SBL

SBL or "Superior Blythe" is the third face mold Takara released. Introduced in 2003, the mold is characterized by its small oval eye shape relative to the other molds, and pursed lip shape.

Takara claimed that this mold was based on precise scans of the original Kenner dolls. The entire face design was overhauled including the internal structure of the head, eye mech, eyechips, scalp, and dome. SBL dolls all have the grayish or yellowish plastic eyeballs introduced with Fruit Punch. The eyechips and eyeball structure were altered to more closely resemble that of the Kenner dolls.

The new head structure consisted of a 3-piece construction as opposed to the 2-piece construction of the BL and EBL molds. This change proved to be a challenge to customizers as it was now neccessary to remove the scalp and saw through the dome in order to get the head open.

Many Blythe collectors were also frustrated with the SBL mold's eye mechanism which has an extreme downward gaze although this is said to have been corrected beginning with SBL-04, Sunday Very Best.

SBL Releases (In chronological order)

 * Superior Skate Date (SSD)
 * Pow Wow Poncho (PWP)
 * Velvet Minuet (VM)
 * Silver Snow (SS)
 * Sunday Very Best (SVB)
 * I Love You It's True (ILYIT)
 * Happy Everyday/Over The Stripes (OTS)
 * Lounging Lovely (LL)
 * French Trench (FT)
 * Paradis by Mono Comme Ca (MCC)
 * Art Attack (AA)
 * Birdie Blue (BB)
 * Mademoiselle Rose Bud (MRB)
 * Groovy Grove (GG)
 * Mitten by Blythe (Mitten)
 * Lil' Heart Milk (Milk)
 * Tweedly Do (TD)
 * Inspired by Pinafore Purple (PP)
 * V-Smash (VS)
 * Candy Carnival (CC)
 * Roxy Baby (Roxy)
 * Good Neighbor Cafe (GNC)
 * Cinema Princess (CP)
 * Tommy February 6 (TF6)
 * Samedi Marche Encore (SMe)
 * Asian Butterfly Encore (ABe)
 * Rendezvous Chou Chou (RCC)
 * White Magic Morning (WMM)
 * White Magic Afternoon (WMA)
 * White Magic Night (WMN)
 * Merry Skier (MS)
 * Cute And Curious (CuCu)
 * Black Berry Bush (BBB)
 * Tea For Two Encore (T42e)
 * Rosie Red Encore (RRe)
 * Strawberry Mille-feuille (SMF)
 * Night Flower (NF)
 * Honey Bunny Once More (Hunny Bunny)
 * Prima Dolly Ashlet (PD1A)
 * Prima Dolly Ginger (PD1G)
 * Prima Dolly Violet (PD1V)
 * Piccadilly Dolly Encore (PiccaE)
 * Feel The Sky (FTS)
 * Rainy Day Parade (RDP)
 * My Best Friend (MBF)
 * Save the Animals (STA)
 * Cloud 9 Bowl (C9B)
 * Enchanted Petal (EP)
 * Odekake Kimono Musume (OKM)
 * Mod Molly (MM)
 * Prima Dolly Ashlette (PD1Ae)
 * Natasha Moore (NM)
 * Can Can Cat (CCC)
 * Precocious Candy's Mushroom (PCM)
 * Denizens of the Lake "Christina the Bride" (CtB)
 * Milky Way Sugar (MWS)
 * Bow Wow Trad (BWT)
 * Cousin Olivia (CO)
 * Frosty Frock (FF)
 * Prima Dolly Ashletina (PD3As)
 * Prima Dolly Violetina (PD3Vi)