Dollfie Dream Sakura Miku 2.0

General question if any sakura miku havers know

since sakura miku's pleather pieces are a lighter color, are they prone to more discoloration/glue yellowing like snow miku is? or is it generally ok and just prone to the usual flaking apart instead. need to know before i consider trying to get her ><

praying she has a nice and long pre-order period, though it seems a bit less likely with how close spring is already without an update...?

On 1/1/2025 at 10:48 AM, Noffy said:

are they prone to more discoloration/glue yellowing like snow miku is? or is it generally ok and just prone to the usual flaking apart instead. need to know before i consider trying to get her ><

From what I've seen (and heard from other people who have her), Sakura's outfit does deteriorate in similar ways to her other variants. SM's boots are the worst offenders from what I have witnessed firsthand though. I've owned 2 of Sakura's default outfits, one unused and one used. The unused one still looks great, but the one that have been used deteriorated a lot. With the boots, the area on the back near the zipper along with the front seam line down the boot discolored into a dark yellow-brown color. It looks almost like a grease stain. The pleather also 'peeled' similar to OG Miku's black boots, same almost 'sticky' feeling too. The arm covers still looked good, not sure if they are the same material as the boots but they held up well. I will mention that I haven't seen the pink pleather discolor like Snow's pleather does, the pink kept its color overtime. And as always, the skirts side belt started peeling apart. So... pretty standard Miku outfit deterioration stuff lol. I do cross my fingers that her outfit will be improved upon with this reboot, even if I don't keep my dolls in their default outfits at all nowadays. Sakura is so pretty in hers.

On 1/2/2025 at 2:03 PM, Calyps0Kitt3n said:

From what I've seen (and heard from other people who have her), Sakura's outfit does deteriorate in similar ways to her other variants. SM's boots are the worst offenders from what I have witnessed firsthand though. I've owned 2 of Sakura's default outfits, one unused and one used. The unused one still looks great, but the one that have been used deteriorated a lot. With the boots, the area on the back near the zipper along with the front seam line down the boot discolored into a dark yellow-brown color. It looks almost like a grease stain. The pleather also 'peeled' similar to OG Miku's black boots, same almost 'sticky' feeling too. The arm covers still looked good, not sure if they are the same material as the boots but they held up well. I will mention that I haven't seen the pink pleather discolor like Snow's pleather does, the pink kept its color overtime. And as always, the skirts side belt started peeling apart. So... pretty standard Miku outfit deterioration stuff lol. I do cross my fingers that her outfit will be improved upon with this reboot, even if I don't keep my dolls in their default outfits at all nowadays. Sakura is so pretty in hers.

Thank you this has been extremely informative! It's such a shame that it deteriorates like that, pretty discouraging for having one. If I manage to snag her I'll probably keep a look out for similarly colored pink fabric to make a shoes + thigh high socks combo instead of using the original boots in that case. That is the original design intent of miku after all, but the boots mistake has been so common that it made its way onto most official merch www.

For them fixing stuff with the reboot: I have my fingers crossed too but from the sounds of it they didn't change anything in that regard for the snow miku reboot, so...

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That said about getting her. If she's meant for spring 2025 it seems too late for a pre-order period at this point doesn't it? Hopefully it won't be a total hellscape or lottery system : (

7 hours ago, Noffy said:

For them fixing stuff with the reboot: I have my fingers crossed too but from the sounds of it they didn't change anything in that regard for the snow miku reboot, so...

I would say they have made improvements to reissued dolls. Uzuki V2's school uniform set was made from much better materials than V1. I think they do listen to feedback, and their production capabilities seem to have increased over time too. 

I've been saving and was planning on buying my first DD this year, I can't believe there's a possibility of it being sakura miku! When doing research I figured she'd always be out of my budget at the current aftermarket prices.