What doll got you into the hobby?

Bluefairy Sarang changed how I looked at BJDs like, over a decade ago?! Whenever it was when Bluefairy still offered the default oversized white button up with their dolls.

I finally got her secondhand a few years ago from Mandarake. She didn't stay around very long but it was...nice, to have her, even if just for a short amount of time. I'm not really a fan of standard mini bodies.

I still prefer anime or exaggerated sculpts. While Sarang isn't exaggerated, I really love her expression. She just looks so sweet but not realistic.

When I learned about Doll Chateau, well, my mind was blown.

 

Natalialoseva's Zaya. OMG she is sooooo beautiful

 

The first doll I ever saw was a minifee event head from nicoles dreams.

 

I've posted about my start in the hobby several time in other threads, but I don't mind repeating. The doll that made me want to get a BJD was YOSD Tong Tong from 5 Star Doll, but instead of little Tong Tong, I ended up getting an SD from 5 Star, Tumnus, as my first doll. After 11 years I still have not gotten my Tong Tong, and she was discontinued a long time ago.

 

Resinsoul Xun! I fell in love and it was a worth impulse buy Now I can't stop buying more LOL

 

Migidoll Ryu was my dream doll when I was a kid. I never did end up getting him (had a Bobobie Apollo that I loved but ended up rehoming years later) but I had been so inspired by someone on Deviantart who had him. I can't remember who it was- I was big into the whole emo phase, and this person had a ton of emo/scene styled dolls and I just fell in love. I had no prior experience with BJDs up until then.

I still think his sculpt is really beautiful but by no means my taste these days.

I also really, really wanted a Supia Rosy- I had no idea dolls could be so beautiful but still mature looking- I was totally captivated by her sculpt at the time. Weirdly enough, though I didn't end up owning a female doll at all until way way later.

 

The first BJD I ever saw was an El in a LiveJournal post (that tells you how long ago that was... ) called Kai - I thought he was so beautiful, and I'd never seen a doll like that before. The owner replied to my comment and pointed me in the direction of DoA, and in March 2005 I got my first BJD - not an El, mind you, because I didn't want Kai's owner to think I was trying to copy their doll.

Fast forward several years, and Kai's owner decided to leave the hobby. They sold off all their dolls - and then messaged me, offeringme first refusal on Kai. I accepted, and Kai came to live with me - so I own the actual doll that got me into the hobby in the first place. He's one onf my most treasured dolls.

 

That's so awesome!

 

I'm into Malice Mizer, Moi dix Mois, and lolita fashion, so I think I first heard about BJDs when people were talking about the Mana-sama dollfie. I consider myself a more casual Mana fan (I felt that a diehard stan would be more 'deserving' of the doll) so I didn't enter the lottery. I do regret that a bit.

 

The dolls that really drew me in and convinced me to buy was Fairyland Minifee Chloe and Doll Chateau Douglas. I came across DC on pinterest and I loved the weird body proportions. But Fairyland in general really captured my attention. I loved the fullsets! Chloe just happened to be the first sculpt I saw which led to my love for their range of sizes and sculpts.

I don't plan on getting any more DC dolls. Though I am finally getting my own Chloe!

 

A Luts Senior Delf Abadon. He looked like a hot alternative fashion guy in the promo pictures. I really wanted one, but I was not in a place to buy a 500 dollar doll back then. Before I got my first BJD, I did a lot of DoA research and scrolling the sites of many companies, and by the time I was ready to buy my first doll, Luts were quite far from what I liked. I have never owned a Luts in the end, but they did lead me into the hobby.

 

I had seen various bjds over the years and loved them but it wasn't until I saw Xaga Doll Macula! I still think he's so gorgeous and hope to have him some day, but anyway he was the one that really made me want a doll super badly

 

My best friend had a minifee doll (can't remember the sculpt) that I was obsessed with! I wanted to order one for myself since I was always around when she was fussing with it and she was getting her third or so BJD. I ended up going with Minifee Mio and haven't ever had a single regret! She's not the greatest poser in the world but her face sculpt is everything for me and she's the reason that I'm still in the hobby today!

 

Pinterest got me hooked with Minifee Chloe and Celine as well I'm 3 dolls deep now, 2 of whom are Minifee, and I still haven't gotten either of those girls

 

I don't think I have a specific doll, but what got me into it all was also Dream of Doll! Though if we were really narrowing it down, I did discover BJDs through someone's Dollfie Dream Sasara. Still have a fondness for DDs (though I don't really like the vinyl, haha).

 

Minifee ingrid fullset . I got amazed of everything from her . So after her , I bought more minifees . And almost everything from fairyland .

 

Ringdoll Melody first got me into the hobby. I had never seen a bjd and was a lot younger like in highschool about at the time. I remember wanting her so bad. Ironically when I could afford my first bjd she was discontinued pretty soon after. Hoping for a rerelease one day.

 

For me it was Ringdoll’s “2013 Frankenstein”, he is so gorgeous, the colour of his skin, his hair, and overall the way he looked, so gorgeous .
After that, I got into their “monster” line, which unfortunately they seemed to have dropped.
However, it wasn’t until many years later that I bought my first doll, which was also from Ringdoll, “K”.
Personally, I think Ringdoll has the most gorgeous sculpts that fit my taste the best.

 

Volks Nono and Mimi! A lady called 'Kalisti' used to have a blog about her Mimi which is how I found her and ended up getting my own. Sadly the blog seems to be gone now!

 

Iplehouse Aaron! I managed to talk myself out of buying him, reasoning that it was an exorbitant amount to pay for a doll of all things. Later I came across Soom Mecha Angel Cyborg Sabik and... did not manage to talk myself out of buying him.