BlogHer - ball jointed dolls - Comments

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nightsdarkness — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:18:57 -0500

Dear Nordette! It's not only women who collect them, but men as well! (in fact, some were upset it did not mention men in the article)

I myself (who is female however) am saving for this beauty

http://www.iplehouse.net/shop/step1.php?number=10

who will cost nearly $700 after shipping (she'll be coming to me in the us from Korea)

There are plenty of us BJD collectors, ranging from below 13 years old to over 60! I HIGHLY recomend checking out

http://www.denofangels.com/forums/index.php

as you will find the answer to ANY question you could ever think of about these dolls there.

It is rather funny they call this the "latest craze", as people have been collecting them for some time now. It's only that recently the number of collectors have reached such that non bjd collectors notice them.

BJD owners do buy things for their dolls, do throw them parties, and yes.. they do matchmake- sometimes matching their dolls with a friend's. Something I dont think the article made real clear was that owners can also paint their dolls own makeup, which will come off with a quick scrub of a wet Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. Back to the subject of parties, there is a anual trip a group of Ball-joint doll owners that go to Disney's Epcot, and do take their dolls.

as an ending note (for i've ranted enough), my drive to collecting them is 1) their high level of costomization, and 2) their WONDERFUL realism. I have yet to find another type of doll which has both humanoid posability & high realism

No more Slinkys?

Nordette — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:40:52 -0500

Thank you, Denise. I'll keep that in mind. :-)

Nordette is a Contributing Editor with BlogHer.com whose personal blog is hosted on another site at this link.

Dust, dust, and dust some more

Nordette — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:39:11 -0500

Yeah, books and CDs do get dusty, but they're not nearly as difficult to spruce up as an intricate, porcelain piece of bric a brac. My mom had these little items in her house and I hated cleaning them.

One of my aunts collects Miss Martha's Originals. I could see having some of those for myself, but oh, those dusty nooks and crannies. Of course, I'm exaggerating the dust factor b/c all material possessions require maintenance. :-)

Nordette is a Contributing Editor with BlogHer.com whose personal blog is hosted on another site at this link.

I'd call that love

Nordette — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:28:26 -0500

When people take the time to collect stuff for you, then it's love. :-) Or maybe they think you're "the woman has everything" so they want to get you something useless but fun.

Nordette is a Contributing Editor with BlogHer.com whose personal blog is hosted on another site at this link.

Speaking as a collector

fibro_witch — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:55:59 -0500

First off they become my little family. I talk to them change their outfits, Create rooms for them. The works. Mostly I collect Barbie dolls. Both the fancy dolls who wear outfits I could never afford or fit into. I have one small house, barbie has many big ones. I have one old car, Barbie has several cool new ones and some fab old ones.

The dolls are a chance to have fun, To create a world where my rules apply. A world that never gets dust, because it does not hold still long enough for dust to collect. Unlike my books or cds which need regular maintenance.

Jan D

http://fibrowitch.blogspot.com/

I can relate Virginia

Denise — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:29:41 -0500

Family members and friends have always made assumptions about my "collections" and so I now collect all sorts of things that I never intended to collect.

1) smiley faces
2) dolphins
3) snow globes
4) painted cows (much like your painted ponies)
5) cats
6) flamingos

I really only consider myself a collector of:

1) books
2) slinkys (but please don't send me any if you're reading this!!!)
3) magnets (which is sort of an accidental thing like above, but I do really like my magnets)

~Denise
BlogHer Community Manager

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What about things people collect for me?

Virginia DeBolt — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:35:28 -0500

Several years ago New Mexico had a state-wide art project called "Trail of the Painted Ponies." Life-sized horses were painted by numerous New Mexico artists. Time passed, and Hallmark stores started selling small reproductions of these horses. I bought one, because I knew the artist. My family grabbed onto the idea like super glue and now I get a new pony on every occasion. I don't know what the inner meaning is in this. Luckily, I still have a little room on the shelf for more ponies.

Virginia DeBolt
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