Do you know that? You just love the look of Licca shoulders and arms on your doll but when it comes to dressing you find that her boobs and feet just don’t fit the most charming dress you just got for her? Right! Same here!

I do not love the Licca body itself, I just love the rascal look it gives your doll. And so I was blown away when I came across Becca aka. Sai’s Blythe dolls (above) who sport their elegant Takara body but have bendy Licca arms! Bummer!

After I got over the sheer horror of ripping out dolly arms, I finally tried it on my Parco and I am so happy with her new look! Finally I can have the rascal but can dress her up like a girl when I feel like it.

And so I asked Rebecca to share her surgery talents and she was so sweet to write a little tutorial on Licca Arm Transplantation on *jaszmade. Enjoy!

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I really, really like bendy Licca arms on my Blythe dolls. What I don’t like are the Licca chest, legs and feet. It’s just not my cup of tea! If you’re like me you might find this little tutorial helpful: how to transplant Licca arms to the original Blythe body!

Except from your original Blythe body you’ll need:

• Licca body (ideally with a matching skin tone to your Blythe body)
• Prying tool (I use a little flat screw driver wrapped with tape)

Finding a Licca Body that has a matching skin tone to your Blythe body might be the hardest step in this whole transplantation business. The one that I used is not a 100% match but close enough. (It’s also missing part of its neck and has red stains…ooops)

We’ll start with the scariest first step: pulling out the original Blythe arms. In my experience it helps to soak the body in very warm (not boiling) water prior to pulling. The plastic softens a bit.

Since I found it impossible to take a picture of this step my boyfriend is pulling them out in this video, so I could film the process:

Now carefully pry the Licca arm out with your tool – and when I say carefully, I mean it!

Here is a picture to show you what the Licca arm looks like (in comparison to a Blythe arm). It’s hollow and can easily tear:

This is how the Licca arm should come out of the body:

This is how Licca arms work
Both arms are hollow, each has a wire inside. The wires are connected through this little rubber pipe. You’ll need the whole thing for the transplantation.

When you put the Licca arms into the Blythe body, the first Licca arm should hold the rubber pipe, it’s much easier to coordinate the wire this way! (Hope you can see how the rubber pipe is set up inside the body.)

Put the wire into the rubber pipe…

…now push! Nah, seriously: Carefully press the arm into the body. When using a tool make sure you don’t rip anything!

And that’s the whole deal! In my opinion you get the best of both worlds, the original Blythe chest, legs and feet and the bendy Licca arms with their cute hands.

All of my Blythe dolls have Licca arms, one might say I have a little obsession – but they are great for taking pictures!

© photos and tutorial by Becca/ Sai, original source: Licca Arm Transplantation on flickr

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Thanks Becca for sharing this tutorial with *jaszmade :*