2012 vs 2011 Classic Pocahontas Dolls' Bodies - 2012 Hips Fixed - Take 2 - Undressed - Sitting With Legs Bent - Full Top Front View
I've improved sitting position of the 2012 Pocahontas doll (to the left in these photos), by shaving a bit more off her right hip joint. I photograph her next to the 2011 doll. Both are in sitting positions, with their legs straight, then with their legs bent at the knees.
Photos of the 2011 and 2012 Disney Store Classic Pocahontas 12'' dolls, undressed to show their differing leg joints. The new 2012 doll is on left , the old 2011 is on right. The old doll has rubber legs, and more freedom of movement in the hip joints, as well as deeper cut in the ball joint part of the leg to allow the leg to bend closer to the hip when in a sitting position. She also has internal 3-click knee joints. The new doll has hard, smooth plastic legs, hinge knee joints and hinge and pivot ankle joints. She is a bit bow legged due to her knee joints not being precisely made.
I've just experimented by cutting into the leg of the new doll, to extend the ball portion of the joint further around. This is to enable her to sit up with her knees closer together. It has greatly reduced the angle between her legs in the sitting position, from about 45 degrees to less than half that. There seems to be some internal resistence in the hip joints to reducing the angle any further.
Since this is my first experience in grinding plastic using a rotary tool (Dremel 3000 Variable-Speed AC Power Tool), my work is rather crude. I improved the smoothness of my work considerably between the left hip (to the right in the photos) and the right. I used the #953 Aluminum Oxide Grinding Stone at the medium speed setting of 6, as recommended in the instruction manual.
2012 vs 2011 Classic Pocahontas Dolls' Bodies - 2012 Hips Fixed - Take 2 - Undressed - Sitting With Legs Bent - Full Top Front View
I've improved sitting position of the 2012 Pocahontas doll (to the left in these photos), by shaving a bit more off her right hip joint. I photograph her next to the 2011 doll. Both are in sitting positions, with their legs straight, then with their legs bent at the knees.
Photos of the 2011 and 2012 Disney Store Classic Pocahontas 12'' dolls, undressed to show their differing leg joints. The new 2012 doll is on left , the old 2011 is on right. The old doll has rubber legs, and more freedom of movement in the hip joints, as well as deeper cut in the ball joint part of the leg to allow the leg to bend closer to the hip when in a sitting position. She also has internal 3-click knee joints. The new doll has hard, smooth plastic legs, hinge knee joints and hinge and pivot ankle joints. She is a bit bow legged due to her knee joints not being precisely made.
I've just experimented by cutting into the leg of the new doll, to extend the ball portion of the joint further around. This is to enable her to sit up with her knees closer together. It has greatly reduced the angle between her legs in the sitting position, from about 45 degrees to less than half that. There seems to be some internal resistence in the hip joints to reducing the angle any further.
Since this is my first experience in grinding plastic using a rotary tool (Dremel 3000 Variable-Speed AC Power Tool), my work is rather crude. I improved the smoothness of my work considerably between the left hip (to the right in the photos) and the right. I used the #953 Aluminum Oxide Grinding Stone at the medium speed setting of 6, as recommended in the instruction manual.