Let's take a closer look at the head. This one is called
ZO-A40 aka Lolita.
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The left eye is a bit out of sync, so let's fix that…
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Wow, that was easy!
If you remember my Unboxing post from last year; one of my complaints was that the eyes were very hard to adjust. Z-Onedoll is using 32 mm full-round plastic eyeballs, and they stuck on the silicone eye sockets like poop on your sneakers. A quick workaround was to add little pieces of plastic in the back so the eyes could rotate smoother. Again, Z-Onedoll listened. They folded some paper and put it behind the eyeballs. It works well enough - it's a pure pleasure to adjust the line of sight.
This is a
major enhancement.
The Z-Onedoll eyeballs are now better adjustable than the eyes in any TPE doll i have seen!
Lets do a
closeup of the eye and the eye lashes:
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Closeups are usually not very friendly; even if you do a closeup on an attractive human face it will unmercifully show any dimple, every scar, and any wrinkle.
Heck, considering this, ZO's eye looks pretty decent in a closeup, don't you think?
Sure, it's not perfect. But I think it's good enough for the money. Z-Onedolls are budget dolls, like TPE dolls, and I wish all TPE dolls would look as decent in a closeup like this (believe me, they often don't…)
ZO-A40 is an
oral-capable head, or at least it exists in an oral-capable variant. Press on her cheeks and her mouth opens:
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Above you see the first real imperfection on this doll: The upper teeth are hardly visible. To catch up with medium-class silicone dolls like those from Doll Sweet or the updated heads from Sanhui, Z-Onedoll has still some work to do.
However, this is inherited from the molding process, which is still closely related to how TPE dolls are molded. If you look at the teeth of a TPE doll, they will usually look nicotine-stained. Teeth in TPE dolls are usually everything than white. In this regard, ZO is not better than a typical TPE head, but not worse, either.
To find and demonstrate another flaw, I need to change the lightning…
So far the backside looks flawless:
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But on the right shoulder (top left of the picture below) are two small indentations:
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I don't know where they come from. There were no sharp objects floating around in the carton and the padding is really good.
Wherever they come from, you will have to live with it. Every ZO doll I have seen in the past year had little dents like this somewhere. Yes, if you want an absolutely perfect doll you need to look elsewhere. You will probably have to pay three or four times more - that's the price range where high-end silicone dolls start.
However, if you are willing to make some compromises or are undecided between a TPE and a silicone doll, Z-Onedoll is the answer.
I am pretty impressed that Z-Onedoll actually listend to the criticism expressed in the past. When we vendors tell certain other Chinese manufacturers that there are things that could or should be improved, we are used to get the middle finger. A polite, but unmistakable "buzz off, we don't care". It is amazing that of all Z-Onedoll turned out to care - with major enhancements like packaging and soft breasts, or little improvements like smoothly adjustable eyeballs.
Sandro
