Introductions to BJD World

A ball-jointed doll is any doll that is articulated with ball and socket joints, This enables the doll to mimic human mobility, such as the bending of the elbows and knees. 

The most popular BJD right now is ABJD : Asian Ball Jointed Doll (produced in Asia, mostly from Japan, South Korea and China)

 

Although there is doll that have ball joints for example dollfie dream and obitsu, some people won't recognize it as BJD since the common requirement of BJD is:

- Cast from resin

- strung with elastic string and S-hook

But actually, obitsu and dollfie dream have their own advantage so don't worry if you decided to buy it, it is the thoughts that count. I will discuss the advantage and disadvantage in other post, just remember not to place it in BJD category in some forums.

Also, there's a lot of abbreviations and acronyms that only used in BJD world, here is the list of the most common words:

-  Faceup : makeup on BJD face

- Body blushing : blushing BJD body so it looks more naturally than the skin tone alone

- Recast : an copy of company doll without permission, considered illegal and taboo by most people

- Hybrid : a doll that have different body parts from different company

- Size: 

Tiny/Tinies - 20cm and smaller 1 /8 or 1/12
YoSD - 27cm (give or take a few cm) 1/6
MSD - 40cm range, considered 1/4
SD - 55-60cm, considered 1 /3
Uncle - 70cm

Size is a big factor in BJD price, the bigger it is, the higher the price. BJD price is almost a taboo subject since everyone who collect it know how much does one have to spend in order to get BJD, even the YoSD. If you decided to start collecting BJD, please keep it mind that this is an expensive hobby.
Not trying to discourage but make sure you can afford living expense first, no one want to hear you can't pay bills and such because buying doll, cloth, accessories, etc.

There still a lot topic but I will talk about others when I make a post that involved with it.