MGA's Make It Mini Food Series

I have a few of these that I've had for some time now and I haven't noticed any yellowing! I haven't taken any care to keep them out of the sun either... actually, I forgot one in the windowsill for a couple of weeks because the resin was taking a long time to cure and it looked perfect even weeks later. They're really good quality little minis! I love them, they make perfect props for 1/4th or 1/3rd dolls!

 

I purchased several shortly after release, so in early January of 2023. Out of the semi-opaque yellow and mint resin in two milkshakes and the transparent red in a pie, none of them have yellowed at all. They still look great, and even came with enough add ins that I have extra 1/6 scale chocolate chips, banana slices, cherries, and even an extra cookie to use for my dolls. I’d definitely give them a try if you’re interested, they’re fun to make and are great little props.

I will say that I keep mine stored in an opaque box with my other props when not using them, so they haven’t been sitting out in the light this whole time. I did leave one on the windowsill for maybe a week to be sure it cured fully (not a lot of sunlight in January where I live) and it was completely fine, though.

 

I have a few of the MGA kits. I did them a few months ago (the first one was probably in January or even December last year) and they have been sitting on my book shelf since then. I do see a little bit of yellowing, but mostly with my one opaque dessert. It's the parfait in the photo - and it's mostly mellowing and less out-and-out yellowing. The semi-translucent ones aren't too bad at all.

With coloured resin, I also expect the colours to fade a little over time. One of the boba drinks (the "peach" one one the left) did lose a little bit of its peachy colour over time, but since the colours are subtle to start with, it's not horribly noticeable.

As for scaling, they are at the very most 1/6. I don't see them fitting any larger doll and still look to scale.

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Hope this helps!

 

I've got both kinds - my favorite is the strawberry boba which is a translucent resin, but I also have some donuts and peanut butter banana toast that have the opaque resin. The one that ended up in a window for a few weeks was the opaque resin (iced donuts!).

 

I have a couple sitting in my windowsill, but behind the divider where they're not in direct direct sunlight. As far as I can tell, none of them have yellowed! I have a minor addiction to minature food items, so I have a good mix of the opaque and translucent resins.

Also very excited that they've done a series two for both diner and cafe! Also kind of want the mini kitchen for my YoSDs and fashion dolls.

 

One thing I do know about resin is it will work with any mold as long as it's silicone and there are plenty of melt candy and fondant molds that are the right size to be doll treats. It's also easy to get a 2 part silicone mold maker and follow (the right kind of) silicone+cornstarch mold making tutorials.

And it's good to know about the UV resin yellowing. I almost started down that route but ended up getting old fashioned 2 part. Silicone tools are a big help.

 

This is all good information as I’ve recently bought some of the new lifestyle kits that have aquariums and plants. I’m still not sure about using the resin in the aquariums as the fish, which are very cute, tiny and detailed, just end up disappearing when the resin is applied. Or maybe it was the angle of the video I watched. Anyway, I’m really looking forward to getting my kits and seeing which ones I got. I’ve known about the food kits, but have been trying not to get any as I don’t need more things, but darn they look so cute and fun.

 

I got my mini lifestyle kits and then bought some of the diner series 2. The kits are fantastic! The details are amazing, even the packaging is adorable. With the lifestyle series I got the Betta fish, a clown fish, the set of two succulents in pots, and unfortunately three candle sets which one was a duplicate. I did find the terrarium set and cactus twins on eBay for a decent price (I hate having to do that, but with blind boxes, sometimes it’s more cost effective). I used some model railroad ‘dirt’ with pva glue to fill the pots and glue in the plants as I wanted to keep the potting soil packages intact as they are so darn cute. I haven’t done the fish as I’m still debating whether or not to use resin or set up the aquariums but have pretend water.

The diner series I got was two lemon Bundt cakes, the party cake, strawberry sundae, banana split, and the ramen bowl. I’ve decided to mod the cakes and added blush to one of the Bundt cakes so it looks baked and painted the other chocolate. For the party cake I thought it looked odd with just a yellow cake with pink frosting on the tops of the two tiers, so I painted the whole cake white and did the pink glaze on the top of both layers. It looks really nice! I will take pictures when everything is finished. I’m waiting for the air dry clay I used to fill up the waffle and banana split bowls to dry so I can glue everything in, then use the resin glazes. I really wonder how these will look in a few years as the plastic that is used for the ice cream, cakes, and fruit parts is a softer rubbery stuff, not a hard plastic. Anyway, these are so much fun I see why they are hard to get. I want more!