#18inch

Wonder Woman 18inch arrived! and as I unwrapped her I look at my finger tips and they’re blue. Uh oh. Then I glance at her stock - hands - ankles. Uh oh. I decide to cut open her pleather jumpsuit ER style and wash my hands so avoid any blue spread. I pop off the head which is nicely aligned paint, rooted with cobalt blue and midnight black saran but lots of product in the curls and shampoo it and scrub the face. To avoid contamination, seperately scrub the body with old school soap and water and a nail brush (it’s a pink hippo from the body shop): no alcohol no oils, we don’t want any smearing. It’s surprisingly effective on the hard plastic, leaving fainter marks to buff out with magic eraser or acetone then high grit sandpaper to cover the mess. The shoulder joints are deep stained red, one hand and one forearm are deep stained blue and Diana’s nose is deep stained red. I’m going to try and save the boots, maybe cut down to shoe form. The blue stains will get acne cream-peroxide treatment. Only two pieces of her stock are undamaged. Zero foresight from Jakks Pacific here. I suspect all 5 of these 18″ dolls' suits are crumbling and staining after two years on people’s shelves. Pleather is not doll friendly, we’ve all seen the melty stained Begoths and some of the Bratz clothes turn to nasty dust.

While Endless Kindom Barbie has the closest skintone, Super Hero girls fits perfectly in shape and proportions. I just plopped Azul’s head on and that was that. Conclusion: For $23 an excellent 1/4th body (they’ve since upped the price to $31 at aliexpress.com/item/4001310825550.html) the hip joint isn’t quite a ball joint so she can do splits either way but no sitting cross legged. Knees and arms are 90° unless you mod them. Seams are discreet, ball neck allows for lots of head motion, hollow but sturdy. The vinyl on the forearms and hands is faintly marbled and jagged at the edges. Hands are removable.

I complain, I complain* but the mint looks like Millie should have had it all along and Asha’s rainbow is a delight in person, I couldn’t stop playing with her hair just watching the colours merge and swish-swoosh

OK OK I’ve just removed approx 5cm from Millie and she looks and feels 100% better, Asha got extensive water buffing and then a teensy tiny spot of oil: not enough to be visible but enough to hide micro cuts. Put her hair down in a fabric elastic tie so hairs won’t snag. Now I’ve got to do a new photoshoot but at least these little touches made me happy with this project. I’m leaving the old post in here because the process is messy and the mental process is also messy and I am not some “youtube/insta ready: clean surfaces, every hair in place” kind of doll customizer: these two need to look nice, be affordable and withstand heavy play and I nailed that.

* see old post under cut

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