Merbellas Thread

[Anahita]

When I saw the tail posted on the Live Exhibit FB page that was the FIRST thing I thought, "OMG it reminds me of She-Creature". And then she confirmed it today on the Merbella's page, I was like "Ok, epic. Her cool points just went up like, 100 fold, if that's even possible." I just love that movie (even if the costumes for the people were weird, the mermaid was just SO FRICKIN' COOL)

[Mermaid Evolet]

..... one hour later
... it is ... it's so... and so... sorry i'm still like this
*takes a deep breath* ok enought drooling
this fluke is absolutely breath taking its so unique and mysterious and and ... sorry still can't think clearly...
i'll try it later

[Mermaid Danielle]

I absolutely LOVE that fluke! It is gorgeous, stunning, and extremely unique!

[Yulia]

That fluke is amazing!
Too bad it doesn't look fast, but I may be wrong.

[Mizuko]

Raven's work is just... wow. I love it!!! XD

[AniaR]

woowhoo this thread just reached 100 pages

[Merman Arion]

woowhoo this thread just reached 100 pages

YAY!

I know how to celebrate this!
I'm gonna do a thread full of gifs about Merbellas just like i did for The Mertailor.
I'm gonna use all the infos from page 1 to 100 to make something great and funny. And i'm thinking about innovating and add something new.

Do i have your approval? Who here is curious to see what i'm gonna do?

The "King of gifs" (title given thanks to MermaidHyli) is back! (I never left though.. LOL)

[Anahita]

YAY!

I know how to celebrate this!
I'm gonna do a thread full of gifs about Merbellas just like i did for The Mertailor.
I'm gonna use all the infos from page 1 to 100 to make something great and funny. And i'm thinking about innovating and add something new.

Do i have your approval? Who here is curious to see what i'm gonna do?

The "King of gifs" (title given thanks to MermaidHyli) is back! (I never left though.. LOL)

Hehehee I can't wait! This is gonna be good.

[Phoenix Mermaid]

That's probably the issue. I'm used to just using fins, so my kicks come from knees and ankles. I'll be super aware of my form from now on. But with a monofin what would you suggest as as good starter one? I attempted to swim today but my BF didn't film it very well so you can't really see me swimming, so I don't think you'd be able to see what I'm doing wrong. On that note if I could do it again I would not have ordered the competitor monofin. I really wished I had been warned that its not a good idea for a first time monofin user.

Mer-Crazy your tail looks beautiful in the water. I really hope you keep it, it fits you well. I think if you practice for a while, you'll get the hang of it in time... I'm also jealous that your tail fits tight! lol

wow! I love the "she creature" fluke Raven did! Its very unique!

@Kalani- Thank you! His eyes remind me of fire too! When you look at him he is beautiful and elegant, but you look him in the eyes he is instantly evil! lol

Go for it Frenchie!

[Mermaid Kalliope]

Phoenix- Ooooo guard octopus? :-D

Go, Frenchie, go!

YAY 100 pages!

I just love that new tail! It's so pretty! My brain just sorta.... died when I saw it. Haha ♥♥

[Echidna]

She Creature is my favourite movie! I love that tail!
...It's not fair

[Ariel-Starfish]

Yay 100th page!

Omg RAVEN!! :o You did it again! <3 *fangirl moment* Now this all reminds me why I ordered from u in the first place <3

[themnmermaid]

Hi everyone! I just signed up with the MerNetwork today even though Ive been apart of the mermaiding world for awhile now. I ordered a basic tail from Raven at the beginning of this year & the wait is going on 7 months now. I'm about to come out of my skin...

[Merman Arion]

i just found a great design of Raven's tail about the movie "She Creature".

[Yulia]

That looks like algae! Cool design.

[Finfolk Productions]

I already addressed this exactly in my post when I said,


Those didn't have to be there but that's the fluke style and my preference. If they weren't there, then it would still be the monofin filling up the whole fluke. They're an extra piece, just like my extra fins. And nothing like seeing two swim fins in the middle of a monofin.

I know several people who own or did own a MVD tail and they all said it was awful to swim in and the foot pocket business instead of a monofin made it very hard to move in. A few of my friends tried on the MVD tails owned by others and said the same thing. Personally, I love having a competitor fin. The stiff fluke is lighter, I can lift it up, I can get a good tail slap out of it, in my opinion it looks more realistic, and its much much easier to swim in. I know a lot of people prefer the flowy look, and it's really just about your preference. I just don't get the constant need in the community to compare merbellas to mertailor. There doesn't seem to be any comparing of other tail makers this way. Why not talk about finfolk flukes which look beautiful when flat but clearly still have bunching and air pocket problems? Or all the other tail makers who still havent figured out how to actually glue the monofins down inside so they shift around damaging the fluke etc? I just feel like it always turns into a mertailor vs merbellas with some people. Go with what you like, but I'm not sure how you can accurately judge how a tail swims without swimming in it yourself. I've got 4 different tail makers I can compare based on my own personal experience swimming in their tails.

Hello Raina,

While we know we are not on here often, and we understand the context and point of your post, we would like to clarify once again with you that our tails do not hold air pockets or water when being swam in, and our monofins do not shift within the tail. We would only like to bring this up to prevent the spread of inaccurate thoughts concerning our tails.

If anyone would like to see our tails in action in these videos, you will see that our flukes do in fact remain flat and unfilled while in use.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=ES7QDQrS_yo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e-1wdn8MDM

If anyone has any questions, comments, or concerns, we would like to direct you to our facebook page to please send us a private message.


Sincerely,
Abby and Bryn
Finfolk Productions

[Ariel-Starfish]

i just found a great design of Raven's tail about the movie "She Creature".

Thank you for posting this French ^^ *hugg*

[Mermaid Syrena]

I've talked extensively to Finfolk's clients (the girls they travelled to Hawaii with for their mermaid photoshoot, as well as clients outside of Minnesota, which is where FF is based), and not once has anyone mentioned that their Finfolk tail holds water and bags up. To be more specific, not once has any client ever made ANY sort of complaint about Finfolk to me; even when I was still deciding where I should get my tail, and assured them that they could be brutally honest about their tails with me. The personal reviews (meaning I messaged the clients one on one) have all been glowing, and they also speak of Finfolk's stellar customer service.

I'm not daft. There's a reason I'm choosing to lay down close to 3K USD with Finfolk, and foot the 300 USD shipping all the way to Singapore. I am completely sure that the products others have received have been satisfactory (more than). Similarly, I can rest in the assurance that the tail that'll arrive on my doorstep will meet and surpass my expectations. If I find my new Finfolk tail bunches and balloons when I swim... well, free drinks on me for everybody on Mernetwork. (yes, I'm that confident.)

[Ariel-Starfish]

It's been a month since Raven told me my Ariel bra was almost completed and willing to add some silicone glue to fix my tail. Have send 2 emails this week and no responce yet.

[AniaR]

Finfolk I decided to skip replying here since it's the Merbellas thread, and I wrote you a reply over here in the drama thread (I don't think either of us are being dramatic but I see the potential for other people to step in and make it so, so I decided to just start it there anyway!) http://mernetwork.com/index/showthre...ll=1#post89748 I've posted some photos of what I'm talking about and an explanation, though let me clarify again it way in no way intended to attack you, as you said, the context of the post and all.

Golden Pearl, I also replied to your off topic posts in that same link/post as well, and if you'd like to continue on with me, you can do so there (or anyone else involved in that conversation) I've asked the mods to move the non-merbellas related posts from this thread to either their appropriate thread or the drama thread, but I know Iona is really busy right now so I'm not sure if it'll happen anytime soon.

It's been a month since Raven told me my Ariel bra was almost completed and willing to add some silicone glue to fix my tail. Have send 2 emails this week and no responce yet

I know tails take priorities over tops I believe, and have different wait times. I know she's been super busy (always is) I'll try and remind her too! If it's any consolation I believe she's finally nearing the end of her recent batch of orders and is just going flat out. Keep in mind they were away performing over the long weekend too. If you sent two emails I think that should be good


I just wanted to clarify for everyone:
I don't officially represent merbellas, I just help Raven with managing the emails and the online world from time to time so she can focus on tails. Nothing about Merbellas is an official Merbellas statement unless it comes from them, I just tend to relay information directly from their FB here, from Raven when I can, or from my insight from reading the emails. People PM me a lot, but I dont know the 'inner workings' and any tail maintenance I know is only from my own tail, so keep that in mind if you're PMing me about Raven. ONCE IN A WHILE I can forward a message to her or remind her about something, but I'm super busy with my own life, and you know we live in different countries and all hahah... so you can't really count on me being able to or expect me to. If I think I can I will, but even then there's no guarantee. I don't have a hard line to Raven. We both go off into our busy worlds and sometimes don't get to chat for a while. Other times we talk so much business we take a break from that so we can be friends, lol.