WM Dolls' New Material: S-TPE

JoVoxx · Post by **JoVoxx** » Tue Jan 02, 2024 10:13 am

Looking forward to that!

brokko17 · Post by **brokko17** » Tue Jan 02, 2024 12:07 pm

I've seen the video. You can leave 15 kg on the buttocks for 3 days. I'm actually curious about a similar video that does 15 kg for 3 days on the buttocks of a tpe doll or a silicon doll. Do they distort? If not, what is the point of the 15 kg test?

peter-holland · Post by **peter-holland** » Tue Jan 02, 2024 12:39 pm

Very interesting development. I'm really curious how it compares to Zelex SLE

cycleingking · Post by **cycleingking** » Tue Jan 02, 2024 1:00 pm

If this new material does not solve for color transfer, I am not totally sure what the goal is. TPE is already very durable anyhow. As a Silicone lover... if this new material does not compete with silicone, I'd say there are far more beneficial improvements to be made to the WM line and the TPE is not high on my list personally. Someone else mentioned...LHP is far more important than making subtle improvements to TPE.

doudou64 · Post by **doudou64** » Tue Jan 02, 2024 1:13 pm

good evening this is great news a less greasy and more resistant tpe I find it very good and just as important as the lhp

Post by **Your Doll** » Tue Jan 02, 2024 8:44 pm

doudou64 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 1:13 pm good evening this is great news a less greasy and more resistant tpe I find it very good and just as important as the lhp

Yes, this is an upgraded option, and for free!

bbc3 · Post by **bbc3** » Tue Jan 02, 2024 9:09 pm

They should just make it standard if it really is just a stronger, more durable but soft version of TPE.

koaplayer1998 · Post by **koaplayer1998** » Tue Jan 02, 2024 10:29 pm

Wondering how much this will add to the price of the doll, as it sounds like a "premium" item.

bbc3 · Post by **bbc3** » Tue Jan 02, 2024 10:43 pm

koaplayer1998 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 10:29 pm Wondering how much this will add to the price of the doll, as it sounds like a "premium" item.

The post above mine from @yourdoll indicates its a free option.

koaplayer1998 · Post by **koaplayer1998** » Tue Jan 02, 2024 10:52 pm

bbc3 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 10:43 pm The post above mine from @yourdoll indicates its a free option.

Thanks for that, bbc3....I totally missed that reply. I'm surprised what seems to be a more-costly option is being offered free, but the skeptic in me (and knowing how businesses operate) also realizes it eventually gets paid for somehow.....either by a future price hike, or cutting some costs somewhere else (like cereal boxes/volume getting smaller, in lieu of a price hike).

seagull · Post by **seagull** » Wed Jan 03, 2024 12:56 am

Maybe the S is for "Special"

Post by **Your Doll** » Wed Jan 03, 2024 1:07 am

bbc3 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 9:09 pm They should just make it standard if it really is just a stronger, more durable but soft version of TPE.

That's somewhat of a standard, all WM series dolls are allowed for this S-TPE.

bbc3 · Post by **bbc3** » Wed Jan 03, 2024 1:26 am

seagull wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 12:56 am Maybe the S is for "Special"

I think it's for "Super".

Echo_Chamber · Post by **Echo_Chamber** » Wed Jan 03, 2024 1:41 am

Great, just when I was literally going to put my doll up for sell.

If only WM could now improve their articulating fingers to be robust, AND introduce cavity molds which stimulate better and plug the holes right, I'd get another one tomorrow.

As of now, I might leave mine out next to the dump...

4891d · Post by **4891d** » Wed Jan 03, 2024 1:55 am

This sort of answers Zelex's SLE. The SLE risks ultimately making conventional TPE dolls of equivalent price disappear because they are less resistant to abrasion and more oily, and allow less fine detail. By releasing a TPE that improves these three points, WM is innovating to stay in the race in this price range.
It's good that TPE remains competitive, because there are a number of beautiful existing models that it would have been a shame to see disappear little by little.
Let's now wait for feedback from the first buyers to check if this new TPE keeps these promises.

We are really in a period of great innovation: Zelex, XTdoll, IT, ..., WM now offer us a festival

(and the competition tends to lower prices despite this big progress).

Edit: I just saw that JKdoll is also switching to S-TPE. (so the brands manufactured by Jinsan will probably benefit from this innovation).