Mini-sized dolls manufactured specifically with superior posing in mind.[List added!]

Fairyland Minifees are known for the posability.
I know Iplehouse JIDs have lots of joints around the butt area...

 

I'm interested too!

okay, msd from fairyland and iplehouse. anything else? I mean I thought there were hundreds of companies when I first got into this..now it seems like only a few. And most are similar enough to be called one type/style/maker. Joints I guess not much variation.
But minifees don't pose like humans do because of the super high torso joint. the mobility body from iplehouse isn't my style. Stiff-looking and the too high placement of the chest torso piece.

A lot of companies used peanuts joints, which are easy to sculpt but sometimes the cut on the limbs makes posing very unpleasing to look at. Some looks fine.. like the domuya.. dollzone.. dod....that's all comes to mind atm, though there are far more.

apparently some single-jointed dolls pose better than double-jointed ones... @_@ go figure

 

Ooooh, I'm interested too, can ya'all link the bodies you meantioned? The only body I ever saw that I found amazing was the Minifee A-line body, which I'm saving up for now... It's amazing, and I didn't have any idea Volks had something that moved well!!!

Here is the Minifee link
Girl
Boy

I wouldn't mind a less flexible boy body, but a girl who can arch her back and do a real back bend, well, that I can't resist!

 

Actually I think I have seen some artist dolls that pose very human like.... however. Because of flexibility being a priority I don't think they can stand....

I remember there being several threads about this probably in the Dolls part of BJDpedia...

 

navci, are you talking about the artist made dolls that are on Y!J, the ones that look super cool? Someone made a box-opening on that.. and apparantly there was an discussion, but in the larger size section.
also there are some selfmade bjds on youtube, though they're probably from the same artist.. kind of same style. Don't know their size.

 

I think Dollzone MSDs pose pretty dang well. I've gottne my double jointed boy to do any number of very human looking poses. ^_^

 

Definitely the Unoas, I'd think. They may not be double jointed (I don't think?) but Araki's certainly put a lot of effort into hiding the joints and making them look as seamless as possible. This has been improved even moreso in the newer dolls, like the Zeros, but even the 2.0's were pretty revolutionary, I think. There are also the new Unoa minis, the Chibis.

Cool thread idea! Maybe you could compile people's answers in your first post, for sake of ease as a reference thread? I wish someone would compile a list of double-jointed SD bodies! I always find myself thinking, "oh yeah, I forgot about that one!"

 

For posing, in mini size, the best I've seen are the A-line minifees, and their joints look the most natural when bent, to me anyway. The Dollzone double jointed minis also are amazing posers, I have one. They do have the squared-off elbow and knee thing when the limbs are bent, however. I don't think any doll is going to look totally human and natural when naked, but clothed many of them pull off quite human-like poses.

 

Supias are also sweet posers, even though single jointed. I've only seen photos so far, but I'm going to see how this works in practice in a week or two.
And Supia has announced that the new body is soon to come, more flexible than before (double joints and a three part torso, maybe?). I'm really looking forward to that one )

But from all the minis I've seen, the MNF A-line is definitely the best.

 

I just got my JID girl (Iplehouse) and she is a very good poser! It's amazing how much more poseability they can achieve with all the different joints. And she has loads of them! Of course, she does look a little weird all nekkid during some of the poses, but with clothes on you can't tell I love her poseability!

 

I haven't seen anyone with one yet, so I don't really know how well they pose...But cherish doll msds have double joints.
http://www.cherishdoll.us/

 

Um, I think with the way this is going, any mini doll will end up being added on to the list.

For example, I for one have heard (and experienced) that the Unoas have limited posing abilities precisely because some of it was sacrificed for aesthetics. Having played with an L-bi and a Sist, (on boy and girl body, respectively), I can say I wasn't too impressed with their posing ability. I mean, it was good, but nothing spectacular. Definitely would be a body I'd list as having aesthetics taking priority over posing. (It is pretty)

Also, the Lati Blue boy body has double joints in elbows and knees, along with a thigh joint, which makes their limbs really flexible, but their waist joint is almost useless. I'm sure there are ways/remedies for that, but that *waist joint really lowers posing abilities, even though everything else can tie itself in a knot. Also another beautiful body.

The one I'd like to recommend is new KDF body. They don't have double-jointed knees (but the elbows are), however their jointing is very good, and more importantly, the doll itself is very well-balanced in its engineering. It can do some amazing poses (I've seen one doing a hand-stand unsupported) because of this balance, which is sometimes even more important than joint range. It's as if it automatically bends to compensate for the weight distribution, like a real human body.

 

Hmm, well, maybe they were strung too tight or something, or maybe it was an older body version (is there such a thing?), but I didn't think the Unoas were any better at posing than a Volks MSD boy that was there the same day. Admittedly, I didn't spend too much time with the Volks boy.

A description of the Unoa that I've heard that I agree with is that they have limited posing, bit whatever they can do is done very gracefully. If that's what you meant, I don't think it's so much posing as it is careful engineering(like the KDF), for which number of joints is not necessarily an indication (see Lati body. Ton of joints, but limited mobility (although admittedly it's like it's a proud body. It likes to stand straight and look gorgeous, and leave curling up on the ground to those other ones)).

I think, for the most part, almost all dolls (except for a few artist ones) are made with aesthetics first, with posing abilities as a nice bonus. I mean, even the MNF's active line sacrifices some mobility in favour of appearance - comparing them to some of the artist dolls, who have superb mobility but scary-looking jointing, shows that.

 

Wow, this thread is turning into an awesome resource, thanks for starting it! I discovered a new body I really like, the Iplehouse boy body. I like the way it moves, but I especially like the chunkyness! Not so thin or overly muscular. I'll have to save up for that one! And maybe consider getting a "male" head with the A-line body that I'm buying for my DES . Gotta wait 'till the 20th, as I want to see what the event will be

Anyone know if the resin matches between Iplehouse and Fairyland?

 

Aww, that's too bad, but after researching, I see that they're also much larger dolls, so the heads would undoubtedly look strange :P On a happy note, their sculpts are very nice as well