Ye luo li = evabjd? (Basically solved)

I came across the "1:6" Evabjd dolls on Amazon a while ago and was curious because I am a huge fan of smaller articulated dolls, particularly with removable eyes. However, I saw that they also have "1:3" doll that are blatant copies of an American company's dolls called My Ballerina Dolls, their 1:3 boy in particular but some of the girls as well are being sold as Evabjd dolls without mentioning the My Ballerina Dolls name anywhere. When I saw the boy I knew they were probably all fakes, or unauthorized copies, unless they somehow have a partnership with the My Ballerina Dolls company. Which seems rather weird if that is the case, but I just gave up on the 1:6 since I couldn't find any trustworthy info. The My Ballerina Doll people have a contact form on their webpage, but I don't know if they would find it rude to ask about a potential partnership (I once asked an Asian legit BJD company about it, just out of curiosity and they didn't seem too happy about it).

 

That is very interesting, I want to say that it does seem extremely weird for them not to mention or credit the MBD people, if they are reselling their dolls as a partnership of sorts. I recall there being a page that talked about the original creator a bit, but I can't find it, I think they were a mother and daughter team? It was a long time ago when these dolls originally came out, at least the first girl with the blond hair, I think the boy took like two or three years to be released (I kind of had my eye on him for a while). I would guess it would be easier to contact the MBD people, because they are the original creators of the 1:3 dolls at least, so it would be easy to tell if they are all copies of their work or a partnership based on their response. However, I am a bit hesitant to contact them because I have had a not so friendly response from a legit BJD company when I asked about partnerships with other companies, so I think I just rather not intrude. Although, it would be great to know that there are other articulated vinyl bodies on the market that are legit.

 

Huge thanks for doing all of that research and finding out that they are indeed in a partnership. No wonder why Ye Lou li didn't credit MBD, since they are the original creators. Goes to show we shouldn't assume things based on past groups of people doing things differently. It's great news nonetheless, these dolls appear to be highly articulated, and now I can once again contemplate looking into getting the 1:6 doll without worrying she's a copy (the boy is still tempting...). I think they use the Clara sculpt for most of the dolls in their website, I always look at sculpts rather than paint apps, because most of the time I like painting my dolls myself. I do see how it would be difficult for people to tell, their head sculpts are a bit simplistic, which is part of why I like them (they are very anime-ish!). Thanks again for looking more into this, I'm happy that this seems to be a legit doll company making their own articulated vinyl dolls, which is refreshing in many ways! (:

 

I'm glad for us both as well! There are not that many options of vinyl dolls with removable eyes in the 1:6 world. I still feel depressed when I think that Volks discontinued their Dollfie line. But at least we have this new doll company, and they have larger dolls as well, and a boy! You can never have too many anime-ish boys! (: