Weekly summary 50/2020

Hi,

this is a summary of what was going in the doll world in the 50th week of 2020, as far as we at Dollstudio & DS Doll Europe were concerned.

1) Coronavirus situation.

a) The pandemic situation in general. Censorship and irrational actions everywhere. By now, more than 20 studies have been published which provide evidence for the efficacy of Ivermectin. It works as pre-exposure prophylaxis, post exposure prophylaxis, and when given to both early and late hospitalized patients. It even has shown a positive effect for "long haul" Covid-19 sufferers. Dr. Chris Martenson introduced the research and explained the science, and Youtube took the video down within hours. The video is now on Vimeo and on Chris' website. The scientific research on Ivermectin and working Covid-19 prophylaxis can be found here:

• Ivermectin is effective for COVID-19: meta analysis of 21 studies (Version 4, December 12, 2020),
• Review of the Emerging Evidence Demonstrating the Efficacy of Ivermectin in the Prophylaxis and Treatment of COVID-19 (Pierre Kory; G. Meduri; Jose Iglesias, DO; Joseph Varon, MD; Keith Berkowitz, MD; Howard Kornfeld, MD; Eivind Vinjevoll; Mitchell Scott; Fred Wagshul, MD; Paul E. Marik, MD; in: OSF Preprints), and
• Vitamin D and COVID 19: The Evidence for Prevention and Treatment of Coronavirus (SARS CoV 2) - Youtube video (Prof. Roger Seheult, MD, in: MedCram)

There is no need to wait for an unproven vaccination which might or might not more damage than good. Covid-19 can be treated right now. Plus, everybody can get his immune system up to speed and significantly reduce the risk of getting the disease. Form your own opinion. Here are the ressources as provided by the FLCCC Alliance (= Front Line Covid-19 Critical Care Alliance):

• I-MASK+ Protocol - Prophylaxis & Early Outpatient Treatment Protocol for COVID-19 with guidance on the timing and doses of each component medication. All component medicines are FDA-approved, inexpensive, readily available and have been used for decades with well-established safety profiles (PDF file)
• MATH+ Protocol - Hospital Treatment Protocol for Covid-19 with detailed guidance on the timing of initiation along with the suggested initial doses and durations of each component medication (PDF file).

b) Impact on the doll business. With the new wave of tightened lockdowns, air freight capacities are further reduced and freight costs keep increasing across the globe. That means that customers will have to wait longer for their dolls and prices will go up to cover transportation costs. For some dolls, freight costs exceed product costs, again, as they did in last spring during the first wave of lockdowns. Also, the unfavorable exchange rate of RMB to USD results in further price increases (which already have been announced by multiple major doll makers from China).

Regarding the shipping of small packages, for example for Indigo's care & repair products or the Dollworks line of adpaters, the most absurd conditions apply. For shipments to North America, sea freight is the default method, again, as is being chosen by the German post. Traveling time for a 500 grams package is 4 weeks and above, and tracking stops after the export in Frankfurt. The carriers in the U.S. and Canada do not proceed with the tracking code. An alternative is shipping with standard DHL, freight costs for the smallest package available: 53,99 Euros. No tracking for destinations in North America. However, shipping within the EU is still working with the usual Corona limiatations (e.g. delivery of registered mail without signature).

2) New arrivals.

This week, two new heads were introduced:

• JY Doll ›Jill‹ head - silicone
• WM Dolls no. 237 head (Jinsan no. 237) - TPE

New head variants of older heads:

• SE Doll ›Marian‹ head aka ›Alex‹ (SE no. 090) - TPE

Also, two new body styles were released:

• New arrivals: Irontech IT-161/F body style - TPE / ~161 cm / ~43 kg
• New arrivals: YL Doll YL-118 body style / TPE / ~118 cm / ~29 kg

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.

• Doll Sweet discount event 2020
• Piper Doll Silicone Series - Color Samples
• Piper Doll Silicone Series - New Options
• Free WM Dolls upgrades from Dollstudio
• Sino-doll temporarily suspends sound option
• Sino-doll announces price increase

4) Latest blog posts.

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

• 13.12.: New photos with WM Dolls WM-170/D body style and no. 237 head (Jinsan no. 237)
• 12.12.: New photos with SE Doll SE-161/G body style (= SED 111) and ›Marian‹ head (SE no. 090)
• 11.12.: New photos with Piper Silicone PI-160/G aka ›Jenna‹ by Piper Doll
• 10.12.: New photos with JY Doll JY-161/B body style and ›Jill‹ silicone head
• 09.12.: New photos with HR Doll HR-150/E body style and no. 47 head
• 08.12.: New photos with WM Dolls WM-168/H body style and no. 336 head (Jinsan no. 336)
• 07.12.: New Photos with Irontech Doll IT-159/D body style and ›Miki‹ head
• 06.12.: New photos with Xycolo XC-170/E body style (= Body A) and ›Angel‹ head

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 four completed dolls:

• This Doll Sweet DS-158 Plus body style with ›Penny‹ head travels to Finland
• This Doll Sweet DS-160 Plus body style with ›Sharon‹ head travels to Belgium
• This Piper Doll Piper Silicone PI-130/D aka ›Phoebe elf‹ travels to Germany
• This WM Dolls WM-174/G body style with no. 273 and no. 368 heads travels to Sweden

Other factory photos with completed dolls:

• This WM Dolls WM-174/G body style with no. 368 and no. 273 heads travels to Louisiana (BCD)

6) Weekly Top 10 Dolls.

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

Dollstudio EU

1. WM Dolls WM-170/D
2. SE Doll SE-161/G
3. Piper Silicone PI-160/G ›Jenna‹
4. WM Dolls WM-164/D
5. WM Doll WM-145/D
6. WM Dolls WM-166/B
7. Xycolo XC-153/E
8. WM Doll WM-158/D
9. YL Doll YL-166/G
10. WM Dolls WM-167/G

Dollstudio US

1. Piper Silicone PI-160/G ›Jenna‹
2. JY Doll JY-159/BB
3. YL Doll YL-128
4. YL Doll YL-166/G
5. Sino-doll SI-162/D
6. JY Doll JY-170/I
7. Doll House 168 DH20-80/E
8. Piper Silicone PI-160/G ›Akira‹
9. Happy Doll HA-160
10. Ildoll IL-155

Dollstudio DE

1. Piper Fantasy PI-130
2. WM Dolls WM-155/L
3. WM Dolls WM-172/B
4. Hitdoll HI-145BB
5. WM Dolls WM-155/DD
6. Piper Fantasy PI-150/B
7. Piper Silicone PI-150/J ›Ariel‹
8. Piper Silicone PI-150/K ›Jessica‹
9. Hitdoll HI-150
10. WM Dolls WM-164/D

Sandro

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