What originally got you into BJDs?

I randomly stumbled upon a picture of a Unoa Lusis around late 2003 then started researching and fell in love with Dream of Doll and their DoC Yen half a year later. It took me several years of researching on and off and a lot of coercing towards myself to finally bite the bullet and take the plunge however.

 

I was wandering around youtube and came across a video on making a bjd, the more I looked around the more interested I got. I then looked around deviant art and just fell for them. I found my way on to fairyland and it was game over - In the space of three days I went from not even knowing bjds existed to paying out over $500 and ordering. I have always loved dolls but never this much. I have only been in the hobby a few months but have ordered a second doll and am ordering a third in two weeks.

 

a friend of mine brought hers to an event and I fell in love with them

 

In 2010 browsing fashion and sewing blogs, I stumbled on a photo showing a BJD. I checked on the internet for several months before finally ordered my first doll: an AIL Aya (I've had a small family of resin which now has 7 members to date)

 

A friend of mine introduced me to them. I watched her go through the whole process of shopping around and buying her first two dolls, and at first I was like, 'Uh, why?' I didn't really get it... But then when I saw her two boys in person, I just had this moment where it clicked for me and I completely fell in love. I was totally enamored with the feeling of resin, the delicate faceups, everything, and I just had to get my own.

Now it's like my #1 hobby. I can't stop browsing and working on my one boy.

 

- Started out looking for my childhood MLP on ebay
- found OOAK customised ponies
- became member on MLP website and took up customising
- out came MH Dolls, started customising them too
- other MH doll fans had BJD's too and saw a few cute ones in the MLP forum
- did some digging around on the internet and found fairyland
*died from cuteness*

 

I saw one at a convention I was at. Then, later, I saw a few online. I couldn't shake the thought of having one myself because of all the possibilities they presented. Finally I was able to get one several years later and have never turned back.

 

I saw them on the internet a few years ago but didn’t know what they were and didn’t really think about them. Then recently my friend in college showed me a picture of one (with jointed hands) I was really interested but didn’t want to ask her what they were. Then a while after that I asked and she showed me the websites that sell them, she wanted one but could not justify the money. A few months later I now know more about this hobby than her and we’re both eagerly awaiting the arrival of my first doll! J

 

I first saw BJDs on deviantART probably 4-5 years ago, and came across them on a few different avatar sites.

But I didn't really seriously get into them until my best friend got her first doll, and then I started attending doll meets.

Now I'm hooked! Just got my very first one on Monday ^^

 

I have only recently came across BJD's on other doll forums....at first I wasn't keen on them but the more I looked at them, the more I grew to love them I collect full size baby dolls in silicone & resin but I can see my collection changing direction because of the BJD's

 

I was on Facebook and someone posted a picture of a Pipos anthro bunny. I love animals and I was like "what is that??" So I looked it up and saw that it was called a BJD. From there, I went on other websites and found the human ones. They just pulled me in, I think they are so beautiful! I want an anthro one at some point (most likely a cat) but the ones I want are sold out so I'm going to wait to see if I come by a second hand one.

 

Everyone I know has tons of barbies. I wanted something different for my daughter, a doll that could turn into a hobby that we would share (crafting, making outfilts, taking pictures, etc.). Eventually a friend of mine introduced me to the BJD, she had a few little ones, some with cat faces (puki puki or zuzu delf), they were adorable ! But too small for my project.

Then, at Montreal's anime convention, some very nice persons made a panel about BJD, and later my husband and I saw a few BJD besides lolitas in a room. We found information concerning Volks dolls, read Danny Choo's blog and eventually started the difficult process of choosing the ONE doll to rule them all...

 

I was on a Tokio Hotel fan forum and I saw someone had Fairyland (I'm pretty sure?) dolls of the two main band members (Bill and Tom) and that got me started into looking into bjds. Then later on, I made another connection from a manga and the main character had sewn outfits for her doll. Wasn't sure if it was a bjd but I thought it was pretty close from my point of view and was all 'hey thats cool' so all the more pluses I got, got me to joining denofangels.

 

Deviantart! I saw photos of these beautiful dolls and fell in love ever since.

 

a really good friend got me into the hobby because she wanted someone to talk to about it and so she started telling me about them and I didnt understand so she showed me and I fell in love

 

deviantArt! A few years ago, summer 2010ish, I think, *hiritai's pictures of Hayden (a Migidoll Ryu) kept making the front page. I fell in love with him and looked at BJDs from afar for quite some time...
In late 2012, while working on a novel, I decided to see if there were any "cheaper" dolls out there, which lead me to find 27cm Obitsus. So, not really BJDs, but close. Then I got my first BJD for X-mas in 2012 and now I'm firmly cemented in this hobby

 

A girl shoved them to me when I was in about 7th or 8th grade, and I was fascinated with how pretty they were but no more than that. Now then years later, I 'found' them again and was again struct by how beautiful they were, but also how much they can be modified. It could be said that BJD hobby has everything I could dream of; painting, crafting, sewing... absolutely everything. Might have also been the fact that I now have my own characters and want to have a touchable version of them =v=;

 

I don't remember the exact moment I found BJDs. It was probably through Manga and Anime, since I was real big into that around the same time. The doll that go me super interested in the hobby is the VOLKS Myu, who is absolutely gorgeous.

 

I saw a littlefee ante on bearpicnic's blog and fell in love!

 

I found them through a long process; I got into anime at some point, and while searching Google for random anime pictures one day, I came across Hatsune Miku, which led me to Vocaloids in general. After getting really into Vocaloid music, I discovered the Miku Figma by Max Factory, and snatched her up as soon as I found one for sale ^w^ Through Figmas and other anime figures, I ran across figure.fm, where I became and member and was introduced to the Volks "Dollfie" line of dolls. A little more research and I discovered BJDs, but I didn't buy my first one until several months after I met someone at camp one summer who also knew what BJDs were :3 I was amazed, as we lived about three hours from one another, in a state where there's very little...erm...variety...is a good way to put it. Not a lot of people here will break away from the interests/hobbies they were raised with, so to find someone else so close who knew about them was a huge shock!