privatetai wrote:"I am assuming you toss everything in the wash before trying on your ladies right? It is a hard thing to determine especially when you cannot see the color of the liquid when washing. But yes, I have heard that too. For items that are not colorfast, even if you wash it, there might be still some dye left behind and the longer you leave it on a doll, the greater the chances of staining."
Yeah and a lot of under things are "hand wash" only which I imagine won't always get all the dye out of them.
I would say in your case, since you cannot see the color of the clothing, I would stick with lighter, pastel colors. You do take many pictures of your ladies and naturally, for that reason it is nice to keep them stain free. Granted, I do like the way what black and blue outfit looked and I am not 100% sure that was the outfit that caused it, but it looks to be the case as I looked to earlier photos of Sarah and she doesn't have the stain. Since your dolls are TPE and require the oil maintenance I think that the stain will eventually fade.
With me I was just so petrified of dark clothing, I did extensive testing on anything that was darker. The funniest thing was that many of the cheap items I have passed the test and an expensive $30 top that was made by a reputable dance clothing outfit, that one the dye bleeded on my tests. So I know to either put something under the top or I don't leave the top on her for more than a night. It is one of my favorite tops too because it beautifully fits the thin arms Eryka has. Further, I was able to put foam pads under the shoulders to further broaden her shoulders. I think I mentioned to you that I just like very broad shoulders on a woman. Eryka has pretty broad shoulders as it is for a doll, but that is my fetish on a woman...her shoulders! Collarbones too!
"She's your best one.. bar none. Something about her midsection I really like and I don't even mind the larger breasts on her either. She was definitely a good find. I think I do recall that you got an exceptionally good deal on her. When I looked at the same model, Pipedream Kitty, it was WAY up there in price. I think she was about $3000 if I wasn't mistaken."
I was so impressed with the Pipedream ladies and their quality that I was considering a Bianca this year initially.
I had noticed they are on sale again, but not an extreme sale. Kitty is now $2000. She was closer to $3000 last year. But I think with the pandemic going on and prices of oil and silicone dropping, they can afford to make the dolls cheaper. However, DS Dolls is not showing signs of that and they are more expensive than ever. I have not looked at 6YE prices as of late as of now that was the only TPE doll I was considering as they do make lighter weight models too. There was that one beautiful African woman they had too. I loved her more than the DS Dolls. I almost bought her too, but I was just worried about the high maintenance associated with TPE and they don't last as long as Silicone dolls.
Speaking of new dolls, have you checked this one out?
viewtopic.php?f=265&t=115586
Kinda reminded me of you wanting a ds lite when I first saw it.
No, but I did take a quick look at that link and my eyes grew wide when I saw the doll on the main page. Wow! She looks awesome! I didn't read it fully, but I did see that they can be taken apart like the EX-Lite dolls. However, they look FAR better than the EX-Lite and I am scared to look at the pricing. I have not seen a weight figure yet either, but man...the bodies look awesome! They even offer flight case protection for shipping, far better than any other company I have seen, BUT anything that has that kind of premium protection is going to cost a small fortune.
Oh wow! I just looked at a video that shows the backside of those dolls, and the detailing is amazing. I thought it was nice that the Dagmar had shoulder blades, but on these dolls you can really see them and also the vertebrae on her back too!
Oooooooo. I just saw the prices. They run about 4500 POUNDS! that is just shy of $8000 US. NOPE! I can't afford that. No wait wait, that is for one without the removeable limbs. The removeable limbs ones are even more expensive at 6700 Pounds! I am sorry, but at those prices I can go with a US made Real Doll.
With me I would have to stick with something in the $1500 range and preferably under 70lbs.
Anyway, thanks for the link. I am sure it is just a matter of time before they have more affordable dolls for decent quality. I remember that just a mere 10 years ago, only the very rich could afford these dolls as ALL of them were over $5000 (as all were silicone only). But when TPE and fabric dolls came out, the prices dropped considerably.
Well, I am still keeping my eye out. I think I am going to take a peek over at 6YE and see what they have lately. Besides, I would like to take a look at the African beauty I love so much!
Oh yeah...they still have her:
https://www.6yedollglobal.com/store/p6/ ... -doll.html
I know you cannot see the pictures, but you can read the description. She is only 4'11" tall, but even though I am tall, I did have a girlfriend that was exactly that tall. But she falls in at 57lbs with her head on. So that is an excellent weight figure. But she is $1800. Too high. Further, she would need an ENTIRELY new wardrobe as only child size clothing fits her. For a thin build doll, she does have an amazing figure though. The collarbones on her are very pronounced and that is a huge plus. I think if she was around the $1500 range, I MIGHT go for it, but the sad thing is that more than 50% of Eryka's clothing wouldn't fit.
Anyway, nice chatting again!