/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>Resin BJD body can hit poses that are impossible for all but the very best 1/12 figures
>Doesn't even have a 3 part torso or any of the various posing gimmicks I've seen on other dolls
Amazing. Impldoll makes a body with really nice engineering and a neck joint, and it works flawlessly from what I've seen, but sadly I really hate their broad-shouldered sculpts.
I've been on the lookout for a 1/3 body that has natural proportions and more posing range but I haven't had any luck. The best I've found is just more or less the same standard 1/3 body that most company use but with a 3-part torso, but there's always a tradeoff like worse elbows or knees you don't have on a stiffer doll.
Then the company that makes the prettiest sculpts I've seen decided to design the joints so that the slit is invisible for the sake of beauty, but that means the doll can bend elbows and knees sub 90 degrees which is awful.
Doesn't help that just like with action figures most collectors are poselets who'll spend a gazillion dollars but have their dolls in horrible lifeless poses 'cause posing takes minimal thought and skill
I think the resin side of the hobby is more oriented toward display dolls. They don't care about articulation that much and if the dolls pose better than action figures it's mostly due to the scale and the fact that being strung inherently gives them a bit more wiggle room, I think.