Weekly summary 06/2021

Hi,

this is a summary of what was going in the doll world in the 6th week of 2021, as far as we at Dollstudio & DS Doll Europe were concerned.

1) Coronavirus situation. a) The pandemic situation in general. Even the official numbers for so-called 'cases' or PCR-diagnosed 'infections' shrink, but autoritarian restrictions are maintained in many countries around the globe. Treatment with Ivermectin is increasingly recognized in some regions including Macedonia, Honduras, Zambia, Tokyo and the U.S., and even Israel considers its use after mass vaccinations miserably failed by increasing Covid-19 infections fivefold. Though, in less scientifically enlightened - or more corrupt - countries, Ivermection is still suppressed. However, there are scientifically proven COVID-19 prophylaxis and treatment protocols like I-MASK+ and MATH+ available. The fact that the SARS-CoV-2 virus is similarily managable like any other easily transmissible virus is still being widely ignored as if it be an irrelevant, not newsworthy anecdote. Also, with the latest WHO clarifications about the importance of a proper cycle threshold (around 30) and the abuse of PCR tests for diagnostic purposes (WHO ID Information Notice 2020/5, version 2), it is now evident that supposed 'case numbers' and reported 'infections' have been intentionally bloated.

For background information:

• COVID-19 treatment and prophylaxis - How to avoid infections and deaths
• Pandemic planning exercises 2001-2019

b) Impact on the doll business. Unchanged and economically threatening - the 'hard lockdowns' and all the severe restrictions for international trade cause massive delays for doll shipments, even though some packages still make it relatively fast to destinations like North America. These effects are being amplied through Chinese New Year holidays which are officially starting next week. In Europe, certain political managers have proclaimed it to be a 'civic duty' not to travel and not to go on vacation. It was announced to spoil traveling for those who do not comply by making traveling as annoying as possible. That means in plain words: As long as lockdown policies last, there will be limited air freight capacities. Limited air freight capacities = high freight costs and slow international transit. As of February 2021, shipping a doll to the U.S. costs on average approximately the same as the product itself. For EU destinations, international transit currently takes 60+ days for most dolls. Small packages from Europe to North America are either uneconomically expensive (shipping with express air mail) or take 2+ months (shipping on the sea route). The lockdowns are starting to suffocate international trade.

2) New arrivals.

This week, three new heads were introduced:

• Jarliet ›Cora‹ head - TPE
• WM Dolls no. 198 head (= Jinsan no. 198) - TPE
• Zelex G07 head - silicone

No new body styles were released.

No new head variants of existing heads were released.

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

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

• Dollstudio US - http://us.dollstudio.org/new-products
• Dollstudio EU - http://eu.dollstudio.org/new-products
• Dollstudio DE - http://de.dollstudio.org/new-products

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

3) Industry news.

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

• 03.01.: Chinese New Year holidays schedule 2021
• 24.12.: Indigo Individual TPE Repair Kit discontinued

4) Latest blog posts.

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

• 14.02.2021: New photos with Zelex ZE-165 body style and G07 head
• 13.02.2021: New photos with Jarliet JA-157/B body style and ›Cora‹ head
• 12.02.2021: New photos with WM Dolls WM-168/H body style and no. 198 head (Jinsan no. 198)
• 11.02.2021: Project Michelle - New photos with Textile Doll TD-150 body style and ›Delilah‹ head
• 10.02.2021: New photos with SE Doll SE-167/D body style (= SED 066) and ›Wendy‹ head (= SE no. 055)
• 09.02.2021: New photos with HR Doll HR-167 Male body style and no. 31 head
• 08.02.2021: New photos with Irontech Doll IT-154/F body style (= 154cm plus) and ›Natalia‹ head
• 07.02.2021: New photos with WM Dolls WMS-165/D body style and silicone head no. 5 (= WMS no. 005)

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

• Dollstudio US - http://us.dollstudio.org/blog
• Dollstudio EU - http://eu.dollstudio.org/blog
• Dollstudio DE - http://de.dollstudio.org/blog

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

5) Factory photos and shipped dolls.

This week we had no completed dolls.

6) Weekly Top 10 Dolls.

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

Dollstudio EU

1. Zelex ZE-165
2. Piper Silicone PI-160/G ›Jenna‹
3. Piper Silicone PI-160/H ›Risako‹
4. Doll House 168 DH20-80/E
5. Piper Fantasy PI-130
6. Doll House 168 DH20-140/E
7. Gynoid GT-162/D (Model 11)
8. Piper Silicone PI-150/K ›Jessica‹
9. Piper Silicone PI-160/G ›Akira‹
10. Textile Doll TD-165/95 aka Linda

Dollstudio US

1. Gynoid GT-150/81 (Model 9)
2. Irontech IT-154/F
3. Gynoid GT-172/D (Model 10)
4. Zelex ZE-165
5. Xycolo XC-163/E
6. Gynoid GT-170/E (Model 13)
7. WM Dolls WM-164/J
8. YL Doll YL-166/G
9. WM Dolls WMS-165/D
10. SE Doll SE-165/F

Dollstudio DE

1. Piper Real PI-155/D
2. WM Dolls WM-164/J
3. WM Dolls WM-164/F
4. WM Dolls WM-142/L
5. Piper Silicone PI-150/J ›Ariel‹
6. WM Dolls WM-150/M
7. Zelex ZE-165
8. Piper Silicone PI-130/D ›Phoebe Elf‹
9. Doll Sweet DS-167
10. WM Dolls WM-174/G

Sandro

https://twitter.com/DollStudioEU/status/1361083376363569154?s=20