If BJD's were to become the 'next big thing'...

I think it'd be fun ^^ It wouldn't let me dislike my dolls at all. I don't think my love for the dolls are based on other people so I think I'd be okay with it :3 whether it becomes the 'new thing' or not.

 

I think it'd be somewhat fun, having an influx of new people to the hobby, but I do think owning dolls would lose a bit of its novelty. In my opinion, just as fast as BJD's would become popular, the trend would fade and BJD's would go back to obscurity.

With BJD's being as costly as they are, the probability of them becoming super popular and maintaining that popularity it is very low, but that's just my stance.

 

I wouldn't mind the hobby becoming a little more mainstream. That way, there would be more people around me that I could group up with and talk to. And maybe then my parents wouldn't think I was the only person on the planet insane enough to pay that much for a doll xD

But maybe I think this just because I'm not one to give something up just because everyone else likes it. If something's popular that I like, fine. I'm not into it because it's popular, but just because I like it. And I'm not going to give up something I like just because other people like it to. Then I would be losing something I liked because I cared about how many other people like it. Hey, I know a million billion people like DeathNote, but I like it too so who cares!

If you truly like something, it shouldn't matter how many other people like it. But if you're into something because other people are into it, that's the problem. I might not be that way, but I know there are lots of other high schoolers out there who are! So I wouldn't mind if they stayed out of the hobby xD

 

I'd hate it.
i don't think they'd be as special to me. I'd still love my doll, but i wouldn't get excited about new dolls or new stuff for my doll if they were popular and everyone had them. personally, love it when i take my boy out in public and i get all those weird looks and questions.
there was a story in the local paper, it was a bad article but still probably got some attention, we haven't had a meet since then but i wouldn't be surprised if some new people showed up.
in the bjd community it's more like a competition. they aren't as intrigued by my boy compared to all their limiteds, don't get me wrong i wouldn't trade my Fionn for anyone of their fancy fullsets, but without the people who aren't a part of the bjd world and didn't know anything about them, me and my boy would be kept up in my room.
i don't think i would be able to respect someone who bought a doll just to show it off.

but i am being quite selfish here if they became a little more popular after i had my company out and ready for business and we were becoming popular as well. i wouldn't be as upset. I'd still be upset but i would probably get over it sooner.

 

I think I would be happy if the hobby gained more popularity. Things would be easier to get, and there would be so many more people to share the hobby with. I'd love it!

 

I don't think I'd care, except that massive popularity would presumably mean a wider selection of clothes/shoes/wigs, which would be nice.

 

My only worry would be the influx of teenagers who think that owning BJDs makes them "cool". The posers, I guess you could say. One of my friends is like this... I'm terrified of her owning a BJD because I know she wouldn't treat it well. She'd treat it like a cheap toy... if there were more people like that, I'd be so upset for all the poor dolls that got mistreated.

 

I think it would be tough for someone to get a BJD and just treat it like it was a cheap toy. I would hope that person would realize that they just paid a ton of money for the doll and they should be taking care of it. But I can see them hurting it by mistake. If they just got into the hobby for popularity, I can bet anything they don't really know anything about caring for the dolls.

It would be impossible for me to treat anything expensive poorly, whether it's a dresser or a doll. But that could just be me xD; There are some people out there, young and old, who view everything thing as replaceible. Those people are crazy though! o-o

 

Good question that stirs the "snob" in me to say id run screaming to the hills with my little band of resin brothers simply because it feels such a personal to me hobby because none of my peers or close contacts have them and see me as slightly different (but in a good way)..id lose that kudos if you like if all of a sudden you found dolls eyes wigs etc in Tescos!!

 

I'd hate it, TBH.... the hunt for the right items, as someone mentioned, and the uniqueness, specialness of the dolls are what's appealing to me about this hobby... doing something thats different from most other people. For some hobbies, I'd enjoy being part of a huge group.. but for this, I like being part of a small but very special group of people that truly enjoy the dolls and aren't just into them because its 'popular.'

 

As some one with social anxiety disorder, if the meets got huge and impersonal I would stop going. It would be too much for me and it would stop being fun. I like that I know people at the meet ups, and that we develop friendships. And some of the bigger meets (30+ people) are too much for me really. I can't imagine handling it if we were talking 60 or 70 people. I would also worry about all the cheap knock off dolls that would become even more prevalent if the hobby became more popular. So while I would still have and love my dolls, I don't think the hobby itself would hold it's charm for me at that point.

 

I wish it was mainstream enough to have more doll items at smaller conventions for sale in the dealers room... but to see everyone have one? That would be awkward. I think the most dolls you should ever see at once is at cons and meet ups. ;_; I remember when anime was a weird and unique hobby... I need something to replace that feeling of being unique.

 

It would bug me a lot. Sorry, but I like my hobbys to be 'different'. I was a little sad when anime and manga became comonly popular, because I'd known it for some years before. It felt like all your efforts of staying 'special' was wasted. XD
I know it sounds weird in some way, but I like to be a bit different than the classmates...^^

 

I think that it'd be super-special-awesome, but I would still flaunt the fact that I had one way before they got popular, because I'm just like that. :3

 

The idea of BJD becoming a 'mainstream' hobby is exciting and yet concerning, for several reasons.

On the positive side, items would be easier to obtain- on the same note, the fun in stumbling across items would be lost. It'd be easier to find more people around you who were into the hobby, and therefore to find meetups and hang out with other doll owners.

However, that's not taking into account what happens to a vast majority of 'popular' merchandise before, after, and during the spike in popularity. I mean, just look at the iPod. I mean, a good iPod can go for the same price as an MSD, or in some cases an expensive SD, and the way I've seen people I know carelessly throw around their iPods and other MP3s is scary. I mean sure, I have dropped my iPod before, even on concrete, and the poor sucker works perfectly, but people (especially teenagers) don't often take into account that just because something's expensive doesn't mean it's not breakable. We'd probably see a lot more cases of people trying to sharpie faceups and ruining dolls, broken body parts, etc., and of course the cheap knockoffs of large companies.

So I'd like it if it became a more widespread hobby, like anime/manga had gradually done before that giant boom, but I'd be rightfully upset if I saw the stereotypical bimbo blonde strutting down the street showing her one-off to everyone. I'd still love my incoming doll and any I decided to get after that, but I think you can imagine...

"I just ordered that new <company> doll the other night, everyone's gonna be SOOO jealous."

"Oh, you have a <company> doll? Psssh! <Othercompany> is SOOOO much better."

These things happen already, of course, but it'd be so much worse and become so much more about how much you paid for your doll and where it's from rather than the customization you did for it and what the mold looks like.

 

I think I would still enjoy collecting.

 

I would kind of hate it. People would just judge what kind of doll you have! lol. Like "OMG! THAT VOLKS LIMITED OUTFIT IS SOOOOO LAST MONTH!!!!" or something like that. lol. I just go to a prep school where they judge you on EVERYTHING. So If it were to become the next big thing, expect criticism!


Oh and Kurisu, I agree. about the anime and manga thing!! Now that like EVERYONE reads them, My L has waaayyyy to many fangirls!!! HE'S MINE I TELL YOU!! MINE!!

 

I would still love my dolls, but it would probably turn me off to future dolls. I don't like being like everyone else. There would also most likely be more unwanted criticism towards my dolls.

 

I'd be sad that the quality of the dolls would go down, but happy that it'd be easier to get eyes, clothes, and wigs.

 

ive never been the person to like things just because they are popular, and i stopped liking Death Note because it got too big. i love bjds tho, and i would just boast that i was into it before any of those little popularity wanters..