The little Raccoon Mini Dahlia arrived yesterday :). Raccoondoll released those little darlings –Jasmine and Dahlia– in August 2024, they were created as siblings for the girl dolls. They are just 21 cm tall (8,2 inch). I am not sure, but I suspect the body was designed for the Paola Reina Mini dolls first and the heads were created to match the body. That would explain why her proportions are slightly off within the “Raccoon family” scale. Don’t get me wrong, as a stand-alone doll she’s absolutely adorable. But I wish her body had at least the size of a Pure Neemo S body (the usual choice for Blythe dolls). That would make her about 4cm taller and enable her to wear all the Blythe stuff. I think 25cm height would make her sizing look a better match within the mother-daughter and sibling proportions. But I am happy with her as she is, so that is just a wish, not a complaint. I will add pictures of her next to a Blythe body at the end of this post.
She came in a tube like my girl doll Jenny. I love these, they are so easy to store, very sturdy and small. She came carefully wrapped, and I thought she looked so cute with the wrapping around her head that I took a picture of her peaking through it.
As you can see, she has quite a large head for such a small doll, but the proportions are ok for such a small child.
Compared to other tiny dolls she poses really well, but of course her range of motion is limited due to the short limbs. She has mobility joints like all Raccoons, and her knee and elbow joints hold poses nicely. One plus is that she can bend her head back and forth better than the girl dolls. Since this mini girl will most likely interact with taller dolls, being able to look up to them is a nice feature.
She has very tiny hands and feet. I went through my clothes for tiny dolls to see what fits her, and I found she can wear some Blythe tops, some of the Monst doll clothes and quite a few OB11 shoes fit her nicely. The brown shoes and the white sandals are Blythe/OB11 size, they are available at Etsy or even Amazon. The canvas sneakers are larger, she can wear them of course, but the do look a little large. The pink and white boots go on but sit a little tight around her calves. All in all it should be very easy to find nice shoes for her. Blythe pants are too long, but dresses will probably fit. I just own one sleeveless bought Blythe dress and it fits. I guess long sleeves might be too long.
She wears a 5-6 wig size, but I need to get her a new one. Those I have are long wigs, and I don’t really want to cut them. Maybe I make one for her. I don’t have a name for her yet, but she will be Ines’ daughter. She is still waiting for the rest of her family, I am waiting for another girl doll and a husband. That’s why I did not introduce Ines (Cindy) with a character story properly yet.
And last but not least: The mug shots and a size comparison picture. Please excuse the quality, it’s awfully gloomy today.
These two pictures show her body next to a Pure Neemo S body (one with a Kurhn head). I would love this body size as an additional option for the Mini heads, that way we could create a bunch of lovely siblings.
Those little white shoes also fit Blythe and flat footed Barbie. They are so cute. I wish they came in other colors. I accidentally bought 2 pink pairs. I ‘m thinking of experimenting by painting one pair a different color.
I have seen those in brown and black as well (I am talking about the white sandals), If I remember correctly, I got mine from Fatiao on Etsy. But it’s been a while, so maybe they’re sold out.
I have black, white and pink from Aliexpress
It’s a good time to go on a shoe shopping haul 🙂
She is so precious!
Thank you, she is very cute. I hope I will have time to paint her soon.
Oooh now you’ve made me interested in RD’s mini dolls whereas I haven’t been up till now. She looks cute. Thanks for the comparison photo. My RD Bebe Ellis is about the size of a BID so maybe theres hope for a sister for Ellie.
I think the head sizes won’t really match, but she’s a cute all on her own.