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What happened to Muse Doll?

Jun 21, 2022

    1. Hi, I've been away from the hobby and DoA for a long time - years!
      I was wondering what has happened to Muse Doll? Website seems dead.
      I used to really like the clothes etc they made, have they closed down?
       
      #1 kt_2908, Jun 21, 2022
    2. I don't know about Muse Doll specifically, but it seems like the 2020 resurgence of the hobby of both new people coming in (like me! -waves hello-) and the return of people who had been part of the hobby but left for whatever reason, didn't come fast enough for some dollmakers/companies. I know some of the popular names were down to a few random in-stocks at some dealers by the time I bought my first few dolls.

      BJDCollectasy is a good resource to see when a company last promoted a new doll or posted notice of last call for sales. But the news isn't all sad, there are so many new artists with fun dolls too!
       
      #2 Seafoam Shade, Jun 21, 2022
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    3. Unfortunately, as far as I'm aware, Musedoll shut down for whatever reason several years ago. So did Dream of Doll, though I don't think an official announcement was ever made, they just... stopped updating the website or replying to messages. A lot of somewhat smaller companies that were around when I first started into BJDs (2007, though I didn't get my first doll until 2009) ended up going out of business over the next ten years. I also haven't been terribly active for the last few years and am just now seriously getting back into the hobby for real so I don't know much about which companies went under over the last five years or so. I have a copy of The BJD Orbyrarium (from 2006) and it has a list at the beginning with all the prominent BJD companies at the time and their websites... at least half of them no longer exist. It's sad, but at least some of the old dolls still show up secondhand every once in a while...
       
      #3 SwivelChair, Jun 21, 2022
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    4. Ah darn, that’s a shame! I suspected the worst but wasn’t sure.
      I’ve not some across BjDcollectasy - I will have a look, thanks!
       
      #4 kt_2908, Jun 22, 2022
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