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Would you buy dolls without visible joints?

Apr 25, 2013

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    1. I love BJD's because of their joints!!!!!! So I would totally have visible joints! :love
       
      #61 senbonzakura1000, Jan 21, 2015
    2. Yes, I would. But I think that hiding the joints may affect the potability of the dolls. Since the company would need to focus on appearance rather than posing ranges.

      Either way, if it was a sculpt I liked, I would get it. I wouldn't prefer it to dolls with visible joints, but I wouldn't knock it down just because the joints aren't visible either.
       
      #62 Ose_93, Jan 21, 2015
    3. When I first started the hobby, there weren't many of those jointless dolls around. I actually really wanted one of them back then, because I didn't really like joints at first and they looked more natural as far as I could tell.
      Nowadays I really prefer joints for some reason. It's just something about them. ^^
       
      #63 Laoky, Jan 21, 2015
    4. They actually have dolfies without visible joints. Here is one. Picture that shows how pose-able it is.

      I've considered the soft bodies for a while but I don't think they are on topic. Also the way my brain works it would bother me if one doll had joints and the others didn't. So I'd be overhalling my entire collection. Besides, joints make the engineering part of my brain happy.
       
      #64 Czechmix, Jan 21, 2015
    5. I actually love the joints. That's my favorite thing about these dolls and it's purely aesthetic instead of posability because I don't "play" with my dolls much.
       
      #65 dollieaddict, Jan 22, 2015
    6. The joints are a part of a BJD for me, and this is something I really like on it. The joints are what made the doll in my mind, though I don't know exactly why. But for that reason, I couldn't be attracted by a BJD without joints.
       
      #66 Sweet-Rainb0w, Jan 22, 2015
    7. I've had dolls and toys with hidden joints, and sadly they break and can't be repaired. :...(
       
      #67 Jobee, Jan 24, 2015
    8. that first one looks like an extra in a porn movie! Can't stand those vacuous faces.
       
      #68 Czaerana, Jan 24, 2015
    9. Bjds are what they are because of their joints and their being visible is personally important to me...so I'm not really interested in that super realism effect...
       
      #69 CirqueNingyo, Jan 28, 2015
    10. I love the joints for the most part but maybe that on their hands it would be cool no to see them. It's really cool how adjsutable the fingers are but honestly seeing the finger joints in pics really throw me off. They just creep me out!
       
      #70 Princess_Sarah_Em, Jan 28, 2015
    11. I like my dolls to look and feel doll-like. So I prefer BJDs over those silicone seamless dolls. Their internal armature breaks and can't be repaired, plus I don't know how customizable they would be. Well engineered joints are a thing of beauty to me :)
       
      #71 renee_chan, Jan 28, 2015
    12. If I want to buy "joint doll".I think, I'm not.
      But if I buy them because I like those "doll", I will buy them.
       
      #72 Konomimi, Jan 31, 2015
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