The Obitsu 11cm body came out sometime in the early 2010's. I love the 11cm scale and have pined for fancy tiny BJDs, but I got my first Obitsu11 body in 2015, Mika. They're tiny, chibi shaped, and have excellent articulation. I loved it so much, that then I got back into dolls in 2020, I added a second one to my roster, Spooka.
I don't know when it happened, but at some point, someone put a Nendoroid head on an Obitsu 11cm body, and now it's a super popular way to have tiny dolls of your favorite anime characters. This is one of the most common uses for an Obitsu 11cm body. This is what most of the obitsu 11cm dolls look like on Instagram.
Another major use for Obitsu 11cms is serving as bodies for hand held baby heads. The heads are larger and resemble toddlers. Some of them are cast, but a lot of them are hand sculpted. Some artists sculpt doll heads based on people's real life baby pictures for commission. These dolls are more popular on Facebook.
Spooka and Mika, are made with Obitsu rooted heads, which are kinda uncommon now. They have anime styled faces that I painted myself, but real hair instead of sculpted hair, so they don't really fit in either category.
Do you have an Obitsu 11cm doll? What kind of head does it have?
Do you have any tiny scale dolls? Where did they come from? What are they made out of?