Who says that those figures with "wobbly feet" cannot stand?

Dear all,

it is of course true - all those TbLeague and JIAOU figures with seamless soft and "wobbly" feet that cannot be attached, cannot stand on their own. They always need some support, hold onto something, or lean against something.

Now what better can there be for a female doll to lean on a man while dancing? OK, they could lean against another female doll LOL

Here I made a dance scene with doll pairs. The female doll bodies are examples of bodies with the "usual" wobbly feet: S07, S09, and 09F-KT.
The guys are low-cost plastic bodies with detachable but rigid feet.

It took quite a while to get these standing OK: both dolls in each pair lean against each other and hereby support themselves in a very fragile and quite unstable equilibrium.

I also needed to use a non-slip ground surface - which does not look like it is ideal for dancing, but it is ideal for standing and taking pictures


So here is the proof: wobbly feet dolls can stand!




Here is from a further distance with the floor and how they actually stand without external support:





And here is the whole setup:




A few more of the close-up pics:





My plan is to have 8 couples dancing here on a New Years Ball. Not sure I can set this up, as the standing is very fragile and instable... the doll pairs kept falling at each little disturbance.

Excellent solution to a common problem! And thematically justified to boot! Technical correction -- it is not that they can stand (on their own), they can be propped up (by others). But still, you achieved the effect. Ironically, Pierce Brosnan (?) seems to be propped up by his dance partner (Famke Janssen?), but maybe he had a bit much to drink.

GubernatorFan wrote:Excellent solution to a common problem! And thematically justified to boot! Technical correction -- it is not that they can stand (on their own), they can be propped up (by others). But still, you achieved the effect. Ironically, Pierce Brosnan (?) seems to be propped up by his dance partner (Famke Janssen?), but maybe he had a bit much to drink.

Yes, you are correct: none is really standing, they are just leaning against each other. Problem with those cheap male doll bodies: they do not keep their pose well. That is why his head is tilting.

Not sure if this is Pierce - I did not pay attention when ordering these male heads. His partner is supposed to be Audrey Hepburn (made by Mnoth?), but only vaguely looks like her. I still call her Audrey, for her elegant and sophisticated look.


And after they fell (again), I propped them up (again).

one/sixth-uals wrote:Yes, you are correct: none is really standing, they are just leaning against each other. Problem with those cheap male doll bodies: they do not keep their pose well. That is why his head is tilting.

Not sure if this is Pierce - I did not pay attention when ordering these male heads. His partner is supposed to be Audrey Hepburn (made by Mnoth?), but only vaguely looks like her. I still call her Audrey, for her elegant and sophisticated look.

And after they fell (again), I propped them up (again).

That's the way it works, with action figures.
I just remembered/realized, after reading this, that these are regular plastic male bodies vs stainless steel skeleton and TPE seamless female bodies. I can see why they both need to lean on each other. If both bodies were stainless steel skeleton and TPE, you would have had an easier time just leaning the floppy-footed females against the free-standing males, to a point.
And thanks for identifying Audrey. I am not so familiar with her as to be able to exclude the resemblance.

Backdrop works very well..

ukshaun wrote:Backdrop works very well..

Thank you!

In the newest pictures (after those posted so far) I have actually ironed the backdrop, to get rid of those vertical folding marks.

The backdrop is 90cm x 60cm, I got it from AliExpress. They do have a very nice collection of various backdrops in all sizes and styles.

GubernatorFan wrote:
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That's the way it works, with action figures.
I just remembered/realized, after reading this, that these are regular plastic male bodies vs stainless steel skeleton and TPE seamless female bodies. I can see why they both need to lean on each other. If both bodies were stainless steel skeleton and TPE, you would have had an easier time just leaning the floppy-footed females against the free-standing males, to a point.
And thanks for identifying Audrey. I am not so familiar with her as to be able to exclude the resemblance.

You are absolutely right - those plastic men are not a big help to my steel-sceleton ladies. But at least it works somehow, although very fragile standing. It took quite a while to get 3 pairs on the dance floor.
My ambition is, however, to get 8 pairs simultaneously standing...

Nice job!

Goodness, I wish you a lot of balancing patience and luck to get 8 couples dancing…….looks like you are making good progress though!

And here it is: after lots of falling and propping up again, finally I got the 8 doll pairs standing.




Here is how the setup looks from above:





All the females wear of course high heels.

The guys are not really properly dressed, but unfortunately I do have too few of those finer wardrobe pieces for them. Also need to get for them more appropriate shoes - sneakers are not suitable for dancing of for such a festive occasion.

Getting all 8 to stand must have taken some time, specially since they are freestanding. Great job!

Theboo-bomb wrote:Getting all 8 to stand must have taken some time, specially since they are freestanding. Great job!

Thank you! They fell so often, and I had to prop them up again, that I how have quite some good practise with it.
First the female needs to "stand", meaning her two feet with the heeled shoes touch the ground firmly. Since these are two points of contact, the doll can fall forward or backward, around the axis formed by these two points.
One now needs to get a third point of contact, which is not on this axis. The further away this point is from that axis, the more stable the doll will stand. Here is where the male doll comes in: it is placed close to the doll, so that she can slightly lean onto him. Of course he also must stand stable on his feet, and needs to slightly fall towards her. Now the two dolls need to touch each other, and then they stand firmly. Best would be if they get really attached to each other, e.g. by some Velcro or similar - this would ensure that they form together one stable unit. But in my setups here I have not done that - the dolls just stand, leaning at each other, and being held in place by their arms. Their hands also touch, but that does unfortunately not provide any stability. Must be done for optical reasons - otherwise they would not be dancing properly.

I’ve had to do something similar with a few figures that couldn’t stand unaided. Nice job.

Haha, you did it! Congrats! I have a group of four on display and I'm at the maximum of my limits. The domino effect is a cruel thing. 

Diana wrote:Haha, you did it! Congrats! I have a group of four on display and I'm at the maximum of my limits. The domino effect is a cruel thing. 

Yes, I am very glad that they did stand at least for as long as it took me to take a few shots - before they fell.

The number of pairs is limited... because I only have 8 men dolls.
But I am thinking of having a few more women standing there and watching the dance - or dancing with each other.


More challenges ahead.... ))

Nice work with the precision balancing act! Especially considering the "wobbly feet" on many of the figures!

That is impressive, and worth the effort.
The domino effect can be frustrating even with figures that can stand without support.

Making them stand right is really a pain process....glad you make them work so well XDD

Lovely flowing images my friend. They really do seem to be enjoying themselves! Nicely done.