Comments on: Scalping and Head Opening- Radiant Blythes

By: dana

dana — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:00:13 +0000

What’s the trick with the crochet hook? Are you trying to reach around the sides? Or are you trying to catch the piece sitting right on the bar? What size hook are you using? I’m using a really tiny one, but I have no idea what I’m really trying to do, and I tried using tweezers as well. Also, I can’t see, even though I shined a flashlight in the hole, which side is connected to the spring and which side is the end of the spring. I think this is the hardest part because I have no idea how I’m supposed to grab the spring.

By: dana

dana — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:55:28 +0000

Here’s what I found when opening Veronica Lace. I just couldn’t get the face to unclip by pressing at the ears. (I had done three different dolls with no difficulty, so I had an expectation of how this should go.) But I finally was able to do it when I did what Melissa said earlier, “I just had to set her on one ear (on a towel) on a hard surface and press the other ear with both hands and a good amount of my body weight.” And then the one side popped open. Then I was able to hold the doll and push on her other ear to get the other side open.

By: dana

dana — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:44:43 +0000

Here’s what I found when opening Last Kiss. It was easy to pop her open at the ears, but the lower half, the half of her face below the ears and around her cheeks was really NOT budging at all. I used a masking-taped flat head screw driver to help it along.

By: Zooky

Zooky — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:02:21 +0000

Hi, i have a Can can cat and i wanted to add some freckles to her face, but i dont know how to remove it. Do you have to scalp it like this?

i’m new to this subject so i didnt know there were different blythe tipes…. and i’m scared of damaging Rosalie……

By: purple princess

purple princess — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:25:48 +0000

done! but oh my word did I have to lean on that girl’s ears! Still a helluva lot easier than doing my sbl violetina!

Flipping fantastic tutorial! Thank you so much!

By: purple princess

purple princess — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:48:22 +0000

Argh, my heather sky’s ears won’t pop for me to open her head! Having just Melissa’s post about putting body wait onto her msr’s head I’m clearly not pushing hard enough! Oh please don’t let her whole head crack open!

By: Tatiana Castro

Tatiana Castro — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:07:16 +0000

O am worried about the spring thing. Actually, I am more concerned about it when it comes to closing the doll’s head! How do I get the spring back where it is supposed to and make sure it is safe/correct there?? Can anyone post pics of the steps in closing a rbl’s head. I am so scared I will ruin my Aubrey!!! PLEASE HELP ME!

Thank you very very much.

By: dana

dana — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:19:13 +0000

I bought a PD Peach that has no scalp. I thought I could just buy a cool cat scalp, but now I’m really confused, since the thing I bought from cool cat is just a rubber piece, and I have no hard-plastic dome piece to attach the scalp to. Help! Can I buy a replacement piece of RBL dome anywhere? Also, the rubber scalp piece looks way to tall. If I don’t want to root the scalp, can I use a wig? This purchase looks like such a waste now

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:10:02 +0000

I see there were some others who had trouble unhooking the spring in the back of Ebony’s head. If I understand it you use the hook to lift the spring and the tweezers to open the gap that’s wrapped around the bar? For rehooking the spring once the head is closed up how is that done? Is the spring flopping around inside and difficult to get hold of?

I’ve been stumped at the unhooking the spring part for a few days now….

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:02:01 +0000

babet – my MSR was REALLY hard to pop, but she did open. I just had to set her on one ear (on a towel) on a hard surface and press the other ear with both hands and a good amount of my body weight. it was scary!