Angelregion Little Fair Dana Girl
Guest Review
by Sean

Review date: 9/18/2005
Revised by LiK: 9/25/2005

Manufacturer: Angelsupply (Angelregion)

Released: 2005

Availability: NORMAL

Type: Doll

 
 
Personal Story:
My first experience with Asian ball jointed dolls (BJD) are seeing an article about the Andolrea U-Noss. A really beautiful Super Dollfies (SD) sized doll from Volks. Needless to say a little search about the net kinda brought me to Volk's SD webby site.

It was pretty much put aside cos them dolls really cost a lot and I kinda figured they are hard to find over here in Singapore. Boy was I wrong, Cos I pretty much found out probably a year or so later that Domuya is pretty much one of the more popular sites to order BJDs and their stuff from and they are a Singapore based store. I paid them a visit some time later and whee, I was pretty much spending quite a while there googly eyed and admiring them. I had a chat with the owner for a bit asking about the dolls and just plain getting to know the hobby. Then I learned about the other companies who manufacture them.

Anyways, from then on I actually started to sometimes see people visiting a rather popular anime goods store with their BJDs. I pretty much am hell-bent on ordering a Mini Super Dollfie (MSD) sized BJD then, so I started to save cash. After a chance meeting with a friend at an event, I found out that she too was interested in them and is saving up. So yeah, we pretty much ordered our dolls a month later.

Mine came first :3 heh.
 
Introduction:
 Asian ball jointed dolls (BJD). Most would probably refer to them as Super Dollfies (SD) or Mini Super DOllfies (MSD). SDs are about 56cm in height and MSDs are about 45cm. That is interesting cos SDs and MSDs are actually the name of the line of resin made BJDs made by Volks. After the release of the SDs and MSDs by Volks and later the SD13, a more (not by much imho) mature looking line of SDs. It kinda spawned a lot of companies to make similar dolls. Amusingly, most of them (if not all) are Korean.

One simple way to describe Asian BJDs is that they are pretty much like garage kits. Cast from resin, you paint them yourself if you so wish, modify them if needed and either make them clothes and shoes or buy them.

Customizing is the key.

I personally prefer MSD sized dolls. They are smaller and is a lot more manageable. There are smaller ones available though. Like the Petite Ai's from Custom House or the Yo SDs from Volks. Volks too made a line of SD sized dolls made from vinyl called Dollfie Dream (DD). They are a lot more well endowed than SDs but they are more "anime" proportioned and looking. Not my cup of tea. SD heads can be mounted on DD bodies though.

A warning to those who are planning on getting into the hobby.. BJDs are expensive, more so if you're interested in one of those limited editions.
 

Sculpt:
 Beautiful, just beautiful. She is anatomically correct though. So yeah, just a warning. More so if you're getting a boy. The eyes are rather large for a slightly "anime" look. Though not as much as some other dolls. It kinda hovers more towards the realistic-ish side which I prefer. Her nose is kinda a lot pointier than I like it to be though. But it can be fixed by gratuitous sanding. That is if I can get enough courage to do that.

One thing bothers me though, I keep having a feeling that her eyes are lopsided but I can't quite put my finger on it. Her default eyes are made of acrylic. Though not as good as glass eyes, the pair she came with are rather well made and look pretty good compared to some acrylic eyes I've seen. She has cute little teeth that are visible below her lips and even the nails on her feet and hand. Really nice details. Upper eyelid's eyelashes are mounted on, a really nice thing.

Unless the manufacturer offers the service, the body usually comes unsanded and is rather glossy/plastic looking. That to me is an eyesore as they look pretty tacky in photographs. Mine arrived with no casting defects.
 

Paint:
 Basically for a BJD, their faces sometimes come unpainted, or with a default make up painted on (called "face ups" in the community). Mine came with a default face up so that is pretty much what I am reviewing here. Keep in mind its all done by hand individually so sometimes there can be minute variations.

Her face up is rather natural looking, with a little blush airbrushed on her cheeks. Delicate eyebrows and eyelashes on her lower eyelids painted on and natural looking lips. Rather well done. You can shade/blush or paint details on the body if you wish.

Note: The photos do not show the default doll at the moment of purchase. I've done some slight touch ups to her face up and blushed her body and have sanded down and coated her body with MSC flat.

 

Accessories:
The BJD came with a little winged bear, a simple looking cap, dress, a pair of socks and underwear. A card with the doll's "birthday", type and owner's name is included.

 
Overall: B+
She holds her pose rather well and is able to stand up by herself (of cos, each doll is assembled individually and if it isn't strung properly she won't be able to do that.) Though she isn't as poseable as I like her to be or some other dolls, which does take off some points. She may not come totally perfect but put in a little work onto her yourself and she can be.
 

Where can I find this?

http://angelsupply.co.kr/

Mmmhmm.
 
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