Silver eye a factory defect, or a thing that just happens???

[*Marisol_Grace_Girl*]

I've heard two sides to the story.

[moderator]

There was one member here who had gotten a newer doll from eBay that had silver eye. I think it was kitschywoman (?). I can't remember for sure.

But it seems to mostly be the older dolls that it happens to. Mine was 15 years old when it happened: http://www.angelfire.com/mi/FAST/silvereye.html

[*Marisol_Grace_Girl*]

So can the doll come that way?? I have a molly doll and her silver eye looks natural. Also I have heard that they can develop over time.

....???

[GreyMyst]

It's both.

The eyes have to be defective to be prone to silver eye. However, some dolls develop it sooner, some later, some not at all. So even though you may have a defective eye, you never know when or if it may actually go silver.

Getting water or storing the doll in very humid conditions can make it show up sooner too. So basically although the eyes are defective, it's up to chance if they actually go silver.

[kitschywoman]

There was one member here who had gotten a newer doll from eBay that had silver eye. I think it was kitschywoman (?).

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">My doll, Stasia, was older. She came with remnants of the First Day outfit.

GreyMyst nailed it. Silver eye can be caused by poor doll care (water in the eyes, exposure to excessive heat) or just by the natural deterioration of time, which makes the irises in some dolls delaminate.

<font color="#051E50" size="1">[ October 25, 2005 08:28 AM: Message edited by: kitschywoman ]</font>

[*Marisol_Grace_Girl*]

I thought they just accidentally made silver eyes and it was just a factory defect- well, now I know I'm wrong... [img]graemlins/cry_smile.gif[/img]


[img]wink.gif[/img] Katya