#5stardoll

[queenofsquids]

I can't remember who might have been looking for one of these lil guys, but seems there's a 2024 version!

#5stardoll #5stardoll jadite #bjd

[leiflitter]

As I am now 30 and apparently an Actual Adult and Twitter is exploding even more, I figured that before I get back to the last bit of ArtFight I'd do some Dolly Introductions because most of my characters exist in the form of very expensive, very large dolls rather than the far cheaper "just draw them" option.

This is because I have impulse control issues and just love these idiots so... Hey! LORE is below the page break, as well as their sculpts!

These are just the ones who are important in some way in the big ol' thing I have going on, there are MORE DOLLS. So many more dolls.

1. Callum Shelley - Dollshe David Kuncci - the man who made Frankie and his siblings. Married to Science and Science only; he's also very gay and very awkward, and so decided that his desire to be a father could only really be achieved through sewing a ton of bodies together and reanimating it using science and Arcane Shit. He's technically on the run, as Frankie was kinda made in a lab that was meant to be looking into ways to improve transplants and other slightly theoretical ideas rather than Maybe Magic Could Help Me Have A Child, but he's managed to embed himself into Harlan's weird little underworld and so they don't have to jump ship at a moment's notice anymore. He now lives in London, in one of the many buildings owned by the Twins- Harlan wrangled that, as it would be useful to have an actual doctor on standby, right?

2. Franklin "Frankie" Shelley - Ringdoll Frankenstein 2013 - Frankenstein's Monster if he was a mid-20s Horrorpunk Dirtbag with a heart of gold. Very family-oriented- it was him and his dad for a few years just after he was made and they're very close. Had a few wobbly times as he came to terms with Being A Bunch Of Corpse Parts and therefore not really being able to do stuff, but now they have a little niche he's having a good time. Would literally die for-

3. Poppi - Aimerai Scraps - a ragdoll that was brought to life via some fairly arcane shit. A literal cinnamonbun angel. Frankie's other half, and generally makes sure that Callum doesn't accidentally forget to eat while he's working on stuff. As she can't have children (she literally has no internal organs), she's also involved herself heavily in looking after Frankie's siblings.

4. Evelyn Shelley - Sugarble Night Miriam - Frankie's "little sister". She's about six and she's always going to be about six- she's a very sweet little kid, loves dolls and dressing up. She has that "Family Princess" confidence, and can often be found "making Frankie Pretty".

5. Valentine Shelley- 5StarDoll Aiden - Frankie's "little brother". Although he's technically younger than Evelyn, he's probably more akin to a 7/8 year old. He was made as a playmate for Evelyn as she was getting pretty lonely. Callum had honed his technique a little, hence Val not literally being blue like his siblings. He's always ready for some sort of adventure, but lets Evelyn take the lead.

6. Magdalen - Doll Chateau Oort -very old vampire. She's the tactician; although she's very powerful, she tends to direct her brother rather than get her hands dirty. She talks the most of the twins, but even that's not much. The twins function almost as one person, and are rarely far from each other.

7. Alasdair - Doll Chateau Cyril - also a very old vampire. He's Magdalen's muscle- if something threatened them, he'd be the one actually dealing with it. He barely speaks, but when he does it's generally something very important. The twins live in Highgate and do not appreciate any link between them and that Highgate Vampire business. Their home is a massive Victorian thing that has some minor glamours so it's not considered "the clearly haunted house".

8. Harlan Silver - Ringdoll K -puts the Whore in Victorian, he's here representing the Pansexual Slut Vampires. He's considered the "oldest son" to Magdalen and Alasdair, but his function is less as a child and more as their connection to the outside world. He brokers deals and access to the twins, sources... food for them if they don't feel like hunting and has shown them how to connect to the wifi about 5 billion times. He lives in a basement flat in London that would make any antiques dealer jealous. He also kinda has a... thing... with Callum, but it's less emotion and more mutual benefit.

9. Seraphine - Doll In Mind Marcellina - the precious baby daughter in the vampire family. She was brought to them by Harlan as a toddler in the late 1800s, and they have raised her the way they were raised. She is doted upon absolutely- however she's not as odd as the twins, mostly because Harlan has done his best to expose her to humanity and help her be as well-adjusted as an immortal creature can be. She's currently going through Vampire Puberty so she's spending a lot of time with Harlan because there's nothing more frustrating than having a teenage mood swing in front of the twins.

10. Siddiq "Sid" Shah and Noa Kim - Universedoll Tsukimi and iDoll Arnoah - long-term schoolfriends who grew up in the London Borough of Camden. They were both on the 'social misfit' side of things, and spent a lot of their time trading Stephen King paperbacks and watching crappy horror films, until they found a book at a car boot sale that was apparently an actual Grimoire of spells- and then their interest in witchcraft took off, and all that time speaking one language at home and another at school really helps when finding rituals that work. They describe their magic as "kinda like one of those buffet restaurants that serves, uh, everything? Like you can get pizza, curry and fish and chips if you want, but instead of getting food poisoning, you get results."

The two fell onto Harlan's radar fairly quickly because he's a nosy pest that lives pretty much opposite the little park where they do business. He's now got them "in" with the twins, and they're also the ones who managed to create Poppi. They're now pretty good friends with Frankie and Poppi, and are working on some Glamour spells because Frankie would really love to go to a gig at some point. Or even just to Nando's.

They often find themselves helping Callum, but mostly because he's a scientist at heart and although he's used magic before, he doesn't really... get it. They're also both on the twins' payroll, because witches are also very useful, and not as common as they used to be.

#bjd #leiflitter art #my ocs #oc stuff #frankie #poppi #magdalen and alasdair #harlan #ball jointed dolls #my dolls #dolls #doll photography #ringdoll #doll chateau #sugarble #aimerai #dollshe #5stardoll #dollinmind #universedoll #iDoll #legit bjd #pls excuse the hideous collage it was the only way

[karp-kute]

My only boy, Cyprindae. He's a 5StarDoll (RIP) SUPERKid Tony (1:4 chubby or BB size). I dyed his resin with brown and pink because it was very yellow. His wig was being difficult so I left the hair style like that...

#bjd #bjd photography #legit bjd #bjdoll #5stardoll #doll #dollblr #he needs a friend

[trickster-whim]

Playing TAPS and slowly shaking my head like “damn...” for another cute, affordable bjd company that seems to have just disappeared(?)

5star doll was never super popular, but they made some of my favorite little guys, and I went to check the website a while back, and it wasn’t loading right, and now it leads to a really sketchy mug company U_U

What made me think of it in the first place was that I’ve bought a body from a collector online and wanted to check if the site had any photos or anything, and I just saw these mugs. The same thing happened with Hujoo, a company I was going to buy from when I got my next paycheck, but before I ever got the chance the company just wasn’t there anymore.

I don’t know if these companies do exist but I just can’t find them (a possibility, especially since I’m in America), or what happened, but the gossipy bitch in me just wants to know what’s going on. And, tbh, it's always just a little sad when artists disappear from the internet. A lot of the bigger companies will have some sort of announcement or event when they close, but others just... stop having a web presence. It's not like the 5star doll threads on DoA were ever incredibly popular, so it's just... kinda sad idk. Unless they come back, of course.

But, since they seem to be gone for the time at least, a moment of silence for some of my favorite dolls I never got to buy from them (photos from the archived website, even though there's higher-res ones available if you're not lazy like me)

Aiden and Yami are the biggest reason I got into the company! A baby Hellboy bjd? Sign me up! And they always had the cutest clothes tbh.

Jadeite and Tony (Super Kid) don't really go together, but I'm bad at formatting. Bug bjds are really pretty rare, and Jadeite has the sweetest face. All the owners' photos I've seen of them just look so precious! And I like the scale of this Tony, but I don't think I ever saw owner photos...

Ofc I like Light and Dark. They have pretty interesting faces, and I like Dark's 3rd eye. Again, not sure I've seen many non-stock photos of these boys, but they compel me.

Amy seemed to be pretty popular comparatively, and she's got a sweet face, plus I love pointy ears. ANd good ol' Batboy is another one who got me into the company. I'll look for him secondhand because Batboy.

I actually do have these last two, Tong Tong and Quintus, but I got them secondhand and not complete, and also I just really like them, so they're going on the list

So yeah, I don't know if the company's still around but just less online, or if they're gone, or something else. But I've always been a fan, and it's sad to see, one after another, my favorite dollmakers closing or disappearing. I don't have anything profound to say, just thinkin'! And hoping my Super Star body gets here unscathed so I can have a little more of the company u+u

#5stardoll #Has anyone made a Defunctland parody(?) about doll companies that just disappeared one day called Defunctbrand?

[weepyoldkiller]

I finally got this little bean after having a WTB post up on instagram for so long I forgot it was even there.

Please meet Early.

Clothes are by A life Garden (shirt) and Dollheart (everything else).

#bjd #abjd #5stardoll Aiden #my dolls #bjd//Early

[the-bjd-community-confess]

It's this time of the year, and I want to share with you my undying love for Luts. Like seriously, the quality, the sculpts, everything. I love Luts. I also love that little company I got my first dolls from, it's 5StarDoll. They went silent for a time but now they're only selling in stock dolls, mostly 1/6. But their 1/4 dolls were so pretty omg... Wishing them all the best.

~Anonymous

#BJD #ABJD #BJD Confessions #TrueBJDChristmas #Pos

[smallhatlogan]

Ball jointed dolls as a concept peaked with 5stardoll Aiden I modded mine with pointy teeth and ears and got depressed for like 7 years before doing more work on him this week.

I look at him and think about bat boy

#i'm gonna add horns and do more work on his face #and also make him an outfit so he doesn't have to wear ken doll clothes #sorry for doll posting i know these creep some ppl out

[rubydollchaos]

Yesterday I took my dolls out for their first ever outdoor photoshoot! I am not a great photographer, and I literally could not see my phone screen half the time because it was ridiculously bright and I am a nocturnal creature. I only took a couple of snaps of each because there was so many to get through! But it was nice to have a prettier background than usual and I'd like to have another go sometime when the sun is not trying to destroy me. The last two didn't get to come outside as they are mid-mod but I wanted to include them for completion. Photo limit means only one of my SD dolls is missing.

#bjd #impldoll #resinsoul #dollzone #always legit #angel of dream #iplehouse #Angelsdoll Lucia #5stardoll #april story bjd

[imreadydollparts]

Ji and I didn’t really click, so I’ve been trying different faceups on her in preparation to sell her.

This one’s ok. I think both the sculpt and faceup would suit either a boy or girl doll.

#5star doll #5stardoll #5stardoll ji #faceup #bjd

[resinboardinghouse]

We went out and took some family pictures. I had fun messing with my filters on this one. XD

#5stardoll #dollzone #dollshe #dollmore #bjd #abjd #abjd photography #bjddoll #bjdphotography #bjd photography #abjdoll #bjd doll #bjdoll

[dollsonmain]

I did not intend to make her super duper pale, but I never have a plan when I start a faceup, it just happens as it happens.

Which is why it’s very, very rare I will do a face for anyone else.

#tiffypostedthis #5stardoll #5star doll ji

[drowsilybearzerk]

I haven't done a whole lot with my dolls in like, A WHILE, so I figure I might as well take some pics. :p in the top picture, from left to right: Marlo (Switch Shiho, dyed), Lance (Crobidoll Lance), Atlas (Switch Rusi, 1s tdd Anniversary vers), and Siegfried (5stardoll Eric). All of them are 2nd hand -- 3rd hand in Lance and Atlas's cases!

#bjd #switch bjd #crobidoll #5stardoll #crobidoll lance #switch shiho #switch rusi #5stardoll eric #legit bjd

[coolcatsodalite]

My two fairy ladies~

#bjd #legit bjd #dollzone #5stardoll #abjd

[trickster-whim]

I took a day off work for ~menstrual reasons~ and my sister and I got Chipotle because it's the closest restaurant to our house and also we wanted quesadillas. She paid, I walked to get it, so I brought Aiden for a tiny photoshoot.

Unfortunately, it was so windy my tits were blowing off, so I didn't actually do that. He faceplanted a couple times. I tried to show off his skin color a little better tho.

#This winter has been so stormy it's literally the nicest it's ever been for a wanderlust goth like me #Aiden is a legit 5stardoll Aiden

[curaa-tor]

#bjd #abjd #kanadoll #kanadoll adrian #doll #hybrid bjd #5stardoll #kana

[poupeesdecirque]

I had a small meet up with the dear CucuDollFashion at the Connichi and took some photos of her lovely doll Gisela ♥

#bjd #ball jointed doll #5stardoll #alyssa #doll meet #not mine #poupées de cirque