What originally got you into BJDs?

Frackin pullips dragged me in. Was looking for doll junk and happened across the volks site. Saw a sleeping doll and loooved it, then same the price and went "Surely that's a typo. Screw that noise." Went on my merry way and went to junkyspot one day for new pullip junk, saw Elfdoll Soah... layawayed my soul away soon after.

 

I got into BJDs through Pullips actually, I know they are a no-no topic here but without Pullips I would never have really seen BJDs - for a long time I actually preferred Pullip's because they were cheaper, customisable and their eyes were articulated - I didn't like how BJDs eyes were just...well, there!

It's strange but over time I matured from Pullips and saw the beauty of BJDs and...well, here I am! XD

 

For me it was browsing through You tube and I saw box opening and I looked and the angel out of the box got me hooked since then. That was last year.

 

In my case I was in a forum of another type of dolls and someone posted pictures of her bjd in the offtopic section. I had seen them before looking for something on the internet and actually I think the first picture I found on the internet of a bjd was a delf soony, but I thought it was like a unique handmade doll or something like that. So it wasn't until that girl posted the pictures of her bjd on that forum that I found out what they were, their name and etc. After that I registered in a bjd forum and I started saving for my first doll

 

DA and then later youtube. I've been in love with them ever since.

 

I remember seeing BJDs when I was first getting into the internet when I was a kid. I had no clue what they were but I loved them and then forgot about them. I didn't really get into them until like three years later when I saw some images on DeviantArt and from then on I was gone gone gone to the bliss that is this hobby.

 

I came across bjds online around 2008. The dolls were simply gorgeous to look at despite their then-prohibitive price. It took me a few years and plenty of research to make the decision to get into the hobby. Even if I end up only being able to ever afford one (hope this doesn't end up being the case), at least I can rest assured having owned one. What's interesting is that I didn't start out with an interest in realistic sculpts, or males for that matter. Today I mostly drawn to the realistic dolls and take time to look at the guys.

 

Oddly it was pullips that got me into them, when I first started to like them I watched a ton of videos on them. Soon I ran out and started to watch bjd videos and thus I started to save for my very first doll.

 

I firstly start doll hobby with animator's collection dolls. I enjoyed to make it's clothes. Some of my friend who already do bjd hobbies introduce bjd to me, too. I remember the first doll that I thought 'beautiful.' I dreamed to meet her in real, not through monitor, someday.

 

I was obsessed with YouTube crafters and everyone seemed to be collecting other (off-topic) dolls. When I started researching these, I saw BJDs on some of the websites. I became so infatuated that I did tons of tons of research and after purchasing my first BJD (FL Littlefee Ante) I was hooked!!!

 

The very first thing that I can remember is thinking that they (Images of dolls) were really nice photo-shopped images (Ha!) then I somehow stumbled upon Impldoll's site and thought that the generic word for these dolls was literally "Impldoll" for a while I really wanted a Dorisy. Well, thank everything for youtube because I then typed in the name and found the term "BJD", I then found a very cute doll named Taxi, and from there I discovered the realm of sellers~

From then on I have been totally engulfed in the hobby and I couldn't be having more fun with the people I have met and the things I have done while being in the hobby.

 

I got into blythe dolls first and I'm not sure what brought me on to them. I had a pedigree sindy as a very young child and never really had much interest in dolls until 2003 or 2004 (shortly after blythe dolls were re-released by Takara which was in about 2001). At the time I ended up with over twenty blythe dolls, pullips etc and then as I was involved in the world of dollies I started to look more into BJDs. My first order was for a Cerberus Project Lishe in WS with default face up, who I ordered through a dealer (before luts had a direct site) and I've not really looked back since. I have had periods where my interest has wained and I have sold off most of my dolls but with all the new companies coming about in recent years I can't see my interest dropping off again any time soon!

 

First I was shown the DoD website randomly through a friend years ago, and was like, oh go no they are gorgeous but... so much money! Then I got into Japanese things properly and saw Dolfies through Culture Japan/Danny Choo and thought, I wouldnt mind one! And then in uni I met my friend, who is on here, and she brought some of her dolls to class and I fell in love with them! ^^ They kinda helped our friendship too since I was so fascinated by her dolls~ I am now proud to say I own some, one being a DoD! and may possibly be getting another DoD soon :3

 

...Should NOT have watched that Rozen Maiden...*facepalms

 

I'm pretty sure I got into BJD when I started to see them on Deviantart and I thought they were really pretty. I was getting to photography at the time so I thought I could practice my photography with one.

 

I got into BJDs when I saw an avatar of a realistic looking female doll but I didn't know what it was; this was probably the year 2007. All I knew was that it was so pretty and I wanted to find out more. Typing in 'doll' on google didn't help, it just came back with ragdolls or kid's dolls like cabbage patch kids etc and I knew it wasn't a barbie. I can't remember how I ended up finding out it was actually a BJD but since then I've gone into the hobby

 

I'd seen some pictures in a doll magazine, but I first became interested in them through a couple of doll blogs I discovered around the time I started my own travel doll blog. As the fates would have it, one of the BJDs I fell in love with ended up becoming my very first one - which is a long story I've bored everyone with by now.

 

i had seen them before and thought, wow, cool, but never really paid much mind. I was looking into more realistic drawing manikins and, well, they stink. I ended up stumbling into bjds and found my new obsession!

 

A friend that I now hate because I am so broke! In love but so broke!

 

While searching for a baby doll online, I saw a little white skin doll which I think was kinda creepy at first but so beautiful in the same time. I love to see her despite knowing nothing about BJD. A few years later I saw a really handsome doll that looks so real while looking up for the same baby doll and this time i couldn't resist finding more about him! Turn out it's a BJD. I learned about it and now waiting for my first!