BJD stands for “Ball Jointed Doll.” Ball Jointed Dolls aren’t your little sister’s barbie or your grandmother’s porcelain baby dolls. BJDs are hand made, resin dolls from Asia – more specifically, South Korea, Japan, and China (for the in-depth, lengthy description, go here).They’re made to look as though they were real. Each doll is detailed in its own way; body blushing, scars, dimples, freckles, age lines, muscular bodies, finger nails, and veins in the hands/feet. However, not all dolls are the same and not all will have the details that I listed previously.
Resin is a smooth, casted material somewhere between plastic and porcelain. It comes in various colors – normal and fantasy pigments. “Normal skin” is the fleshy color of a white male/female, “beautiful white” is a paler, whiter color of “normal,” and “tan/real red/peachy skin” is the same shade as a tan-skinned white male/female (not the color of an African American or Latin American). There are dolls that are sold in a dark resin resembling the skin of an African American male/female or the shade of a Latin American male/female, but it depends on the company.
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Then there are the fantasy colors – green, blue, red, yellow, and grey. The fantasy colors aren’t too common and aren’t an option on typical BJDs – they are usually used for Fantasy BJDs (fairies, shape-shifters, etc. That also depends on the company – not every company sells fantasy BJDs). Not every BJD company sells all of the various resin types above because resin is a difficult thing to work with. It’s sturdy, but not indestructible. Therefore, if you drop your doll from a lower height onto a softer surface, it should be okay. If you drop your doll from a higher place or onto a harder surface, however, the resin will chip or crack, depending.
There are hundreds of doll companies throughout Asia. Each company has many different doll molds and types. The most common size of dolls are labeled as such – Yo-Sd, MSD, and SD (keep in mind there are several more specific names for specific sizes of dolls depending on their mold and the company). BJD sizes are measured in centimeters. The shortest BJDs sold (that I know of) are 9.7 cm tall (just over 3 1/2 inches). The tallest BJDs sold are 70 cm tall (about 27 inches).
A doll’s size depends on the age it is supposed to portray – a 70 cm doll is made to represent a middle-aged man or woman. SDs (57-65 cm dolls) are made to represent a young adult, usually age 17 – 25. A MSD (40-50 cm) is a pre teen, usually age 13-16. Yo-SDs (35 cm and below) are the younger kids, ages 8-12. Anything younger than that (toddlers) are sold, but don’t have broad names; instead they’re named specifically by their company (Latis on on latidoll.com, LittleF’ee on dollfairyland.com, etc). Keep in mind that even though a doll is sold to look a certain age, BJD owners can alter the age of their doll and usually can get away with it (someone may buy a MSD, but classify them as an older teen, around 17, even though SDs are made to look that part. It all depends on the owner).
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BJDs are completely customizable. Meaning, everything on them is swappable/changeable. When you receive your doll, he/she will be completely naked. How you dress your doll is up to you. A doll’s wig, eyes, clothes, shoes, and even body parts are changeable. You want your doll to be a brunette with green eyes? Done. You want your doll to be blue haired with red eyes? Done. Keep in mind you have to order these accessories with the doll, though not necessarily from the same company. Because of the diversity of the dolls (or their owners, rather) not one doll will be the same. You and a friend may have the same doll sculpt, but each doll will be dressed differently, with different personalities, and sometimes even different faces.
To trail off for a bit, a doll may have a different face depending on its “Face-up.” A face-up is the realistic detail on the doll’s face. Both males and females have face-ups – don’t assume a face-up means makeup. A doll’s lips will be shaded to look real or a certain color, a doll’s cheeks may be blushed/with freckles, and they will have different shaped eyebrows. For female dolls, yes, their face-up may include makeup (eye shadow/liner). Each doll comes with a set of eyes and eyelashes in their head. Anyhow, a doll’s face-up is changeable. Either the doll company, a doll owner, or a face-up artist can change the doll’s face. If you buy a doll and you want it to have freckles, but it’s default face-up doesn’t include freckles, you could either ask the company to include them (for a bit of extra money), do it yourself when you get the doll (though that requires a lot of work and precaution) or send it off to a face-up artist who will do it for you (for a fee).
Because of a doll’s diversity, many owners will buy a doll that portrays a character – not a video game character or fiction character – a character of their own. Many BJD owners are writers and manga/comic artists. A doll may look real, but it doesn’t come “alive” until its owner breathes artistic life into it. Phew, stage one done (for the most part). Don’t worry, there will be more to come.
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