Smart Doll
Unity (semi-real)
Smart Doll
Unity (semi-real)
- Release Date 発売日 - 2021/07/27
- Made in Tokyo Japan 日本産 (東京)
- Meet the team who worked on this product この商品を手掛けたスタッフに会おう
- This skin tone is この肌色は COCOA COCOA
- The hashtag for this product is この商品のSNSハッシュタグは #smartdollunity
The sunk cost fallacy (an unrecoverable cost) meant that I ended up keeping the purple skin tone around even though it didn't represent anybody apart from Thanos.
The sunk cost fallacy comes about from the costs involved in developing a color match for the frame (injection-molded Polyoxymethylene) and the shell (slush cast Soft Vinyl). Light diffuses when it reflects from a matte surface which causes the material color to appear lighter. The differing material properties of both Polyoxymethylene and Soft Vinyl make color matching a time-consuming and costly process as we need to do actual casts to see how light will reflect from the surface of the component.
If you take one of our vinyl components like the bust or head cap, you will notice that the color is darker on the inside than the outside due to the diffused reflection of light from the matte surface. To attain the best match, we need to guesstimate how much darker the base color should be.
Sandblasting is the process that gives the inside of a mold a matte finish. The injection molds have a different sandblast grade than the vinyl molds as both materials will diffuse light differently. Working out the grade is also part of skin tone color management. If we sandblast a new mold too much, the molded part will appear lighter in tone.
Trial and error is the name of the game to get a good but not perfect match.
By 2016, I started to learn that the sunk cost fallacy was costing me more than the initial Cocoa development costs - it was costing my soul in terms of lying to myself trying to pass off the purple tone to represent darker-skinned humans.
In early 2017, I started revamping the Cocoa tone which went through several internal iterations before being finalized late that year.
While I was happy with the new Cocoa, I soon discovered that it was to be the most resource-intensive skin tone to work on. The properties of soft vinyl encompass blemishes through the slush casting process that are much more noticeable on the Cocoa skin tone leading to higher failure rates. We also spend up to 3 times longer to manually buff down the vinyl surface before assembling the bodies.
From its release in 2017 until mid 2020, Cocoa continued to sell the least out of all the skin tones.
Nonetheless, I strongly felt that Smart Doll could not be complete without Cocoa - because without it, we would only have Cinnamon and Tea, but as we all know, all good things come in three - just like the Star Wars trilogy. Wait - you telling me there were nine episodes?!
While we will never have nine skin tones given our small team of 20+, I am happy that the current lineup broadly represents and celebrates human diversity - and sometimes blue (green soon) aliens too ;-)
Better Together. Stronger Together. Unity represents the united colors of Smart Doll.
On a side note - I mentioned that Cocoa sold the least up until mid 2020 - but then the semi-real sculpts came along and now Cocoa sales are about the same as Tea but nearly reach Cinnamon levels when we release a semi-real girl like Unity ;-)
The sunk cost fallacy (an unrecoverable cost) meant that I ended up keeping the purple skin tone around even though it didn't represent anybody apart from Thanos.
The sunk cost fallacy comes about from the costs involved in developing a color match for the frame (injection-molded Polyoxymethylene) and the shell (slush cast Soft Vinyl). Light diffuses when it reflects from a matte surface which causes the material color to appear lighter. The differing material properties of both Polyoxymethylene and Soft Vinyl make color matching a time-consuming and costly process as we need to do actual casts to see how light will reflect from the surface of the component.
If you take one of our vinyl components like the bust or head cap, you will notice that the color is darker on the inside than the outside due to the diffused reflection of light from the matte surface. To attain the best match, we need to guesstimate how much darker the base color should be.
Sandblasting is the process that gives the inside of a mold a matte finish. The injection molds have a different sandblast grade than the vinyl molds as both materials will diffuse light differently. Working out the grade is also part of skin tone color management. If we sandblast a new mold too much, the molded part will appear lighter in tone.
Trial and error is the name of the game to get a good but not perfect match.
By 2016, I started to learn that the sunk cost fallacy was costing me more than the initial Cocoa development costs - it was costing my soul in terms of lying to myself trying to pass off the purple tone to represent darker-skinned humans.
In early 2017, I started revamping the Cocoa tone which went through several internal iterations before being finalized late that year.
While I was happy with the new Cocoa, I soon discovered that it was to be the most resource-intensive skin tone to work on. The properties of soft vinyl encompass blemishes through the slush casting process that are much more noticeable on the Cocoa skin tone leading to higher failure rates. We also spend up to 3 times longer to manually buff down the vinyl surface before assembling the bodies.
From its release in 2017 until mid 2020, Cocoa continued to sell the least out of all the skin tones.
Nonetheless, I strongly felt that Smart Doll could not be complete without Cocoa - because without it, we would only have Cinnamon and Tea, but as we all know, all good things come in three - just like the Star Wars trilogy. Wait - you telling me there were nine episodes?!
While we will never have nine skin tones given our small team of 20+, I am happy that the current lineup broadly represents and celebrates human diversity - and sometimes blue (green soon) aliens too ;-)
Better Together. Stronger Together. Unity represents the united colors of Smart Doll.
On a side note - I mentioned that Cocoa sold the least up until mid 2020 - but then the semi-real sculpts came along and now Cocoa sales are about the same as Tea but nearly reach Cinnamon levels when we release a semi-real girl like Unity ;-)
ABOUT THE PRODUCT
Due to the material properties - all soft vinyl is prone to scratches but they are hardly visible on our Cinnamon or Tea skin tones - for Cocoa however, they are more noticeable. For this reason, we include 1 Melamine sponge with cocoa vinyl bodies incase you scratch their body with your fingernail.
Take the sponge and brush lightly on the surface to remove the scratch. If you scratch the face by accident, brush very lightly with the sponge to remove it or you will end up removing the makeup too. Some of the sponge will leave white powder on the skin surface - just blow it away. Scratches will either disappear completely or become not as noticeable unless you are staring at it with a microscope.
All joints on the internal frame are lubricated with grease which may seep out in transit - no need to panic - just get a towel to wipe it off.
Also, the properties of soft vinyl encompass blemishes through the slush casting process which are more noticeable in the Cocoa skin tone - refrain from buying if this is not cool with you ;-)
ABOUT TAKING PHOTOS
Dust shows up more clearly on Cocoa so make sure to check the face for dust before taking photos. You may need to turn up the exposure slightly when taking photos of due to the dark complexion.
仕様について
ソフビは材質特性上、表面に傷つけやすくなっています。ミルクやティーの肌色には表面の傷はほとんど見えないが、ココアでは目立ちます。このため、メラミンスポンジを一個おつけします。万が一、爪などで本体にぶつけたら、残ったかすり傷をそのメラミンスポンジで軽くこすってください。傷は完全になくなるか、ものによっては浅く残ります。
ソフビには湯ジワ、黒点は成形中に発生します。ミルクやティー色の外皮表面には見えていますが、ココア色は逆にこういったシワなどは目立ちます。湯ジワや黒点、白点のない外皮はないので、「こりあダメだわ」と思ったらスマートドールの全ての商品を買わないでください。
ココアのコーテックスをチョイスする場合は、網状のやすりが付属します。かすり傷がついてしまったら軽く擦ってください。
写真撮影について
ココア肌が黒いため、埃は目立ちますので、写真撮る前に拭き取ってください。またカメラの露出度を高めにしないといけないかもしれない。ホワイトバランスも忘れずに。

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