I LOVE how realistic and beautiful my new Asian Phicen doll is, but not at all happy that her arm broke so easily at the shoulder. Back to China she must go. The doll has a rubber silicone skin covering with a metal skeleton so there’s no way to pop the arm joint back into the shoulder because you can’t see what you’re doing. Another consumer mentioned breaking her arm too, but I just didn’t think anything of it. The joints are way too loose, though. 

Another thing I don’t like is how she has interchangeable feet that I can’t change because I can’t pop the ball rotator joints out of the ankle in order to insert the other ones. One pair of feet is made for being in heels and the other is flat-footed. She has three sets of hands too, but those are simple enough to change. 

Her face is very lifelike and beautiful and she’s way more realistically proportioned than Barbie and even my Tonner dolls. One customer’s review said that her hair appeared to be chopped off and randomly stuck on her head as well as too thin, but I don’t think so. It’s not too thin or thick, and the length appears to be pretty even to me, just below her shoulders. 

Technically I could keep the doll because you can’t see the joint and the break doesn’t make her look disfigured in any way. She can still bend at the elbow and all she loses is mobility in the shoulder. I can’t set the arm straight down nor can I raise it. It has to be protruding from the body a bit, but it isn’t like it would look ridiculous. The point is that I don’t feel like this little 11” doll is worth the $96 we paid for her if she can break that easily. Now I’m afraid to move her other joints and the doll has 33 points of articulation. Better to just return her. 

I saw a video of them repairing the arm of a life-size silicone doll on YouTube. You have to cut it open to fix it, then close it up with silicone glue. I don’t think it’s worth it on a doll that’s barely a foot tall. 

I’m not too thrilled with my other purchases either, though they’re not worth returning. My chocolate incense doesn’t quite smell like chocolate. My toe ring isn’t as wide as I thought it would be, though it fits fine. And the fabric sticker of the white rat isn’t that great either. On a dark-colored door or wall, some of the color comes through and makes the rat look a funny color, yet it’s hard to see on a white wall.