Jarliet 164 - Getting and Living with my sporty Doll
Jarliet 164 - Getting and Living with my sporty Doll
I remembered a story one of the members told about the great service he got from Jarliet and how helpful they were in his quest to get his doll. This impressed me and was there in the back of my mind. And such little things, like that they listened to the forum feedback to get rid of the silicone in their descriptions of their dolls, I saw as a positive.
But there are not much member reports and reviews out there on Jarliet so I was rather just in the mode of gathering informations and knowledge of the brand when I contacted Jarliet. They sent me a really nice overview about all their models and it is actually a shame that they do not have a better overview on their homepage. It may have to do with my personality, but I like to see the measurements and favorably in a good overview that makes it easy to compare with other models.
After courting me for a while Jarliet told me, that they have a poor 164cm doll in their factory warehouse waiting to be picked up and my resistence just crumbled.
Of course I was very excited but at the same time cursing my low willpower and promising to myself that this will be the last time such a spontaneous buy will happen. Especially because I was not as active lately in the forum cause of reasons that might come up in another thread (depending all will go well) and was rather not looking or even in the mood to add this doll before the end of this year. I have a preorder that is stretching for over half a year and so I felt a bit overwhelmed at the moment. But that is actually nothing for this thread, so let us get back to the important stuff.
Just after unpacking and taking a look and a first short feel on the doll, I am pretty happy that I made the purchase. But let's not jump ahead. This first chapter will be about the ordering and the delivery.
1 - Pre Delivery
To cut this part short, Eartha was always very friendly and fast with the replies. She checked everything very meticulous. Especially when it came to the shipping of the doll she made sure the data was all correct. This doll was actually not made for me. They did change the nails and the eyes according to my wish. They did put the other eye color and nails too in the package for me, plus a third pair of eyes. A second wig and 3 sets of lingerie.
So, even though it may not be a big deal, I found this was very nice and I was happy about it. Especially the different sets of eyes and the additional wig, IDK, I seem to not can have enough of them. So, all in all I had the feeling I was in very good hands and that service is indeed a high priority at Jarliet.
It really feels they wanna make their customers happy and care about their product. Like, when I wrote I got the doll delivered, they offered me that I can always come back at them if I have any questions. For many that seems like they way it should be, still, it is not the norm and getting reminded of this when I contact them, it is a good policy by them and as far as I experienced, they do follow up on their claim.
2 - Delivery
Not much interesting for you guys. I can pretty much count on my local UPS. Had a bit of luck with work and so I could receive the doll right on the same day. The delivery guy being pretty awesome and flexible did help too.
3 - Unpacking The box looked good, there were no apparent deformations or bulges. If you got a doll yourself before, you know that this might not be the case.
A reason for that is surely that they use a thick and strong cardboard for the box. Plus they have plywood on the head side and the feet side of the box. Still, after opening the box I got pretty uneasy seeing the feet basically hanging in the air and having a pretty big gap between the feet and the stuffing.
It really brought me down and I had to force myself to stick with the plan and keep unpacking and taking photos.
There were a lot of goodies in the box, and of course the head.
The head was in a bag and wrapped into styrofoam sheets. The eyelashes were protected with a mask. No indentations from the rubber band here. I recognized, that the TPE of the head is reaching rather far from the base, so there will be quite a long part of the neck overlapping with the head. I immediately thought about 2 things. On one side this could make the head look pretty fluidly fitting with the body and the other thing, I wondered how they measure, if they just add the height of the body and head, than this means she will be some cm shorter than the name of the model might make you believe. The goodies were pretty much the standard stuff plus the above mentioned extras and a leaflet in English about the doll. It is kept rather short and is not going into details. But I would say it is a good first glimpse and covers the basics. I knew I would get 3 dress items. That I got 3 times the same made me chuckle. That was unexpected. But hey, I have other dolls too, maybe they want me to compare which one looks better in this outfit, this will make it possible.
The douche looks fairly OK, bigger than the one I got with another and it feels more robust. But I guess no one will make their decision about a doll about this, but it rounds the picture a bit. And there were occassions where someone damaged his doll because the USB warmer was of bad quality and defective, so it may be not on the radar, but if a Manufacturer does not give away the cheapest stuff, even if you do not wanna use it, stiill it is an indicator about the policies of a company. Nice touch was that the doll was not just wrapped in the blanket, but it was wrapped in a protective bag too. The legs were hold apart with styrofoam blocks. With the upper additionally being in a styrofoam block sideways movement should be avoided. Of course I was going for the upper body as fast as possible, so I unpacked it and took a look at the neck. My worst expectations seemed to be confirmed, the neck was badly tilted and the neckpipe was not even straight in the TPE. I put the M16 thread into the neck so one could better see how tilted the neckpipe was. Having had problems with the neck after transport with my doll before, I was courageous enough to try to see if I was able to straighten it out. The neck was very easy to manipulate. The neckpipe straightened itself out in the TPE first. But the neck was still tilted to the side and I was unsure if it even could be back in the middle. But after another try to correct the position of the neck, I think I got it to the correct straight position back.
4 - General rant about delivery companies
Here is the moment I have to write a little essay about transportation. You can see how the foam plate was dipped and that the plywood and the cardboard was not damaged. Still it is apparent that the doll must have taken a massive blow of force in the box. I have a tough time to imagine how high the force must have been that the neck basically caved into that position I found the doll in and folded the neckpipe to the side. Seeing the strength of the packaging I am just clueless what else manufacturers should or can do to make the dolls more safe. Jarliet had the packaging I would have advised that manufacturers should have. Still this was not enough. I need to apologize to the manufacturer of my doll before that had a similar issue. I advised them to strengthen the packaging and thought they did not put in enough filling material. But I was wrong. The assumption that the doll will not move if it is packed well enough is just false. But I did not imagine that the handling was that reckless. The only thing I came up was, that you can maybe tilt the neck up, that the TPE and a bigger area would be buffering these blows. But even in this situation, it is not unfathomable that this might damage the skeleton in an unfortunate case there might be even a higher risk the neck could break off. To me this experience made it very clear that it is up to the deliverer to take better care of the items they are trusted with.
For now, I am happy that there seems to be no lasting damage. But still, the skeleton might got weakened thanks to this and maybe in the future I will have to handle with issues. Who knows.
So, to finish this part. I am thankful that Jarliet did a very good job packaging my doll and everything looks fine.
I do not want to forget anything, there is so much to write and tell about, that I will be making many more chapters. I am trying to give as many informations as possible so other people are not in the position I was that they do not know what to expect if they decide to get wooed by a Jarliet doll.
5 - Thank you Jarliet and Eartha
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My intention was that she wears the panties of the outfit Jarliet send with her, but since it was sheer and one would have seen her intimate parts she was kinda thrown off and we agreed to save this for another chapter (if there is a demand for that). So we took a bikini bottom instead which would become quite handy for measuring the leg length. 6) Measurements
a) Height
General Model Specification 164cm / Measured 162cm Since she wears sneakers with 2cm thick soles she proves just 2cm smaller than her model name suggests. This is such a small margin that I consider this as correct. A higher head or not screwing the head as tight on can generate you the 2cm if one is keen to.
b) Bust
General Model Specification 90cm / Measured 92cm c) Underbust
General Model Specification B-C Cup Size / Measured 71cm I have no clue how this is calculated. But her breast look huge.
d) Waist
General Model Specification 59cm / Measured 59cm e) Hips
General Model Specification 88cm / Measured 88cm The width is 29cm.
f) Thighs
50cm Circumference, 33cm Length g) Calves
32.5cm Circumference, 47.5cm Length h) Legs
Outer Length 93.5cm / Inner Length 80.5cm i) Arms
50cm measured from "anatomical shoulder joint end" (where it would be with a human) to the wrist.
j) Shoulders
33cm
k) Feet
General Model Specification 7US; 37-38 EU / Measured Length 21cm
Here we have a real difference. This translates to a size 34EU shoe. Not only is this really small, the feet do indeed look small. I bought 35EU sneakers and they fit very comfortably. If I would like to have peep-toes for her, it should be size 34EU. Since the doll is very stable in regard of standing it is not really an issue. Longer feet would be of advantage though, it could make her standing even more stable and finding shoes for her becomes a lot easier. Planning on taking a closer look at the feet in another chapter I do examine her anatomy a bit closer.
l) MTV
67.5cm She helped me with holding the tape with her teeth, that is why I had to deduct a cm.
m) Weight
Sadly I do not have a weight right now. I have not figured out a good way to get a decently correct weight. I can say though that I am pretty confident the doll is lighter than advertised. The scale did tick around 35 to 37 kg. And from how heavy the doll appears during lifting, I would say, that she is manageable and can be in that range. Since the weight is stated with 41kg, I dare to say that she is at least not heavier than that.
RATIOS
I wanna give you some comparisons which we know from Dollsampler's reviews cause I think there are some nice informations revealed with.
Shoulder/Hips Width 33/29. Her shoulder are broader than her hips, so it is not just an illusion that she seems to have a sporty build and is more likely a passionate swimmer than a beach strutting swimsuit model.
Thigh/Calf is 33/47.5 = 0.6947, so this Jarliet has overextended claves like it is common with dolls. A ratio of nearly 0.7 seems to be quite good though.
Waist/Hips is 59/88 = 0.67 confirming the measurements of a dream body.
Band/Hips is 71/88 = 0.8068
Legs/Height is 80.5/162 = 0.4969
SUMMARY
In regard of the data from the manufacturer Waist and Hips are right on the spot, so I would say, that in doubt, I probably can have gotten the breasts wrong and maybe they are 90cm. The shoe size though is just wrong, preferably they should go on to make them as big as stated.
Generally this doll sports the ratios of nearly the generally proclaimed dream hourglass body with the specialty of rather broad and sporty looking shoulders and the doll specific longer calves.
The measurements confirm that this sculpt is a quite well-figured, very sporty looking doll with refreshing wonderful thickness in arms and legs and some broad shoulders. Her backside is quite fitting for this body style too. If you are into sporty girls and the big breasts do not scare you off, you definitely should look at this model.
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Just figured the same with the new head (IT) I just purchased recently. On one head the neck goes deeper in than the other (same brand). Me guesses this is were the various reports on doll height mismatches come from. Me personally I don´t care on 2-3 inches cm more or less though.dxc wrote: I recognized, that the TPE of the head is reaching rather far from the base, so there will be quite a long part of the neck overlapping with the head. I immediately thought about 2 things. On one side this could make the head look pretty fluidly fitting with the body and the other thing, I wondered how they measure, if they just add the height of the body and head, than this means she will be some cm shorter than the name of the model might make you believe.
Had a similar experience with my doll delivery two months back. To say it mildly the customs people don´t care on what they got to inspect it seems. "Ah a fuck doll... worthless shit. Lets go through it quickly and throw the crap back in".... sort of maybe. My doll got a serious foot damage from inappropriate handling or storing and the box content was in high disorder. The taping was...well... the box contents could have fallen out anytime. This definitely was nowhere from the box condition sent off from manufacturer. Next time I´ll get some lawyer kicking customs folks butts.dxc wrote: 4 - General rant about delivery companies
Here is the moment I have to write a little essay about transportation. You can see how the foam plate was dipped and that the plywood and the cardboard was not damaged. Still it is apparent that the doll must have taken a massive blow of force in the box. I have a tough time to imagine how high the force must have been that the neck basically caved into that position I found the doll in and folded the neckpipe to the side. Seeing the strength of the packaging I am just clueless what else manufacturers should or can do to make the dolls more safe. Jarliet had the packaging I would have advised that manufacturers should have. Still this was not enough. I need to apologize to the manufacturer of my doll before that had a similar issue. I advised them to strengthen the packaging and thought they did not put in enough filling material. But I was wrong. The assumption that the doll will not move if it is packed well enough is just false. But I did not imagine that the handling was that reckless. The only thing I came up was, that you can maybe tilt the neck up, that the TPE and a bigger area would be buffering these blows. But even in this situation, it is not unfathomable that this might damage the skeleton in an unfortunate case there might be even a higher risk the neck could break off. To me this experience made it very clear that it is up to the deliverer to take better care of the items they are trusted with.
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Ragnar, thanks for taking the time to visit my thread. And about the customs, well, that is really very bad and reflects one of my biggest concerns. I assume your IT was sent with UPS like my dolls. In which country was the label created? (The country that it lands in the EU and hence which customs office will handle the doll.)
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Yap, it´s UPS. Think the box spent more than a week in hungary, so it was likely in that country I guess. Got to check papers again, as it´s not clear from the box labels.dxc wrote:Mavi, thank you for the kind words.
Ragnar, thanks for taking the time to visit my thread. And about the customs, well, that is really very bad and reflects one of my biggest concerns. I assume your IT was sent with UPS like my dolls. In which country was the label created? (The country that it lands in the EU and hence which customs office will handle the doll.)
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so you got your doll? Nice, I am still very curious about her measurements and the appearance of her booty. Looking forward to your review.
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I am not done yet though.
Got the Mai head like 2 weeks ago. It is a very unique head which will no doubt challenge me to find some adventurous ideas to show its beauty.
What impressed me was that the skin tone fits perfectly. Might only be a couple of weeks between the creation of the body and the head but still, consistency in the skin tones appears to not be a given.
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Like I did mention in a post before, I think the head connection is pretty neat. I made some pictures to show how the head really encases the neck, so that it has a quite smooth look. I made this to show better how tight it fits. I did sort out the head around the neck a bit to make sure all is sitting correct. Of course, you can see the connection, but there is no gap and this makes it look fine and at least for me it does not threaten to take away from the illusion.
I hope you all like my Liu. You should, cause she agreed to show you some photos of a more private nature. she was sitting in this position for a week. We will later get back to this. First off, the feet, you can see they are really rather small and not as long as stated on the site. But you can see as well, that the bolts are generously protruding from the TPE. I did not have to adjust this, it came from Jarliet this way. Since I got her, with exception of the one week I had her sitting, she was standing in sneaker shoes all the time. Still the feet look like how she arrived. Ohoh, I think someone catched that I am not photographing the foot anymore. Gladly Liu knows it is for science and was just toying with me so we can take a look at her private parts. For my taste, her breast are huge. They are solid TPE, this is standard from Jarliet. I asked them, and Jarliet said they do prefer to produce their dolls with solid breasts so there is no possibility the breast might deflate cause of mishandling (from shipping or the user). I do not know if they do hollow breast, you would have to especially request it at least. In comparison with a hollow breast it is of course a more solid and feels harder. But you only recognize this if you are really squeezing the breast. The way I prefer to play with breast, caressing and pressing, pushing, you do not feel a difference. Only if you really squeeze that hard, that you deform the air pocket of the breast.
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I wanted to point out the indentation at the knee. This happened cause I had her sitting for 8 days. After the shooting I did store her standing. After 2 days I was still feeling the intendation. I did not check on day 3, but on day 4 it was totally gone. I think that speaks for the TPE. I want to close out with an important information I got from Jarliet. I did ask them about washing the doll after receiving her. It was extremely hot back then and sweat dropped on the doll and it was transforming into a white mass after it got on her skin. It freaked me out a bit and thought that might be some factory residue. Turned out that at least Jarliet does wash the dolls after production and they do powder the dolls rather excessively to avoid oil leeking. Which has the effect the clothes are not getting oil spots and the TPE is somewhat protected of drying out. That is why I got the advice to powder the doll skin quite generous after washing her.