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As previously discussed, I have recently become obsessed with a type of doll known as Ball Jointed Dolls or BJDs for short. Because of this I had the grand idea of posting some reviews of the dolls I have Purchased, so you can make your own decision on what blind box doll lines to get! First up on this list will be Luckydoll’s Yun Lai Food Shop! Please keep in mind I will NOT be explaining the in and outs of BJD dolls in general, but I do plan on making a article about it in the future.

Yun Lai Food Shop is a chinese blind-box doll line whose dolls are based on different types of food. The foods the dolls are based on are typically Chinese and traditional in nature. The first series of Yun Lai Food Shop only had two dolls, Tanghulu and Tangyuan. I am sad to say I do not own either of these two, but I do own a significant amount of the second series of dolls which had 7 dolls in total. I personally own 4, including the series’s chase/hidden figure. Yun Lai Food Shop dolls, like most of the popular BJD blind box brands, are relatively low in cost. Series 2 of the line run at $18.90 for a random blind box. In comparison, there are BJD’s that run over 400 USD. Each doll from this line comes packaged in a very similar fashion to all of the 1/12 BJD blind box dolls currently popular (Pennys Box, Simon Toys, Come4Free, etc.) It comes in a cardboard box with the doll included undressed in a disposable plastic container. It comes with its clothing as well as its extra hand pieces inside of a separate plastic bag within the box. The overall the design of each doll is very cohesive, with most of the dolls almost being monochromatic in nature excluding one or two.

The dolls themselves are chubbier models than most of the blind box BJDs available for purchase. Because of this, they do not fit a lot of other BJD doll lines’ clothing unfortunately. Looking closer at their physique, you will notice their body and hair pieces have a matte finish to them with an almost powdery appearance. Their eyes are painted on and do not use eye chips like Liroro dolls for example. While that may be a potential downside to some it’s important to note that the lack of eye chips makes them less likely to scratch. However, I personally do have a few complaints about the dolls’ appearance. One of the main things I dislike is they have strange light red-tinted shading on each individual piece that makes up their body. This isn’t very noticeable because the majority of the Food Shop dolls have modest clothing, but in my opinion, the shading makes them look a lot chubbier than they are. Another strange choice is that these dolls are anatomically correct. To be specific they have no breasts but they do have a visible vagina. While I am not against anatomically correct dolls, I do find it a bit unnecessary in this instance. I would like to clarify these dolls are not sexualized by Luckydoll in any way, it just feels a bit strange to me. Sexuality and stigma around bodies vary from culture to culture, and that may have influenced this inclusion. Overall, the quality of the doll is great, with each doll having a ‘solid’ feel within your hands. The pieces that comprise the doll’s face fit together nicely and do not fall apart, which contrasts my experience with the Come4Free Bonnie dolls which I may review later.

One of the main things I have to praise about these dolls is that they pose really well. In comparison, a lot of my Penny’s Box dolls (Penny’s Box is another Blind Box BJD brand) struggle to hold a pose. This is because Penny’s Box heads are so heavy and the elastic inside the doll is extremely tight. However, all of my Food Shop dolls are able to hold a pose with little to no finagling the elastic. They are also good at standing on their own.

The clothing, as well as the dolls’ hair, is based on traditional Chinese fashion known as Hanfu. Most of the dolls available in this line have very similar outfits, just in different colors. Taro, Osmanthus Cake, Peach Blossom Pastry, the hidden and Qingtaun all have long-sleeve blouses with long skirts. The other two dolls, Rice Ball Tanghulu and Rabbit Tangyuan, have short pastel-colored dresses. While this isn’t a big deal, as I feel the dolls’ clothing varies enough, I do wish the garments were more unique. I do understand this might be partially due to the fact that these are hanfu-inspired outfits, but I still think they could’ve been more unique.
The clothing itself, I have to say, feels amazing. They are incredibly silky and soft! However, every Food Shop BJD I own has had an issue where the skirt is incredibly hard to put on. The skirt opens with Velcro on the back, which is nice, but because the Food Shop dolls have a chubbier body shape, it is (in my experience) incredibly difficult to get it to close. I was able to get all skirts to close and appear correctly, but I had to get the skirt in the smallest part of their waist and put it on under their blouse, then tuck it in to get it to be under.

To summarize, I really like Yun Lai Food Shop! the dolls are high quality and hold poses a lot better than other BJD Blind Box brands. I do wish the dolls had more unique designs though, but they are still worth checking out! If you would like to purchase these dolls, you can buy them at KikaGoods.com or find them listed on Alixpress.

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