Reason to buy and collect BJD

Why buy BJD?

If you have do your research, BJD is an expensive hobby but not investment. Then why people collect BJD? Here is some reason that encourage me to enter BJD world:

1. Figma/Figurine/Nendroid,etc replacement

 Do you like to collect figure of some favorite character? Then BJD can be a replacement for it. You can make it pose more, changing eye color and more. You can make it wear lot of clothes that not avaible in figma part and make it have a lot of hairstyle with different wig color. It is a lot more creative process but then this is just my opinion.
Or maybe you can think BJD as a upgraded version of figma and figures. Whatever works with you :)

2.  Upgraded version of fashion doll
Similar with the reason of figurine. Although fashion doll is quite similar with BJD, can wear clothes, do some poses, BJD is more superior than your regular barbie and other fashion doll. Because of the articulated ball joint, it can posed better and more customizable to become your desired character. Not only that, BJD have more expression and beautiful  face rather than the flat, smile Barbie face :D

3. Imaginative character with background

Well, if you like to make a new character that isn't available in figurines, you can make one yourself with BJD. A Vampire, Magician or anything, everything is up to you. You can make a character based on novel or maybe entirely new from your own story. With this, this doll become a unique and special to you.

4. Develop crafting and sewing skill

Once you have BJD, you have the urge to get him/her a furniture, clothes, bed and many other things. Not all of us can afford it after spending in a quite expensive doll, but we can still make it ourselves. Find used clothes and sew it for your doll. Find some wooden board and you can make a wardrobe. Who knows that if your skill become better, you can sell all of this in marketplace for decent price?

5. Drawing art and photography model
BJD can be a great mannequin that wear clothes and have hair. You can make it become a model and better is you can carry it everywhere you want without paying for model fee (but you have to paid for the doll first!). If you like drawing, you can also make the doll poses like manequin and you can draw with correct posture without being weird.

6. Become your friend (?)

I don't recommend you to become an introvert person but some people do like to talk with their doll, like friend or daughter/son. Mind you that they're not crazy but it similar to a kid talking her teddy and something like that. Also if you join in forum, who knows you will get a new friend who understand you more than person who already know you for several years.
I read that some people even get job or going out/married with people they meet in BJD hobby, so don't think you're weird for collecting BJD as there are lot of people who have same hobbies like you.


In the next post, I'm going to discuss how to buy your first BJD from my experience so you who have make up your mind to buy one can get some guide to buy your very first special doll.