#moth bjd

Lets start with a bit of the packaging-- I won't lie, I was a little too excited to go for the full "unboxing" experience; so there aren't too many photos of this part of the process.

Her company box is well made! She was sandwiched nicely inside a foam form, and all her pieces (Headress, forehead wings, shoes, extra feet & ankle wings.) Were carefully wrapped. Her clothes were separated into different bags with the DV branding logo printed onto them.

I did have SOME issue with the way some of her parts were packaged, unfortunately--

The top of her left foot has a mark in the body blushing..

And the top of her right ankle is also scuffed/scratched--

Although this may be less of a scuff and more a result of how she was cast.

Her forehead wings were also marked but this was removed easily using a magic eraser.

At this point it became pretty clear that I would need to be extra precious with Isolde; her pretty cocoa resin scuffs easily, and so many of her accessories rub against her in such a way that scuffs or shine marks were going to happen not matter what I did. Thankfully, once fully dressed up, these small marks are difficult to see and I don't believe they make her any less appealing.

Lets continue!

Here she is all unpacked! As you can see, all four of her arms are magnetic--

(Ignore the 'scratch' on the knuckle of the hand at the far right. It's a bit of fuzz!)

The hands are lovely; very delicate. In some spots you can see the powdery texture of the spray sealant they used. I figure this is par for the course when it comes to dolls with darker resin, so it doesn't really bother me.

Close up of the magnet mechanism on the arm. Works VERY well!

I like how the arms move. They feel very sturdy-- of course, they were also VERY tightly strung. More on that in a bit.

The legs work similarly to the arms. They reminded me of prosthetic limbs-- there's a cup that clicks into place onto the peanut joint, via magnet.

The legs can be a -little- finicky. You have to be mindful while posing her, or else you might accidentally knock her legs clean off her torso.

Speaking of her torso!

I really love the way her arms lock in here! There's a piece that can be switched out-- in case you wanna make her two-armed instead of four armed. You coward. (jkjkjkjkjkjkjkjk)

Here's what the regular arm piece looks like--

Here it is without the piece locked in place-

I like this! It holds well, looks nice, and lends to some interesting customization options.

Three arms! Four arms! Two arms! We can do all kinds of arm configurations! Neato!

The sculpt is lovely. All the lines of the body look lovely-- including those created by the removeable parts.

My one issue here, again, is with how easily scratched she is. There's a fine-line scratch above her right breast that I couldn't wipe away with my thumb. Shame. Thankfully, again, it's hardly noticeable.

Lets take a look at her pretty face!

Her face is downright precious. The eyes look so wide and expressive! Dream Valley's faceup looks beautiful, as well. Look at those fine lines! Everything about her is delicate.

The silver is subtle and very slightly metallic. I love how her lashes match.

She looks so soft!! Losin' it over here. I will note that one of her ears has a weirdly sharp quality to it? Like, you don't SEE it so much but you can feel it when putting her wig on. I thought it was chipped at first! Thankfully, it was not.

Here you can see that sort of powdery look I mentioned before.

OH. It should be noted-- I had the head cap on backwards during most of her head photos. Uh. It's fine.

Here's what it looks like when it's on properly-- also, where the magnets for the headress sit!

Again, you'll see where her resin has been rubbed. No big deal, but something to note if you plan on owning one of your own someday.

Inside of the head has two magnets mounted in the forehead for her head-wings. They're a little weaker than I'd like--but, I mean, I feel like if they were any stronger the head wings would mark up her forehead so...trade offs, I guess!

The Dream Valley emblem is pretttty pretty! Love it.

OHP. I've hit my image limit! We'll end this post here! Here shortly I'll share pics of her accessories and outfit. We'll discuss a few other quirks of hers in that post, as well, alongside some final thoughts!

Look out for it!

Or don't!

Her head dress is spooky-beautiful! It can be slightly adjusted for posing and the magnet is plenty strong enough to hold it; so strong, in fact, that in an attempt to remove it I accidentally removed the headcap along with it!

It sits low on the head so you only see the wings from the front, and not the top of the skull-- although it can be set a little higher up if you want to. Along with the head-dress are her forehead wings-- which are very cute! The magnets aren't on the surface of the resin like the head dress magnets are, however, so they don't stick as firmly in place.

They were, as previously mentioned, marked up slightly from shipping. I was able to clean them up nicely using a magic eraser. :)

The last of the wing accessories are made for her ankles! These are very pretty but frustrating in how finicky they are. They're made so that they snap in place, like so-

But they fall off easily AND leave rub-marks on her legs. I would've appreciated a magnet with these, I think-- or at least some way to secure them.

They DO look pretty once you get them to stay in place! They also included some lovely silver wire ankle bracelets but..well..I couldn't figure out how to get those on alongside the shoes and the wings.

I was also worried about increasing the chances of marking up her legs, so I decided to keep those in her box. They're pretty-- but not necessary for the outfit's cohesion.

Onto the shoes!

They're so strange! They look like they popped straight out of a Salvidor Dali painting. They came with some pretty white ribbon to lace them up with.

This doll does NOT want to stand on her own, however, so I had to MacGyver two different stands just to get her upright. (She is, as of now, sitting in a case till I can get a stand that feels sturdy enough for her.) Anyway! Clothes!

A beautiful dress and underskirt.

Lovely black tutu.

The little white dress has small pearl bead buttons along the back (fool that I am, I forgot to snap a pic of those.) that are VERY cute but like to come undone. The black tutu slips over part of the underskirt to stay in place. There are also four little lace sleeves and a fluffy collar.

Which. Uh. Parts had to be removed in order to put these pieces onto the doll.

Alright. Yeah. That's fine.

I can do this I'm an experienced doll owner! It doesn't matter that it's so tightly strung it feels like a spring coil ready to burst! It's totally FINE that another collector in the BJD discord once mentioned DV strung their doll so tightly that the resin bar inside it's foot snapped in half! I'm FINE I'm BRAVE. I'm POWERFUL.

I took a moment to go and look at my cats.

Great. Ok. Thank you, Frankie and Pluto. My strength is renewed. Continuing on.

I started with the head-- which was easy to remove and tough to replace.

See the plastic wrapped around the S hook there? Yeah? It split under the pressure.

SCARY.

Removing the hands was actually way easier than I had previously thought.

There's a little slot the S hooks can turn into, so they just stayed in place as I slid the little lace sleeves over.

Also, let me get a good look at the hands alone.

So pretty!

Afterwards, FINALLY, I could behold my girl in her full glory!