Opinion on Fairyland, over hyped or not?

I'd say they're probably a little over-hyped. That said, I own a lot of them because I adore the Alan sculpt and doing all sorts of different styles with it. The only other current sculpt of theirs I really like is Rozen, so a lot of sculpts of theirs I'm a bit baffled by their popularity.

As far as the bodies go, the first one I ever got was a renewal a-line girl, and her body is strung perfectly with no sueding needed. I've a couple more on the way, so I'll find out soon if it's a one-off or if they do really well with that body. Motion boys are always strung too tightly - I've had this confirmed by other collectors, and the only one of my three motion boys who isn't too tight was secondhand and restrung by his original owner. The F60s of both gender go the other way, and are loose enough to be floppy and rattle even brand new. That said, when restrung they all pose just as beautifully as my first lady. (Although final critique for F60 is they changed the neck connector size at some point, so newer heads will rattle on older bodies unless you suede or stuff putty in there or something.)

Over all, I think I have enough experience despite being young in the hobby to say that they're a little over-hyped, but the hype at least comes with quality materials and design. You don't have to think they're the greatest dolls ever to enjoy them - you just might need to restring them.

 

I owned a minifee briefly and I was having a terrible time posing the body (I was shook that the knees are not actually double-jointed! And let's not even start with the "mobility" cap thingies in the hip region), so I sold it quite soon. I prefer a bit taller 1/4 dolls so the size was too small for me personally, too. I did love the magnetic hands/feet and the neck system (although the latter makes hybriding a pain). In the end I was a little disappointed with it as minifees have been praised for the poseability a lot, and there are a lot of cheaper bodies which do a much better job. I guess they are a bit like the Apple of BJD world - you can best use them with their special company parts and they cost a little bit extra for the design. They do have a lot of faces and parts to choose from across all lines, and I think that's quite fun, though!

Since they are so popular, they are very quickly on the radar for newer collectors or end up being first dolls for many which contribute to the hype a bit, I think. With the price-quality ratio, I'd say they are a little overhyped, though. Then again, with the huge popularity, there's been more shoes and clothing available for slim mini dolls which I'm quite happy about (especially the shoe part).

 

I think Fairyland dolls are beautiful. Their bodies are nice and their faces are super cute. I also like that there are sleeping faces for each head which it's something I adore (I love sleeping faces).

Now, I don't think they're for me. I love to see their outfits and I admire their full sets, but I wouldn't know what to do with one of those. Overhyped?... maybe? I remember when CP was a thing and people went crazy - I didn't understand why and still amazes me that there's still a lot of hype for Fairyland dolls.

 

Overhyped for me too. Seconding the part about the not-really-functional joints, though when it comes to the way they are engineered I love the way their heads are removed and the magnetic hands too - allows for easy dressing.
I also personally feel like their face designs are very monotonous, kind of all look the same to me.

 

My opinion can only come as someone who has never and will probably never own a Fairyland doll. I've liked some of them a lot in my day, but it was lines that are not so popular or not available much anymore (although I guess maybe they are making some again? I don't keep up....) I would say Fairyland is overhyped simply because in a hobby with such a vast array of different makers there is simply not a "best" company. I have seen Fairyland treated this way around the minifee line a lot and my opinion here comes particularly from how I have seen newbies come into the hobby by buying Fairyland fullsets. If that's what you love, fantastic! But I think it's not unheard of for people to find these releases so ubiquitous of the popular perfect bjd ideal that it's a Fairyland fullset or bust mentality. I simply can't understand dropping this amount of money quite frankly ever, but especially for a first doll.

Anyway, I am not the demographic, but maybe my opinion is still worth reading.

 

I think their sculpts and faceups are beautiful and I love how easy it is to remove the head - I definitely see why they’re so popular since they fill a style niche. I love how their hands are styled and not just sausage fingers.

However the quality control issues at that price point I find upsetting. Warped legs were an issue when I was buying one so I worried about that and there were faceup inconsistencies with the sculpt I got around the same time. Fortunately mine was fine though she has the some of the worst seam lines out of every doll I own and her wobbly eyebrows weren’t obvious in the promo photos. Also I’m not sure if it’s because my only FL doll is on the fairyline body but I’m not that impressed with the posing. I have over 20 dolls and she’s one of my worst posers (and the bar is pretty low for me, my dolls mostly sit). I have an active body on order so I’ll see if I like it better. As it is right now with my current doll I don’t see how they consistently end up on every best posing doll list.

In those respects they feel very overhyped to me. I still think they’re lovely dolls and will still buy the ones I like but I have much more realistic expectations now after having one.

 

I own one Fairyland doll from their most unpopular line ever. I feel like they are like any other BJD maker, or any particular brand that is popular within any other genre. There are people who will love their products at a fanatic level, and people who will hate them for that or any other little to large flaw. I don't particularly feel one way nor the other about them. I love the one doll I own from them, but I can certainly see all the flaws as well as the features that make FL innovative in engineering and beautiful aesthetically to so many. Like other popular BJD creators, they are just another "brand" to choose from, and will probably have as many followers as they will have people that hate them. I don't find FL any more over-hyped than other popular BJD creators. (:

 

I'm not a slimMSD fan, so I never got into them, but I can see why the magnet hands and easy head swap makes them appeal to people.

I think their full sets are pretty same-y though and their QA seems pretty iffy for their price point.

Their fantasy parts are gorgeous both aesthetically and engineering-wise, though. I don't think anyone makes a better centaur body

 

I'd say overhyped.

I haven't had one before, mostly because the main turn off is all the faces feel the same to me. You see a million posts of the exact same face only to find out "oh it's actually a different sculpt". Mind you they are lovely for sure, but the lack of individuality of the faces is a huge turn off for me. Everyone can identify a FL doll from a distance because they all look the same.

I think like others said the engineering aspects are quite good but for me personally the faces are less of a style and more of a reprint with small tweaks every doll they release. Not for me.

P.S. No salt intended to owners of FL dolls, I'm strictly specifying from MY opinion, if you love them or you have them and love them that's great and also totally valid!

 

I voted "kinda". I have a Minifee (currently stored away in her box) and found her posing to be really terrible in comparison to my other slim MSD's. I really like the ease of taking off the head, hands, and feet, and I don't hate them by any means but I do think they're pricier than what they're actually worth, especially with how thin the resin gets around the knee and ankle joints, and in my experience (and from what I've read elsewhere) the quality control overall is kind of lacking. I will probably sell mine.

 

Whether or not Fairyland is overhyped shouldn't affect your decision about buying one. So what if they're overhyped? If you like their stuff then you should get it!

As for my opinion, I preferred the early days of Fairyland. I liked their (now discontinued) bodies better and their (now discontinued) sculpts, too. Back then they were still very popular, and I would have said they were worth the hype. But over the years they changed body designs, the face style changed, and I've heard the quality isn't quite as good. So think current Fairyland is overhyped. That said, they finally started doing fantasy resin colors and if/when they release it for Feeple60s or 65s, I may go back to being hyped...

 

I'm on team "kinda." I've never owned one of their MSDs, but I've owned both a Littlefee and a couple of F60s. I think they have a strong aesthetic direction that is pleasing to a wide variety of collectors, which makes finding stuff for them (especially minifees) more accessible than other dolls. Their resin is very pleasant to handle if you aren't victim to the QC issues, so I've been overall very pleased with my dolls, especially the secondhand ones. I quite like the magnetic wrist and ankle systems and I wish something similar was adopted by more doll companies. When strung correctly, they're usually highly poseable straight out of the box. Even when they need restringing, I've been able to get dolls to stand in heels with few issues in a way that no other dolls in my collection would. I can also respect that they prioritize their vision for their art over what's popular in the hobby at a given time. F60 Juri 2012 was/is my grail doll for a reason, and I'd love to own another Littlefee someday.

On the other hand, they've been changing aesthetic directions the last few years in a way I deeply dislike. I really prefer the old CP Delf look over what they've been doing lately, and it's sad that they have no plans to bring any of those back as part of the standard lineup. The whole moe line thing they've got going, especially for F60s, makes finding clothes and shoes that fit much harder than it used to be. They often discontinue lines, bodies, and sculpts that were/are relatively popular, which drives up secondhand prices and creates a culture of FOMO surrounding their releases that I find distasteful. Other people have mentioned the quality control issues and I don't want to beat a dead horse, but it's worth considering. I also recognize that they do so many limited releases in order to stay ahead of the counterfeit market, but I think this sort of rat race business model is at the core of a lot of their problems - the "same face syndrome" thing, the QC issues, the loss of popular lines/sculpts, etc. The pressure to make new things and get them out quickly is doing both Fairyland and their consumers a massive disservice.

 

I probably would call them overhyped, honestly...

I am and always have been a big fan of older Cerberus Project dolls (The classic CP/Delfs and long-gone Feeple70 sculpts-), and there are some Fairyland LittleFees and Feeple65s that I like a lot. I can't say that I've been at all impressed by the pouty, same-faced girls that they're best known for, though, in either the MiniFee or larger scale. I really can't tell some of them apart, even when they're sitting side-by-side... a problem I never had with the old-school designs.

I think it's great for collectors who like that kind of thing to have a company that caters to their preferences. Fairyland definitely found a successful niche and ran with it... But. Yeah. Sometimes the hype does get a little ahead of their reality. When Fairyland keeps an eye on quality control, they do make nice dolls. But they're not the end-all be-all of the Resin World. There are a lot of other companies that make equally nice ones.

 

Kinda… I do love some of their face sculpts, and I appreciate the ease of magnetic joints, and the neck adaptor for handy head removal. But I don’t really like their bodies, they manspread when they sit, and their thigh joints cause me no end of grief

 

I'm relatively new to the hobby, but FL's aesthetic doesn't really appeal to me. The magnetic hands and feet are also a turn-off – I'd be terrified of losing them. Slim MSDs aren't my thing (the closest I'll get is SDC) and then there's the quality control issues.
Though, to each their own. Most of my dolls are Volks or Dollmore, so if FL is someone's personal taste, I have no issue.

 

I’m also only speaking as someone who’s never owned a Fairyland doll, but I think they’re somewhat overhyped… I personally think all their head sculpts look pretty much the same and aren’t my preferred style, they cost a lot, and from what I’ve heard, they’re not super sturdy… but that’s all just personal opinion. Some people obviously really like them!

 

Wow, people used to have this debate about Volks too. Maybe they still do? But whether a doll lives up to the hype or not mainly depends on what your expectations are and how much you like it. Considering any doll as an investment is mostly a gamble, with a handful of exceptions.

Fairyland dolls had a big surge of popularity at one time because they are made by CP, one of the OGs in this space whose style is well-loved, although that style has changed a lot over many years. All that demand on the studio resulted in a higher price tag.
There was less visual variety in the bjd world then, making ideas like "same-face syndrome" not matter too much, because you could customize the doll with your make up. Many sculptors who produce a large volume of sculpts end up with "same-face" but I don't see that as an issue. Our fashion doll collector brothers and sisters all seem content to collect dolls with identical face molds, and there is crossover between us and them so I imagine some collectors are very happy to get slight variations on the same face. because you can tell right away that it's made by the studio they love and their dolls all look like brothers and sisters!

I have heard mixed feedback on the doll's bodies. I have owned a FL doll. Total impulse buy. At the time they were being touted as the best posers of all time. I did not find it to be the best, but it was fine. I didn't love the aesthetic of the body. But that's a subjective thing. I don't actually hear this anymore about FL being the best posers and hear more of the opposite now, but it doesn't look like the body engineering has had any significant changes Interpret that how you will. Although their promo pics can be a little blurry I think they showcase the body and its posing ability/limitations pretty well.

In general I don't think that FL represents their dolls or the quality in a dishonest way. The main complaint I heard back when I bought mine was visible seams. I have owned dolls from so many different makers and I expect to see seams no matter how much I'm paying for the doll. That is a characteristic of the molds used to make them. I wondered who was telling these buyers that their FL dolls would not have seams as if I recall correctly this has always been listed in their product descriptions. But as I mentioned before, it was circulating that these dolls were like amazing gymnastics posers so it would not surprise me if there was some rumor generated about them being seamless too.

Regarding QC, I don't have experience with the QC issues and am curious if FL did what they could to make these buyers whole in the end.

If you expect your FL doll to be seamless and insane at posing with all very unique heads and have some special magic that no other doll has, then yes I think you'll be very disappointed too and say "it's overhyped"
But many collectors are happy to pay what the doll is priced. They want that doll, did their research into what they were getting and can accept that the dolls aren't perfect. If you love the doll when it arrives then it totally lives up to the hype and the price you paid for it. Take some time to do your own research and analyze photos before you push the buy button.

Unless you are trying to quickly flip something for extra money, following and abandoning trends is a great way to set yourself up for disappointment!

 

I'm on the kind of train. I don't want to say that most of their sculpts are similar, which no, but they do keep the same over popular ones. I do have a Karsh on the muscular body that I love. I did had to glue the hip joint because I didn't like it. I've had a better experience with my minifee than a soom doll that I'm trying to sell. The soom one cost more than my Karsh and has less movement than the minifee. If I had known about that before I rather would have gotten another fairyland or something else. I do wish the Karsh, the muscular body, and the other discontinued sculpts return.

I do like that everything is magnetic which can give more options to hybrid. However hybriding can be a bit challenging if a person wants to change a body considering the turn key mechanisms that are known for.

I feel there needs to be more variety and options that can be selected when choosing a doll. I understand that is a tall order to ask. I just feel that if more hand options were added and easier ways to get headbacks for those that use those. I know they just released two new colors, which is a step in right direction. I also feel that the secondhand market is insane with this company.

 

I think when a brand of doll becomes super popular, it's easier to develop the mentality they are overhyped. It's quite a common trend for people as a whole to diminish or criticize what's popular imho. I see Fairyland get knocked for same-y face molds, and not "worth" the price. But I've heard the same argument over Volks dolls as well. Don't get me wrong, I love Volks dolls, but I am not going to argue that a lot of their sculpts look very similar. I also get that paying $900-1200+ for a fullset doll is a lot when there are cheaper alternatives out there. So yeah, that's a lot of 'overhype' if that particular brand of doll doesn't really do it for you.

If you like any of the FL dolls, get the doll. You will thank yourself later when you're genuinely enjoying the doll you bought. No matter if people think Fairyland is overhyped.

 

I would say "Overhyped", but it seems like the hype has been fading since I joined the hobby. Likely because now there are just tons of choices that are more accessible, more consistent in quality, and more poseable without sacrificing aesthetic beauty. For example, you can easily find a beautifully sculpted doll that poses better, is completely free of seamlines, and has consistent quality for less than half the price of a Minifee.

Dream Valley, Coral Reef and Charm Doll come to mind. I guess it isn't so much that Fairyland is overrated but that a lot of extremely high quality, gorgeous dolls are underrated just because they don't have a popular brand name associated with them.

I would say if you're not totally in love with them aesthetically, there are plenty of other choices out there that would probably suit you better! But if their aesthetics just click perfectly with your sensibilities, they might be worth it for you.

 

In the size I collect fairyland dolls are very close in price with other companies so I honestly don’t see them as overpriced. I guess when you add options like resin color, sleeping plate, other hands and feet, or full set items it adds up, but add ons with other companies would still be comparable I think.

 

Whatever opinion others hold is down to personal preference at the end of the day and as some have said it shouldn’t affect your own views. There are plenty of very popular BJDs out there I think are ugly as hell but I know that’s just how I see them, others think they’re beautiful!
I voted ‘kind of’ purely because there wasn’t a ‘not really’ or ‘it’s a matter of personal taste’ answer and ‘no never’ was too blinkered an option.

I own a few Fairyland sculpts, mainly their tinies and adore them. They feel nice to handle and they usually have such expressive faces without being overly sculpted that way. Only recently have I acquired a couple of minifees and they are newer sculpts as I’m not a huge fan of their older ones but that, as I said, is purely my personal preference. I’m not a die hard fan, I just happen to like some of their range.

I don’t think they’re over-hyped any more than several other well known companies I could name. They’re popular yes but that’s more down to price, ease of acquisition, ease of finding clothing for and the general appeal of their sculpts to a variety of collectors. Tastes change, especially as you learn more and/or grow older and you’re allowed to admit that. What appealed to you when you began collecting isn’t always what catches your attention as the years go by. We all fall in and out of love with different styles, doesn’t mean anything more than that.

 

Is Fairyland overhyped? I voted yes, but I feel Fairyland is not overhyped in general, but MiniFee's are overhyped to heaven and back. While I love the fantasy aesthetic of Fairyland fullsets, the basic dolls do not appeal to me at all. I have mentioned before in other threads that I have had an interest in owning a ChicLine one day, but that's where my particular interest ends. The huge heads of MiniFees are a major turn off for me as a strictly mature mini/fashion doll collector.

 

I voted "kinda" as someone who does have several fairyland feeple dolls, albeit mostly the older ones and all event heads. I've had issues with the magnetic hand/feet system, wobbly heads, loose head caps, etc. which makes me feel a bit meh given the price of fairyland dolls.

I don't blame them for the same-face syndrome as it seems to be working well for them from a business perspective, but I honestly really miss the old CP sculpts and styles, including the later/ rarer Delfs right before the transition from Luts. Also wish they kept the older bodies too

 

I don't know their sculpts don't appeal to me. Lots of people love them though so I assume it's because they are well loved.

I don't understand what makes themselves popular but I guess my tastes are just different.

 

I like Fairyland but they are definitely overhyped - and overpriced, IMO. My last two minifees (from 2021 I think? I'd have to double check...) for hybrids that had... underwhelming quality control. One of them, my a-line, I had to send to a friend to have her shin drilled out more, since the hole was so small due to flashing/unremoved resin, I couldn't restring her myself... no idea how Fairyland managed to string her in the first place. There was also flashing in my moe's pelvis between the legs and she didn't have a butt magnet, which frankly felt very cheap of Fairyland. Considering a full doll is $400 and a lot of other Korean msd bjds are closer to $250-$300, it's quite a noticeable difference and I'd have hoped for more care for quality control, especially since I ordered in-between events...

Their aesthetics are very, very cute though and the posing is usually decent. Honestly I find the aesthetics + magnetic hands are their best points.

I had considered jumping onto the grey/blue event they had recently, but I wanted to see the quality of the resin color beforehand. I figure if the event went well, there should be another one... but the quality of my last two minifees really upset me and kind of soured me on new/direct purchases over secondhand. Ultimately, I am glad I didn't buy one during the event since Souldoll rereleased Devonia & Kyron in a purple resin event a little while after, so I have them on a very long layaway with Denverdoll right now. I may still consider getting a grey minifee body so I could get a grey body for a withdoll kiara head I want to eventually buy, since I think the hybrid would look nice proportionally and I love magnetic hands.

I still plan or am mulling over to eventually get a klaus, niella, minifee sircca & iset, and maybe a littlefee chloe (and maybe a feeple65 elf chloe & siean... if they ever come back...), but most would be a hybrid of some kind. Minifees are no longer really a priority for me. But regardless of if it's "overhyped," if that's the dolls you enjoy - enjoy them! It's better to have dolls you really enjoy.

I will say though, when it comes to secondhand sales... I've never really had a hard time selling minifee stuff. I can't say the same for other companies, unfortunately, lol.

 

Only dolls I own from FL are Minifees and I will say the Minifee bodies are extra when it comes to the amount of work I have to put into them to get them to pose decently. However, I really do love FL face sculpts. That being said, I voted kinda.

 

I didn't like Fairyland for a long time and the hype for them made that feeling worse. To me they all looked the same and especially the faceups people got for them were boring to me. Then I came back after a hiatus and my feelings changed. I still don't like the culture surrounding minifee and the majority of faceups people give their minifee (I think the company in this case is more striking than a lot of the popular faceup artists for them), but I think they've been really hitting on something that resonates with me lately. I also looked into their Feeple60 and Feeple65 lines and realized I like the dolls from those lines a lot more and even would like to buy a doll from one some day.

I do think they are overhyped, still, (especially minifee) but I've been able to develop an appreciation for the company that I didn't have before.

 

I say "a little". On the one hand, they have quality control issues (or did, I haven't heard of any super recently to be fair) and their dolls are, in my opinion, overpriced. The dolls don't pose super well, they have weird joints, and I see the argument that a lot of the sculpts have same-face syndrome. However.

Having thought for the longest time that Fairyland dolls were all hype and no substance, I recently purchased one of my own. I got him second hand, he's a fairyline Altis with a minifee head. The faun legs are actually really well engineered, I love the magnet hands, and the sculpting on the human body is pretty great, not gonna lie. That said, he can't even sit.

So basically, there's some actually good qualities to these dolls, and I'm happy to own one myself. But they're far from perfect, and I probably wouldn't pay full price for them.

 

I know this is always going to be a matter of opinion, but personally I do think Fairyland is over-hyped. My first BJD was a Minifee, and I had my heart set on getting one chiefly because of all the praise I heard for them over the years. So many people praised the posing in particular, saying that their Minifees were the best posers they had. I don't doubt this, but looking back I realize how subjective that is. I've now owned dolls from 6 companies and I can honestly say that my Minifee was probably my most limited poser. After all those years of longing for my first BJD, I was pretty disappointed with these limitations. For example, her total inability to sit on her legs or slouch, her difficulty even sitting at a perfect right angle, the lack of a proper thigh joint that would allow her to sit with her knees up to her chest...those were probably the things that bothered me the most. Whereas my other dolls (most of them less expensive) had most of these capabilities.

As for price, when you take into account the posing limitations as well as all the numerous quality control issues, and then compare them to other companies, I do think they're overpriced. I also agree that a lot of their sculpts look the same, at least until they began branching out recently. That being said, there are still good things about Fairyland, and each person has to decide for themselves whether a Fairyland doll is worth it to them, or lives up to the hype. They didn't so much for me, but the fact remains, I still love my Shushu to death and I never plan on letting her go (although I must admit I love her a whole lot more now that I ditched the Minifee body and put her on a Souldoll body instead ).

 

I don't think FL is overhyped. I don't like most of their sculpts and I think the body engineering is behind. But they are lovely works of art made with a lot of time and labour, and people love their dolls dearly. I also still love and appreciate FL dolls for existing.

Rather than overhyped, I think it is that other doll makers are underhyped, and I would like to see this amount of love for doll makers across the board. I love bjds so much, I want them all to be celebrated! Art deserves to be celebrated, so it's not that FL doesn't deserve it, but that others deserve just as much. What we can do is show our favourite doll makers all the love they deserve.

 

I have several dolls and many of them are a-line female Minifees. I do love their faces and their magnetic hands. I also like how easy it is to dress them, get extra heads and share parts. My other minis are Doll Leaves, Soom and Luts. From that selection, I think my Minifees are easiest to pose arm-wise. They also sit, kneel and stand pretty well. I really don't ask a lot beyond that. My most poseable dolls leg-wise are my Doll Leaves girls but they are also harder to find form fitting clothes for and I don't care for their hand mold.

My primary reason for choosing Minifees is the ability to find outfits for them and dress them. That's why I own dolls. I don't take many pictures and forums are pretty much my social media experience.

If I could change any thing it would be the price but, I know it takes a lot of hard work to make a doll and it's such a specialized skill. I'm not too upset by it.

 

I don't think they're overhyped at all! For me, FL produces the most beautiful dolls on the market, especially in terms of 1/4 scale dolls. The female sculpts look young/adolescentish without looking like children with breasts. Love that the hands, feet, and head are all easy to remove. Mine can easily stand on her own two feet (no stand!) as well as sit, etc. I'm also very thankful it's been relatively easy to find clothing and shoes for her.

I bought both of mine nude with faceup (1 in stock from Denver Doll and one I'm still waiting for, straight from FL), but would love to buy a fullset at some point in the future if the entire package 'spoke' to me.

 

I agree with the sentiment that FL isn't overhyped, other artists are underhyped. Everyone is going to have their own preferences; I mostly collect slim minis, so when I see the Minifees, I think they're pretty but not in a way that entices me. I've seen some folks do lovely work on them, though. And they're a big, well-known company that's been in the game for ages. Of course folks are gonna know them.

I've never had one, so I can't speak to the quality control or posing from personal experience, but I've had many dolls across varying price ranges and tbh, haven't seen much correlation of price and posing. My cheapest doll is my best poser, my most expensive is middle of the road (one of her thighs likes to pop out), same as my second-cheapest doll, most of my pricier minis suck at posing except for two, one indie, one Volks. Sure I like a doll that poses well, but if engineering were a bigger factor in the price, I'm sure my Tian Ni and my Zeri would be a lot more comparable in price!

 

Reading the comments, I have very similar experience with @puppymush 's. My first was a minifee, because of all the praises and best poser vote. (and briefly owned chiclines) Thus I think it's overhype. I've never hold their bigger ones, but my guess it would be pretty similar, considering the joint system looks the same. I do like their face sculpt, the bigger and tiny ones as well as minifee, although minifee start to feel same-y, due to so many heads.

I was so happy with mine first but after playing a bit longer, did find it disappointing, can't slouch, limited sitting poses. She was just pretty. My 2nd one is a Little Monica little harmony and it was sooo much better, I enjoyed bjd a lot more.

It's a history now. For me, Bimong Narae has best body for posing, and the sculpting is quite nice too. and for face... all dolls are good (If i have money tree, I'll buy all them all). Consider what you'd like out of your doll @Kizumii_chan , is it a play thing? for art reference/action photo? or you like them just for being pretty sitting there. If you like the face/body or both face+body, get them regardless if it's overhype or not.

 

My sister had Feeple60 girls (Moe line) so I was able to hold and pose them and I can verify that they're pretty much identical to Minifee in posing (or lack thereof).

Same here, I was thrilled with my girl at first but the shine wore off later on. I wasn't sure if this was only my experience though, so it's good to find out I'm not the only one who felt this way...

 

I think it depends! Because what one person thinks is the best doll ever made, another won't like at all.

I have a Fairyland Feeple60 Moe line Chloe. She's adorable, the body is pretty, posing is....well, not as amazing as people say? Or maybe I just can't do it right? I love that her hands and feet are magnetic and her head has the lock/key system, so she's super easy to dress. All of that is great! But her neck drives me crazy. Her head constantly jerks to the side, it's a struggle to pose her head. That's really about my only complaint about her. And I'm neutral on "worth the value". A doll is worth what you're willing to pay for it. I have cheaper dolls who are just as nice or better than her, and I have more expensive dolls who aren't any better. I bought her because she was perfect for my character, not because she was Fairyland. I think that's the most important part: buy your doll because you love them, not because it's the popular thing to do.

 

They DO have an appeal, just about every doll collector I know ends up with at least one and inevitably it's a tan MNF Chloe! LOL! BUT I will say I have a lot of problems with their quality control. My MNF Mio has a loose head cap, and the magnetic hands don't always stay on, and Mio has a super wobbly neck too. So they are a mixed bag for sure, but there s something about the aesthetics that is a total win, and I think that's why they continue to be popular even when they aren't always the best.

 

I like their styling and the design of their sculpts/bodies. Just never been one to actually buy something... Mostly due to resin match issues and that they focus more on female/msd sized category. The only time I got tired of seeing them was when I was painting faces, so many Chloe's lol. Otherwise, good job Fairyland, you have my appreciation!!

 

I would have to say Fairyland bodies have been over-hyped. I think their dolls are good for displaying and photographing in a standing position... and that's about it imho. I've owned minifee boy and girl bodies, and two F60s, and the posing is pretty bad. As others have said, the inability to slouch and the lack of mobility joints is a huge let-down to me.

For me, I had a lot of frustration from just trying to sit my Fairyland ladies at a 90 degree angle. I like my dolls to be posed naturally when I have them on display, and I could never get a good natural pose from them. Now I will say, my minifee boy is the best poser out of the lot. I don't know why, but he slouches more and holds a pose of at least 90 degrees. Overall that body just seems more natural to me.

That said, I love some FL head sculpts to death -- my Soony and Celine are so photogenic, and I adore them along with some other sculpts. They are absolutely worth owning, I just prefer them on a different body.

At this point, I've sold all but my minifee boy because of frustration with the posing. If someone doesn't care about these posing issues, then I think Fairyland could be a good choice. They're beautifully sculpted and the joints tend to be relatively smooth. However, I wouldn't recommend FL as a beginner bjd. There are so many more affordable, more satisfying options, in my opinion.

 

Their fullsets are absolutely gorgeous but their sculpts are really not for me. They all look like they have the exact same face and I can't tell them apart at all
I also have lots of concerns over their resin quality being really subpar, which is a shame since I love the idea of magnetic hands and feet!

 

I thought it was just me and didn't want to say anything. All their sculpts look the same to me too. I honestly thought for awhile they only had one sculpt and just released different outfits for her.

I heard about the poor quality resin but wasn't sure if that was true or a rumor. I have heard bad things about their quality control too.

 

I've heard moe-line minifees do have problems sitting up straight. But, I haven't had problems getting my a-line minifee girls to sit at a right angle and I have quite a few. I find they look pretty natural. Nor have I noticed sub-par resin. It's more light weight than LUTS but about the same as Doll Leaves and Soom.

I have heard of people getting dolls with crooked legs or chips. But, that was over a year ago. I can see people not feeling the sculpts. They do all share a certain aesthetic. And I also get why some people want slouching and mobility joints, so if someone wants that, minifee isn't for them. But the magnetic parts are fantastic for me. I have a lot of trouble changing out hands and feet without them. So for me, it's just a trade-off on what I want more.

 

I love what other people do with their Fairyland dolls and I definitely admire the photos I see but every time I’ve owned one (and I’ve tried owning them multiple times) I am never satisfied. I have come to realize I much prefer artist BJDs.

 

It's interesting to see all these different responses! I voted No Way and here's my personal reasons why.

My first doll back in 2008 was a Minifee, and while I have a few dolls from other companies, Fairyland has been the main company I buy from. I have mostly Minifees and a few of the smaller ones like Realfee and Littlefee. I also once had a Feeple65, but found the size just too bulky for me.

Now keep in mind, all my opinions are obviously coming from a fan of the company, though Fairyland has issues just like any company out there.

I see a lot of people mentioning the changing aesthetics, body, and same face syndrome, and imo whether you like or dislike it comes down to 1. when you got in this hobby and 2. what you personally look for in a doll. Back in 2008 when I got into the hobby, I didn't like the big eyed, chubby bodied MSDs that seemed so prevalent then. I wanted an MSD for convenience; SD was too big and a lot of companies that were active and popular then usually had more extensive SD lines. MSDs looked like children, and I wanted the maturity of an SD in a smaller form.

Fairyland at the time was the only company I could find that had a mature MSD and I liked some of their faces. Most of them then were more 'anime' styled with larger eyes, which was a popular look at the time. Now arguably more realistic and mature faces have become more popular and Fairyland's sculpts (at least in Minifee size) reflect this. I do think there are some years and some sculpts that look far too similar (for instance Luha, Ingrid, etc all have that annoyed, dead in the eyes look to me), but within the last few years they have been branching out more, especially with their event heads. I have been replacing some of my minifee sculpts with newer ones that are more interesting and less anime looking, because I like the smaller eyes with still interesting faces. A lot of people like the older sculpts from their LUTS days, like Chiwoo, El, Shiwoo, etc and that's fine for the people that like them; I find a lot of their new sculpts more interesting.

Perhaps thinking they all look similar is simply because they are designed by the same people and in the same style. I'd venture to say that all the sculpts might look similar if you don't collect largely from one company too. For example, I think all VOLKS and Dollshe sculpts look the same. I know it's not because they are actually the same, it's because they have a style and because I don't collect them or see them often enough to tell them apart.

Posing was also important for me, and despite what others have said, I still think they pose like a dream. I can get them in just about any pose I want, nearly all of the time without having to restring, wire, or suede them. The bodies look good to me too, even just standing straight they don't look stiff and unrealistic to me. A lot of their body parts are interchangeable too, so I can make some interesting combinations of bodies. I also like the fantasy parts that they've come out with over the years. My Spiritdoll can slouch and stand, but that's about all he can do; my Minifees can dance.

I also adore their magnetic hands, feet, and easy change head system. I can't imagine having to remove hands and heads of my dolls every time I wanted to change or fix something. I have Spirit Doll and Dollzone dolls that are a nightmare to dress, clean, and paint, so hats off to y'all that do it all the time!

There was a few years when there were quality control issues, but I would say those largely have been taken care of now. You might still get a broken piece or a problem, again like any company. The waiting times are reasonable. I also can't imagine waiting more than a year for a doll and not to name names, there are popular companies who are horrible about waiting times.

Overall, collect what you like in the style you like. One great thing I've seen about the hobby over the years is there are so many dolls in so many styles to choose from. If you like Fairyland, buy from them, and if you don't, there's another company/doll out there for you!

P.S. Geeez, I'm sorry for the novel! I just love my Minifees apparently lol

 

@sophiesoliday
I really appreciate your perspective on the company, especially since you have been in the hobby so long. I joined in '17, so while I knew msds used to be more childlike, I didn't realize that FL was one of the first companies to make more mature msds.

I must admit, when I first started looking at minifees, they did all look the same to me too. I'd go on Denver Doll and look at the lineup of face sculpts, and just be lost. But I managed to start learning the sculpts, and that's when I settled on Celine for my first bjd. Even though I ended up not being happy with her body and sold it, I don't regret getting her at all. I plan to rebody her at some point on a Souldoll New Soulkid girl body.

 

I can see how some would feel that way. I don't, but then I'm a big fan of being able to take off hands and feet for redressing and having options for both, their whole face plate system and the little locky-do thing inside some sizes of dolls that allow ease of head removal. A lot of these things have been adopted by other companies (which is fantastic), but FL has been doing it for a long time. So for me, it's more about the engineering... but there IS room for improvement

 

Oh absolutely, there is nothing like the ease of popping off hands and feet and heads, and just dressing my doll without struggling. Or designing clothes without worrying if the sleeves will go over their hands. That is why I even got more than one Fairyland doll in the first place, and I wish more companies offered those options. For me, it came down to whether I liked the poses they were able to do for displaying purposes, just because I spend a lot more time displaying my dolls than dressing them.

 

I have a realpuki , I bought it before 2014 ,I think it was 2012 or early 2013 it is a very well made doll and admirale in such mini scale how functional it is but yes they are very expensive and not really my style of aesthetics , beautiful dolls but not my first choice so I don't know for me they are but for others who are more into this maybe not so I voted it depends. I wouldn't buy any more though.

 

I've been in the hobby since 2006, my first doll was a minifee. You gotta remember at that time like @sophiesoliday said back then if you wanted a more mature msd fairyland minifees were basically your only option, now they're way more common! I suck at posing dolls but all my minifees (i own 6 with bodies) are solid standers and if i were better at balancing i could probably get some neat poses put of them. that being said ive seen df-h bodies able to pull off some CRAZY poses that i dont think a minifee could do without some wiring/sueding which is saying something because they usually dont need that. I will say, im mostly an old school FL fan, i prefer their older sculpts and faceups than the newer ones with a few exceptions. I like that they made tan a standard now (i remember when u could only get tan from FL during events QAQ) and when it comes to ease of dressing FL really can't be beat because they have magnetic hands AND feet now which i think more doll companies should do honestly.

 

I like their smaller sculpts, and while perhaps a little bit pricey, I don’t mind paying a bit more for what I really want. Their little fantasy-like faces are particularly adorable, with tons of unique character to them. And their company faceups are absolutely wonderful (I really marvel at the faceups on my teeny-tiny Realpukis…I don’t know how they do it that small! Egads!) I have several Realpukis, a Pukifee, and a Realfee, and I love them all because of their uniqueness. But I do agree that their larger lines can suffer from a bit of sameness. However the dolls are still quite lovely so I can see why people continue to collect them. And the ease of dressing a doll with magnetic hands and feet really can’t be beat!

 

I only own dolls from Fairyland in their smallest sizes, Puki Puki and Real Puki. The magnetic hands and feet making redressing them so much easier. And they pose well, especially for how small they are. Some of the dolls in their smaller lines have distinctive faces, though many of the Minifees or Llittlefees look pretty similar to me. Their bigger dolls aren't really for me, but if you like them, by all means go for it!

 

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They're good enough dolls, and I'm glad I have the ones I have, but in the end I feel their bodies aren't nearly as good as some people say, the regular faces often look the same, and I absolutely hate the magnetic feet because they always get stuck in shoes

But I also really like the more expressive event faces they offer, and the magnetic hands are awesome for changing outfit/getting a different mood.

 

So my feeple60 also has magnetic hands. They work with the magnet and turn to lock in place. I don't have problems with them falling off. I can't pull them off without turning the hand and wrist part first. But I don't know about anyone else's doll. Just mine.

 

maybe, but their dolls are really great.
also, yes, magnets - are extremelly perfect. so fl dolls are good looking and great for play. so i don't care about overhyped.

 

I change my stance after seeing the new Feeple65. No longer overhyped because I couldn't be more excited. She is freaking gorgeous! lol