Back when I was just getting into Pullips, I rolled my eyes at this whole "melting" thing. "How bad could it be?" I thought. "Those Pullip owners sure are picky about their dolls! What's the big deal??" But then, back when I was active on the PullipStyle forums (I became muuuuch less active there after I discovered this forum ), I stumbled across some really intense pictures of face melt. Now I am EXTREMELY careful with my Pullip's heads. I don't let them wear glasses or even touch their own faces with their own hands for more than a quick photoshoot.
Though these photos aren't mine, I'm crossposting the pictures here because they illustrate how gravely important it is to protect your Pullip's head. These pictures were taken by user "x3" on the Pullipstyle forum, and if you're a member there, you can view the original thread here: http://pullipstyle.com/resource/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=19761
To make matters 100x worse, that doll is a Leprotto. She's one of the rarest and most sought-after Pullips, so of course this would happen to her.
I'm not sure exactly what happened, but x3 off-handedly commented, "Never store a blythe and pullip together. So sad." My guess is that this happened because her Leprotto's face was pressed against a Blythe body for a few weeks.
Please be careful with your dollies.
ETA: I had like, ten DM tabs open on my browser, and I could have sworn that this conversation was Aztrid's "So I want to buy A pullip" thread (http://forums.dollymarket.net/showthread...id=7255673). I wrote that post thinking that I was adding it to a conversation about general Pullip care, not on Marie's personal doll arrival thread. I am so sorry for threadjacking you, Marie! I feel kind of bad about this... I didn't mean to launch into full-on dolly education mode in the middle of your excitement for your beautiful new Isul! I'm so sorry.
Though these photos aren't mine, I'm crossposting the pictures here because they illustrate how gravely important it is to protect your Pullip's head. These pictures were taken by user "x3" on the Pullipstyle forum, and if you're a member there, you can view the original thread here: http://pullipstyle.com/resource/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=19761
To make matters 100x worse, that doll is a Leprotto. She's one of the rarest and most sought-after Pullips, so of course this would happen to her.
I'm not sure exactly what happened, but x3 off-handedly commented, "Never store a blythe and pullip together. So sad." My guess is that this happened because her Leprotto's face was pressed against a Blythe body for a few weeks.
Please be careful with your dollies.
ETA: I had like, ten DM tabs open on my browser, and I could have sworn that this conversation was Aztrid's "So I want to buy A pullip" thread (http://forums.dollymarket.net/showthread...id=7255673). I wrote that post thinking that I was adding it to a conversation about general Pullip care, not on Marie's personal doll arrival thread. I am so sorry for threadjacking you, Marie! I feel kind of bad about this... I didn't mean to launch into full-on dolly education mode in the middle of your excitement for your beautiful new Isul! I'm so sorry.