Current
Notes: But to me, her name will always be 'Freedom' !
What a day. Beloved Hubby
and I are the proud owners of a new-to-us truck ! We’ll be paying for it for
some time, but I think we made the right decision. Mostly because now, I have
transportation whenever I want it ! It’s mildly ironic that now, I can doll
hunt whenever I want – but there’s very few dolls I want, and even less money…
And an additional gift is
Beloved’s new car fever has ended ! I didn’t even mind spending most of today at
the dealership, since I’d spent longer afternoons driving from used car lot to
tote-the-note ripoff joints – not to mention endless web sites at 2am - since the illness began.
Since I can’t really
describe today without boring you to death, here’s some other stuff. Paper doll
clothes ! One size to fit Barbie and MH dolls.
Have a look here.
Some of these are really pretty, but I just can’t get past paper apparel. Dolls
wearing it can’t sit, the least little wrinkle *really* shows, fold-fitting and
taping to the doll sounds frustrating, and I could only use the black printouts
on colored paper, which eliminates a lot of the neat shading I like. Plus,
there’s the slight worry of ink or paper color transferring to the doll.
Like the paper clothes, 3D
printing your own doll sounds awesome, until you really think about it. Quinn,
presumably the first one, is currently on Kickstarter. I like the idea and the
customizing potential, but it’s nowhere near as inexpensive as you’d think.
Beloved’s into 3D printing, and is exploring the options – making the printer
yourself is $$$, buying one is $$$$, and even the lowest level of joining the
Quinn group is $65. That gets you the ‘pattern’, but the printer, the plastics,
and the skills are all your expense. Yeah, it ranks that Barbie, Create A
Monster, Switch A Witch, etc. aren’t more customizable, but they don’t cost
about a grand, start to finish… and what happens if there’s an error, there
goes $70. in plastic that can’t be reused. True, dolls today aren’t as original
as Quinn – but they’re hecka more affordable at TRU than the Kickstarter group
seems to think !
I’d love to do that – make my
own dolls, my own plastic doll shoes, accessories, hair, etc. Most of my sewing
stems from a drive, a darn near need
to give my own version of a viewpoint to the mass merchandise pieces in my
home. If all I could do was buy for my dolls, I’d have gotten bored of them
decades ago. So I really like the potential here, I just don’t think we’re
quite at the ‘make hundreds and the price per will go down’ level in most folks’
kitchens and garages. If it’s so easy anyone can do it with a small investment,
who are we gonna sell ‘em to ? Everyone will be making their own ! And I really
don’t need to be a mini-Mattel. (laugh) How long would it be before I didn’t
like my own business practices ?
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