Cooking chicken isn't an introduction to baking
Buying a prop sword isn't an introduction into sword collecting
Owning a goldfish isn't an introduction to fishing
Knitting isn't an introduction to sewing
Face painting isn't an introduction to makeup
Dancing on tiktok isn't an introduction to directing
Table tennis isn't an introduction to tennis
Cheerleading isn't an introduction to gymnastics
And owning a recast isn't an introduction to the bjd hobby
The bjd hobby and the rbjd hobby are two different things
When you buy a new recast "minifee" you get a thin blue box with random silver snowflakes, hard plastic lining, an illegitimate certificate of "authenticity", and a sponge
When you buy a new minifee you get a sturdy etched fairyland box, several pieces of thick padding, a true certificate of authenticity that has worth, and a facemask for added protection and storage
Purchasing an rbjd is not an introduction to the bjd hobby because not only does this hobby exist with it's own standards and practices that anti artists refuse to participate in, but the products they receive are NOT of the same caliber, with the average bjd being leagues above rbjds
Choosing an rbjd as a way to "test out" the bjd hobby will never be viable, because at the end of the day you aren't making your way into the bjd hobby, your RUNNING AWAY FROM IT and establishing yourself as a member of a completely different hobby
It's not the same
Never has been
Never will be