>>9187855(checked)
It's not the dolls you're after, it's the clothes.
>"But anon, I need all the dolls to display all the outfits."Nah, that kind of defeats the main draw of fashion dolls:
>Standardized bodiesFashion dolls are usually standardized not only within their own brand/line, but often partly work with other 11.5 fashion dolls due to being in the same scale. Fashion dolls are all more-or-less generic in design from the neck down. Mattel has different body types now, and there's always been different skin tones, but the dolls themselves are basically mannequins, or actors if you like. This accommodates:
>Removable cloth clothingUnlike action figures, or modular designs popular in Japanese figures, fashion dolls are made to be un/dressed. You can have many clothes and accessories for one doll. This along with:
>"Actual" hairHaving brushable, restylable (to an extent) hair means you can make one doll many things.
You ever heard the expression: "Does the man make the clothes, or do the clothes make the man?"? Well, in the case of dolls, the clothing certainly makes the man, er woman... Doll.
Pic related, while not the best example, (I set it up quickly last night) gives you the idea: Both dolls are the same make/model, but different clothes, along with different posing, create two completely different personalities: The one on the left has a "sorority sloot at the kegger" vibe, but the same doll on the right looks like "girl next door out for her morning jog".
So while you can have a few favorites always out in the same outfit, if you just focus on clothes and accessories, you can save cash and display space. Unless the outfit you want can only be found with a doll, then fuck it.
TL;DR: Reject harem, embrace wardrobe.
