66cm+ Dolls The strange story of a backwards-legged doll - box opening

Someone on a bjd discord server I'm part of posted this doll - male, according to the y!j listing - and I felt sorry for the poor backwards-legged thing. Listed as a Volks SD, the doll was unidentifiable without any photos of a headplate, but I took a gamble and won the auction for ¥10100.

I asked in the photo reference thread if anyone could identify the sculpt, but because of the overexposed photos, no one was able to identify the doll, though everyone agreed that it wasn't a Volks doll at all.


The box back from my proxy - I used Zenmarket with package reinforcement shipped via EMS. The packaging was incredibly sturdy but the postage (even to Australia) cost me about as much as the doll (white square to hide address details).



The Volks box was bigger than I expected, but safe inside its bubble wrap. It still had a very strong resin smell, stronger than any of my other secondhand doll boxes have been.



The doll was too big even for what I'm guessing is a SD13 size box! I asked Zenmarket to open the box they received from the seller and wrap the doll's limbs in bubble wrap - it seems they half-understood the message and just wrapped the whole doll.



One sad, tall doll, free from bubble wrap! The doll was much bigger than I'd expected, the tallest of my collection (previously my Isao Nanjou at 60cm).



His poor backwards-bent legs! Despite this, he's the kickiest doll I own.



Here he is next to Isao, who looks sadly yellow by comparison. This new doll is definitely a WS!



A better look at his bare head. @namika identified him as a Dolk x RS Doll New Evan Girl Version from 2016. It turns out that only 14 of him were ever made, and he was just sitting on y!j with overexposed photos for a starting price of ¥8000!



A new wig and a change of eyes, and I started to see the beginning of his character - my MSD Mako's tired dad. I've named him Evander, and he's currently in SD13 clothes as he was much taller than I was expecting! Mako is wearing his default dress here.

Thanks for reading

 

Thank you! He's got a headplate and markings inside the headcap, but it a was a real gamble with nothing showing in the seller photos. The y!j store I bought him from only seemed to sell various trading cards, so I guess they somehow ended up with a bjd and weren't entirely sure how to properly take seller pictures.