What’s the difference between vinyl and resin?

2 Responses to “What’s the difference between vinyl and resin?”

1. Comment by da’zone

   vinyl i think is a petro chemical thingy..
   and i think resin is plant life stuff……
   but, i’v never smoked vinyl…… cough!.. my poor lungs….

2. Comment by Bryce

   Do you need the chemical differences, or just what’s different about how they relate to collectible dolls?

   Resin is a much harder, but more brittle, material, in which more detail (more character, perhaps) can be sculpted into a doll’s face. For example, resin is used in miniature figures down to 25 mm tall and shorter, with an astonishing amount of detail meticulously reproduced. Resin is the choice for truly sculptural, artistic dolls and miniatures

   Vinyl is soft and pliant. A Barbie doll has a head of vinyl — it doesn’t take sculptural detail well, but stands up better to rough treatment by children, for example. The old 12″ GI Joe dolls from the 1960s also had vinyl heads. Vinyl is better for mass-produced items — like Barbies and GI Joes!