#bjd quality

[the-bjd-community-confess]

Tbh, and this is just my personal opinion: Blind Box BJD > 3D printed BJDs. IN TERMS OF QUALITY! I dislike the blind box aspect of BB-BJDs, it's very unnecessary. But looking at videos testing quality of these things, the basic 3D printed ones just seem like a huge waste of money and resources.

And all in all, neither of them is particularly more "eco friendly", and in some aspects I'd say 3D printed ones are worse. With context. Eitherway, both'd end up in a landfill.

BB-BJDs add to wastefulness with the packaging, and the blind box aspect. Blind boxes in general are going to be more wasteful because it encourages purchasing more.

But! Nobody can deny that BB-BJDs have proven to have some pretty high quality. If they stay this high quality long term, then they might at least be interesting for people to get on the second hand market, or thrift stores.

Meanwhile 3D printed dolls fall into that same pitfall as all those 3D printed dragons, the gimmicky "fidget" prints that have painfully obvious points of strain. And anyone pretends that the "misprints" and other fuck-ups aren't an insane waste of filament and/or liquid resin has to be ignorant of the waste levels on 3D printers. The printing lines are also a huuuuuuuuge MINUS. People have already posted entire threads complaining about the slightest flashing on poured dolls. 3D printed dolls, filament, are that but all over the body. You end up with a doll which might be unique, but also will not hold up longterm. Breaks more easily than traditionally BJ-poured resin dolls of the same size, and probably has less of a chance on the 2nd Hand market than any other type of doll. 3D printed dolls always felt like something for people who make the first draft, and then have to spend another 100 hours sanding, fixing, and preparing that model for a final mold to do resin poured dolls instead.

I have less experience with liquid 3D printed dolls, but if certain aspects from the garage kit also apply, then they'd have problems with lack of detail, warping, and also the breaking issue, and all the "pockmarks" from the support beams.

~Anonymous

[truebjdconfessions]

"cheaper companies are inherently lower quality dolls" just say youre elitist/classist and go lmao. my $200 resinsoul looks and poses better than my $650 ringdoll ever has in 8 years of fucking around with him. like no shade because he was my first doll and i love him dearly but geez. resinsoul really outdid themselves on that new ke sculpt 

~Anonymous

[real-bjd-recast-community]

I find it funny that many people report that the recast dolls are better than the "legit" dolls... As a character from an anime once said "the fake is of far greater value. In it's deliberate attempt to be real, it's more real than the real thing" <3

I have a large collection, many dolls from legit companies, from the most expensive ones (Volks, Soom, Iplehouse, FairyLand, and others) to the cheapest ones (ResinSoul, Mirodoll, FantasyDoll, Bobobie, and others) and also recasts (mainly from big well known sellers like S/L, ChinaBJD). In most cases, cheap legits and recasts are better quality than the most expensive legit. And the costumer service it’s also way better. Just giving my two cents from my “more than a decade almost two” of experience in this hobby.

Admin C

[the-bjd-community-confess]

i don’t think people who collect Im0m0d0lls are cheap, and honestly finding out about some of their sordid history makes me side eye the company and creators more than i ever would any owners. Kind of like Sm@rtd0ll creator vs owners. so, that’s kind of a disclaimer. I saw a post here from a few weeks ago saying the person wished they were more popular, so they wouldn’t be considered cheap for owning a lot. This is my 2 cents on why they either might not be popular right now/why i don’t personally recommend them.

i’ve bought 3 1/6 size Im0m0dolls (3 at once, and before all that info about the creators came out. Probably 2 years ago? Or at least 1.5 years ago I bought them.), and I’m super disappointed in them. One, the vinyl has awkward cuts in the elbow joint on one side, both ankles, and the wrist on the opposite side. I’m assuming they’re hand cut once the vinyl cure/cools/whatever in the mold, since the cutting is so uneven. It makes it so you can obviously see the “bone” in those places, so that one always has to wear socks and long sleeves because it looks very bad otherwise. The pegs of the wrist and ankle ball joints also stick very far out- on the other two these are flush, so i’m assuming this is another quality error.

On the second one, while all of the “coverings” are fine, it’s very thin in certain areas, and it came with a strange stain. Additionally, this one came with 6 random peg things, three eyes (???), and one set of hands (on the doll). I’m still not sure why there were so many extra pegs, and a third single eye. The little rubber stopper thing to keep the head on the peg was missing, but luckily the other two came with two each.

The third is the least egregious. It came with a pair of eyes, the stopper thing, three pairs of hands, and two extra neck pegs. The pegs for the feet and hands are on the looser side, but it’s not too bad all things considered.

All of the issues are with the bodies, however. The Heads were okay. Posing leaves much to be desired but I do think that is because i have both resin and pricier vinyl dolls.

I still have them, clearly, because life got in the way of me customizing them and i was just in general disappointed with them & unable to get any of these issues fixed. In general though, i think, the price can be attractive to people who prefer vinyl over resin. But compared to my Obitsu, DD, AP, and SmD (1 of each), i really don’t think i’ll ever buy an Im0m0 again or even recommend them because 2/3 of the same body but different heads makes me wary of the overall quality control. It’s easy to hide defects too on the second hand market already.

I can’t speak about the other sizes though. But at this point, I think, I would not recommend Im0m0 doll, if you are curious about the quality control, and you don’t care about the rest of the company’s dealings. I don’t think it’s a good “starter” doll either. I do think they make fine mannequins for sewing, which is what mine have become. I think that if you are interested in vinyl, save up for another brand. If you’re coming from resin into vinyl like I was, the price is attractive but quality control is probably much more volatile than notoriously iffy quality control brands like Fairyland.

~Anonymous

[the-bjd-community-confess]

LT CR4F7's dolls are such shit quality with the bubbles and bobbling of the bodies that you just wonder why he still hasn't upgraded his methods of making them. Then again if he can get people's money without making much of an effort on his part I wouldn't fix my shit up either.

~Anonymous

[the-bjd-community-confess]

I was wondering if Minifee are really worth their price. They are cute dolls and I would like one, but I read awful reviews on them (and I'm quite used to Luts sturdy dolls, lets be honest here). So, what do you think?

~Anonymous

[the-bjd-community-confess]

V0lks are my favourite company and I’ve always loved d0llfie dreams. I joined this hobby too late for the original Len release, could never afford the ludicrous aftermarket prices and thought owning him was a pipe dream, so when they rereleased him I was over the moon. Made a countdown to the release and everything. Before he released the preorder Kaito did, but I wanted to open kailen together so I waited for Len. When Len finally arrived, I felt more excited than I’d ever been since I joined the hobby.

I was so disappointed I could cry. V0lks, what happened? The quality on these two was so below standard. My previous dolls were not like this. Kaito’s wig is a travesty and looking online this is a common complaint. It’s like they hacked it into style with a machete in the dark. Maybe it’s salvageable. But Len? I’ve never seen a wig this bad, ever. This wig is completely unuseable. It’s frizzy, badly cut and half the fibres are actually melted. Imagine my horror when this complaint was common online. Imagine my further horror when v0lks made a blog post addressing the issue which basically saying ‘idk git gud’ and that we had to somehow style this melted plastic frizz into something on our own. I look at photos from Len’s original release, I look for owner experiences and none of the original 2016 wigs were like this.

If this is the quality I can expect for a $700 doll then I don’t know if I can still call this my favourite company. It’s completely dampened my desire to get any more preorder dolls. I saw someone on dolldreaming say that the more limited quantity dolls don’t tend to have these massive QC errors and it seems to be true. For everyone who hopes for DD releases to be preorders instead of clickwar or lottery, be careful what you wish for. I’d rather a more limited chance at a more quality product than a guaranteed chance at something that should never have passed QC. I haven’t really done anything with Len since opening him because I’m so upset my grail was such a massive disappointment. I know the rest of the doll is fine and I could get him a new wig, but I don’t even know where to look, and I just wanted him to be Len.

~Anonymous

[the-bjd-community-confess]

Bim0ng is doing final sale before retiring. The body is fantastic! Aerobatic, ballet, ice skating, fetal pose, no problem! The face sculpts also beautiful, in between stylish and realistic. Resin is toothy, not plasticky smooth.

~Anonymous