It is with a heavy heart, I learned today, my sweet friend @RumpelDoll has had his hard work stolen by thieves. I’ve watched his beautiful works of art take shape for over a year now, and felt so lucky and blessed to be able to bring home my own Morfeo and Abaddon from his hands. I know how much of himself he put into these dolls. There are many things I’d like to say to the people who stole his art and to the people who feel entitled to own that stolen recasted work. I’m going to limit my tirade though to just this: Buying recasts hurts our artists. Whether it’s a “big” company or small, the recasters don’t care, they’ll take your money and steal more dolls. To you it’s just a doll, a thing, to the artist, it’s their livelihood. And I’m not saying any of this to sway the diehard recast buyers out there, I wouldn’t waste my time. I’m saying this so the new people in the hobby, the people who don’t understand why we’re so upset, I’m saying this so they’ll understand why we are so sad about the recast epidemic in our community. This Sunday, September 30th, is your chance to preorder a legit Morfeo or Abaddon head from the artist. Please see @RumpelDoll’s page for more info on that. Please don’t buy recast. Support our artist. #BJD #BallJointedDoll #RumpelDollMorfeo #RumpelDollAbaddon #LegitBJD #LegitOnly #ProBJDartist #ProArtist https://www.instagram.com/p/BoFuEufAtTD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17s5zfy69lk1o