How many different companies/artists do you have BJDs from?

Currently, my collection consists of:

• A full MSD from Resinsoul
• A full MSD from Doll Leaves
• A MSD body from MYOU
• A MSD head from Dollzone
• A full SD from Volks
• A SD head from Akagi Doll

I have plans for more Resinsouls, maybe Doll Leaves (I really like their sculpts), and hopes for some more older Volks SDs

 

I thought I'd have a wider spread, but then I remembered just how many shiwoos I own WHOOPS.

So uh yeah it leans heavily towards Fairyland/Soom because I'm a sucker for fantasy parts, and I really do enjoy CP's older sculpt styles. I think I should probably say more Cerberus Project then Luts or Fairyland because tbh the only real "luts" doll I've bought since CP split off to become Fairyland is the JDF Terra, the rest are all oldschool delfs. ANYWAY, that level of semantic confusion aside:

Soom: 10
Fairyland: 8.5 (listen like four of these are just Shiwoo in different sizes and I will not be held accountable)
Luts: 3
Summerbird: 2
Leeke: 2 (well, heads at least)
Resinsoul: 1.5
And coming in at 1 each for the rest:
Bimong, HZDoll, Dollzone, Limhwa, Crobidoll, Withdoll, and Dream Valley.

So that's a total of 13 different companies. 17 if you count the ones I've sold on. It's not so much company loyalty such as for a long time, Soom were the only ones doing full fantasy dolls and elaborate fullsets for them. Now, with many things, there's a ton more variety out there.

 

I'm not sayin' ANYTHING to anyone about multiple Shiwoos.
Not. A. Word.
Nope.

... Or multiple Breakaways/Itals.
.... Or multiple Soom Heliots, for that matter.

 

I have a big mix!

Migidoll: 13 heads
Luts: 2 bodies
MYOU: 1 body
Souldoll: 1 body and 1 head (different doll hybrids)
Angel of Dream: 2 full dolls and 1 body
Doll Zone: 1 body
Volks: 1 body
Dollmore: 1 full doll
ALM Doll: 1 body
Supia: 1 full doll
Impldoll: 1 body
Little Monica: 1 body
Spiritdoll: 1 body
BlueBlood Doll: 1 full doll
Iplehouse: 1 full doll
Fairyland: 1 full doll (and 1 body on the way)
ResinSoul: 1 full doll
Dreaming Doll: 1 full doll
Elfdoll: 1 full doll
OfButterfliesNThings: 1full doll

Soooo....20 different companies! I clearly have a favorite that I keep going back to, but I also like to branch out and try new things. I can understand how some people really prefer that single company to keep all of the aesthetic matching, but I think I'd get very bored if all of my dolls were the same company. I love the variety!

 

You could say I’m a Fairyland girlie lol All but two dolls are FL. The other two companies are Doll Chateau and DollZone. I’ve had a few others, but they have since been sold.

Honestly, I usually only keep up with what FL is doing. I’ll browse other companies when I’m bored but have little intention to buy. I like my collection being cohesive. And Fairyland just tickles my fancy

 

Dream Valley, Fairyland, Doll Leaves, SOOM, Resinsoul, Doll Family-H, Withdoll, Doll Zone, Doll Chateau, Dika Doll, Luts, Gem of Doll, Ringdoll, Rap1993, and a couple artist dolls. I mostly prefer fantasy dolls unless I'm trying to shell a specific character that's human (i.e. my Super Sentai/Power Rangers type group).

 

I pretty much only own small artist BJDs, though two are heads hybridized with Dollzone bodies. So far I have 12 different artists in my collection, but 5 of my dolls are from the same artist (Metis Doll). I have two dolls each from another 3 artists.

 

Let's see: (in the order of acquisition)
Blue Blood Doll - 1
Kids' Sky - 1 full doll
Dollmore - 1 full doll
Volks - 1 full doll
Doll Family H - 1 head
Shoushou Doll - 1 full doll + 1 body
Doll Family A - 1 body
Fenjiexian (Dividing Line) -1 full doll
Off-topic - 1 full doll, 1 head
Luts - 2 heads
Little Monica - 1 head
RaMCube - 1 head
Ring - 1 full doll
Domuya - 1 full doll
Telesthesia - 1 full doll
IOS (upcoming) -1 full doll + 1 head + 1 body
Dream Valley (upcoming) -1full doll
Loongsoul (upcoming) - 1 body

... er... yeah. I think I'm a bit of a variety collector.
These guys and gals are usually SD and up except for 2 tinies (and one 1/4). Now that I think of it... boy, I'm all over the place! I don't think I can just stay with one company and just get their stuff all the time. It's a big wide world out there, after all!

 

I think currently I have 16 or so BJD companies represented in my collection~ A large majority of my collection is made up of Souldoll, Volks and Luts dolls though.

I'm that type of person that goes to a restaurant and definitely has their 'favorite' dish that they will almost always order 90% of the time.... but that other 10% when I'm feeling super adventurous I go through the menu to find something really different to try. Sometimes I find new favorite dishes, and other times~ I get it once, enjoy it, but decide not to re-order again. It's sorta the same for me and dolls

 

I currently own 7 dolls (5 at home, 2 on order) and 1 floating head who represent 9 companies/sculptors - some of them are hybrids. All the companies are represented once, either as a hybrid or full doll, except for one - Dollstown - who has the honour of being represented across 3 dolls (1 full doll + 2 hybrids).

My full collection demographics are in this thread - why not add to that thread if you like!

I've noticed two patterns in my doll buying: (a) I like variety, and not really keen on having dolls that look overly similar to each other, (b) I also have a strong drive towards curation and don't want a big crew. Practically all my recent doll purchases have been from independent sculptors, and so far I've been quite contented to own just one of their sculpts -- because that doll is, to my subjective taste, the "best" one I've found in the sculptor's entire oeuvre at that point in time. If I own "the best", I feel no need to buy anymore from that sculptor, so I can go find more new and interesting resin to own next.

So far I've managed to satisfy both my desire for variety and desire for a small crew by curating my crew and wishlist quite ruthlessly. This also goes for bodies, I want my crew to all have different bodies. I don't really do this consciously but that's the pattern I've noticed when I'm thinking of what/whether I want to buy new dolls.

 

Not brand loyal here, my dolls and floating heads are from 10 companies.

DOD: 2 dolls
Luts: 1 doll and 3 heads
Fairyland: 4 dolls
Pipos: 1 doll
Soom: 4 dolls and 1 head
Iplehouse: 1 doll
Plutodoll: 1 head
Switch: 1 head
Migidoll: 1 head
Littlemonica: 1 head

I haven't any Chinese doll yet, but will fill the gap soon.
I'm not consciously searching for variety, it's only that my desires are limitless.

 

This is a very interesting question. I had a friend who only collected Luts, and I thought it was wonderful to have such a cohesive collection. But from the very beginning, all the way back in 2006, I began my collection with diversity in mind. I envisioned a fantasy world (somewhat akin to Tim Burton’s “Alice”…in wonderland…where everyone and anyone, both creatures and human alike, could live happily together.) I'm very much an emotionally-connect-in-the-moment buyer, so I had no preconceived plans. I just envisioned my characters and went about seeking out shells for them, regardless of the company.

After all these years, however, I have favored certain companies for their quality and ability to match my vision. This is basically how my large crew breaks down:

Luts: 14 dolls (what can I say? Their variety is epic!)
Dollzone: 8 dolls (once again, stellar variety)
Doll Chateau: 7 dolls; Dream Valley: 1 doll (here, it’s the particular aesthetic that draws me)
Volks: 6 dolls (love the old school vibe)
Fairyland: 6 dolls (love the fantasy character faces of their tiny dolls)
Peakswoods: 2 dolls
Pipos: 2 dolls
Soom: 2 dolls
All the rest are single dolls from Amerai, Dearmine, Dollmore, Gem of Doll, Myou, Doll Leaves, and the smaller ateliers Sio2, Kaniboom, Flower and Junior, PicotPrince.

So it’s pretty much a mix of diversity and brand loyalty from me.

 

I don't have many dolls, only 6, but, in my case, only 2 are from the same company, Dearmine, and the rest are one each from Bimong (hybrid), Souldoll, LUTS, and Be with you dolls (DollsBe), so I don't think I have loyalties to any particular brand.
I think it depends on what you're looking for, if cohesion is important to you or not. For my human-like dolls, I like a certain amount of realism and I'm very careful about sizes so that their faces don't look off next to each other. In the antros' family there is a certain cohesion in size and style, but they are mainly unusual animals that caught my attention from the first sight, and Dearmine is perfect for that, and so it's LUTS.

 

9, and only 1 repeating (doll chateau). I love variety (although it has its downsides in terms of clothing and wigs), and I usually settle on one or two sculpts from a company or artist that I love and then my eyes wander elsewhere...

 

Nearly 20 companies, though not necessarily full dolls. Many of mine are hybrids (some cases heads form companies that don't/didn't do bodies, some heads from compnaies where I didn't like their bodies etc) rather than full dolls from one company.

RML
Volks
DollsTown
Luts
Elfdoll
AiL
Minoruworld
Unoa
Narae
Limhwa
MerryDollRound
CustomHouse
Ninodoll
Fairyland
Banji
Dollmore
Kaye Wiggs
Amooooore Doll

There have also been a few others that have since moved on to new homes.

Teddy

 

The majority of my collection is Fairyland though Ive never bought directly from the company

Fairyland: 8
Dodollsdream: 3
Doll in Mind: 2
Volks: 1
Cyaoo: 1
Merviaartdolls: 1
Vanidoll: 1

 

In my current collection I have sculpts from Volks, Luts, Boy & Girl and Crobidoll and a body from Doll Family-H. I've had dolls from other companies (that I've sold/will sell) however.

 

Currently I own from 6 different companies, but if I count from the dolls in the past that would be an extra 12, so 18 in total so far.
I'm not loyal to any company eventhough I've had multiple dolls from one same company both in the past and in the present. I go with what I like and fits and whether it is from the same company or not I do not care.

 

I have dolls from 3 companies. Two of them are licensed, two i didn't necessarily intend to get dolls from the same company to shell the characters, but it happened to have the best options for what i had in mind of faces and sizes for the characters. the other is an artist doll. i'll probably end up getting a few more dolls from a few other companies eventually.

 

Alice in Labyrinth (1), Elfdoll (2), Iplehouse (2), Kanadoll (1), MS Doll (1), Nakana (1), Sio2 (2).... and then bodies account for another 4 companies.... so 11 companies currently?

But just for heads, over the years, I have owned from 21 different companies/artists.

I feel like there have just been faces that hit me over the years, and there are features I know I'm weak to, so when a sculpt lines things up just right I get the bug.