Which do you prefer? “Cute” or “Hot” dolls?

I prefer "cute," myself. I can understand wanting your doll to be pretty, but I don't quite understand wanting your doll to be sexy. It's just not my thing.

 

cute!!

 

Maybe it’s because I’m older or because my brain just doesn’t look at dolls (or even most humans) that way but I don’t really see them as ‘hot’ or ‘sexy’. Attractive, handsome, striking, beautiful or pretty yes but not ‘Hot’, ‘hawt’ or whatever way you want to think of it. Couldn’t really name any particular sculpt that I find particularly attractive above all others as my taste fluctuates constantly.

Although I have some larger dolls most of my collection past and present has consisted of tinies, especially Fairyland ones so it seems my preference leans more towards the ‘Cute’ end of the scale.

 

If I could own a lot of sexy boys, I would, but I'm the same way. As much as I like dolls that are hot, I collect mostly MSDs, which tend to be "cute" even for boy dolls. I do have one 66cm boy I consider hot, so I have at least him to pamper and show off.

 

So far I'm pretty much in the "cute" territory. I started out more 50/50 but I find it difficult (and expensive) to pull of a "hot" doll (to me, "hot" is a sophisticated evening gown or a well-tailored suit. Unless you buy very specific, extremely popular dolls that doll clothiers use as models (none of which I happen to like), it's hard to get the "well-tailored" part down). Cute is easier, because oversized can be a little cute too, so there are more options.

I don't think I really have A doll that stands out as "cute" to me because there are honestly so many options, and I don't even think my dolls are the cutest out there, they're just the ones that spoke to me the most. For "hot" dolls, I nominate Iplehouse, Telesthesia and Soom boys and Iplehouse and SartoriaJ girls. I could easily buy half a dozen of those if I had unlimited finances to clothe them.

 

it really depends for me, I usually tend to build characters first, vibe and all. I'm hoping to collect every archetype of character.

For me, "hot" is different than "sexy", more Belle of the Ball, popular, admired, and wanted. "Cute" to me can vary, I've got a girl (tinyfox frog) who, to me, is solely cute. pouty look, big eyes, almost anime-esque or the typical MSD style. Ive also got another girl (MyouDoll DouDou) who is cute but quite elegant.

I did recently acquire a doll whose vibe is more "hot", she's an angel philia serika that I modified. I mostly like AP dolls because of their figure and I was interested in their soft skin, I know they're typically sexualized but I'm not into that so I wanted to keep that attractive/hot vibe without it getting all sexual

 

To me, hot = sexy = you have a certain physical reaction. While I certainly recognize that dolls can be that way, I would say I'm drawn towards cute and attractive/pretty. Some of my dolls are couples, so I hope they find each other hot!

 

"Hot" or "sexy" is a bit crude. I prefer to refer to dolls as "cute" or "mature."
Overall, I like mature dolls more, but somehow I end up with cute ones more often!

 

I prefer dolls on the cuter side, but I also find all dolls to be cute? I have seen some dolls that were styled to be 'hot', especially the 75 cm males, but all of them still seem cute to me but in a different way. Just not in the uwu type of cute that very cutesy dolls are like. I tend to think of Puyodolls and other similar anime type dolls to be the epitome of the cute doll style, but all sculpts have a cute charm to them, even the strangest sculpts.

 

Mmm if I have to choose "cute" or "hot" exclusively with no other option I would say I'd go for "hot." However, I would not say I have a collection of hot dolls. Some of them have their hot moments.

I think my preference is more for a third thing, of fashionable, "cool." Cool is definitely in the eye of the beholder and I think my dolls are very cool but probably kind of awkward eccentrics in some perceptions

 

For me, it just depends on the doll. I have a range of characters, some of them are meant to be cute, some hot, some just kind of average, and I've even had some that are really not meant to be attractive at all. I have some fantasy/anthro dolls that are just creepy!

 

I always say that I only collect things I find beautiful, cool or belong to a franchise I adore/love. I avoided collecting cute dolls or figures for a long time (felt like a lifetime). As I grew older, I started to lessen the "no cute" dolls/toys rule I made for myself, and kind of just collect them now even if I prefer mature-looking, leaning towards scary adult-looking-dolls/figures.

So, I guess if I had to choose, I would go with cute (but I only own one BJD that even comes close to being cute). I also believe "hot" and "sexy" are kind of similar, neither of which I want my dolls to be associated with, nor would I ever think they would be considered by anyone (and I'd like to keep it that way or just hope so). I'm an old-fart-weirdo, I prefer scary things in general, rather than cute, but definitely never "hot," by any definition. However, if I really had to choose between either, I would go with cute. (:

 

Right now, I have the exact same amount of "cute" dolls as "hot" (with adult bodies and not childish features on their sculpts) ones in my doll family, so I suppose I don't have that clear of a preference between them.
That said, I think I prefer the "hot" ones overall as they are the ones I handle and create about (photos, stories, etc.) the most. It checks out when I think about the types I tend to like on other media (for example, skins in games, or actors and actress, etc.)

 

If those are the only option I'll go with "cute", but I certainly love quite a few dolls who don't fit into that, but they are even less "hot". I guess if you put yourself in that mindset and kind of squint a bit a few could be considered "hot", depending on you tastes in that sort of thing? It's in the eye of the beholder. I just try to do their carachters justice.
If I could add the option "Interesting" I'd pick that. I think all my dolls can fit into that category in one way or another.

 

I think I prefer cute because the "hot" dolls can also look cute but my "cute" dolls can't pull of "hot" I have my slimmer minis that I dress in more mature ways and my slightly chonkier minis that wear cutesy dresses and the like. I think a lot of it is also the face sculpts as huge doll-like noggins with big eyes go better with sweet styles while smaller heads and smaller eyes obviously look more grown up, especially when paired with mature bodies.

At the moment I'm more interested in nostalgic sculpts so I tend to handle my "cute" dolls more often, but that swaps around the moment I want to make some sexy clothes

Lately, I've been giving more attention to the more doll-like, nostalgic cute sculpts but I know that swaps around the moment I feel like sewing something kind of sexy to my slim girls. It's nice to have options

 

My picture of "cute" BJDs is round huge eyes, small noses, small mouths, a generally more child-like facial structure, and child-like clothing style. My picture of "hot" BJDs is smaller, narrower eyes, a more mature (but not necessarily completely grown-up) facial structure, and more grown-up kind of clothing. Going by these stereotypes, I'm not that interested in owning dolls that look like small children or give off a child vibe. So by process of elimination I guess I prefer "hot".

But eh, I think we all know that "cute" and "hot" are limited categories and quite subjective anyway! If I could pick my own categories, I agree with Lillith and will go with "interesting". And "beautiful". (Both very subjective too )

 

I've had this conversation with my partner because he assumes all dolls are supposed to be Sexy/Hot like AP dolls (he associates them with anime fetish dolls) and I had to explain that some dolls are meant to be cute or scary or comforting or realistic or a hundred other things. Once I showed him my cute vs my hot doll, he better understood the sheer variety.
For myself, unless the doll is representing a character who is supposed to be sensual and sexy, all my dolls are more cute or representing non-sensual characters. And the ones who are supposed to represent sexy characters are like models in that what they wear and how it's styled is as important as the doll's body. Dolls are just objects at the end of the day, and it's how we style and interact with them that makes them seem sexy or not.

 

I really understand this because I’ve sought to do the same thing myself. I’ve been collecting since 2006 with an eye towards diversity from the very beginning. My characters are built from my own long and varied life experiences…like a life journal expressed visually through dolls rather than in words on a page. To make it easier and more fun to deal with, I made it all like a fairytale which allowed complete diversity of size and species so I could freely collect whatever doll suited my character and circumstance the best. So of course I have cute dolls happily residing right along hot ones, and everything in between…because as a little ol’ lady now, I had a lot of stories to tell!

 

If I had to pick I'd go with cute, but I'd say my dolls are somewhere in between. I think I would have been more likely to think of them as "hot" when I was a teen and had just started collecting, but as I see my dolls as aged 16-18 they all feel like babies to me now. (I'm sure my boy dolls like to think that they're hot. Blue probably thinks they're hot too )

 

I think you mean Cute = fairylike , toddler like , baby like , big head , small breasted big eyed anime like , sweet looking
Hot = mature realistic , big boobs anime , having the potential to be dressed in a way perceived as hot by people without eyebrows raised .
There is a whole genre of dolls that are neither of that , elderly looking marionettes /dolls are neither , joe dalton and lucky luke plushies my son has are neither (they are hillariously funny though) ,
I like both all the cute subcategories above plus some that are not cute but look quirky funny etc but I also like mature dolls cause some dolls happen to have adult sculpts representing well adults ... I never see those as hot or any other similar feel and never dress them in such a way . Imagine an iplehouse eid in a tudor gown would it still be "hot" or more pretty . Same goes with non-hot modern clothes without suggestive posing. I think the clothes are half the doll in most cases.

 

i prefer cute, but i think that's mostly bc i prefer more stylized looking dolls. most dolls that i've seen that go for a "hot" look tend to lean toward realism and that's not really my thing. but that's fine by me, looks like it's all cuties in my future

 

I'd say on average my dolls are more on the "hot" side, but two of the three have cute styling right now. It's the same way with people. One day you can be cute and girly, one day a little more on the sexy side. Don't feel like you have to stick to one or the other when styling your dolls (or yourself for that matter!).

 

I like my girls ultra kawaii and can go either way on boys. I think I just like boys....

 

I'd say "handsome" is a better descriptor for the boy dolls I like. With girls it tends to sway between "cute" and "pretty", but mostly pretty.

 

Definitely not on the "cute" side.I prefer striking dolls, and I have a problem with cute dolls : they don't stay cute very long in my hands ^^'. Anyway most of the time I'm not highly intested by cute dolls. I also don't always want handsome/beautiful sculpts. I mostly want them to have personality.

 

Cute for sure, though I like unusual dolls as well. When asked what comes to mind for a doll, I would probably first think of the Volks Four Sisters, and I suppose my perception goes from there.

 

I only have one doll that I would consider "cute" as she's got chibified proportions. But I got her not because of her cuteness, but because she's a munchkin cat centaur and....I am owned by a munchkin. The other ones....well, 3 of them aren't even mostly human?? I didn't get the anthro weasel cause I thought he was hot, though my eagle dude (complete with eagle head) I did get cause the curve of his back dinged something in my brain. One of my dolls is only a floating head right now, but it's a minime that I got because I find the character he's modeled after hot. Does that count? lol.

I guess what I'm saying here is I don't go for either. I get my dolls because something about them speaks to me. It's not "I find this doll attractive" or "I find this doll cute". I find those things will fade very quickly, or are so ubiquitous in dolls that they start to lose meaning - and aren't anything I'm actually interested in getting a doll for. The dolls I go for are the ones that are unique in some way, either by having a smirk that gives hints towards his personality, or the most delicate, most amazingly sculpted paw hands I've ever seen xD

 

I prefer "cute" dolls because I like their innocent look. They remind me of my childhood—I never grew out of dolls!

 

Either depends upon the type of doll. Most of my guy dolls tend to run hot rather than cute but there have been exceptions. Both really...

 

I fully confess I enjoy looking at my boys. I’d call most of them hot without question. XD

 

I don’t really like cute dolls—my understanding of the word cute is that kinda childlike, big headed, more chibi proportioned doll. I don’t like that at all, because I’m not a fan of children, so I don’t want dolls that look like children. My youngest characters are in their twenties now, so I don’t have any child characters to shell (though some of my dolls have adult children).

would I call most of my dolls hot? Honestly if we define hot as like mature and beautiful/handsome, I’d certainly say a few of them would qualify. A lot of them are distinctive. I don’t know who all is attracted to my very scarred, fantasy coloured, eccentric doll cast, but like, I find facial scars usually kinda beautiful, though I may be biased in that. If we define hot as in attractive, I’m not attracted to resin, so none of them would count.

 

I'm intrigued by the discussion of the semantics of "cute" and "hot!" And this is quite illuminating as to how we perceive our dolls, and how for some it changed over time.

I'd personally say I'm a big fan of cute. I think the majority of my dolls fall in there, but they are sometimes different forms of cute. Megu's got toddler cute down. Nikki is "foster cat brought in off the streets" cute. Most of my slim MSDs are a sort of like... comic book character cute? Adventurous and charming and designed to be recognizable/"iconic" in their own way, where I can like, look at a piece of clothing and go "oh that's so Nova/Clover/Tian Ni!" and if I take them out to pose for pictures or something, they've got a personality I want to communicate. But they're not necessarily cutesy. Papyrus from Undertale cute. Hopefully that describes the vibe somewhat accurately, heh.

The couple that don't fall into cute, I'd say are more "cool." Those would be Thalassus and (still-unnamed) Fang. They are pretty sculpts, and could be styled to be more cute, but my design goal for them is "unwillingly immortal space pirate captain" and "classic rock biker gal" respectively. Maybe there's a degree of "hot" in there as well, in a way. Not in that I'm aiming for them to be attractive, but "cool" and "hot" tend to have overlap.

 

Depends on the character-- and then, styling goes for a lot. Like... I wouldn't call my MNF boy 'hot' as a hunk of resin, but as a character Pete thinks of himself as sexy! Meanwhile, if I had to assign my FID girl to either 'cute' or 'hot' as binary categories... then I guess I'd put her in the 'hot' column, even if her character would be just as likely to describe herself as 'adorable'.

I don't really have a lot of child characters/want to do much with child characters, so my collection leans mostly towards mature, but some of them are still more cute. My new girl is definitely a cutie, even though she's got a gorgeously sculpted body and COULD be styled to be more sexy-- once I had her dressed and got the right wig on her, she clicked into that cute vibe. But someone with the exact same doll could lean the other way. So my preference for mature dolls doesn't lock me out of playing with cuter styles! (and of course I DO have some variety outside of my general preferences, because even if I don't have a lot of interest in child characters, sometimes it's fun to have a little bitty guy you can pose with miniature toys and such just for the cute photos)

 

Like others have said, I feel like "cute" and "hot" are both incredibly subjective adjectives and my tastes don't fit neatly into either. I definitely have some that fall under "cute," like my sole MSD or my anime girls, but I can also see how some of my dolls can be interpreted as "hot," such as my RS Mi or Crobidoll Lance.

I think better descriptors of my taste are "refined" and/or "interesting." I like dolls that have striking features, such as strong noses or atypical eye shapes. On the whole, I think my dolls look very elegant and carry a lot of presence when completed, but not in a way that feels curated for social media. The aesthetics of each one varies a lot while maintaining a loose sense of cohesion within the group when displayed together.

 

My taste probably would fall under the category of “hot”. I like realistic dolls but without (too big) real life imperfections so they could be called idealized realistic.

That’s very interesting! This would merit it’s own post. Would love to see how you interpret each of them.

 

I consider all my dolls adults, but they are all cute to me. I guess a "hot" doll is just some flavor of cuteness in my eyes. It's a tiny little plastic person shaped object, I can't feel that kind of attractions to it, they are all babies that I want to spoil mature looking or not. even if it's nude or wearing lingerie I still think of it as my cute baby.
as for the stylization it's really a diverse mix imo but what's shared is most of them look smiley or otherwise content, to me that is so cute to look at.

 

It depends on the doll and the character, but I've been trying to have cute girly girls for more than a decade and just didn't worked for me. I love to see other people dolls under this style, but I cannot manage to give this look to my dolls for some reason.

I tend to go for casual looks for my young adult/adult and cute for my 1/6.

I must admit that those +75 resin boys wearing "hot" looks (big pecs, cheeky faces, etc) make me giggle at my 37 years old LOL so I guess I'm at the same point with these as the cutesy girls. I just keep it plain for me and enjoy seeing other's dolls I guess xDDD

 

It depends on the personality and role in the story

 

I think people have already posted great answers here. I think what people think as a "cute" or "hot" varies a lot depending on a person and their taste. Generally speaking I would be more on the "hot" side, if that means more mature looking doll. However, my perspective of "hot" is not the same as "sexy" or might not be always what is traditionally seen as a "hot" by the main media. As many have said here before, for my own dolls/OCs, it depends on a character and their personality/style. Some characters fall more on the "cute" side and other on the "hot" side. Yet, as already said here these are very limited categories. Not sure if this makes any sense at all...

 

I want my dolls to be cute! And just a little bit childish. Big eyes, round faces. I find the ones that look like buff guys kind of off-putting sometimes ;^^ but sometimes pretty lady dolls are really nice, Gem of Doll 70cm girls are stunning.

 

At this moment, I have Bao (my Puki PongPong) sitting in front of me on my desk. Perched on the printer/scanner next to said-desk? Jack. My ridiculously-foxy-for-a-guy-made-of-resin Iple "Tokyo Story" Tedros. Looking at the two of them, and then the crew as a whole... I can only say Yes. Both.

There are cool things about both sorts... and the ones who fall somewhere between the two. Or completely outside those bounds entirely.

 

Cute all the way. No matter what they look like, they've got to give me the kitten feeling

 

Somewhere in the middle, I guess?? I prefer adult bodies, but when it comes to faces I like the more anime/stylized looks. (My only current on topic dolls are a Minifee and an MDD, if that gives you an idea)

Also, I'm not trying to start an argument or anything, but to be honest, a lot of the BJDs designed to be "hot" or "sexy" make me kind of uncomfortable, although that's mostly limited to the male dolls, and I've always been weirdly disconcerted by those, lol. But female dolls with more stereotypically "hot" features don't bother me that much. (With exceptions, of course. Looking at you, AP)

I guess the above is sort of a tangent, but overall I'd say I'm somewhere in the middle, leaning towards "cute".

 

It really depends on the doll for me and the character. I want my smaller dolls to be cute. I like to dress my child dolls like adorable children. Which stands to reason because they are children. My MSDs are also moderately dressed, as they seem like younger teens to me. I have some more mature dolls that I just like having look plain as well.

I like my more mature romantically inclined dolls to be somewhat attractive. A lot of them have romances in my story so I am going to want them to look nice with each other. Most of them dress in just normal clothes. I don't go out of my way to photograph them looking hot, but I do try for some romantic couple shots at times.

I don't see hot and sexy as they same thing. I like the mature dolls to be attractive, but I don't go around trying to make them look like they belong in an adult magazine either.

 

I'd say cute, but then again I think Chucky is cute so my perception may not match up to reality

The way I see it "hot" has much more of a cool, mature, serious connotation, while "cute" is more childish and silly. My favorite proportions are 3-5 heads tall, which automatically come across as childlike no matter what features they have.

Even my bigger boys, while more mature in proportion, still have a "cute" vibe imo

 

kind of in the middle, I think? I like dolls that look like young adults, but I tend to dress my dolls pretty conservatively most of the time. I do like hot dolls but I find it hard to bond with them. I feel like "cool" is the term I would go for. My cute dolls also tend to be dressed as adults as well, just with lighter color palettes and cuter motifs in clothing (ribbons, lace, etc). Child-like dolls give me the same bonding problem as sexy dolls do

 

For the record Chucky / AKA good guy dolls were cute so the doll before it takes too much of the "demonic" presence expressions (especially in the movies 1-3) was a cute doll that's why it was a succesful film because the doll was a pretty doll a kid would like that after keeping it it showed demonic degradation and turned out horrible, from the other side Annabelle in the film was from the beginning a doll you would gift to your worst enemy hoping it will get alive and demonic and do everything horible. I would buy a good guy doll on the spot it was a cute doll in the very begining.

 

Why would I want hot dolls? Can dolls even be hot? I'm not dating them haha I have a husband for that.

 

"Cute" and "hot," kinda comes across as young and mature. There are plenty of people who I think would argue their partners are both hot and cute and would throw digital hands to prove the point XD

But as far as dolls, because they're small, they all come across as cute even when spooky.

But fantasy and spooky are the best for me. Like my murder buns definitely call in cute but also spooky.

I got my ff14 characters fall in the mature category that I'm shelling, but which more definitely fall into fantasy.

But I do like all kinds. I'm so bad and curating, I exist all across the spectrum

 

I prefer kinda sad dolls, not like cute or hot. When I bought my first one I knew I wanted a grow elegant woman not a young girl or a teen. Still I like them to be neutral or a bit sad. Smiling dolls are kinda creepy to me.

 

I am a gendered doll collector. Boys need to be "hawt" - handsome, mature, muscular. Yes, I am the potato chip collector, and I am not ashamed!
Girls need to be - hmm. Not cute, but not "hot" either. They need to be mature (for the most part). They need to have a self-possessed air about them. They must have attitude. The bitchier, the better.

 

Firmly in the "cute" camp.
Almost all my girls are very "cute", lean a little more "mature" than sugary sweet but still would generally fall into "cute"!
I really enjoy "cool" and "scary" dolls too but don't have any and there aren't any concrete plans to change that any time soon.

 

Variety is the spice of life.

 

Sorry for the Off-topic, but t just reminds me of a situation I had at work yesterday I'd been recruiting a guy and I talked with my HR colleague and she goes "wait, so this guy is *not* going to work here? We were already shipping you two, guys!" And I was like, 'First off, he's married with a kid; secondly, he's *so* not my type" and we went onto the journey through her loving the tall, lumberjack type of guys (the potential employee sort of fitting the stereotype) and me going 'Oh God, NO!' each time she mentioned another manly trait she admires. To her surprise, I admitted I like clean-shaven, delicate-faced, "cute" but not overly effeminate dudes (and that I used to be into gothbois back in my early 20s) and that I really don't mind guys slightly shorted than me.

So, honestly, that's pretty much what I feel about my dolls: I have two main male dolls, one of them being unrealistically effeminate and someone I'd avoid IRL, because the level of self-centredness and narcissism behind such doll's human equivalents would be unmatched; and the other being just a cute-faced, but manly and mature-bodied guy, whose human equivalent I could totally envision dating happily.

I cannot see someone as hot if they don't have a tint, at least, of 'cute'. I mean, objectively I think some of the warrior-knight-vampire types that people make e.g. Santoria or Iple guys into are definitely handsome, but I'd sell away such a doll the minute I got it as a gift, for example. At the same time, the open-mouthed, big-eyed Volks or Switch guys with pastels and frills aren't my type either. There, the common mix of muscled bodies and round faces is off-putting to me. Again, I appreciate all the craftsmanship that goes into it, but I find it incongruous in terms of style. I mean, my dream is to one day own a volks boy for my volks girl, but he'd have to be on the plumpy body, with no muscle-definition to it. And he'd be purely cute, not hot, just like my volks girl is herself.

As for my two aforementioned guys, they're more realistic looking (Supia Lina & Migi Jina) and so are their dolly girlfriends (BC Kaorin and Supia Rosy, respectively). Again, these girls have very round, big-eyed and 'cute', girly faces, matched with often nude or just maturely-dressed, vampy, femme-fatale bodies.

 

I prefer cuteness! Particularly when paired with a sad or stoic expression.

I'm conflicted with "hot" dolls because I think there's a distinction to be made between mature vs sexy. (There is also some overlap with cute and sexy, which I truly despise). To me, mature is very elegant and alluring, especially on men, and is usually quite tastefully done. But sexy is often not done tastefully and just gives off pornsick vibes. Think comically large busts bursting out of skimpy clothes. I don't like those at all.

 

I think all dolls are cute, but I guess i prefer “hot”.
I like my guys to be handsome in a mature and stylish sort of way. (Also since doll bodies aren’t cheap I do want my guys bodies to look nice, otherwise it feels like I wouldn’t be getting my monies worth)

 

I prefer cute but without appearing too childish/young. I definitely see the appeal in mature; "hot" sculpts, but I love big eyes and other facial proportions to lean on the cute end of the spectrum! I am definitely drawn to the muscular or curvy types for bodies as well, but often end up with teenage-ish looking bodies. My most recent purchase will most likely be the cutest (read: youngest) looking one in my collection rn, as it's a Romance Yul and that little button nose is just. so. adorable.