Please Remove Creepy Doll Banner from Launcher

[kiagenwa]

It's really well-made, my only issue with it is that it doesn't look like Y'shtola.

And its price...

[Naoki34]

I know Y'shtola is a beloved character. I know y'all love collaboration and branding. But seriously, if y'all can change the Sage icon because people have a holes phobia, you can stop bombarding every single person who logs in with this horrifyingly eerie uncanny valley doll face. There was an evolutionary reason that humanity has a deep seated fear of things that look mostly human but aren't imprinted into our genome. You're disconcerting more people than a hole phobia here. Make it go away.

SE needs your money, only 1170€... Please...

The launcher has always been used to advertise their store, that's how it is.

I won't buy it even at 30€, the face doesn't look very Y'shtola.

Ps: I think scaring a potato is a great reason to keep it there.

[Vahlnir]

Do I like the doll? Not really. But I just don't like dolls. Still, it is SE's right to promote whatever they want on the launcher that is related to the game. It doesn't bother me.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Honestly, to me it just looks like a child cosplaying as Y'shtola.

[MilkieTea]

I’d like to mention here that at the level of quality the doll is made at, the price is definitely reasonable. Ball Jointed Dolls (BJD from here on out) are very difficult to make and it takes years of hard work, dedication and practice to even get a modicum of good quality. They’re hand painted and sometimes the faces are even hand-sculpted. You’re typically working with extremely tiny brushes, painting very small details that most people wont even see let alone care about.

The price reflects this, and is typical for this level of craftsmanship. As they’re being made to order it’s likely that there are not a lot of people working on the dolls (to ensure parity between models).

A typical BJD can take anywhere from 2 days to a month to paint, depending on the level of complexity. From making the clothes, crafting attachments, painting the face and eyes, sewing the hair in (or making a glued on wig/removable wig attachment which is no less a daunting task) and ensuring that it passes quality inspection, it’s understandable that the price point is what it is.

Typically dolls from non-established brands and solo-artists go for anywhere from $50-400, and established brands have even more of a pricing variety. The most expensive dollfie doll, for instance, is about $1250 (137,500 ¥), and one of their cheaper dolls is roughly $421 (46,200 ¥).

BJDs are extremely complex to work with. Monster High BJDs, for instance, require full body reworks before they’re able to just be PAINTED, and an established solo-artist can sell a fully repainted Monster High BJD for anywhere from $200 to upwards of $475 for just one. And these are presculpted, *soft plastic* faces.

Though I will say I think dollfies doll style isn’t the best for a Y’shtola doll, ahah. It looks really soft and I’d have expected them to go with a stronger look for her and instead of their typical soft style.

[Tsukino]

How does this have so many likes? People have problems with strange things.

I’d like to mention here that at the level of quality the doll is made at, the price is definitely reasonable. Ball Jointed Dolls (BJD from here on out) are very difficult to make and it takes years of hard work, dedication and practice to even get a modicum of good quality. They’re hand painted and sometimes the faces are even hand-sculpted. You’re typically working with extremely tiny brushes, painting very small details that most people wont even see let alone care about.

The price reflects this, and is typical for this level of craftsmanship. As they’re being made to order it’s likely that there are not a lot of people working on the dolls (to ensure parity between models).

A typical BJD can take anywhere from 2 days to a month to paint, depending on the level of complexity. From making the clothes, crafting attachments, painting the face and eyes, sewing the hair in (or making a glued on wig/removable wig attachment which is no less a daunting task) and ensuring that it passes quality inspection, it’s understandable that the price point is what it is.

Typically dolls from non-established brands and solo-artists go for anywhere from $50-400, and established brands have even more of a pricing variety. The most expensive dollfie doll, for instance, is about $1250 (137,500 ¥), and one of their cheaper dolls is roughly $421 (46,200 ¥).

BJDs are extremely complex to work with. Monster High BJDs, for instance, require full body reworks before they’re able to just be PAINTED, and an established solo-artist can sell a fully repainted Monster High BJD for anywhere from $200 to upwards of $475 for just one. And these are presculpted, *soft plastic* faces.

Though I will say I think dollfies doll style isn’t the best for a Y’shtola doll, ahah. It looks really soft and I’d have expected them to go with a stronger look for her and instead of their typical soft style.

Although Volks is most known for their ball-jointed dolls, the Dollfie Dream line are not technically BJDs. Ball joints are made of ball shapes on one side and a socket in the other, held together by a system of elastic strings that create the tension used to hold joints in position when moved. DDs are made of soft vinyl instead of hard resin, and have joints which basically swivel around a bolt, their tension coming from the friction of pieces held tightly together.

[RitsukoSonoda]

The facial features are a little off likely due to them using a more traditional doll head as the base. Still it didn't stop me from pre-ordering it because it still looks extremely good to me and I like to collect things like these.

[MilkieTea]

The facial features are a little off likely due to them using a more traditional doll head as the base. Still it didn't stop me from pre-ordering it because it still looks extremely good to me and I like to collect things like these.

According to dollfie dream, it’s an original “Y’shtola” sculpt. I think they might’ve decided to sacrifice a bit of her original look for their own signature style (which I’ve seen them do for their Disney dolls too.)

Or they could’ve adjusted a different sculpt and it just so happened they couldn’t adjust it too much without making it look weird compared to the paint job etc etc.

[Kolsykol]

According to dollfie dream, it’s an original “Y’shtola” sculpt. I think they might’ve decided to sacrifice a bit of her original look for their own signature style (which I’ve seen them do for their Disney dolls too.)

Or they could’ve adjusted a different sculpt and it just so happened they couldn’t adjust it too much without making it look weird compared to the paint job etc etc.

I think it's moreso the personality really, Y'shtola is pretty serious and stern.
She's more sassy than cute.
I still think you can communicate that regardless of artstyle really with facial expressions and posing etc.

Even just something like the open mouth for example it's not something I really see Y'shtola doing and it makes her look more cutsey.
Like I said it's really well-made but it does feel a little like a cutsey cosplayer cosplaying as Y'shtola.

[RitsukoSonoda]

According to dollfie dream, it’s an original “Y’shtola” sculpt. I think they might’ve decided to sacrifice a bit of her original look for their own signature style (which I’ve seen them do for their Disney dolls too.)

Or they could’ve adjusted a different sculpt and it just so happened they couldn’t adjust it too much without making it look weird compared to the paint job etc etc.

The thought that essentially came to mind is that there is a base or for lack of better term core that's used in sculpting the heads of their dolls that might influence things like placement of features like eyes or nose and the overall shape of the face. This type of thing is fairly common if a company has established a specific style with their products. Though admittedly I haven't looked too far into creation processes when it comes to these types of items at this tier of quality. Honestly I'm more focused atm in preparing a display for it.