The price of Dollfie Dreams

Having the option of either/or for a resin vs. vinyl DD wouldn't be so bad, but honestly, if they changed to resin, I think I'd stop collecting them.

 

One of the things that I love the most about DDs is that they are so much less delicate than resin... and that they're sooooo light. Resin is HEAVY. XD

My local friend who collects DDs actually has one of the Super Dollfie Dreams (she's Rei from Evangelion) and while she's quite awesome, I prefer the vinyl girls. Not only are they lighter, but they also hold poses quite a bit better.

The weight of DDs has good and bad points.

 

As I said I would like to have the option for resin rather than it being all resin or all vinyl. I'd then probably have a couple of base bodies in resin just for the tight fitting stain bait clothes (by swapping the heads) and keep vinyl for the rest.

Making DDs in resin wouldn't cure the staining issue though. Resin dolls stain as well from dark colored outfits. As an owner of 10 resin dolls and a dealer on top of that, my dolls are my lab mice when it comes to testing new clothing companies for staining before I try to sell them to customers. I've had my 1/3 boys turn purple, green and even blue once from an outfit or shirt they wore for as little as twenty minutes. That's why I always have a magic clean eraser on hand during photoshoots for new outfits, just in case the outfit stains.

 

As I do not have a vinyl doll yet ( hopefully she will ship out soon), I cannot verify staining between resin and vinyl, but I can say making them out of resin isn't going to mean no more stains. Also keep in mind that the price for resin has gone up lately, which means casting with resin is more costly than casting with vinyl.

 

Essentially, if DDs were cast in resin, they'd be quite a bit more expensive than they are now ( imagine Yukino and Aoi for sale at around $640 each straight from the company) and it's likely the outfits would still stain because of the materials used in the clothing. While if the materials themselves were treated or made in consideration to purposely prevent staining, the price of the dolls could remain the same, but clothing cost may go up.

Essentially, if DDs were cast in resin, they'd be quite a bit more expensive than they are now ( imagine Yukino and Aoi for sale at around $640 each straight from the company)

 

Well, I can say something quite opposite

My first doll, my Undine, is a resin bjd. She's Narvy from Aria Doll, a Korean company.

And she was quite a bit less expensive than a DD, being similar in size and aesthetics.

The quality is really good. Girls from our bjd forum say, it's on par with Volks.

 

And there are even cheaper manufacturers as well (mostly China), but of course the quality may be not that good.

I know dolls of similar size of the DD can be cheaper,but those companies are in Korea and China, Volks is in Japan. Japan has a much higher wage rate than Korea or China, and therefore it would be safe to say if DDs were made in resin, their price would be similar to that of the Super Dollfies that Volks makes now.

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Honestly, I'm ok with the price for the kind of quality I get. The first thing I think about when I purchase ANYTHING, no matter what it is, is what kind of value am I getting for my money. And my two daughters have more than brought me enough joy for the money I paid. I've not had to deal with customer service or anything like that, nor have I bought from anyone other than Volks (for reasons I've stated in the "outsiders experience" thread). But I'm in agreement, its not a huge company, and they do have to make their money somewhere despite the licensing fees, the dollpa events and the high and most likely expensive quality of their products, supply and demand does take into effect here (unlike those scammy hard drive companies).

 

On another vein, as much as I'd like more people to get into DD, the price keeps away the "riffraff" so to speak. I almost think of the price as an indicator of seriousness. Most people will not drop hundreds of dollars like this on a single doll unless they really intended on treasuring it, yes this goes for other BJD, but its the same reasoning, at least it ensures a reasonable filter on maturity. Too many times do niches end up becoming popular, but then stop becoming fun because of their continual oversaturation by the masses (I'm looking at something like say...vocaloid, the music for it has become worse and worse over time, to the point at which I nearly said I'd stop looking for new stuff). There needs to be a bit of a balance, and I think also for a few hundred dollars, its a good enough minimum. The last thing I want to hear or see about is a doll getting abused by some douchebag kid cause he thought it would be funny (Think Toy Story here people :p).