Dollstudio wrote:Hi Diaval,
the ZO-160/B is 38.8-40 kg (three different measurements). But again, don't let yourself be scared away from this weight. It's not as bad as it sounds. I agree with jackbeenimble, most people can learn to handle this kind of weight.
Well, I just picked up my wife to see if I could handle her weight, and surprisingly I was able to lift her up (standard arm under knees, arm around back hold). She weighs 136lbs (61kg). Granted this is a live person now and I lifted her from a standing position. With a dead weight I would assume halving that would probably give me a good idea of capacity...which would be around 30kg as I predicted. I am not sure if this good to go by. But I surprised myself that I was still able to pick my wife up. And I could handle her without arms shaking or anything. I held her for about the time it would take to walk from the futon to the closet. I think I should have picked up my wife from the futon to see how I could do that. I don't know...I thought I would struggle getting my wife up into my arms, but no.
After you checked the even more voluminous shoulder span of Maid-Fong and liked it, I think the decision is clear - go rather for a Z-Onedoll than a Doll Sweet as it better fits your budget, and you prefer the body shape and the ZO heads.
Sandro
Yes, I DO very much like the shoulder span of the Maid-Fong doll, but sadly Maidlee doesn't offer much outside of that doll body. It is a DD cup and that is already too large for my tastes. I don't like their heads at all and I only think they have two to being with. The weight is up there as well at 82lbs. I did shoot an email to the company as I am curious about the shoulder span of that doll. From the look of it, it has to be over 18" I seriously doubt I would go over that because then the doll would definitely weigh too much. But 14" to 17" I am good with.
EDIT:
Maidlee just emailed me back and gave me some additional information on the the Maid-Fong doll:
> 1. Shoulder to shoulder 17"
> 2) upper arm circumferance: 10.5
> 3) upper leg circumferance: 20
> 4) wrist circumferance: 24
> 5) neck circumferance: 13
I had the doll to pegged to 18" or even 19", but it is 17".
Yes, the body type and shape of ZO is nicer and so is the body in comparison to the DS dolls I been looking at. Even though the 163cm 'supermodel' type body has thin arms and legs, they DO have some shape to them (the legs) and they are more attractive than the thin arms and legs I have seen on TPE dolls. Youyi is particularly cute:
https://www.dsdoll.us/galleria/supermodel/p_163_youyi
While still on the thin side, she has a nice neckline, shoulder area. Picturing Thera's head on her with that wig would certainly increase the attraction factor on her. But I am not as attracted to this body style as I am to this one:
https://d13z1xw8270sfc.cloudfront.net/o ... a-a007.jpg
The difference is like night and day in terms of the build. So going back to Z-Onedoll, they do offer QUITE a bit for their price and it is a silicone doll. While what they offer isn't as 'strong' looking as the 'Simone' doll I posted above. The 160cm B cup has the breast size I desire. Really I think the two main things from stopping from going with Z-onedoll is the weight and not being 100% sure how well the skeleton is made. It does seem like they are improving the latter though and I believe I even have seen a shoulder shrug option on their page somewhere. Yup! Here it is:
http://www.z-onedoll.com/order_list/Fro ... nId=6.html
Second option from the bottom. I also like the tattoo option too.
But yeah, without a doubt I like the Z-Onedoll faces better. Mirabelle blow most faces away that I have seen so far. She seems more like an Asian / American mix. With short hair and wide shoulders, she looks amazing.
Oh! Another question. Could Z-Onedoll be hung from the head / neck? I know most dolls can, but they offer a BACK hanging option and I am definitely not going to do that. I intend to put the doll in MANY backless outfits for pictures and I cannot have anything marring the back of one of these beauties. I say that is a VERY bad place to put a hanging option.
Again thank you for the information. You are a great asset to the forum with providing very useful information.
Diaval