Things about this hobby that you find hilarious?

I can't belive I thought SDs were big- I mean. These are awesome and I 100% think it's sick as heck if anyone who reads this owns one, but they're silly big, they're almost crossing over into mannequin territory!

 

OMG your comment made me look them up and wow! I had never heard of them before! They're so big!

I really want to see one in real life now, and also see how heavy they are.

 

the way modding sounds out of context--I've said some frightening things to friends in public places like "I think I'm going to have to chop her boobs off and start over" and "Her legs need dismembering again...now they're short" Not to mention, the infamous "bits bucket" which contains resin penises off dolls I've modded female, and a couple boobs that were really big on a torso I wanted smooth, that are just floating around in there.

Also, bizarre hybrids--like EID man heads on feeple60 bodies (as bad as expected), tiny blackcherry heads on EIDm bodies. And the classic middle fingers out on jointed hands.

 

I find it funny to read complaints about how hard it is to sew for MSDs. Try sewing clothes for a 4 inch high Real Puki. That'll make sewing for a mini seem much easier.

 

Kinda curious if there are any box opening videos of them. I want to see them standing next to something in human scale too. My niece was once gifted a Barbie that was taller than my SD, I even took a picture of him standing next to her. Everyone was joking that the Barbie was my doll's girlfriend.

Also, one thing I find hilarious is when I'm browsing on TATA's Paradise. The abbreviation and name is funny to me. If someone outside the hobby were to see the name on a tab or in my bookmarks, they'll probably think its some raunchy site.

 

this was me the other day with a friend - told her I didn’t like the nipples on my DD bust so I was going to sand them off - she was both amused and disturbed haha

 

Oh there are!


These are just two of several, coming out of the box they're almost like coming out of a child-sized coffin - they are an experience.

 

Thank you for the playlist, these dolls are really huge!

Yeah, they are. It seems like most people in the videos I've seen so far prefer to have a stand for them cause they slouch due to their weight. Their shoes are huge, everything is huge. Thankyou for sharing the videos, I haven't seen the first one yet so I'll be sure to watch it.

 

Similar to what most people have been posting... doll clothes that cost more than mine lol.

 

Definitely agreed with the pricing of doll clothes...
when I spend less on my own clothing than for my dolls ah

 

It is a little frustrating and funny how my doll clothes are sometimes more expensive than my own. Its like I am their sugar mom

 

Years ago, I can't remember if it was 5 Star Doll or Impledoll, but one of them named one of their tiny dolls Penis. Hilarity and jokes ensued. I think later the doll was renamed to something else, but I can't remember to what.

 

That was Impldoll Colin!

 

OMG yes! At the time I remember kind of wanting one because I like scorpions.

 

No such thing as "One size" fits all even in the BJD world lol.

Also the fact how normal to talk about doll body parts. Usually what draws me to a sculpt: "Oh I love x sculpt because of she has nice boobs/butt, etc etc." I even have one friend that absolutely tolerates my hobby and do body reviews together.

When I go second-hand shopping my dolls being shipped in various boxes that aren't your typical shipping boxes. I literally got one of my dolls unstrung in an organic yogurt box. My family was so confused why I was bringing a box of yogurt upstairs.

And whenever I'm rehoming my dolls it looks like I'm getting ready for their funeral.

Frankenstein-ing (hybrid) my dolls. Playing doll doctor when something goes wrong.

 

Doll nudity causing offence. Non doll people seeing my collection for the first time, people are not good at hiding their initial reaction.

 

So kind of mean spirited but I find this hilarious.

The reactions I get for collecting dolls in general, and then the reactions I get when I fan the flames by telling them how much my hobby costs.

“You spent X on THAT!? You could get three of (insert stuff they care about here)”

“That’s a car payment!”

“You could put your kid through college!”(I don’t have kids)

“That money could go to X(charity/cause they care about, I already donate to charities I care about)

And this is just from family! My hobby is weird/overpriced because it’s not a hobby they have or something they would ever buy. It used to bother me how much they hated my hobby in the past, now I like to egg them on because there’s nothing they can do about it.

 

My favorite part right now is sending my doll's head out to have face-up and just having his headless S-hook body just chilling on my nightstand.

 

I don't know why but I laugh uncontrollably when I think about the silicon busts some people have made for minifees and other popular dolls, they definitely look great under outfits but my brain is always like "hehe squishy bewbs" XD

 

Being super overly critical about a doll’s body and facial features, when I’m not like that with real people at all.

 

how people get annoyed when you mod a rare doll. Im dying a very yellowed crobidoll marie in sherbet white skin if i cant remove the yellowing and oof the anger

 

yeah, while they only made like 20 of these guys, she is YELLOW and unless i can restore her or use the yellow and add highlights, imma be dying her a light tan with bambi spots and velvet brown antlers

 

I always find it funny when I talk dolls with my boyfriend in front of my mother. She has no understanding of how BJDs work or the terms for them (nor does she care to) XD
One day we were driving and she just looks at us and says “it sounds like your speaking a whole other language..”

 

If you think the removeable *dicks* are funny, you should see the strung on ones that spin around like a helicopter!

 

The first time I started this hobby and someone wrote they were looking for a particular doll including his penis parts. I about fell over laughing. I was in shock a doll had penis parts that attached to him. lol

 

The little hacks behind the scenes of doll photo shoots!

The backdrop is really your own shirt? Or a coat? Or a blanket?
Your fancy photo lights are really a flashlight with something random thrown over the front as a diffuser?
Your prop cigarette is really a toothpick with a Kleenex rolled around it?

Yeah...I actually love it so much. It's like making magic. Hilarious magic. Hehe.

I was taking pictures yesterday and my doll had a hair clip inside his clothes to hold the fabric, a bobby pin behind his head to hold his hair, he was balanced with his butt on a little tin container, and he had a small hair comb holding up another part of his clothing. The actual doll stands were being used to hold lights. Definitely one of those "Instagram vs Reality" moments.

 

Lol. That's funny because, didn't we all have naked Barbie dolls on the floor at some point in our lives?

 

To expand on the hilarity of doll naughty bits—

Something that tickles my funny bone is all the various different ways there are to shield the unmentionables in photographs. Xs blocking out nipples, an eggplant emoji covering...manbits—you get the picture (no pun intended). It's especially grand when the photographers get creative with actual props to block those bits out. Gotta say one of my faves is still the gripping hand that Granado uses in the male body photos that comes with those optional parts.

 

My husband and I eventually always go back to making little jokes about how someone can drop $600+ on a doll, but then get cheapsy with the clothing... $600 doll in $10 sneakers......... I'm calling myself out.

 

Some of the conversations you have - I recently called out to my husband (who was talking over our fence to our next door neighbor) - "Hey honey, I just bought that woman's body, I was talking to you about, for $340." I can't imagine what they thought, until I explained myself.

Also, the extra heads that I have and my "eye box" that I threaten my adult children with when they visit.

My favorite, so far, was "Why can't you collect (make - as in the bjd clothes I was making) something more useful." Coming from my 83 year old mother who has sewn all her life. Half of my family is made up of serious artists so as I related this to them, they all thought it was hysterical!

Whoops! didn't mean to double post.

 

You should tell her you can charge a lot higher while using an 8th of the amount of fabric/materials(if she’s ever sold her sewing). My mother still chokes when she sees the price of a doll dress(“Why would you pay more than twenty bucks for that? It’s so little”) even though it’s the same if not more work to see doll clothes.

 

My mother does understand the cost of small sewn items - fortunately. She has done detailed quilting as well as made me really detailed Barbie clothing back when I was little. I wish I still had it!!! She is amazed that I put working pockets in a pair of shorts I made for a pukifee. If I actually sold the clothing, I think she’d be happier but I am still not quite there yet and I need to get my good machine repaired. To be honest, I think she realized what she said just after she said it

 

Mr.Bright sometimes gets a chuckle out of how much I gripe about fabric prices when I'm making something for the gang...

Me: "Oh, for pete's sake. They want how much for a half-yard of this? I mean, it's gorgeous. Just look at the way that drapes... But sheesh!"

Him: "That's for your Oscar's new coat, right? The extra hands you bought for her cost more than that."

Me: " Point. But it's still highway robbery."

 

He puts up with the dolls and my fabric-stashing proclivities with good humor. He's a keeper.

 

When I lay out fabric to mark or cut out doll clothes, my cats will go TOY! and try to kill the fabric. Or sit on it, sprawling out so I must get creative to keep working.

 

Seeing how other people around you react when they hear a doll related conversation out of context. It often sounds like you just murdered someone…

 

I spent so much money on doll clothes for my new boy its hilarious. Two skirts, a blouse, a pair of socks and new shoes...i prolly spent close to 80 all together? which isnt BAD but my wallet is hurting.

 

I'm around this world practically since yesterday, so my experience is absolutely limited, but one thing that make me chuckle all the time is the "uncle" denomination for dolls higher than 70cm (I hope I'm not mistaken).
I mean, reading that something is "uncle size" is too weird in my brain

 

Don't worry, I've been around some years now and I still chuckle with "uncle" size, it never stops being funny

One of the most amusing parts to me is browsing around foreign sites, like Yahoo Auctions and Taobao, while relying on Google Translate. I have a screenshot somewhere of something that got translated as "BJD with mozzarella cheese" in one of UFDolls' Taobao listings

 

Hmm, i gotta say the conversations you can end up having in the wild (in public) Seeing other peoples reactions to them too. Especially if you don't have a doll out and all they hear is: Well, i sliced her breasts off because i decided i wanted a flatchested girl instead! Or i changed her eyes since blue looks better. One of the better ones were: "Well one day his arm just popped off!! it took ages collecting the pieces and put it back together!" The lady behind my friend in the coffee shop looked mortified but didn't say anything.

 

"what's in the box?"

*GRIN* "Eyeballs!"

 

'what's in the case?"
*innocent* "Heads."

 

"Why can't I get the dang head off??"

 

I think it's quite funny how many of us have had awkward accidental encounters with our dolls. Whether it's a loved one walking in on a changing session or just a stranger seeing us taking pictures.

 

I forget where I was, but I was talking with a friend about where I keep my floating heads while standing in line.

"I need to add that head to the Headbasket, at least until I get him a body."

The looks on the faces of the people near us...I swear that one guy slowly shuffled a few feet away from us!

And speaking of headless dolls, Shuichi is out getting a faceup, so right now he has three tootsie roll lollipops as his head. I should post that pic somewhere, or send it to my siblings, just to get their reactions.

Ryu

 

I got two out getting faceups too lol. Just two headless little kids, sitting on the shelf...

 

I was browsing some clothing pre-orders on nine9style a few weeks ago after being out of the hobby for years, and they had all kinds of clothing items for different sizes. The only item that was already sold out?

...The french maid apron for Idealian-sized boys.

I looked at that, shook my head and went "never change, BJD hobby, never change."

 

I think one of the funniest (and sorta disturbing as well) I've seen was this doll that had a positionable / removable tongue. I think it was called something like Blue Citron or something; but it's been years now.

 

For some reason, that brought to mind that Nobility Doll boy (Emotional 70cm, I believe) with pressable nipples. Those have to still be one of the most hilarious things I've discovered in the hobby

As an add-on: firm, pointy nipples. Why do they need projectile nips? Are they eternally chilly?