Anime Doll Enthusiast since 2001...

Hello All!!!

 

i started out in 1/6 Anime doll collecting back in 2001 with the short-lived three-doll TOYNAMI "Tenchi Muyo!" character doll series that had just hit market at the time. they were very poor dolls, but i cherished the "Princess Ayeka" from the line for a great many years, and she was my impetus to learn how to sew, since i was more than a little unsatisfied with how she was dressed out of the box.

 

it all started very simply, i just wanted her to have a decent set of undies and socks, and i started out by buying Barbie clothing, and crudely modifying them to fit. Ayeka's first Brassere, for example, was fastened onto her by a STAPLE, i kid you not.

 

after a time, however, i discovered sew-on snap closures, and that is my standard means of fastening doll clothing to this day.

 

i'll spare you the pain of sharing the many years of fumbling misteps made in those interim years, let's just say i made my Ayeka a TON of crudely fabricated but well meaning outfits.

 

ever since getting internet around 2006 or so, i've been able to expand far beyond anything i was ever once satisfied

with during those dark ages of the Tenchi Muyo character dolls. i discovered 1/6 Anime dolls, usually intended for the japanese market, and the OBITSU doll body system, and i've hardly ever looked back since.

 

today, i have a small, select, but gradually growing harem of 1/6 character dolls, all based upon the OBITSU body,

save for a pair of 1/5 TSUKUDA HOBBY dolls. this means that any clothing i now make can fit any of my girls,

save, of course for those two TH ones, which, of course, i have to make outfits for especially.

 

it all works out quite well anymore; i either buy pre-made outfits i like, on occasion, or, more often,

i get inspired by something i see in a movie or Anime, and it's often immediately off to the races,

busy for a few days making my own 1/6 treatment, either closely or loosely based upon what i had been inspired by.

 

one of my favorite examples is the dress i made for the Queen-Bee of my harem, -my "Mikuru Asahina"

of "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" Anime fame- that was inspired by/loosely based upon

this dress worn by the lead Actress in one of my favorite childhood films,

1984's generally unpopular/little known "ELECTRIC DREAMS"

Wow you are quite the collector! Hope to see the outfits that you made for your dolls on the forum.

It was a 1/6 doll that got me started in this hobby as well. She was even an actual japanese ball jointed doll with elastic and everything. From the Alpha action doll series, Ghost in the Shell Motoko Kusanagi 12" AD Variant 1 and 2. I found her at an Anime convention and bought both versions.

If you like obitsu dolls, check out the obitsu 50's, I love how posable the obitsu internal frame is. And as far as making outfits, I've found 1/3 scale to be way easier to sew for than 1/6 scale. At 1/3 scale full scale fabrics don't look weird and there's more options for closures that don't look over sized like buttons and zippers or tiny velcro.

I'm hooked on VMF50/Angel Philia dolls these days due to the Obitsu 50 internal frame with more options on the look of the external parts.

Welcome to the forum, I'm glad it's inclusive for all dolls. (I've only got one dollfie but a dozen other big dolls and even more at 1/6th scale)