VERYCOOL 1/6 seamless bodies (2 types, 3 colors)

Thanks for the pics Jepasch!

Honestly, while the lines bug me, I’m not going to sweat it. She’s being used for a character that they’ll never be noticed on, which is part of why I preordered (and curiosity).

Since I 3D print my heads, the overall size doesn’t concern me. It’ll just be more sizing work that I already do a lot of.

Gub, which LDDoll is that you reference? I remember your review you linked, but that’s been a good bit since that was done. I don’t remember Zes if you posted anything on it in your thread.

I’ve honestly been only briefly checking in on the forum lately, so I’ve missed replying to a lot of stuff. Not enough energy lately and I just got back from vacation, so I’m behind.

MeMyself&I wrote:Gub, which LDDoll is that you reference? I remember your review you linked, but that’s been a good bit since that was done. I don’t remember Zes if you posted anything on it in your thread.

This one here. I got a great discount or I wouldn't have gone for it. It is a much better body than the first one which I had reviewed (although the listing information is the same!), except that it is super pale and I have nothing I can really match it with (a semi-stylized Chinese head that almost matches has an impossible to remove neck connector). So no review. The female bodies were more expensive or too busty to consider getting.

Thanks for the pics! Also found my parcel in front of my door this evening when coming back from work. I took a quick look and the seams are not as visible in hand than I feared. Only with side lighting.

Still not great of course.
Will leave it at one body. At the moment I'm more into male bodies anyway for projects

Thanks for more photos, Jepasch68.

While I agree that seam lines are a downgrade, at least the bodies are not censored, which is a win and makes me want to order this body just to support VeryCool.
Ideally we shouldn't have to choose between these two options. Oh well.

GeeWillikers wrote:although somebody at BBICN is still confidently claiming that these bodies are censored

I wonder if VeryCool made two versions, censored for domestic market and uncensored for international orders.

GubernatorFan wrote:Is this a silicon body vs TPE body problem?

So far it's been the trend: all silicone bodies announced here have visible seam lines. I've hypothesized that silicone requires a different casting process.

When I did some pre-release checks on these with GianToy, Amelia said that they'd told her they wouldn't be censoring them but they would be doing some redesigns on the torso (specifically, softening the abs). That doesn't look to be the case with the one that's available now, but perhaps doing such a design tweak on the other two variants is the thing that's delayed those.

The problem for me (in a design sense) with these is the same problem I have with most other seamless female bodies: the waist is unrealistically slim, certainly in terms of proportion. Of course there are women in the real world with 'waspie' waists, but they certainly aren't 'the norm'. I have a theory that at least half of the 'ridiculously large' busts on these figures would appear less so, if the waists were proportionately (and more realistically) 'thicker'. To be fair to them, TBLeague are getting better at representing 'normal' waist sizes, but they still have yet to produce a totally realistic 'normal average' body shape. How these ridiculous new 'censoring' restrictions will affect design developments going forward is anyone's guess.

Visisonor wrote:

GeeWillikers wrote:somebody at BBICN is still confidently claiming that these bodies are censored

I wonder if VeryCool made two versions, censored for domestic market and uncensored for international orders.

I have to admit that possibility hadn't occurred to me, but you could be right. I suppose it depends on if they think it's worth the cost of doing separate production runs, which is a question only they could answer.

GubernatorFan wrote:As for seamless male figures, LDDoll has a new version out, with a better sculpt and better (more invisible) seams than the previous one I reviewed here. Unfortunately, the body I received is horribly pale, and my go-to oil pastel method does not work on silicone as well as on TPE.

Doh, I'd completely forgotten about those  I did like the design, but that horrible paleness you warned us about really put me off, to the point where I must have just blanked them out.

There's also the latest two Jiaou male bodies that I also neglected to mention (which is bad of me seeing as the JOK10 is now my go-to for male bodies).

FWIW, I finally got one of these... and it's OK.

To be fair, it isn't exactly the same as the Bayonetta body - the design has been improved, and even if only slight, it is an improvement. Comparisons, then: the skin seems a little thicker (although if it tears/splits as easily remains to be seen), the 'shine and stickiness' of Bayonetta's skin is thankfully not present here, and the grey 'pallor' and translucence of that figure is also less obvious. Happily, the seam lines are also less obvious in hand, but how they photograph is a question for another day. There are however a few noticeable 'holes' or if you'd prefer 'indents' along the seams, near both wrists and neck, that clearly happened as part of the mould sealing process.

'Details' are not particularly explicitly rendered but are all present and correct, for those who care. The 'veins' that are being complained about are hardly noticeable but IMO they're actually a nice realistic touch (how durable such detailing is is an unknown for now). Compared to Bayonetta, the overall design of this body is somewhat less 'cartoonish' (although the bust is still unfeasibly 'pneumatic').

The hands and feet are nicely-sculpted (much nicer than anything TBLeague or Jiaou can manage, certainly) BUT there are only two pairs of hands, AND both hands and feet are a total pain to attach - made of very hard plastic, the sockets are incredibly tight and it took a LOT of heat to get them malleable enough to attach to the pegs. Then, to add insult to injury, the sockets also seem to be too shallow and somehow the hands seem to just pop off again all too easily (tired of the struggle, I've replaced them with some nicely-matching loose hands from elsewhere). On the other, erm, hand, the feet are very tight and as a result (so far), the figure is very stable on its feet - which for me is a big plus.

Head matching: so far I've only tried a Verycool Shadi head, and it's just a mite too dark (but as this body is the medium tone model, I imagine Shadi will be a better match for the darker body).

My only real problem with these (aside from attaching those hands and feet) is the lack of design variety so far (a limitation they also share with ANT bodies), which hopefully they'll address with future releases. As I said earlier, I don't think they'll replace TBL's range in anyone's affections but I already prefer them to most Jiaou female bodies, if nothing else.

While these will obviously be compared with TBL and Jiaou bodies, I think their nearest equivalent/competitor is actually the ANT female figure. But although the ANT figure is also hampered by problems with its hands and feet - this time colour matching and foot stability - and an overly-long mid-torso, it wins out easily in cost. An ANT body can be purchased for as little as £20/$25, while this VC body costs nearly three times as much...


EDIT: Just taking a look at the packaging, and I think the "R 18+ - RESTRICTED TO 18 AND OVER" logo on the side of the box is how VC might be attempting to get around the new 'censoring' rule. But if it's that easy, why aren't TBLeague doing it?

Thanks for the brief review, GW.

Now that these are out there, there are posts on BBICN still claiming that at least some of them are censored. So whether or not that means that there actually is a difference between Chinese and worldwide export editions, or if it's just a case of 'pot luck' for the buyer of the 'B' model, is still unclear at the moment.

Either option seems equally bizarre and convoluted (and therefore also equally likely) to me.

That's quite interesting. Maybe there are different "batches" of the body, with the later batches being the ones that are censored?

Yeah, could be that they'd already produced an initial batch of 'uncensored' bodies and are now just randomly sneaking them out onto the market alongside the censored ones without any fanfare, just to recoup on their financial outlay - it makes as much sense as any other scenario in this mess.

Well I've already taken a gamble and PO'd one of the darker 'C' bodies for my Shadi head, so we'll see how that goes, but I'm holding off on buying any more of these until we know for sure what's going on.

Anyone with the body mind posting a few comparisons with TBLeague bodies? I’m trying to gauge how big the body is. Based on the earlier user pics it seems quite small

Edit: nevermind, I must have missed those pictures that were posted earlier

Zes wrote:Anyone with the body mind posting a few comparisons with TBLeague bodies? I’m trying to gauge how big the body is. Based on the earlier user pics it seems quite small

Edit: nevermind, I must have missed those pictures that were posted earlier

To that end I do intend on doing an in depth comparison once I get mine. Unfortunately I ordered “A” and won’t be seeing it anytime soon.

Zes wrote:Anyone with the body mind posting a few comparisons with TBLeague bodies? I’m trying to gauge how big the body is. Based on the earlier user pics it seems quite small

Edit: nevermind, I must have missed those pictures that were posted earlier

I only had one body to compare at hand, S23












It is very similar height.
I kinda like the skin tone (version B).
The body is very idealized with an hourglass shape. Boobs are bigger. Legs and arms less muscular (s23 is one of the more muscular warrior bodies). I think the leg shape is not as nice as the S23.

Not sure what to make of it. I think I leave it as a one of experiment

This is really helpful, Valiarde. Thanks!

So it doesn't look small.
I still like the overall look of s23 more, but that's a matter of taste I guess.

That comparison was extremely helpful; thanks, Valiarde!

I'm glad to see that the VCD01 is the same size as the typical TBLeague body. I'll be grabbing one of these before they sell out.

It's very useful for all those 'warmer' toned head sculpts that don't match any of TBLeague's available skin tones, if nothing else.

Thank you for posting these comparison photos, Simon. Very informative. To be honest, I'm not loving the exaggerated hourglass shape or the height (though it could have been worse), but I do like the warmer color.
By the way, your "stone" pavement is lovely!

Those photos are great! Thank you Valiarde! I'll definitely be keeping and unboxing mine now. This might just be the body I've been looking for for one particular character. (Otherwise I'll stick to TBL whenever I can. I read somewhere that the elbows poke through the skin easily.)

Diana wrote:Those photos are great! Thank you Valiarde! I'll definitely be keeping and unboxing mine now. This might just be the body I've been looking for for one particular character. (Otherwise I'll stick to TBL whenever I can. I read somewhere that the elbows poke through the skin easily.)

To be fair that seems to be more of an issue with earlier versions of the body (like the one they used for Bayonetta) and it looks like they've made improvements there and with a number of other issues. I can see how it could still become a problem (the metal is visible on one elbow of my VCD01 when it bends), so I'm going to be careful with it but - so far - it's nothing like as bad as before (the Elbows Issue occurred within hours of getting my Bayonetta body).

I think this body is fine if only for a bit of a change. I won't be getting 20 of them or anything, but 'a few', certainly. Their main selling point for me is that they're a very easy match for a wide variety of head sculpts (perhaps TBL should take note...).

Yea the skeleton poking through the skin was from a post I saw on the giantoy facebook group, but it did pertain to the current version, not the bayonetta one. I think they still need to refine their formula.

GeeWillikers wrote:I won't be getting 20 of them or anything, but 'a few', certainly.

Where are you getting them from (with B being out of stock at Giantoy, that is)?

(Actually the uncertainty regarding censorship still lingers. We don't know how subsequent batches will look.)

Visisonor wrote:Where are you getting them from (with B being out of stock at Giantoy, that is)?

(Actually the uncertainty regarding censorship still lingers. We don't know how subsequent batches will look.)

Oh, my 'B' was just an ordinary pre-order from GianToy. I've also got a 'C' on PO, so we'll see how that pans out.

If uncensored versions become difficult to find and/or massively expensive after this first run, then I don't think it'll be worth it (the 'details' are actually fairly minimal and vague, but as we've been saying, it's more about the principle of censorship - as I mentioned in the 'Now Censored' topic, annoyingly the pornographic figurines that started this whole debacle seem to still be being produced without restriction).

I picked up an in-stock version "B" on Taobao a few days ago. But since then, it appears to be sold out in all the shops I checked on Taobao.

Word certainly appears to have spread among both sellers and buyers about the potential scarcity value of this first batch, and accordingly Ebay and AliEx retailers are suddenly asking ridiculous prices for the few they now have remaining in stock.

Same goes for the new ANT female figures, low stock levels of those seemingly everywhere (and that's without any confirmation of if they're censored or not).

It could also be a case of companies manufacturing smaller batches of new figures until they've fully gauged the effect of the new censorship regime, I guess.