Phicens...the age old question answered.....Are Phicens made of silicone or TPE?

[Ceej]

Well I can tell you with 100% certainty that Phicens are infact made of .........  TPE.

I know this for sure because mine recently suffered a foot tear (foot plate poked through the side of the foot)

In the hopes that they are made of silicone, (an easier repair) I tried several different kinds of silicone adhesive
including Silpoxy. None of these worked.

So after a discussion with my good buddy Doll_Master on TPE repair, I got out my soldering iron and a little
spare TPE to use as a filler, and it melted just as one would expect TPE to.

And her foot is repaired with this method.  So this does verify 100% that Picens are indeed made of TPE!

Cheers!!   

[Phil]

Must be a high quality type, they don't smell bad.

Phil

[scrappy]

They don't leach oil either. I can't say if they're heavier than a same-size silicone doll And they don't have foam cores.

[Ceej]

I agree Phil, I think your right.  Though Phicen tpe is firmer than that used in full size dolls, it's very resilliant and durable.



Scrappy, that got me curious so I just had to do the math.

So, my phicen weighs 0.7 lbs. and is 11.5" tall. with a scale factor of 1:6 she would stand 5'-9" tall, and she'd weigh just over 151 lbs.

That's a pretty heavy doll, and taller than most, with most dolls being closer to 5 feet 2, or so.



So, if she was scaled up to a doll height of 5'-2" tall, the scale factor would then be  1:5.39 and she'd weigh just under 110 lbs.



Some popular TPE dolls are in the 140 cm height range, which translates to 4'-7" tall.

So scaling my phicen to that size doll, the scale factor would then be 1:4.22  and she'd weigh just under 53 lbs.

And I believe that the WM 140 wights about 60 lbs...so I'd say that's pretty close!!

[Begog]

Yep, durable TPE.
I got three 5'1"  TPE dolls, all weighing roughly 75 pounds. My 140 weighs around 60. However, 5'1" silicone Kwench only weighs 68.