How old were you when you got into the doll hobby?

I had just turned 20. Feels like so long ago, I'm 34 now.

 

I was 21 and I’m 29 right now

 

15, for dolls overall but I got my first proper BJD at 19 years old - I had been interested in them while earlier than that though. I actually just recently got my grail doll I had been dreaming of for since I was 16 or 17!

 

My best friend is actually the reason I got into the hobby haha I got my first doll, my Fairyland Minifee Mio, in 2016 at the age of 20! I was in college at the time and couldn't do much in terms of customization the way I wanted to until now but I think that was for the best! I was super nervous about branching out from Fairyland and now I'm not really all that picky honestly haha if I like the sculpt and it's got no major issues, it'll end up in my collection!

 

Although I have been interested by many kinds of dolls since I was a child, I first found out about BJDs in 2013, when I was 15. But I'll begin my collection at 24 when my first doll arrives later this year.

 

If I am correct, I was 15 when I got my first doll and 14 when I discovered the hobby! I discovered the hobby by looking up some anime merch on ebay and came across a Volks SWD Nana and instantly fell in love... there was no going back at that point. It took some time and searching but my first purchase was a Custom House Little Junior Zephyrose.

 

Loved dolls ever since i was little, but I didn't get invested into bjd's properly until... 2019ish? I only heard about them in passing before that. I officially dove into the hobby in late 2020 when I purchased my first official bjd, and that's where I've been ever since. ^^ So that makes me 25 when I "Started", technically. Maybe a little slow compared to others around here, but hey, better late than never!

 

I was about 10-11 when I first found the hobby, and got my first doll at 14! I had a great little collection but those are all long gone.

I got back into the hobby at 22 and I think I’ll have my dolls for as long as time allows!! I love them so much

 

I never had dolls as a kid. It wasn't until my sophomore year of college (19, now 27) that I fell in love with my first. He became my grail doll and since he was discontinued I wasn't able to get him until 2020, but I was able to get my first doll in a few months after getting into BJDs.

 

Just graduating high school... am now 35. Dang.

 

I loved them back there when I was 16 or 17?! I wanted a DOD so bad but would have been impossible. My mom was thinking of giving me one, but on my country taxes are super high and there is a big chance your package will be just stolen anyway. So the risks where too high and she gave up. I got my first Dollfie Dream after movin to Japan in 2012 when I was like 22 (I still have her). Unfortunately Bjds where to expensive for me at the time and only got my first one when I was 31, 2 years ago.

 

I first discovered bjds when I was 14, but never got around to getting one until I was 22! The years of browsing through new doll releases from companies and photos from doll owners gave me the confidence to properly dive into the hobby knowing exactly what I want and how to care for them.

 

Didn't really like dolls in my childhood though I had some. I got interested in bjds at about 17-18 and got the first one when I was almost 19. Then I tried to buy another one but didn't have money for it, then I kinda left the hobby... until the last year when I started browsing through the sites and forums - and buying of course because I finally had money; now I'm almost 29 and I've got quite a lot of dolls.

 

When I was a junior high school student, I first saw dolls on the internet and then I got interested in dolls. For my adult birthday, my mum bought me my first bjd.Now I can afford to earn my own money to buy my bjds.

 

32 years old .

 

I was 13 or 14 when I first learned about the hobby, and I was 16 when I bought my first doll. I'm 25 now!

 

Dolls have pretty much always been part of my life! My grandma is a collector herself, which passed on to my mom too. I got really into it around 12-13ish when my grandma taught me how to sew doll clothes for my fashion dolls because I wanted to be like her. I am 21 now and have already purchased one doll, and plan to preorder a second come my next paycheck!

 

Dolls in general? I've liked them since I was a kid! Though I wouldn't say I did doll hobby things back then, not like I do now. I was a kid, after all.

Found out about BJDs and got interested in them? Around high school, I want to say. I saw stuff on them around DeviantArt and thought they were neat, but I didn't exactly have the money to get one. I'd mostly just look at stuff on Junkyspot.

Actually got a BJD? Twenty four! My first boy is a year old as of last month. I gotta say, I am glad I waited until I was older and had a job - makes paying for things much easier and less guilt-inducing, plus now I don't have to worry about lugging a doll (or multiple) back and forth from college.

 

As for dolls in general, I've loved them for as long as I can remember! For bjds, I've been interested since I was maybe 14ish? But didnt have the funds to get one until age 20 lol.

 

I first got interested in BJDs back in 2016, and bought my first BJD soon after. I was in my early 20s at that point.