Thanks for stopping in. You are one of the many members that have taught me a nugget or two over the years. Thanks, and never stop posting. Always ready to learn more here!
The finger wires seem pretty heavy duty and can grip to a good degree. I bent them around the wrap bed headboard rails loosely, and she held on. If I wrapped them tight, I'd be prying them off later. At the wrists, where the lower arm rod ends, the hand and finger wires begin. You can feel it go from rod to very thin rake of wires, and I think that the wrists may eventually prove to be a weak area to look out for. Or else that's just the mental image I get because it suddenly goes from about 3/4" rod to about 3/16" wire. Huge difference, and dainty feeling wrists.
The elbows bend nicely, as do shoulders. Arms will stay aloft when you bend them up, but they do wanna come back down a bit.
The body bends both a little above and right at the waist. I haven't pushed it too much. Still on the learning curve with flexibility.
The ankles are imo perhaps a weak area to watch as well. Not much range of motion. As far as standing on her own, only against a wall. She won't do it without something to lean on. And she's top heavy. Heels with ankle straps give extra support around the ankles, and are a help. Still going to try thigh high boots later.
The knees have a plastic piece for a knee cap, which looks great in some positions, just okay in others. The knees bend very well, and don't have as much propensity to want to bounce back to neutral position as the hips do.
I can pose the doll in a crabwalk position, with her butt off the surface, and she'll stay there. If I pose her on her knees, doggie style, she wants to slide forward and straighten her legs a bit. So, as poseability goes, I would say limited in some ways, nicely in others. It's a pretty simple skeleton. Not going to have the range or poseability of an RD. But was a little better than what I was expecting from a cloth doll.
Hi swivelthumb! It sounds like the Fleshlight can works well for you in the Mieki. I bet it would in this doll for you too. You have your insert preference dialed in, which is probably the toughest element to make this kind of doll just right for you. I'm three days into a learning curve, and enjoying the ride. And I'm game for any advice from a fabric pro, and also game to take any kind of pic that anyone wants me to, or answer any question.
Kinda damning myself for not buying a couple other fabric offerings, so I had the points of reference to compare for you guys. In a way, I'm just forging blindly ahead, and I look forward to another member with fabric experience telling us all what they think and how things compare for them.
The best I can do is share what I think and see, say what I like, what rocks, and what I think could be better.
A pic is worth a thousand words, and that's why I put a bunch in so that peebs could actually see what I ramble on about. Hopefully doing that will help give everyone a better vision and help determine whether or not they want this or some other doll. I'm not pulling any punches, am telling it like it is in my eyes, and giving the most info I can so you can form your own opinions. I wouldn't want anyone to buy something and find out they don't like it. And I'm not in any way associated with TD, other than being an early buyer. My duty here is to share what I got with forum members so they can see whether or not this offering is for them. Not trying to sell anyone a doll. But I am having fun and enjoying a new toy. That's what it's all about.
I have a lil thing for legs. 
I am surprise to hear Riga weight almost the same as my Meiki Plush (keep in mind that is torso only)... How would she hold up if she is in Viennese Oyster position? 
