Weekly summary 51/2020

Hi,

this is a summary of what was going in the doll world in the 51st week of 2020, as far as we at Dollstudio & DS Doll Europe were concerned.

1) Coronavirus situation.

a) The pandemic situation in general. More censorship and irrational actions. By now, more than 26 studies have been published which provide evidence for the efficacy of Ivermectin. It works as pre-exposure prophylaxis, post exposure prophylaxis, and when given to both early and late hospitalized patients. It even has shown a positive effect for "long haul" Covid-19 sufferers. Dr. Chris Martenson introduced the research and explained the science, and Youtube took the video down within hours. Chris reported about Youtube taking the video down, and Youtube censored this video as well.

There are lots of other indications that massive attempts are happening, targeted at manipulating the public opinion. As well in mass media as in major social networks, the freedom of speech has been severely restricted. The only permitted narrative is that the pandemic is bad and keeps getting worse. Contradicting evidence is being muted and hushed up. If scientific research can not be discussed in public anymore, we got a much bigger issue than some virus. Why are solutions to treat Covid-19 infections being suppressed? Why isn't there a broad exploration about the findings as documented in the FLCCC Alliance's research?

Dr. Chris Martenson's video is now hosted on on Vimeo and on Chris' website. Dr John Camplell looked at the Ivermectin research as well and highly recommended to take a look at the findings: Ivermectin and COVID 19. The scientific research on Ivermectin and working Covid-19 prophylaxis can be found here:

• Review of the Emerging Evidence Demonstrating the Efficacy of Ivermectin in the Prophylaxis and Treatment of COVID-19 (Pierre Kory; G. Meduri; Jose Iglesias, DO; Joseph Varon, MD; Keith Berkowitz, MD; Howard Kornfeld, MD; Eivind Vinjevoll; Mitchell Scott; Fred Wagshul, MD; Paul E. Marik, MD; in: OSF Preprints),
• Vitamin D and COVID 19: The Evidence for Prevention and Treatment of Coronavirus (SARS CoV 2) - Youtube video (Prof. Roger Seheult, MD, in: MedCram), and
• Ivermectin is effective for COVID-19: meta analysis of 26 studies (Version 6, December 18, 2020),

Summary of the findings:

• Ivermectin is effective for COVID-19. 100% of studies report positive effects. The probability that an ineffective treatment generated results as positive as the 26 studies to date is estimated to be 1 in 67 million (p = 0.000000015).
• Early treatment is most successful, with an estimated reduction of 87% in the effect measured using a random effects meta-analysis, RR 0.13 [0.04-0.40].
• 100% of the 10 Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) report positive effects, with an estimated reduction of 74% in the effect measured using a random effects meta-analysis, RR 0.26 [0.12-0.56].

There is no need to wait for an unproven vaccination which might or might not more damage than good. Covid-19 can be treated right now. Plus, everybody can get his immune system up to speed and significantly reduce the risk of getting the disease. Form your own opinion. Here are the ressources as provided by the FLCCC Alliance (= Front Line Covid-19 Critical Care Alliance):

• I-MASK+ Protocol - Prophylaxis & Early Outpatient Treatment Protocol for COVID-19 with guidance on the timing and doses of each component medication. All component medicines are FDA-approved, inexpensive, readily available and have been used for decades with well-established safety profiles (PDF file)
• MATH+ Protocol - Hospital Treatment Protocol for Covid-19 with detailed guidance on the timing of initiation along with the suggested initial doses and durations of each component medication (PDF file).

b) Impact on the doll business. As expected, the 2nd wave of tightened lockdowns resulted in a further reduction of air freight capacities. Freight costs are stuck at a peak. That means that customers will have to wait longer for their dolls and prices will go up to cover transportation costs. For some dolls, freight costs exceed product costs, again, as they did in last spring during the first wave of lockdowns. In combination with the regular increased amount of shipments before Christmas, a lot of packages will be delayed. Also, the unfavorable exchange rate of RMB to USD results in further price increases (which already have been announced by multiple major doll makers from China).

Regarding the shipping of small packages, for example for Indigo's care & repair products or the Dollworks line of adpaters, the most absurd conditions apply. For shipments to North America, sea freight is the default method, again, as is being chosen by the German post. Traveling time for a 500 grams package is 4 weeks and above, and tracking stops after the export in Frankfurt. The carriers in the U.S. and Canada do not proceed with the tracking code. An alternative is shipping with standard DHL, freight costs for the smallest package available: 53,99 Euros. No tracking for destinations in North America. However, shipping within the EU is still working with the usual Corona limiatations (e.g. delivery of registered mail without signature).

2) New arrivals.

This week, seven new heads were introduced:

• Textile Doll ›Alenka‹ head - fabric/plush
• Textile Doll ›Clare‹ head - fabric/plush
• Textile Doll ›Daliah‹ head - fabric/plush
• Textile Doll ›Isabelle‹ head - fabric/plush
• Textile Doll ›Melissa‹ head - fabric/plush
• Irontech Doll ›Bessie‹ head (= IT no. 83) - TPE
• SE Doll ›Murasaki‹ head (紫 = SE no. 075) - TPE

New head variants of older heads:

• Piper Doll ›Risako‹ head - silicone
• Doll House 168 ›Shiori A‹ head - silicone (bigger variant of miniature doll head)
• Doll House 168 ›Shiori B‹ head - silicone (bigger variant of miniature doll head)
• SE Doll ›Miya‹ aka 美哉 - TPE (alias name for Murasaki aka 紫 = SE no. 075)

Also, four new body styles were released:

• New arrivals: Piper Silicone PI-160/H aka ›Risako‹ by Piper Doll - silicone / ~160 cm / ~40 kg
• New arrivals: SE Doll SE-165/F body style - TPE / ~165 cm / ~32 kg
• New arrivals: WM Dolls WM-142/L body style - TPE / 142 cm / 26 kg
• New arrivals: WM Dolls WM-164/F body style - TPE / 164 cm / 33 kg

As always, you can follow the latest updates in our Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/DollStudioEU

Also, we have the New products listing on all three Dollstudio websites. It is sorted in reverse chronological order, so the latest additions to our portfolio are on top of the listing:

• Dollstudio US - http://us.dollstudio.org/new-products
• Dollstudio EU - http://eu.dollstudio.org/new-products
• Dollstudio DE - http://de.dollstudio.org/new-products

On Dollstudio EU, there is also the New arrivals timeline http://eu.dollstudio.org/timeline with a slightly different display style.

3) Industry news.

This regular column report about things like noteworthy events, model line changes, business updates, technical updates, and dolls in development.

• Doll Sweet discount event 2020
• Piper Doll Silicone Series - Color Samples
• Piper Doll Silicone Series - New Options
• Free WM Dolls upgrades from Dollstudio
• Sino-doll temporarily suspends sound option
• Sino-doll announces price increase

4) Latest blog posts.

Our daily blog posts feature mostly new photo sets, showcasing dolls and heads in various configurations.

• 20.12.: New photos with Doll House 168 DH20-140/E body style and ›Shiori B‹ anime head
• 19.12.: New photos with SE Doll SE-165/F body style (= SED 112) and ›Miya‹ head (SE no. 075)
• 18.12.: New photos with Piper Silicone PI-160/H aka ›Risako‹ by Piper Doll
• 17.12.: New photos with Irontech Doll IT-161/F body style and ›Bessie‹ head
• 16.12.: New photos with Doll House 168 DH20-140/E body style and ›Shiori A‹ anime head
• 15.12.: New photos with HR Doll HR-158/A body style and HR no. 16 head
• 14.12.: New photos with YL Doll YL-118 body style and ›Maria‹ head (Jinsan no. 163)
• 13.12.: New photos with WM Dolls WM-170/D body style and no. 237 head (Jinsan no. 237)

These blog posts are mirrored on the Latest blog posts section all three Dollstudio websites. It is sorted in reverse chronological order, newest posts on top:

• Dollstudio US - http://us.dollstudio.org/blog
• Dollstudio EU - http://eu.dollstudio.org/blog
• Dollstudio DE - http://de.dollstudio.org/blog

(EU and US sites in English, DE site in German)

5) Factory photos and shipped dolls.

This week we had one completed doll:

• This Doll Forever FIT-145/F body style with ›Dora‹ elf anime head travels to Germany

6) Weekly Top 10 Dolls.

Based on our website access stats, here is the weekly report: What's trending this week?

Dollstudio EU

1. Doll House 168 DH20-140/E
2. Piper Silicone PI-160/H ›Risako‹
3. Piper Silicone PI-160/G ›Jenna‹
4. WM Dolls WM-164/F
5. Piper Silicone PI-150/K ›Jessica‹
6. Piper Silicone PI-150/J ›Ariel‹
7. Xycolo XC-158/F
8. WM Dolls WM-142/L
9. WM Dolls WM-150/M
10. Piper Fantasy PI-130

Dollstudio US

1. WM Dolls WM-164/F
2. YL Doll YL-151
3. Doll House 168 DH20-140/E
4. Doll House 168 DH20-80/E
5. YL Doll YL-150
6. Climax Doll R3
7. Gynoid GT-150/81 (Model 9)
8. Sino-doll SI-155/H
9. Piper Silicone PI-160/H ›Risako‹
10. SE Doll SE-165/F

Dollstudio DE

1. WM Dolls WM-164/D
2. WM Dolls WMS-158/B
3. WM Dolls WM-142/L
4. WM Dolls WM-150/M
5. HR Doll HR-166/AA
6. Piper Silicone PI-150/K ›Jessica‹
7. Piper Fantasy PI-150/K
8. Piper Mini PI-100
9. Doll Sweet DS-168 ›Summit‹ - Alexa
10. WM Doll WM-156/C

Sandro

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