Does yellowing bother you?

[Chiaki]

As time goes by, resin suffers the natural process of yellowing.

My first doll, Lana, a Standard Nana arrived in 2004 has become visibly yellow >_< specially when I compare her with Volks oldskins or the new UV Cut pureskins ( old pureskins yellow in about 3 years, as what I've seen so far ). I can't even think of selling her because of that, she has too much sentimental value. But when I see her yellowing I get a bit annoyed >_<.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/megchansan/lanaclaire084_ret2.jpg
On the right: Lana, pureskin
On the left: Claire E., an oldskin head in a UV-Cut body
Look at the hands >_<

Sanding is not a solution for me because sooner or later she will yellow again (I can't sand her each 3 years or my doll will disappear in the end XD, well...I'm more worried about face features modification, in fact :P)...or think of people that have dolls with special (limited, expensive, etc...) make ups that can't be sanded on the face or the make up will be removed.

I don't think that this 3-year yellowing may go much further (in this case I suppose my dolls will equal color in X years, and I won't be so uncomfortable any more). Sometimes I wonder how our dolls will be in 10 years or more.

I've also heard that French resin has a big yellowing problem as it happens very quickly.

The question is..how do you feel about the yellowing of your dolls? does it bother you? are you planning to buy new dolls to replace the old ones (difficult in the case of limiteds)? or you just don't pay much attention to it?

[kitteh]

Honestly, it doesn't bother me much as long as the yellowing is fairly even and there are no actual discolorations. I think if it got bad enough over several years, I might consider replacing the doll.

I guess I'm lucky that I don't own or really plan to own any limiteds or incredibly rare dolls, as that makes it a lot harder of a choice.

[Lady Brick]

Yellowing does bother me quite a bit. My two favorite dolls (Yuki and one-off Toppi) are or may be original pureskin, so I try to keep them out of sunlight as much as humanly possible.

I collected animation cels before BJD, and there was a similar issue with the black lines turning brown/orange over time. Maybe someday I'll collect something that's chemically stable ^^;

[BunnyChan]

Kodona is slowly turning a bit yellow. It doesnt bother me that he's changed colors, but I do worry wondering how bad it will get in all the years that i'll own him in the future.

[nightmarenurse]

Yellowing really doesn't bother me. My LSG Kumi has yellowed quite a bit due to the BC resin problems I'm sure most people know about. But since shes yellowed evenly I didn't even notice until I took out her extra hands and they were several shades more purple then the rest of her.

[Daniel Falls]

Yellowing does bother me in the back of my mind. Most of my dolls are new, but my oldest resin doll is a Volks Limited Williams. And every time I look at him, I wonder if he has yellowed a bit or not. I wouldnt know what to do if he did yellow.

[Brightfires]

With my NS guys, it doesn't bother me very much... but with the white resin ones? Yes. I have to admit that it does. That's especially true with my dolls who started out a slightly bizarre shade. (CP's dreaded "Beauty Green". o_O) Even though I keep them out of the sun as much as I can, they're getting to the point now where the color is really bugging me.

With Kitsumaru, I can put him a darker wig and it's not nearly as noticable, but with Crane and Nightengale? No such luck. Their milk white wigs just bring out not only every scrap of that green undertone but also really highlight the butter yellow tint they've picked up.

Kits and Crane I could replace if I had to... and I have been considering replacing Crane's current resin form some time next year with an identical white resin El, since his yellowing is by far the worst of the lot... But Nightengale has extensive mods that can't easily be replicated, so no matter how yellow he gets, I'm stuck with him.

[Lady Brick]

Brightfires just reminded me... I recently got my first white skin doll, and knowing how I worry about yellowing, she's getting a green-toned faceup. That way, turning yellow or even green will work perfectly for her :)

[Nikittin]

No, it doesn't bother me too much, because I know there's not much I can do from stopping it from happening. I just take care of my dolls the best I can and enjoy them.

I find charm in the yellowing at times, it shows the doll has some history.

[Brightfires]

Brightfires just reminded me... I recently got my first white skin doll, and knowing how I worry about yellowing, she's getting a green-toned faceup. That way, turning yellow or even green will work perfectly for her :)

Very wise. Nightengale's one advantage is that he has a dark, basically brown-toned faceup. Poor Crane and Kits, though... [shakes head] They've got way, way too much pink to carry off greenish-yellow resin. With Crane, it got so bad that I went back over his faceup about a week ago and added a browner tone to everything.

That helped some, but I'm afraid it's only a stop-gap solution. The poor boy really does look like a stick of butter. *_*

[KeiVendetta]

It doesn't bother me as long as it is consistent on the entire doll.

[Merry]

Sometimes it bothers me but usually not. I wouldn't, for instance, NOT buy a certain doll I really liked because it had some yellowing (though I am concerned about French resin, see below).

When it does bother me it's when it's uneven on the body due to the doll having worn a certain outfit for awhile (I'm terrible about changing their clothing very often). Yellowing on heads doesn't bother me much since the heads are often already a considerably different color than the bodies due to blushing.

My Cordelia's body was yellowing unevenly and I recently scrubbed her down with Bon Ami. It's not sanding but somehow it reduces the unevenness. Her limbs, while not the original color, are at least evenly toned after the scrubbing. The only noticeable yellowing still are her hands...probably because they are hard to scrub and I'm lacking patience. :sweat If it really bothered me I suppose I could order new hands.

It's a little frustrating because I try to keep the dolls out of direct sunlight but I'm not one to shut them away in boxes. I'd rather have the enjoyment of seeing them every day and risk the yellowing.

There are some French resin dolls that I really like and I'm concerned about the qualities of that resin. I heard it can turn butter-yellow. However, as yet I've not seen actual photos of such a thing while I have seen a lot of photos of pretty dolls made from French resin. :D

[koi]

Yellowing doesn't bother me. I view it as the doll is getting a patina and it looks very much like ivory. So far though, the yellowing on my doll has been even so the color looks the same all over him. What really aggravates me is the "green" effect of some white resin. I have nothing to compare it too to make me feel better about it. :angry

[Linderhes]

I don't enjoy yellowing, but it's not enough to make me halt when it comes to buying one style of doll over another. It's the shape that most matters to me.

[Tsuminaki]

On my normal girls, I've not experienced any blotchy or inconsistent yellowing, and so I like to think of their different hues (though they are all from the same company) as a nice realistic variation between light skins. :) My tan girl, on the other hand, has had just parts of her change color a bit (from sun exposure). It looks like she has a real tan, though the parts that should be darker are a slightly lighter, *possibly* greenish tint. Deep down I'm upset, because her even brown was so beautiful and Luts' brown now is more red, but it's not something to replace her over (unless I come across a first batch body again! And even then I probably couldn't replace her head).

[augustamethyst]

The changes in color don't really bother me. Actually, it is hard for an owner to notice the yellowing unless they have a photo or another doll to compare it. My friends have noticed certain dolls of mine have turned yellow, but I didn't notice.

The worst type of yellow (or any color change) is the inconsistent type. If it is an even color change, it isn't bad. We have to expect yellowing with these dolls, it's just the amount of yellowing that varies. XD

[Twilight]

Yellowing doesn't bother me so much, as long as it's even. I wish there was a way to prevent it permanently, but I don't think there is. Sadly. =(

My Sharmin is yellow too, but she's such a cutie, I can't stand the thought of sanding her.

My dolls will all be the color of the sun sooner or later. lol

[Merry]

I've not experienced this greenish-yellow tint yet. Which resins develop this? It'd be nice to know beforehand should I get one of them at some point. Getting a faceup that offsets or disguises the coloring is exceptionally clever and I wouldn't have thought of it myself.

Just a thought... I use a green-toned concealer to hide the red on my face (rosacea, argh) so, by the same thinking, maybe a warm-toned faceup would hide any greenish tones?

[celestia]

yellowing definitely bothers me to an extent i can't see my entire 'crew' match each other anymore... especially if one is looking more sallow than another and a white turns a pale green... that's kind of when i'd probably look into restoring them to former glory.

I don't think i could replace the dolls i have and will end up having. It just seems impossible- sentimental value does win over from the start when you're accepting the doll into your life for good.
Most of my dolls are only in the form of heads at the moment because i know bodies get retouched and updated every few years; but the sculpt seems to remain original. Meanwhile, i purchased an SD suwaricco body having full knowledge that if any other "better" bodies came on market- i would still be after this particular one.

[Kokoryta]

I'd rather have the enjoyment of seeing them every day and risk the yellowing.

That's my thoughts as well and the reason why I won't get a white skin doll.

My Ducan was actually rather pinky when he came to me back in december, but then he faded and he's a little more like a WS doll now. *_* Though, it works for him because he's a geek.

[MosaicWolf]

I'm probably the type that won't notice my dolls have yellowed until someone else points it out to me. And then I'll be like '...oh okay. *shrug*'

At the risk of sounding a little fruitcake, I kind of establish a personal relationship with my dolls. Selling one because they were showing their age would be like trading in a relative for going grey. But I also tend to favor normal skin dolls, which should make the yellowing a bit less noticable.

[Lolly]

I never noticed yellowing until I got some new hands! I was shocked. She did not yellow a lot, but enough so that I cannot use the new hands. I hope the new Volks Pureskin is yellow resistant.

[mahoubunnybell]

I don't mind a little, even yellowing. I mean, that's natural. It's when it's extreme and uneven that I have a problem with it... a problem I actually had recently with my Volks Nana. At two years old she had yellowed insanely in some places, and finally I just had to take her apart and lightly sand her to balance her out.

Still not sure what CAUSED that. She's been kept in the same conditions as all my other dolls- Out of the sun, away from direct light of any kind, in a cool and dry area. My dollmore boy from a month after her hasn't yellowed a bit. >:/

[desiderus]

A little yellowing is fine to me. As long as it isn't as yellow as say, the Resinality banner, it's okay xD

Usually I don't really notice the yellowing either although I own mostly BW dolls. However, I did put my BW Shiwoo Dreaming next to a friend's white skinned Bluefairy and woah! D:

I took him away quite fast haha. She was so white in comparison, but I guess the CP white wasn't as white to begin with anyway XD

(I'm still fine with it though)

[augustamethyst]

I've not experienced this greenish-yellow tint yet. Which resins develop this? It'd be nice to know beforehand should I get one of them at some point.


CP/Luts seems to have the most trouble with the greenish tint. They're typically dolls that should be white skinned, but look "beauty green." People often say the doll is beauty green when they sell. Bambicrony has also had some uneven tinting and color changes. Maybe other people know of which companies have also had a tint problem?

As for French resin, I've only seen one really bad case. It was a Souldoll Dit Saint that had yellowed (to the point of being orangey) on his limbs. This particular doll had been stored in his box too.

[Wickedgood]

Ack, yes - I must admit I am pretty paranoid about yellowing. I didn't start out that way... at first I just thought that if I kept my dolls out of direct sunlight then they'd be fine. Then I started seeing pics of dolls on DoA that had yellowed within a VERY small period of time - such as the BC colored elves (and they were released after I got my doll!!) Then I started getting kinda worried. I like BW dolls the best, and if they start turning yellow they may lose one of the aspects that make me love them so much!

Even after that though, I bought a doll second-hand and, even though I was warned that she may have a bit of yellowing. It actually wasn't bad, but I was surprised to what steps I would go to try to get rid of the discoloration... scrubbing, sanding, soaking in oxy-clean, scrubbing some more. I'm to the point now that I'm not even sure if I have made much of an improvement (but it has resulted in me bonding with her very well lol). Anyway, I have come to the conclusion that if I don't want to drive myself crazy, I should steer clear of yellowed dolls in the future - and for heaven's sake PROTECT MY DOLLS NOW. In fact, I just set up a cardboard barrier on my desk to shield them from the (very indirect) rays that might reach them.

I'm sort of sad, because there are some really cute dolls for sale every once in a while that are a good price, but have visible yellowing - and I have to pass them up. I tell myself that they'll find good homes :nod and it's more important for me to keep my sanity.

[Udou]

I'm a little paranoid about yellowing myself. When I was new to the hobby, I developed the habit of letting my first MSD sit in a sunny room all day, so now he's a bit yellowed. He hasn't gotten worse since then, but I always feel like a bit of an idiot when I think about it. It's not painfully noticeable, just a bit upsetting.

[Chiaki]

I hope the new Volks Pureskin is yellow resistant.

The new Volks UV-Cut Pureskin is supposed to be more resistant. I have two one-year old UV-Cut girls and can't appreciate any yellowing at all. I think they will remain like this for a long time. Nowadays, I think only limiteds and FCS are UV-Cut.

[Arvanah]

It's a little frustrating because I try to keep the dolls out of direct sunlight but I'm not one to shut them away in boxes. I'd rather have the enjoyment of seeing them every day and risk the yellowing.

That's how I feel. My bedroom doesn't really get any direct sunlight, but it's a fairly bright room. I've always kept all my dolls out where I can see them and will continue to do so. I didn't spend this kind of money on something to not enjoy it.

Like someone already said, yellowing is that thing that bugs me in the back of my mind and irritates me. The oldest doll I ever had was a Ttory Elf girl, and she had yellowed quite a bit by the time I decided to find a new home for her. While it wasn't the yellowing that made me decide to sell her sometimes I wonder if the disheartened feeling I got whenever I looked at her compared to my other dolls contributed to that. My current dolls are newer, though my Elf Shushu came from an extremely pale batch to begin with and sometimes I psych myself out and think she's fading already.

As someone who's had a lot of dolls, I have experience with white resin and french resin, and can say that I heavily prefer normal skin resin not because of fading issues, but because it photographs better. White skin resins and french resin seem to almost absorb the light and I never was able to get nice crisp shots of my Luts BW dolls or the Narae I had. I only had a MNF Tanning Lishe for a short time, and she photographed well, but I don't know anything about the resin over time. I get the feeling tanning dolls are more subject to light as well.

I recently bought what will be hopefully my last doll for a while, a little Tan Cookie Elf off of the DoA Marketplace. I'm a bit nervous because of various Bambicrony issues with resin, so I plan to keep her in a niche in my room that stays in shadow all the time. That's one thing I'm loving about these tinies... they can sit wherever and still be enjoyed.

[Obscurity]

Like a lot of the people have posted in this thread, I don't really notice yellowing at all until I have something to compare it too, and even then it doesn't really both me at all. I guess I know that I really don't plan on selling any of my boys so the quality of their resin is a moot point to me, you know?

[Jinnayah]

This may sound a little odd, but one of my dolls is probably 5 or so years old now, a fairly early Volks oldskin, and I actually kind of like the yellowing on her. It gives her a nice realistic Asian skintone, I think. Although I do try to make it a point to dress her in outfits that are more toward red than yellow, like you would a human with yellow undertones.

Some of my other dolls, I don't really like the idea of them yellowing, but what can I do? My room is already kept well shaded (I can't sleep otherwise), and I've always thought that things are meant to be used, not squirreled away and kept "nice". So, it's just a risk I take. I haven't noticed any real problems so far, except on Kotori.

[april]

The idea of yellowing annoys me. I'm investing to much time, money and emotion in a doll--I really wish that they'd not change colors within a year or two!

BUT, I have to say that the reality of it in my dolls doesn't really bother me. They're mine and there's nothing I can do about it and I still love them, so I tend to ignore stuff I can't change.

I have CP bw dolls and have never noticed Beauty Green. Mine may be green, but I have no sense of that! Nor can I recall seeing any BG dolls. Maybe I'm just insensitive to the color (or just never happened to run across any really green-toned BW???). I'm still not sure I understand what it means, since I haven't seen comparison shots (are there any up somewhere?--I'm curious!).

My bw Elf El was always a bit yellowy (my friend kept saying: "It's CREAMY, not yellowy!!!"). My bw Elf Lishe started out very white, but one of the heads I've had out with MSC on it is more yellow now than an unpainted one. I'm just going to try and ignore it (although I do worry about heads matching bodies!--but that's it).

I've got French resin colored Bambicronys. AGH. Well, what can you do? They were too cute to pass up (although I didn't know they were French resin or that prone to fading when I purchased them-and it was pretty annoying at first!).

I hope that more companies use UV-protection in their resins and maybe TELL people if they're using French resin, and will try to stop yellowing as much as possible with their new resins... I think it's not really a desirable element, and should be avoided if possible in new dolls.

[Taco]

My preference would be for them not to yellow, however, I've come to terms with the fact that yellowing happens. I don't display them in direct sun and have a no smoking in the house rule, but beyond that, I don't go to crazy trying to protect them. I'm very hands on with my dolls and like to take them outside for meets and photoshoots, and having fun with my dolls is more important to me than keeping them pristine.

I have a French resin doll for a little over a year now. He has changed a little--his hands and arms have gotten a darker yellowy tone (his skin tone was always on the yellow side rather than pink, but I think that helps the color change not look as drastic). However, I still think he looks beautiful, and I love the warm glow that French resin has (not to mention that I bought him for his sculpt and he's perfect for his character). I would much rather have him yellow and be able to enjoy playing with him, then having to keep him hidden away.

My dolls aren't just dolls to me--they are very very special, and I couldn't just replace them.

[zalem]

I find it not as noticeable in my normal skin dolls, so it doesn't bother me. However, the yellowing of the white skin definitely does bother me. Especially my El. He's gone from a nice white color to a creamy yellowy color. I can't even buy a pair of extra hands for him anymore because they just won't match. Luckily enough he wears burgundy wigs and dark clothes but he looks SO yellow next to my new Nanuri 07 bw girl. Though I suppose if I give it time she'll yellow to match him. -_-

[Merry]

As for French resin, I've only seen one really bad case. It was a Souldoll Dit Saint that had yellowed (to the point of being orangey) on his limbs. This particular doll had been stored in his box too.

I think this was the case I heard of as well. Honestly, it sounds more like an issue with that particular batch of resin since it happened while he was stored. How horrible though! The Souldoll boys are so gorgeous, too.

[Sakura]

I'm of the same mind that I don't mind it on normal/pureskin dolls since all of mine are that way but the idea of yellow resin does keep me from considering BW versions because of how much the yellowing would show up in comparison to normal, which I would never notice anyway.

[Brightfires]

I have CP bw dolls and have never noticed Beauty Green. Mine may be green, but I have no sense of that! Nor can I recall seeing any BG dolls. Maybe I'm just insensitive to the color (or just never happened to run across any really green-toned BW???). I'm still not sure I understand what it means, since I haven't seen comparison shots (are there any up somewhere?--I'm curious!).


"Beauty Green" looks like this (http://turtlehouse.domuscygna.com/Images/ThreeHouses03292007/2.jpg)... ('Comparison with a pretty average CP NS here (http://turtlehouse.domuscygna.com/Images/ThreeHouses03292007/31.jpg).) And Crane again (http://turtlehouse.domuscygna.com/Images/Meet012107/19.jpg), in a different outfit and under indoor light.

[sgtgeorgecarter]

Like a lot of the people have posted in this thread, I don't really notice yellowing at all until I have something to compare it too, and even then it doesn't really both me at all. I guess I know that I really don't plan on selling any of my boys so the quality of their resin is a moot point to me, you know?

QFE.


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/megchansan/lanaclaire084_ret2.jpg
On the right: Lana, pureskin
On the left: Claire E., an oldskin head in a UV-Cut body
Look at the hands >_<


I think your Lana is beautiful! I hope my Nana goes that colour.

[Soula]

If yellowing appears evenly, it doesn't bother me at all. It can be nice indeed, as demonstrated by pretty Lana ^_^ My Leeke Honey is basic skin and a bit over two years old. She seems to have yellowed the most here, still she is loved and isn't going anywhere. Same as my old Volksies. I prefer yellowed over, for instance, Custom House's white skintone, really.

[byouyuuken]

It does bother me, especially when it comes to discoloration, not just yellowing. I have a Bambicrony Mistyblue elf and am totally disheartened at the speed of yellowing that's going on...and really really hope she doesn't turn into another weird shade of color other than green!! ;_;

My BW Delf boys might have yellowed, but I don't have a comparison and isn't as worried about it. They seem to be developing this rather nice shade like Jinnayah said, something that looks Asian XD. I don't know what I'll feel if they're turning lemony, but for now they just seem to be a bit darker. At any rate I'm not planning to do any sort of replacement in the long run, and yellowing wouldn't stop me from getting more BW dolls, either.

[Lelio]

I just joke about my poor boy's jaundice. It's part of his charm. xD

[Nymphetish]

The only doll of mine that's slightly yellowish is my CP Lishe, who is around three years old. I can't say for sure because I'm not her original owner, but I think she just has a pale, creamy tone. My WS Hound is over a year old, and he doesn't have any yellowing, neither does my WS LD Cara, who will be a year old in two months. I keep my dolls inside a cabinet when I'm not holding them, so they haven't yellowed much. Yellowing might look good on some dolls, but I want to prevent it from happening as long as I can. I do take them outside occasionally for photos, and sometimes they hang out outside their cabinet, so I'm not too paranoid.

[Tonboko]

I think for me it will be one of those things I don't notice until I see my doll in a few years next to a new one... then I'll be all :( for a little bit... and then realize it doesnt matter all that much. I plan on my dolls all to be elves, so if they turn into semi funky shades I can write it off.

Though.. if I end up getting a white elf and she turns yellow, I might be more upset about it... Then there is my white as snow Catsy to worry about. Perhaps if she turns yellow I will just have to giver her tabby stripes!

[Baakay]

I was rather amazed to discover how yellow my two small Domuya boys have gotten in a year and a half. Pietr, a Yang, Jr, is almost the color of a tan DZ now, only... yellow, rather than tan, if that makes sense. Bobo is, as well. But hey, it's what makes him Pietr, so there you have it.

My Ttory elf, Kobito, is Beauty Green, so why not ;)

[hobbywhelmed]

I seem to attract the ones that go peach-colored, if normal skin, and green, if white. I see other people's Luts whites turning yellow, but mine always seem to go greenish.

And I didn't know in the beginning about the tendency of yellow/green white resin to photograph white, so my first Beauty Green MNF was a total surprise. But after I got used to it, and put a green wig on her, I ended up purposely getting another green little fellow to be her mate, and they're now my pair of sprites. But later on, I got surpised again with the purchase of a brand new Minigem Quite Rabbit Uyoo, who was very zombie green/grey right out of the box, even though she photographs blazing white.

Which is why I don't trust the people who are claiming the springtime Luts white has been pure, pure white. Except for one particular Lishe head I got....

[Kim]

I was very mad when it came out that the Bambicrony elves were french resin. I had bought one and definitely would not have gone through the trouble if I had known. I wanted that particular doll because it was blue, and not because it was going to be blue for a month and then turn an ugly shade of green. I am so not a fan of french resin.

My normal skin dolls really haven't shown any signs of yellowing yet. My Olivia boy is on an older body from a limited and it's the same shade still as my FCS boy who was ordered in March. I'm interested to see how time affects my Bluefairy boys, who are a very healthy shade of real human skin pink and have almost no yellow to their colouring. I'm putting together my first white doll and I have to admit I am a little nervous about how the resin is going to hold up over time.

[Wotan]

I honestly haven't considered the eventuality of yellowing; I guess I haven't been in the hobby long enough. As long as it's not some freaky discoloration, I'll be fine. It does influence my future purchases, though; I've pretty well decided not to get any french resin dolls for fear of the dramatic yellowing I've seen so much about.

[Bel]

I doubt I'll notice if it happens - my house is DARK, so my dolls aren't even very well lit, much less exposed to sun, heh. But my CP whiteskins are substantially greener than when they arrived.

My local friend had the Souldoll Dit Saint that I think was referenced earlier in this thread, and holy crap - as much as I adore that individual doll, the yellowing gave me a real shock. He looked like a French-vanilla candle. I've got a Narae head, but I opted for Golden Beige in hopes that the darker tones wouldn't yellow badly - but I'm terrified of French resin after seeing the poor Dit Saint. (If I'm remembering right, the person who sold him to her had displayed him in a room that received direct sunlight.)

[bakayaro onna]

I think my Shuichi (WS Iplehouse Soo Ri) has yellowed a bit after a year and a half, but since he's Asian, I don't mind.

I am expecting everyone to yellow eventually, so I am not too concerned about it. It's the nature of the hobby. I just need to make sure I keep extra hands out so they will yellow with their bodies.

[Ai Kazi]

It gets on my nerves... a lot. Especially looking at the hands and the head on my doll. D:

I wouldnt mind it so much if the body yellowed with it.....

[junoboy]

it bothered me on my pink white french resin Narae.. I liked her alot until she started to yellow, and it wasn't uniform.. I do think twice about purchasing that type of resin doll again. I don't mind though on my older volks dolls as it tends to look okay..and my Unoa who is older 1 version is not too bad since she was body blushed and coated.

I did read however that all resin will turn yellow in time, no matter what.. the air does it not just the sunlight.

[augustamethyst]

Ah, Bel, you heard it different than I had. That Dit Saint is still amazing, he could very well be one of the last or the last Dit Saints Souldoll made.

Well, some Souldolls with the French resin are still okay. Guess it just depends on the resin batch and then the conditions they're kept in. There's two French resin Souldolls at my house. A Lune and a Souldoll March Berry (she was from around the same time as the Dit Saint). Fortunately the March Berry has only yellowed a little bit all over. Not bad looking for 3 year old French resin.

[Nightingale]

Hm... this is an interesting topic...

While I don't hate yellowing I actually sorta like it. Haha, I'm probably one of the few who do. But since I always imaged my MSD to be sickly in character the unnatural tone sort of added to it.

But on my BW Yder, I was not pleased when I realized he was not sprayed all over like his other owner claimed. Only his head was coated in the UV Cut MSC and the rest of him wasn't. So when I noticed the yellowing on him... Oh I was not happy at all. lol Though I'll be quiet frank and say that it sort of let me have fun with him after that. Not many people want a yellowed doll. :sweat So I like to think of it as a pass to modify.

[hobbywhelmed]

It's a bit disappointing with the pure white characters that are so striking, but I agree, all resin will change with age.

I just keep telling myself that they're going to age a lot better than I am--

[Bel]

I may be remembering wrong - she's on this forum, though, I figure she'll find this thread and let us know the facts soon! (Yay for the older Souldolls - I love them!)

[chibinezu]

I'm also not a fan of french resin and the rate it yellows ^^
I don't think I'd mind if I didn't have a hybrid with a head that doesn't yellow at all~ so the colour difference is amazing cause the french resin has yellowed horribly.

as i said i don't think it'd matter that much if it was an even yellowing. I think I probably wouldn't even notice then.

[ShaDrouet]

While I am not a fan of the yellowing of these dolls over time I suspect since there is nothing we can do about it. we must accept it. but I do beleive we should all play with and enjoy our dolls. I heard of some sticking them in boxes to try and prevent. An idea that would never cross my mind as I want to enjoy my dolls..

[Bel]

I truly don't mind the idea of yellowing, for the most part. If my dolls change tone, that's fine. But I've seen such a badly-yellowed doll that I now know I have a limit, and am ULTRA-careful about exposing my dolls to sunlight. They're not in boxes - that's not why I have them! - but if I see that a curtain's cracked and a band of sunlight is traveling across the wall, I fix it, before that band travels daily for two months and does damage.

[marsh]

My first doll, a BW FCS from 2005, has mellowed rather a lot since I got him, even though he's been frequently cleaned and MSC'd. I didn't realize how much until I looked at a picture of him from the first few months he was with me this evening. I guess I kind of expect it with my white dolls, and it does make me a little sad, but I love them too much to be seriously bothered. I guess it's kind of the Velveteen Rabbit effect for me.

That said, I'd really hesitate to buy French resin, because of the yellowing issue.

[rattimoth]

nope.. don't care about it.. a doll that has yellowed is a doll that has been played with, taken out and LOVED...

my dolls are going yellow, and I am happy about it :>

seek peace

Carol

[Silver Nyx]

I hate the idea of yellowing, but don't mind the yellowing of a NS doll, in comparison to a WS doll. It's one of the reasons I have crossed off the option of ever getting a doll in white resin.

I would love to get a Narae, but the yellowing of french resin is scary. I am here a-hopin' that Narindolls starts putting resin stabilizer and UV protection in their french resin. It helps, and might make me a little less hesitant about getting those pretty Bimong girls.

[kyliebee]

I have to say it does and quite alot, one of the main reasons i brought all my dolls in normal skin, which i don't mind yellowing so much. When i had my narae she was really stunning but i couldn't live with her butter coloured head and a slighty lighter shade body.

[Nene]

My MSD maria is showing a few signs of yellowing, though it's uniform and doesn't really show in pictures. I think she is one of the earlier releases and she's had several owners before me, so I don't know how well they looked after her (I bought her on YJ). I don't mind though, she's still lovely and it doesn't pick up badly in pictures. I have a narae who I imagine will yellow quickly too, but I was hoping with the tanning skin it wouldn't be so dramatic.

[evol resin]

I don't mind yellowing at all!! I call it a "patina" like fine antique furniture gets with years of use and love!! My Dollstown NS Gals have mellowed and they look wonderful. All of my crew are on constant display, I hate hiding them away in their box. I knew from the start that some color change would happen, this did not deter me at all from collecting Dollfies.....My Tanned SA Saint that is on his way will be another story! I don't know much about tanned skin dollfies....If he turns green I will still love him, I'm sure!...;)

evol resin :)

[otepoti]

I think if my dolls were white skin then i would be more worried about yellowing. As it is all but one have normal skin. While my older ones have yellowed it's more like a tan and in some lights my dark elf soo looks almost the same tone as my volks tan.

[gayle]

It bothers me alot. Especially the way French Resin yellows, which in my experience, has been very splotchy.

I have a 60CM Narin and Narae, and both are yellowing substantially. It actually breaks my heart to watch this happen and has really tempered how I feel about these two dolls. As it is now, I couldn't even get a fair price for them if I elected to sell them, due to the extent of the yellowing. Until they change the formula on french resin, or add UV protectants that actually prevent the process, I will not be buying any more French resin dolls, no matter how much I might love the sculpt.

None of my regular urethane resin dolls have yellowed in this manner. If they are yellowing, it is a slow process, and the tone is even, which is bothering me alot less.

[Chiaki]

sgtgeorgecarter and Soula, thankyou very much! <3 As someone mentioned...this is a more "cream" than "yellow" tone, although I think in person the yellowing is more noticeable than in the picture ( the magic of photoshop... ).

[junoboy]

I try to keep my french resin doll in the box, but since it is the air that will turn the resin, they still yellowed.. she was a pinky white narae, so won't be getting one of them in that resin tone again.

I am glad to here that the Souldolls don't yellow as quickly.. nice to know:)

[zalem]

Yes, the french resin yellowing greatly worries me and it's the main thing keeping me from buying any dolls made of french resin. I'd love to buy a little Narin, but I probably won't unless they put out a urethane version or one with UV protectants. I'm just not willing to put down so much money on a doll that will yellow that badly, that quickly and that unevenly. My other dolls have yellowed a bit with time, but not that badly and it's all even. My CP boy's yellowing is more noticeable because he is white skin, but it's all even at the very least.

[Messrs Moony]

It doesn't really bother me, because I accept that it's going to happen. I've seen people's SoulDolls that they've had for years, and the normal skin does tend to yellow over the years. But honestly, I don't see it when I look at Cha, not until he was sitting right next to a new SoulDoll that my friend had bought did I even notice that he had started turning a bit. But since he's never going to be resold, I don't really care.

[lin]

I can live with it on some dolls, but not others. My first doll was an old French resin Souldoll that was already quite yellow when I bought her. I eventually sold her because she looked so very different from my newer urethane resin dolls. I don't mind if they eventually turn color because it will not be so extreme as the French resin. I will probably never buy another French resin doll.

[aernath]

It seems the yellowing occurs regardless of time spent in direct sunlight - a rather inevitable change, so while yes, it bugs me, I'm not letting it stop me from taking my little buggers outside with me and enjoying the heck out of them. ;)
I'll just have a troupe of yellow/green boys following me around.

[Lyn R]

I must be in the minority or extraordinarily lucky, because my french resin Narae (Open Eye Tanning) has yellowed, but her color has actually improved in my opinion. She's now a lovely peachy tone, compared with the cool pinky-tan she was when I got her. She's going on one year old.

Limho and Miru on the other hand are pinky white, so I know they will mellow into that pale butter color. I don't love them any less for it, but I would never buy a 60cm doll in french resin.

[Ladyrixx]

I haven't noticed a lot of yellowing on mine, except my first resin head. He's an old Shiwoo vamp, and he's got greenish-yellow undertones. I'm probably going to have someone airbrush him when I finally get him a body, because the chances of me finding him a body in that same werid colour would be next to impossible. >< But, so long as everyone yellows evenly, it doesn't matter, so long as they stay reasonably pale. (They're all either vampires or geeks that never would see the light of day...)

[Shankula]

I must be a freak, because I have an almost 1 year old pinky white narae, and she hasn't yellowed at all. In fact, I took pics of her next to her Pinky White sister that I just got, and you can BARELY see even a smidge of a hair of a speck of a difference between their colors. I don't do anything special, and her body isn't msc'd either...But i figured that she *would* yellow some, so I got myself all ready for it, kind of resigned to the fact that it'd happen. I've personally de-yellowed a couple of narae's, so I figure that if she mellows and it is too much for me, I can fix it and seal her then.

The thing that always makes me laugh is that resin is naturally yellow anyway, and people are still amazed that the dolls yellow (from the dyes fading)...go figure.

[zalem]

Oh and I've seen numerous complaints about yellowing in french resin white skin dolls, but how do the NS ones fair? Like if I did get a little tanning Narin I'm wondering if that would hold up better...

[avacado]

My CP boy is about three years old and he's yellowed a little bit. But it doesn't bother me at all, because in my eyes it added some dimension to his skin tone.

[ShadowLink]

Any resin will degrade in sunlight or not given enough time and exposure... I'm sure most of us know this fact by now. It really does not bother me and it’s something that can’t be prevented. I’m lucky enough to say that yes some members of my crew have indeed slightly yellowed however is not as bad as other resin types.

The other night this thread (http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?t=161410) at DoA made me really upset… I understand the need to keep our dolls aesthetically pleasing but like I said, reading the whole thing got me very concerned about the ingredients whether it is easy or not to find them, I don't think its a good idea to make this type of tutorial available without a good informative list of everything one needs with links to possible allergic reactions and safety above all.

[kersuru]

It bothers me a little bit. It depends on the companies resin. Volks normal skin does not because it's not that noticeable on my Nono. My luts dolls and dollshe have not yellowed enough for me to notice yet.

However, I hate. HATE, with a passion yellowed BW luts resin. It's so sad to see dolls that are supposed to look white are yellow. Especially when they are wearing white clothes :damnit

[Shankula]

Oh and I've seen numerous complaints about yellowing in french resin white skin dolls, but how do the NS ones fair? Like if I did get a little tanning Narin I'm wondering if that would hold up better...
From what I've heard, they mellow more golden, which is fine because they're pinky toned and it gives them a natural tan glow. If you email Catrina at Dollfair, she can confirm that, but I'm about 99% that I'm remembering right.:nod

[sgtgeorgecarter]

The thing that always makes me laugh is that resin is naturally yellow anyway, and people are still amazed that the dolls yellow (from the dyes fading)...go figure.

That's what I think. I mean all my old garage kits were a sort of manila folder colour. Personally I liked that so I should be in luck.

[AreeElf]

The idea of gradual yellowing overtime doesn't bother me but yellowing in a short period of time does (a month or less).

The second bothers me in that it smacks of not not using good raw materials.

[ravendolls]

Luckily most of my dolls aren't human, so a little yellow or green could just be considered further non-humanness, which I don't mind a bit.

I read somewhere... someone (was it Batchix or Kaye? One of those talented bjd-makers) said that the piece of resin they'd left out in the sun turned a "bright olive green". That gave me pause, I tell you!

Raven

[SassyStrawberry]

yellowing did upset me initially, but some of my dolls are now over 3 yrs old, and its inevitable that they did yellow, and I've accepted that its part of the natural process of 'aging' for them. :)

Also, one of my fav dolls is a much-yellowed Supia60 named Clarity. She still photographs like a dream.

[Laurmann2000]

Yes, yellowing does bother me. My older dolls, like my SD Megu, have generally gotten a bit yellower over the years and it's an even tone and doesn't both me so much, though I still prefer a less yellow doll. But an uneven, severe yellowing, like I've recently seen in a pinkywhite Narae would bother the heck out of me. I will not buy a french resin doll in a pale color because of that which upsets me because I love that french resin. I do have a French resin tan Narin and I've noticed some color changes in him as well but they aren't all that bad. It's more of a golden color as opposed to the bright yellow in the paler dolls. Anyway, my long winded answer to the simple question of "do you mind yellowing". LOL

[Osaka]

I have to admit, yellowing doesn't bother me so much, especially if it happens in a nice, even way. My Isao head is quite a bit yellower than my other Volks heads, but even then, it isn't "whoa! Get that lemon out of here!" He just looks a little darker yellow than the others. But honestly, he's the only doll of mine that has any real yellowing, and I didn't even notice until I got another Volks home.

That being said, I *thought* my Hound was yellowing. I liked the color he was turning but it was only on his face and hands, so I was a bit distressed. When I went to redo his faceup though, I found out it was just the sealant that had yellowed. I was very relieved that he was still a nice even like-new color, but I miss what a pretty yellow he had been! XD

I love anything that shows a patina over time, so a yellow doll to me just shows age and love. :3

[kchan]

I'm very scared of yellowing at first..especially when it comes to my ndoll miru as she's french resin >.< But I guess as time went by, she..erm..yellowed gracefully..and I didn't mind it too much anymore. I still keep her out of the sun though ^^;

[nakitama]

It only bothers me on one doll; my FCS white boy, Jorie. His legs and forearms are much more yellowed than the rest of him. Though I like the color he's turned(because it makes him match the skintone of his brother more) he looks a little "greasy" on his legs. He may need more extensive cleaning. Maybe a light sanding, because he looks kinda grimey. I went over him with the Volks cleaning sponge, but it only helped a tiny bit, and within a few weeks he looked greasy again :|

[gretch110]

For me when I got my first girl, a BW Lishe I was so afraid of the yellowing but after she got here and I actually saw her I realized I liked the yellowing lol. She was a few years old and had yellowed to this gorgeous ivory color. I've seen other dolls especially the colored Bambicronys that have yellowed and it's really uneven but other then that yellowing really doesn't bother me... it's going to happen anyway :D

[float]

I expected yellowing, but I didn't know that some white resins turn green.. I really don't want to see that happen to my Baha. (green cat?) I was already planning to get some MSC uv-cut, and maybe find a way to display him so he has some window light blockage, and hope for the best. That's the way it is, but for sad.

[sarahdipity]

After seeing some picture of yellowing on DoA I have to say that sometimes I think it looks quite nice. I actually prefer Lana in your picture. I agree with some of the other posters though in that I wouldn't want my dolls to turn green.

[blackbox]

Although my 60 Narin is very yellow I still love him the same. I will some day take the steps to try and remove some of the yellowing but for now is just my beautiful Martin. So does it bother me? I guess maybe it does.

[Raouken]

I guess I'd have to answer this question with both a yes and a no. My two year old CP Chiwoo is fairly yellow, but it doesn't bother me at all because he is supposed to be an antique doll and the yellow/ivory tone fits the look. Also, to me yellowing is almost like wrinkles-it shows they have been around for some time and while it takes away from their beauty, it adds character.

On the other hand, I want to get a Zaoll Muse but I've been putting it off because I don't want her to be yellow within a year because the character is supposed to be-and stay-pale. It's come to the point where I almost want to get a Volks Yugiri instead even though the headmold fits her less than Muse-I'm just scared of a butter yellow Dilly.

[hobbywhelmed]

Heh, I have to admit a fondness for the green, especially Luts green!

[bunnydots]

I do keep the dolls most prone to yellowing, such as BW and french resin dolls, in cupboards or boxes out of the sun to slow down the process. But overall, I see yellowing as a natural process. I have always loved antique dolls and even if their materials don't yellow, there are likely to be other signs of wear show up, such as crackling in the finish, fading of paint, moth damage and so on. It's unrealistic to expect a doll that's years old to retain a minty-mint look. I think a little bit of aging adds to the character of the doll. And if I'm going to be able to get a doll I like cheaper because its owner can't stand that it yellowed a little bit, so much the better for me.

[Chops]

I expect over time all resin will yellow, sadly. :( I have had one french resin bjd. I loved her so much but was very careful with displaying her, and she got less play time then my others.

Because I live in the southwest I have to be concerned with the light and the heat. And it gets extremely hot here in for about 5 months of the year. Although my french resin doll did not yellow in the short time I had her, it was enough of a worry to let her go to another home. I would buy her again if I could get her in regular resin, and for now I stay far away from french resin.

As far as my present bjds--- I keep them out of direct window light, and if it is a bright day, and I am gone all day I will throw a cloth over them until I get home--no sense in not being careful.

[harlowe]

It will only bother me when it starts affecting the pictures I take. So far (knock on wood) the Narae's I have haven't yellowed yet.

[Malice Librarian]

Yellowing bothers me since the dolls I have and plan to buy are mainly BW, and I wish they'd stay that way. But it's an inevitable process, though I try to do my best by keeping my dolls away from sunlight as much as possible.

[jayyne]

I have a Volks oldskin girl who is quite yellow. It really comes out in indoor pictures. I knew she would be though, she was already old when I bought her. I love her that way. I think it's a pretty color and have absolutely no problem with it. I don't know that I'd want every single one of my dolls to be yellow, but her color actually makes me happy.

[beachgirl]

I think if my BW Domuya Azziza turned green, or any of the dolls got blotchy, I wouldn't be too happy. However since yellowing is inevitable, there's no use worrying about it. Just consider it patina. It's not like people don't change over time too!

[eptrauma]

Ruby Lydia is VERY VERY yellowed, being old skin beauty white. Sometimes it bothers me, but it's not like, goldenrod or anything. It's a buttery color that's well within the range of human skin tones. Generally i find it's less noticable if i avoid dressing her in white or pastels.
If i had more disposable income, i'd get a new FCS to replace her old shell, so to speak. But then i worry that it wouldn't really be Ruby, it'd be another, pretty doll, but it wouldn't be just like her.
Besides, growing up i had an awful case of anemia for years and my skin was pale and yellow toned for a long time. So i can't really complain of it in a doll. :)

[Orrery]

Yellowing doesn't bother me too much, as long as it's even and not... In-your-face-bright-yellow. It would start to bother me if the yellow was really intense.

[Kiyakotari]

Yellowing only really bothers me if it's really uneven and noticeable, or if I'm trying to match a new piece to a yellowed piece (like hands or something) and am having trouble because of the yellowing.

[Fyredancer]

With most of my dolls I can't tell whether there's been any yellowing at all, so it's fine. But with Lucien, my very first and beauty white, I recently got him two pairs of optional hands, and he looks like he's wearing white gloves compared to his arms - I can tell he's yellowed compared to those brand new hands. And that really bothers me. I'm not sure if I need to just take him apart and scrub him really hard, because he was originally coated with MSC and that can yellow all by itself, or whether I need to sand him to get him matching his new hands again. :damnit Either way it's a lot of work and I've put off taking care of it.

Aside from that, our other dolls, even those from 2003 - 2004 are in great condition and don't really seem to have yellowed at all. If they have, it's little enough not to notice. But I want to do some maintenance on Lucien.

[chibaraki]

I think I'm in the kind of unique position of WANTING one of my dolls to yellow. My Camine girl is from the pinkest batch of DOD resin that ever came to pinktown -- you know how the first run of Petshas was PINK? She's from that batch.

So I've been leaving her out all the time and hoping she'd yellow a bit and get to be a sort of a flesh tone instead of being baby pink, and either it's worked or I've gotten more used to her pinkness, because it's not quite as obnoxious anymore. I should get out her extra hands and compare.

[MaddPuss]

It bothers me slightly, but that's only because I had Jay in shorts for awhile and so while his calves are slightly yellowish, his thighs..not so much and it just looks odd. I mean, it's not really that noticable, but I can usually tell when somethings off by a few shades and it annoys me. Mm. This is making me wanna take pictures of him. X3

[Edtel]

My Elfdoll boy hasn't yellowed a bit in the nine months I've had him, nor has my NS CP Ttori. But my Unidoll girl (French resin) has already yellowed very slightly and I've only had her since June. I didn't notice until I went to put her second set of hands on. At first I was a bit paranoid taking her out, but I've decided that not only she but all my current dolls aren't going anywhere, so let 'em yellow! I'm not going to be careless and leave them in the sun all day, but there's no point to locking them in a closet where I can't enjoy them.

Has anyone actually heard of Elfdoll boy resin yellowing quickly at all? I haven't, but maybe I'm just missing the threads. Or maybe the boys just haven't been around long enough for it to be very bad yet?

[ShaDrouet]

After reading all the posts. Ive come to accept the fact I will have a yellowing doll eventually. I suspect I will try one of the methods.. metioned in the yellowing threads on cleaning and perhaps be able to restore some of the yellowing that will take place.. I know its not cure all . but I will try it when the time comes all the same

In the meantime I am enjoying my gang as often as I can, I just cannot see sticking them in a box away to try to prevent it from happening. My dolls are and will be played with often. regardless of yellowing

[hobbywhelmed]

It's hard to tell with Elfdoll. I know someone who got a K and his resin was a bit pinker than her older boys, Wu and Red. I noticed that too this year, but it's unclear whether that's aging or just a company-done slight color change. I do notice my older Red is peachier in color compared to the newer K body and to a Wu head obtained this year.

[Myriai]

I can't say the yellowing bothers me that much, but it would be a lie to say it didn't bother me at all. I've been toying with the idea of getting a new Ani girl for Mia because she really is extremely yellow (she's also going on two years this November)--however it seems to be pretty even on the parts that are generally exposed, though her torso area is much less yellow than the rest of her. And I must admit that I am rather worried about Reiji as he is a white skin Yder from one of the greener batches (either that or age is making him really green)--though Rin (my Kohya) is also yellowing a bit, but it doesn't really bother me at all.

[Cloud'sPimp]

sadly, yes it bothers me T_T
and there's no way I can replace my boys with the new ones since they're all limited T_T Damn....
But Cloud though, his skin is already yellowish anyway ^_^ So perhaps I won't get too annoyed if he yellows ^_^

[Edtel]

It's hard to tell with Elfdoll. I know someone who got a K and his resin was a bit pinker than her older boys, Wu and Red. I noticed that too this year, but it's unclear whether that's aging or just a company-done slight color change. I do notice my older Red is peachier in color compared to the newer K body and to a Wu head obtained this year.

The Red sleeping head I have is just slightly off, too. It's not really that noticeable, but it's there. It might be that the resin they're using now is a bit lighter than what they used earlier in the year. I put on a new pair of fist hands for a photoshoot a couple days ago, and there IS a noticeable difference. If they haven't changed the resin colour, then my boy has somehow darkened. But I'll take darkened a bit over yellow.

[Gelfling]

I have a misty blue Bambicrony elf who I love to bits, but supect she is slowly becoming misty green, despite the low-light life she leads. It makes me a little sad to think the color won't last but I don't think I'll love her any less. Nothing lasts forever, I guess....

[Stella Maris]

It doesn't bother me, I guess I have been lucky though or maybe my house is just super dark, my Misty Blue Pepe is still the same, I have compared her with her extra hands, and my Narae is also the same, although she is tanning and I think that is the best FR skintone to get as far as yellowing goes. Although I really wouldn't mind if they turn yellower, it's just like a patina, I could live with it. The doll I always envy is those Beauty Green Luts babies. Really ghoulish and cool. I guess it depends on how you view it. If you are a perfectionist, it may really bug you especially if it doesn't change evenly.

[hobbywhelmed]

Stella Maris - yeah, I'm very fond of Beauty Green too - even though my Soom Quite Rabbit came that way and was quite a shock (photographs pure white). Are you making the October meet? I should bring little Miss Ghoulish along because of Halloween!

I think liking Luts and collecting any heads separately from bodies becomes another whole hobby, to try and match up aged tones of green, yellow, grey-white, peach NS, pink NS. And now it's even harder, with the Senior Delfs swinging between starting out a yellow-cream color NS or a pink NS within weeks of each other! So replacement hands, especially, are a job!

You know, I'm not sure if I've even SEEN a BC misty blue -- every one I've seen has been some shade of aqua or teal.

[Amanohara]

Either way it's a lot of work and I've put off taking care of it.


well you could place the hands in the sun for a bit, if you say he's coated all over in msc, maybe coat the hands in msc first and place them to uv exposure for a bit at a time and see if anything changes. It would be easier than sanding your entire doll to match the hands.

Yellowing only worries me to the extent of tan lines.. yes, I'll call them that. :sweat

[omichao]

I don't like yellowing at all. I think that it makes the doll look sick >_<;; Luckily, you can get rid of yellowing, with a little bit of work without sanding, so it's really not an issue. It is a fair bit of trouble I'd rather not have to deal with, though.

[Guide]

My poor El Mikos has gone from paper white to a kind of vanilla yeallow! XD

I would get rid of the yellowing, but the thing I love most about Mikos is his face-up, and I'd rather keep that and keep the yellow than wipe and risk never getting it back....

[Vale]

I think the yellowing gives the resin a nice soft healthy tone.

[Wee_Little_Faerie]

I have just figured this is something that has to be lived with, unless you buy common molds and update them on bi yearly basis or so, which is too much trouble for me.

I kind of view BJDs like books, as they age, they yellow, and unless you want to hide them away, there's not much to be done about it, but it doesn't make them look worse, it makes them look loved.

[crazyspiderlegs]

I kind of view BJDs like books, as they age, they yellow, and unless you want to hide them away, there's not much to be done about it, but it doesn't make them look worse, it makes them look loved.

Aww! That's such a sweet way to put it!

I wouldn't mind a shift in skin tone (of course if you look at all my tanlines- waterpolo suit, racing swimsuit, lifeguarding shorts, ect... they're much worse). Only if my dolls started looking jaundiced would I be bothered (but I imagine that could be fixed with a good blushing).

[pithetaphish]

I'm careful to keep my dolls out of direct sunlight as much as possible, but as others have said, yellowing over time is an inevitable fact of owning these dolls. And I don't shell out a good portion of my paycheque every month to keep my lovelies in their boxes ;)

I guess I'm of two minds about yellowing. I did replace my first doll, a DoD U, with a Volks MSD because the DoD yellowed resin looked like plastic next to Volks UV-cut pureskin. My Tsukasa however is vintage 2003 pureskin and has a significantly yellower cast than my three UV-cut pureskin dolls, but on him I love it. He looks as though he has spent most of his life outdoors, which suits his character perfectly.

Yellowing seems to be a bigger problem among white-skin dolls. My Sharmin was vampire white when I first got her, and I guess I've been lucky, but in two years her resin has only mellowed to a pale flesh colour. Her body is still pretty white, but since I never leave her lying around unclothed, I don't notice it much. Against the Volks pureskin, she really does just look as though she was born with a paler skintone.

I guess I don't mind yellowing so long as it doesn't look unnatural against the rest of the crew, and that the quality of the resin is fairly similar. The varying skintones don't bother me half as much as my old DoD looking as though he were made from Barbie doll vinyl.

[OddEthics]

I've noticed that yellowing seems to look worse in pictures than in person. I'm pretty sure that's in few cases but it's still something I was surprised by.

I'm not sure how I feel about yellowing. :/ I mainly have NS dolls so it won't be too bad but I'm hoping it won't look terrible. I guess I'll find out. xD I just bought a BW head that's slightly yellowed and I actually liked the yellowing on him. It gave more character I think. <3 But it'll happen no matter what so I'll have to deal with it. I don't really feel like re-doing the whole doll when it yellows, that seems like a hassle to me. But then again, I could just be lazy.

[takira]

I can take yellowing so long as it's reasonably even. My white Orientdoll Tae is already has a little more skintone on him (for lack of a better term) than he did when he first arrived, and that's after coating him with UV Cut MSC the moment I got him out of the box. It doesn't look bad, and it's not really noticeable unless you saw him when he was new.

On the OTHER hand, I have Micah, whose head and body I purchased separately--his body was a lucky find on Y!J, and reasonably priced because it was yellowed. I didn't realize HOW yellowed until I got the head on it.

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g243/justalittleuke/micah/hoodie_face3.jpg

...and yes, yellowing shows up more prominently in pictures than in real life, but it was noticeable--and it did bother me. Micah was something of a grail doll and I couldn't feel good about him knowing that I hadn't restored him adequately. After much experimentation with magic eraser, oxy-clean spray and hydrogen peroxide (disassembling him and soaking the parts for 3 hours), I had to knuckle under and sand every part of his body (head excepted) with 1000-grit sanding sponge. It didn't remove any details that I can appreciate--he still has his seams and nipples. :p

This is what he looked like after:

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g243/justalittleuke/micah/closeup.jpg

It's a small thing, and I know he'll continue to yellow; his hands are a little tiny bit yellow yet because I couldn't sand them as effectively as his flatter body parts, but I'm okay with it. At the moment, his body matches his head well and I can rest easy in the knowledge that I did my best to make him as good as new, in spite of the condition in which he arrived to me.

[StephG]

Takira, you did a fabulous job on your boy's body!

I'm lucky so far that the yellowing that's happening with my dolls is even and so far in the "buttermilk" range - especially my Narae, although my Hound can appear to almost have a slightly green look in certain lights. Luckily, at home their coloring looks lovely and normal.

But I know people whose dolls are splotchy with yellow - very uneven - and it's unnattractive, even if the color isn't objectionable, because it is so blotchy. It really seems as thought each doll's yellowing issues are different, and the timing for it as well.

I'd like to see doll makers take this problem seriously, as a 2 year old doll is not an antique, and therefore turning yellow seems a bit premature. When I've spent $600-$800 on a "pinky white" doll, I'd like to think that it will stay that way for awhile. That's the skintone that was chosen - not yellow. I know that sounds simplistic! But it is possible to add an additive to resin that will keep the doll from yellowing - Kaye in Australia does so, and her dolls have withstood desert sun without changing color. If doll makers want to see their dolls having long, happy lives, they will try to resolve the yellowing problem.

[Faireyangel]

I've been very lucky *knocks on wood* with my crew and yellowing. :P I have a couple in the "buttermilk" strain and one who has shifted from a pinky color to a peachy one. In all of them the yellowing has occurred evenly, so it doesn't really bother me.

I keep them out of direct sunlight whenever possible, but I'm willing to trade a bit of faster yellowing for the pleasure of seeing them out and about in my room all the time. :D

[fitz]

Yellowing was bothering me to the point of obsession, but then I realized my dolls were just yellowing to the point where white resin looked much like normal skin. So now I am not to bothered. I guess I will become obsessed again when the yellowing looks unnatural, or splotchy.

[Kaye]

I love white skin dolls so I guess I will have to live with the fact that they will eventually yellow. Any that I have that have already yellowed just seen to turn a more creamy colour so that doesn't bother me too much .. I do have a white Narsha who is turning a lemon yellow .. don't like that too much but I think a bit of blushing would tone it down a little ;) I don't store my dolls away to protect them because I love to see them and play with them.

[CherryStreet~Sera]

I think of it like wrinkling, you just learn to live with it. Perhaps, its really just a badge of honor for making it long enough to show age:nod
"Like fine wine"

Sera~

[Brightfires]

I think of it like wrinkling, you just learn to live with it. Perhaps, its really just a badge of honor for making it long enough to show age:nod
"Like fine wine"

Sera~

[chuckles] More like green Chartreuse in poor Crane's case... :XD

[Sonoshi]

It doesn't bother me, the yellowing, because I see them everyday and I don't notice any color changing. What bothers me is when people point it out, and not in a kind way. "Eww, your Shiwoo is REALLY yellow. What did you do to him? Leave him in the back window of your car?" Yeah, someone said that once. Luckily the girl that bought him, as I was selling him at the time, loves him to the depths of her soul.

[Kittybee]

It does bother me, luckily none of my dolls are old enough to have this problem yet. My Dollstown Hue already has a yellowish skin-tone (his colour straight out of the box), it's hard to imagine how much yellower he will get with age :o. Still, when the time does come that they begin to yellow, I can always edit out the colour with photoshop. It's just when I admire them in person that yellowing can be annoying, for me. :)

[Rorek]

Honestly the idea of yellowing doesn't really bother me. I love my dolls and play with them alot, and if that means in ten years they look like characters off of The Simpsons I'm okay with that. There are supposed to be some tricks to reverse yellowing, so if it ever really bothered me, I could use some of them, or even just do a full body paint of my dolls. :3

[Cloud]

Before I bought my first doll I went to a meet-up to see some BJDs in person. I had the crap scared out of me by a mustardy CP BW doll. It just looked sickly jaundiced and almost turned me off buying a doll all together until I realized they were not all like him! So yes, I loathe buttery doll tones. I have been lucky so far, my dolls are all about a year old and show no signs of yellowing yet except for my little SDC Kaede. I see her every day so her slight yellowing doesn't shock the eye too much. But as much as I love Narindolls I can't stand to see them once the yellowing sets in. So I will never buy a french resin doll.

[Crescent]

Yellowing kinda bothers me, but even if they do I will still love them all.
I see it mostly in Crescent since she is the one often taken out. While everyone is newer and stays indoors more. But Helios's head who is now 2 Years 5 Months old doesn't show any signs yet. Odd ball

[Kittywolf13]

so far i only have one doll who has yellowed. My Joan. Shes french resin and a minisupia yan. But i adore her just the same...and if she gets so yellow that shes the color of the sun, well they she was just a SUN fairy in disguise and just never told me! In other words...no it doesnt. things happen. life changes and so do our resin kids! no point in fretting over it.

[Surya'sLight]

zigh I never paid too much attention to yellowin' process since I haven't owned a doll for so long time... but now I'm owning an Unoss...and yellowing is noticeable. Its not that it really disturb me but I find very unpleasant to notice this process is not homogeneous -.-''' . I dont keep my dolls in direct sunlight, au contraire, but this kind of old resin isn't uv protected and I think it was the very first attempt to produce resin dolls in this way, so maybe its normal to have this kind of problems...I won't ever sand my doll or disgust it due the yellowing .^^'' I prefer to keep her yellow.

[darthmissy]

I've been mentally battling yellowing alot lately! My dear Fayte (Soulkid Marion) has yellowed evenly all over but it's beginning to bother me. She's not just slightly yellowed either. Her whole face and body are roughly 3 shades yellower than shen she first arrived. I used to not notice when she was by herself, but when she's hanging out with my other angels, Leo can be holding her hand and all I can think is that she's got Jaundice. I adore Fayte with all my heart but she looks sickly, like she's wasting away. I know that's just in my head, but I can't bring myself to replace her with another mold as her's is not available in the newer more reliable Souldoll resin.
-Melissa

[Tenshi]

Yellowing doesn't bother me unless it's uneven on the doll. Luckily, my oldest doll (an MSD Magie made in mid-2005) is yellowing pretty evenly.

http://www.interstellar-beams.net/pearl/events/forgottenoutfit/12.jpg

As you can see, she is noticeably different from brand-new Cristal. But so far it's not a bad color -- just a different color. I'm definitely going to keep outdoor events to a minimum for Akiko from now on, but that's not too big of a deal.

My Hana has yellowed just the tiniest bit, but since Elfdoll resin is pinker than Volks resin, it just means she matches the other girls better :).

Now I'm just curious how my Papi and Cristal will yellow. It will be interesting to see the difference between Akiko's normal pureskin and their UV-cut pureskin.

[Paul_Julian]

Yellowing is part of this hobby ... Like the wrinkles are normal thing for older people ..
It doesnt bother me , but I try to do all I can to protect my boys from yellowing.

[Catdancer]

I know it was going to happen to my Narae. and I was a little disappointed with the apparent creamy color of her skin since she was snow white and supposed to be a ghost....but upon using her as a model when I am making clothes for her, some of her MSC rubbed off on her hip...and low and behold she was still bright white underneath!!! the MSC had yellowed:o it was the older batch before they pulled it off the market...I have hope that she isn't yellow underneath...I now have to get the courage to remove all the old MSC, reblush, redo her faceup and spray her with the new and improved MSC..and hopefully she will be returned to her ghostly white...

[Amaris]

Haven't really thought about it cause I am fairly new to the hobby. Though I have to admit I only wanted NS dolls, because I was afraid of the yellow/greenish BW dolls I heard about. But, I saw some BW dolls and their yellowish skinntone doesn't bother me at all! Now, I am getting a Sonokong Irene Doll and she is whiteskin (At least, that is what is said on the site). I do not really worry about her getting yellow, cause it will happen, nothing that can be done. I will love her just as much I am sure. As long as she yellows evenly, I will not care, but some spots white and others yellow that WILL bother me XD It gradualy changes right? I do not think I will even notice it in the beginning ^^;
She is getting a white wig so I am quite anxious about the difference of her skin tone and the wig color, but I will never replace my dolls just because they have yellowed, they have to much sentimental value for that!
I will try removing the MSC when she yellows and hope I will have just as much luck as you, Catdancer, that only the MSC has yellowed XD Cause I do not care about yellowing, but prefer white over yellow.

[violetpie]

I only am bothered when I get worried about how bad it will get. I have three Latis, all a few months apart in age, and the oldest one is definately no longer really a white skin doll. Now she looks more normal, not bad, but I wonder how creamy she's going to get...I don't like the idea of a jaundiced baby.

[Renzi]

I have a Leroi Snow, the whitest doll humanely possible. Zero pigment in the resin. She's turned a more milky color, which doesn't look bad, but I miss the pure white. I will probably try to fix to yellowing with her next face-up, but for now, she is fine the way she is.

[ArcaneMuse]

Two of my dolls (both that are BW) have yellowed a bit but it's not really yellow per se as less green/blue. I guess they look a bit dingy, but not so bad. I guess if they change even more into a yellow I would mind. Of course, I'd much rather all my dolls would stay their original color.

[Sam]

I really don't mind yellowing, if the doll is clean and coated in MSC it still looks great ^__^

[Nightmoon]

In a way yes, it does - As I wanted white and such, I'd like to keep white.

But if it's something I can't stop or change, it won't effect my love for the doll. :kisses

[aichaku]

if the yellowing is gradual and unobservable ie. not one that makes the doll turn an obvious plasticky yellow, i don't really mind it. i think it is something that is probably inevitable through time, but if it is something that happens within the first year, i would be very upset.

[FunnyLori]

If yellowing bothered me, I wouldn't have so many Bambicrony colored elves...

[derilan85]

I really wish I would have waited to get my Roda in Urethane Resin, but since I got her and she is Pinky White, her face is starting to age, but the rest of her has not yet. I have tried the Mr.Clean Magic eraser on her and I really don't think I have used it correctly. I also have the first Tan Narae 43cm to be seen in the US, and she cleans up nicely. She will be officially 2yrs the end of this month and her Butterfly Face will be 1yr. The change is hard to tell with the Tan French Resin. Can't wait until my new guy gets here, he will be the darker Tan French Resin so I will do comparison pics for everyone to see.

[LadyCrow]

Yellowing doesn't bother me,sooner or later we all grown old...lol

[silk]

I'm not worried by it and probably wouldn't even notice. The only thing that interests me is how my dolls will yellow, 'cause most of them will be hybrids. This could become interesting. Perhaps one day my dolls will be looking like little christmas-trees without the lights :p.

[Janne]

The mild yellowing of my oldest and dearest dolls - those I got when I first got into the hobby - doesn't bother me at all. (But they really haven't changed color much, so maybe that's not fair.)

I know it would bother me to have a newer doll yellow quickly though, as these days I pick dolls to fit a character I have in mind - or because something in their beauty really inspires me. I think I'd be annoyed if their looks changed substantially, quickly.

[Sammie-Ma]

I guess It would take a much longer time than I have been into this hobby for me to notice any yellowing on any of my dolls. My WS DZ Megi-01 has a yellow tint to his resin anyway. This is ok by me.

[manaswam]

Yellowing bothers me (1) if it is uneven, and (2) to the extent it deterioriates the appearance of the doll. I should also mention the value of the doll (but that is the least of my considerations when it relates to the dolls I love) - it is more about appearance.

I don't want to have to keep my dolls all packed away, nor do I want to live in a home without windows or lights, hence a dilemma.

I wish there was a solution.

[clea]

i suppose i'm OK with yellowing, because my first BJD, a Dollstown Yeondu in whiteskin, was chalky, oystershell greenish when she arrived, and has only become moreso. But it's even 'beauty green', and i've redone the faceup to more mauve tones that harmonize with her tint. If i think the doll is beautiful, i'm content to tweak the paint, eyes, wig and clothes if the skin tone alters.

[Hobbysue]

I get a little annoyed because there is UV protection out there and I feel the companies should be using it. I see that Narae's now have UV protection. I have a Kaye Wiggs Mallory and she told me that it should protect the doll for 5 years. I don't expect it to last indefinitely, but it's nice to know that the doll will be how she should be for approx. 5 years. I don't mind the yellowing when it's even but patchy looks dreadful. I get mostly normal skin dolls so a lot are yellowish anyway. I've started to hybrid and hadn't though how it would be if the head and body changed colour differently, but hopefully I've got enough bodies, that I can just swap them around or blush to match.

[kboyd912]

Well, one of the reasons I was able to get my latest doll is that he had yellowed a bit, and was offered at a price I could afford...I really don't mind it, as so far it hasn't affected his face/hands, etc. and doesn't seem really noticeable to me.

[PancakeGenocide]

No. It's something that resin naturally does, and it just reminds me of how long I've had a specific doll. Admittedly some have yellowed faster than others, but I just disassemble them once every few months for a soak in OxyClean.

I usually don't even notice the yellowing until they end up like, lemon-yellow, as my Kyrie is. I have no idea what is up with her; she's Soom BW, has never been exposed to the sun, and yet she yellows faster than any of my other dolls, including the French resin one.

[catcatdragoo]

Well, sometimes it bothers me, and sometimes it dosen't. I've got the weirdest hobby of watching the 'ghosts' come back to life after a time, as though they earned it making children happy, or something like that. ^^;;
It does bother me, however, when I see my favorite 'ghost' start to yellow, since I think she looks lovley with such white skin. ^^;;;

[Pixycrack]

It bothers me. Well not on some dolls. As long as it's mostly a natural color it doesn't bother me, but when it comes to my Old resin BF girl, who I can't replace because they changed the mold and it doesn't look the same to me, I mind a great deal. :angry She's jaundicey yellow now and I want so badly to fix it but I don't know how. I have heard of this bon ami stuff, but I don't have the slightest clue what it is or where to find it. I know and knew when I got her second hand that due to the problems with the old resin BFs she would yellow. But this is bad yellow. She's the color of the hands in the banner.

[digikym]

Bon Ami is a type of bleaching abrasive -- you can find it in most cleaning sections of grocery stores. It's basically the same thing as "Comet", but maybe a different chemical structure?

I've only ever used Bon Ami to clean porcelain... so I'm not sure how it would react on resin.

[sephyelysian]

I think it depends. I think BW dolls are gorgeous but I have no desire to own one because I think the idea of having a green doll or one that goes lemon yellow might upset me. The NS ones I have have lightened a bit over time but that's about it and I find I don't mind that so much. I think I'd be a bit more neurotic if I had to constantly worry that if I exposed my BW doll to any sort of sunlight they might yellow.

[Amet]

Watching dolls yellow in such a short time (especially dolls like the infamous Luts BW) does make me nervous, but I'm forcing myself to not worry too much about it. I take precautions to keep my kids out of the sun unless they're outside for a photoshoot, and I refuse to buy BW dolls because I know at least with regular skin dolls if they change they'll be a more human color a lot longer, but I'm not going to stop playing with them or taking them out of their case.

It really is depressing when you go to a meetup and someone hands you their 1 year old doll who looks like something out of a colonial era doll museum, though. :cry

[InkyBear]

As of right now, no, yellowing doesn't bother me because my two boys are still new enough that it really hasn't started to effect them. Also, I will be sending them both out to be dyed/painted in darker colors ( black and gray ), so I already know the sunlight won;t have any bad effects on their resin.

However, my boy I'm saving up for now will be a WS doll, and this is something that yes, worries me to no end. @.@ I'm extremely nit-picky about the tiniest details and since I absolutely adore perfectly white, I already know the slightest bit of yellow is really going to upset me. I'm trying not to think about things like that right now since I just want to focus on getting him home first xD Though if it gets really bad, I'm pretty sure I'll just end up having him get painted over with white as well.

[kir]

My poor BF yoko is yellowing and yes, that does bother me in the back of my mind. :(

[dustlilac]

I was really angry at myself when I noticed that my CH Mars' face and hands got noticeably yellow from taking him outside for hour long photoshoots. You can really tell because there is a clear line where he was not covered by his shirt/wig.

Recently I got a 3 year old BW doll and I expected him to be yellow but when I compared him to brand new hand parts surprisingly there was only a *very* slight difference. I'm thankful but I wonder why; maybe the customizer sanded him, maybe he was in a box all this time. I decided to keep him in his box except for photoshoots, since he's a sleepy doll it kind of suits him anyway.

[Mekou]

I've tried to force myself to accept that a tiny bit of yellowing is inevitable, but I still panic on the inside if I think my girl is yellowing. I think she is on her hands, forearms, and face....cuz they looks slightly less pink next to her torso. DX

It bothers me for my own dolls, but for other dolls it doesn't. XD;

[hoshinokachi264]

my girl is fairly new, she is a DOT. i actually had no idea how pinkish toned the skin was until i brought her to my last meeup and she sat next other peoples dolls. everyone elses dolls were very yellow compared to her, andi was happy i had not gottan a doll that was yellow. but now i have a better understanding of why that happens.

i also heard from one of my friends that DOD dolls yellow drastically after a few years. i am now afraid but i guess i have to take a chance at some point.

even if you use the UV MSC will it still yellow? i haven't been able to buy MSC because it is backordered every where but has anyone tried this?

[nakitama]

hoshinokachi264, my DOCs will be 3 in March, and they don't look too bad. One of them has yellowed, one is only a tiny bit yellowed, and one is a fresh as the day she came(my sister's doll, she doesn't play with her, heheh!).

I think a good cleaning with a magic eraser will take off most of the yellowing on the most yellowed one. She's probably just dirty, hehe!

[Cold.April.Sky]

Guys, wat about tanned dolls? I heard very different opinion - tanned dolls do not get yellowed, or they get yellowed faster than BW or NS dolls. What d'ya think?

[Janne]

Guys, wat about tanned dolls? I heard very different opinion - tanned dolls do not get yellowed, or they get yellowed faster than BW or NS dolls. What d'ya think?

My 3 year old Volks Sunlight boy shows no sign of yellowing - and I really take him everywhere with me (taking normal precautions not to overexpose him to sunlight, of course.) I recently bought some replacement hands for a different look, and they're the exact same color as his default hands.

Not that I would leave a tanned doll out in the sun - I think they're as apt to yellow in sunlight as any doll (and there was that one Dollkot Tanned Kiss that turned green in just a few hours of sunlight.)

[Kearsy]

Yellowing doesn't really bother me. I knew it was going to happen eventually. I'm not going to hide them all from the sun, I like to take them outside. Most of mine though that have turned color have gone pretty evenly, I might change my tune should I wind up with a splotchy resin kiddo.

[javasoy]

yellowing occurs because the resin gets oxidized by ultraviolet sun ray. The best way to protect against that is to 1) avoid exposing your doll in direct sunlight, not even for a minute long. 2) code your dolls with protective spray.

[special tea]

I found out my Volks SwD Rengemaru is somehow a tad yellower than my other YoSD. Kinda makes me wonder how often the previous owner placed him in sunlight. = w=; I'm not totally bothered by it, though, since he's still just as cute! XD

[Dandansama]

Ayame, my first doll, a DoC Tender Yen yellowed very much on his hands and arms. That's because I let him on the daylight for about one year -__-
Yeah, I was such a noob, geez...

But that doesn't bother me at all. I think it's part of the process of having a BJD ^^

[nena]

Yellowing bothers me, as much as I try to ignore it :) my oldskin Volks dolls that are from 1999 haven't yellowed, so it irks me my pureskin dolls that aren't UV are yellowed -__- I try to replace my doll bodies as often as I can -- the majority of my gang are on UV bodies. Some of my earlier dolls can't even get UV bodies however because of their head color wouldn't match anymore :\ I think one day I'll have to do that Volks renewal service!

[PawPaw]

It doesn't really bother me that much, unless they're REALLY yellow. Even if the color changes a little, it still looks natural. Therefore, it doesn't bother me much. And if it gets too bad, I just use the toothpaste method to beat it back a little. :D

[PawPaw]

Guys, wat about tanned dolls? I heard very different opinion - tanned dolls do not get yellowed, or they get yellowed faster than BW or NS dolls. What d'ya think?

No, from what I've heard, some tans have a different problem.. GREENING. :o

[Pookinopolis]

Although it would bother me, depending on how severe or uneven the yellowing or possibly greening is I think I would accept it or work with because I ABSOLUTELY love the mold (I'm thinking Limhwa here, I ordered a French Resin girl). Although if she turned green, I would definately try to use some polident tabs to bring the white or or give it up, dye her a pale blue and make her a fantasy fairy! LOL!

[SilverWinglie]

I'm totally torn as to whether it bothers me or not.

On the one hand, Zarr is a beautiful white, and I'd love to keep him that way...but I want to enjoy him, not keep him locked in a box. So I guess I'll just have to deal with his color changing over time.

Mural, on the other hand, is a type one Luts hybrid, so his head is yellower than his body, though not a bad color. I'm kind of eager for the body to yellow so it'll match his head better. @_@

[hiritai]

I don't like NS. I don't know what it is, but I will not own a NS, unless I have no choice.

So no, I don't mind it. I kind of like it, really. Dunno why XD

[Cold.April.Sky]

Janne thank you very much! I've heard Volks's resin one of the best.... Too bad for me,... I don't have any Volk's doll. Going to buy new one - said no to french resin cuz afraid of yellowing and probably have to say no to Tanned skin. Gotta be NS i guess
Geek Fairy omg, i dont need my doll look like a plant))

[Fairlight]

Only with French resin dolls. I have a couple that are so different now from when I bought them that I have put them away, probably permanently.

[H3LL_KaT]

I'm trying not to let it bother me, but I can't help but want to just put my doll away as well.

[mclamm7]

It depends on the shade of yellow (if that makes any sense!).

[MieAga]

As long as the yellowing is a consistant transition (usually due to age) and not blotchy/patchy (usaully due to sunlight) I am totally fine with it.

[javasoy]

definitely if your doll's original color is white skin (assume you bought it for that reason) it would be a tragedy that it gets yellow.

[onegreyelephant]

I have no problem with it. Personally I hate being carefull with my dolls. I bought them for me to play with- and play with them I will.

[sister cuervo]

I think of it like wrinkling, you just learn to live with it. Perhaps, its really just a badge of honor for making it long enough to show age:nod
"Like fine wine"

Sera~

I like the way you think.:kisses I prefer a bit of golden, sun-kissed colour to the bright pink of some NS. I bought a pinky-white Narae that I knew was yellowed from the beginning and after some blushing, she looks wonderful to me.
Before with tanning Supia Yisol, Angelique:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b365/sistercuervo/dolls/angelique/DSCF3342.jpg
After. She looks particularly gold here, but the peach blushing gives her a lovely appearance:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b365/sistercuervo/dolls/angelique/christine.jpg
Enhancements done by Atlanta's own JerrySugarAv
I'm sure the gold colour is not to everyone's taste, but I prefer it.

[Nineivre]

yellowing does bother me >< my doll has never been out in sunlight because of that. i only take her out at night, and in the day i drape a thickish cloth over her...

[captainkyo]

Does UV protected resin still yellow?

If my boy started to yellow, Id keep him for sure.
I dont think id ever get another chance to get him again.
also i dont think i would be too bothered by it, as long as its an even yellowing.
xD.

[SDink]

Actually yes it does but only if it is extremely yellow, I bought my first French Resin doll on the secondhand market and when I saw him in person I was disheartened, he was/is very yellow and one of the most beautiful sculpts I have seen, I tried soaking him in Baking Soda and Peroxide for a couple of days but nothing, I'm going to have to break down and buy a urethane one methinks.

[jinjur]

Oh, the yellowing does bother me on BW dolls. I saw one that was a sickly yellow green and was shocked. I had heard about yellowing but had never seen it in person. I feel a little outraged that these dolls are so
expensive and that the resin yellows and changes sometimes in less than
a year. I don't think it is unreasonable to want to take your doll outside
for photoshoots without the fear of damage or even sit in a well lit room? The companies need to fix this, really it shouldn't happen as
quickly or as easily as it does. None of my dolls are BW because I knew
BW reacts faster, but still couldn't a chemist solve this issue ? sigh...
I am sorry if I have offended anyone, I am a newbie with the BJD world
so I am still learning. It's very sad to think my girls will be yellowing
in the future and there is nothing I can do about it.

[Sameyu]

I think this is one of those times that I'm glad that I own a DoD. They tend to have a strange pink-ish tint to their skin.

Though yellowing is definitely unavoidable, there's always baking soda and hydrogen peroxide available to bleach them..

[Lellytots]

Normally I would say Yes it totally freaks me out about the yellowing of a doll but lately I have been thinking more along the lines that it makes them that bit more unique when they yellow. I ended up buying an N-Doll recently even though she was yellowing. She looks really sweet to me to be honest. I also love the Volks Nana girls and prefer the tone of your Lana.

[mizuzu]

It doesn't bother me much, since well I got oliveskin/yellow skin myself! XD
No but in all seriousness, I think it's part of the dolls "life" getting a lil yellow.

[Nightmoon]

It bothers me, yes. :sweat
But it looks absolutely wonderful on a friends doll. :kisses
For me, I like to keep them how I first got them. I'll hate it when it happens to my WS boy, but I will try to love him all the same. :heart

[lemonsky]

I've only had my boy for less than a week so I'm not sure if the yellowing will *definitely* bother me or not. Right now, I LOVE the pinkish-white tone that he is. If he yellowed a tiny bit then I don't think I'd mind. As long as it's a natural-looking peachy yellow. I've heard that DOD dolls yellow very nicely so I'm not worried. ^^

The types of yellowing that really bother me though, are the resins that go a sickly translucent green or banana yellow. x_x If that ever happened to my boy I think it would turn me off enough to want to buy a new body and head for him. ;_;

[Robyn_in_WA]

I fully expect the colors to change over time - hopefully not by huge amounts tho.
I have heard of people who's dolls have gone bright yellow - that would make me
unhappy. But none of mine have done such a thing, and the mellowing of the
colors, where it has happened, has actually been appealing to me.
Robyn in WA :)

[Jme]

I've got a few white skin dolls, and then a couple of pureskin Volks too. I can accept the fact that resin yellows over time, so I'm not totally hung up over it as long as it's a pretty even all-round yellowing.

My 2 SD sized white skin hybrids (MsDoll no.3 and K-doll Kayan, both on Luts Delf bodies) would be the worst I guess. To top it off, it's the Luts sort of lemony-yellow whiteskin, so in some light, it's not very flattering. :D

In short, I'm not overly fussed; and although I do take care to keep them out of direct sunlight when they're in my room, or try not to have them unsheltered when out for meets/photoshoots, I'm not about to be overly protective and store them in boxes or in darkened rooms most of the time. Where's the fun in that? :)

[Joy]

I bought my first boy a CP Beauty White Dreaming Vampire Shiwoo in 2005. I bought the head seperately from the body. The head on ebay and the body on the Luts site. He has aged uniformly and is creamy white. None of my others have yellowed even a bit (but they are newer). I don't mind him aging he is holding on to his beauty and not all that yellow. He simply looks like an Asian Prince who keeps out of the sun. Now if he turned green, or orange. That may bother me some. But so far he is keeping well. I take him out in the sun for meets. In hot or cold weather. In my home he is kept with the others in my dark bedroom. We don't have air conditioning and its hot in summer (this ages them too I hear). But if he keeps pretty much as he is now for the next few years I will be happy.

[Rai_Kamishiro]

I'm not too worried about yellowing for my dolls that I have now, but I want a CP doll in the future that I'm utterly paranoid about buying it in BW and the skin tone turning Yellow >.<

Eddie is a MD Suntanned Re-Che, so I don't have to worry about him yellowing, and my Hibari is a DOD boy, so yellow would actually balance him out a bit.

[EilonwyG]

When I noticed that my Kirill had yellowed, seeing the difference in color between the resin that had been exposed and the resin that had been covered by clothing, I was pretty upset. I felt bad, like I'd not taken good care of my boy. I know yellowing is something that happened, but I started noticing after three months of having him! I though I was a horrible resin mommy.

But eventually I got over it. I still love my boy and wouldn't trade him in for a replacement for the world. (He just wouldn't be Zip anymore). I still try to keep my kids from yellowing, but when they do, I don't freak out anymore. Sometimes, the color they turn into is just as nice a resin color as the one they started out with. So while it still saddens me to some extent, it really doesn't bother me as much as it used to.

[tessagi]

A little bit; my pureskin Megu is a lot more yellow than my Luna (Megu was purchased in '05, Luna arrived in late '07)....but most of the time I overlook the difference, as it doesn't make me love her any less.

My BW Luts dolls, however, I get paranoid about. My Mini Fee Shiwoo has already turned a little bit green around his headcap, but since no one's going to be seeing that, I try to overlook it.

[Flying Carrot]

I don't mind too much. I guess because I know they'll yellow no matter what I do, so I've resigned to the fact. I love them anyway, no matter what color they are. ^_^

[Snuffles]

I'm not terribly concerned about yellowing. I got my minifee back in 06, and she had another owner before me. After all this time, she's only yellowed a little bit, even with me taking her out in sunlight plenty of times. Besides, the yellowing is even throughout her body, so it's not as if it's particularly noticable.

Bottom line, she brings me a lot of joy, and a little yellowing doesn't detract from that.

[verilens]

Yellowing doesn't bother me at all, because it is the unavoidable nature of the resin. No matter how much you keep your doll out of the sun, etc., though it may slow the yellowing process, it's not going to stop it completely. The chemical makeup of resin means...it will yellow.
Most yellowing is so subtle that it's not even noticeable unless you put the yellowed doll next to a newer doll. But even that doesn't bother me, because no two people have the exact same shade of skin...so no two dolls need to, either ^^
My friend has a very early Volks four sisters girl...from either 1998 or 1999 (one of the first years SDs were in production.) She may have yellowed a little, but I honestly can't tell...she's still beautiful!!

[ocean-girl]

Yes, cause they're so expensive and beautiful...I wish they would stay perfect forever...but, that being said...I've had a few bjds for about 3 years now and I can't really see that they've yellowed at all... (Definitely my Narsha did, though -french resin- in about three months...) And BJD's are so enjoyable...it's worth it!

[janmurphy]

I didnt think it would, but I took out my DOT's spare hands the other day and they are not the same color as he is. He hasnt gone yellow but he seems much less pink than the holy crap pink color he was when I got him. (soooo pink)
On the plus side he matches the DIM Rain head I got perfectly, he wouldnt have when I first got him. Who knows if it will still match 2 years from now though, they may age differently. There are ways to get rid of the age though. =)

[Sarina]

It doesn't bother me too much, unless we're not taliking about stains.
The yellow resin is not so bad, I like Volks resin even if it's yellow a bit!
But, I guess it depends on the resin type!

[Bootsy]

Sometimes I look at my BW Dark Elf Soo and am horrified by how she has yellowed. I am painfully aware of it. She was my first BJD and I don't ever want her to change :-)

I'd like her to stay the same way forever, just because that was the way she was when I fell for her. Bit silly really.

[eveshka]

I have four BW Luts dolls, and two of them are an amazingly lovely vanilla. One is a little green, but the other is paper white.

It doesn't bother me at all, and in fact, it seems a little more natural that way. Our skin varies in shades with shades, so having the dolls vary... yeah. :)

[atomicbunny]

Yellowing bothers me to some extent, especially how quick french resin is affected. I once bought a Limwha half-elf, and while she was lovely, I wasn't sure she was the right doll for me. But I was so worried about yellowing that I sold her before I could really do a lot with her! After that I decided no more french resin dolls. The Narae I've had for a couple of years now is very evenly yellowed, but she was yellowish to begin with. I still like her a lot, so I can ignore it most of the time! Volks resin changes color slowly, and I think even their yellowed resin is still a nice color.

[mxiong]

Yellowing bothers me A LOT. I noticed when I got my new Elf Lishe and set her next to my regular Lishe I got about a year earlier. It was most apparent when I decided to give my Lishe a nose job and the resin on the tip of her nose was lighter than the rest of her face! I heard that you can take and electric toothbrush and peroxide-whitening toothpaste to get rid of the yellowing. I will have to try that before I send her off to get a new face-up done.

[catcooter]

This is something it never even ocurred to me to think about until I installed those new curly cue "energy saving" lightbulbs. Suddenly my dolls looked yellow. The more I looked, the more I looked, the more I noticed everything had a yellow tinge to it. It got me to thinking tho, I looked closely at my dolls and did notice Maggie has yellowed. I have one of the first original Mini Super Dollfie Magie's. I bought her second hand. I hadn't really noticed it until she was sat next to my newer Yo. It still wasn't a big concern to me until now.

I have recently purchased a Pipos Heero kitty and a Ringo. They are pure white resin. I like to keep them here in the kitchen with me which is where I have my computer, tv, dvd player and do hobbies, etc. When I noticed the energy saving bulbs made everything look yellow I moved most my dolls to a "less lighted" room. I'm worried about my white kitties.

I'm wondering -- will these energy saving squiggles slow the yellowing process and just HOW concerned should I be over my babies getting yellow? I really don't want my white kitties to be yellow. (It truly has never bothered me on my other dolls. Even with Maggie, I can tell but only against the new doll, on her own she is still as lovely as ever) Will just coating her with Mr. Clear really help? Will coating them with the new UV Mr. Clear make a difference or do I really have to keep them in the dark where I really can't enjoy them to stop the clock? (I can put them in my 1/6th size dollhouse and pretty much conceal them from light but them I hardly get to see much of them, sniff) I don't know why I didn't think of this before I bought them. I will probably email Pipos and ask them their opinions, when I have time. I suppose if worse comes to worse I'll have that "orange" kitty I always wanted in real life! hahahaha. (ok, cream colored)

Anxious to hear input since these animal dolls are really new to the market and thanks beforehand, Cat

[GirlSoFair]

For me it depends on the doll, the tone of the yellowing and my expectations. I'm very leery of french resin now because I had a beautiful N-doll Miru who I bought just for the gorgeous pinky white luminosity of her skin. I kept her out of direct light but she still yellowed very quickly and I felt so disappointed I had to sell her.

On the other hand, I love the color my Unidoll UH-13 has turned - it's like a rich glowing tan and I actually prefer it to her original color! Definitely depends on the doll and how evenly the yellowing is distributed.

[Ladysaiyuki]

Yellowing only bothers me if I don't think the doll is 100% perfect to me...as then it's just another thing to add to the list of things that are slowly turning me off to a doll...but if it's a treasured and loved doll I've had...yellowing does not bother me in the least...as the doll has more sentimental value the the cost of yellowing.

[Rosebud]

I think that yellowing would bother me. I would probably keep noticing. It would depend if all my dolls were yellowing at the same rate. If so I wouldn't probably notice.

[mrscollins]

I'm really concerned about yellowing and getting more and more nervous every day with two Narae's on their way to me. Though there seem to be alot of pros and cons there are so many people who actually prefer French Resin.. it can't be all bad.

[Lexalot]

Yellowing only bothers me when its french resin, and if it yellows evenly, it can add to the doll's beauty, but it does bother me when I know my vampire pale pinky white Mano will turn very visibly yellow. I'm just crossing my fingers and hoping to stave off the process as long as possible, and I hope that he will still be as beautiful and complimented by the yellowing.

[Smaug]

Hm, I try to do everything to slow their yellowing, as long as it doesn't detract from the joy of playing with them. In fact the worry of sun has made me to do some pretty creative things, like setting up a whole room for my dolls in my wardrobe.

But I refuse to lock them up all the time and the slight yellowing I have noticed so far is not really bothering me. If it's not some neon color I won't be freaking out. (and if it is? well then it's time to try out all those 'whitening' methods I've read about in the customizing forums^^)

[Kogepan]

Yellowing slightly - like yellowing ivory or porcelain - is probably okay with me. Darkening, brightening, or god forbid greening is very very scary however! I do not mind if an item appears aged, as long as it ages attractively.

Edit: I want to add, however, that when I first started seriously researching bjds a few years ago, I was horrified to hear that a $600+ doll was going to yellow and be "ruined" within years! It really put me off the idea of buying bjds. What changed my mind was seeing a few beautiful oldskin dolls - some of the earliest bjds ever made - still looking great despite their color change. I decided that as long as resin changed to a good color, it was still worth its price.

I'm waiting on my first doll now. I admit, I'm still terrified that in ten or twenty years he'll be the color of Barbies or something dreadful. But I comfort myself by looking at pictures of antique dolls, which I've always found quite charming although I don't collect them.

[Sterling]

Yellowing does bother me a bit, and I find anymore I tend to go for the Normal skin dolls, vs white skin, even though I adore pale skin. I hate feeling like I have to hide my dolls away, but that is exactly what I have to do with my white skin dolls. My NS dolls seem to be fine sitting out most of the time. Their resin my change a minimal amount, but I have yet to see a NS doll age like my White skin ones.

My poor white skin beauties.... already yellowed and I still fear to have them out for more then an hour!

[bullyrabbit]

Yellowing isn't an issue with my normal skin dolls because any color shift has been slight and it compliments the original skintone. However, I've finally come to the conclusion (it took a while) that I can't handle yellowing on white skin. Admittedly, the color change can be lovely but I really do love the stark color quality of new white skin resin. I've recently become more concerned about my pale girl. She hasn't yellowed yet but it's just a matter of time. Although it bothers me a lot to do it, I have to make some changes.

[emplousos]

I have not received my first doll yet but I don't think yellowing will bother me if it happens evenly. But I do plan to own quite a few tan dolls and I'm not sure how I'll feel when they change color. Only time will tell.

[chai_fiend]

i hear the term "yellowing" and i think i over react because i've never seen a doll that has some significant yellowing in person. i really have no idea how bad it could be, so my immediate conclusion is jaundice. yes, jaundice. i imagine a sickly looking thing with a failing liver. but because of this image in my head, yellowing would distress me. i wouldn't go out of my way to prevent it, or get rid of a yellowing doll, i would just be sad about it.

[Dezarii]

The idea of yellowing bothers me a lot. I won't buy French resin dolls ever because of yellowing issues, and I hesitate to buy unusually coloured dolls for that reason too. When I first started collecting BJDs, I would leave mine out on a shelf that got some indirect light, but now I put them in boxes whenever possible. I sold three white dolls last year because I was worried about their potential to yellow unattractively in the future, and almost every doll I have bought or plan to buy now has normal skin.

My oldest doll has yellowed but it doesn't bother me because it isn't an unattractive tone, more like a tan. I've been upset though with dolls I've had just a year or two already showing signs of yellowing, and it's not as pretty. Volks oldskin normal dolls age nicely, but the regular pureskin ones don't seem to fare as well. In retrospect, I don't think pureskin was an improvement in quality at all.

[Silvia]

I'm very much concerned about yellowing on my dolls, even slightly yellowed.
Especially yellowing on face; the only way is to send the head to an expert for sanding and a new face-up. Usually I do this once a year... They're all like new for now.
My dolls are very well-protected :( Nearly I've no reason to put them under direct sunlight.

[Chops]

I am very reluctant to buy another "french resin" bjd. I had one and she was lovely and hadn't yellow at all before I sold her. Even with my urethane crew I am careful not to have them in bright light.

Living in a very warm (hot) part of the country I am very concerned how heat contributes to yellowing. Sometimes my house can get pretty dang hot, and heat is not good for anything plastic.

When I leave on vacation I am actually thinking of taking my bjds to my sister's house so they done get all heated up and yellow.

[bandersnatch]

I don't think yellowing would ever bother me, as long as it's not patchy. It might start to bother me when it becomes distinctly noticeable. In my mind, it's just part of owning a BJD. ^^

[Sm.]

Yellowing didn't really bother me until my roommate pointed out that my Shiwoo's nose had yellowed. (I've had to clean his nose and under his chin the most because that's where I touch my dolls to move their heads. So it makes sense that the MSC there was gone, allowing it to yellow.) Now I'm more worried about it. I don't mind the gradual overall "yellowing" of an older doll, but spots bother me. It's about time I invest in some MSC to (at least) re-seal heads after cleaning.

[keelerleah]

I have had my first doll for about a month and the idea of yellowing is always on my mind, but I have accepted that no matter what I do he will change eventually. The way I see it is that I paid all that money for him I'm not going just lock him away in the dark and never play with him. I worked hard for the money and I want to get enjoyment of what I spent it on.

My only concern is that when he does turn yellow, is that he does so evenly. I really don't want a doll that has spots. But hopefully that won't happen for a long time.

[pake4pleasanton]

Yellowing bothers me there is a slight yellowing in my Volks oldskin Megu compared to the new Volks dolls. I used to keep my dolls in the bedroom with the shades drawn. Now I just keep all the dolls in boxes and only take the dolls out when I play with them. I wouldn't want a really yellow doll.

Stephanie Y

[mikan]

My first doll, Lana, a Standard Nana arrived in 2004 has become visibly yellow >_< specially when I compare her with Volks oldskins or the new UV Cut pureskins. I can't even think of selling her because of that, she has too much sentimental value. But when I see her yellowing I get a bit annoyed >_<.


Kaito is Volks oldskin F-29 boy on a SD13 oldskin body. From time to time, i'm a little annoyed by the yellowing, but only when i compare him with Taku, who has Volks UV Cut pureskin body. I did think of getting him a new body but that wouldn't be Kaito then and i'm used to the creamier texture of the oldskin. Thankfully the yellowing is pretty consistent and Kaito still looks good in real life and pictures. I hope Taku will age gracefully like Kaito too ^^.

[implacabilis anima]

The idea of my dolls yellowing does bother me, its always a little concern in the back of my mind. I suppose that's why I keep mine in their boxes unless I play with them, that's usually the only time I take them out. Its also part of the reason why I've decided not to buy white skin dolls as of yet.

[Chops]

Yellowing is somewhat inevitable, but when it comes to french resin it is a real and current concern. I sold my only french resin bjd and luckily for me she had not yellowed, but I was very worried it would happen.:(

I live in Arizona and our house can get very hot during the summers especially when we are on vacation. I think heat, as well as light, can greatly affect resin. If I am at work all day I generally throw a scarf over my bjds if all the windows are uncovered. They don't mind!

[bishieprince]

yellowing does bother me but depends on which doll..those that I really really love, I'll be upset about it..

[seoff]

Some of my dolls have yellowed and it doesn't bother me because I love each one of my dolls. I live in a sunny area and have UV protection on my windows but I can not worry about sunlight hitting my dolls. I have only noticed it on some on my Happydolls. The Elfdolls have not had that problem yet. I am still planning to acquire a Supia Rosy which is french resin and I am not going to keep her in a box.

[clifsun]

:(I never knew about the yellowing process when i started (a year ago) buying bjd's. I am very concerned now, (but heaven knows it hasn't stopped me from buying the dolls i am so intrigued with), but avoid french resin/white skin when i buy dolls.

[Gypsy Eyes]

Yellowing doesn't really bother me as my dolls are usually clothed. I didn't even realize Aquilla had yellowed until I bought him new hands and noticed the huge difference *_* Oh well, I'm sure his hands will eventually darken to match so I'm not worried. My shall has yellowed a bit but it works for her. Shes gone from a really pink color to a more muted peach which I love so much more!

[Flidget]

I can see myself buying a yellowed doll second-hand because I do think that ivory colour is actually really quite nice but it'd bug the hell out of me if I bought a milk white doll and within a year they were that same ivory colour. It really comes down to it being that I just want my dolls to stay the colour I bought them as.

[keii_chan]

Jamie is about 3years old and I never noticed him being yellow untill I plopped him next to my new curo white bunny. he pretty much had the same color like me standing next to my boyfriend (I'm chinese and he's dutch, he has the pale white kind skin so imagine the difference xD)

[Resin Angels]

It only bugs me if it is patchy, if it's an all over yellowy colour it wouldn't be too bad. My BW Lishe has discoloured, more greeny than yellowy but I think this is due to age, not sun damage. I didn't actually notice it until I got a white skinned PW Skiya and she is bright white compared to Lishe.

[Saash]

I thought it would really bother me if my dolls ever yellowed, but surprisingly that wasn't the case. Two of my BW dolls have yellowed over the years, but the color is even, so it didn't phase me at all when I noticed. If it had been splotchy, on the other hand, I'd be pretty upset about it.

[Otty]

It's not really bother me but i will definitely feel bad if the yellowing is because of me not taking good care of them enough (But I won't let it happen!!!)

However, I know that as our dolls age, they might turn yellow someday..like us having wrinkle huh? ToT

[miyako]

Yes, very much.
My room is always very dark because I want to keep my dolls out of sunlight. I take a lot of precaution to minimize yellowing as much as possible.. seeing them yellow saddens me :(

[Geass]

I don't mind it, I suppose. It's inevitable. My Kyle Reese has a bit of uneven yellowing on the other hand, and it's kind of annoying, but tolerable.

[Rosella]

I was wondering if having my windows coated with UV protecting film, would it help reduce damage when my dolls are out?
I hear it also keeps the house cooler in the summer, so I might still go ahead with it anyway, maybe leave a spare hand near a window with the film and one without and report back?

[twospiritdolls@yahoo]

I think that it is a bit mellowing for some dolls and harsh for others, I saw some at a meet that were a Bizarre color to begin with IMO, so I would prefer to keep them sealed well with UV cut and hope for the best, My kids do not go outside anyway and stay in there boxes unless they are getting new clothes made for them,