I usually take reference pics for myself, but thought I’d post them in case anyone is interested in pics of Rochelle bald, and how she is rooted by default. =D I’m gonna be giving Rochelle a new faceup as the current makeup doesn’t suit my character Royce. (Faceup is generally the term Super Dollfie fans use for makeup. =D I prefer using it as I’m a SD fan. ^_~)
To remove the head, I ran hot water (from a tap) across the neck to soften the vinyl head. Had to run it under a few times to get the head soft enough. Once it was, pulling it free of the neck post was so easy! Though, the stupid neck post itself is rather fragile.
Head removed from body!
A little note about the neck post: those who own Volks 1/6 dolls or similar will agree that the MH neck post design sucks. They should have been designed to give the doll more head tilt angles than just side to side. Mattel is way behind a lot of 1/6th doll designs in this. =( Getting into the jointed doll design late, they should have done a lot better. Okay, I know, they were targeting kids when they designed the MH dolls, but still… >=(
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