HUJOO " FREYR" JunkySpot Designed Anthropomorphic Doll - A New one folks!

A few months ago I wrote about the new Junkyspot designed cutie cat doll "Freya" under the title: "HUJOO " FREYA" JunkySpot Designed Anthropomorphic Doll", link here if you'd like to recap: Hujoo Junkyspot Freya

Well today I opened my emails and found a message from Junkyspot that make me have to re-read that post as I thought I had committed a spelling faux pas, as the doll they informed me is now available to buy is another anthropomorphic feline, called "FREYR" (see where my confusion laid?) also available in grey or white, but "FREYR" is a boy cat - or should that be Tom cat? anyhoo, FREYA can now have a brother or a boyfriend depending on how you, or I feel!

Anyhoo, I guess it's time to stop wittering and cut to the good stuff so here it is; Here's the first images of this cute little lad, taken from the email Junkyspot sent:

Of course I had to go over to the website http://www.junkyspot.com/obindex.html and check him out, how could I resist!

 The first thing I found was this little bit of info, which is quite helpful for anyone who

 doesn't yet have a "Freya" or even a "Freyr" ...

While I'm on this section, I think it might be helpful to others if I tell you what I discovered while fixing my Freya's tail and after I had done so, but first here's the pic's you've been waiting for.... Junkyspot's FREYR:

And in case you need or want some comparison pictures, just look below, I've tried to find similar poses to show off the chest area, for obvious reasons (nothing pervy honest!)


                                                                 ⇝     FREYA       ⇜  

Information taken from the Junkyspot Ebay listing, I purchased my girl through:

"Dimensions:
Head: Takes a 6.5-7" wig (would need to be modified to fit ears)
Height : 23cm
Eyes : 16mm
Girth of neck : 4cm
Girth of Chest : 10.5cm
width of shoulders : 4cm
Girth of Waist : 8cm
Girth of hips : 11cm" 

   ⇝      FREYR        ⇜ 

Junkyspot lists his dimensions as:


"Head: Takes a 6.5-7" wig (would need to be modified to fit ears)
Height : 23cm
Eyes : 18mm (not included)
Girth of neck : 4cm
Girth of Chest : 10.5cm
width of shoulders : 5.5cm
Girth of Waist : 9cm
Girth of hips : 10.5cm
Foot Size: 3.5cm"

Sale price for Freyr is $44.99 direct from Junkyspot's website where he is available in either grey or white, they also still have Freya (available in grey only) for the same price. A little note on the bottom of the email states that if it is on the website it's in stock wooohoo!

Before I go, I think I should add a brief not about Freya magnets (sadly I haven't a Freyr yet, so I am unable to comment on his magnet yet) but hopefully, the things I encountered with my Freya will be of some help to others who own or are thinking of owning either of these beautiful dolls...

A word about magnets and some advice on issues, I've encountered and how I fixed them:

The first thing I found is the tail was very "swingy" and often fell off at the lightest touch, after I had glued it in using the recommended Zap A Glue.

 Once I discovered this I had to work out how to remove it again, in the least damaging way possible; I discovered the best way to do this is to boil the kettle, place a little water in a bowl, wait a couple of seconds for it to cool a little, then place in the Freya hip area ( unstrung) - it took no more than 3 seconds before I had a magnet floating around in the bowl along with her hip joint, and due to the type of plastic used in Hujoo Doll production  no damage at all was done to the plasti through this "heating" process - success!

I placed the magnet on the inside of her hip area, which meant I had to unstring her before placing the magnet, and then re-string her afterwards - this was something I had never done before, but I soon realised the best thing (tool wise) that you an you to help with this task is several pairs of forceps, in different sizes (locking ones - sold for fishing) longer thinner ones are very handy if the elastic "string" pinges back inside the doll's body at the last minute - Expect this to happen more than once, so patience is an absolute virtue oh and an extra pair of hands helps heaps too! - Sadly this also meant that one I discovered the "Swing" issue, I had to unstring her again, to remove and replace the magnet *sigh*

So here's my advice on magnets - it's worth considering before you even think about where you will be placing it.

  The "Swing issue" I mentioned is caused by the fact that the magnet used to hold the tail to the doll's body is small, and not very powerful  one of which  has to be raised slightly to fit inside the tail itself (and is therefore not easily obtainable in the right size and strength needed), so I decided the best way to fix the issue as to keep the tail magnet as is and then buy a more powerful magnet to go inside Freya's hips which should hold it in place better.

But here's the rub, the area inside Freya's hips only allows a centimetre and a half (if that) before any magnet placed inside this area messes with the hip ball joints and therefore movement of the doll's legs, also as this area needs to allow for free flowing elastic, which connects from Hujoo doll legs through to the shoulder area and out of the neck, the magnet used cannot be too high, and so buying a powerful and yet flat but small magnet to use on this area is again hard to find and also quite expensive (for what it is) when you are able to locate one...The other issue with buying a magnet is that the one Freya comes with is approximately 7mm however, magnets are not sold in odd sizes, so you need to opt for either a 6mm or an 8mm instead, there is also the strength available in these sizes to consider too, obviously the higher the strength and the smaller the  size the magnet is the key here...

So I compromised I bought an 8mm flat magnet which is 1mm high (it turns out this was the perfect size to place inside her hips) the strength I went for is N50 it is possible to buy N52 but these are very expensive in the size needed, also I could have bought a 5mm high magnet but I was unsure how much this would interfere with her strung areas, so to be safe, I found a listing for ten 8mm x 1mm going cheap and bought them instead, then waited on tenterhooks until they arrived and I could make a start!

The great thing about buying the flatter magnets was that I was able to "build up" the size without interfering with the string area, so I actually glued several of the magnets together (after testing the strength and string interference as I went along) until I had enough power in the magnets to keep the tail in place without it falling off all the time, it also worked perfectly through fabrics (I tried different types) so when I was satisfied  I glued everything in place and restrung my little darling!

Ok so enough about magnets, if you haven't already gone over to Junkyspot to check him out; there is loads more pictures of him over there, so... why not?!

(A quick disclaimer:  Photo's, and info' taken directly from Junkyspot's website & Ebay Freya listing, screenshots taken from Junkyspot email and website.)


That's it for now, hope you've enjoyed reading it!

Hugs,

>^..^< HUJOO " FREYA" JunkySpot Designed Anthropomorphic Doll >^..^<

So there I was innocently looking for another Hujoo Doll, who could become a big sister for my Suve baby and little sister for Akimoto my wings boy, as I had decided I would finally buy one of these girls after, well it's kind of a long story, but my love of Hujoo Dolls began several years ago when I got talking got a lovely woman on flickr named Ciel, she had the one of the oddest and yet strangely appealing dolls I had ever seen and when I asked her the type, she let me know that I'd been looking at a Hujoo doll, her girl is called Miri and she kind of had a thing for Akimoto for a while, but that's a different story, in fact I blogged about it a while back.

Anyhoo, Ciel told me she bought Miri already customised and pre-loved, and told me I would be much better off  (if I decide to buy one), I really should get one brand new, which oddly would be cheaper and wouldn't have been painted and therefore wouldn't contain mistakes etc. as her one did.

Standard Female Hujoo called "Miri" belonging to Ciel

 So I started searching for them online, and discovered the very awesome Mimiwoo, she had male ones (Wings) in two skin tones and female ones in three skin tones both sexes also had a "sleep eye" version, but I much preferred the open eyed version myself, and after seeing the "chocolate skin" "Wings" Open Eyed version, which sadly Mimiwoo didn't have as a female version, I really had no choice but to buy my little man, wait 2 weeks on tenterhooks until he arrived from China and then fall helplessly in love with him after that!

So much so in fact that when I discovered (through Mimiwoo again!) that Hujoo had released "baby" and "Berry" versions of their dolls, I knew it wouldn't be long before I added a little Chocolate Skinned baby girl to my Hujoo family, and happily Akimoto took to his baby sister immediately, and never lets her out of his sight for very long.

 Recently I decided the time had come to add the little girl I'd been yearning for, also chocolate skinned, and almost did yesterday, until I discovered a listing from Junky Spot for a completely different type of Hujoo Doll....

As the listing says " This listing is for 1x FREYA doll manufactured in Asia by Hujoo. This doll is ABS vinyl/plastic, and STRUNG like a traditional ball jointed doll ( bjd ). Freya was designed by Emory Sung of The Junky Spot in early 2012."

"Hujoo " Freya " 24cm Doll
Regular Version
Light Grey Skintone
Open Eye
Blank, Nude Doll - Eyes Not Included
Brand New, Fully Assembled, Ready For Custimization! "

"Concept Design by Emory Sung of The Junky Spot
Production Design by Sunghyun Yoon of Hujoo and Emory Sung of The Junky Spot
Production and Manufacturing by Hujoo Korea."

As if the photo wasn't enough, I was already thinking "Wow" before I read that, but now my mind started imagining how Akimoto and his little "Sis'"  would most likely love to have a Cousin who' also a cat!

Obviously I had no way of resisting this gorgeous toy, especially as I have long been in love with Pipos Dolls but sadly could never afford one... my favourite is the one with the maniacal grin, but still beggars and all that!
Here's a couple of samples of Pipos Dolls, in case you have no idea what I mean:

The images above and below taken from Pipos Shop  and if interested you can buy them or look at these and other types (rabbits & frogs!) there, just click the link above.

The Pipos below is one of the "Cheshire" series, hence the inane grin!

But getting back to the Freya Hujoo - this gorgeous creation / collaboration, is a perfect substitute for me as she's not all that different to the "basic" model Pipos - shown in the first Pipos picture - she is also around the same height that Pipos stand at, which make them both close to standard ( Original Female / Wings) Hujoo size, but cheap enough to customise with carving, if I do decide she needs to be more like the "Cheshire Pipos" at a later date.

The other great thing about her is, she can wear the same size clothing as a standard female Hujoo, and therefore easy enough to find or make clothing for.

I love the attention to detail, from her paw like hands with tiny claws, to the pads on the bottom of her paw like feet!

The other great thing about her is, like Pipos, she comes with an optional tail, which can be attached to her with the use of a magnet (placed inside her body) - this means her tail can sit on top of her clothing, and you don't have to worry about making sure you have a "tail hole" in the right place when sewing for her, or worry about adapting standard doll clothes to accommodate it.

There's those cute little paw hands again!

The listing also contains this information, I have to say, that;s another thing I love about Junky Spot, the wealth of information they supply on their listings  it really helps you to make up your mind and know exactly what you are buying, plus if you later decide to blog about the doll, you have pretty much all the information you could require right there in the listing! But again, I digress, back to what Junky Spot have to say: "EYES:The head features a removable head cap, eye sockets, and an eye holder for 16mm eyes. These eye holders are specifically meant for 16mm ROUND eyes with positioning stems, they will not work with half round / flatbacks. 

You can fit half round / flatback and other size eyes into Freya's head, however you will want to use eye putty or some other type of medium to hold the eyes in."

Junky spot provide this additional information in relation to the doll's poseability: "Specifications: Freya features 14 points are articulation for a wide range of motion. She is strung with elastic and features ball joints for smooth posing."

Under the heading: TAIL AND MAGNETS: Junky spot provide the following information: 
Comes with optional tail and magnets for the tail. (7mm x 1.5mm and 7mm x 5mm) 
The magnet that goes inside the tail will need to be glued into place. We recommend the ZAP CA Glue.
There are several ways to attach the tail to the body with the loose magnet:
1) Tape or Glue the loose magnet to the body. Please make sure the correct side is facing out to attract to the tail magnet.
2) Drill a hole into the body and then glue the loose magnet into the hole.
3) Slip the magnet into the lower torso cavity. The tail magnet will "pick up" the magnet through the body and stay on.
4) If you are dressing your Freya, you can also choose to simply slip the magnet inside the pants/skirt. The tail magnet will "pick up" the magnet through the clothing and should stay on. 

N.B: ZAP CA Super Glue is available for cheaps here: ZAP CA Super Glue

There is a note on the listing, that I feel it's only fair to add that seeing as my illustrations are photograph taken from the listing, ( as I currently am waiting for my Freya to arrive I do not have any photos of my own little girl to upload, I've used the "Sale Photos") and therefore feel I should mention it here: "Some images below show Freya with eyes installed. This doll does NOT come with eyes, images with eyes installed is to give you an idea of what Freya might look like with eyes."

As I haven''t mentioned it yet, here are her dimensions which are always handy to know prior to purchasing / receiving a doll, as it gives you an idea of what clothing if any to buy  make and ensures that your new addition will not stay nakie for long after he / she moves in...
"Dimensions:
Height : 23cm
Eyes : 16mm
Girth of neck : 4cm
Girth of Chest : 10.5cm
width of shoulders : 4cm
Girth of Waist : 8cm
Girth of hips : 11cm" 

Another interesting thing I found in the listing is a note about "Version" differences, I hadn't been aware of this type of Hujoo Doll, before I found this listing so finding out there was another version that had been made available several months before was really intriguing to me, anyhoo, in case you do already know there was a previous version of "Freya" then this may also be of interest to you: "VERSION NOTES:

This is the REGULAR non-limited edition version of Freya. Compared to the original first production run, Freya's headcap has been modified to fit better than the original version. As a quick note, the headcap does fit VERY tightly on, and requires some force to snap into place or to remove. (This has been modified from the first production run which required slight sanding or shaving of the pegs in the head to get the headcap to fit)."

The other interesting thing about this listing is that it includes images of other "Freya" Hujoos, both customised and left as is. Also included are links to a Flickr Group which the images were found in, I didn't know about this group either so for me this is a great boon, as I know know there is a place were I can gain tips, information and inspiration for when my little girl arrives, also I like nothing  better than being able to connect with other people who share my interests and who may be able to answer any questions that come up once I start customising her...

"Example of customized Freyas:" Images from Flickr found on Junky Spot listing:

                                                           Above by SydneyGrey

Above by Izabeth Suelli

From the following sentence, also found on the listing, I'm guessing that the previous Freya was a darker skinned model, as shown in the above photographs. Note: the below images show the Dark Grey Freya, which is no longer available.

If you wish to have a look around or even join the  Flickr group, you can do so here: ://www.flickr.com/groups/2127741@N22/

Junky Spot are currently selling two versions of this doll, the "White Skin" version, which can be viewed by clicking this link: White Skin Freya

Or the Grey Skin version, skin in the photos I uploaded above, and my own personal favourite, which you can find here: Grey Skin Freya

I've ordered orange eyes for my girl, but I'd really like some Cat Style ones for her. I haven't been able to find those in the right size though, so I have bought some half rounds with removable irises so I can make my own ones for her, the only thing with this is I will not be able to use the "eye holders" and will have to get some putty to hold them in place. I'm also trying to decide exactly how Id like her to look on the outside, I love the above "Tabby Freya" by Izabeth Suelli and I'd love to make my girl look similar to that one, but without access to an airbrush at present, I doubt ery much that I'll be able to make her look that good!

Having said that I also love the "Cat Walk Kitties by Lanard Toys which were available for a short time circa 2005, sadly I only discovered these dolls relatively recently too, and they are so rare and very hard to find for sale for less than £70, now!  They seemed to me to have so much potential for customs, but sadly due to the price they are now, they're ot really viable for that purpose, and since seeing Pipos and Freya they just cannot compete, that said though they come with some very interesting "extras" which would have provided great value for money while they were still readily available on the market, now though... I'm not so sure!

Apparently this item needs batteries for her stage area, so I'm guessing it has some kind of lights or sound, which is a cool feature, I'd love to know exactly what and what the effect produced is.

There is just one I could find for sale on Evil Ebay, and that one costs £74.39 with £39.04 postage from the U.S.A - Yikes! (I could get two more Freyas for that!), still here's the listing is you'd like to take a look:Lanard Catwalk Kitties Paris Runway Callie

Just in case that listing disappears in future, I've also uploaded a couple of images (above) from there, so you'll still be able to see what I'm talking about even if the above link turns out to be dead!


 I think what appeals to me about these dolls apart from the cat faces and unusual subject matter for a
Fashion Doll, is that to some degree they remind me of Petra, the dog faced fashion Doll from the 1960's, who I'd also love to own, and who is also ridiculously rare and seems to be impossible to find to buy *sigh*

But that's a different subject for a different post!

Getting back to Freya, Id love to know what your views on her is or if you have one, to see what you did with her.

Anyhoo, that's all from me for now, enjoy!

☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆   FREYA UPDATE   ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

Amazingly, my Freya arrived this morning! and of course I LOVE HER!!!

What's crazy about that is; I wrote this post just after I purchased her and 3 days later she's here, all the way from America!

I can definitely vouch for how great Junky Spot is in terms of  quality of products and speed of delivery.

The other cool things that arrived today, where her eyeballs - from a different seller, so I could straight away see how well they suited her.

One thing I will say about fitting her eyes is, even with the "stem" type eyeball, I found they were not as easy to place or hold in place with the "holder" and I'm interested in seeing just how much easier - if it is - to give her "half round" eyes, as the pair of blank (Do it yourself) eyes  ordered also arrived in the same post, so there will definitely be more on "Freya" at a later date!

But enough of all that, here's my girl so far!

I'm still not sure exactly how much customising I'll do on her yet, or whether or not I'll be giving her some hair or even if she's going to be dressed, or stay dressed very often; but I will be making her some clothes soon, just so she has one or two things of her own if she starts to feel a bit nakie!