Metal DD frame?

Hello community!

 

 

I have seen these metal internal skeleton replacements for dollfie dreams:

 

 

Original picture source

 

These seem kind of cool! (and scary) I was wondering does anyone have any info or experience with these?

I never seen one of those before but I would be ready to try one for sure !

Me too!

 

Through some more searching I found this website? There seems to be a ton of photos on there. Example and link below

 

All I know about them is they sell on yahoo Japan sometimes. I first saw them on a website that showed closed yj auctions.

 

 

Original source:

http://doloraco.blog37.fc2.com/blog-entry-117.html?sp

I didn't know about those frames specifically but I have thought a LOT about metal frame replacements over the years, especially for our two MDD bodies. Bree's body is so floppy that I could tie strings to her and use her as a marionette. Sure it would make the bodies heavier (something I wouldn't mind) but having reliable and long-term body stability would make the cost totally worth it. Our DD move around so much and get posed a LOT even when we aren't taking photos. Our DD kids go through loads more wear and tear than the plastic frames can really tolerate, especially the DDII and MDD bodies. Tama still needs to be upgraded to the MDDIII body. He'd be one happy little guy if he could stand up on his own again.

 

~Sister Kyoya

 

Mdd replacement would be cool! I have the same feels! I want to learn of ways to sturdy my dollfie dream if it ever came to it. c:

I never really thought about a metal frame but it sounds like a cool idea.

It would certainly be sturdier than plastic but it does seem kind of scary (like I would hurt myself or damage the vinyl with it), I would also worry about it rusting from photo shoots in or around water or things like that.

Resurrecting this old thread cause I've just received this metal frame on my door step!

 

I've not seen any review about it, so I'll see if it really worth the price and report back here if anyone interested.

 

In the mean time, here are some quick pics I took during my lunch:

My first thought when I opened the package was "This thing is massive! Seems a bit heavier than the original (obviously), and is rock solid!

 

The only thing that can possibly break eventually is this two small plastics parts on the neck, that give additional ranges of motion:

 

On the chest part, only the arm socket can move. This is quite hard actually, but I guess you can loosen up the screws on that part to make it easier.

 

All parts can be easily tighten or loosen up and are all equipped with spring washer to avoid to loosening up by itself.

 

It also come with an extension shaft.

For what I've understand, I think it's meant for DDdy body but I'm not sure why.

 

Here is an example of motion range you can get:

Everything move in every possible axis!

I now need to figure out if you can actually get a use of all this possibility when it's stuff inside a body (that sound a little bit weird ^^)

 

With the extension shaft installed, with a DDS body for comparison:

As you can see, the extension shaft make it a little bit too long for the DDS body.*

 

I guess it's how it is supposed to be inside the DDdy (which I'm planning to use with it):

(It's still a DDS body here, but you get the idea)

 

Now, I need to actually try it on my DDdy

Wow, that would be cool to get. Where did you get it from, and how much (If you don't mind my asking.)? What is it made of, stainless or aluminum? Looks stainless from the photos, which can still rust actually. And I would use blue Loctite on the hardware instead of spring (lock) washers. With a lot of moving, like that of our little girls, the washers will dig in and mark up the metal frame, and still come loose. With the blue Loctite the screws will stay in place until you remove them, and it'll allow for you to adjust the tension of the joints to be as loose or stiff as you want without getting looser in the long term.

According to the official blog, this is made of aluminum, stainless steel, and plastic.

 

Good idea for loctite, i may consider this in the future. But actually, the screw should not come loose that easily since, unlike the original body frame, none of the screws are used as rotation axis, so not so much strength as applied to them.

 

This frame usually cost around 14,000 yen in local doll convention. You can also find them on yaj or ebay (that's where I got mine), but for far much as it seems quite rare.

 

There is also a MDD version, but it's like impossible to find anywhere.

 

Anyway, the range of motion in quite impressive, but very limited by the vinyl body around it (it's still not bad, at all).

Here is a quick pose test I did with the DDdy body (beware, nudity warning ).

DDS is on the back, for comparison purpose.

(The DDdy body use a modified DD L bust, in case you're wondering)

You can look at this Flickr stream for lots of great photos. His posing's great, he ended up breaking the original plastic arm skeleton too

is there a place to get other frame parts legs arms etc not from volks?

On my buy list along with all the silicone parts. feelsbadman

I wonder extention shaft because of my doll's body is DDdy3.

I aleady have metal inner frame but I don't have extention. T^T

Compare with Volks DDIF, metal frame without extention parts is shorter.

I've been trying to find out more information on this and upon doing research I found that they seem to have metal parts for the majority of the frame. I've only so far been able to find the torso part for sale, but I can't find the leg parts anywhere. I don't know if there are arm parts, but I'd be interested in knowing if anyone knows more >.<.

 

http://doloraco.blog37.fc2.com/

 

They provide pictures and the price in this post. My Japanese isn't very good so I can't read it completely.

Resurrecting this old thread cause I've just received this metal frame on my door step!

 

Thank you for your pictures and information!

oh i will tell my friend right now about the metal DD frame, because her DD frame broke so often , this is a awsome news

I saw this thread, and it was weird because I just saw the metal frame on ebay and wondered about it. Its there, if you search for dollfie dream metal, you will see it. Looks like they want $250 on ebay.

According to the official blog, this is made of aluminum, stainless steel, and plastic.

 

Good idea for loctite, i may consider this in the future. But actually, the screw should not come loose that easily since, unlike the original body frame, none of the screws are used as rotation axis, so not so much strength as applied to them.

 

This frame usually cost around 14,000 yen in local doll convention. You can also find them on yaj or ebay (that's where I got mine), but for far much as it seems quite rare.

 

There is also a MDD version, but it's like impossible to find anywhere.

 

Anyway, the range of motion in quite impressive, but very limited by the vinyl body around it (it's still not bad, at all).

Here is a quick pose test I did with the DDdy body (beware, nudity warning ).

DDS is on the back, for comparison purpose.

(The DDdy body use a modified DD L bust, in case you're wondering)

 

Thanks for the links !! If i buy the 14,000 yen option do i get the neck and legs frames as well?

That sounds really awesome actually.

But not sure about getting one...