Did you ever find dolls creepy before you got into BJDs?

I've been more of a stuffed animal person as a kid honestly. Maybe I found dolls creepy to some degree? But when I got older that went away almost completely. Now most doll sculpts (even the horror ones) don't really freak me out. The only ones that really do nowadays are the standard ones that have expressions (smiles usually) I find creepy.

 

Never. I grew up loving dolls. I was never particular what brand they were, I had lots of different Playline andAG dolls growing up and my mom had collected a handful of porcelain dolls for me before I was born.

 

Yes I did find them creepy especially those baby doll and those vintage ones with the Victorian dress. And sometime barbie. Mannequin for me are the creepiest especially those old ones in the museum that looks lifelike. When I got my very first bjd from iplehouse he didn't have any hair or clothes I got creeper out fir a while lol.

 

My mom had a few porcelain dolls of grown women in beautiful Elizabethan era dresses and they were so pretty I never thought of them as creepy. My sister does have a small porcelain girl doll in a dress and a music box in her, she is creepy to some standards but I always found her "creepiness" enjoyable. I also have a collection of porcelain Jesters, they are quite pretty and have vibrant outfits and the cute hats with bells. I just find it amusing when people mention that they're creepy, and they are a bit, it's kinda the point. Something between beautiful and unsettling is interesting to me.

As for BJDs though, first one I saw was a photo on pinterest and I thought he was absolutely gorgeous. I didn't find out until years later what he was and how much you can customize them. After learning that I jumped head first into this hobby. There have been a few sculpts I find unappealing or weird looking. But while I have an aversion to certain textures, no doll has ever heebie-jeebies creeped me out.

 

The only dolls I find creepy are the reborn babies. I admire the craftmanship and such, but I just want to run the other way if I see one

 

I was never creeped out by dolls, but I didn't get the appeal of Barbie when I was young. I blame the fact that my mom refused to buy me Barbies "with jobs," even though that was the only kind I wanted.

Something about Blythe heads gives me a bit of a chill, though. It's not even the fact that the heads are huge, because I'm completely unbothered by Pullip.

It always feels weird to me when someone is freaked out by my little resin babies. They just look like sweet little children to me, not creepy at all.

 

When I was little, my mother bought me a baby doll and I was terrified of it so they never bought me another doll again. I still don't like a lot of dolls with factory paint, but I like the style of BJDs and warmed up to them when I found Luts in high school.

 

In my experience, it really depends on the doll. There are the obvious ones I find creepy and stay away from, like Chucky and Annabelle dolls. There were the few times I found dolls being a bit uncanny, but not really creepy. I have three porcelain dolls, two I inherited from my grandparents and one I got from a classmate in high school. My parents and other viewers found the dolls creepy while I found them to be cute and pretty. When I entered the BJD community and hobby, I always thought the BJDs I was looking at were beautiful, cute, the good cartoony, or the good realistic.

 

I wonder how much of the creepiness is just bad lighting

 

Never have. A few exceptions with dolls made specifically to be creepy, not creepy theme bjds, but like, gorey baby dolls...
From people I've talked to who were scared of dolls most commonly they said they didn't like the eyes watching them. I always found it comforting and still do prefer that my dolls and plush are "looking" at me from my usual viewing angle. Most dolls have a good energy to them so the stare feels like that of a guardian

 

I only found porcelain dolls a little bit off when I was a kid, but every other doll was just fine. I can't feel the uncanny valley thingy, it seems interesting though...

 

I think the gory Living Dead dolls are pretty creepy. I do have a few non-gore Living Dead dolls though, as some of them are also cute.

I have always found baby dolls unappealing. They were ugly to me when I was young and they still are as an adult. That being said, I'm also not a fan of actual babies, so that may have something to do with it. XD

 

Creepy for me is a good thing in most cases. I always adored old porcelain dolls and the like. My collection is supposed to be a little unnerving too. I can see where they could be creepy, the in-set eyes and the dolls are rarely super expressive. So I guess I kind of find them unsettling but it adds to the charm for me.
However baby dolls are...uh...not my thing. I really dont like them ahah.

 

There hasn’t been much in terms of dolls that have scared me, maybe Chucky when I was a kid ^^; I collect other types of dolls outside of Bjd, including things like Ldds so not much scares me in that sense.

 

I’ve liked dolls since I was young, so there haven’t been many dolls that I found creepy. The only ones that come to mind are those super lifelike baby dolls.

 

I like most dolls however I find baby dolls creepy especially realistic looking ones. Just not my cup of tea.

 

Personally, creepy appeals to me. I grew up with all kinds of dolls, from Barbie, Bratz and MyScene to Porcelain dolls. Early on, I learned that there were collector dolls when my grandmother showed me a store with the Dolls of the World Barbie Dolls and I was particularly awed by the Princess of South Africa doll.

That said, dolls have never been creepy to me. I'm more concerned whether they're aesthetically appealing or not. I can't say I mind Reborn dolls for the very same reason, and I think that some of the intentions behind them are rather sweet.

 

Not really. I've always liked dolls and while I don't really have an interest in the creepier sculpts, they don't scare me. I'd rather not sleep with my dolls staring at me though, creepy or not

 

Not really. But the prices are. I thought it would be insane to dispense hundreds of euros on a "toy", but now I think they're my company and the price wouldn't drop too much when I have to part with them.

 

They just weren't my thing. I preferred animal toys and plush. Some family had dolls all over the house that scared people but I just thought they were aesthetically unappealing instead of creepy.