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    • Thespian
      I was really into Monster High back when Lammily was first introduced and boy, did my community have THOUGHTS about it. Danny does have a 1-up on Lamm, though, in that Lamm was largely opposed to making pretty, fashionable clothes for his doll. Not to be entirely sarcastic, but the whole point of fashion dolls is to put them in some kind of fashion, which Lamm was more or less diametrically opposed to. Lammily was also atypically sized for a fashion doll, so unless you knew how to sew your own doll clothes, you were SOL on finding anything to dress her in that wasn't frumpy and blah. Danny, to his credit, has taken the time to create lines of clothing that are aesthetically appealing to at least some of his target audience and made dolls close enough in size to established doll brands that they can share some clothing. I have always considered SmDs to be splitting the difference between playline fashion dolls and luxury vinyl BJDs in a way that feels very accessible for newbies looking to get their feet wet. There is a reason that a lot of SmD customizer YouTubers make videos about making "big Bratz/Barbies" and the like.
    • RozenGermain
      Oh you painted the details!!! I love seeing body blushing like stuff on dolls!
    • RozenGermain
      PlasticJester mentioned Lammily before in reference to SmD and how both seem to be peddling representation for brownie points and moral posturing, and uh... Yeah I found this video on Lammily and I think it's perfect as a comparison! Though if you ask me DC's motivation for creating SmD was very different! Lammily is even more of a vanity project if you ask me, but both Lamm and current Danny are basically more into brownie points than actually appealing to doll enthusiasts.    
    • sunlightandtea
      Okay, maybe I’m a conspiracy theorist, but I think Danny is really manipulating the stock numbers. I’m honestly not surprised.   When the ‘in stock’ feature rolled out it was great and I really appreciated it, most dolls had 10-20 available for every model, particularly Mirai and new launches.   Then this happened:https://x.com/solarmarinex/status/1877222510120284643?s=46 “Last night stock levels for many items were set to 5 units, even if the actual number of available items was much higher. These items seem to restock (automatically?) when they drop to one item left. Obviously it makes assessing real stock levels impossible. You can still check how many items were in stock before this change. Just go to inventory overview page and look at the graphs or find the item you want in timeline and look for a sudden drop in stock levels. We’ll see what this is all about but now it looks like an anti-customer change that makes understanding if any product is really about to sell out very difficult. Uncertainty gives rise to FOMO.“  - solarmarinex on Twitter on 1/8/2025 (Also note, this is right after the Christmas rush)  I noticed this too. All dolls are marked at an inventory of 5 or less, I found one with 6 but it was the outlier. I know he’s busy on other projects but I have doubts that he’s only got 3 Mirai in stock.  It’s his company and he’s free to do what he wishes but I’m a little disappointed to think that this feature that was helpful is now a new FOMO tactic instead of a way to actually help customers make decisions about good times to purchase things. The ‘buy it or wait unspecified amounts of time for it to return’ is really a bug in the smart doll business model in my opinion, not a feature. Although this move makes me feel that Danny sees it as the latter. Even a lottery system would be kinder than blatantly lying about stock.  He may claim stock really is lower due to Cortex and boy doll development but I don’t buy it, especially with Mirai. Similarly his timeline is now shot in such a way as to imply scarcity. Photos from 2025 January and February feature maybe 5 of each product if it’s a collection shot (and not the stands), where as December and November of 2024 feature several images with enormous stocks of items, most notably clothing and Limitless painted heads.  Anyway, all that to say: I hope he brings back accurate stock counts. FOMO starts to wear people out on a hobby and there’s really no reason to try to squeeze FOMO money out of loyal fans without real reason. I have many friends for example who dropped out of the TCG scene altogether because of all the FOMO drama with card.  That’s my two cents and conspiracy. Thoughts? Why is this not mentioned by creators who are watching these stock numbers like a hawk? 
    • Tasuke
      I Entertained Dreams of some day having an SD Mirai of my very own, for Years on End...  Turns out just as well that i Ended up settling on an AZONE "Happiness Clover" Girl instead;    
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