I finally got around to making my MGA Mini Verse Make It Mini Sneakers; Doodle Crew Red and Kawaii Pink shoes. I got these to see if they would work on my MYou Bettina male, mature tiny BJD (28cm in heigth, representing a 19-year-old college student).
They work rather well. I f-ed up on the soles. Which is the one job one has, for this build. The other parts are threading the laces and sticking the stickers. Which, I don't hate, but they are stickers! I like the ones that look like fabric on the Doodle Crew Red ones, because they stick so well. The others were my favorite, despite not loving pink shoes, because of how puffy they are. However, they are already starting to peel, all by themselves. *sigh*
I guess I can always try regluing those, as they start to age badly. The Doodle Crew stickers, I fear might age worse. Because it seems like an actual fabric piece, that is starting to fray at the edges. It might be user error, but both my soles ended up being lopsided. As much as I tried to keep both shoe tops leveled, they ended up super skewed on any side! I also can't say why I thought these were UV resin, but they are two-part gel soles. So, I just waited to get an UV light, for basically no reason. I can use it with my other MIM kits, but I had no reason to hold making these. I feel like I wasted so much time for nothing.
My last thoughts on these are, they way too expensive at retail for what they are. I would purchase more if I could get them on sale again -- I got these during the holiday sales last year, so they were a bargain purchase for me. I would still love to get the Happy Sun Creamery ones, or any low-tops. These weren't a real struggle to put on my Bettina, but they kind of are annoying in a way. I recommend anyone trying them on their mature tiny BJD, not to tighten the shoelaces too much, because they are hard plastic, and the feet won't go in (or come out) smoothly if they are too right. Particularly, if you want your doll to wear socks with these. Which I am kind of stuck with, because I don't want to redo his body blushing anytime soon. Otherwise, these are super cute, but if I didn't need shoes of any kind for this dude, I would probably not have gotten them at all. Although, they might also work for Ken, and perhaps 1:6 action figure females. I don't really need shoes for those. (;
