Price Aside, what intimidated you about BJDs

Some independent artists do garage kit bjds, but they're usually 3d printed so they're off topic for DOA (though not always off topic in other places).

 

Yes, I saw those. I really like them! But I wish more shops did.... Iplehouse does those sales of "defect dolls" under a lower price and it's vaguely similar, but not exactly the same as garage kits

 

When i started the hobby, what intimidated me the most was the shipment: i was sooo afraid that my order would be lost somewhere, nowhere to be found.

Now, what i fear the most is recast. I was scammed few weeks ago by someone who sold me a recast doll as a legit one. Even if i am a lot more distrustful now, i fear to be scammed again.

 

Can you do something about it in this kind of scenario? I assume you should be able to claim that as fraud and get your money back?

 

Thank you for your concern ^^ The case is in progress, i've done all that can be to prove the scam. I just have to wait for now and keep my fingers crossed. I should have some news soon ^^

 

@Lady Gabrielle I hope that solves in your favor. I confess the idea of this sort of situation happening isn't even in the back of my head.

 

For me it is definitely the fact that I was scared into being to careful with my dolls, which ended up with me barely taking them out of the box

 

Interestingly, the opposite of this was part of what kept me out of the hobby for so long. That and price. I was a Lego kid and believed that all dolls came unstrung (why shouldn’t they? So much easier for shipping) and I was confused on how to string them. If they were so expensive, what would happen if I received it and couldn’t put it together?

 

Doll nudity! I was brought up in a modest and conservative household, and though I knew they were anatomically correct, I was still daunted from getting my doll for some time. Subsequently growing up as an artist, the fright of nudity has died down, but I still feel awkward toting around my nude doll whenever someone else is around and I'm occupied at the sewing machine.

What worries me the most now is how unreliable the postal services are post-covid (pun intended). It doesn't help that a recent package I received was open, but luckily, no item inside had fallen out or been stolen.

 

I've been fighting this too. I've even considered using gloves to handle my doll at some point but I don't want to be so aseptic, so I just wash my hands.

 

The etiquette of the hobby intimidates me. I don't want to show off my doll inappropriately to anyone or post the wrong thing about her either

 

I would say: either restringing a doll, or doing their faceup yourself. I'd be very afraid of breaking or ruining my doll.

 

For me it was caring for the dolls! I'm always scared it would need restringing, de-yellowing or any kind of damage due to aging. Strangely I'm also nervous when I do face-up for my own collection

 

It didn't intimidate me, but I put off getting a doll for so long because I was worried it'd be just another thing adding clutter. I was worried I wouldn't love them or ever actually do anything with them.

 

I feel that! I had the same doubt but when I changed her outfit and took the first photos of her, I fell in love and is a vital part in my everyday life now.

 

The size was the big one for me, I was worried that they would be too large to easily handle and I wouldn’t do anything with my guy, but now that I have my msd guy getting a SD is increasingly tempting lmao.

 

That's precious I'm glad I'm not alone in my worries, and that they were completely unfounded for both of us!

 

For me it's yellowing ! Most time they just hide in the shelf, and I also avoid buying dolls that yellow quite quickly..

 

Im still very new to this hobby but I was scared of them being fragile. My only experience for expensive dolls were porcelain so I always assumed expensive meant fragile. And watching videos of people unboxing or doing faceup with gloves “confirmed” they must be so fragile human skin shouldn't touch them for too long.

I know they are more durable but it was a major reason I didn’t invest in one until recently.

 

I was scared that I'd get addicted. I get obsessed with things and go nuts. I have about 50 dolls now so that fear was valid! I also worried a lot about resin matching when I first started in the hobby and was buying heads and bodies separately because I couldn't afford full dolls. It still worries me! I have a Leeke Arien head that I want a new body for and I'm just like ugh.