FEATURE: Pediophobia [Fear and Loathing in Resin]
Soom MD Glot and Glati
Welcome to Pediophobia [Fear and Loathing in Resin], a feature that will be addressing BJDs and some of the culture that surrounds them. I hope that I’m able to give you all a little window into the mind of a doll owner and all the weird and wacky things we do for our dolls.
LUTS CP Senior Delf Harmony
Ball joint dolls are not for everyone. For every person that enjoys them, there are at least 2 or 3 other people who are confused, frightened, or just generally disturbed by their existence. And who could blame them? BJDs are fragile, expensive, and sometimes genuinely scary-looking. Despite all this, their popularity in the US has been steadily increasing over the past decade with no sign of slowing down. Why? What is it that makes these chunks of resin so appealing? The answer differs for every owner…
D.O.D. Homme Duncan
Personally, I love ball joint dolls. That said, I am not your typical BJD fanatic; I don’t keep a blog for my doll, I don’t document every inch of him via photo diary, and I definitely don’t write weird fan fiction about his numerous (and inherently homosexual) romantic endeavors. Although sometimes downright creepy, I have no real issues with those activities or the people who enjoy them. It’s just that I don’t feel any more compelled to give “life” to my doll than I do to my other toys and figures. Sure, he has a name and even a bit of a back story, but when it comes down to it, I’m into dolls for the aesthetics, not the spirituality. But enough about me – you want to see the doll!
LUTS CP Delf Yder
This is Niiro, a white skin Yder from Delf/Cerberus Project. Acquired in 2005 through a shopping service, he was purchased using what was left in my savings account after paying for my first car. My mom thought I was crazy, but I had been admiring these dolls from afar for a number of years and had thoroughly researched my options. Even now, there are very few boy sculpts that even register on my awesome doll radar.
FairyLand pukipuki Madeleine
Many doll owners are driven by some mysterious force of nature to own 5, 10, even 20 of these little creatures! I can’t imagine amassing a family that large, at least not without proper insurance… Regardless, one thing’s for sure – the world of ball joint dolls is an addictive one with a lot more to offer than simple snapshots of pretty resin faces.
Where to find the dolls in this post:
- http://www.dreamofdoll.com/
- http://eluts.com/
- http://www.dreamofdoll.com/
- http://dollfairyland.com/
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