Unpopular/Unknown BJD Doll Company

I'm not sure about any company that's nearly a secret, but I think BlueBlood Doll is so underrated! They've been around for a few years, but still aren't really popular. I own all 4 BBD sculpts, one of their Gen-X sculpts and two Jie dolls from them, and I love them all! Jie doll is sold through BBD, and also doesn't get enough love, IMO.

Another that was practically unheard of a year ago, but is gaining slightly more popularity is Magical Angel. They're affordable, pose well, have nice resin, great service and lots of options, as well as doing custom colors and sculpts.

 

I know there aren't a lot of DollPamm dolls around, and the work there is, to my understanding, all done by a single person. He hasn't been open for English orders for too terribly long, and has only done a couple of ordering periods, so it's hard to say if the low numbers are due to a lack of knowledge or a lack of availability, but I think his sculpts are some of the more unique ones I've seen, and was constantly watching for his ordering period to start again so I could put in an order for one of his girls.

 

I have one that turned out to be a bit like that... My Patiya, from Fect-Doll. So far I haven't come across anyone else here who has a doll from that company.

 

Many companies are one-man studios. Even the popular ones only have a handful of employees. . Just saying.

My own company is pretty unknown, but I don't like to toot my own horn. Have you looked at Shinydoll?. This one-man studio has been around since forever, but I don't see many of his sculpts out there.

Personally, I love RSDoll (formerly Raurencio).

For a good website that covers all BJD companies out there, I'd like to refer you to BJD Collectasy. They are a news website, where all new releases are reported immediately. Not just the big companies, but the small too.

 

I don't know if they count as 'unknown', but I do know they are a one-person studio: The Mushroom Peddler

I just love the huge variety of sculpts, and how different they are to most company's dolls. I really regret missing out on their tiny bee sculpt, because it's just gorgeous!

 

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they have one but very cute head Plastic moon
if talk about unpopular. i can say that it's hard to believe, but HZdoll are really unpopular, in spite of the fact that Heise is quite well known person among anime/digital art\BL lovers.

 

Pluto Dolls is my favourite small company. I have half of their sculpts now and I've been happy with every purchase, their customer service is great and the dolls are beautiful.

 

Yeah, Plastic Moon needs more love!

 

I've got the Bee! It came with my Mushroom Peddler Blue Willow, which I bought from Sarah at the BJDC (Austin TX) 2012.

For very unknown single doll-artists, there's Joanne Callander Dolls.
Her Page: http://www.callanderdolls.com/site_size/Joanne_Callander_Dolls.html
I bought one of her 2012 Centaur Girls and the CCBJD Con, where she had a table... but it doesn't look as if she's updated anything since then... which is too bad, as her work is lovely.

Pretty rare, to me is RamCube / Rapa's Factory. There are only a few of their dolls represented on DoA.

--one of them is mine! -- My Black Leopard Kyle, full-set --
13-12-DollyDreams_4322 by aprilllee, on Flickr

 

I'm not sure how popular they are but Ringdoll and Impldoll are great companies. They've had customer service problems but are otherwise fantastic.

 

Haliengen seems quite unknow to me, love some of their sculpts, never seen any around except at LDoll.

 

I have also discovered them during Ldoll! And I just ordered Nana. I super eager to receive her!

 

There are quite a few newer, unknown companies, especially now that there are more artists outside of Asia who are jumping in on the hobby. Some of my favorites have already been mentioned, but I have to give a shout out to Misterminou Doll who just released their first MSD doll. I had the pleasure of one of them staying with me for a while(to make an outfit)and they are just wonderful! They pose very well and the sculpt is really well done. Another one I really like is Once Upon a Doll, they just started but their dolls look so ethereal and beautiful

 

I had never heard of Rickydoll until I found a Helios head on the marketplace and fell madly in love. I have only ever seen a couple of Ricky's dolls around as they are quite rare. Ricky is a one person manufacturer and only does small limited runs of each doll.
This is my Ricky boy Julian:




I also agree with xatshe that HZ dolls are pretty uncommon too and they are gorgeous too

 

http://saintbloom.com/ are really underappreciated, and their dolls are gorgeous too.

There's tonnes of tiny sole-artist companies out there I'll second the love for PlasticMoon (Teru is gorgeous, and the upcoming Mr Kitty is a delight) and Freakstyle as well.

 

There aren't a lot of followers for Dream High Studio, but their work is phenomenal. Those who do have their dolls love them and simply rave about them. I'm not sure why they aren't more popular.