Hello!

Hi Joey, welcome to the forum! I recommend checking out the Newbieland subforum and the wikis to get started, there's a lot of info there. Hope you have fun!

 

Hi, Joey! Welcome! This forum is a lot easier to navigate if you know what it is you want to do. For example, under the Discussion tab, there's a general discussion (all BJDs and BJD-adjacent topics), and then discussion by company and size under Large (SD), Mini (MSD), and Tiny (YoSD) doll discussions.
If you've got layaways or are waiting on dolls to ship, there's a Waiting Room under the Community tab by company, so you can commiserate with fellow collectors eagerly awaiting their dolls.
If you want to learn more about face-ups, sewing, and crafting, the Workshop tab is my favorite place to be. The amount of (FREE!) information there is just astonishing.
And pictures! We love all the pictures! The Galleries tab has different groups (box openings, Photo Stories), and of course, pictures by doll in the Discussion doll topics.
And hidden under News/Den of Angels Events is the Brigadoon tab for other off-topic dolls, cuz BJD collecting is like potato chips. Once you start, you just can't seem to stop...

 

Hello Joey, and welcome! There is so much to learn here. MaleficentMrsof evil has covered it very well. I'll add to that, If you can't find it ..ask! You sound to have a good sized doll family. I hope you'll share photos.