Object head dolls and hybrids

I bought a TV head from a BJD accessory maker on Taobao called Forest Doll! It's intended for SD but I like it as an oversized mini head.

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He's on an amooooore BJD body that was designed for Disney Animator dolls, but in the past I've also had him on a Gem of Doll big baby body. His face is just pieces of paper behind a clear resin screen... I wish I could figure out how to put a real working screen in there. I designed a whole bunch of expressions for him so it would be fun to be able to flip through them.

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There was also someone on instagram that had a doll with a teapot for a head... it was so cute, I wish I could remember who had it. (EDIT: Found it!)

 

ooohhhh myyyyyy goooooodddd I'm OBSESSED with how cute this bb is!!!!!!

 

@softnecromancy Thanks, I'm so glad I managed to find this head! There's a smaller version too

@Kyle_Tatore That's a good idea! I feel like you would almost have to make the head from scratch for it to fit right, though. That's where I ran into the most trouble researching screens for this guy before I gave up

 

@0bsequi0us That little guy is adorable! C:

 

I have used Hobby Search for most jp fashion doll items, including the newer obitsu 1/6 bodies. The problem with Amazon may not just be legitimacy, they often over-inflate the prices too, so check the prices here first: 1/6 Obitsu Body Parts (21-27cm) Products List - HobbySearch Fashion Doll Store

(Shipping may end up evening out the price difference though, it was about 2500 yen to ship one body to Australia by DHL in late 2020)

edit: I’m following this thread because I also love the idea of object head dolls, and I really love that TV head posted above!

 

I’m not really sure what you mean, this is the international web store. Your bank or PayPal will convert the currency automatically when you pay. The only potential drawback is the current cost of shipping due to the pandemic.
I had a look on Amazon and it seems they don’t have the newer bodies there anyway, only the old ones. If you wanted the old one that’s fine, but the newer bodies have a much nicer bodyline and are similarly priced. (the newer ones are the first results in the link I showed you)

If you want to buy where you are more comfortable than then feel free to, I just wanted you to be informed because there are a lot of dishonest sellers on Amazon and Ebay, while Hobbysearch sells at the RRP (and sometimes less.) I am not sure if bootlegs of the old 1/6 (20cm range) bodies exist, but I know they do of the 1/12 (11cm) range so I would be wary regardless.

 

@Kyle_Tatore that sounds AMAZING

Are you gonna try for an inset eye or a painted one?

 

@Kyle_Tatore: ooh, I love cyclops dolls and the idea of object dolls sounds really fun too, so I'm very curious to see what you're going to make of your little orange girl. Do pumpkin/jack-o-lantern headed dolls count as object heads? Because I have a lot of those^^. I love the little TV head at the top of this thread too, btw^^.

 

I love object head dolls! I've been following the VERY adorable MSD cat TV headed BJD MeekoBJD who was just handed over from Dallfacee to Moonlight_Jewel_Dolls and I'm very excited to see where she goes now!

I've also recently found Furby_O_Rama who has both a tiny TV head (Tilly) and a tamagotchi-type head (Tama) doll in the works!

 

Yeah! I love her youtube customizations and was so shocked when she took over MeekoBJD's production. It makes me so excited to see what's coming for Meeko and what amazing things Moonlight Jewel will do with the design.

 

@Kyle_Tatore best of luck!

This one's not mine, but I randomly came across this one on Google and have to share, I think she qualifies^^

https://www.reddit.com/r/BJD/comments/fm0cx7/a_few_years_ago_i_dreamed_that_i_owned_an_eyeball/

 

I have an OT object head I made out of junk parts! Her body is a moderately damaged first generation Pullip body, with similar proportions to the 27cm obitsu lines (and their neck holes are the same size, I found out from my research, so I'm actually waiting on a vinyl Pixy (elf 27cm Gretel) head to see if I like her as a non-object head.

Originally I was gonna build up layers of cardstock and foam using a blind box as a base to make her a flatscreen TV head, and use a TCG card sleeve to make her "screen" customizable, but I got sort of used to seeing her with her Rilakkuma box head in the meantime and now it's a little hard to picture her without it! Her name is Cye, because she's made from recycled parts, lol! I imagine her as a little cyberfuture character, an android cobbled together out of landfill parts or something!

She's got a lot of posability! I do need to reinforce her neck hole again, she's getting loose and losing some of her "head" range. I like her size, not only does it fit Pullip clothes but also Barbie! I'd be happy to post some pics if you wanna see her!

 

I'd love to see pics!

 

@SaltedPretzel no problem!

Cye (gen 1 pullip body object head) by Jules B, on Flickr
Very low-tech, lol, your layman's object head doll for sure, but she's got a lot of personality! She's wearing offbrand Barbie clothes here, a Ken doll watch (I think? It was in with my 11cm tiny stuff so who knows lmfao) and mystery shoes from one of Mint On Card's closing sale lucky bags (RIP), which I suspect were probably meant to fit either 27cm Obitsu bodies or Blythes; I don't have either in the household so I'm not sure.

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Cye (gen 1 pullip body object head) by Jules B, on Flickr
As you can see, her neck hole is just a hole I carefully (well, more or less ) traced and cut out, then reinforced with mod podge to keep the edges from tearing, and to keep the rigidity of her "face" so I don't get creases or folds along the front. It also helps give her some grip, which is what gives her boxhead some posability! Prior to it wearing out a little (guess I played with her too much and it wore down the mod podge, lol) she could cock her head to one side, lean it a little forward, and lean it a little backward as well! It would also stay put partway up her neck without needing any padding or reinforcement, which was nice, now it slides pretty far down. The Gen1 Pullip neck does lean forward a fair amount, so the extra friction was pretty necessary to make sure she wasn't constantly looking slightly downward. I'm hoping it's nothing a fresh layer can't fix, but if not, she's still cute!

Cye (gen 1 pullip body object head) by Jules B, on Flickr
Her most noticeable damage is her thighs, where they're starting to come apart from age and wear. Her body is VERY old, it's from the second Pullip ever released ("Street" from July 2003), so it's surprising that it isn't more extensive! Her forearms are also a bit loose, fairly wiggly, but they pose fine if you're willing to be patient with them. She's got an underbust torso joint, and her hands are removable with little peg inserts like Monster High hands, but getting them back in is a struggle so I'm always careful to be gentle with them so her forearms don't start splitting down the mold lines like her thighs. Her visible screws don't bother me, I think it's pretty charming feature for an object head!

I'd never done anything like this little project before, and I kind of just went for it, but she's been a lot of fun! She lives on my desk, and even when I don't have any BJDs out she's there to keep me company and just look cheerful. I think if I were to actually follow through on my flatscreen TV head idea, I'd want to find a box that was just slightly shorter? Or another lil SanX standee blind box like this to experiment on without worrying about trashing (no pun intended, lmfao) this one.

 

@Kyle_Tatore thanks! Don't forget to wear a KN95 mask (or respirator if you have one) as you carve the plastic out, you don't want to breathe in anything!

If you're having trouble with photos, there's a very simple tutorial here: /tutorials/how-to-post-photos-to-doa-from-flickr.77/ for using Flickr as a host and posting photos to DoA, just a quick upload of everything you want and then a copy and paste of the BBCode for each pic! That's what I did for those pics of Cye.

 

Wow, she's awesome! I see why you'd hesitate on finishing her head, she looks so cute with it as is~ I love the look of the retro body too, screws and all!

I love this idea! I have such a soft spot for "old" or nostalgic tech Good luck!

 

@electrospecter Thanks!! She's so much fun

 

Well this is amazing and now I want one.

 

I'm tempted to do a Max Headroom in a TV head on a sort of cyborg body now. I have a pair of those tiny Chucks too, they fit many non ball joint 1/6 dolls and can help them balance to free stand.

For 1/6 scale shoes check out the Real Littles shoes, they fit many 1/6 scale fashion doll size feet.

 

I have an Asleep Eidelon slim 1/6 body that I've been wanting to turn into a lil object head. Absolutely love her body and want to keep it, but not many companies sell lone heads/necks this small. Figured I'd one day be out and about and find a random object to make into her head but she's just kinda been sitting headless on my tiny shelf for a while now cause I keep forgetting. One idea I had was to actually sculpt her a head but I dont think I can on such a small scale. And her original head I got bored one day months ago so half way modded it into a cyclops, but again I've been lazy about finishing that too. I really need to make a plan for this girl. Hopefully seeing others object heads can be the kick in the pants I need.

Updoot; inspiration struck. Got to thinking why do I have to decide on only one head object? So far I'm up to 3 objects in various stages of being usable heads.

 

I have a speaker head girl, though I haven't unpacked her since I last moved! I'd like to get more object heads -- I find them very charming. It's just kind of a fun concept.

 

https://www.mydollection.com/product-page/wugan-zctv-1-6-1-4-only-head I just saw this on Dollection and had to share^^. Hmm, this tv head on a Dollzone 1/6 or 1/4 Strayer/Halo body with that electric plug tail (or the 1/4 DZ Cyborg Ji-Zero body or something), I'm usually not really into robot/cyborg/whatever style dolls although I like the look, but that sounds cute

 

Forgive the double post, but I just ordered both TV heads, I fell in love with my own idea^^;;. Will be making one MSD and one Yo-SD size TV girl.

 

oh i have one of these!
this is Calpico! the head is a vintage barbie tv and the body is a dearmine dearpet! i want to find or sculpt them a proper tv head with cat ears eventually

 

@Urushi-kitty : Calpico is a cutie!

I keep (casually) looking for suitably sized miniature radios to use for object heads, but I can't find any to my liking, nor do I have any idea how to attach them to a body^^;;. I received the DZ Strayer that will be my Yo-size TV girl earlier this week, I hope her TV head won't take too long to be finished and shipped. What I hear about Mydollection and their shipping practices is making me a bit nervous>.>.

 

Hey I just saw this thread- I wanted to show my pictures of my friends sculpt nina! I love being able to see all the different head ideas you guys came up with also, super cool ideas!