MY GIRLS: BEFORE and AFTER PICTURES

HERE ARE ALL MY GIRLS ... BEFORE and AFTER their make-overs ...

Ashleigh Aqua:
Little Big Eyes (Black Hair)
(she has extra-long black hair extensions)

Bertha Belle: 
Little Big Eyes (Lemon hair)

CAYLEE CAMERON CANE:
CCE Basaak doll (from Taiwan)

DALLET DARLING:
Blybe doll
(I did commit "dolly-cide" on her,
but then, I transformed her into ....)

Dallet Darling:
Our Little GHOST

EmALY EriKA:
Little Big Eyes doll  (grape hair)
She got ash-blonde wig extensions
(no more visible purple/grape hair)

Jay~Anna July:
Little Big Eyes doll (Raspberry hair)

Kirstyn Kavaleri
Little Big Eyes Doll (black hair)

Lena LaRosse
Little Big Eyes doll
(my second lemon hair LBE)

Lena LaRosse
(pic # 2 of her)

Molly Marine
Little Big Eyes doll
(my second grape hair ... kept hers purple)

Nenetl Nenetl
(means DOLL in Aztec)
My first, and so far, my ONLY "REAL" BLYTHE DOLL
She is the Ashton Drake Galleries (ADG) Aztec Arrival

DOLL BODY COMPARISONS: Blythe; Blybe; CCE; LBE; and OTHER CLONES

When I first discovered BLYTHE ... and realized I could not afford one ... and then figured I could get a clone and STILL accomplish my goal  (designing and producing dolly fashions to offer for sale ... )

I then discovered there is a whole OTHER WORLD of ... CLONES!!!

This was all very confusing.  But THANKS to all the wonderful flickr folks, you can find so many people who have comparison pictures, which helps a lot.

Here, I will post my own comparison pictures.  Some of the other clone pics I have found, are from various locations, but since I am not trying to sell anything here, or benefit in any other way besides INFORMATION ONLY, I am sure it will be okay.

Left to right:  REAL BLYTHE  (ADG Aztec Arrival) ... Center:  CCE (body with SPINDLY LEGS and arms)
Right:  This is a MARY-KATE & ASHLEY doll which I previously put on my CCE doll,
because I could not DEAL with the TWIG LIMBS!

BODIES: 

One of the FIRST THINGS to research was:  BODY SIZE.  Comparison of CLONE to the REAL BLYTHE … so that when I made my crochet fashions, I would be getting the size right.

            Here is what I have discovered:

            LBE:  Their TORSO and LEGS combined, make her about 1 inch taller than BLYTHE.

            Blybe:  CLOSE enough to BLYTHE although CHEAP-O made.

            CCE:  I could NOT DEAL with her spindly body.  Before commiting dolly-cide on her, I changed her body with a MARY-KATE & ASHLEY body that I had from when my niece used to come over and play dolls in the 90’s.  It was surprisingly VERY similar.  But ANYTHING would have been better than that TOOTHPICK CCE body.  HAD TO get rid of it.

            BLYTHE*:  It is what it is.  MANY different colors of plastic though:  her head is GREEN;  her torso is another color and her arms and legs are another color.  WHICH doesn’t matter much to me, as I do NOT like the skin showing on photo shoots.  I just DON’T.  (has nothing to do with modesty, I just don’t think it looks right.)

* I am referring to the only Blythe I have: The ADG (Ashton Drake Galleries) Aztec Arrival. 

 

 

HANDS                                      

Hand of Little Big Eyes Doll:  After I sliced between the fingers

            LBE:            Nice hands, made of rubber.  NOT hard-ass plastic.  I cut between each of their fingers, because I wanted to.

HERE you can see the "webbing" on the Blybe doll (cheaply produced)

            CLONE:  Definitely had some “webbing” going on, and had to cut off the overhanging pieces, obviously cheaply made.

            BLYTHE:  Left them as is.

FEET                               

            LBE:  Their feet are HUGE and FLAT. 

Color stained feet from LBE doll
Left:  Original size
Right:  I tried to "carve" them down because they were TOO BIG!

Left:  CCE Doll   Center:  Blybe Right:  Little Big Eyes

The large size of their feet was going to prove to be a bit of a

problem if I was ever planning to dress them in the extreme cuteness of Blythe and/or Barbie footwear!  

And for ME, the solution was simple, as I NEVER plan to have their FEET showing …. I just CARVED THEM ALL into BLYTHE SIZE FEET.  Sure, they don’t look that great, but the blonde ones have PINK FEET anyway, due to staining from the red boots, but again, as long as they can wear BLYTHE and/or BARBIE SIZE FOOTWEAR …. That is all I need.  I tried to make an “arch” but that was sort of futile … but at least I got the size down.

            BLYBE CLONE feet are okay.

            BLYTHE:  LEFT AS IS.

HERE are some of the CLONES out there:  (if anyone owns these pics and has any objections, by all means let me know and I will remove them from this directory):

"Blybe" ... has more of a "Blythe-like" shape body

Basaak  (Spindle body)

Close up of ICY DOLL and her wonky mouth ...

Strange looking ... this one is:  BLYTH  (no "E" )

I think this one was a "CCE" ... Color Changing Eyes

THIS is an "ICY" doll ... for some reason, they cost about $75. and above ... they have a VERY strange face (my opinion )

This one is called "JECCI 5" or something like that

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This one is really rather pretty ... saw this on ebay I think ...
BLYH  (no "T"  ... no "E"  )

YEP, JECCI FIVE  (I believe it was some sort of department store promo doll)

THIS is a LITTLE BIG EYES doll, that was on ebay I believe.
SHE is the same as MY LITTLE BIG EYES DOLL.
You can see that this person has done a bit of customizing on her

I am sure there are many (?) other clones out there, but these are the ones I discovered in MY research.

Notes on Customization of Blythe Dolls: EYES: EYE LIDS

This section is on EYELIDS:

Little Big Eyes Dolls:  As far as I can see, it is not possible for these dolls to have "sleep eyes" ... i.e., a time where they can appear to have their eyes closed.  With these dolls, their eyes are always OPEN.  Even when the eye changing button is pushed, there is very little eyelid visible.

Blythe Dolls:  I have seen some very, very talented artists paint some awesome designs on these dolls eyelids.  I did read that to successfully do this, you must either have an airbrush set-up, or sand down enough of the eyelid to make up for the layer of paint for the design.

I did not attempt this process.  I did try to paint my Blybe's eyelids black ... and I thinned out the paint as much as possible, but I just did not like the visible brushstrokes.  Perhaps at a later time I could attempt this step, but I believe the experts:  You need to do all the steps correctly, or the paint / art / design will "rub" against the eye mech when pull ring is used.

This is my Blybe (Blythe Clone) doll ... I painted her eyelids black ... knowing that this may happen:  I do not have an airbrush system ... so I used thin paint ... but the brushstrokes are still visible ... and NOT DESIRABLE ;)

* Disclaimer on ALL of my NOTES:  I am not a true customizer.  I have only done the few girls that I own, 7 Little Big Eyes, 2 Blybe, and one real Blythe.  The caliber and skill and profesionalism that is so evident by the lovely flickr pictures ... well there is no comparison to my extreme amateur attempts.  HOWEVER, ALL I really wanted to do was to change them from the hideousness that I saw, into just a teeny bit more beautiful, for my own pleasure and sense of accomplishment.  I do not now, or ever, plan to offer my own skills at customization ... the reason for these blog entries is to help the few out there who would like to do just a few little steps, without spending ANOTHER huge amount on their already expensive girls.