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What Company People Get Their First BJD From

Dec 30, 2017

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    1. My first was a Dollfie Dream Dynamite from Volks.

      Why Volks? I wanted a Miku doll but at the time there were none available (except on the secondary market, which I knew nothing about at the time). I decided to go for a standard model, then buy her Miku Miku hair and turn her into Miku...

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      #81 Xiongmao, Apr 23, 2025
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    2. Hey, same! My first doll was secondhand, because the company had gone under already (this was late 2011 I think?) but it was always going to be Angel Region. I had decided that way back around when you bought your first one from them. Mine was Ren. :)

      The first doll I bought from the company (through Mint on Card, rest in peace,) was DollZone Raphael.
       
      #82 BlackSheep, Apr 23, 2025
    3. It was Fairyland for me—Minifee Eva.

      I'd admired BJDs for years, but didn't take the plunge until a couple years ago when I was randomly inspired by all of the Minifee content I was coming across on Etsy. I liked that they seemed to be a sort of mainstream, accessible option.
      I spent weeks obsessing over which sculpt to get until I happened to stumble across a secondhand Eva and grabbed her!
      I definitely paid too much for her since I was new to BJDs and also way too impatient to wait any longer lmfao. At least I didn't end up with a recast.
       
      #83 arakkoa, Apr 24, 2025
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    4. How interesting! My first dolls were from Fairyland, Imomo, and Luts. Seeing the charts, looks like I’m not the only one! :lol:
       
      #84 just.peachii, Apr 28, 2025
    5. My first was a ResinSoul; I'm considering getting from a couple different companies outside of them that are still on the cheaper end - like Doll Leaves and Angel of Dream
       
      #85 mirosphere, Apr 28, 2025
    6. I got my first doll from Mirodoll in 2016! (Prior to the drama)
       
      #86 Juuno, Jun 14, 2025
    7. From iplehouse first, then later on I ordered 2 or 3 from Alice Collection.
       
      #87 Chanmiev, Jun 15, 2025
    8. I guess I had to start this hobby on intermediate mode :XD:

      My first was from Souldoll - a Soulkid Katie.A

      When I got my second, a Luts Kid Delf Bory girl, I remember thinking “maybe she should have been my first” because she felt more appropriate as a starter BJD.

      I don’t mean the quality was less, rather that there had been far less quirks with the KDF than the Soulkid. She fit more standard sized MSD clothes and shoes better for instance, while my Soulkid girl needs Minifee sized shoes but doesn’t always fit MNF clothes. I also found that Luts sculpts are much easier to do face-ups with! Souldoll is definitely a challenge in this respect.

      It’s interesting, albeit not surprising at all that Luts is way more common as a first doll company.

      That said, I would have been curious to see what the answers would have been in 2008-2011. While Souldoll was never as common as a first BJD as Luts, Fairyland, Volks, etc. I definitely remember them being way more common as a first doll than the chart suggests. I think there used to be more first doll from Souldoll owners, at least in the USA, because you could get them from DDE. It was a lot less daunting to buy through them as a first doll purchase!
       
      #88 Leenah, Jun 16, 2025
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