Help! Dollieh Emergency! Volks DD2 has broken waist!

[TheHighlander]

Yikes!

Well, whenever I have some time on my hands after I get Misheru's Makoto back on her feet I will have to get some of the plastic components shown. I know Parabox sells them. The most difficult part appears to be fabricating the limb and neck attach points.

I must admit, I prefer the engineering in the Obitsu frames. The 50cm chest piece is a marvelous example of solid and yet flexible design, even the Obitsu neck pieces (with all their flaws, are a more simple design, and more solidly made than the ones I've seen from Volks. We got an aluminum replacement piece for a Volks neckpiece, and it's more like the Obitsu design using a captured ball joint. Actually the Volks replacement part uses two captured ball joints to allow a high degree of movement. It's vastly superior to the somewhat fragile Volks part, and doesn't use a spring that looks like it would be at home inside a cheap ball point pen - unlike the flimsy Volks one.

I have to admit though, the neck piece design that Obitsu uses right now, causes issues with eyes in the smaller heads. There is entirely too much neck piece inside the head. It kinda seems a re-design might be in order...

[K2!]

There is entirely too much neck piece inside the head. It kinda seems a re-design might be in order...

Or half round eyes.

[cirquemom]

Or full round eyes that you simply popped the backs off of.

[TheHighlander]

What of glass eyes...?

It's just awkward with such a relatively large element of the neck piece filling the interior of the smaller heads. Fortunately the Megu head/face is as cute as a button, which makes up for the fiddling around to make it work.

[K2!]

There are glass eyes that aren't full round. I've got a few pairs. I don't remember where specifically I got them. You're looking for the anime style eyes, right?

[Misheru]

No, he usually likes the regular ones. They do make flat back glass eyes. A few of my girls have them (I don't he ever looks that closely...in fact I think one of HIS girls has them, but since I am the one that puts the eyes in...hahahahahaha).

And BTW, Highlander - Makoto would like to point out that she is 100% Obitsu. It is poor Michiko that is in pieces. Too many M's in this house. lol

[TheHighlander]

No, he usually likes the regular ones. They do make flat back glass eyes. A few of my girls have them (I don't he ever looks that closely...in fact I think one of HIS girls has them, but since I am the one that puts the eyes in...hahahahahaha).

And BTW, Highlander - Makoto would like to point out that she is 100% Obitsu. It is poor Michiko that is in pieces. Too many M's in this house. lol

Hey! I do so look closely, I'm not sure any of my girls have them. Shion and Midori both have regular glass eyes, Mariko's are not flat back, but I can't remember whether Kira's are or not.

As for poor Michiko, yes, I have been messing up names in my head. I blame a combination of age, anime and video games.

[Misheru]

LOL...Mariko and Kira's eyes are acrylic and full round. *Someone* in the group has half-back paperweights. Hmmm.