Kooky Clones!

Dear Jill,

I love what you have done with your new clone! How exciting! I can’t believe you got that mouth shape from just using a scalpel – you are a natural! And you're right - I MUST have a Pickle Winkle! Though what a strange name! XD

Better late than never – I am here to introduce these new ‘Mystery Clones’ or 'Kooky Clones' as we have taken to calling them! We know next to nothing about them!

For this post I have enlisted the help of the lovely MuffinCheeks on Flickr who was kind enough to loan us some of her great reference pictures :D

I first stumbled upon these girls on Ebay about 2 months ago, from the seller Madjare. I was intrigued by them as they are obviously clones, but look nothing like a Basaak/Blybe or CCE. I wondered if they were TaoBao girls, but found them not to be when I looked a little more into them. So what are they?!

I bought one, with red hair, and she arrived a couple of days later...

She arrived naked, wrapped in bubble wrap, complete with a long wig of the same colour and a clover stand. I immediately went about examining her, and found she had Blythe CWC written on the back of her head. Was she really a Blythe?!

She comes with her eyelids painted pink with a little red heart, and 4 sets of nicely coloured eyechips...

I didn't even attempt to remove the chips because I liked them so much!

As you can see, the face has had some work done to it. The lips seem to have been carved slightly, then there's all the paint work. I took the make up off my girl, and she looks very much like a Blythe without it...

I went about taking her apart, and found the scalp screw on the back of the head VERY hard to get loose. It seemed to have lost it's thread. I managed to carve a new tread in the screw head and got her open. This is her eyemech...

It seems to be made of one whole piece of plastic - ie the eyeballs don't come off the axel. She also has a screw in the top of her neck...

I've seen this done with Kenners before to make the neck more sturdy. I'm not sure if that's what's going on here or not though. The body itself seems very well made, though it doesn't bend at the knees.

Her scalp and dome are very much like a Blythe's. The scalp has flanges around the bottow edge that are stuck into the dome. I heard from the seller that you can easily remove the scalp after giving it a good soaking in hot water, to loosen the glue.

And her neck hole seems to be extra large! Look!

It gaps against the faceplates when the head is on. Hmm...

I was very curious about these dolls and went online to try and find out what they were, or at least who they were made by. All I managed to find out from the seller was that they were from China, and that’s all I could find out. So I posted a few pics on Flickr and waited for a response. It seems no one knows what they are – they are a whole new Blythe clone!

Over the weeks I have found some more owners of these dolls on Flickr - Jill made the Mysterious Blythe Clone group, and together we have been trying to figure them out. We have had a few leads, but nothing has come of them.

And that’s a far as we’ve got! Aren’t they interesting?! If you have any clues as to these girls identities please let us know! And feel free to join the Flickr Group!!

Thank you once again for letting us use your wonderful photos, MuffinCheeks! This post wouldn't have been possible without you!

Sarah
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Pickle Winkle

Dear Sarah,

Blythedoll.com is releasing final illustrations for the upcoming 2012 dolls at lightning speed! The September release is Pickle Winkle, and you better start saving now, because I know that you're going to want this little lady.

Hello! My name is Pickle.


I am a member of dance team "Winkle".


I dance with everybody everyday.


I always practice hard steps over and over again until I master it because I want to be perfect at the next stage!

Please come to cheer our "Winkle" dance team!

Pickle's fashion is monotone base coordinated with unique items.

Her clothes are great for dancing. 

She can move around in any steps with her all-in-one attached with pumpkin shorts and no sleeves zipper parka.

Her fashion point is the devil horn alike hat with Pickle's team name "Winkle" printed on it.


The hat is also styled with huge pompoms on both sides.


Her knee height socks in magenta adds an accent color to her overall coordination.


She is also wearing double belt engineer boots!


Her hair style is popular bob in dark blonde with dark brown streak on her bangs.

Her eye shadow is pink brown, lips and cheeks are pink. 

Her face type is Radiance and face color is cream.


The illustration is the image of the product, final production maybe slightly different.




Release date: September 2012


Retail price: 14,490 yen (tax included)

Only two things: I really wish she was an FBL, I think she'd be perfect; and second, what kind of name for a dance team is "Winkle"? But other than that, I'm looking forward to her, especially her hair and little pants! I'm also thinking a special color eyechip, that light blue forward facing.

And looks like to round out the year we'll have Francoise Ananassa, Slow Nimes, and Red Delicious, the anniversary girl. 

♥ Jillie

Mattie patrols the ranks...

Mattie patrols the ranks..., a photo by feejbee42 on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
So which dollies do I take to BCUK then?
Any special requests?

My jaw dropped! So many dollies!!

Melo Melo Mew

Dear Sarah,

KITTENS!

The first Middle of 2012 is up and she is the cutest little kitten Blythe, Melo Melo Mew!!

Her basic information:

Hair color: Mint Green

Hair style: Long with bangs and loose curls

Eye color: Cool mint green

Eye shadow: Light green

Lips and Cheeks: Pink

Face color: Cream (Fair)

Release: August 2012

Price: 10,290 yen (129 USD; 84 GBP)

She's quite a good comparison to what we got back in May:

And here's a better picture:

 

I'm hoping to get her since I'll be graduating (!!!) in August! ("Hey parents....!") And hopefully she'll be my first Middie, too!

Do you think you'll get one? Kitten Twins!

♥ Jillie

P.S. HERE'S the link to her BlytheKingdom thread.

Customs Plus!

Dear Sarah,

Last night I took my Mysterious New Blythe Clone Lotus Blossom and did some serious customs on her. By serious I mean more than just changing eye chips and MSCing. (Followers: I'm going to allow Sarah to properly introduce these new clones, but the link above takes you to a Flickr group we formed in order to find out more information about them.)

Here she is when she first arrived.

A few days ago I removed the eye makeup from around her faceplate. 

Last night I scalped her. Her scalp and dome are very similar to an RBL -  they're apparently the same size, but the extra RBL dome I have lying around didn't fit with her faceplate.

"We ate all the hair."

She had really nice, thick hair but the cut was driving me crazy. I've been wanting to do a reroot for a while, so I decided to chop it all off! Look at those crazy spaces - are Blythe scalps like this? Can I make my own holes? I'd rather her not have bald spots.

 

Then I decided to carve! There's really not any tutorials online, but I did find the below video. I used a Xacto knife and a sanding sponge. I also sanded down her nose a bit and thinned it, which I might have to work on more. I think her mouth is good though, I was aiming for a smile. I also don't want to over carve her, and I really don't know what I'm doing. I also don't know how much the paint will have an impact.

And here she is all finished from Day 1! My next step for removal is just to take the paint off her eyelids.

I have a lot of plans for her, and am going to stick with this Lotus Blossom theme.

More soon!

♥ Jillie