This was a return. About 2006, we broke off collecting and crafting in 1:6. That was the time we moved twice in eleven months, had over a hundred miles round trip per work day (on an island!), and just existed for a few years. Patrick then got back into vintage Lionel equipment, and that kept us busy.
Now, boom, we're back buying dolls to customize.
Alas, Cy Girls are priced out of my market now that they are discontinued collector items, but Mattel did come out with the Made to Move Barbie body, and has had the original wrist-poser bodies for a while, though they no longer use them for Fashionistas. Then there's the Evolution line, with Original, Tall, Petite, and Curvy dolls to sew for. Alas, present Evolution Fashionistas only have 5 points of articulation, but hollow hard plastic limbs tempt me to permanent re-posing involving a saw and glue. Certainly, I need some that can sit down.
M2M have like 22 points of articulation. Everyone is buying M2M bodies for their favorite heads, though the bodies are terribly skinny. Chee, Cy Girls are only 14 points, and Perfect Bodies 24.
By and large, adult collectors are either box/gown collectors who stand them in serried ranks, or play collectors who like posing scenes. Those divide into "It must be all Barbie/GI Joe/whatever their happy brand is" and "It must be as realistic as possible. That's why we need properly scale furniture and vehicles. That's why we have a 1:6 helicopter and a 14"-long anthropoid mummy case that came as the presentation case for a knife. The GI Joe mummy case (with mummy that jumps out) was 1:12 and went in my old 1:12 dollhouse. (If I ever find it, it will be a child burial.)
You can find or build crazy stuff if you really want it. I think I finally figured out how to build 1:6 llamas now that I have the power tools.
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