Duoding MeiMei (?) dolls
Briefly emerging from the void to present these adorable creatures to you lol I recently got a couple things from Taobao and since shipping is kinda expensive from my proxy (I use Spreenow if anyone is wondering lol), I’ll usually throw some other stuff in there, usually dolls or small items that weren’t worthy of their own dedicated order, to justify the shipping costs lol Two of those tagalongs were these dolls-
These are from a vinyl art doll maker in China, and I really cannot figure out what their name is (the only name I’ve found is the instagram tag ‘Duodingmeimei’ but I’m not sure if that’s their name?) but they’re really cute lol. I originally found them on Aliexpress but with some help I was able to locate the artist’s TB store. They don’t seem to be fakes; I did a fair bit of searching before I purchased any of them and I couldn’t find any dolls with this exact head or body sculpt so I’m 99% certain it’s an original design. The full dolls are about 50$ each, but they sell their defective/reject dolls for 25$ for a set of two of your choice! Being that I am cheap, I grabbed two of the defective dolls. They both came naked (you can choose between naked or clothed, neither of their outfits were to my liking so I went with naked) and have various defects in their face paint, and each of them has one leg that is slightly longer than the other. But since they’re clearly inspired by vintage dolls, the defects are just part of the charm for me lol
Look at those chubby cheeks!! The pink one is DEFINITELY my fave and her hair is gorg after I took down the pigtails and gave it a wash:
(wearing a vintage pinafore I thrifted like a decade ago lol)
They seem to use a variety of hair types; the pink one has nylon and the brunette has saran, and I can see a couple with doll grade kanekalon in the TB store as well. They’re about Licca sized:
Her little feet are so so cute!
The body sculpt (I grabbed this picture from Aliexpress because I’m lazy)
The arms are wired and the torso swivels, the legs do the typical splayed-when-sitting- thing and don’t seem to have wires in them, and the head attachment is ball-and-socket so it just pops off lol
Kind of a random purchase but I’ve had my eye on them for a few months and the chubby cheeks are just so cute, she kind of gives me 3rd Gen Licca x vintage Sindy vibes. I have no idea why these aren’t more popular or well known, because they’re absolutely adorable, are sold at a great price and have the sweetest, cutest chubby faces ever, but I’m happy I stumbled upon them. Currently planning to have the brunette made into a vintage shoujo-inspired Sailor Moon, those chubby cheeks are perfect for her. (also my Rainbow High post is coming eventually, I haven’t finished styling my first set of dolls lol)
