09-02-2019, 10:54 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-02-2019, 10:55 AM by dargosmydaddy.)
And now for my biggest failure of the summer, paired with a fun success...
I've been wanting a Yeolume for awhile, but didn't figure on finding one for an acceptable price... Then lo and behold last May while trawling ebay, I happened to come along a bunch of new listings from a single seller. They were mainly selling Sailor Moon Pullips with low opening bids and reasonable-ish BIN prices, but they also included a listing for "Pullip doll used 2 loose."
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I couldn't believe my eyes-- Yeolume! And the BIN price was ridiculously low (like, I wouldn't have thought twice if it had just been for the Yeolume, never mind the Dal included). I checked out immediately, convinced I wouldn't be fast enough, and even once the transaction was completed, I was sure something would go wrong, the package would be lost, the dolls would reek of smoke or something worse, etc. But no, they arrived just fine. The Yeolume was a little scruffy, but I wanted to customize her anyway so I didn't care, and the Dal Tina was in perfect shape. Yay for a rare ebay bargain!
Now onto the frustration... I want to get the Yeolume a professionally customized face up eventually, but I figured in the meantime I could rewig/ rechip/ rebody her. I got her head open without issue... and then the eyechips wouldn't budge!
At this point I've probably changed about two dozen pairs of eyes (including a couple of the old rubbery kind that have to be cut out), and as mentioned I've had my fair share of trouble with getting the screws out, but never the eye chips themselves! Usually they come out with hardly any pressure at all, and even the few that haven't only take a few hard pokes. But these Yeolume eyes are impossible! I finally soaked the whole eye mech in boiling water and managed to get one of them out, but three months, two more hot water treatments, and plenty of poking and prodding later, it still won't budge. I even disassembled the whole mechanism, hoping it would give me better leverage. But nope. And they are really ugly orange eye chips, plus at this point I've scratched the back of it so badly that it looks like a cataract, so there's no way I'm putting it back in my lovely Yeolume...
![[Image: 48661908098_b11698f368_n.jpg]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48661908098_b11698f368_n.jpg)
eye by tisue999, on Flickr
The only good news is that Dal seems to have the same mechanism. I'm hoping to find a cheap spare Dal mech somewhere (probably not, but a girl can dream...), or use one of my current Dals (or acquire another one) who could pull off an eye patch look and switch mechs. I don't want my Yeolume to have an eye patch. Anyhow, it's been very frustrating...
On the other hand, Dal Tina is one of my favorite new dolls! When I placed the order, I was only thinking about the Yeolume... I'd never given Tina a second look before, and once she arrived I considered selling her. But then I bought her a new wig and chips instead...
In my last post I mentioned I HATE red eye chips, but this Dal looked like she'd make the perfect little demon girl, so I actually went out and got chips for her that were redder than her original ones.
They were a tad small, so I did the black acrylic paint around the rims again. And I am in love with her wig, which was my first ex.perience with a CanCan wig (the orangey-red wig I tried on Dallis is also a CanCan). All in all I think she came out well-- meet Lucy!
![[Image: 48662265986_988834af69_z.jpg]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48662265986_988834af69_z.jpg)
Lucy2 by tisue999, on Flickr
Bonus picture of her with Zadie, my Dal Lyla... Zadie was happy to have another supernatural-esque Dal in the gang.
![[Image: 48662413347_f75d0a8c57_z.jpg]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48662413347_f75d0a8c57_z.jpg)
ZadieLucy1 by tisue999, on Flickr
I've been wanting a Yeolume for awhile, but didn't figure on finding one for an acceptable price... Then lo and behold last May while trawling ebay, I happened to come along a bunch of new listings from a single seller. They were mainly selling Sailor Moon Pullips with low opening bids and reasonable-ish BIN prices, but they also included a listing for "Pullip doll used 2 loose."
I couldn't believe my eyes-- Yeolume! And the BIN price was ridiculously low (like, I wouldn't have thought twice if it had just been for the Yeolume, never mind the Dal included). I checked out immediately, convinced I wouldn't be fast enough, and even once the transaction was completed, I was sure something would go wrong, the package would be lost, the dolls would reek of smoke or something worse, etc. But no, they arrived just fine. The Yeolume was a little scruffy, but I wanted to customize her anyway so I didn't care, and the Dal Tina was in perfect shape. Yay for a rare ebay bargain!
Now onto the frustration... I want to get the Yeolume a professionally customized face up eventually, but I figured in the meantime I could rewig/ rechip/ rebody her. I got her head open without issue... and then the eyechips wouldn't budge!
At this point I've probably changed about two dozen pairs of eyes (including a couple of the old rubbery kind that have to be cut out), and as mentioned I've had my fair share of trouble with getting the screws out, but never the eye chips themselves! Usually they come out with hardly any pressure at all, and even the few that haven't only take a few hard pokes. But these Yeolume eyes are impossible! I finally soaked the whole eye mech in boiling water and managed to get one of them out, but three months, two more hot water treatments, and plenty of poking and prodding later, it still won't budge. I even disassembled the whole mechanism, hoping it would give me better leverage. But nope. And they are really ugly orange eye chips, plus at this point I've scratched the back of it so badly that it looks like a cataract, so there's no way I'm putting it back in my lovely Yeolume...eye by tisue999, on FlickrThe only good news is that Dal seems to have the same mechanism. I'm hoping to find a cheap spare Dal mech somewhere (probably not, but a girl can dream...), or use one of my current Dals (or acquire another one) who could pull off an eye patch look and switch mechs. I don't want my Yeolume to have an eye patch. Anyhow, it's been very frustrating...
On the other hand, Dal Tina is one of my favorite new dolls! When I placed the order, I was only thinking about the Yeolume... I'd never given Tina a second look before, and once she arrived I considered selling her. But then I bought her a new wig and chips instead...
In my last post I mentioned I HATE red eye chips, but this Dal looked like she'd make the perfect little demon girl, so I actually went out and got chips for her that were redder than her original ones.
They were a tad small, so I did the black acrylic paint around the rims again. And I am in love with her wig, which was my first ex.perience with a CanCan wig (the orangey-red wig I tried on Dallis is also a CanCan). All in all I think she came out well-- meet Lucy!Lucy2 by tisue999, on FlickrBonus picture of her with Zadie, my Dal Lyla... Zadie was happy to have another supernatural-esque Dal in the gang.
ZadieLucy1 by tisue999, on Flickr