Moving up the effort that goes into painting the details on the body is obvious. I love the veined effect, it adds tremendously to the realism. Even if it is likely to wash off pretty quickly. Speaking of which, I haven't washed her yet. There is a slight chemical smell to her. It's not overpowering, but it's definitely noticeable. Definitely worth washing straight away. Hopefully all the details aren't immediately lost.
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The breasts are gel filled and I went back and forth a few times before finally deciding to go with that option. They are definitely soft, softer than my WM166C doll's breasts. But I don't have a Starpery with hollow, or solid breasts to compare the feel. They definitely feel nice though, with a firm, but soft springiness.
There is a bit of grit around the hole in the neck where the head attaches. That seems to be pretty common to dolls from what I can tell. It's not at all visible once the head is attached though.
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And finally, we get to the heads. I chose to get implanted, artificial hair in the "Rong" head and it looks nice. I'll have to wait and see how long it lasts when brushed, washed and generally abused by clumsy hands. In addition I got a "Hedy" head with obviously no hair. There is a long dark haired wig that I'll try on her, though I think she might look better as a redhead in which case she'll be "Autumn".
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The body is TPE and feel very nice, quite soft and human like. The heads are silicone and have surprised me just how firm they are. There is practically no softness to them. They look absolutely gorgeous but I'm not sure about the firmness. It makes me wonder how firm a full silicone body is.
Apologies for the quality of the shots, I'll blame that on crappy artificial light, me rushing and just using the camera on my phone. I'll try to take some more shots over the next few days during the daytime. If anyone wants more detail or particular poses let me know.
Oh, and before I wrap this up I mentioned it took about 7 weeks from order to delivery. This is not Starpery's fault. I ordered literally the day before the May day public holidays in China. Which is a lesson for buyers. Check out when the public holidays are because you can lose literally a week to them. I also cost myself about a week going back and forth to confirm the options were as requested (I'm over-cautious I guess). And I have to say both the vendor (Vivian from
www.Mojoz.com.au) and Starpery themselves were very patient and helpful in that regard.
I'll also add that Starpery weren't happy with the initial colour match between head and body and checked with me to see what I thought. I basically trusted their call and let them redo it which added another day or two. That's something I'm actually quite pleased about. I'd much prefer the manufacturer takes the time to check with the customer and produce a doll that we're both happy with. Personally, I'd much rather have the communication and a couple extra days wait and get a better final result then have it rushed out the door and wind up unhappy.
. I dont know how silicone changed last years but my silicon doll head used to be like a magnet for hair and the wig lost hair rather often. Lucky I have like 15 wigs.
