Weekly summary 16/2021

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Weekly summary 16/2021

Hi,

this is a summary of what was going in the doll world in the 16th week of 2021, as far as we at Dollstudio & DS Doll Europe were concerned.

1) Coronavirus situation. a) The situation in general. In Germany, the Corona legislation has been updated - even more civil rights are being taken away; for example, violating the curfew can be punished with up to 5 years in prison; in some areas, it is now forbidden to stay in the own garden or to step on the balcony between 22:00 and 05:00. Traveling for leisure and day trips are forbidden as well. Many businesses remain closed. With the hashtag #allesdichtmachen ("close everything"), over 50 popular movie and TV actors have commented the absurd situation with ironic video clips. Like many other European countries, Germany is descending into bleak times.

Though, still unchanged, with now 52 studies including 27 Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) reporting positive effects of Ivermectin, there is sufficient research proving the efficacy of Covid-19 prophylaxis and treatment protocols like I-MASK+ and MATH+ available. Also, data from Austria indicates that inhalation of Budesonid can reduce the probability of severe courses of disease by 90% (Lancet study). The SARS-CoV-2 virus is similarily managable like any other easily transmissible virus. For what plausible reason is treatment and prophylaxis with Ivermectin or Budesonid still suppressed? #FollowtheScience.

For background information:

b) Impact on the doll business. The new wave of Corona restrictions - new and tighter lockdowns, border closures, severely reduced air freight capacities - keeps affecting the doll business differently in the various areas around the world. Almost unaffected are regions with no or only few Corona restrictions like Texas and Florida (about 1-2 weeks international transit) and more liberal countries like Switzerland (about 1 week international transit). On the other hand, shipments to EU destinations with import fees clearance can take significantly longer (several weeks international transit).

2) New arrivals.

This week, five new heads were introduced:

  • HR Doll ›Stella‹ head (= HR no. 48)
  • JY Doll ›Hui Xi‹ head - silicone
  • WM Dolls WMS 010 head - silicone
  • Zelex G08 head - silicone
  • Zelex A091 head - TPE

Also, three new body styles were released:

Four new head variants of existing heads were introduced:

  • Piper Doll ›Akira‹ head, miniature variant for S.A.F. series - silicone
  • Piper Doll ›Miyuki‹ head, silicone variant of the TPE doll with the same name - silicone
  • SE Doll ›Nicole‹ head aka ›Taylor‹ (= SE no. 014) - TPE
  • SE Doll ›Hirono‹ head aka ›Miki‹, ›Yuuki‹ 夕姫 and ›Natsuki‹ (= SE no. 076) - TPE

Two new variants of existing body styles was introduced:

  • Piper Doll SAF-100/G aka ›Akira‹, miniature variant for S.A.F. series - silicone
  • Piper Silicone PI-150/K aka ›Miyuki‹, silicone variant of the TPE doll with the same name - silicone

As always, you can follow the latest updates in our Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/DollStudioEU

Also, we have the New products listing on all three Dollstudio websites. It is sorted in reverse chronological order, so the latest additions to our portfolio are on top of the listing:

On Dollstudio EU, there is also the New arrivals timeline http://eu.dollstudio.org/timeline with a slightly different display style.

3) Industry news.

This regular column report about things like noteworthy events, model line changes, business updates, technical updates, and dolls in development.

Also, as of March 14th, 2021, TDF-accredited vendors are no longer allowed to link to "pages that promote dolls that are disallowed at TDF", including their own shop websites. This is a historical milestone. Additionally, numerous pictures by popular photographers like Mizuwali (e.g. Piper Doll) and Mandos (WM Dolls) habe been dissaproved by TDF management.

4) Latest blog posts.

Our daily blog posts feature mostly new photo sets, showcasing dolls and heads in various configurations.

These blog posts are mirrored on the Latest blog posts section all three Dollstudio websites. It is sorted in reverse chronological order, newest posts on top:

(EU and US sites in English, DE site in German)

5) Factory photos and shipped dolls.

This week we had four completed dolls:

6) Weekly Top 10 Dolls.

Based on our website access stats, here is the weekly report: What's trending this week?

Dollstudio EU

  1. Piper Fantasy PI-150/K
  2. JY Doll JY-148
  3. Doll House 168 DH20-80/E
  4. Piper Silicone PI-150/K ›Miyuki‹
  5. Doll House 168 DH20-140/E
  6. Zelex ZE-157/78 (TPE)
  7. Piper Silicone PI-160/G ›Akira‹
  8. Irontech IT-161/F
  9. Piper Real PI-155/D
  10. Zelex ZE-160/80 (TPE)

Dollstudio US

  1. JY Doll JY-148
  2. Piper Silicone PI-150/K ›Miyuki‹
  3. Piper SAF-100/G ›Akira‹
  4. Doll Forever FIT-145/F
  5. Piper SAF-100/F ›Jessica‹
  6. Zelex ZE-157/78 (TPE)
  7. Zelex ZE-155/82 (silicone)
  8. Zelex ZE-160/80 (TPE)
  9. WM Dolls WM-172/B
  10. Xycolo XC-153/E

Dollstudio DE

  1. Piper Silicone PI-150/K ›Miyuki‹
  2. Piper Silicone PI-160/G ›Akira‹
  3. Piper SAF-100/G ›Akira‹
  4. Piper Silicone PI-160/G ›Jenna‹
  5. Piper Silicone PI-160/H ›Risako‹
  6. Xycolo XC-158/F
  7. Piper Silicone PI-130/D ›Phoebe Elf‹
  8. JY Doll JY-148
  9. Doll Forever FIT-145/F
  10. Piper Silicone PI-150/J ›Ariel‹

Sandro

https://twitter.com/DollStudioEU/status/1386445318959636481?s=20

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