USA Miami/Southeast Florida Meetups

Cool what's the address and what time is good for everyone.

 

Afternoon works for me, should I bring snacks? Anybody have dietary restrictions or allergies?

Thinking about it now, the new-to-me information that the library room reservation is a paid activity explains so much about why they kept coming over lmfao I thought they were just happy to get people in the building who might help their headcounts regularly. I'm sure that's part of it but also... yeah lol the full marketing blitz

 

I'm not allergic to anything.
Only nonprofit gets the runs for free

 

Is Saturday around 11 cool or is another time preferred

 

Works fine for me! Can't wait, I'm excited!!

 

Making a stop then heading over.

 

Same, making a stop then on my way!

 

Y'all im so sorry it's been delay after weird crazy delay but I'll be rhere soon as long as i don't get ONE MORE BLOCKED ROAD lmfao

 

if we wanted to do something on a weekday, the Mr Bean coffee shop in The Falls is really peaceful on weekday evenings (at least yesterday was, lol). They have outdoor seating and in the evening it would be great diffuse festive lighting for cute dolly photos! I wouldn't dare go on the weekend but I was surprised just how quiet it was yesterday evening, even as early as like 6, so if we wanted to do a meet and greet there I'd be happy to host.
(also their coffee is really good and their menu looks delicious, haven't sampled much of the food myself but hey, don't feel like cooking AND dolly hangout lmao!)

 

Oh my goodness im so sorry life got busy- did I miss a meetup!???

 

@PrettySatisfied We can always do more, no worries! Any thoughts on my coffeeshop meet idea? @Lady Sai Inu @Fango DeMaria

 

Totally fair. It seemed very quiet when I've been on weeknights, but there were no enticing touchables on the table to invite disaster either lmao. Any other cafe places come to mind?

 

How much would the library charge?

 

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Bumping to say I'd be interested in a meetup, if there are any. Some great places to meet that double as good photo spots would be Lolita Dessert Club, Pink Cafe, and Glimmer Cafe. I know the owner of Colorful Cute in Sunset Place is also down to host events in the evening. Here's their calendar for September: Colorful Cute on Instagram: "Summer is over but that doesn’t mean the fun is! We have three events for September that you won’t want to miss #kawaiishop #liveacuterlife"

 

I'd be up for a Colorful Cute meet but I've never been to the store when they've had events, what's the space usually like? I'm in south Dade county so CC is the most doable for me by far.

 

For their bigger events it can be pretty crowded. I'd say 15 people max can fit comfortably inside the store, so fun for a small night gathering.

 

I'm in a similar area! Are there any places you'd recommend?

 

Hello! Are you still holding meetups?

I recently moved back in with my parents and all my dolls are in storage, but it would do me good to spend time with other Doll People.

 

Not sure about anyone else, but I've been down to plan one. I do know there is a meetup also being planned at Miraicon: ️ on Instagram: "BJD MEET @miraiconfl ALL doll brands are welcome! Come see me as Mirai Suenaga on Saturday, October 18th, with your dolls or love for them! . . . #bjd #balljointeddoll #bjdmeet #dollmeet #volks #volksdoll #volksdollfiedream #volkssuperdollfie #dollfiedream #superdollfie #azone #azonedoll #smartdoll #dannychoo #culturejapan #resindoll #vinyldoll #holidaymatsuri #holmat"

 

I've been mad busy with non-dolly stuff, sorry I kinda fell off the map there! I'm definitely down to have a meet. I've been thinking about asking over at Otaku Comics and Games on US1 if they take reservations for their game room, they carry blindbox BJDs and that might be a fun activity. The parking is free but limited, when it's crowded I tend to just park at the Target a block or so over and just hoof it.
Colorful Cute definitely has the appeal of all the Sunset Place murals and photo spots, like the stone steps etc, so I'd still be up to meeting up there as well. Evenings would work best for that for me unless we plan far out enough I can request off.
I can commit to the Miraicon meet, I'll put in my time off request tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing everybody!

 

@cleverLC welcome! I did the same two years ago. Back in our home area codes

 

Hey, I'm going to the Miraicon meet too! I didn't realize Otaku Comics and Game had a game room. I'm sure they wouldn't mind a reservation if it's not in use.

 

Ah. I'm in the Ft Lauderdale area and don't have my car, so that store is a long way to ask my parents to drive me.

 

I thought it might be nice for us to have our own Discord server for planning meetups and the like, so I went ahead and made one.

Here's the link: Join the SoFla BJDs Discord Server!

 

I may not make it to Mirai after all, I seem to have gotten sick and I'm not on my LIFE contributing germs to the Con Plague. I'll see how I feel tomorrow but I wanted to say something before I forgot just in case

 

Alright, I went by Otaku Comics and Games and spoke with Roy, one of the owners. I made sure to explain the connection between the products they sell (acrylic paints for customizing minis, blind box MJDs/BJDs, miniatures, etc) and our hobby, and brought along a few of my dolls of varying sizes to give them an idea of what to expect. They'd love to have us, either for a one-time event or for a recurring meetup. Tuesdays and Wednesdays are best for evenings, as their space hosts tourneys and weekly gatherings other days of the week. Weekends are hardest to accommodate as that's both when the store is busiest and their extra spaces are full for store/promo events, of course. They have access to a larger space than even I knew, they've rented the storefront next door to them (entrance on the other side of the building) for events to accommodate larger groups!

I'd love to be able to support a local small business and grow the local BJD community. He also mentioned that they'd be able to stock more dolls if there was higher demand, as if I needed any more excuses to be in there buying stuff lmao. Even for a small selection right now they are still offering a pretty wide variety, Liroros, Ten Thousand Escape Plans, and a line of boy dolls I've actually never seen stocked on common collector sites, The King's Avatar (I think this is a tie-in merch line for an anime but I'm out of the loop on such things these days lmao).

I would love it if we could start thinking about a date that we could commit to so I could contact them about reserving the space. I know this location is not somewhere everybody can make it to easily, but I think it's worth building connections with local places throughout the area. How do we feel about Tuesday evening November 18th? Thanksgiving is late, on the 27th this year, so that should be safely far enough from the holidays to not disrupt anybody's plans too much. Let me know what you think or if another date would be better!

 

We are confirmed for the event space at Otaku Comics and Games (accessed from the building's other staircase, not the one leading to the main storefront) for November 18th from 5-8pm! Bring your dolls of all sizes, and charge those camera batteries: the meetup theme is Photoshoots! I'll be setting up five different photo areas with props, miniatures, and objects from my collection to suit a range of sizes of dolls from big to small. The themes are:

Sunken Treasure/Undersea
-Classroom/Playroom
-Silly Hats
-Holiday Gifts
-D&D Tabletop Game

Feel free to bring props and accessories of your own, especially more silly hats!

 

I might be able to catch the last half hour. Unfortunately I work until 6:30 pm, but I'd love to see other dolls! I don't know if there's plans for dinner after, but idk if anyone would be open to doing something after as well.

 

I'm actually off that day!! Hooray

 

I would say that's not a bad idea.

On a side note, not sure if the meetup would be open to non DOA members? I can make a post on social media to advertise it.

 

Where the heck did my reply to this go omg, but yes please @Fango DeMaria !

 

@Winter Q go for it! I made an instagram reel and posted to stories for Otaku to share, they've also added it to the event schedule on the shop's Discord server

 

m I am about 30 minutes away. Excited to meet everyone there!

 

Thank you everybody for coming out! I had a great time