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Impact of TIME Dollfie Article

Oct 15, 2004

    1. *never even saw article 'till now* :oops: I met my first BJD at Otakon. I saw a bunch of people with them, screwed up my courage, and went and asked one if I could see her boy!
      Said-boy was Isao, I think.
      I could've died. It was love at first sight.
       
    2. My first volks mini eb beauty 1/6 scale dollfie, a dolly with purple hair, she is so very itty, ^_^ I still have her, I named her Chai. I bought her through Hobby Link Japan, before Volks was making Super Dollfies, but I didn't hear about Super Dollfies until about 2 years ago....but I bet there will be more articles that will introduce people to them, like crazy. I used too, didn't know anybody who owns these dolls, now I know three people with Super Dollfies...or erm...Asian Ball Jointed Dolls.
       
    3. Well, I haven't even read the Super Dollfie article, but...

      I think it "raised awareness" rather than actually convincing many people to join the obsession... For examle, my dear, dear friend who, although she is the *best*, really dislikes anime, had read the article. So when I first admitted that I was going to save up for one of the MSDs, she wasnt surprised at all, and said that she had read an article on it.... that was pretty amazing, for me...

      On a side note, I stumbled onto my first SDs on "Loyal Beast", which I found through a Gothic Lolita site.... oooh, that's a preeeety site... anyway, I didn't understand what they were, but they were lovley... then, two conventions later, I had finally figured out what they were and did a scary fangirl scream when I went to the Super Dollfie Panel at Otakon...


      and, that's my story.
       
    4. Can't tell... I'm from Brazil XD
       
    5. So I'm the only one who discovered BJDs through the article? Wow, that makes me feel kind of....well.....weird. *blushes*