Lilys body arrived today (and her wig a few days before). I'm slightly confused about this new doll body that has arrived, or actually more so with the previous one. Did I mention I called her Kat? I'm not sure why, she just seemed like a Kat to me. Anyway back to the doll body thing.
Lilys body is quite a bit different to Kats. It's no where near as well made, is a lot more orange in colour and smells really bad. The hair was horrible so I cut it off (I needed to do that anyway to fit the wig). I need to do some more research on this matter I think..I realise there are different Blythe clones available but i'm just not sure which ones I have.
Kat came secondhand as a 'Blybe' but she may have been customized for all I know. The hair is definitely better quality than it was on Lilys body and the scalp has been dyed. Her face was matte sanded which I want to do with Lilys face. It's pale and so is the body unlike Lilys orange looking tan. Kats body also seems more sturdier (harder plastic) and not as cheap looking as Lilys which has chips and cracks and looks like something you would buy from a cheap Chinese junk shop.
Looking back at the Ebay listing for Lilys body it says in the title "BASAAK BLYBE CCE 4 COLOR CHANGING EYES" which doesn't tell me anything. Down further in the article it says I would receive a "Basaak Doll in the outfit as shown in the pictures,a doll stand, one extra dress,a pair of shoes."
I was lead to believe from various online articles and discussions that a Blybe IS a Basaak (Basaak being added to the name so it doesn't sound to close to 'Blythe'). But this goes to show they possibly are not the same.
CCE dolls are obviously different because their wastes don't rotate and the feet slope downwards, so we can rule any of them out from being a CCE.
So then the question remains...Is Lily a Basaak and Kat a Blybe? Are Blybes and Basaaks the same thing and is Lily a rip off of a rip off? Is Kats body actually a Blythe body? (I don't think so as the waste is quite floppy which is a Blybe/Basaak characteristic).
Well, I shall go hunting for the answers!
THROWBACK THURSDAY: MASTERPIECE #1877 (2/1/18)
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Jean Beraud, French
*Before They Were Stars: Susan B. Anthony (Center) Twerking For Tips*, 1879
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