What single thing can you blame for getting you into BJDs?

Well two actually- Yoko from blue/pocket fairy and of course Bongy by Rainman
QZanny

 

part of reasons i love them because i love to be perfect, and they really do,at least their outlook~and they are not like other plastic dolls,no offence ,they just like they have something deep inside and make people obsess with.

 

I'm pretty sure I saw a picture on deviantart and was like "omg this isn't a person??" and started researching dolls. The next day one of the people I watch was live-streaming and she was looking at the Luts site! Not to mention that I love pretty and cute things o3o

 

I don't have an ABJD yet, but I've been collecting Blythe for three years. A friend is responsible for that addiction

This being said, the single thing responsible for getting me into ABJD? Fanfiction. I was reading this story, and the author linked to the Luts website... and I was a goner.

 

By accident I found then when it was basically just Volks and then as I got older and other companies came around I fell harder in love with them. Finally, at 15 I had saved up enough money to get my first doll....the next year another.....then two years later two....and now some heads...and shortly after this a crap load of dolls....

 

Featured page on DA.. They had a bjd on the front page.. I got interested.. And bam! New interest/hobby started.

It was maybe also because of the fact that I watched Attack On the Pinup boys, one of them received a doll as a gift, haha.

 

I did a Flickr Search for Ville Valo during a phase of fangirling
About the 5th picture down in the results was a Taeyang Pullip doll, customised to look like Mr. Valo
I loved him and started to research the Pullips, thinking i'd try to make one of my own.
I admittedly wasn't fond of the huge head, tiny body thing.
From doing a google search for Pullips, I found a BJD, can't remember who, but that's what got me looking at them.
The dolls sat in the back of my mind for a bit untill I started doing and Art Project where my final outcome was a life size marionette style werewolf (which failed)
As part of the research, I brought in the jointing of the BJDs
and Whilst googling for images to put in my Sketchbook
BAM!
SOOM Cuprit, Black Frost.
Love
Want
Had to have

So a combination of Ville Valo, Pullips and Cuprit killed my bank account :P

 

ANIME CONVENTIONS!
OMGish, I kept seeing them all over the place. Finally I started talking to the people who had these beautiful dolls. Eventually, I got abducted into the hobby.

 

A good friend of mine asked me to do a face up on her 60cm Obitsu. I didn't even know what a face up was at the time. As soon as I got to handle her doll...and viewed all the photos of face ups and dolls that she liked...I was hooked. Of course, she has over 30 dolls now with more on the way so she is definitely a bad influence. *smiles*

 

Back in 6th form I saw some friends browsing a website, first thing I saw.

The rest was history.

 

I have a friend who posted a beautiful picture of one of her dolls as a New year greeting card on FB last year and when I begin to check Internet to see others I discover fantasy dolls and much more. I never really played with dolls when I was a child, but now BJD offer me great chances to custom them to incarnate characters, to create photostories or just to take beautiful pictures.

 

Years ago, I was reading my flist on Livejournal and someone posted a photo of a Tensiya Hound and I was just instantly intrigued by BJDs from then onwards. I don't blame LJ or the person who posted it though. I'm so thankful I found out about them. I don't regret ever getting into this hobby, and I also don't regret the amount of money I've spent on these dolls. ^_^

 

My source to blame is a gorgeous boy from Iplehouse.

 

Good smile company's Nendoroids. I don't remember the exact instance, but I'm pretty sure that it was by looking for pictures of Nendoroids that I stumbled upon BJD's. I absolutely loved them, but the price put me off for a LONG time. I think it took me several months to realize that I absolutely NEEDED a BJD of my own.

 

An odd combination of Pullips and snark sites, actually...

I was in the Pullip fandom for a while, and...to be honest, was frustrated with how difficult they were to pose (despite how adorable they were, haha...). The forum I was on had a subforum for BJDs, and back then my tastes were still on the more unrealistic side of things so I didn't think much of them, haha.

And then a year or so later I was screwing around on the internet and stumbled upon the ED article for BJDs...and yet found myself liking them anyway, considering ED is full of hyperbole and whatnot? That, and the fandom didn't seem like the bunch of nutjobs the site claimed they were...pretty much everyone I've seen in this fandom is a sane, nice individual...but I'm rambling ahaha.

So despite the...odd places that sparked my interest, here I am today with one doll and patiently waiting for my second, hah. ;;

 

A collector asked me if I would consider a bjd as a partial payment for one of my sculpted dolls. I agreed and once I held the doll I was fascinated and hooked! I am now working on creating my own bjd's, already halfway done with my first!

 

Fascination-of the overwhelming kind
I found BJD by accident. I had never seen anything like it.

 

This is an easy one...two very hyper doll collectors who I call friends. That they included photos and links to some beautiful dolls didn't help.

 

Deviant Art... Speaks for itself IMO.

 

Finding out about BJDs: Anime/Deviantart
Actually buying one: my boyfriend (now fiance) telling me he thought they were cool and thus letting me know I wasn't a freak for wanting one.

 

I found out about bjds when I saw the schedule for the anime convention in Winnipeg- there was a presentation on them and I looked them up.
Though I've always liked dolls, especially the beautiful glass dolls, and how much art goes with the hobby convinced me into buying one.

 

In September a friend of mine opend the world of BJD´s for me. I had the honor to dress her doll and let him pose for photos. This was the moment I decided to have one. And when my first money came for working on saturday´s I was abel to buy me this dream.

 

A friend. It's all her fault. I left but came back. It's all her fault. D: Now I'm obsessed. ^^ ehehe

 

A Friend showing me LUTS Zuzu Delf,
Insta Addicted.

 

The One Thing That Got Me Hooked Was The Fact That They Are 100 Percent Customizable and Absolutely Gorgeous!

 

A friend. Totally my friend's fault. I was able to keep away from BJD for 2-3 years till she got one and she came to me all excited and 'I can't wait till he gets here' and then I got super jelly Dl

 

Girl Scouts and a trip to the Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art. I saw a (totally not-related, not BJD, and definitely not ABJD) doll there, and in looking for more information about it, stumbled across pictures of some Volks dolls.

 

my mum! lol she got me into collecting dolls then she discovered bjds and got me hooked on them too!
its all mum's fault! lol and you know im pleased she did!

 

Tokio Hotel, without a doubt. I found two CP Luts El's designed to look like them and fell. In. Love. To this day I still hold that a CP Tanning El is the most beautiful doll (to me). But the thing that got me into COLLECTING them was an anime convention! That was the first time I ever got to hold a doll in my arms, and at that moment it was really love

 

I blame Hiritai, whose dolls (on DA) were the first I'd ever seen. It may have taken years to get one for myself, but I'd just fallen in love somewhere deep inside me from that first sighting. ^-^

 

My friend was going to a meet-up and, since I was visiting her, asked if I wanted to come so I wouldn't have to drive home so early in the morning. I was already familiar with BJDs by this point (she had a small off-topic doll that they allowed her to bring but she had already done a lot of research and shared some sites with me). I thought the prices were stupidly ridiculous. They were pretty but I could never see myself spending money on one. However, when we got to the meet-up, they were all so beautiful. I felt this longing... I REALLY wanted one, too. Really REALLY wanted one. I browsed some of the sites with my friend and fell in love with a Luts Kid Delf Ani. It took months before I had the money, but he just shipped and should, hopefully, be here soon. Thanks, Daughter_of_Hades, for bringing me to that meet. ^^

 

For me it was my love of crafting and making dolls and other nit-picky little things.

I was browsing crafster.org in the dolls and toys section and saw people sharing the amazingly intricate clothing they had made for these dolls. I looked them up online and it completely got out of hand from there. They are so gorgeous, and I get to satisfy my crafty cravings by making scarves and sweaters and whatnot for them.

So, I blame my innate love of dolls and crafting. BJDs combine the two so perfectly!

 

I guess I blame being an otaku... Because if I hadn't been into asian things, I'd probably never have known... But it was Tachibana Shiro from VOLKS when he first came out that convinced me that someday I'd probably be spending waaaay too much money on such things. x_x;;;

 

I guess I can blame e-bay. I was searching for japanese collectibles and got interested in adding a traditional gofun doll to my collection. But I kept running into these Volks and Obitsu things...

 

I can't remember exactly what I was seraching for, probably info about some anime series, when I came across pictures of BJDs, probably in cosplay. And I struck by how beautiful they were and how they were boys! (I've never had trouble telling apart the boys and girls even at the start it seems.) The main thing that attracted me to BJDs is that there are boy dolls. It was like a whole new world! XD I've never really been interested in the girl dolls until recently. Anyway, I went all 'I need one of these pretty boy dolls!' and the rest is history.

 

Curiousity.

I followed one blog that was unrelated to dolls, but then one day she posted a picture of her dolls. I was intrigued, I wanted to know more.

 

I learned about "Dollfies" from, of all things, Encyclopedia Dramatica. Of course I know that site is satirical (and that's being generously polite) so I decided to look up what they really were. It was a mild interest, but coupled inevitably with the reaction of "they want how much for a doll?!" so I never seriously pursued the hobby, though I did pick out one doll that I would buy if I happened to have the money.

Fast forward about 3 years later, my fiance and I are trying to get a Dungeons and Dragons game going, and happen to meet a pair of young women at our job in a Teriyaki Experience restaurant. A few game sessions in, they are showing me pictures of some of the anime conventions they've gone to, and among those pictures, lo and behold, two BJDs. I mention I used to look at pictures of dolls and had one picked out, but it was just a random interest. They went into full-blown enabler mode, and showed me around some sites to buy dolls from. I fell in love with the mermaid-eared ResinSoul Jun, and placed an order for him not long after that.

One year later, I'm waiting on the arrival of my fifth doll, and paying off the layaway on my sixth, with a floating head waiting on a body. So, long story short, I blame chiennejin and KuroKitty for my addiction.

 

love you too Okamikodomo. As for me my ex boyfriends brother had one and i said i liked it so my ex bough me one for my birthday and broke up with me 4 months later . oh well Apollo ( AOD Chi ) is better company

 

Rozen Maiden. Then I found Volks' Rozen Maiden dolls and fell in love.

 

I've been a doll collector for my entire life.. I bought an Obitu body to make a doll I was working on a bit more flexible for posing and I was hooked.. I had to have bigger and better, it just took awhile to save up and convince my husband!

 

Photography, and the fact that I can't draw. xD

 

Seeing a picture of a UNOA randomly back in 2005 B|
I specifically blame that one doll and always will.

 

Visiting a random LiveJournal that had a link to the Dream of Doll website back in 2005. Upon seeing these exquisite dolls, it was captivation at first sight.

After a brief period of disbelief over the price, I started my "snowball" with a fullset Si and it's been a flurry of arrivals (and some departures) since then!

 

Writing and making a character that is conceived on paper, reading their story and imagining their physical appearance in your mind.

 

I dunno if I posted here before, forgive me if I did. It was a bjd-sized lolita dress that got me wanting a ball-jointed doll. The particular dress I wanted did not come in my size, but I could still get one for a dolly and love it the same. Ironically, all the bjd's I want are male and simply would not look right in a lolita dress.

 

Bought 4 or 5 years ago I used to play sims 2 a lot, with A LOT of mods. I found out about them because one of my favorite modders made "BJD eyes" and my favorite outfits belonged to a place called "Soom". So I looked up bjd & soom and fell in love with them. One yahoo answers question about who sold the cheapest dolls and I got a bobobie apollo. I then got my bobobie weylin Lopin, and loved him more, so I sold my original doll. I was stupid and bought everything for them instead of even trying to make anything for them, not all of it fit either. Then I got out of the hobby until early last year, when I tried to hook up a friend and this co-worker/friend of mine. Apparently they had been talking and she texted me out of the blue one day going "OMG you have a bjd too?" Having someone else that knew about it nearby rekindled my love for dolls in a BIIIIIG way and now its my favorite hobby, between faceups and mods and sewing. Also my collection grew from 1 to 12 in a year. ._.;;


So the first time its was Sims 2, the second time it was a friend.

 

Two people I follow on twitter started talking about dolls a couple years ago, and someone linked a picture of her DollZone MSD. I was sold. I still have the picture saved on my hard drive!

It makes sense then that a DZ MSD was my first resin BJD.

 

Originally, Shojo Beat. There was an article about them and I thought they were amazing! I didn't have the money, so I kind of fell out.

Then a friend who had one popped up. That got me back in.

What really killed me is the new arrival of a disposable income!

 

Wow, I don't even remember what it was! I collected dolls as a little girl and continued to like them growing up, so I knew BJDs were around, but I never much looked into them. I think it was a photo on deviantART that really got me interested.

 

going to the anime convention in grand rapids michigan called jfax thats what i blame for getting me to like bjds

 

I watched Kerli's "Walking on Air" music video when it came out (I was obsessed with her at the time lol) and I saw this doll she had... I thought it was the prettiest thing ever, but I figured it was just a random doll she had made specifically for the video.

Then I joined deviantART. BJDs! BJDs everywhere! I saw how pretty they were and how they could pose so well (my inner artist got really excited) and I just wanted one.

 

Well for me l would say anime, internet due to a person can do alot of research on ABJD's and as for anime l love anime movies. There is also looking at other peoples pictures of there dolls/obitsu.

 

I blame all my anime conventions, tho at them I was never brave enough to go and ask an owner about them or anything. DARN ME FOR BEING UBER SHY! It was just coincidence that i found them on DA after that :3 ...yay!

 

The internet

 

Seeing them in person at this pagan picnic I went to!

 

Ahhhh so much... Artsy-fartsy photographs, their highly detailed and beautiful faces... Before being into BJDs, I collected some action figures here and there (<- dork) and I *love* the fact that BJDs are so pose-able. When I figured out that you can totally customize them, I was like "Yep, that's it. I'm getting one." and I've never looked back!

 

For a long time I was just looking at different photos of BJDs but one day I saw one "alive" and understood that must have one.

 

DeviantArt. I saw my very first picture of a BJD on that site, was like "Woooaaahhh what the hell is THAT and where can I GET one???"

Then the owner told me the price and I was all like, "yeeeeah, nevermind. Eh-heh."

So I managed to put it out of my mind for a few months, and had very nearly forgotten about them. Then I saw ANOTHER picture of a BJD on DeviantArt (and I'm pretty sure it was the exact same doll), and it got me curious all over again, so I went to Luts (the pic was a Delf El) and finally told myself I'd just get ONE, just so I could see for myself what they were like and ... yeah, six years and seventeen dolls later, I'm still not finished buying. ^^;

 

One of my friends was gushing to me about them, and with my mad google skills, I searched. And fell in love. Instantly.

I have a deep love for/obsession with anything customizable and once I learned that you could customize them, I was hooked.

 

The internet. 8P