Back in the day--wayyyyy back when I first got into BJDs--there was Volks and there were a few Korean joints like Custom House and Luts.
Now there are 80 bajillion BJD companies, 70 bajillion of which have been deemed "off topic" by the Den of Angels moderators.
I digress.
In the beginning I liked "pretty" and "cute" dolls. I still like those, but lately I've been drawn in more by "unique" dolls. Fantasy dolls, anthro dolls, and dolls with weird (but artistic) faces.
No, not squooshy and weird Bobobie-type of faces that just look cheap and badly-sculpted. I mean more like a really stylized face, or an interesting expression. Just something unusual, but in a good way. Even the very realistic Iplehouse sculpts would fall into this category. Something outside the bishounen/anime aesthetic.
Recently I discovered Doll Chateau. And I kind of want them all.
I love their peculiar bodies, which are emaciated and yet curvy, with multiple neck joints and long, skinny limbs. I love Stacy and Chrstina's "starving model" type faces. I love Elizabeth's spider body. I love Lydia's wide-set eyes and I love how Queena is dressed up like a duck. There's a Siamese twin body, a centaur-ish body that somehow reminds me of Human Centipede, and there's a ... I ... I'm not sure what this is. I think she might have a mutant bee for a head.
One of them has my name. I don't want her because she has my name, but I'm glad she does because she's fucking awesome.
(You might notice that I linked to Doll Chateau and then linked to a bunch of pages on Mint On Card. This is because Doll Chateau lives in 1997 and their website is sloooooowwwww.)
I don't need more dolls, but ... ohhhhhh dolls. I love dolls.
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