/jp/ - Otaku Culture

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Anon's Doll: It's Cold Outside Edition

BJD thread, primarily for vinyl dolls with an anime aesthetic.
Previous Thread: >>45700430
Azone Thread: >>>/toy/45761566 (but you can post here, too.)
Resin Dolls Thread: Dead Again (but you can post here, too.)
Fashion/Other Dolls Thread: >>>/toy/10817704
FAQs and Links
New Guide: anime-dolls.moe
Old Guide: dollfaq.buyfags.moe
Booru: bjd.booru.org
Telegram: https://t.me/BallJointDolls
Sewing pattern books:
https://mega.nz/folder/iFd3wapa#B70grHUe4xsTkLU_s8Ag_Q
Doll Calendar Project: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1abqGwCjvHI0DalA13tDVTwtgYyXPgG1UXJ98AcNCeQk/edit?usp=sharing
/jp/ BJD QnA Guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SJPKqCd8YX5_JcB7NWjRS5Zy4dKeKMg5l-YmoHZgFZk/edit?usp=sharing

Current Photo Challenge: Try Something New
Previous Photo Challenge: .Happy New Year

If your doll is for sex, go to /ona/:
>>45748161
(Dollhos have been discontinued for years. Try the 60cm Six House Dolls instead.)

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First for vampires

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Posting the correct Azone thread on /toy/ since it had died in the meanwhile
>>>/toy/10820428

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Gotta point out that the HTTPS certificate on anime-dolls.moe has expired (or there isn't one), which means it gives you a "secure site not available" notice. This might scare people off.

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What would be the best way to practice face-ups assuming you have a foundation in painting and drawing? Buy a sacrificial head? Any cheaper method?

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>>45766738
Honestly as long as you're sealing properly, you can just use any doll head. I never got the point of buying one just to test with. Wipe the faceup if it looks bad.

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got some props i like recently, so sharing in case anyone else is interested. the tea pot is cast iron, and the pitcher and glasses are, uh, glass. DD gripping hands for scale.

https://a.co/d/4rUAw7f
https://a.co/d/7kjuGwT

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>>45764138
Always a pleasant surprise to see your own pictures used in the OP.
I've been struggling to find clothing patterns that fit my girl. The Doll Coordinate patterns (like the jacket she's wearing in the OP) fit, but are definitely oversized. Fine for a cute jacket like this, not so for something like pants. After some research, I found that Obitsu 11 clothing should work pretty decently as well. I got my hands on an Obitsu 11 pattern e-book, and If I can get my damn printer working I will update the anons here with the results.

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>>45767488
You have to wipe the sealant every time, right?
>>45767499
These looks great anon, very solid looking.

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>>45767499
Very good finds anon, thank you!

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>>45767499
Shit, where do you find stuff like this?

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>>45769430
NTA but honestly once you get doll brain you can eyeball and guesstimate the sizes of things and whether they will work for your dolls just from past experience. Then you just keep your eyes peeled for things you will run into.

Or you can be me and physically carry your dolls around when you go into the thrift/antique store. I promise you they don't care. The American Girl crowd have paved the way for our autism.

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>>45770355
>I promise you they don't care.
West Virginia?

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This is an MDD, right?

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>>45771072
I do leave the state once in a while, you know. People tend to assume everything is for social media now. Take photos of something else in public, like a stuffed Pokemon or something -- people might glance, a few might come over to ask what you're up to in a curious way. Most keep on walking, because the majority of people are busy.

>>45771712
Sure looks like one.

Hey AP anon(s), where do you shop for clothes? SD bottoms and MSD tops are working ok for my Type-I body, but it's not ideal. I'd also like to know about shoes. Thank you in advance!

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>>45772546
Addendum: does Code Noir have a taobao or is Faithz the cheapest place to get their clothes?

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>>45771712
Yes, DD01 head on standard MDD body.

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i saw this silicone body in a rei face up video and thought it was the ddy body at first
www.adykadoll.com
what do you guys think of silicone parts for your dolls btw?

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>>45773188
They have their pros and cons. They are more delicate than vinyl or resin (and are also lint magnets, but that's just silicone in general.) On the other hand, they tend to pose better and have a more "seamless" look that some people enjoy. (Caveat is that some of them can... over-pose and take on a rubber-hose look with the joints if you're not mindful of it.) They also tend to weigh more, and putting clothes on them can be a chore because silicone has so much friction. Ultimately it depends on personal preference.

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>>45773188
I have one. They look nice and the muscle tones can be super realistic, but maintenance is such a chore. Difficult to clean and keep clean. Permanent damage builds up over time. Can't leave out posed due to skin depressions and skeleton metal wire fatigue. Heavy. Hard to dress due to friction. Have to constantly apply baby powder to skin.

Not worth it in my opinion

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>>45773225
>seamless
I can only understand silicone for large breasts simply because they look more natural instead of weird plastic spheres

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>>45767761
thanks! they’re surprisingly decent for late night impulse buys.

>>45767837
yw! there are a couple similar tea pots in this listing too, but i haven’t ordered these (yet…?!)
https://a.co/d/bjH404n

also considering these acrylic pots as tumbler-style glasses
https://a.co/d/0WAN7OD

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>>45770355
>doll brain
lol, 100% this! searching like normal (but with miniature, small, tiny, etc. as well) is my starting point to fall down the amazon rabbit hole. then you have to rely on measurements to approximate 1/3 scale and hope you end up with something usable. like for the tea pot, capacity of 50ml x 3 x 3 = 450ml, so that falls within the reasonable size range for a normal tetsubin.

here is a test photo of toobie being a good listener over tea and snacks

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>>45773643
I love 2B so much

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When it comes to size, what do you guys prefer?

Really small ones at 10-20? A bit taller at 30-40? Or go for the bigger side of things and aim for 50-60 or more?
I've yet to get a doll, but I don't know if I'd do with a doll that's half a meter tall, is it hard to pose, clothe and carry them? The largest figures I've owned were bulky robots with ratchet joints, and they're still short next to some dolls, and I struggle to mess around with them at times.

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>>45775477
I like 'em big. Always have. I bought a cheap Angel Studio 1/4 just to see if I like the size but I wasn't as enamored with him as I was my bigger girls and guys. Never bought more than 1 wig for him.

I have to admit that Tinyfox is making me reconsider only buying 1/3 scale dolls. Their girls are super cute and unique.

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>>45775477
i like smaller ones because they feel like little fairies instead of a small person in my home. also because i collected anime figures for years, and most of them are 1/6-1/8 size, so collecting smaller sizes feels more natural to me. it's harder to find cute clothes that are well made though, so i might get a 1/3 or 1/4 eventually

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>>45775477
I've only ever seen a 1/3 doll once at a convention and her size was overwhelming (in a good way, I want at least one or two one day). My 1/4 I love but I feel very precious and careful about her, it's easiest to play with 1/6 or smaller dolls

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>>45775840
Interesting, I assume whatever troubles the size might cause are more than worth it for you, do you take them out for pictures at all or do they stay at home only? I dunno if I would have the courage to take a doll like this out with me, I won't lie.

>>45776300
I've been on a diet of only figma and the occasional Transformer for the last few years, can relate with being used to small figures. Hadn't considered the fairy angle, but 30-40 seems like a very good size for a desk mate or a friend to take out on a walk.

>>45776652
I don't think I've seen any doll larger than your average fashion doll in person, aside from maybe one of my mother's old porcelain dolls that was slightly larger. I guess I could start small before going for a larger size as well, even if it would take longer.

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>>45775477
I come from action figures. I hated the small size and inherent fragility of jonts at that size. A fraction of a millimeter off means a joint will be rock hard or floppy. Plus they really feel like toys, closeups in photos look awful, etc. I also wanted clothes and clothes up to 1/6 scale are pretty crappy and hard to find. Went straight for a 1/3, mostly because I liked the sculpt. But yeah big dolls. I'll get a 1/4 MDD, 2dDoll or Tinyfox one day for the same reason as >>45775840 they're just cute.

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>>45775477
Like when you handle a 1/12 and the torso is stiff and you can't reach the joint you pretty much can't do anything about it, you either don't move it or pray it won't snap. Things at that scale are just not meant to physically handle, you're supposed to have them on a shelf. The only reason why action figures got popular with kids is the smaller size made them cheaper to produce. On the other hand there are people who cuddle with larger dolls. Resin is heavy and thick, vinyl frames are large enough to have screws to tighten or loosen the joints or take 'em apart or fix them at least temporarily. Companies sell replacement joints. It's just a more natural, sensible size.

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>>45772546
>where do you shop for clothes
official site, YAJ for scalped official stuff, trawling etsy for stuff that might fit
Azone & Parabox are other options, since they both have Obitsu-based doll lines
but bottoms are always going to be hit or miss outside of official outfits, due to the size of AP hips & thighs
one of the reasons I'm getting into doll sewing
>shoes
Obitsu 45/50 feet are roughly the same size as MSD/MDD feet, so any MSD/MDD shoes should work
for the AP-specific heel feet, those should fit any MSD/MDD heel shoes (not common since I don't think Volks makes heel feet but they are out there)
in fact some of the official AP shoes have just been contracted MSD/MDD shoes from other manufacturers

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>>45773643
nice finds
guess I'm finally expanding out to three storage boxes for doll stuff

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>>45777378
This video gave me the best idea of the size of a 1/3 next to a person
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRqRIq1lSSQ
Look at the pic, the figma is about as tall as the ankle of a 60cm doll. Even MDD is massive compared to 1/12 scale figures.

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these Chinese dolls are getting to me...

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>>45777378
They're at home all the time. I never take them out for photos. I'm not much a photographer at all, and don't really care to share pics online, I just enjoy having them here and looking at them (and changing their wigs/eyes/clothes).

The only time I traveled with a doll was when I brought my SD home from Japan. I was so nervous to open the suitcase she was in that I left it unopened for several days after getting home.

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I can't like lewd dolls, n-no...
>>45781180
I'd go absolutely mental with embarrassment if I had to take a doll through airport checks

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And I mean a normal doll, not an ahegao-esque one

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>>45781204
On a flight full of westerners coming from Japan, I'm sure a fancy looking doll is one of the least weird things customs officers have seen, so I wasn't worried. Thankfully no one asked to look inside our luggage

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>>45781204
I did earlier this year
got pulled over for extra fingering by security because my tripods were in the same bag
it was cool seeing her show up on the xray

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>>45781325
>it was cool seeing her show up on the xray
what did they say: "aa, kono doru wa suki!" or "all right let this weirdo through"?

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>>45781204
Put my MDD in carry-on, and got searched. Whole security area got to see it. Accidentally left a craft knife in the case, and got it confiscated...

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>>45781440
that's why you hide your blades inside the doll

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slow thread today

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Someone's accounts went private overnight... I hope it wasn't due to something that was posted here.

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Phew, made it in.

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>>45783934
I doubt it, people go private for all sorts of reasons. Let's just hope they come back in due time.

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>>45784242
Nice anon
She's very pretty hope you're happy with her

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>>45784263
I will, thanks. There's actually still a few left surprisingly. I didn't have to wrestle THAT hard with the volks servers to get to the confirmation screen this time.

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>>45784294
I haven't been able to get through at all
thanks japan!

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>>45784242
I am very jealous anon, such a beautiful doll

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Any nice doll stores in tokyo? Second-hand or otherwise. I plan on going to volks already.

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>>45781378
probably the second one, there was legit like 500 people in line behind me and they just wanted to keep things moving

>>45783934
ah RIP

>>45784462
hot uh i mean cute

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>>45777447
Interesting, it's something I've grown annoyed with as well, Figma are quite neat but they get irritating at times with all the tiny pieces flying everywhere when I look at them funny.
>>45777549
Even a hairdryer didn't work? That's how I loosen my small figures. I did like medium and smaller toys better as a kid though, anything larger than a Max Steel was too large for me to play with, as an adult that size range went up of course.

>>45778676
Quite useful, thanks anon.
>>45781180
I see, fair enough, I'd be shit scared of damaging one. Interesting that you change their wigs and eyes too, I thought people almost exclusively changed their clothes and nothing else. I'm the opposite though, I don't think I could resist tearing open the box as soon as I got home, or even a peak at the airport to make sure they're fine.
>>45781204
There's nothing to be ashamed of, I learned as a kid that the best answer to any judgement is to just say "yeah what about it" in whatever way you're comfortable with. Most people drop the subject as soon as they realize your passion (and/or autism) outweighs whatever discomfort their words bring.
It's also funny to watch their brain stop when you do.

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>>45784910
Mandarake

>>4578651
From my experience, if you take people's confusion and initial judgment in stride and stay friendly about it, most will warm up to you quickly. Maybe I was just lucky though

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>>45786517
Bit of a rant here, sorry
>Even a hairdryer didn't work?
Heat/hot water often doesn't and I don't wanna melt the figure. You can't slather it in grease, either. You have to pop the joint, but what if it breaks because it's so tight? It's a catch-22.
These days you pay at least $60 for a Japanese figure. Surely they could give them a thorough check or at least take some responsibility.
I assume that because "collectors" don't fiddle with their figures (God forbid, that's something kids do) and simply drop them in a display case instead, it's just not important to make them playable anymore.
Maybe I was just unlucky but I've had to fix issues with a good quarter of my figures right out of the box, and had a couple things come apart with no prior notice.
I wanna be relaxed when I handle toys; I don't wanna have the cold sweats and pray that the figure I'm handling with velvet gloves won't snap in half. It's just so damn stressful to even turn a head or move a wrist.
I had a stronger and stronger feeling that you're really meant to pose these figures ONE time and leave them to rot on a shelf. 1/6 action figures aren't that much better. Generally speaking they make them with displays in mind, because they're not "toys" but "adult collectibles" so they can sell shitty toys for $100 a pop.
End of rant.

I'm relieved that I didn't cave under sunken costs and got all my preorders off my back. I've been wanting to make the jump to BJDs for a while. I hope dolls are a bit more active 'cause man, I just wanna pose someone and take photos.
The fact I want playability is also why I lost interest in the elaborate robot dolls from DollZone. They look so damn cool and I love cyborgs/gynoids, but they look like a nightmare to move around or play with because of so many moving parts and little props attached with magnets.

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>>45787093
Don't mind if I ramble a bit too, I like sharing passions.
I fully get that, I only briefly dabbled in "collector" items with Figma and similar lines before the pandemic. Never paid more than 40 on one out of weariness, and after prices skyrocketed I dropped it entirely. Aside from my two Sabers that broke with age, I was lucky to have picked more playable ones, however I am sometimes reminded they weren't quite meant to be. BRS can't possibly hold the Rock Cannon and I won't even start on how big of a pain it is to handle the Sabers even ignoring the broken bits. Figma to this day hasn't learned thick plastic clothing sucks, or that their joints are way too fucking small to comfortably swap hands.

For this reason I never got into Gundam, I received a few built Gundam kits as gifts and they literally fell apart while standing still, only one remains fully functional and I had to glue several pieces because they wouldn't stop popping out.

It's funny, knockoffs ended up being my sweet spot for this scale after I sated the desire for "fancy" figures. On that price range oddities with the joints were something I expected and could easily fix, since unlike original figures they can be easily disassembled. The "lower" quality plastic was a lot more flexible and resilient to falls, and the quality is still better than most western action figures I found for the same price. It's almost therapeutic to give a little care to the figure after I unbox it, preparing it for play, I end up caring more than I would with a delicate perfect little thing that would only sit on my shelf.

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>>45787436
>kits
Those are even worse. Kotobukiya has a new line of hyper-posable robots called Megalomaria. I love the look and the posing but my experience with kits got me to cancel. I had multiples on preorder. Even with sanding, greasing and figma-gloved hands, kits will straight up break if you play with them.
I'd pay literally any sum for a robot that posable in 1/3

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>>45787093
>it's just not important to make them playable anymore.
When it comes to Figma, form -- or rather accuracy to character -- is more important than function. The goddess Madoka, for example, is the least poseable action figure you'll probably come across.

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>>45788568
Yeah I think what really made me realize this was the fact that these action figure companies have been including statue pieces for certain poses instead of engineering the articulation so you could pose the figure that way. It's just something that screams "now put it in your glass case". I'm sure the majority of collectors are happy that way, but it's not for me.

Either way I am really hoping that BJDs will be different. I always wanted something I could handle freely, be it for swapping clothes or simply posing to take photos. And then if they'll ever make a Nihei-esque female robot doll that checks the right boxes for me I'll have my grail and I'll be happy.

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>>45788885
nta but that's why I never got into figures
or at least that's my excuse for never having gotten into them, now that I'm into dolls
a lot of money for someone else's character you can't even pose fully
>Nihei-esque female robot doll
just make your own, that's my plan

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>>45788907
>just make your own
another thing I like about BJDs is that you can actually customize pretty heavily. What I want shouldn't even be very hard to make.

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anyone got the pdf of this? for both female and male version possibly, but male is preferred

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not typically a fan of resin dolls with these proportions but this is super cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfRvMOMfSEg

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>>45789974
I wanted to buy that but I'm not even sure if that sculptor is active anymore. I wonder how much it cost.

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>>45790038
latest reviews on their etsy are from november 2023
and poking through the reviews, looks like the 1/12 dolls have been listed for $1053, 1/4 dolls for $2169

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All right, just kidding. It was two grand.

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>>45786623
you messed up your second backlink by the way!

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>>45790517
neeerd

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>>45771072
I do the same in Maryland

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>>45791302
going to katsucon?

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>>45791302
Anon, do you take dye commissions? That's phenomenal.

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>>45790517
Oops, sorry about that. Have a complimentary doll pic

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>>45791677
super cute

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Because I am sick and on my tablet, I don't have pictures to dump. But maybe Dolk Suigintou will knock at my window... for free...

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I'm honestly so mad Danny stopped producing "Milk" dolls because I'd love to get a few of those new Pear bodies in a skintone that matches Volks heads. It's really cute, to me.

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>>45792975
It's funny because that's the exact reason he did it. People were making hybrids and it pissed him off so much.

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>>45791333
Yey, gotta find a spot to crash though.is there gonna be a meet up ?
>>45791524
Not yet, a bit scared to

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>>45790612
you can't call me nerd while looking at me like that i am blushing
>>45791677
it's okay just figured i'd warn you! she is really cute though thank you!

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>>45773643
I love her little cup too? Do you have a link for that too?

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>>45791302
Woah! I love how they’re dyed!

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I've been collecting DD parts for years and still dont have a complete Dollfie! I have two heads, a DD3 torso mdd feet legs and arms. It's not fair! I just want a cute complete doll to love!

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>>45793808
>is there gonna be a meet up
yeah there's a few of us planning on it
>gotta find a spot to crash though
it's in MD
unless it's far enough from you, in which case I can't really help, I'd be over an hour in the opposite direction

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Dollfriends, our calendar...

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translating Chinese commentary yields its gems

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>>45795818
I can contribute some resin later this year if my life doesn't go tits up

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I'll have to get a white wig

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I wish Danny was a normal seller that restocked things in a normal manner which does not require one to use a bot to catch updates on the products they would like to own. (Or that the aftermarket wasn't so rife with scalpers.)

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>>45797948
Does he sell from stock or are SDs made to order? It probably doesn't matter for the scalpers either way.

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>>45797948
Also that's kind of funny, shouldn't his policy be scalper-proof? Doesn't he care so much that you really really really want the doll and wants you to send him a blood sample to certify that it's really you who's buying the doll? Then he gets his stock bought out by bots?

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>>45799135
They can make a limited number of dolls per (time period) with their number of staff and the demand for them remains high... SmD are kind of in this weird Twilight Zone of demand between BJD people and high-end playline moms. From what I understand his demand is almost entirely from overseas, and Volks/Obitsu/Azone/etc still dominate in Japan and much of Asia in general.

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>>45799661
>his demand is almost entirely from overseas
From what I've seen, the kind of marketing he employs is strongly looked down upon in Asia. The personality cult sort of angle is more of a USA marketing strategy.

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>>45794574
Isn't it much more expensive this way?

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>>45777856
heh, iktf. it is a blessing and a curse that re-ment is not 1/3 scale…

>>45794442
it’s from this gashapon set from a few years ago. the cups are probably closer to 1/4 than 1/3 (i think they are technically tea bowls?) but still scale well enough. looks like the set is available on ebay.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/175304764271

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>>45792000
get well soon, anon

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>>45803732
i love you micker

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>>45805764
great photo

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Damn, I didn't expect this doll to arrive until March. Guess I gotta get things ready.

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>>45808270
Cute, but perhaps the wrong thread, anon?

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Help! my imomo doll arrived and she's TOO CUTE

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>>45809235
that is very cute anon

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>>45809235
There's no helping it anon, these things happen and all we can do is handle it best we can. Congrats!

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Does anyone know a shop that sells good quality underwear like pic rel in SD10/13 size? I should learn some vocabulary.

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>>45809368
>>45809817
thanks!
gotta say, trimming the wig was nerve-wracking. I'm certainly no hairdresser but I think I made it look good.

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>>45809886
I believe those are called bloomers or pantaloons.

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>>45810225
Yep, they're bloomers. And the top? Just a bra?

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>>45810242
A ruffled tube top.

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>spending an hour splicing pictures from catalogs in photoshop to see which socks are a best match for the shoes
someone rescue me

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>>45810694
you're saving yourself money in the long run anon, you are saving yourself.

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>>45809886
t-tummy…

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>>45810737
Every day I think "I need to pick up sewing" 'cause I have constant outfit ideas that would be too much of a pain to piece up from catalogs.
I have a background in drawing and I always liked the part where I designed the outfit for a character.

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>>45810242
what >>45810351 said, also shirred bandeau bra/bralette might get close to what you’re looking for

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>>45811326
>>45810351
Thanks anons. I definitely need to learn some terminology.

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Vampire gal

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Apparently I'll only have to wait 2 months. Pretty excited.

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>>45810893
I need to get myself a painfully beautiful resin boy in short shorts like this.....

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>>45811570
As a teenager I was very thin and I swear, I legitimately looked like the average resin boy doll. Weird girls were head over heels for me despite my terrible brooding personality. When I learned about guy dolls everything checked out.

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>>45811648
did they put you in a skirt and pet your hair too, that's what i'd do to a boy doll if i had one

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>>45811666
goddamnit Satan
my goth ex put makeup on me once

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>>45811678
No offense anon but you sound adorable.

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>>45811736
Wish I still was... Now that I've lost the prettyboy pass I've got no workaround for my shit personality. Not that it will matter for my dolls, mwahahaha MWHAHAHAHA!! I'LL PUT YOU IN FRILLY DRESSES

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Another yukata for Marisa

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Fucking exif data
Another yukata for Marisa

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>>45810934
I understand the pain, anon. Especially when you can't find something suitable online, but don't have the skills to make it either

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>>45812769
I think /p/ is the only board that doesn't strip all EXIF data
(which includes rotation info which is why a lot of mobile posts are flipped)
anyways seems like you have a pretty good grasp on the photography side of dolls already
what camera are you using?

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>>45812769
Really cute anon. What size is she?

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>>45816387
I suggest using ImagePipe, you choose it instead of the gallery when picking files and it automatically resizes and flips images correctly

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>>45816387
D3400, 18-55 kit lens it came with. Used off of eBay. The lens isn't perfect for doll photos but it works for now. Also got a few lights and a tripod which have helped immensely.
>>45816571
Azone pureneemo, 1/6

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>>45819379
>The lens isn't perfect for doll photos
that highly depends on what style of photos you're going for
sure, super-shallow-DoF photos are popular, but so are wide-angle shots that show off the background

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NE doll anons who wanted a doll meet (and anyone else who wants to on such sort notice, I suppose). Myself and a few other anons plan to meet at the Katsucon anime convention next month for our first official meet. We're still working on details for meet location at the convention and meet time, but as of now it will likely be on the Saturday of the con (the 17th). I'm also attempting to get the meet added to the official meet list for Katsucon but if there's enough pushback from everyone here I can forgo that. If you're interested, send me an email and I'll start an email chain for planning.

Katsucon info: https://www.katsucon.org
My email: [e-mail]

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>>45820047
kek that email domain

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>>45820175
It seemed appropriate

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>>45820207
Speaking of which, it really sucks that there is so little BJD activity in Europe compared to the US. It's gonna be a very isolating hobby for me I think. My whole country had ONE doll-related store on the opposite side of the map, and it's dead. There are no meets, conventions or other BJD spaces whatsoever. On the online side, I've only found one Facebook group with a Flickr gallery and both have been dead since 2018. And I thought D&D was niche here. I'm probably one of a handful BJD owners in the whole nation.
Then DenofAngels refused to register me again. I have an account but no privileges to even view any page. I don't get it but fuck that site. Until I muster the stomach to join Reddit, Discord, Twitter or Instagram, I'll probably have to stay a guest here for a while. This general is the only place I still visit on 4chan.

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>>45820470
Unironically, this is currently the best place for doll content and community outside of Japan right now. And it's especially the only place you can engage with others without having huge followers, chasing clout, or being a creep(ironic, I know). Reddit doll boards are all smart doll Karens and elitist resinfags, no one on twitter will talk to you on unless you have huge followers, same with instagram, and the dedicated forums like DoA have the same problem as reddit.

I've thought about starting a Discord but no one seems to have enough interest in that.

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>>45820531
As OP, the reason I've heard that people don't want a discord is fear that it will take away from the quality of the threads here, or invite the usual discord shenanigans. I'd be open to running one if people wanted (I've managed servers before,) but generally speaking I think part of the reason this thread works so well is because aside from identifying each other's dolls, we're all still anons.

>>45820470
Don't count yourself out yet! There are a lot of BJD sculptors in EU, and many little communities... I think Resin Rose is/was a BJD convention in EU? I'm sure there's something out there anon, hang in there.

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>>45820531
Yeah it's just that I'm going to be bound to resin for a while and only after I'll have checked out my wishlist (which will probably take years) I'll get a Tinyfox or MDD. I like those a lot and Tinyfox have tempting prices, but every time I think that money could go toward another resin doll I really want.

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People here talk about DoA. But i never see dolldreaming mentioned.
I thought DoA was primarily resin oriented and dolldreaming is for vinyl dolls.

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>>45821382
Sorry I'm the one who brings up DoA specifically because it's resin centered. That said I never see DollDreaming mentioned which is strange since this is mostly a vinyl general.

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>>45821382
>>45821407
It's probably just because the people who use an anonymous siamese fighting fish forum aren't the type to use websites with accounts in general. Doll Dreaming is pretty nice in my limited experience, and the people there seem to discover any new vinyl news well before I see it anywhere else. DoA has a wealth of older knowledge that's worth preserving in my opinion, but in modern times it is... untenable to navigate, and not because it's a forum, but because it is tricky to get involved in with how it's set up. DD has a resin section as well, if I recall.

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>>45821459
DOA's wiki is amazing, glad that you can access at least that as a guest.
>DD has a resin section
It's very very thin.

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>>45820470
>>45820680
there already are a handful of BJD/vinyl Discord servers, if people want to join them, idk if we need one attached to these threads too
but you don't have to listen to me, the "people" mentioned iirc was just me too
and DD like >>45821382 mentioned
I know some of y'all are already on those, I've seen the pictures
>aside from identifying each other's dolls, we're all still anons
yeah until like half of us (3) meet up at katsucon

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>>45822282
Nah you're not the only one, everyone who's tried joining or setting up a Discord server knows how it goes. There are no bad apples in the general apart from the occasional /ona/ resident who posts a sex doll, so there's no point.

[Anonymous No.]

>How bad could DoA autism be?
https://denofangels.com/doawiki/index.php?title=Banned_dolls
https://denofangels.com/doawiki/index.php?title=off-topic
lol lmao

[Anonymous No.]

>>45822707
>Banned dolls
I think that was a category of cool characters in some LN.

[Anonymous No.]

>>45822707
Honestly the banned list just boils down to sketchy shit like recasting. There's no weird autism going on.
The off-topic list on the other hand...

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>>45822768
Would be nice to get some context about them, very few are clear.
There's stuff like it seems like Dollmore is banned for copying Dollshe, but then Dollshe is in turn banned because... ???? all I can gather from the lengthy wiki entry is that they might be TOO hand-sculpted for DoA's tastes?

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>>45822707
Oh cool, the guy I bought my doll from is on the list.

[Anonymous No.]

I just told one of my close irl friends about my hobby for the first time and I surprisingly still have that friend. Who woulda guessed.

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>>45822822
Dollmore isn't banned, that would be crazy.
Dollshe is banned - I think - because of all that stuff in the news section (tldr they ran with the money), not because of hand-sculpting.

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>>45821459
DOA also has a rather poor welcome mat, by which I mean they come to the door visibly armed and ask what are your intentions there as soon as you reach for the doorbell. Their rules also reek of something created 20 years ago and barely changed to keep up.

Oh, and I hate karma systems, even if I understand them.

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Am I stupid or is the site stupid.

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>>45823031
Volks Inc. ?

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>>45823031
>>45823064
case-sensitive?
this is retarded just get a regular captcha

[Anonymous No.]

Windowed or closed bag for transportation?

[Anonymous No.]

>>45823385
box

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>>45823941
;__; she is deceased...when is the funeral

[Anonymous No.]

>>45823385
Windowed. Maybe I'm getting old but I don't really care to explain the hobby to outsiders anymore.

[Anonymous No.]

First pic of the year and trying out the outfit I plan to use for a valentines shoot. hope it's not too risqué for the board

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>>45825037
meant to do spoiler tag rip. delete if necessary.

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>>45809235
what a cute doll anon! where did you get the clothes from for your imomo?

[Anonymous No.]

>>45823941
What kind of box is that?

[Anonymous No.]

>>45824262
Not dead! She is... Nosferatu!

[Anonymous No.]

>>45820047
I will be there, but please do try to make a general event that would be amazing.

[Anonymous No.]

>>45825139
Mostly from WAW Dollhouse on AliExpress
https://a.aliexpress.com/_EzM12Gd

[Anonymous No.]

>>45825943
Is that a custom?

[Anonymous No.]

>>45825442
Not him but it looks like a standard toolbox or tackle box. You can find them in several sizes by any hardware store.

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>>45823064
Nope, tried like 7 variations of it, with and without uppercase. Nothing.

>>45823199
It didn't let me, instead it gave me a captcha every time I wanted to try answering the question, which defeats the point. However when I tried again the question changed to the creator of Smart Dolls, and "Danny Choo" worked. Wtf.

[Anonymous No.]

>>45826234
Just reload the registration form, you'll probably get another question

[Anonymous No.]

>>45826275
Yeah, it changed to Danny Choo and that worked, I have no idea why.

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>>45825037
>>45825048
don't worry about it, there's a lot more risque stuff been posted in these threads, definitely on the board as a whole

>>45825442
>>45826074
specifically a Plano toolchest, with a custom fleece liner

[Anonymous No.]

>>45827141
It was probably something like Volks Inc without a period.

[Anonymous No.]

>>45825741
oh thank goodness!

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[Anonymous No.]

>>45829707
This is the gallant doll knight the kingdom sent to put an end to my doll snatching ogre ways. She too fell into the greasy grasp of my green hands

[Anonymous No.]

>>45830310
we have devised a spell that will undo you, ogreposter
behold!

[Anonymous No.]

>Mom comes into room after doing the laundry
>Pulls underwear drawer
>Sees this

[Anonymous No.]

>>45832699
that's not that ba-

[Anonymous No.]

>>45764138
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpyIY7ixgI8
do you guys ever worry about some bird swooping in and snatching your doll up like in this video?

[Anonymous No.]

>>45835415
You jest, but it's happened.
https://soranews24.com/2019/05/18/otakus-beloved-anime-style-doll-kidnapped-maybe-murdered-by-bird-of-prey-at-japanese-beach/

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>>45835549
I can imagine how it went down
>Sakura-chan!
>fufufu, kono kawaii doru wa gochisousama gozaimasune!
>yamero, yamerooooooooo!!
>anon-kun, tatsuketeeee!
>wo-hohohoho! *covers beak with wing*
>fries away
>onoree, onoreereee!!

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[Anonymous No.]

I wanna make a spider doll

[Anonymous No.]

>>45838576
Doll Chateau has a body for that. I can't remember if Dream Valley also made one or if that was a praying mantis.

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>>45838962
I know! It's a small one though, definitely not 1/3. Also I care more about the head being all spider-y with chelicerae and multiple eyes. I've drawn a concept that ended up looking a bit like that Undertale character.

[Anonymous No.]

>>45838962
It was a praying mantis

[Anonymous No.]

Lost a hairclip in the snow today and going through my photos to see where I was when it came off. It's not something I can replace, so I have to find the motherfucker. Be mindful during your photoshoots, anons.

[Anonymous No.]

>>45840771
I lost an action figure once, went looking for her around the house until she dropped on the ground right in front of me. Turns out she'd been clinging onto me Shadow of the Colossus style.

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>>45840771
ganbatte anon-kun.
hope you find it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>45832699
It has been 37 days and 18 minutes since I last saw this webm. During that time, I was still unable to fit inside the dolly cuddle drawer. 37 days and 18 minutes of anguish & suffering

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>>45823012
DoA's rules are due to scammers, the more rare dolls caught the attention of them, and many people got taken. Over the years they developed a pretty good system to filter them out. It sucks, but DoA doesn't fuck around. The rules happened because of shit that went down, which is why they are so strict.

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>>45822822
Dollshe is banned now because there are people waiting over 3 years for dolls and somewhere around and over 15,000 USD worth of dolls that haven't been filled in orders. He turned around and made a new company, but to those who have been waiting he is not answering emails about their orders. That isn't even all of it either

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>>45841269
Not him but why is it so difficult to register to the forum? It only says the marketplace needs special rights but I can't even view anything.

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>>45841434
Have you sent an email to the admins? I don't know what your issue is, you'll have to give more detail. Have you tried a different browser? Did you actually successfully register? The best thing to do is actually contact them. There is a 'contact the mods' part of the forum as well, if you can see that and are actually logged into the account

[Anonymous No.]

>>45841478
Yes I sent them a couple emails but got no reply. I registered successfully but it's like I'm missing "approval" from the admins so I'm functionally a guest. Funniest thing is I don't have permission to edit my own profile

[Anonymous No.]

>>45841556
Did you ever get the confirmation email?

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>>45841566
I did receive the "email verification needed" and I clicked the link, I mean it's something I've done hundreds of times. But afterwards I received nothing, no spam, not an error nor a confirmation so I assumed it went through. Maybe it's because my email isn't Google? I've never had issues with my mail 'cause it's not one that gets used for spam. I have no idea.

[Anonymous No.]

>>45841566
Apparently new accounts have to be manually approved by the mods after they're registered. Found a post on another site lamenting the same issue.
It's been like a month though...

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>>45841912
>>45841667
Hmm, can you see the 'contact the mods' section under the 'Help' tab at all?
I had heard they did it in batches every month or so, how long have you been waiting? Sorry its taking you awhile

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>>45842101
>can you see the 'contact the mods' section under the 'Help' tab at all?
The "ask the mods" section, yeah I don't have permission for that. I have sent a message through the form as well as an email. It's been exactly a month. Note that I already tried to register before but the account was rejected on vague terms.
Either way I'll just forget about it. I just really wanna use the search function

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>>45842227
wait, you registered with another account? and it was rejected?
Making multiple accounts isn't allowed. What were you rejected for?

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>>45841269
That doesn't explain why they're so autistic over what a BJD is. And I agree it helps keep scammers away, but it is yet another reason to not bother with the community aside from taking the doll resources and never going back.

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>>45842968
Alright, I don't want to derail this further, but a BJD has a historical definition, it isn't an arbitrary one they pulled out of nowhere.

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>>45842294
>Making multiple accounts isn't allowed
I did not, it "failed to register" or something the first time which was months ago. I'm simply trying to register again.

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>>45842968
>>45843203
Is this like the "it's only a fighting game if it plays like Street Fighter" mindset?

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>>45845084
I'm pretty sure there's a precedent for being so strict. Slippery slopes are real.

[Anonymous No.]

>>45840771
Have you found the hairclip in the end?

[Anonymous No.]

>>45845328
Alas not, and now there is even more snow. We must wait and see...

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>>45847708
May the winds of spring bring you fortune.

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>>45847708
Time to rent a metal detector.

>>45840803
Once I misplaced a top, only to find it velcroed to my own jacket. While I was at work. All the vertigo I've felt in my life didn't compare to that sinking feeling that my coworkers would catch on.

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>>45849369
>Once I misplaced a top, only to find it velcroed to my own jacket. While I was at work.
holy shit that's Adam Sandler movie tier embarrassing

[Anonymous No.]

Frieren lottery for those who missed the jp one.

[Anonymous No.]

>>45849683
How do these lotteries work? How much do you pay to enter? Do you have to pay the full price if you win?

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>>45849763
Costs nothing to place an order during the pre-order period. In this case, after feb 10, volks will send an email where you can then place an order and pay in full. It can take a while to receive this email since I assume volks gives people a few days to pay, and just moves down the pre order list.

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>>45849763
entering the lottery is effectively making a commitment to buy. there’s no cost to enter, but also no discount; what you win is the privilege to complete your purchase. they have a lot of rules that you’ll want to be sure to follow.

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>>45849803
>>45849811
ouch, you don't even get the gambling money back?

[Anonymous No.]

Excuse the large photo and repeat background. I got a stand recently, as well as the last new clothes i got too. The skirt is very small on her, but the top is cute.

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>>45849828
I explained that poorly. It's like the other anon said, entering is simply a commitment to buy. You don't pay anything beforehand, and if you win and pay actual money, you are guaranteed the item. The "lottery" is simply an anti scalping/click war measure

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>>45850110
Oh, that's fair then. I thought it was an actual lottery in the sense that you're paying money to enter.

[Anonymous No.]

>>45849859
Cute!

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>>45843203
>Dolls must be CAST in polyurethane resin to professional standards. (Dolls or heads 3D-printed in printing-type resins are off-topic.)
>Dolls must not be mass-produced.
>Open-eyed human dolls must have changeable eyes; non-human dolls will be evaluated case by case.
>Dolls must not have rooted hair. Sculpted hair must not interfere with movement.
>Dolls must have a fully rendered body that is suitable to display nude.
Over half of these come off as autistic and/or elitist bullshit. Being mass produced is apparently unacceptable for some reason, sculpted hair can't do what sculpted hair does by nature and dolls need to have accurate anatomy for reasons? I specifically prefer dolls with no genitals and minimal torso detail, so I am personally bothered by that last one.

You can say it's a historical definition, but definitions don't last forever. Back in the day plastic toys didn't exist either, yet now they're the norm.

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>>45850804
Elitist sure but I'd rather have some standards then start letting in stuff like barbie or bratz.

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>>45850988
That's a MASSIVE leap. What I have in mind are things such as BJD Blind box dolls that are mass produced, have no anatomy beyond basic shapes and have plastic hair that restricts movement, yet everyone agrees are BJDs.
Other things like removable eyes and wigs are a pretty understandable limitations, but still a bit pedantic.

However the necessity of them being a specific material, not being mass produced, having very specific sculpts and so on have no purpose I can identify other than gatekeeping the "prestige" of owning a "proper" BJD.
DOA is less of a "BJD forum" and more a forum specifically for very high cost artist BJDs, which might one day have been the only ones making them, but this has not been the case for years now. Their rules consider dolls that are by all means BJDs.

It's not like changing these will suddenly have people posting the likes Estrela's Falcon in the main threads.

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>>45851128
>BJD Blind box
I know nothing about these but what a terrible example. I don't use that site, but I'd still ban these. I don't care if these are technically bjds, these feel more closer to figmas. Yes, I'm going to gate keep for this niche hobby. There are plenty of other more popular avenues for these action figures.

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>>45850804
You'll find that there are lots of dolls that don't have detailed genitals that are allowed - it doesn't stipulate accurate anatomy, just that the body is in a complete state without clothes (many fashion dolls and action figures cannot be non-destructively unclothed and lack features like hands, arms, or feet when unclothed). I think the sculpted hair rule is honestly kind of dumb too, since they're most often done in the form of a removeable wig which is not part of the doll and thus doesn't really apply to the definition either way. I honestly don't think there's too much of a point continuing this discussion since it's just turning this thread into the same environment as the /toy/ thread, which isn't fun for anyone.

[Anonymous No.]

>>45850988
Yeah, but these standards needlessly exclude things that fall under the umbrella of ball jointed dolls for no reason. Porcelain? Fuck off, we only care about RESIN!

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>>45851304
Oh, so anything small is also bad? Another thing added to the list of arbitrary grievances, the only difference between the b.boxes and their larger siblings is that their hair is plastic.

I'll drop it here, I didn't intend to bother people as much as I really like talking with others, but I'll maintain I find these silly and contribute to keeping that side of the hobby rather prickly to newcomers.

[Anonymous No.]

>>45849859
She looks cozy (:

[Anonymous No.]

>>45822847
I’ve always been considered a little “weird” and so when I got into dolls a lot of my friends were pretty accepting/understanding.

[Anonymous No.]

>>45852085
>Porcelain? Fuck off, we only care about RESIN!
That's ridiculous, Dollfies are grandfathered in but not bisque? That's bizarre

[Anonymous No.]

I'm sick again... At this rate I'll die before I get my doll. Been watching BJD stuff on YT to kill time. Why do people say restringing is so bad?

[Anonymous No.]

I wonder if it's because you need some arm strength to pull it off. Looks pretty easy if you have something to lock the elastics with.

[Anonymous No.]

>>45853362
You would think. You would think that. You would think it can't be that hard, but then you cut the elastic slightly too long/short and it won't work, or the thing you're using to hold the string in place slips/snaps, or the doll is large and you are strong enough, easily, in theory, but in practice the real problem is that there just isn't enough room between your arms to actually get the tension you need so you wind up holding the stringing tool with your foot while you work, and somewhere along the way you lose one or more s-hooks despite literally having a piece of magnetite on your desk to stick them to so as to prevent this exact thing happening, and then you get all the work done and realize you either did something wrong or got the tension too loose to stand/too tight to move, so you have to do it all over again actually. Or you take off the head to change a shirt and presto-chango the string zoops back down into the body and you have to do it all over again anyway!

It's easier with normal human dolls. Fantasy dolls get increasingly unnerving the more parts they have (I refuse to even try to re-string my Doll Chateau Charon,) and the centaur in specific, due to his size, actually took me three days to assemble due to various mishaps. He also broke two stringing tools in the process, and also snapped through a pair of chopsticks I was using to keep the string above the neck. On the flip side, stringing tiny dolls is a delicate art with tiny bits of string (I have one LITERALLY strung with fishing line) that will forever slip from your grasp and vanish into the doll. In all cases, you will get callouses on weird parts of your hands if you do this often enough.

I admire so many resin dolls but every time I have to do string maintenance I remember why I primarily collect vinyl. The frames wear out, crack, even break, and cost far more to replace compared to some elastic string... but god if isn't easier to just slap a new shoulder joint in place and call it a day.

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>>45853952
>Or you take off the head to change a shirt and presto-chango the string zoops back down into the body and you have to do it all over again anyway!
Something I was always curious about - because the elastics are held with just hooks, does it ever happen that they detach from the socket when you move the joint too far one way or the other? Is there a safeguard so that this doesn't happen or do you have to be careful? Are the hooks designed to swivel?

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>>45853952
Also yeah those DC scorpion/spider dolls look like a nightmare to restring, I would refuse too. Does it even stand well?
I definitely want to put off the experience of restringing for as long as possible, but it's not uncommon to get a doll that's kicky or floppy out of the box, or simply doesn't hold poses well without sueding. I hope mine will be perfect but it's not that simple.

[Anonymous No.]

>>45853952
I also want to do this the first time I restring. Seems like a great way to suede without sticking things into the joints. Very clean.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRoE9Xqs__Y

[Anonymous No.]

I'm giving a talk to normie weebs in like a week about BJDs. Any suggestions as to what I should be sure to mention?

I'm an Azone pleb. Gave my DD to my ex and it went as you'd expect.
No, it isn't therapy.

[Anonymous No.]

>>45855803
"This is my hobby, this is what drew me to it, these are the aspects I enjoy about it, here are some other things people enjoy about it and why so many are drawn to the hobby. It makes me happy."

Just be honest, and people tend to respond to that. The people who matter won't mind, and the people who mind don't matter.

[Anonymous No.]

>>45855857
I was already planning to talk about my experience with it but if some of these people were to get into the hobby, what should they know?
Right now I have:
- What they are and how they are different than other dolls
- Etiquette
- Brands/Cost
- Clothing
- Photography
Am I missing anything?

[Anonymous No.]

>>45855914
it might be worth addressing maintenance and storage, like protection from too much direct light and dust, how much shelf space they need realistically, ways to transport them, what can/cannot be repaired, etc.

[Anonymous No.]

>>45855803
Starting with a bit of history in regards to your feti- errr hobby grants you an aura of respectability and authority that normies rarely challenge

[Anonymous No.]

>>45856295
First slide is a disclaimer that it's not a fetish. Should I get rid of that?

>>45856238
Of course! Color transfer as well.

[Anonymous No.]

>>45856328
>First slide is a disclaimer that it's not a fetish.
Anon that's like a big flashing sign that says it's a fetish. That's what the furries say. Instead if you're giving a talk about, say, rope bondage, you explain it's an art form derived from the Edo period martial art of Hojōjutsu, used to restrain prisoners. People will go "ohh, fascinating" and that's when you ask a girl if she wants to volunteer for the live demonstration (make sure to whisper "this will hurt a little bit" in her ear when you start tying her hands behind her back).

[Anonymous No.]

I just discovered that Dollmore makes 110cm BJDs. Watched a few unboxing videos and I'm in awe with the size. Apparently she can stand unaided too which is impressive.

[Anonymous No.]

>>45855914
Maybe a bit about how customizable they are? You can basically set them up however you like, up to and including actually modifying or changing parts.

[Anonymous No.]

>>45856459
>People will go "ohh, fascinating" and that's when you ask a girl if she wants to volunteer for the live demonstration (make sure to whisper "this will hurt a little bit" in her ear when you start tying her hands behind her back).
See, now that is clearly a fetish.

[Anonymous No.]

>>45857699
Art fooooorm~
https://youtu.be/oUb1u7xp86c?si=_6Ofl2W31nmU5aR8&t=39

[Anonymous No.]

>>45851640
Suigintou is banned.

[Anonymous No.]

>>45858353
Wait, really?

[Anonymous No.]

>>45858383
Well, she doesn't have a complete body under her clothes, does she?

[Anonymous No.]

>>45858392
she's suitable to display nude though...

[Anonymous No.]

Every time I see this pic I wanna get a Gladys. She'd make such a great Plain Doll from Bloodborne.

[Anonymous No.]

I'd need to get fully jointed hands, though. They're a bit big in the game... male hands?

[Anonymous No.]

Finding fox tails for my next mdd on etsy seems to be impossible in the sea of buttplugs

[Anonymous No.]

>>45859476
kek

[Anonymous No.]

>>45856328
>>45856459
Do not listen to this anon
You gotta definitely have a slide about how you do NOT diddle dolls
>Do not diddle dolls, it's no good diddling dolls
Something like that

[Anonymous No.]

>>45859898
It's true, I was being cheeky. You could display a doll in a negligee and say "wouldn't it be weird to say you would" to drive the point further

[Anonymous No.]

>>45820047
okay I'm registered now

[Anonymous No.]

>>45859476
Japan is better at delivering things like this, try booth and Yahoo Japan Auctions.
https://nekomiko-library.booth.pm/ has some good options.

[Anonymous No.]

>>45860766
I actually have this store open in a tab, I'm trying to decide on a color still

[Anonymous No.]

I recently got a wig for my doll but it needs a ton of styling since I have it as a base for now. Does anyone have any tips or advice?

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>>45861774
Volks water wax is worth its weight in gold. If it is heat-resistant fiber, a mini curling iron can be useful . A pack of dollar store combs of various widths is also of benefit in my experience.

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>>45835549
i wasnt jesting i am genuinely scared of taking the doll places during the day now
i was worried before because i thought humans would harrass me, but even animals want a piece of me

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Maybe I will get a decent camera. Even any modern automatic one should be able to take better photos.
And maybe I should learn using a better editing software, the one I use can't do some of the things my phone can.

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>>45862719
Some years ago I took a bunch of photos at this place and that was the tensest I've ever been. A dozen gulls in the area and I was checking the movements of every single one of them.

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>>45865718
She was in the perfect pose to be snatched too

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>>45865673
Try using OpenCamera if you have Android. It offers semi-decent manual controls and takes substantially better photos than the stock camera.

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>>45865969
That is good to know. My default camera's manual controls are so poor that no matter how much I fiddle automatic is better 99% of the time.

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>try to go by exclusion on which doll to get next
>because I want to believe I'm only getting 2
>can't pick even one to take off the list
>meanwhile another sculpt grows on me
It's interesting because I normally can't find a single doll I really love in a company's catalog but this one has 5 I'm in love with

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Is it common that dolls get stolen at cons? There's a whole section for stolen dolls on DoA and the most common scenario is a car gets broken in or they're snatched off a display at a con.

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>>45868744
If you leave your doll unattended where shitty people can get to it, then shitty people are gonna get to it. So it's as common as any other kind of theft at cons.

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>>45869032
I suppose. The worst is when people get burglarized and a whole collection gets stolen. I can't even imagine how heartbreaking that must be.
One thing for sure is that thieves know the dolls are valuable.

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>>45866411
Also it may seem obvious but if you don't have one, get a tripod and a cell phone mount for it. They often go on strong sales during black friday etc. I got a €95 Manfrotto for less than €40 during a sale and it's an amazing tripod. Velbon also makes amazing small tripods, I own a couple that I use as easels. It's never a wasted purchase if you enjoy taking photos, and if/when you get an actual camera you can just switch out the cell phone mount for a camera quick-release plate. The cell phone mount itself should be about 10 bucks, the Manfrotto ones are super solid.
The difference in quality between handheld and tripod photos is insane especially when you're shooting at lower speeds. Having a tripod makes shooting much more comfortable as well because your phone/camera is fixed in place, so you can adjust things within view to look exactly how you want, from the exact angle and focus distance you want, etc. It makes a ton of difference.

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>>45858156
>Brave clip
Coincidentally I just got my photos from my faceup artist for my Merida I'm putting together. She's absolutely gorgeous and I can't wait to get her home!

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>>45869859
I love that scene. Brave could've been so, so much better 'cause the setting is beautiful. Look at the artbook if you have the chance.

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>>45869967
I own it! I'm a fan despite it's flaws and Dreamworks moments. But you're right, it could've been so much more.

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>>45870003
Still Merida would make a fantastic doll. What is the base sculpt?

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>>45870129
I decided to make her a bit more mature and I'm using a DDH-07 SW. It's the same sculpt I used for Samus, but with a new artist. It's crazy how much a different faceup make the sculpt change. I'm tempted to post pictures, but I want to wait until I get her home and get her eyes and wig installed.

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>>45869063
Comments like these make me feel like my paranoia is completely justified. If I take something of value, it stays in a closed box wrapped by a jacket inside a rather large backpack, alongside other valuables, to make sure stealing it is as difficult as possible. Said backpack never leaves my side.
I don't trust any window that doesn't either have a side made of metal, or that has metal bars on the outside, and I lock every single room in the house when I leave.

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>>45870170
>Samus
Please, pictures if you have them

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>>45870592
Sure, I post her in these threads all the time. Although she's less Samus™ and more "Samus". She's not game/model accurate.

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>>45870645
Last one, I don't want to flood.

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>>45870652
Thank you, very pretty doll and photos. Big fan of the last outfit.

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>>45870572
Accidents do happen, but I've never had anything major happen in all my years of outdoor photos, anon. Don't let your fear rob you of the opportunity to have fun. I've been to public parks, tourist attractions, literally dunked them in lakes ala picrel, restaurants, the literal sides of cliffs, all sorts of places, and the worst that's happened was losing something small like a hairclip, or that time Clover fell over face-first (she was fine, but for a moment I panicked.)

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>>45869217
Honestly if I'm gonna spend a non trivial amount I'd rather do it for an actually good camera.
... I say as I just spent 60€ on clothes I don't know if I'll use

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>>45870627
With all the wildly different looks she's had, almost anything will do.

>>45870652
Please do flood.

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>>45870906
I meant more in style, I've taken her pretty far from the character, and I'm going to do the same with Merida. I'll post a few more, we're almost at bump limit anyway.

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>>45871088
I should do the cocktail posts again, they were fun

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>>45871096
last one, this was from last month

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bought a new lens (two actually)
probably the last for a while, I'm pretty set for the photography I do
anyways here's an outtake from a recent shoot
been struggling with it a bit and might redo with the stand in a position that's easier to erase (actual shot is from the front)

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>>45871399
oh forgot to mention
in case anyone else bought this type of light (Pixel G1s)
I just had one freeze up on me, none of the buttons worked, only the wheels
solution is to drain the battery to reset it
>captcha JNKY2

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Alright anons time to confess your sins
>order doll 7 months ago
>arrives today
>stopped wanting her 3 months ago since it was taking so long
>couldn't get refund if I canceled the order so I just let it go
I don't know what I'm going to do with her, also one of her shoes was split when she arrived which pissed me off

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>>45871998
I'm in a sort of opposite situation, I received a doll 2 months earlier than expected, so I have nothing but her and no clothes or eyes or wig. I'm psyched to get them, I just have to wait for the money to hit my account.

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>>45871998
>stopped wanting her 3 months ago since it was taking so long
i don’t understand, anon—weren’t you planning to keep her for longer than that when you first decided to purchase? is this the doll in question?

(as for my sins, i keep getting tempted to buy too many miniature things, and it’s just a matter of time until i buy even more. also i don’t sew anywhere near enough even though i have a hundred projects in my head.)

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>>45870833
I dunno if I would have the courage to put any of my dolls near such a large body of water, I won't lie, especially since I can't swim very well. Though currently the main reason I don't bring them anywhere is because my confidence has limits, while I am perfectly comfortable with saying I like dolls, actually walking around with one taking pictures would no doubt draw attention. I have brought them with me to private spaces though, like a friend's garden.

Well that and I am ashamed of having procrastinated actually making custom clothes for them, if I am bringing them out in the summer they need summer dresses dammit, and no way a vampire can go out without a wide brim hat.

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>>45871998
My sin is that I keep taking measurements, preparing fabric, creating designs but never actually sew anything.

As for yours, I recommend thinking on it, she might grow on you. Mistakes are common in the heat of passion.
If she doesn't, you can perhaps sell her at a loss or give her away as a gift. Not ideal, but better than having something you don't want.

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>>45871998
Father, I've lusted after dolls...

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>>45873066
Sadly I live in a country where subhumans abound and taking a doll out means there's a 95% chance of someone smashing it for the lulz. I have to pack mace and a knife when I go out because I dress "weird" which is just black and cargos instead of ripped jeans, a haircut with the Nike logo buzzed in and a tee that says "TAFICO ILEGAL". I love my country.

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>>45873094
NTA btw, I'm just eternally jealous of people who can get away with outdoors photoshoots

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>>45871399
Is that the invisible stand from Alice Collections? I use the same one, and I love how versatile it is, but it's such a pain to try and remove the clamp around the dolls when it's in the shot.

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Have they made a BJD of Nezuko? Like a DD?

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>>45872721
My autism demands everything be just so, if something isn't just so then I don't want it and the long shipping time with no communication from the seller and basically being locked in to buying it or losing my money made the entire situation not just so, if things hadn't happened like this I probably would have been super excited and would have set up a space for her in my nightstand so she could sleep next to me and be one of the first things I saw when I woke up
I know this is crazy

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>>45878230
sounds like a nightmare, this isn't a healthy hobby for you

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>>45878230
Yeah, that sounds awful for you. This is a hobby of LONG lead times and super delayed gratification. There are ways around that, like by buying from local sellers on the second hand market, but based on what you're saying that would be problematic for you too since it would be used most likely. This hobby may cause you more problems than joy.

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>>45877716
Not a DD, I think I remember seeing one from Azone coming? I know there's a Licca-Chan model, but you're better off asking in the /toy/ thread about that. Check out Myfigurecollection.net, that'll have any dolls for the character listed. myfigurecollection.net/entry/153750

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>>45878381
Yeah there are 200 statues, 200 nendoroids and nendoroid-likes, and one 1/6 doll by Azone which honestly looks very poor. I am very surprised that an actual BJD company didn't jump on the hype train. They gave the license away pretty freely.
They made a doll of Frieren almost immediately but not Nezuko and I suppose it's not gonna happen anymore.

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>>45835549
shit... i recall when this happened. was legitimately horrified over this... do we know if they ever found her?

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>>45869063
i would genuinely have an unfathomable bloodlust and the ammo to back it up if anyone kidnapped my girls...

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>>45871998
is the nun her, or are you holding out what she looks like on us anon?

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>>45880021
The picture is her, didn't bother to do anything fancy and just took a quick one with my phone

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>>45880124
she's pretty adorable anon, what's the matter with her? is it just the wait that killed it for you?

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>>45880021
what body/head/bust is this doll? I like the proportions

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>>45880145
Partly the wait, more the lack of response during that time and when I did finally hear something it was the tracking number showing she would arrive the next day
It was a whole knowing nothing and suddenly she's here on my door step and nothing was prepared, it tainted the entire experience
When I get home from work I need to turn her box into a bed or something, she was just laying on the table when I left

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>>45877611
yes
in this case the shirt hides the clamp from the front but the bendy part isn't quite far enough out of the way to erase easily

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I ordered a doll off of Alice Collection’s a few months ago and she’s finally shipped. It looks like it’ll be here sometime this week. I’m gonna have to start shopping for clothes for her since she’s smaller than all of my other dolls.

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>>45880258
Wait, I thought you hadn't gotten her yet and you lost interest mid delivery, but you lost interest in her because she got there suddenly?
I am confused.

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friend PLEASE BAKE URGENTLY

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>>45881957
>start to lose interest due to length of time for delivery and hear nothing
>doll then suddenly arrives, entire experience tainted by unprofessionalism
>doll no longer something fun, now a symbol of a bad shopping experience
It's not hard to understand, the circumstances of her arrival were the last nail in the coffin so to speak, maybe it could have been salvaged if one of her shoes didn't arrived split

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New Thread

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I want to fuck a doll anon!

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>>45882716
anon no!!