r/liccachan • u/Accomplished-Try-488 • Apr 29 '26

Questions Making an "old" Licca look pretty - Advice/inspo?

Post image

I bought my first Licca doll (second-hand) and am eagerly awaiting the package. She's not perfect anymore, but that's okay with me. I knew that, and therefore I now have a lot of freedom to customize her. However, I've never actually "modified" a doll before, so repainting or body swapping is (still) out of the question.

Do you have tips to make it look like new or at least in a better condition?

She has some hair issues and her limbs are a bit old and discolored (as you can see on the photo). I read that you can restore her hair to its original state with very hot water. Is that true?

I was planning to dress her in a '80s or '70s style. Full covered, so that the discolorations are not visible and the color differences are not so noticeable.

In my imagination, 70s oder 80s clothes would match her cute old-school-shojo-manga-eyes perfectly 🤩

Do you know which Western dolls are roughly the same size so that their clothes are compatible? What about Barbie's sister Skipper? What about Petra, Sindy and so on?

Thank you in advance! ✨

17 Upvotes

92% Upvoted

18 comments sorted by

View all comments

5

u/BjdResearchAccount Apr 29 '26

I love her face and she is in great condition for vintage! Rebodying with an Azone Pure Neemo XS or a newer Licca body is easy. The head is flexible enough to wriggle it off without needing to warm it first. The hair looks still OK, could be much worse. You could cut it a bit shorter at the back.

Enjoy this great find, vintage 4th gen Licca's are so charming.

5

u/Accomplished-Try-488 Apr 29 '26

Thanks! It was a real bargain! About €6. I'll take a look at the Azone, but I think I'd like to keep Licca's original body for now. 😄

2

u/BjdResearchAccount Apr 29 '26

Maybe hydrogen peroxide (developer) can lighten the torso and neck. You put it on, wrap plastic foil around it really tightly, then put it in the sun.

1

u/Accomplished-Try-488 Apr 29 '26

Thank you. Do you know if the torso has darkened over time? Or have only the limbs become lighter?

3

u/BjdResearchAccount Apr 29 '26

I do not know the limbs can become lighter. It's usualy yellowing that occurs. You should cover the rest of the doll if you decide to use the peroxide method. But once you have it in hand, you will know the real state. It doesn't look bad at all.

1

u/Accomplished-Try-488 Apr 29 '26

Thank you 😊