Girls view on guys who own BJDs

This is pretty much my point of view as well.
In fact, I'd love to speak to more guys within this hobby -- it would be a nice change, since I find it a little harder to get along with girls. ><

 

Like someone said, in Japan there are a lot of male doll collectors, they mostly stick to anime characters cosplay dolls and the alike, but that's not a rule.

I'm pretty liberal about tastes and what now, if a dude want to have a doll, so be it. Yeah, older males with dolls can sound pretty creepy at first, but the whole bjd collecting hobby can be pretty creepy in general for outsiders.

 

I don't mind. In fact, I find guys who own BJDs awesome. Just shows that they don't coward and succumb to society's rules.

 

I have absolutely no problem with it! In fact, I give the men extra kudos for not being embarrassed about their collections.
My fiance secretly loves to look at doll galleries with me. He claims- "I already spend hundreds of dollars on anime figurines!", but he does encourage my collection. He especially loves to suggest clothing ideas when I sew. x3

 

Actually. I didn't know about BJD until I met my boyfriend.

And he collected dolls. And I fell in love with his collection and wanted to get into it. I was pretty shocked that these dolls he had were super expensive but it got me saving up money from my job and start my own collection.

He's actually crazier about doll collecting than I am. (and has been collecting long before me too rofl). Like he keeps his in a box or a glass display and doesn't touch them without 1) washing hands 2) wearing clean plastic gloves. etc. He takes good care of them even more so than how I take care of mine, i'm a bit embarrassed ahahaha. (He's always nagging me that I should take care of mine better. As in, I don't wear gloves when I play with them, i still wash my hands though etc)

My boyfriend is friends with a lot of male dollfie collectors. Though I think my boyfriend and his friends tends to stay in their own little group ahaha. And it is true that they have such a different 'perspective' into dollfie than me or my female friends have. (or it just might be this group, I don't know lol)

As haseshi has said, my boyfriend and all his male dollfie collector friends are mostly into anime bjds. And obsessed with trying to 'perfect' their anime bjd characters. (I find it funny that like haseshi had said, they're all Japanese or at least Asian, so...)

 

I've met guys who collect BJDs - a diverse selection in fact. The DD anime otakus, the cosplay geek (get along sooooo well w/him seeing as that describes me), the couples collecting together - all very cool!

 

I will admit, I tend to not be comfortable with the idea of an older man having dolls, especially the ones aimed at little girls. although with BJDs it's almost a different kind of doll collecting. These are not childrens toys, these are specifically collector dolls, I mean I don't see a problem and like one of the above posters said, it's not different from collecting anime figures.

 

Well, I'm a guy and I own three dolls. I guess it's not as socially accepted unless you are seen by another doll collector who thinks it's fine. But really, I will not let anyone affect how I want to live my life. Cos life is far too short to be bothered by what others think, if I'm happy myself, who cares~

 

At certain gatherings around here, we end up with a majority of male collectors. And I think men are in charge of the area fashion-doll guild and Barbie clubs as well. I've never found dolls an unusual thing for men to collect. My male friends have been the ones who taught me everything I know about non-BJD doll collecting scenes (I was never a doll-person before BJDs, so I really knew nothing!).

And some of these dudes have been at it for decades, so you should SEE some of those collections. Houses like museums, with the newer BJDs crowded comfortably in amongst the older fashion-dolls and figurines... it's awesome...

 

Good attitude and perspective, jaejae. For some reason, I feel that it's more socially acceptable for girls to like "guy" things than it is okay for guys to like "girl" things. Maybe it's the area I live in (in MN/ND, it's common for women to shoot guns, go hunting/fishing, drive big trucks, etc). So for a guy to go hunting one week and collect dolls the next, people would probably raise an eyebrow. For a woman to do the same thing, people would probably just shrug and think nothing of it. It's a role stereotype where I live, and I'm sure it exists in other areas too.

Personally, I think it's neat that guys collect dolls. I had a guy friend who I think would love BJDs, and if he had shown them to me before I was into it, I wouldn't have thought it to be weird. He's really into art and is very creative, so I would have seen it as another way to be artistic and jumped on board with him Too bad he moved, we could have been BJD buddies

 

Thanks! Yeaps! Bjd should not be made exclusive to a specific gender, it should be for everyone!

 

When I asked in a FB group if I was the oldest there (I got into the hobby WAY late), I was pleasantly surprised to have one of my first answer-ers be a gentleman who has about 15 years on me. He's a great guy to talk to and has so much insight into the hobby. It's not just for girls... OR for the young!

 

Doesn't bother me! The more the merrier, as they say.. If you don't like it, find something else.

Though, I'm the only person I know IRL that's remotely interested in bjds or dolls of any kind. xP

 

I know one guy who owns one of the limited edition Saber dollfies that were released (the Fate/EXTRA one) and I fawned over both him and the doll when I saw him at my local con XD He was an older kinda guy, probably in his 30s and even though some people at the con found it weird that he was walking around cradling his Saber, I personally didn't :3 I even encouraged him to go grab his Saber after he saw my boy on display XD

 

I think people get to hung up on gender, I like playing with power tools and I may play video games more than most men but that makes me no less of a woman! And the whole boys shouldn't play with dolls thing is soo stupid GI Joe is a doll and that is socially except able! Lol when I was a child I played with dinosaurs and I could name over 200 species of dinosaurs, dose that make me weird? ... Well I am but in a good way XD

 

Saishi- I went to my first meetup a few weeks ago, and I was really nervous about the way some might react to me being the only guy there (well, that's not REALLY true- the only guy with dolls- I brought my boyfriend, who has an Iplehouse Jessica on layaway and someone else brought THEIR boyfriend, but he was sat in the corner with a laptop, looking like he didn't want to be there. XD) On top of that, I'm 28, but nobody would know it to look at me. I thought people would think I was a creep carrying around my two boys. It was really relieving to see nobody bat an eye, and when I mentioned that I had been nervous, I was more than reassured by many of the girls there that it wasn't weird, and that there are a lot of guys here on DoA.

BTW, you're in Carlisle! I'm in Middletown, by Harrisburg! Any meetups your way? The one I went to was in Philly. (please by all means drop me a message, I don't want to drag this thread off topic.)

 

I think it's totally ok ^^. I like video games, why a guy wouldn't like dolls?? I would love to see more guys in this hobby




My boyfriend asked me if there are too many guys in this hobby, and when I said yes he said "but they're gay right?"...actually, no xD. One of the male owners I know is married and he and his wife collects dolls, I think it's really nice!!! ^^.


For me, it's not strange at all. Some people might think its wierd, because we're not used to it. It's cultural that girls play with dolls and cook, and boys play with cars and robots etc xD.

 

I think some male collectors are more artistic than their female counterparts. I always thought it sad that boys who wanted to play with dolls were discouraged. So I say-Good Deal for Male collectors!

 

Guys who actually understand my hobby and are also into it? AWESOME.

 

So far, the male BJD owners I've met are all also artists (of varying degree). At first it did seem odd, because of my western culture, but they like them for the same reasons - they look cool (beautiful, detailed).

I am also very lucky to have a husband that is interested in the hobby as well (though he doesn't do much with his doll, he's got a lot of other interests to keep him busy heh). We're artists and we collect figures so it's not odd we each ended up in BJD's.