BJD overview

BJD or ball jointed dolls have been made throughout the ages, in various materials. A ball jointed doll is a doll that has literally a ball like joint that gives the doll articulated arms, legs and body. I am going to focus more on the modern ball jointed doll that many people know by names such as Dollfies, BJD's and ABJD's.

Dollfie is a particular name for a style of doll that the company Volks http://www.volksusa.com/ has been producing for years, but has been dubbed a name for similar styles of dolls from various companies. Those that are in the hobby of collect dolls use the generic term BJD or ABJD. ABJD simply means asian ball jointed dolls, dolls that are made in asian countries such as China, Korea and Japan. Various forums cater to individuals who are in the hobby and some such as Den of Angels have certain criteria that the dolls discussed on the forum must have to be considered on topic.

The dolls are cast in soft vinyls, hard vinyl and resins, and come in various sizes, prices and colors. You can purchase a doll in several ways as a complete set or blank/nude. A complete set usually entails a costume or outfit, wig or accessories that will come with your doll. Blank or nude is a doll that will come with nothing but the doll, a blank slate for you to customize. Most companies offer additional services such as face ups, body blushing and seam removal. A faceup is simple the face of the doll, or makeup if you will, that is created in variuos medias such as acrylic paints, watercolors and soft pastels to give your doll a more realistic look. Body blushing is the same, it is the application of medias to the body of the doll to give an overall blush or details to the body. Seam removal is simply put the removal of seams on the doll from the mold to give it a more finished look. All these types of services are usually at an additional cost to the doll and at times is not considered a part of the complete set of the doll, these varies by companies.

And that concludes that general information at this time on BJD's.

Bobobie and Resinsoul

BBB, Bobobie http://www.bobobie.com/ is a company based in China that creates BJD's for several other companies including several molds of their own. Their dolls range in size from tiny 15cm to 60cm and priced at $70-180 they provide face up services for only $10 and have a wide range of resin colors for an additional charge.

RS, Resinsoul http://www.resinsoul.com/ is a sort of sister company to Bobobie. They have their own molds but BBB cast them. The size range is from 15cm to 70cm including an anthro bjd dog, the prices are comparable to BBB and they offer the same services.

The resincolors that are available, pictured to the left, are the following: white and normal.For extra charge around $10-20 depending on size you can receive light tan/coffee, dark tan/chocolate, pink,  blue, skyblue, green, lilac/purple, gray, dark gray and red. Sorry  I do not have a photo of the dark gray as this is a color that was just added this month.

Sizes: Tiny 15cm, Dogs 18cm, Petite 27cm, Mini(MSD) 40-44cm, SD 58-61cm, and 68-70cm.
Styles: female or male. fantasy or human head molds. Several of the dolls also have hooves.
Extras: dolls come with free random acrylic eyes. Resinsoul sends dolls in a nice faux leather carrying case. Bobobie sends their dolls in a satin sleeping bag and placed in a company box.

I will go into more detail in further posts showing examples of each mold. You can view some comparison photos in my other Blog BJD Comparisons.


Where to buy?
Bobobie (BBB) http://www.bobobie.com/ direct from the company. Also sells Resinsoul molds. Production time: appx 30 days.
Resinsoul (RS) http://www.resinsoul.com/ sells only their molds. Production time: appx 30 bussiness days.
Denver Doll Emporium (DDE) http://www.denverdoll.com/ orders directly from BBB they care some instock dolls and you can special order as well. They even have a special exclusive doll only availble through DDE or BBB. Special orders are placed only once a month with BBB. Production time: 8-16weeks, they offer a layaway option. You can purchase BBB or RS on this site.
Junkyspot (JS) http://www.junkyspot.com/ also orders directly from BBB. They carry both RS and BBB they have an exclusive doll only available through JS or BBB site. This is strictly a instock site only based in US, although I believe if you message them they may do special orders. Ships instantly due to being instock.
Featherfall (FF) was a canadian based site that sells RS dolls only. They also have an exclusive head mold that is available only through FF. They occasional carry instock dolls, special orders are placed twice a month with RS. Production time: appx 45days. They are no closed as of 12/31/12.
Angelesque: http://www.angelesque.co.uk A company based in the UK I have not had the oppurtunity to order from them so I'm uncertain of their production time. It appears from their site that they only sell RS not BBB so they may order directly from RS.
Think Pink: http://shop.fashiondoll.nl another company that sells RS dolls that is based in the Netherlands, again I'm not too familar with them so am uncertain of their production/shipping times.

Update as of 11/13/2015 Regarding resin colors. Resinsoul now offers custom resin color and custom match services so you can purchase any of there dolls in pretty much any color now. This is great news as it opens up a whole new world of creativity. Custom match service is if you own a head or body from another company that you want to put with a Resinsoul head or body the will do their best to match the colors so your hybrid may be more successful.