trying to figure out who some of her really, really old DIM Minimee heads were and listing tons of them for sale on the Marketplace. i saw this one in the "whomst is this supposed to be" threads and thought it was interesting...and then when she listed it for sale for like 29 dollars i impulse bought the damn thing just bc i was so curious to see it in person! i don't have an idea or a character in mind for customizing her, i literally didn't want to add any more dolls....i just really wanted to see this head in person and the price was not high enough to be a barrier 😅
i said on DoA that she was probably meant to be a Minimee of Demi Moore based on the pics her previous owner was posting, and now seeing her in person the resemblance is even stronger so i am pretty positive that's what her sculpt is. super weird that i felt such an urge to see this particular head irl, bc i'm neither a fan nor a hater of Demi Moore. i don't have any particular feelings about her one way or the other, i just am vaguely familiar enough with her existence as a celebrity that i recognize her likeness. she is dirty and so incredibly butter yellow...the contrast with her deep yellow resin makes my hand look like it got boiled in these pics. i am very cool/pink-toned but not to that degree! 😅
the neckhole/slot is really roughly carved out. i haven't tried her on any bodies to see what neck she might fit, both bc all my dolls are in an inconvenient spot right now due to having my art room torn apart, and bc i have no idea what, if anything, i even want to do with her and don't really want to try thinking about it right now-- i have enough doll projects going
the inside of her head is filthy, has several previous owners' names written in pencil, and there's a date in there-- 2008-- so she's at least 18 years old and maybe even older that that, if that name wasn't the original owner. she also has two layers of two different kinds of putty holding her eyes in. it's pretty gross in there tbh 😬
more pencil markings-- initials? idk if these were from the maker or another owner. the magnets are ultra corroded, and the headcap doesn't line up and won't close. i thought that was the magnets at first, but on looking closer, the head opening/edges of the headcap are also super roughly carved, just like the neck slot, and the ridges on the headcap that were meant to slot into the head opening are rough and asymmetrical. i am wondering if this headcap ever lined up and was able to close even when the head was brand new-- it doesn't seem like it. this must be why the previous owner had a band of tape around the opening seam in the sales pics.
idk why this head piqued my curiosity so much, but it did! and it has actually been very interesting to look at! and now i have no idea what i will eventually do with her but whatever it turns out to be it won't be anytime soon. so now i just... have yet another head, right as i am in the middle of trying to redo/streamline/declutter my creative space 😅😭 for now, it's into the Parts Box with her...
