Amaranth's Castaways

Recast vs legitimate doll comparisons, and random doll-related tutorials. I am anti-recast, pro-owner. I will never bully or harass anyone, but I'm choosing not to support recasts any longer. This blog contains comparisons and information for helping to identify recasts sold on the secondhand market.

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Showing posts with label legitimate. Show all posts

Sunday, January 12, 2014

Recast DC Alberta Identifiers

Here is a comparison post between recast and legit DC Albertas. I hope this comparison is useful and helps ease some worries. Recast...

Monday, December 30, 2013

Aileen Doll Ashes Recast Identifiers [revised]

New information about recent Ashes dragons at the end of this post. (As of Jan 2014).

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

On Scammers, and why it's not your crusade

Here's the thing- for as long as there have been replica dolls there have been a few assholes selling them as legitimate dolls. Recast...

Monday, August 19, 2013

Restringing a Feeple 60

This tutorial is to show you how to string a Feeple 60 the way Fairyland does it. You could probably string them the normal way, but I p...

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Feeple 60/Volks Lorina Hybrid

Ok first of all, this is a pain in the ass. You WILL want help for this, or else you'll be looking like a dork like I was doing this...

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Photostory thingy: mature content

Alora's Dream Alora has long dreamt of seducing the famous hero, Jack. She slept one hundred years in a castle surrounded by roses...

Friday, July 26, 2013

The Big Mnf vs JID Comparison

I see this question happen so often, I decided to do a post on it. This is just my opinion, so feel free to take it for what it's worth...

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

On Doll Eyes and Eye Positioning

Hi there everyone! It's been a little while, so I thought I'd post up a tutorial on how to position eyes. I, quite frankly, am ...

Monday, July 8, 2013

Feeple 60 Head Comparisons: Nanuri A, Chloe, Mirwen

This comparison post is just to show and F60 Chloe and Mirwen. Their heads are pretty different in size and shape. I am including the Nanuri...

Friday, July 5, 2013

Face Up Removal: Windsor and Newton vs Isopropyl Alcohol vs Nail Polish Remover

I've removed a lot of face ups in my short time in the hobby (I've been around for about 4 years). I've used nail polish rem...

Monday, July 1, 2013

Feeple 60 vs Minifee Boy Comparison: Nudity/Peen Warning

Hey there, sexy. Time for another comparison post! (Or as I came to call it, "Anything you can do I can do better" in honor of...

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Feeple 60 vs Minifee Comparison

Here is the promised Feeple 60 vs Minifee Review! As always, please pardon the crap lighting and the pile of games/doll clothes in t...

Monday, June 24, 2013

Feeple 60 vs Feeple 65 Comparison!

Hi all! I had a request via Flikr to do a Feeple 65 vs Feeple 60 vs Minifee comparison! I didn't have a Feeple 65, so the 10thsdirty...

Saturday, June 15, 2013

SDgr vs Feeple 60 Comparison Part 2

I was able to do this sooner than I expected, since I had someone to help with the baby. I've got another pose-off in mind for lat...

Sunday, June 9, 2013

Fluff: Concept for my Future Doll Chateau Alberta (legit)

Did a rough sketch while feedin' the baby last night. I was trying to decide between two dolls on my wishlist, either a recast Soom Zinc...

Monday, May 27, 2013

Recasts and Fake Certificates or Headplates

Recasts sometimes come with fake certificates or headplates. The recasts that do, that I know of offhand, are Iplehouse, Soom, and Volks do...

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Jack and Jill, Double Box Opening: Legitimate Fairyland Feeple 60 Mirwen and Chloe plus other stuffs

(The lighting is really bad in my house despite the sunlight, so apologies for the weird lighting in the pics. I decided against doing a...

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

How Choose a Doll

Really, no one can tell you exactly how or what doll to choose. Yet, people still ask all the time. So I've decided to put together a ...

Monday, May 13, 2013

FAQ: Ordering a Doll From a Company or Dealer

How do I buy a doll? Buying your first doll can be really intimidating. It's a lot of money to shell out at once, plus a long wa...

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Thoughst on two recent bjd confessions...plus, NO MORE HATE

There is a confession about pro-recast hypocrisy here .This confession is worth discussing. Firstly, as Resinmuse noted, simply wishing f...

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