This may be a silly question, but how do you order a doll from April Story with a faceup? I was recently asked this over on Instagram, and I really want to be able to help this person out, but I realised I had no idea myself ^^; I had a look on April Story's site, but I couldn't find an obvious answer (I've only ever ordered a blank doll from them myself). Any and all help would be much appreciated!
I don't think it's possible to currently because the news said English site will stop operating December 2018 and ball-jointed dolls now being sold is terminated end of November.
Their contracts for their dolls just ran out, yep! I have heard that this happens with Aprilstory from time to time and they'll be back with new (and some old) sculpts later, supposedly. (however, their english site is to go defunct, since they dont have anyone on their team that speaks english and can run customer support). That said, I did just order a doll from them - i'm also curious about whether faceups are available, but in doing some of my research, i suspect that they no longer have a face-up artist due to costs? Their dolls may just have faceups for the promo photos. I'm not positive, but that may be the case. I didn't see any options about faceups when I ordered, but if anyone's ever gotten a face-up from aprilstory i'd love to know too; since i'd love my boy to have the look he's got on their site. (as an aside, its super funny to me to find you on doa via asking about this - i just found your youtube channel looking for reviews and box openings of the new aprilstory body before i bought my boy :> )
Thank you for explaining! That makes a lot of sense. I hope they come back soon, and in a way that English speaking people are still able to place orders. Here's hoping someone can tell us more about their faceups (or lack thereof). Oh wow, congrats on ordering an AS boy of your own! What a funny coincidence that you just stumbled across my channel too If you don't mind me asking, who did you order?
yea!! im obviously not an expert but i needed to know whether i really should buy him this year or not :'3 i elected Yes, obviously, for both the english website reasons and that he used to be a limited sculpt, from what i can tell, so he may not come back! plus i really love their current bodies And yeah!! i couldn't believe it for a second, haha. I just ordered Liam! im soooo weak for those cheekbones. he's gonna be named Lance, he's a part of a story with a few of my other dolls their model has a smokey faceup of the flavor that absolutely slays me, so if i can ask for it i sooo want to hahaha
@Crimson-Catalyst oh wow he's stunning! I'm so glad you were able to order him. It would be amazing if they were able to do that faceup for you too! The name Lance suits him perfectly.