of ARTE 060

Friday, December 11, 2009

Another update

image from http://www.artetokio.com/english/arte060ppD.html

image from http://www.artetokio.com/english/Ikkitosen_KANU.html

As is the norm for Arte Tokio, the English site has soon updated to include content from the Japanese website. As anticipated the 'drape' body made the transition. But a small surprise to me is seeing 'Uncho Kanu' a character from 'Battle Vixens'.

So my standing hypothesis is that Characters who began life in Manga (and perhaps Anime), may end up being okay to be sold to overseas markets; whereas those that begin life as ero game characters will not. I further hypothesise that this is due to some negative press ero games have been getting and the ero game makers have reacted by restricting their presence outside Japan.

After reading what's been put up in English on the 'drape' body and 'Uncho Kanu'; I've changed the conclusion I reached earlier in a previous article. The conclusion I reached was that perhaps Arte Tokio was experimenting with using silicones of different hardness. I now think that's not the case, and what's actually happened with these newer bodies is that they are different sculpts. So I figure 'drape' may have breasts of a different shape, and wider hips than ARTE 060 ++. Whilst 'Uncho Kanu' has a sculpt with more defined musculature.

image from http://www.artetokio.com/arte027m.html

Besides the above mentioned, it appears that Arte Tokio is expanding their inventory in other areas too. They have a greater range of clothes available for the 1/3 scale dolls than when I bought mine. Also there is a new variety of 27cm tall doll (ARTE 027 -)(http://www.artetokio.com/arte027.html). Now with smaller breast. Ooops, at the time this was written, that was only on the Japanese version of the site. But I am confident it shall be on the English one soon.
... strike that you can get the page in English (http://www.artetokio.com/english/arte027.html), but it looks like the only way to do so (at the time this was written); is by going to the page in Japanese then changing it to English.

In addition to that there are a series of flags... What could that be about ? Oh seems it's kinda sorta legal warning/explanation of what the product it. Looks like it's available in several languages.

Friday, December 4, 2009

And after the first month

While posing for the pictures of the one month celebration, Felice had her second full break. Her right wrist finally fully gave way. Rather spectacularly.

Wires poking out while trying to adjust the wrist

Finally the metal skeleton made it's way to the surface. Quite a crude vulgar looking thing in the forearm, I guess I begin to understand how it is the forearm can rotate as nicely as it does.

And this is the wrist and hand bone itself, which I have removed and closed back Felice wound. Have I mentioned that I highly recommend the repair kit ?

Celebration

Bored

So very bored...

huh? Oh Cake!

Yes Felice, you've been here for over a month now.

Make a wish

Time for Presents. A Ribbon!

I also finally found a 'metal cap hair hook' or something like that. It's a device you use as part of dying streaks into your hair. I got it at a shop selling hair care products. Fantastic for adjusting Felice's eyes.

Time for cake

And the party to get wild.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

'Drape' body

image from http://www.artetokio.com/tohart_TAMA.html

Well, back when I saw the Tamaki doll on the Arte Tokio website I thought the suffix "drape" was curious. I suspected back then that it could mean that the breasts actually can sag. That was an observation I made looking at the nude and bikinied doll. I also concluded that it was well within the constrainst of my imagination, plus I couldn't get the doll, even though I wanted to so it's a moot point.

image from http://www.artetokio.com/arte060ppD.html

There is a new body option; 'ARTE 060++D' the D standing for drape. http://www.artetokio.com/arte060ppD.html . At the time this was written it had not yet come to the English version of the site. From the rough translation of babel fish, it seems my initial suspicions were founded; in that this new body has breasts that can sag.

image from http://www.moeyo.com/2009/11/review_artetokio_toheart_tamaki.html

Yae wee. Thing is though; images from moeyo.com (http://www.moeyo.com/2009/11/review_artetokio_toheart_tamaki.html) seem to show me that they still have a somewhat curious shape on side profile.

image from http://www.artetokio.com/Ikkitosen_KANU.html

It appears Arte Tokio is currently exercising creating dolls from silicone in different hardness. The latest character doll (http://www.artetokio.com/Ikkitosen_KANU.html), has an exclusive body with the suffix -muscle, which seems to me to indicate that it is harder than the standard doll.

image from http://www.ikkitousen.com/character_kannu.html

For those of you unaware the above rendered character is Uncho Kanu, a character from Battle Vixens (一騎当千 Ikkitōsen) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Vixens. A ecchi anime.

Ouch! Thorns.

After that photo shoot out in greenery I decided to give Felice a wash down. This is the first time I got her wig wet. It's kinda fun washing her in the shower.

Thorns, something that can certainly hurt Arte Tokio dolls, something I realised a little late. Well out with the repair kit again (have I mentioned that I highly recommend it ? :) )