What you look for in Male dolls

I love mature minis, so I know that I favor MSDs with masculine faces and fairly muscular bodies, but beyond that, I haven't completely figured out what I'm looking for in a male doll. Unsurprisingly, my collection is all females so far. Souldoll Vitos tick a lot if my boxes, and one of them might be my first boy. Maybe.

Sometimes, even when I'm looking for something specific, I'll see a female doll, and a new character will pop into my head. I'm learning this doesn't happen for me with males. I need to have a very well-developed idea of who the doll is supposed to be from the start, and I have to find the doll that fits. That makes it harder.

 

It depends on the character but I tend to like masculine biody shapes and faces. Not necessarily muscular but not too soft and feminine.

 

I enjoy seeing photos of lots of different male dolls--masculine, feminine, stylized, realistic--but I've only ever owned three males dolls and they've all been similar; stylized and a bit more gentle in features, no severe chins or noses. The only boy I have now is the more the stylized look that I like; he has a large head, large lips, a nice nose, and small eyes. I like different eye sizes but I need to have a large head. And while I appreciate muscly dolls, my boy has a non-muscled, lean physique, which I seem to prefer for my male dolls.

 

I like looking at the more realistic dolls, but both of the boys that I caved and actually bought are more stylized. I also think they have much sweeter faces than the norm-- I don't like harsh, heavy expressions on dolls in general.

I like the more lean, toned doll bodies, too. Heavily muscular bodies are super unappealing to me, but going to the extreme opposite and having a soft, undefined body doesn't really ping, either; it's too immature for me.

 

My dolls run the gamut, both sexes. I like unusual faces. I have dolls that look like kids, teens, adults but pretty much all of them have a rather unique sculpt. I have bigger boys and lanky boys. I don't particularly like generic looking dolls, dolls that look like they could have been made by a few different companies. I like dolls that stand out and to me that means a doll has to have a face sculpt that really makes you sigh.

 

I only collect male dolls so in general like others have said I usually go by the character I'm shelling, or in a couple of cases, I've found my next doll surfing the sites of my favorite companies. Having only male dolls allows me to focus also more on specific details such as body design, hands, height and girth, and muscle ratio. I have males that range from super effeminate and slim, to very masculine and ripped. I just love the boys

 

I like so many of them but, I suppose it's the more angular faces that I like most for mature males. Kid and baby faces can look pretty cute too when they're meant to be children. I also prefer all my dolls to look friendly or deep in thought.

 

I honestly don't care. I think beauty lies in variety.
I can definitely see how stunning many Iplehouse guys are, and I even have one myself, but at the same time I'm a bit tired of the idea that a man can't be a man without living up to a certain stereotype, and I think it reflects slightly in my collection.

I do wish I could buy an EID man, because I think some of the sculpts are downright gorgeous, but they're too tall for me, so I went with a SID instead.
This, however, doesn't mean I consider my more stereotype-ly feminine male BJDs as "less men".

But in the end, I don't feel like I have a preference. I want my doll collection to feel diverse and different, more like real life than let's say a TV show.

 

I feel the same way.

First of all, I don't like realistic dolls...I found this the hard way after getting a couple of realistic dolls and not bonding with them. This applies to both male and female dolls. I also prefer the MSDs and tinies and those groups are full of young faces. The faces of young boys are androgynous but I believe any sculpt can look masculine or feminine depending on the face up and how you style them.

I do admire the masculine SD boys like the ones from Iplehouse, Dollshe and Granado but I could never own one. I'm the happiest with the androgynous cute boys from Soom, Volks, Switch. Right now my favorite company for boy sculpts is Little Rebel dolls, they are the SDs I would love to have!

By the way, as cute as all my boys look, some are very masculine in the way they behave they are my little gentlemen.

 

So far I only have girl dolls, but I know I want to get some boys too. I'm looking into the MSD size range and I'm actually having a hard time finding a boy that doesn't look so feminine. I don't want them to look too masculine, because those dolls tend to look older than the age I'd like the character to be, and they tend to have a little too realistic for my style. On the flip side I definitely like to have a boy with a more masculine sculpt and faceup so he isn't mistaken for a girl.

I also like my boy sculpts to reflect a friendly and mischievous personality, and that can be hard to find in the MSD size.

 

I have boys, girls and genderless dolls in my crew, ranging in size from 5 to 75cm... They're all over the place style-wise.

That said, in general I do tend to prefer the smaller 1/3-scale (55-65cm), old-school "doll-like" male sculpts over the more realistic, 70cm+ dolls that are currently in vogue. I just don't like the tiny-eyed, pin-headed, muscle-bound Manly McMandude look that so many people in the hobby seem to have gone absolutely gaga over. (My EIDs are about as far in that direction as I'm willing to go, and while an Akando or a Tedros is arguably a more "realistic" guy than an El or a School A or a Heliot, they're still pretty stylized when you get down to it.)

I'm happy that people who WANT a doll that looks like that can have them... But they're just not for me. I'll keep my owl-eyed anime sculpts and willowy pretty-boys, thanks.

 

Very thin bodies and a face that's realistic but not overly so. I guess a type that you could make really elegant~

 

My only steadfast rule I won't buy male dolls with six-packs or exaggerated muscles ;>.>

 

I really love male dolls with just the right amount of make up. Just enough to give a natural look. Most of my dolls are male they're all very slim and have lighter make up. I like the look of the darker make up as well, but I always tend to favor ones with the lighter eye make up and pink lips~

 

I think all the dolls I've seen that I've thought about buying so far have been female!

I see a lot of super handsome, masculine dolls around which I love to look at photos of, but when thinking about dolls I'd like to own I tend to prefer younger-looking, more androgynous boys... I'm not sure why though, maybe because I feel like they're suited to a wider range of fashion and it's easier to dress them in dapper, frilly, or feminine clothes?

 

Well, it depends on the character I am trying to make, but I discovered that "femenine" boys, using cute clothes usually catch my eye faster and they make me fall in love easier. I love androginous dolls.
I discovered that one of the things that make me like a male doll first is the shape of his eye. If his eyes are beautiful, I love him. xD

 

I want the males to look like males. Some folks like very feminine looking male dolls, but I want them to look masculine. I have Leonard, Celga, as one of my males and like him very much.

 

Most of my collection is made of of male dolls and I have a little bit of everything including more art doll/OT. What I look for in males is that his face doesn't look too similar to other dolls I have. I like having a diverse collection.

As for bodies - it depends on the head sculpt. If the head is very soft/cute then I prefer a softer less detailed body to pair with it. If the face is more realistic and detailed then I prefer the body is just as realistic and detailed. I have both simple bodies and bulky bodies and love them both equally because it works with the doll as a whole.

 

Generally, I think variety is best. Personally, I guess I've gravitated toward male dolls that aren't wildly ripped, but not too thin either. For faces, I prefer some degree realism (as opposed to really stylized faces), but I also find faces that are too realistic start to get a frozen mask-like look. I'm a sucker for refined but distinctive noses.

 

I think it's so much easier to find an attractive boy doll than an attractive girl. My overall preferences body wise are; tall, lanky guy with broad shoulders. I would never go for a muscular guy; even Iplehouse male bodies are too chunky for me! But I personally dont like skinny, feminine bodies either. I also look for key features such as skinny ankles, nice knee joints, & beautiful detailed hands. My top 3 favourite male bodies as of now are;
Fifth Motif Timeless Body
Ringdoll RGM04 Body
Dollzone B60-005 Body

Face wise, I look for realistic sculpts with elongated, slit-like eyes and unique noses. Overall, I like pretty boys rather than manly dolls haha!