Isn’t porcelain more expensive and nicer than vinyl, and aren’t most collectable dolls made of porcelain?
While porcelain is the most practical material for extremely limited edition artist dolls (under 100 of any particular face), it is neither more expensive nor nicer than vinyl. The process for making vinyl molds is much more complicated and involved than porcelain molds, making them too expensive for very low number limited editions. However, vinyl allows the creation of a warmer, more detailed, and very beautiful doll. Many very high level artists are turning to vinyl and materials other than porcelain to produce their dolls at very high levels of quality now. For us, vinyl also allows our dolls to be functional without the extreme worry that they will be dropped and broken.
