A couple of well established North American reborn doll kit suppliers have sent out notifications recently about kits coming from China being delayed due to the Corona virus. Hmmmmmm…if we’re buying kits from them that are being produced in China then why all the worry about Chinese vinyl?
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The knockoff kits are not made of the same thing and they are not safety tested.
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Different factories that legit suppliers use vs. the factories the scammers use.
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I didn’t know there was an issue with “Chinese” vinyl I thought the issue was with the Companies in Hong Kong and China that are stealing sculpts to make knock off reborn and stealing photos and videos to market babies they don’t intend to deliver.
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The problem is that BB, for example, has lots of safety tests in place. There are a lot of requirements for their vinyl and there are regular tests to make sure those requirements are met.
The knockoff ones don’t. It costs more money and effort to fulfill those safety requirements, so they don’t tend to do those. Making it more likely that they make a product that can be very harmful.
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@Gabriell, you’re right. Those kits are unethically produced but also unhealthily produced. Don’t know if the last -un is a real word but it seemed to fit what I meant to say.
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Almost everything is made in China nowadays . The difference is the quality requirement from different well known brands etc . To stolen once have nobody behind double checking quality etc .
Also it is easy for them to make its own copy as they have the original sculpt or the resign of it .
I don’t think anyone can be all the time at the factory supervising them .
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