Mama Chapp dolls?

Awwww omg the boys are so cute!

On 10/25/2020 at 1:13 AM, Cydril said:

Update: I got more😂

So cute! I've heard of Mama Chapp dolls through Lucky Star, and I have to say, although reportedly expensive, those dolls are "moe" as all get out. Big eyes, charming expressions and cute clothes (and also visible joints, which are also cute in my eyes). Sounds like a doll I would buy if it weren't for my other hobbies and my other dolls.

I finally got around to fixing the floppy torsos. They don’t flop backwards anymore! I got some new ones so I’ll have to fix them too. Hate to admit it, but at last count I have over twenty Mamachapps at home. The plastic army is growing! I don’t check Mandarake much anymore (to keep the adoptions at a minimum). However I did get one of the orange year of the tiger girls. Her outfit is quite unique, lol.

How did you fix them?

On 8/20/2022 at 8:23 PM, takatsuki said:

I finally got around to fixing the floppy torsos. They don’t flop backwards anymore! I got some new ones so I’ll have to fix them too. Hate to admit it, but at last count I have over twenty Mamachapps at home. The plastic army is growing! I don’t check Mandarake much anymore (to keep the adoptions at a minimum). However I did get one of the orange year of the tiger girls. Her outfit is quite unique, lol.

How did you fix the floppy back? One of mine has this problem- so far I’ve just balanced her on a Kaiser stand and she’s fine.

To fix the floppy torso I used 2mm thick craft foam to make an insert in the lower torso joint (between the hip and abdomen pieces) that filled in the hole and made the abdomen piece have something to grip. I had to take the abdomen piece apart to get them to separate and cut out an oval donut shape in the craft foam that fits inside the hip cavity. I had to use two 1mm pieces as I didn’t have 2mm foam. It helps as the torsos aren’t doing back bends anymore. I did five dolls and still have more to do, just lazy.

On 4/25/2023 at 2:03 PM, takatsuki said:

To fix the floppy torso I used 2mm thick craft foam to make an insert in the lower torso joint (between the hip and abdomen pieces) that filled in the hole and made the abdomen piece have something to grip. I had to take the abdomen piece apart to get them to separate and cut out an oval donut shape in the craft foam that fits inside the hip cavity. I had to use two 1mm pieces as I didn’t have 2mm foam. It helps as the torsos aren’t doing back bends anymore. I did five dolls and still have more to do, just lazy.

Oh wow! Thank you for the tip, but that sounds way beyond my ability! Also slightly terrifying.  

@takatsuki 20 is very impressive! I started my Mama Chapp collection years ago and had to use Yahoo Japan and a proxy. That was a pain. Mandarake was a total game changer! I have 10 now, 3 boys and 7 girls. I bought my most recent boy at the end of December. These were my first dolls from Japan and I am so impressed with the quality and craftsmanship. Some of mine are over 10 years old and look like they are brand new. 

What happened to Mama Chapp dolls? Did the company shut down? A year ago there were tons on Mandarake now nothing! 

i've had my lucky star girls since the early 2010s when they were affordable and somewhat abundant on mandarake lol

they've moved all across the country with me and have been neglected at times, so i finally decided to give them new bodies! kagami is still on her original obitsu body while the other girls are already sporting the v.2 bodies. i think it suits them well ^o^  

You're so lucky,I was only able to find konata before the prices went insane😅 does anyone know why in the world these dolls have become so expensive over the past year? They're now auctioning for $500-800

Very sadly the price is still insanely high, also some people found out that apprently the mamachapp company has been selling their own old dolls for a high price on mercari as well. This also made me lose interest in the doll a bit tbh, they are indeed very cute but this 1000 dollar prices are just not worth it.

Also, there will be a few new mamachapps coming out soon:

they are very cute but to pre-order them you have to use a Japanese address..:( also it's difficult to get them at pre-order anyways

On 3/9/2025 at 4:34 PM, Cydril said:

You're so lucky,I was only able to find konata before the prices went insane😅 does anyone know why in the world these dolls have become so expensive over the past year? They're now auctioning for $500-800

I think they went pretty big on some Chinese SNS, as their styles are quite popular right now with those big eyes and old-fashioned shoujo manga vibes. More and more people then start to collect them and the price has been going crazier and crazier every since the beginning of 2024 I think:( not it dropped a bit but still impossible to afford

8 hours ago, delta3689 said:

also some people found out that apprently the mamachapp company has been selling their own old dolls for a high price on mercari as well.

Whoa what?!

8 hours ago, ragnamuffin said:

Whoa what?!

yea it's really stupid, like there's this seller on mercari who posted multiple old mamachapp dolls, all brand new with boxes. Since they've got too many of them, people got suspicious as normally a collector won't have such a big number of them and someone on Chinese SNS also found out that this seller shares the same adress to the mamachapp factory, something like that

3 hours ago, delta3689 said:

yea it's really stupid, like there's this seller on mercari who posted multiple old mamachapp dolls, all brand new with boxes. Since they've got too many of them, people got suspicious as normally a collector won't have such a big number of them and someone on Chinese SNS also found out that this seller shares the same adress to the mamachapp factory, something like that

I'm a little skeptical since Mercari JP hides the seller's and buyer's addresses from each other, so I'm not sure how they were able to uncover the seller's address, but wild if true!

On 10/4/2025 at 1:00 PM, delta3689 said:

Also, there will be a few new mamachapps coming out soon:

they are very cute but to pre-order them you have to use a Japanese address..:( also it's difficult to get them at pre-order anyways

 

If you want to preorder but don't have a Japan address you can use a forwarding service called "Tenso" and buy/forward it to yourself! Or "Buyee" if the preorders are open for a longer period, since they buy/forward for you. 💗

 

edit: (These services are rather expensive though...)

Edited October 5 by bunnene