![]() That backpack was made by Beautyshare on Etsy). (NOTE: That uniform is one I got from a different seller, and she’d mistakenly used an old 90s TNT body rather than the Made to Move body as the base, so it’s a little large on her. When I finally got the doll back and complete, I was so happy - until my mom, who isn’t even an avid fan of the show, asked me if I thought the doll really looked like Kagome. This process alone took about three months. When that process was done, I sent her to my painter. I can’t reroot, and I’m hesitant to dye doll hair for fear of staining the doll or her clothes, so I had to send the head off to get her rerooted. ![]() She did, of course, need a reroot because she had blonde/brown streaks in her hair, and Kagome’s hair is solid black. Her skin tone matched the Made to Move body, so I was thrilled to finally have a doll picked out! ![]() The doll I finally decided on was a Fashion Fever Lea circa 1999. Anime characters also have tiny noses and mouths, so we agreed that the Lea face mold would be the most effective. Then we had to determine the best face mold for that because of how defined the lips were. So I had to contact a repainter on Etsy and ask if he could repaint a Barbie face to resemble Kagome’s. Victory! But of course, anime characters have those distinctive large eyes, and a Barbie face wasn’t going to cut it. So then I found some Barbies that had the appropriate skin tone - I chose the wheelchair body, and of course it had to be a Made to Move body for posing capabilities. So I knew I had to use just a regular Barbie instead, one without the anime face mold. I only had one shot, and knowing me, I’d mess it up drastically and be majorly sunk. The neck hole in the doll’s head was vastly smaller than that of a Barbie, and I wasn’t comfortable cutting it to make it larger. They already had the anime face, so I thought whichever one worked best would just need a reroot and a body swap and I’d be done! WRONG. They’re both anime Mattel dolls from the Barbie Video Game Hero movie. My first plan was to use one of these dolls: I was making Kagome, and despite the story, the two are vastly different in terms of personality (and even, in my opinion, appearance - I never thought they looked that much alike). In Barbie terms, the purple top Made to Move doll (ironically, the Asian one) was too pale in comparison to my figure. I was making this doll specifically to go with my 12″ figure, and if you look at official images of the couple, and even watch the episodes, you’ll see that they have almost the same skin tone. And these days, she comes in a variety of skin tones… which turned out to be a big deciding factor for choosing the perfect candidate. I’d planned to use a Barbie for sure because I’m familiar with Barbie and her mechanics (i.e., head swaps and body compatibilities), plus she’s the most common fashion doll for clothes and accessories. I contacted her, and she said she could make Kagome’s uniform! Yay!!! ![]() Fortunately, I found a very talented seamstress who’d made Sailor Moon outfits for Made to Move Barbie bodies. If her outfit couldn’t be made, the entire project would be in vain. The journey began with me finding someone who could make Kagome’s school uniform since there’s no way I can do that lol. ![]()
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