[Tygra_Beaumont]

While searching for clothes for my future 23cm Obitsu I came across Licca Takara.
She's such a cutie with a sweet face!

I was wondering if she's jointed or stiff as her American cousin Barbie?
Has anyone tried replacing her body with an Obitsu one?
Where would I purchase a Licca doll, besides Ebay?

Btw Do you know if Takara Licca outfits fit a 21/23cm Obitsu?

[Nightfall]

Yes, I think licca outfits fit 23 cm dolls... 
Her body is more like a barbie than like an obitsu. I think her arms and legs swing, but do not bend.  I'm not sure if you can replace her body with an obitsu, I haven't seen it done, but it may be possible... Oh, actually, it looks like yes! There is a group on flickr that is dedicated to licca's on obitsu bodies. It looks like they use 21 cm bodies tho. So maybe licca is naturally a bit smaller than 23 cm... I know i have seen dals wearing licca outfits, so maybe the fit is not so different...

As far as where to buy besides ebay... i don't know of too many places myself since I don't collect licca. I think ebay may be best. I think maybe HLJ also sells licca dolls?

[Tygra_Beaumont]

Thank you Nightfall for your reply!

The following are all the replies I received after joining groups & writing emails left & right.
I thought I'd share them, in case someone else was interested.

Btw I purchased a normal skintone 23cm Obitsu body from Parabox + someone kindly sold me their 5 Licca heads so hopefully I'll be receiving things within the next week or so.

My dolls are Takara Jenny, Not Licca.
Licca Castle is a manufacturer of Licca and Jenny dolls.
All of mine are Jenny and her friends, Jenny is 27cm where as Licca is 23.

Jenny typically comes in 3 main body types.
The most common is similar to barbie, They can bend at the knees and arms but are all a plastic material.
The next body is a SAJ (super action) it's a hard plastics and has jointed arms and knees as well as hands and feet.
The 3rd is the less popular Bendy Body, Its kind or rubbery and not as nice as the other 2.

My dolls have had some changed to Obitsu Bodies, they are my favorite, they are 27 cm and come in multi jointed versions with varying bust sizes.
As far as the clothes, if the body is 23 licca and you switch to obitsu, it will work, same as the ones I had that were jenny bodies switched to obitsu.

A 23 CM SHOULD BE FINE FOR YOUR DOLL HEAD, OBITSU IS THE BEST, YOU CAN BUY THEM FROM HOBBY SEARCH OR ON EBAY, DEPENDING ON THE SKIN TONE, MORE THAN LIKELY YOU WILL WANT FLESH TONE OR REGULAR. tHE LICCA CLOTHES WILL FIT OBITSU AND THERE ARE A LOT OF NICE OUTFITS DESIGNED FOR BLYTHE THAT ALSO FIT.

Well if the 23cm obistu doll body is the same as the blythe doll, then Licca will also fit the clothes size not the head size.
Though licca dolls skin tone i think is the normal/flesh obistu skin tone

Though i am realy thinking of getting a licca since mattel changed the stacie doll body with the camping line.

Ok the 23cm obistu bodies should fit licca, I have never tried one to find out
Now if you live in the US best to send for them threw junky spot.
Now for clothes you want ether to make some or buy.

Licca and Jenny have "gumby" style legs and arms, for the legs, the rubbery plastic is poured over a wire core that can be bent. 
The arms are made of a hollow vinyl and a wire is inserted so they tend to flatten where bent and don't look strictly natural.  The arms and legs are attached with rotating socket joints to a hard vinyl body much like with barbie.

Licca-chan's clothes are too large for the 23cm obitsu, which is much skinnier, and has more narrow shoulders.  The 25 cm may be a better fit choice overall, but the shoulders are still just as narrow.
The normal obitsu color is generally a good match for Jenny and Licca heads.
I would not purchase anything from Toymints, they have a reputation for a lot of problem transactions,
http://community.livejournal.com/bad_dolly_deals/tag/toymints
you can view their old negative eBay feedback here
http://toolhaus.org/cgi-bin/negs?User=toymints&Dirn=Received+by
but your experiences may vary.

Maiko2 body's is Obitsu 21 cm.
I don't worry about her size because I can made the clothes for her. ^_^'
I choose this size because I want her height similar with my other Licca 2nd gen.
In the photo she wear Blythe's outfits, it's too large for her but it's OK for photo shoot.

I think Obitsu 21 cm must wear Dal doll clothes or Licca 2nd gen clothes. Some of Lati yellow dress fit for her like a blouse.

Yes, 23 cm size is good for Blythe, Dal and Licca.
Takara Licca outfits suitable for it.

I think the 21 cm are standard (the measurement is for the body, not the body + head). 
I think my Papaia (orangy/pink haired girl) is on a 25 cm, which looks good, too! 
I think it's really just personal preference that counts. 
The 21 cm are the closest to the Licca body size- they are the same height, but they are thinner.  Licca clothes will be a bit loose, which I actually like in most cases (I like the little girl look).
I haven't used a 23cm- they will definitely be taller than the Licca body, but the clothes may fit better...

It's flexible material like you can see from the pictures, but I believe obitsu and volks fit.
I have some licca fa

Yeah, a lot of people obitsu their Liccas.
They have bendy limbs, theres some sort of wire in the arms/legs. They're pretty durable :P

[ichinose]

I think her arms and legs swing, but do not bend.

Actually, normal Licca's arms and legs bend, but not the repro/vintage Liccas. The bendy body has wires in its limbs.

[B.Wolf]

Very nice of you to put up the replies, I like Licca faces a lot, so I might want to try that some day. Now I know it works ^^