Buying a prop sword isn't an introduction into sword collecting

Owning a goldfish isn't an introduction to fishing

Knitting isn't an introduction to sewing

Face painting isn't an introduction to makeup

Dancing on tiktok isn't an introduction to directing

Table tennis isn't an introduction to tennis

Cheerleading isn't an introduction to gymnastics

And owning a recast isn't an introduction to the bjd hobby

The bjd hobby and the rbjd hobby are two different things

When you buy a new recast "minifee" you get a thin blue box with random silver snowflakes, hard plastic lining, an illegitimate certificate of "authenticity", and a sponge

When you buy a new minifee you get a sturdy etched fairyland box, several pieces of thick padding, a true certificate of authenticity that has worth, and a facemask for added protection and storage

Purchasing an rbjd is not an introduction to the bjd hobby because not only does this hobby exist with it's own standards and practices that anti artists refuse to participate in, but the products they receive are NOT of the same caliber, with the average bjd being leagues above rbjds

Choosing an rbjd as a way to "test out" the bjd hobby will never be viable, because at the end of the day you aren't making your way into the bjd hobby, your RUNNING AWAY FROM IT and establishing yourself as a member of a completely different hobby

It's not the same

Never has been