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Guess who arrived in time for Christmas!

Also, I want to talk. This lovely lady came with three heads, two hands, and two types of feet. Cost? $330 without faceup.

So for $330, you practically get three different excellent quality dolls, direct from the artist/sculptor. I got the faceup option, and she was still ready in about a month.

The hobby is expensive, don’t get me wrong, but if you keep an eye out, you can find gorgeous affordable dolls that are really high quality.

Artists give their heart and soul into their creations and all of them hope to be able to afford creating more models by selling their home made products.  The biggest threat to those artists’ profession are forgeries.  In the BJD hobby, those fraudsters are called “Recasters”.  They will fish out for buyers, and when they find enough, they will buy a doll from an artists, make cheap copies and resell those back at a lower price. This is art theft, and it is illegal in many countries.  Because of the limited amount of original dolls that can be produced due to creation process time, artists can not compete with recasters once their product has been stolen.  This lead many of our favorite artist to loose their business. Those who willingly buy from a recaster  are accessory into ruining an artist’s life by depriving them of their rightful income.