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

Probably yes. I‘ve collected Monster High dolls before i got into BJDs. Though it‘s not a big collection because they stopped producing them and second hand prices were rediciolously high for me as a teenager. When G3 came out here in europe, i already collected bjds and lost interest in playline dolls. But i still couldn’t resist buying Cleo and Draculaura

 

Yes! I've loved dolls my whole life, and collect a variety of other dolls as well. BJDs were a natural extension of my collecting once I was able to afford them. And because of their price, BJDs have also helped me to narrow the focus of my collections. For example: I still have my childhood American Girl dolls and have only added one Doll of the Year for modern clothes and accessories so I can keep my childhood dolls in their historical eras. Interestingly, while I prefer female dolls pretty much everywhere else, I prefer male BJDs. Their clothing is more interesting to me.

 

No, I like dolls but BJD are the only ones I'm intensely interested in. I might have owned one or two bisque dolls at most.

 

Yes! Besides Bjd I also have Barbies, Bratz, Monster High, Living Dead Dolls, and some other random dolls too ^^ I may need more room for all of them as the smaller dolls fight for shelf space.

 

Honestly no. I do have a bit of a weakness for anime/game figures, but I have no issues buying and selling or getting rid of them to keep just the few I really like on my shelves for display. I don't play with or customize them, and I've never really been into dolls the way I'm into BJD's now. Sure I had some as a kid growing up, but they were all second hand in rough shape and just for casual playing. I loved having them but didn't feel a connection to them or make characters for them or anything, which is a huge part of BJD's for me personally. I did have quite a few stuffed animals as well, but again, I've kept the ones I really loved and let the rest go - either to new homes or into storage.

If I hadn't gotten into this hobby, I think I'd just be bigger into gaming. It's hard to imagine though, because all my friends right now I found through this hobby. It's literally changed my life and I can't imagine taking another path now.

 

Probably not. I used to collect a bunch of Monster High dolls when I was younger, but I stopped and never got back into collecting them. I still think fashion dolls look cool, but I’m only interested in collecting BJDs right now when it comes to dolls.

Apart from BJDs, I like collecting anime figures, merchandise (like pins and keychains) for games/anime, and plushies (I have way too many plushies lolol).

 

Honestly, yeah. I started off with fashion dolls and I keep up that collection even while saving for BJDs.

 

Probably not dolls. While I have the soul of a collector, I'm not drawn to fashion dolls, porcelain / artist dolls, or baby dolls like reborns. BJDs scratch an itch in my brain for whatever reason that other popular categories of dolls don't, even if I can admire or enjoy certain qualities. I do collect vinyl figures and blind boxes and I got into those separately from BJDs.

 

Probably not. I have dabbled in fashion dolls and action figures but neither of them scratch the same itch.

 

I definilety would collect another kind of dolls since I LOVE them. I like Barbie a lot, Silvanian Family, Gorgouss, Paola Reina, Monster High so yes, I would have dolls in my life

 

I used to collect monster high, and if I hadn't gotten into bjd I would probably have started collecting some of them again since the new gen 3 dolls all look very nice.

 

I used to collect vinyl dolls - I still have some of them. I also have a ton of Barbie dolls and four dolls' houses in 1/12th scale, so I guess the answer would be "yes".
At some point I thought about collecting antique dolls, but the price kept me from buying any. Now I look at the price of antique dolls and they don't look as outrageous any more. LOL!!

 

Probably. I was enjoying other dolls before I found bjds.
I still have my folk art dolls, Hitty dolls, Tiny Betsy McCalls, Celluloid Dream girls,
and assorted one-offs.

 

I collected fashion dolls long before I knew what BJDs were. I'd still have dolls, just not BJDs probably.

 

Even if I didn’t decide to collect bjds I would have still ended up collecting dolls because I also collect reborns. I am just an avid lover of anything cute and feminine.

 

Definitely - I collected Sailor Moon dolls prior to BJDs, and I was very curious about custom 1/6 and 1/12 dolls from Volks and Azone. They'd have gotten me eventually, haha!

 

I definitely would be. I also have monster high dolls & pullips along with some other smaller dolls too.