THE WM FILES n°25: Hand Skeleton, a giant leap for dollkind!

WM Dolls News · Post by **WM Dolls News** » Thu May 20, 2021 9:06 am

Hello,

This is a message from the top secret WM Files office.

for once, our secret agent did not consider it necessary to provide us with an explanation.
He just sent us the copy of a document someone left carelessly on a desk of WM's advertising department.

I think the image is self explanatory.

Ted

Jimmy_71 · Post by **Jimmy_71** » Thu May 20, 2021 9:22 am

This is great news Ted, thank you very much.

Post by **Rock13** » Thu May 20, 2021 9:35 am

Yep, I had a feeling that WM had something like this in works, hence my last comment on the "petition" topic thread. If my Hunter- currently in production- arrives with these, then I'll keep my second set of partially assembled Mannequin Fan skeletons in reserve for future repairs/projects. The ones in Hadleigh's hands work like a charm.

Arthur1960 · Post by **Arthur1960** » Thu May 20, 2021 9:40 am

At last! I wonder if these would be available to retro fit into older dolls?

MX-V · Post by **MX-V** » Thu May 20, 2021 9:46 am

THANK YOU WM!
...oh crap, there goes my savings account.

Sidestep · Post by **Sidestep** » Thu May 20, 2021 10:02 am

OH! YES!! Will these have much more gripping power?

WM Dolls News · Post by **WM Dolls News** » Thu May 20, 2021 10:04 am

Hello,

Rock13 wrote:If my Hunter- currently in production- arrives with these

The hand skeleton is an option available starting from today. It is not part of the standard skeleton.
So any WM Doll that was produced before today will not have it.

Arthur1960 wrote:At last! I wonder if these would be available to retro fit into older dolls?

I don't think this will be the case. But I wouldn't be surprised to see a "second hand" (

) market emerging in a few years for these.

Ted

WM Dolls News · Post by **WM Dolls News** » Thu May 20, 2021 10:11 am

Sidestep wrote:OH! YES!! Will these have much more gripping power?

I don't know. But I will ask the guys at factory to make some more photos with the hand holding stuff. Thanks for the suggestion.

For the finger movements we should get a video soon.

Ted

Mamilla · Post by **Mamilla** » Thu May 20, 2021 11:31 am

Looks promising, lets see what the future holds..

Brunch · Post by **Brunch** » Thu May 20, 2021 11:38 am

Okay, great! So with this news it leaves those who don't offer articulated fingers much behind. Standards of what mandatory to offer has now officially changed.

DG · Post by DG » Thu May 20, 2021 11:41 am

Very cool indeed.

MannequinFan · Post by **MannequinFan** » Thu May 20, 2021 12:02 pm

Hey, interesting news!
Looks like the new skeleton has a clevis wrist joint so my skeleton should still work as a replacement when that one breaks, lol.

Not sure I understand the palm plate design though...
The metacarpal bones (wires?) in palm look pretty thin and fragile. These should be rigid and beefy like in an actual human hand and should be fixed to the palm plate and not bend. Most breakages occur at the palm plate/finger wire connection point so this needs to be strengthened.

Post by **Rock13** » Thu May 20, 2021 12:22 pm

MannequinFan wrote:Hey, interesting news!
Looks like the new skeleton has a clevis wrist joint so my skeleton should still work as a replacement when that one breaks, lol.

Not sure I understand the palm plate design though...
The metacarpal bones (wires?) in palm look pretty thin and fragile. These should be rigid and beefy like in an actual human hand and should be fixed to the palm plate and not bend. Most breakages occur at the palm plate/finger wire connection point so this needs to be strengthened.

Your hand skeletons are nothing short of revolutionary, MannequinFan, and I think the demand for them with remain healthy for years to come. BTW, did you happen to see my Hadleigh holding her antique clutch and cocktail with your brilliant upgrade?