If you had not started collecting BJD would you still be a doll collector?

I doubt I would be. Maybe I would have ended up trying out Monster Highs, but I can at least nowadays tell without getting one that I wouldn't enjoy having any of those, similar to how with some specific BJDs I can tell I wouldn't want to own it myself even if I enjoy looking at it and what other people have done with the doll.

 

Doubtful. ^^" I was never that interested in most 'regular dolls'. I can't really explain, but BJD are just different for me.

I'd still be a collector, though.

 

I think I would, but surely more reasonably. I had dolls before BJDs (some strange rag dolls, Little Apple Dolls, a Bleeding Edge...) and I would surely have continue in the same gothish-creepy-cute dolly collection.

 

I used to collect G1 monster high, but G3 only the occasional doll speaks to me. I bought 2 shadow high dolls I thought looked cool, but I’m not really a collector when it comes to fashion dolls. I wanted to customize MH dolls into some of my characters back in the day, before I discovered BJDs, so maybe I would have gone down that Route? Or gotten into more expensive fashion dolls, but I don’t think I’d have nearly the collection that I have now. I also think I’d have a lot more savings, but probably I would have just found something equivalent to sink all my money into.

 

I would still be a doll collector if I was not a BJD collector. I still enjoy my Rainbow High and Disney ILY 4Ever dolls. I remember being OBESSED when Lily Cheng came out. I've sold a ton of my playline dolls to focus mostly on BJD / Vinyl though.

 

Not at all. BJDs are my only doll thing, and I'm not interested in dolls outside of ABJD. But I love this hobby, so I'm glad it exists and I found it

 

Absolutely! BJD is a progression of my childhood love of fashion dolls, and my teenage love of Pullip. I've mostly left Pullip behind in favor of BJD, so without them I'd likely just be back to collecting and customizing Pullip.

 

Yes, I would. I started collecting dolls a bit earlier than bjds. I stopped buying more bjds awhile ago because I am really happy with the ones I have. But, I still occasionally buy playline dolls.

 

I would think so? Before I found BJDs I collected mostly anime figures like figma and nendoroids. That kind of led to obitsu fashion dolls and eventually I started seeking other types of fashion dolls. Then I found out about dolfies and that led me down the BJD rabbit hole I think if I never got into BJDs, I would have just collected more of other dolls. I still want an Azone doll so its not like my interest in dolls outside of BJD is gone

 

I think, if I had not found BJD I would probably have spent more on dolls rather than less.

I came in via several different doll types, but my main early interest was in antique dolls and while there are certainly affordable options out threre, I think I would have eventually graduated towards the big names and those can easily cost several times that of what even an expensive BJD does.

If not antiques, I would gravitate towards modern porceline art dolls and those can, again, cost a lot more than a BJD does.

The fact that you can modify and actually play with a BJD helps to keep down the urge to just aquire more and more. I spend most of my doll time making stuff for my dolls and just having fun posing them and making up stories for them. I often justify the money I spend on dolls by the hours of entertainment I get out of them. If you divide the cost of a doll by hours of fun and then compare that to just about any other entertainment, the dolls seem like a pretty good deal.

I am also into doll making and now I make mostly jointed dolls cast in polyurethane, but if that had not been a choice I would likely eventually have made my way to porceline myself. Heck, I still might do that some day. Not sure wich is the more expensive hobby in the long run, but I'm fairly sure the profit margins are larger for porceline dolls, even if the start up costs are also higher. Neither is a get-rich-fast thing, that's for sure.

 

Oh yeah I was collecting other types of dolls before bjds
So I would definitely be collecting some type of doll if it wasn't bjds

 

Yes, I was collecting other dolls from a very young age and came across BJDS while searching for a wig to restore another doll. I was immediately intrigued by the articulation and the adult like figures. Collecting dolls is an expensive hobby no matter what doll you decide to collect. I have not purchased a resin doll recently, but have purchased several vinyl dolls, mostly for my grandkids.

 

I have a feeling I would have stumbled on Nendoroid dolls/Obitsuroids eventually... having a lil guy version of my favorite fictional characters, how could I not? XD That's half the reason I haven't done much with my resins lately; I'm really focused on my lil guys!

I was never into Barbies, though Monster High might have tempted me into trying out customs. But most of the collecting aspect of those hobbies just isn't for me- it's the custom aspect that really draws me in.

 

I've never been interested in dolls. BJDs are the first.

 

Definitely. It all started with Pullips and Disney Dolls for me. Without BJDs, I'd probably collect those instead.

 

Absolutely! I collected pullips before actually commiting to a couple resin BJD years later and to this day I still collect other types of dolls!

 

Unlikely, I'm fairly picky when it comes to dolls...I like them large and most importantly, very customizable. Most other dolls don't match the criteria for me.

 

Probably not! When I was a kid, I was much more interested in the tiny little clothes Barbie had than the actual Barbies. And I love watching MH custom videos, but had no desire to get them for myself. The customizability and presence of BJDs just make them stand out, and make me want them when the other dolls I've seen just don't appeal to me!

 

Probably not. I have really high standards for aesthetics (not trying to say there's anything wrong with other dolls). I don't think I'd be able to care enough about non-bjds. Plus I like making stuff for them.