Hi,
let's continue with some impressions of the doll.
As mentioned above, she did not suffer any damages. The neck connector was bent by almost 90° due to vertical handling of the box.
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It scares me every time, but a DS usually survives this unharmed. The neck is fully hinged basically since 'forever', and as well the hinges as the silicone is sturdy enough to deal with some rough handling. With emphasis on 'some' - like any other doll, a DS is not indestructible. But she is way more sturdy than a lot of other dolls on the market.
Since the most frequently question about the Evo is "how does the vagina look like", here is a pink shot:
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The placement is a bit higher than I'd expect, and there is the usual seam line above. Body makeup is nice. Inside the vaginal canal there is a texture. I will show how this texture looks like when I do an endoscope inspection.
Most notably, the vaginal opening is tight. In the photo above the vagina is spread open as wide as possible. So if you want to have sex with an Evo, you can expect intense stimulation, positively speaking.
Surface finishing is excellent. Seam lines are there, if you look very closely, but they are timmed with extremely high precision. It is a bit hard to describe, but the best way to put it might be: You won't notice any seamlines, unless you start consciously search for them. It might be just a very good doll I got, or DS has pimped up precision of their molds quite a bit. It is another of these numerous subtleties ov the Evo you won't notice right away.
Surface finishing is nice as well. It was always good on a DS for the past years, but it got even better. Again, details like shadowing are less obvious and more subtle. However, there is one detail I find a bit puzzling. The tips of both nipples look slightly translucent:
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It's hard to get on camera and you have to overexpose a bit to make it visible. Areolae are nicely coated, and the sides of the nipples are coated as well. Just on the tips of the nipples it looks a bit like a transclucent drop of silicone. It's not very noticable and I would not consider it a flaw, but it is a little imperfection on both nipples.
Everything repackaged in Shenzhen goes straight into the bath tub - to remove dust and finger prints, and to make sure that residue from the manufacturing process (e.g. release agent) is cleanly washed off. An occasion for some photos:
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The sculpt of this doll is exquisite. The body shape reminds me a bit of the DS-160 Plus, just taller. The body shape is just wonderful. However, the enhancements are subtle and less obvious.
And anyway, the key theme about everything Evo is
subtlety. This is good as it shows an superior level of skill.
4)
Silicone blend, skin surface and skin tone.
Now things are getting a little bit more difficult. The silicone blend has slighly changed once more. The memory foam like haptics are still there, but it is less obvious. Compared to my DS-163 from last year, the breasts are firmer. In direct comparison, the skin surface is a little less tacky than the 2017 blend. However, if you powder you doll, the tackiness will be mitigated.
The heads with S-class makeup always come with a completely different silicone blend. The heads are very firm, similar to Doll Sweets pre-2015 silicone blend, but less tacky. The heads feel a bit like old 4woods heads - firm, less tacky, less oily. Very interesting, but for sure disputable for a number of reasons.
One thing I will look closer into is the skin tone deviation between heads and body. This photo was taken with indirect flashlight during unpacking, and even with this lighning a little deviation is recognizable:
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Depending on how you set your lightning, the deviation might be unnoticable, but it is there.
Another area of controvery is if you want to kiss the lips. If kissable means soft for you, heads with S-level makeup might not be a good choice for you.
If you take a look at the picture in the first post of this thread, you might notice that the two silicone blends for head and body reflect lightning differently: The body is glossy, like the older DS ladies, the head is not. Actually, in direct comparison the head appears almost matted down. Some silicones have this built-in, or it might be a result of S-class makeup. However, it's nice that the heads with S-class makeup are less shiny.
My personal opinion is pretty clear; I love the firmness of the head as it resembles a human head with a skull and bones. It is the exact opposite of jelly-like heads in ultra-soft TPE. And I love the matted surface.
But it's clearly not a head design that will make everybody happy.
5)
Neck connector and skeleton.
Not much changed here. The neck connector is still the proven spigot type. If you are used to DS heads and their smooth operation, you will fail to understand why someone would be willing to bother with something like M16 threads. Doll Sweet's neck connector is easy to use, and it just works.
The DS skeleton is excellent as it always was. No news here. Though there seem to be some hidden modifications I will explore later. Most notably, the maniphalanx has changed.
I ordered the doll with more tight joints, and this one came with really tight joints. She can keep a pose firmly without giving in easily.
That's how she looks on her stand:
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An then there is this 2nd most frequently asked question about DS - can they stand.
For this Evo, the answer is still a clear 'no'. Her feet are way too soft and she would hurt herself. Even by bending the feet against the foot plate you risk dents.
Doll Sweet offers an alternative approach to standing - hanging with the Doll Hook. This is an elaborate system with a lot of advantages. E.g., you can make a DS appear to stand on the tip of the toes, or to stand on one foot, or toeven float. The primitive "standing option" with screws as offered for TPE dolls can not compete with that. And last but not least, the feet of a DS look nice and cute - no screws are poking through the skin.
However, even cheap TPE dolls with the screws for standing can stand. This approach may be primitive, but it works. Unless you work with the hanging system or accept (severe) damage to the feet, a DS is bedridden.
For me personally, the missing standing capability is the only major drawback of the
DS-167 Evo.
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