BJD as a Family Habit

I got my friends into bjds but recently my mom started to display interest XD She is now saving for her first girl from iplehouse ^ ^ She always thought mine was creeepy and thought it was were there were no dark skin or african looking dolls and I showed her some.

 

My older sister was the one who got myself and a cousin into BJDs. It's great to have some one close by to talk about about the hobby and new events. I love having my cousin over for playing with dolls, though it doesn't happen often. My sister is now in Japan but when she was here we played with our dolls together and she would sew clothes for the dolls. The best thing I've found about having relatives in the hobby has been when buying things. One of us would buy something and all of us would try it on our dolls.

 

Thats really cool about your mom getting into it. Unfortunately I dont have anyone in my family into this most of my family memebers think its creepy. However I did get my partner into anime figures :p which is pretty cool. Still working on getting them into bjd's XD

 

I was very lucky, it turns out I had two cousins who were already into the hobby, while I was just thinking about the hobby. they have been into the hobby for at least 2-3 more years than I have been, but it also helped out at lot when it came to first starting out. my cousins are very helpful whenever I have any questions or want to try anything out on my dolls, they have also been a great support system and I had never really been that close to them before, but it is really awesome that I have been able to bond with my cousins and get into a great hobby all at the same time.

 

I'm the first and so far only member of the family to get into this hobby- I'm kind of a black sheep. :P If anyone were to be interested I think my mom would, but I doubt she would actually get into the hobby because of the cost.

 

My siblings got me into the hobby-- my brother showed me pictures of them online first, his interest in them was as a sculptor. My sister got into them when she saw them in person at a convention. Now, she's always been a doll person. I... have never been. And then between the two of them, I got into these beauties.

My brother, who had been interested in the sculpting and jointing as an artist rather than a collector, is now keen to buy a doll for himself! And my mother has an off-topic anthro and some miniature furniture, but enjoys experiencing the hobby secondhand for the most part.

I love having a hobby I can share with my family, definitely. The built-in group orders is a huge plus! As is being able to carpool to the nearest meet-ups.

 

My sister has about half as many dolls as I do, and my husband has one (he's not nearly as involved in the hobby, my sister and I play, but Ron is a shelf baby).

I agree with ALL of the pros, but not so much the cons. I haven't really found any cons. We all have designated space, I do all of the faceups, my sister does most of the jewelry making (so no fighting), we don't criticize each others' dolls unless opinions are asked but we're considerate and since we are all adults with fulltime jobs, dolls are purchased as our own budgets allow. No one goes without food or necessities, that comes first, doll budget is extra.

 

I'm the only one in my immediate family that I know of in the hobby, but we have another family who is like our extended family that had a daughter who was in the hobby. She passed away a few years ago unfortunately, and before I actually became interested in the hobby myself so I never knew what dolls she had or anything. ;_;

On a positive note, my mom is actually super interested in the hobby now too and wants her own. Its funny that we even have a similar taste in dolls. I was showing her a doll site and right when I pointed at the one I wanted she pointed at the same one and said "I want this one!" xD

^^ I love the idea of having family in the BJD hobby. I just don't know if I like the idea of someone else in my family having the same doll as me or wanting the same one. Does this happen with anyone else's family members...? Do they ever want the same doll as you?

 

No one in my family is in the hobby, but my mom and my sister sometimes bring me items that are in scale that they bought, or clothing or jewellery they have made for my dolls. It's super sweet. They're both super creative, too, so I always have someone to bounce ideas or designs off of.

 

Aw, I wish members of my family were into dolls. But I'm actually a little bit shy to talk to them about it, to tell you the truth! The last time I showed one of my cousins my first doll, he held him the wrong way and accidentally dropped him onto the solid oak table, nearly splitting his head open, and then spilled a scalding cup of tea on him. Funny now, not so funny then!

One of my aunts expressed interest in my dolls when I told her about them, but that's about as far as it went. Another relative thinks dolls are incredibly creepy and won't even be in the same room as mine.

 

None of my family collects, but they participate. My husband loves that I decorate for the holidays, including dolls by changing clothing and scenes and swaping dolls. My oldesy son is in the teenager world, but knows more about dolls then he thinks he should. My middleson 11 years old make things for my dolls. and my youngest son 5 years old, collects and plays with dolls with me.

 

Re liking the same dolls:

My brother and I have both done a certain amount of lusting over Batchix' robots (the mini Machina is what we think will tip him over into being a doll owner himself), and when I bought Pete, my sister told me he was one of the sculpts she was thinking about for her first guy (she changed her mind after looking at him next to her girl, and realizing she'd need someone a little taller, but she was a bigger fan of the sculpt than I was originally-- I fell in love with him because he suited the character better than some sculpts I had objectively preferred, she's always thought it was a handsome sculpt)

 

I have no kids and no siblings, I don't talk to my cousins, my mother thinks BJDs are interesting just because they're something I like, and my boyfriend thinks they're kind of creepy. No chance of a family hobby for me! I don't want my boyfriend to start collecting or anything, but I wouldn't complain if he didn't shudder every time one of my dolls is looking his direction...

 

I don't have any siblings and my mom thinks they're cute but hasn't shown any real interest in them (although I have considered getting her something like a pukipuki to be with her at work).
My boyfriend did show a lot of interest since day one and has now requested me to provide him with links to choose a sculpt (he is actually looking for something that looks like me!)
He chose a doll from Iplehouse because of their real skin but I wish he had chosen a cheaper company so he could save the money faster and get it right away, but at least I already own another iplehouse doll in the same scale so I can loan him some clothes for his doll when it arrives.

 

No one in my family has BJD but they are all very accepting of Sarah and even ask me about her like she is a real person. It kinda creeps me out sometimes to be honest.