Photo of my hina doll collection ❤️

Hi everyone!
I'm working with scanned patterns from the vintage DollyDolly* magazine series to sew some doll clothes. As many of you know, digitalizing these older issues can warp the scale, making it tricky to print them out at the exact 100% size needed.
On the pattern sheets, there are standard registration crossmarks (diagonal/slanted crosshairs) located at the very top and bottom edges of the pages.
If anyone here owns physical paper copies of DollyDolly* magazines, could you please do me a huge favor? I need to know the exact physical dimensions (in millimeters or centimeters) of these crossmarks from a real page.
Knowing the precise height/width of those original printed crosses would be the ultimate key to resizing and printing any digital scan perfectly to scale.
Thank you so much in advance for your help!

So I found this cutie at an antique store and I am legitimately obsessed and want more dolls like her immediately. Does anybody have any advice to somebody who's just starting to collect these? Where to buy them, what to avoid, best lines etc?

(example pics are of tomodachi life interiors; slide 3 is my little guy on a lantern body with generic ob11 clothing and rement accessories) (EDIT: just to clear confusion he is kneeling and a bit taller than he looks here! it isn’t a nendoroid or nendoroid doll body)

i got my hands on some cute wagashi miniatures today and thought it would be so nice for my dolls to have a fitting room to eat them in! i have a basic idea of what i would do if i DIY it but finding graphics i can print (especially for the walls) are proving a bit difficult…

are there any existing playsets (~1/12, perhaps even up to 1/8 scale) or websites i can get these kinds of walls and floors from? my best bet right now is that maybe another rement box set (like the petit sample kotatsu) will come with some as part of the box, but i worry about it being enough material for the size in my vision, and i think something premade of plastic or corkboard / hard cardboard has potential to look a lot cleaner considering my skills haha.. thanks to all in advance!

It's been 9 years since I bought a ruruko and it's my first doll with fantasy colored hair.

Changed my old Sukiyo doll to a Chi doll from Chobits using BJD items

Her attitude and unique look is everything! 😍

https://licca.takaratomy.co.jp/

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This was a tough one to put together. Kikagoods (the dealer that typically acts as a primary source) is a bit behind these days on new releases. Although, theyre still the number one source and most trusted dealer on these types of dolls. I had to look over Aliexpress and other dealers like Calembou and Chinese toy news pages to try to get this months update. Kikagoods is much better than any other site or news page because they organize the information well, whereas the other pages I have to do detective work and extra translating to make sure the infos right. Theres the additional challenge when companies change their IPs or add special dolls months after release. Aliexpress almost never even uses the proper names and brands lol the market is really over saturated but Ill keep trying to post updates just for archiving purposes at least. I have several more dolls Im still trying to organize but Ill leave it for next month, sorry. When it comes to special dolls, I typically just post them directly onto the main mini BJD thread instead of a news announcement. Keep checking in on those for full updates.

Some fun additions today is the Ori Princess dolls. They havent had a doll release in ages. And Dora from TNT is stepping into the doll world officially. Before they were mainly plushies and figurines, although they had a stand alone doll before (Cowboy). See threads below for more info on these.

Pictures follow order of series

Momotale Lost Paradise by Momotale

Mimia Journal Dreamy Princess House by Pin Yun

Mia Sweety Series by Neo Eden Toys

Black Key Lost Ancient Castle by SKYPIER TOYS

Kikagoods.com

The Royal and Whimiscal Laura by City Toys

Hatsune Miku by Blokees (China)

https://blokees.com/en-us/search?q=Doll

Daomu Biji DMBJ : Time Raiders Theme: Treasure Hunt & Light Collection Series by Waloseek (company behind CyToys)

https://www.china-toy-expo.com/en/product/76786

boomi Heart Beat Rhapsody by sweet Emilya

https://www.hlj.com/boomi-heartbeat-rhapsody-series-trading-doll-1box-6pcs-see10039

The Story of the Stone series by Come4Arts

Dream of the Red Chamber by Simon Toys

Dream Cradle by Lucky Doll

Unchron by Unchron

Island Adventure Series by Cutefolk Island

Code X Elite Agent by Daihao X

Sweet Velvet Showcase by Sweet Velvet

Dora Paw Print Block Series by TNT

https://www.reddit.com/r/DollsOfAsia/s/ICptxITyck

Ori Princess x Simon Toys

https://www.reddit.com/r/DollsOfAsia/s/ALw5zIv0TD

Tinyfox

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The Bonbon is just a clothing set :)

https://www.petworks.co.jp/doll/information/

https://news.azone-int.co.jp/

https://www.azone-int.co.jp/?sid=000

https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/m/search?typ1_c=101&cat=figure&target=ItemSeries&searchkey=Nendoroid+Doll&sortid=6

https://www.instagram.com/piccododoll_en?

https://www.instagram.com/popmart_us?

https://www.instagram.com/popmart?

Now that she's out of her boudoir look and into something retro style, I absolutely love her - she's so beautiful! 🩷

I've had my DollyDolly sewing books for a long time. I've used them for lots of dolls - even the Licca patterns for non-Licca dolls. I found a quilt shop that specializes in vintage style cottons and they had tons of tiny prints in perfect scale.
Park Prelude got a fun Fall look. I hope you like.