What originally got you into BJDs?

Someone on my tumblr feed reblogged a BJD confession about D.I.M (that their dolls looked sick/unwell). I checked the company out, thought the dolls were beautiful and started researching it up.

Vaguely knew about the existence of BJDs before that but that's how I got into them

 

I saw lots of pictures of bjd. And I thought I wanted to own some just as beautiful.

 

Like many others I saw them on DA first. For awhile I thought they were actually made by the users who posted them, it wasn't until someone posted the company in the description that I learned others could buy them! The price put me off for awhile, but a few years later I have just given in and plan on ordering my first very soon.

 

Actually some swedish manga magazine (that is since out of print, I think) made two pages about BJDs and the hobby. This led me to look them up online, and the rest is history. Me and a friend used to send a lot of links related to BJDs to eachother and feeding each others obsession.

 

I... don't even remember actually? I had seen them around on DA for the longest time way back (years and years ago) but they never really interested me then. They actually kind of freaked me out at that point lol. A few months ago they popped up again on my Tumblr and I was interested so I looked around for a bit. For the longest time I couldn't find a doll that really met my standards but then I ended up getting a job and finding one I liked around the same time so it all just came together.

I think its main drawing point for me is just the amazing customization available and all of the skills and hobbies of mine that can be applied.

 

I think the first time I saw a BJD was in the Korean Horror movie Doll Master. I remember thinking the dolls coming out of the ceiling and in the bathroom were really creepy, but the doll that Young-ha carried was super cute. But what really got me into BJDs was Andreja's faceups. Thats when I started watching BJD related videos on youtube. Like a lot of other people here, the customization aspect is what really drew me into the hobby

 

About 5 years ago I saw a BJD for the first time at a booth at the Cherry Blossom Festival in D.C. I remember thinking I'd never seen such a lovely doll! But the owner of the booth simply told me it was a "resin doll", which didn't give me much to go on. Then about a year later I saw some pictures of BJDs on DeviantArt and was like, "It's those resin dolls!" I began researching, my mom bought me a copy of Ball-Jointed Dolls for Beginners by @alington and I knew I had to get in on this hobby.

 

About 6 years ago my sister showed me them on the computer.. i had mostly forgotten about them but i did remember 2 times what they were called and googled them (a few years apart)... that was before i knew any details about them.
My sister actually bought some bjds earlier this year and bought me one! Then she gave me one that she just didnt bond with..
Im greatful for them! And i love them both♥️

 

What got me into it was just curiosity. When I first saw BJD dolls online, I thought they were creepy. But then I kept seeing them everywhere and I grew attached. I'm still a beginner. I have 2 Monster High dolls and my first BJD coming in the mail.

 

I first saw bjds online around the beginning of high school. I had seen a sculpt that had similar nose/lips to a singer I love. I fell in love with that face sculpt. It was just a Fantasy Doll, but it was still expensive for someone who's parents didn't believe in jobs in high school when I should be concentrating on studying. I had that page bookmarked and lost it when my computer died. I forgot about it for years until earlier this year when I started getting into photography. I was still in my last year of graduate school, but since I worked full time with a lot of overtime and lived on my own, I decided to look into my first bjd. My taste had changed and I didn't want that Fantasy Doll anymore. I do occasionally look back at that doll once a week though. I may subconsciously still want it, hee hee hee.

 

Growing up and visiting my grandmother who had so many different dolls(some from her childhood), I have always been around the old victorian ones (the room when I stayed there was filled with) which made me want to learn about other 'newer' ones. I then started catching photos online of beautiful ball jointed dolls and instantly fell in love. I even used them in a school project, just because I could. Now, years later I actually just ordered my first doll.

 

I bought a make your own Pulip doll kit but I started browsing BJD stores for a wig because the BJD stores had a much larger selection. I still like Pulips but, I also like that BJDs are customizable dolls that come in larger sizes and that have more realistic faces.

 

Probably Rozen Maiden. Went looking for merch for that show, got all of the RM Pullips (well, the re-releases anyway).

Found the Volks SD versions (which are waaay out of my price range), and found other BJDs from there.

 

About a year ago I reconnected with my friend Liz. She posted about then and I got curious. Now I have 2 dolls I'm keeping. 3 I'm selling and a list of dolls I plan to buy. XD.

 

My sister got me in BJD, she somehow crossed them online and fell in love and of course being her sister all she did was talk bout them to me and show me which she wanted and everything about it, i tried really hard to act like i didnt care, didnt want to copy her haha but it was harder then me and i end up falling in love with them just as much

 

I had accidentally stumbled across the YouTuber Nicolle's Dreams, and after watching some of her Faceup Stories I was hooked! So progressively, I began looking into more and more BJDs and found myself here, where it feels an entirely new world has been opened up for me.

 

Good question. For me, I heard about BJD from a few friends and I was really into Angelic Layer. Due to monetary issues I had to step away from wanting one. Last year I met a new friend who had one and I fell in love again. She convinced me to buy one and now I want more. Teehee

 

I mainly collected Ever After High dolls and, through Pinterest, I found photos regarding custom dolls made by artists. Through tutorials and Pinterest suggestions I learned about BJDs. It is strange but it never occurred to me to purchase one until my boyfriend saw me unpack a EAH doll and told me something like "I think things like this make you really happy, you should give it a shot".

It is a weird time for me, I really love drawing but I don't feel like it's my medium anymore so I'm a bit lost in terms of life goals. The idea of customizing dolls and getting a BJD really cheered me up and gave me a sort of comforting hope.

 

I remember that I was watching random YouTube videos, I don't even know what, and there was a video I was watching where someone actually showed one on camera and I thought it was the most amazing thing ever. After that, I started to look into them and soon after was very invested with them with plans to buy one.

 

I've always been into dolls even when I was younger but you know what happens when you grow older, you move on to other interests. Recently, while browsing on YT, I saw a doll customization video of a Monster High doll and things happen when you browse videos on YT, sometimes it spirals and you end up in videos you never even knew existed, this time though, it led me to BJDs and that was it, I was hooked. lol