MDDIII vs MDDf-3

Does anyone know of or have any decent comparison shots for the MDD III body verses the newer MDD f-3 body?

Mostly asking for overall aesthetic reasons!  I'm not incredibly concerned with any posing improvements/differences, I'm just struggling to find any photos of the two bodies together to really compare them, after reading that the f-3 body had some slight shape changes from the III body.  I have a floating head and just want to consider the choice.

 

Thanks if anybody can provide anything~!
Also so sorry if this has been asked before; I tried searching the forum but I didn't see anything matching what I wanted!

TBH I don't think there are significant aesthetic differences 🤔 I've seen my MDD f3 beside MDD DDIII and haven't been able to tell by looking at them, but they weren't naked (･･') I suspect the knees would be different, I guess this and this show what the f3 knees are like.

Thanks for the photos~!  I can't remember where I saw it (it wasn't on the forums), but I do remember seeing someone say that there were some differences between the bodies, though I hadn't considered that perhaps they were only referring to things like the knees; did the MDD f-3 ankles change the same way they did for DD f-3, too?  

I'm pretty sure they haven't changed,

They're too small for a visible ball.

20 minutes ago, OccultBeast said:

I can't remember where I saw it (it wasn't on the forums), but I do remember seeing someone say that there were some differences between the bodies, though I hadn't considered that perhaps they were only referring to things like the knees; did the MDD f-3 ankles change the same way they did for DD f-3, too? 

I've made a few comments about the aesthetics of the f3 body, but it wasn't about MDD-f3.

The big change with the DD & DDS f3 was the way the legs sit farther in at the hips, and the arms sit farther in at the shoulders. This makes for a more natural body profile, and the DDP has the best body line of all of them as far as I can tell. Perhaps because the vinyl shell for DDP was designed at the same time the f3 frame was.

There are some drawbacks to the f3 like a visible gap in the ankle ball when the foot is bent into a tip toe position. The wrist joints have the additional mobility point, but that means it's harder for them to hold stuff with any weight. I think the extra posability of the hands is worth it though.

None of this may apply to the MDD-f3 though, and @foo would know much more than I do about MDD.

1 minute ago, BeyondTime said:

There are some drawbacks to the f3 like a visible gap in the ankle ball when the foot is bent into a tip toe position. The wrist joints have the additional mobility point, but that means it's harder for them to hold stuff with any weight. I think the extra posability of the hands is worth it though.

I kind of tried to show in that photo that there's no gap in the MDD like the others, but without saying that I tried to show there's no gap you can't tell that it's not here (･･') 

MDD limbs are really small, so the shells of the vinyl pieces are much more restricted by crashing into each other than any restrictions imposed by the change in frame (the frame can move a LOT more than the vinyl allows). There definitely is more mobility in the MDD f3 compared to the old one, IIRC there's a big difference in the neck. But when they're decked out in clothing it doesn't matter as much,

Out for some fresh air by bodolza, on Flickr

10 minutes ago, foo said:

I'm pretty sure they haven't changed, ... They're too small for a visible ball.

Ohh, that's interesting but good to know!  I assumed the ankle would have changed, but it makes sense that the frame is limited by the vinyl shell, and with MDD being smaller, there's less 'room' to play with in the design.  I'll admit that my plans for a MDD girl are not quite so... fully clothed, because otherwise I probably wouldn't have even considered any potential aesthetic differences really!  Then again, even if I wanted a MDDIII, I might have a hell of a time finding one by the time I'm ready, so it's probably for the best anyway to accept any differences for the f-3.  At least it seems like most people agree that the improvements are worth it!  Thanks for your MDD knowledge~!

 

7 minutes ago, BeyondTime said:

There are some drawbacks to the f3 like a visible gap in the ankle ball when the foot is bent into a tip toe position. The wrist joints have the additional mobility point, but that means it's harder for them to hold stuff with any weight. I think the extra posability of the hands is worth it though.

Luckily, probably because I used to be really into BJD, the little 'gap' in the ankle didn't really bother me.  I bought a pair of DD f-3 wrists to replace my DDIII's original ones though and I agree 100%, the range of motion is so worth it!  It's so much easier to get more natural-looking hand positions with them.

59 minutes ago, foo said:

I kind of tried to show in that photo that there's no gap in the MDD like the others, but without saying that I tried to show there's no gap you can't tell that it's not here (･･') 

I posted right after you did, so my comments weren't intended as a contradiction, and I really know nothing of the MDD.