Resin vs Vinyl doll

As I have write in the previous post, there is a doll that have similar characteristic than a resin BJD have, but not all people considered it as BJD. If you decided to have your first doll, it's better to know this information first.

Now, we're going to talk what is the advantage of having vinyl than resin and also the disadvantage.

The advantage:

a) Vinyl poses a lot better than resin

Vinyl doll have a hard plastic inside frame instead of elastic string, so it can make a lot of pose in longer time than regular resin BJD doll.

b) Vinyls is more lighter than resin

If you like to bring your doll everywhere, especially in MSD and SD size, a lighter doll will be better than a heavier one.

c) Vinyl resemble more anime and game character than resin

Especially dollfie dream and obitsu that usually have a doll with large eye hole and small nose just like a anime character, but you can make a hybrid doll like mine, vinyl head, resin body. Also, there is a company like SQ Labs where their resin head had anime style one

d) Vinyls sometime cheaper than resin

A resin head may cost USD60++ while vinyl is USD30++ (I'm talking for standard edition, not limited one)

e) Vinyls doesn't get yellow like resin

Every resin doll owner know that their doll will yellowing no matter what they do, the only way they can is prevent it from yellowing faster, but there is not much case for vinyl to yellowing.

The disadvantage:

a) Vinyl is prone to get stain and dirt than resin

While magic eraser can fix most dirt and stain in resin, not all vinyl stain and dirt can be cleaned. Not only that, vinyl can get stain more easily than resin

b) Resin have realistic face than Vinyl

Well, if you like a more realistic face, resin have a lot option for it although some company also have realistic vinyl head, but the choice is more limited than resin.

c) Resin is more stronger than vinyl

Vinyl is more softer than resin but still, if you don't handle your resin BJD carefully, it will still break but maybe not as bad as vinyl doll.

d) Resin doll have more variety than vinyl

The most known vinyl doll company is Volks and Obitsu. While they have lot of body and head options, resin have a lot more variety than vinyl because it produced in a lot of companies from South Korea, China and Japan too while the vinyls one is mostly from Japan.

Every people have difference taste too. Some prefer the sturdy and resin smooth skin, while some prefer the lightweight but durable DD and Obitsu. Each have their own advantages and disadvantages, nothing is perfect so it better if you buy something that suit your liking and whether it can be called as a BJD or not, it is your doll.
But since I don't have any vinyl doll except the head, I won't discuss this matter more than this because I'm afraid that I can't provide accurate information since I don't have any. Maybe something that related with my Obitsu head but no information about vinyl body.

Next post will be the reason that why BJD is popular and lot of people collecting it. This may help to encourage why you loved to have one.