Hello all!

Hello and welcome to DOA! There are many reference threads to get you started

 

Hi and welcome!
DoA is an absolute gold mine for information on BJD, both general and specific. People here are usually happy to help, so don't hesitate to ask if you can't find what you need in sticky threads or in the wiki.
Take your time and make yourself at home.

If you are comfortable using google services you may also want to check out The Big BJD FAQ written by user Ara. There is a lot of basic information there that will probably make further search easier.

Have fun!

 

Hehe, I'd say this hobby is about equal parts patience, research and pure joy.

It's hard to know if the gender thing is correct or not. I mean, it's probably close, but it only shows what people are comfortable sharing. DoA have members from all over the world and in some areas it is not as normalized for men to be interested in dolls as in others, so I wouldn't be surprised if that skew the numbers a bit.
But on the other hand, one in seven is a lot higher than in some other dolls related hobbies, so who knows?

At least it's enough that it's rare for a guy to be the only guy at a convention or a larger doll meet, for what it's worth. And when people have a hobby in common to focus on, they tend to forget about gender pretty quickly, in my experience.

 

I'm new too, a similar thing happened to me. I was looking up anime figurines and before I knew it the algorithm started showing me bjd. Now I'm here!