#Factory Blythe doll

[alittlebitbethany]

Look who I found hiding amongst the presents 🎁 This is my photo for Day 23 of A Very Dolly Christmas Countdown 2023 I hope that you like it. Image Description: a photo of a factory Blythe doll hiding in a pile of Christmas presents.

[clown-egg]

I've always wanted to customize Blythe, ever since I was about 18 and This is Blythe was a legitimate site. It was just never an accessible hobby for me - the price was out of my range and the thought of carving into something like that with no experience? No way.

Enter the "factory" fake. The TBL. The aliexpress girls. The perfect vehicle to practice on. I don't think I did half bad. She's got carved lips and nose, a custom set of eye chips (that I bought, I didn't make them), a gaze correction and sleep eyes and, obviously, a repainted face. I plan to do more, but she's a project I sink a little into at a time.

[queenofsquids]

Ahh found one of those fakie? clone? factory? Blythes at the thrift store for $7.99. I'm so happy. I have always wanted to find a real Blythe in the wild but this is the next best thing 'cause I've never seen the head/face in person and I was really wanting to.

Couldn't wait to get her in the car to have a proper look over.

She even has short green hair! Couldn't have picked better myself.

Wonder how she came to be here? Did someone get her for a kid who outgrew dolls? Or did someone get interested in the doll community and then lose interest?? A million scenarios.

Her body's a little grubby and wobbly but I'm shocked her face and hair are really great for being thrown around the thrift store process.

Well yay! I'm so happy I came out today!

[stargirlsuicide]

i do think its a little funny when guys r absolutely distraught over girls whose whole personality is like calling themselves girl bloggers or human blythe dolls. they print those at the factory buy a new one idgaf

[mythosidhesdollhouse]

Soooooooooooo I'm afraid your friend in doll collecting may have gone a tiny bit off the rails today. IN MY DEFENSE--I just got a refund from Aliexpress for an order that failed to arrive within their 'Delivery in 30 days or it's free!' window. So technically the money had already been spent. I just...stretched it a bit further ;p

The cloth doll in the middle is from HarperIman, another Black women-owned toy company. Their main business focuses on made-to-order, customizable, handmade linen dolls in the 18"-20" range, but they also have a line of 'petite' 14" handmade dolls that can be found at Target, FAO, and a few other retailers. The one I purchased, Sadie, is of the latter variety. I've seen this brand around for awhile, but this is the first time I've felt compelled to add one of their creations to my collection. I have a soft spot (LOL) for cloth dolls, but I'm also rather particular about them, so I don't have very many. This one spoke to me, she just feels like a good fit. I'm already having thoughts about embroidering flowers on her overalls ^_^

(Screenshots of some of the more bespoke dolls available directly from the HarperIman site)

I swear I made a genuine effort to choose between the two HBC girls and only get one for now...but I just couldn't. I made the mistake of browsing their Instagram, and the hair on these dolls is SO GOOD I am powerless to resist. I cannot wait to start designing outfits and accessories for them!

*sigh* so yes...I probably should have saved that money, but I'm also not exactly sorry it's gone...BUT REALLY THIS TIME, no more dolls. For a good minute. Between these latest shenanigans and Isabela and Moana and the factory Blythe from AE that hypothetically is still on the way, albeit extremely late...I have six dolls in transit. I need to slow the hell down and focus on making clothes for all these girls. I will make an honest effort to not go on ebay or Mercari or anywhere else I might be tempted by a deal at least until the end of the month. After that we'll see XD

[6boolett]

my first blythe doll ever 💕 I love her so much!! I bought her thinking I was gonna repaint her face cause I didn’t think I’d like factory makeup that much but… she’s already sooo pretty!! Anyways I will have to wait for a moment before painting her because ms clear is impossible to find where I live. I already modified her eye string with beads and she’s wearing a full outfit so I’m glad. I’m not sure what her name will be, I was thinking of Alice but we’ll see 🧸

[tyoonc]

bought my first (factory) blythe doll secondhand from someone !! she comes w extra face plates and some tools for customising!! im sooo excited for her to arriveee T_T

[dollsahoy]

So. Fixing Creata Flower Princess hair.

Creata Flower Princess dolls have absolutely atrocious hair fiber--I had a few of these dolls when I was a kid and I ended up giving them very short hair cuts because the hair got so scruffy so fast.

I thrifted a ballerina Lisette in 2015 whose hair looked like this

I did the best I could with the metal tine slicker brush I have for doll hair, then set it back in curls to try to hide the still-scruffy ends

Over the years, the curls drooped, and the ends, of course, remained scruffy.

I recently finally bought a metal tooth flea comb and combed out the hair completely. It was better, but still scruffy.

From Tiffy's experimentation, I know that a variable temperature hair iron, set as low as possible, is useful for getting a lot of the scruff off of the ends of doll hair. Well, most doll hair--Creata hair still melts at even the low temperature that saves other dolls' hair.

...but I don't have a hair iron, anyway. However, I do have a mini iron for sewing/craft use. I tried that! Even at its lowest temperature, it still melted the Creata hair!

Over in the branch of doll customizing that works with Blythe dolls, people did not want to expose the mechanism behind the eye change to water, so they developed a technique of flattening hair/bangs/fringe by placing a damp washcloth on the doll hair, then literally applying a heated clothes iron on top of the washcloth. That delivered enough heat to shape the hair into a new style, but the washcloth protected the hair fiber from melting.

So.

I laid down some parchment paper (nonstick silicone-coated baking paper), separated out a small section of doll hair, laid a damp washcloth over that, pressed the mini iron over where I thought the hair was, then slowly pulled the doll head away, to slide the hair under the iron end.

The process looked kinda like this (with a hand on the doll to move it, instead of to hold the camera)

and the first pass made this much of a difference

After I ironed all of the hair, I combed through it with the flea comb dipped in boiled hot water (did this make a difference? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯), then combed hair conditioner through the ends and ironed it through the damp washcloth again

Again, I'm not sure if it made a difference, so I stopped there. The ends were still noticeably scruffy, but better.

If I didn't also have a Lisette head with the original factory curls, I would have re-curled this Lisette's hair, but, since I do have that other Lisette, I decided to keep this doll's hair straight. I trimmed the uneven lengths, which got rid of some of the scruff

This hair is far from perfect, but it's definitely much better than it was.

[unicorndollwitch]

Doll Diary ~ Meredith the Witch

Meredith the lovely red head is no ordinary doll. Not only does she have the best hair of my factory dolls…but Meredith is a witch 😌

She sits on a shelf (a rather cramped shelf) with Purdy Blue and Ava. I’m hoping to get a better shelving unit soon to display the Blythe dolls better. I just also struggle with buying practical things because I end up buying dolls instead 😅

Meredith likes to occasionally cook up a little something in the cauldron. I’m not really sure what she’s brewing up but I might leave someone else try it if it’s edible.

I’m sure there’ll be strange words uttered over the cauldron as its contents brews through the day.

As above, so below…as many witches like to say. Meredith is no different. She offers you blessings on this fine Tuesday!

I’m waiting for some more dolls off AliExpress and some outfits. In particular a shirt and silver shoes for Dorothy. I also ordered some fabric so I can make Dorothy a dress. I’m considering future purchases though they’re not Blythe related (apart from outfits of course 😅). Summer sales and stock clearances will be happening soon ready for autumn 🍂

Happy Tuesday doll enthusiasts 🩵

[crabbyseawitch]

I recently purchased my first factory Blythe doll💖 I am slowly starting to customize him.

So far I have replaced his eyechips and his ears.

I dyed his hair with Rit Super Pink. But I think I used a little too much because it came out more purple. But currently my hair is purple anyway 💖

Also, his shirt is from a Jurassic World Barbie fashion pack I got from Walmart ☺️

[hydrangeaz]

finally caved n got a factory “blythe” doll bc I’ve wanted a full size blythe since I was a kid but really am turned away by their prices and wanted to see if I even liked them enough to consider saving for a genuine blythe lol anyway I lov her and am rly impressed w her quality for being $30

[alittlebitbethany]

When you have minor surgery and your parents buy you a new doll. This is Alice ❤️. Image Description : a photo of an AliExpress Blythe doll wearing a pastel outfit. Alice’s outfit was made by ByRungGoods on Etsy.

[neonkewpie]

Idk how many of you have a Blythe on the fakie pure neemo body but I did a neck mod using this make

I needed to screw the neck piece into the body but hey better than it was before! Printed in white bc that's what was already loaded but I have a matching brown filament for the future

[mythosidhesdollhouse]

Revised current-ish wishlist thingie, because I'm sleep procrastinating. Probably won't end up getting all or even most of them, but seeing them together helps with my decision making process. Mostly likely I will continue to funnel most of my doll funds into secondhand finds and factory Blythes XD

Shaker legs Rainbow High have dropped off for now because I've seen too many reports of them leaking in the box. My RH collection is at capacity anyway; I can't add anyone new without revising the entire setup and I'm not in the mood to tackle that right now. Wasn't planning to give the Yummiland reboot the time of day, until I saw the purple one (she's a Walmart exclusive). So...maybe?

I probably forgot some MH? But I'm sleepy and they've released too bloody many dolls this year anyway. I'm happy to have Catty be my last for awhile.

If you're wondering about the 'My Life As' doll, I figured since I gave Target's house brand AG knock-off a try I might as well do the same for Walmart. Needless to say if/when I get her she's due for a wardrobe upgrade.

[msnogood]

I have successfully Frankenstein'd my most perfectest "Blythe" doll and she is my absolute favouritest thing right now. ( ˘ ³˘) 💕 I love her so much. So shiny!

For reference, this is put together with "factory" chubby Icy, which is a copy of Mimi Bobeck doll's body with an Icy head (not shown). Then I swapped the head with a "factory" bald middie Blythe.

I am SO THRILLED the neck joints fits and I didn't have to cut anything off, except I did break the hook notch thing behind her ear which is so expected of me ( ´༎ຶ ۝ ༎ຶ ) but the head is still closing fine and she is still perfect.

I have had the chubby Icy since 2018. I never knew what to do with her until recently. The head and body proportion was not my favourite and I love how she turned out! Bonus is this head fits much better than Icy did and it doesn't droop down.

I even got the original Mimi back in 2018. I will likely try to somehow soften her head and see if I can remove it without destroying it eventually. I don't believe the chubby Icy / Blythe copies are sold anymore so this success is just reinforcing my hoarding tendencies.

She looks like a weird adult lady version of Kewpie. I might just make an onion wig for her later.

So here is my obscure Blythe doll log of total success.

[the-bjd-community-confess]

I’m getting my grandma one of those DBS (blythe look alike) dolls for christmas, and one for me too, since when i got into BJDs she started looking at dolls again and remembered blythe from her childhood. I did a bunch of research about the differences of fakes/factories/ICY/etc, since blythe & the community isn’t really my thing and i wasn’t sure what their recast-counterfeit stuff was like! but i’m getting one for me so that we’ll both have one and have something to bond over. I also decided not to go for a true & legit blythe since those are $$$ and she’d feel way too bad actually playing with them (she’s always mentioning that - good naturedly! - about my BJDs) and customizing her doll. She won’t even take the RH doll i got for her out of the box yet haha. sort of unrelated, but I have been looking into getting (legitimate, since i think there’s also fakes?) Pullips though, so I’m interested to see how I like this size range… all my BJDs are SDs!

~Anonymous