You can still buy all the discontinued tictacs from a specific Taobao shop. I kind of want to buy them for my new L0ongSoul guy but I'm too embarassed to ship them to a forwarder...

I like blindbox bjds because they're already "complete" right out of the box and for the price, they are sturdy enough. I see them and treat them like Nendoroids. I do think that the whole blindbox aspect can be predatory especially for people who may have addiction and gambling problems, who suffers from FOMO easily, or are very impulsive. For me they are a boon, as they are a cheaper option for my son who is also interested in dolls and likes to play with them to bond with me. We don't buy an entire series, usually we just get him his most favorite in a series.

From speaking to BJD artists who are open, I know how much a casted BJD generally costs. So when I see artists charging upwards of $700 for a doll, I immediately check out.They have every right to establish themselves as a more luxury doll artist brand if that's what they want to do. But knowing how much the material cost actually is, it will always send me packing

It doesn't matter if it's just a slight blush on the nose and easy to clean. It's still considered leftover faceup and I understand if artists would charge you faceup removal fees for it. They still need to use thinner or a faceup remover to clean that off, and adds more time to their prep work for the head. No matter how you look at it, you're in the wrong for not disclosing that, and it's not the faceup artist being mean or rude when they tell you, in their business, professional persona, about how it will affect their process. I dare not name who this collector is, because they're just gonna complain and excuse the action as them being just neurodivergent and not being able remember in full the artist's terms and conditions.

"My doll are my only friends!" Yeah, because dolls can't talk or have their own opinions. You don't want friends, you want an audience. Cry harder.

There is too much false praise in the community.

same face syndrome and frog mouth has to be the worst thing to come out of larger male doll sculpts 

This community is full of losers who would've been bullied back in the day, but filled that void by being even bigger and more awful narcissist bullies themselves. Seriously 95% of you need a heavy dose of self-awareness.