Luiskjr wrote: ↑Tue May 02, 2023 9:35 am
This week I watched the documentary "Guys and Dolls" from 2002. Incredible how they had a quality back then still top today.
I mention a few things, seemless neck from sides cause the face is removable diagonal as half the head, not the full head.
Mouth is half open with teeth and tongue, amazing!
And still they struggle making clients wait 14 months at heft prices? dont understand.
They seem to not haven't entered the industrial revolution of Henry Ford learning to do scale production.
Haha, that's nuts I watched that documentary too the other night. It broke my heart seeing how poorly the last guy in that doco was treating his dolls. He had them under mattresses and just laying around in boxes. Disgusting! Then you had Davecat who treated his doll like a real lady, what a legend.
I can't really weigh in on the difference between their dolls back then, and now as I've never seen one in person. But I do get what you mean.
If nothing else the long wait shows they're at least getting lots of orders and aren't going out of business anytime soon which can only be good for everyone.
mitchrd wrote: ↑Tue May 02, 2023 3:31 pm
They are hand made custom dolls is different than other manufacturer style items. Plus covid supply issues and let alone the move to a new location on top of losing a bunch of staff I'm sure they will bring in mire talented artists and workers and get back on track but doesn't happen overnight. But yes its a long wait none the less but that says a lot about the quality to me.
That's exactly right that they're custom made which means each doll is going to be pretty unique. It's probably one of the biggest appeals about Real Dolls I think. The fact they're still in business and always permanently backlogged shows they're doing something right.
However, I think with the length of time they're making us wait, we're going to be a lot less forgiving of any stuff ups or problems with the doll. At least that's my way of looking at it. If there taking this long then there's really no excuse for any oversights no matter how under the pump they may be.