Yandy is my usual "go to" place for Keely's outfits. http://www.yandy.com/Egyptian-costumes

If the Nerf darts suction cup grips onto the eye and does not let go what should you do to get the suction cup off the eye without pulling the eye out and maybe creating a rip on the skin around the dolls eye ?

Agent86, thanks for your encouragement. I had wondered if any others had encountered those asymmetric eye issues. That was the first thing that struck me when I first saw the head. I noticed in photos of other dolls on this forum that the eyes were closed a bit more and did not have that look of "surprise" that mine seemed to. I appreciate the tips on just going with it and making the best of it.

Netwit, thanks for the nerf dart tip, that sounds like something I might experiment with.

And Coachwhip, that is one sexy Egyptian costume. If that don't erect my pyramid, then nothin' will...

AlyDolly, I guess if one dart gets stuck, I will have to put an identical dart on the other eye and "Voila", balance is achieved! Perhaps that is where the term "eyes darting about the room" came about?

I use a clean pencil eraser to make small adjustments to the eyes.

Thanks Coachwhip, another good suggestion, and much easier than having to slip a finger up in her noggin to operate the eye knobs.

I bookmarked that site for the costumes. many many ideas there.. yes indeed..

wow thanks orogond for the pictures of your beauty


for the '' surprise '' eyes , did you ask Patrick for that? Maybe he can help with another astuce, i don't know.


I love dolls with big beautiful eyes, like this photo of Hope from the private island beauty website:

orogond,

Sent you a PM - hope it's helpful.

Max

I contacted Netwit and asked him to please delete that horrible close up shot of my doll's face. I realized that my iPhone camera has artificially elongated and narrowed Willow's face, thus distorting her features. So I hereby swear to never post garish pics of my beauty again! She deserves really good photos and it is unfair to Patrick in particular to post crappy ones. One thing is certain, I will not be asked to be a contributing photographer at the Private island website! The wide eye issue isn't as bad as the iPhone pics made it look. I just needed very small corrections, not plastic surgery.

My avatar shot of Willow is more true to life and you can see the difference between it and the iPhone shots. It was shot using a Nikon so I will try to use it exclusively from now on. I need to take a photography class from Agent86, his pics are outstanding...

The tips I have learned recently have helped, positioning the eyes better made quite a difference, Thanks 86, I used the pencil eraser trick and it worked quite well to move the eyes. Plus one of the lower eyelash dips lower in the center and when I correct that tiny detail I believe my Beauty will be just right. She really is gorgeous and I will find a way to upload some pics to do her justice. Thanks to everyone for their input, I love this forum...

Oh and PS to Coachwhip---that Yandy website is amazing, thanks for letting me know about that...wowzerz!

They've been getting a lot of my money here lately.

You can load-up on a lot of stuff on their "sale" page. And their regularly priced stuff seems to be 1/3 to 1/2 the price of the same items on some of the other websites.

Their free shipping is still pretty quick. I usually receive my parcels in four days.

Hmm, that's never been a problem for me; all one needs to do is break the seal.
I use a fingernail, but if you trim (or bite ) your nails down too short, then the
corner of a credit card, match book, business card, essentially anything stiff and flat, should be able to get under the cup and let some air in to break the seal.
An eraser sounds like a good idea; glad it worked out.

Actually Netwit, the suction cup method sounds more efficient, I just had an eraser immediately available. Since the suctions darts would be directly opposite the toggles in back, an perfect axis would exist and the eyes should move easily. Curiously, I removed my dolls eyes this morning and discovered that one was considerably larger than the other. With the eyes removed, the eyelids are in the position that I'd like them to be in. Perhaps I just need smaller circumference eyeballs? I will contact Patrick to see if he might be able to exchange them for me...providing smaller eyes are available.

Very sexy indeed. Hope to see more of her.