Re: New vinyl doll on the market
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 6:10 pm
While I'm glad to see more companies entering the large vinyl doll arena and I applaud their efforts, I'm very disappointed with Granado's choice of joint engineering on the elbows and knees of this new vinyl doll. Instead of smoothly incorporating the joint structure as part of the knee, (which other manufacturers have done) Granado fell back on the style of their similar resin joints; a small double joint part hinged to the "bones" buried inside the thick skin on either side of the joint. These joints are only attractive when not bent and the two skin parts are together. When these joints are bent, it appears the appendage has been split apart or the skin is a thick plate armor covering a very thin inner appendage. These types of joints are very unattractive even with the slightest bend, giving the joint/limb a broken appearance. The thick, blunt ends of these skin parts are necessary for their more brittle resin versions, but with vinyl they could be thinned and tapered and incorporate the double joint part to render a much smoother look when bent. In retaining the heavy handed "straight cut joint" look of their bent elbows and knees, I don't think Granado is taking full advantage of the vinyl/plastic medium.