#sd17

[izasbjdphoto]

I finally did my great big bjd lineup for 2022 back in September. This year there are 56 dolls in the lineup, though I didn't include 3 dolls as they are identical duplicates (same head and body sculpt combos). Most are mine, though a small portion belong to my wife.

I realize now that I should have shoved the Soom boys in the 70cm+ section into the 1/3+ section instead, as they wouldn't be this tall without their fantasy parts.

Taking the pictures was a half day ordeal as I would only setup at most 6 dolls in one go, always making the last of one image the first of the next. Then it took me another couple of hours to select the best images and manually edit and merge them into one long lineup since I unfortunately do not own anything long enough to setup all the dolls into one giant line.

I hope this is hopeful to at least some people, to help them visualize just how big the differences are between the size ranges, and even within!

#bjd #abjd #bjd lineup #bjd line up #bjd legit #legit bjd #doll #doll collection #bjd collection #doll lineup #doll comparsion #doll height comparison #bjd height comparison #sd16 #sd13 #msd #yosd #sd17 #izasbjdphoto #ball jointed doll #bjd photography #dragondoll #loongsoul #soom #simply divine #dollzone flower & junior #hybrid bjd #bjd hybrid #legit bjd hybrid #telesthesia doll

[calochortus]

Volks Reisner by Makoto Kojima

#Volks #SuperDollfie #Reisner #bjd #SD17 #Leica #M10-R #APOSummicron #35mm #ボークス #レイズナー #flickr

[rebel-vv]

My OC Jahar Bak, Egyptian Jackal. ❤️‍🔥🖤

Would-be temple priest in-training moonlights as a skilled thief. 🤑

On the straight and narrow since Haji his son was born though 🥺, well for the most part.

#bjdhobby #BJDs #legit bjd #Volks regulus #Volks #sd17 #Sd regulus #my dolls #my ocs #doll stuff #dolls

[cian1675]

Danny (edited to Peppertones’ Coma ♫)

#bjd #volks doll #volks olivia boy #volks olivia #sd17 #danny #my dolls

[small-time-hijinks]

Floris with roses. He's a Super Dollfie 17 Maximilian made by Volks.

#superdollfie #volks #bjd #ball jointed doll #sd17 maximilian #sd17 #doll #doll photography #canon 350d #canon350d

[f41photo]

ストロボ使えるか試してた。ところでうちのお兄さんは龍馬くんだってちゃんと認識されているんだろうかって、うちに来て8年なのにまだ言ってる。

#睦（sd17 坂本龍馬）

[weepyoldkiller]

I've owned this boy forever. I didn't photograph him for a long time because I messed up his faceup. I had trouble getting him to feel like himself again. But I finally managed!

Another older photo.

River is an Volks SD17 Reisner

Eyes are doll bakery

Top is Dorset over on Etsy

#my dolls #bjd #abjd #volks bjd #SD17 Reisner #volks reisner #bjd//faceups #bjd//River

[montydollcrew2]

Back in April I got to take Cygnus to Tenshi no Sato in Kyoto! I’ve been wanting to do this for ages and it was a really nice experience. So here’s a recap!

It was actually the second time I’d been to Sato, the first time was back in 2017 which I wrote about on my old doll blog. I was new to SD then but now 6 years later I not only was able to better appreciate the museum and the significance of a lot of the dolls in there, but I also got to experience it with a doll I really, really treasure (that’s not to say Finn (Renee at the time) isn’t important, I had just literally only just got that doll at the time).

Anyway, just like last time there are limited areas where photos are allowed, which unfortunately means no photos of the museum floor again. This is a shame because there were a lot more dolls this time - including boyhood Cecile, so it would have been cute to have a pic of Cygnus in front of his original form. It was cool to see all the Oath of Silver Coin dolls together though - it was also the first time I’d seen SD17 Captain Cecile in person, and I still want him really bad ;-;

Anyway here’s the requisite pics of Cygnus in the main meeting area at the big table. Sato changes out the flowers seasonally, and the ones during my visit were gerbera.

But the main reason I took him to Sato was to do the Omukae ceremony with him. In the 2017 post about Sato I did on my old blog, I misunderstood the Omukae Ceremony as something you could only do for Full Choice System dolls when you go to pick them up. But it’s actually something you can do for any Volks dolls regardless of when or how you got it. So what is it? It’s kind of the culmination of a lot of the fan culture surrounding Volks dolls as being alive or extensions of yourself - it’s essentially a ceremony to celebrate the bond you have with a doll. Like you’re being soul-bonded to them on the astral plane or…something. It’s incredibly extra, but I always found it fascinating and kind of charming so after a friend did it a few years back I decided that I would too at some point, because I like being able to experience the many things Volks offers. At first though I didn’t know if I’d ever have a doll important enough for me to be fitting for the sheer level of pomp and circumstance, but Cygnus definitely fits the bill.

The Ceremony is actually available at any Volks store - I witnessed one in the Fukuoka showroom several years back. It’s just a lot more special at either Sato, or Tenshi no Mado in Harajuku first due to the alters being more decorated but also due to having more space. Plus Sato has the veiled statue of Mother SD behind the alter so it is absolutely the most extra of all location options.

When the ceremony begins, they actually close the doors to the main hall to prevent people randomly coming in and potentially ruining it (especially because this part of Sato is right at the entrance). This also means that anyone currently in that area is stuck there and forced to watch the ceremony happen (although they are given warning). The doll is put on the alter by the owner, who then sits on a chair in front of it. Here is Cygnus politely wondering what is going on when he was placed on the alter.

The lights are dimmed and the Doll Advisor (abbreviated to DAD on the certificate which tickles me) enters wearing a robe. The lights are dimmed in the room, they draw the hanging curtains around the doll to hide it from view and light candles on either side of the alter, and recite a very flowery speech about your beautiful amazing bond with your beautiful amazing doll. The speech is the same for everyone other than the names of you and your doll (which can also be your nickname or handlename, so my friend got to do theirs being constantly referred to as ‘Beby-sama’), and you receive a copy of it as a souvenir card with your names written in the spaces. I had my back to the table here because of being in the seat, but when the lights were dimmed I realised I could see the table in the reflection of the glass by the alter and there were more people than I expected, and I really hope they knew the ceremony was a thing beforehand because I can’t imagine how it would feel to suddenly be witnessing this if you had no idea what was going on.

The DAD then instructs the owner to blow out the candles, which symbolises blowing life into the doll. Then the owner opens the curtains up and picks up their soul bonded doll and turns to face whatever audience has gathered. But the thing is. While they are doing the speech and all, the music is just some gentle Ave Maria type thing, but specifically at the moment the ceremony is complete - when you pick up your doll, the song changes to a different one. The Shigetas (the couple who run Volks) have very particular music tastes and have songs and playlists they use for things - the playlist at Dolpa events is stuff like Dancing Queen and other oldies on repeat and it never changes. The song they have chosen for the omukae ceremony that has apparently been unchanged since its inception is, I shit you not, ‘Tonight I Celebrate My Love’ by Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack. And -specifically!!!!!- the part that says ‘when I make love to you tonight’. This is a legendary injoke with English speaking volks fans so I did already know about this but I still wasn’t prepared for the exact cocktail of emotions you get when you’re having an extremely weird, almost cult-like ceremony and it’s weird but also touching because your OC means that much to you and then right at the end that song kicks in. I had a mask on which concealed my expression but I still couldn’t help but double over slightly when I picked Cygnus up, which I hope the staff interpreted as a sign of me being touched by the proceeding and not just me losing it at the stunningly inappropriate song. Here is Cygnus after the ceremony with the lights still dimmed politely wondering what just happened.

After that, my friend and I went to the cafe. The Sato cafe only has cakes and drinks, but the cakes are always cute and change seasonably. This time I was able to get a cute sakura roll cake. Cygnus watches on from the basket the staff give you to carry your dolls around the facility like baby kittens.

Anyway! That’s the omukae ceremony, amazing experience, unintentionally hilarious, I really enjoyed it, potentially confusing as all hell for any newcomer in my audience who saw it unprepared.

If you also want to get soul bonded to your super dollfie to questionable music choices, email Volks to inquire and make a reservation. If you want to do it at Sato, check the opening dates on the Sato calendar (it’s only open on weekends and a few other days each month) and send Volks an email, well in advance as they can only do a certain number of ceremonies per day.

#super dollfie cecile #ball jointed doll #volks doll #super dollfie #sd cygnus #bjd #sd cecile #tenshi no sato #event report

[the-bjd-community-confess]

I know this might be a pipe dream, but I really want Volks to release an SD17 Aladdin as part of their Disney line. I know they're only doing the princesses, and I will die if they release a Jasmine, but I'll die a thousand times more if they release an Aladdin. Can we petition for an SD17 Disney Prince line? I will sell every organ I can to get my hands on those.

~Anonymous

#BJD #ABJD #BJD Confessions #Community Confessions #Character BJD #Pos

[dollsonmain]

Thinking about how many BJD I have that need dressed, still, and thinking about letting some of them go instead.

Probably sells

I might let go of Elma instead of dressing her since it's taken me so long to get her all put together and that's making me not like her as much. She's also the only doll that is based on an existing character and meant to be that character in my entire collection. I even custom made her some MiM eyes. Violet is loosely based on Nana, but is still Violet.

Still need to list that Nano Haruka.

The SDM head I don't care for but don't much want to search for a replacement and don't know what I would want anyway, so might need to let the whole doll go.

SD13 Mimi head I would sell. I'd like to find a Kun head to put on the body since Mimi came in a Kun box, but that's not likely to happen. Kun was really popular at the time and I don't often see them for sale but especially not just a floating head (turns out there are some on DoA rn...). I could also put one of the other heads that are on old-old SD10 bodies on the newer SD10 body Mimi is on and let go of one or more old-old bodies. I really only wanted one old-old body, specifically with an F-01 head.

This F-08 with the sanded off by someone else and repaired by me lip isn't exactly what I was wanting. I really want an unmodded F-08.

Maybe sells

I'm not sure what to do with the Abies head and Limwha body.

Don't have a body for the Notdoll Argeia head at the moment.

No head for the Dollzone body, either. They go together well enough, but the Argeia head does look like it needs a willowy body just to keep up the oddity whereas the Dollzone body is more realistic proportions than a lot of BJD bodies and is closer in bulk to an old SD10.

I'm not sure if repainting and wigging/rerooting Little Kurhn Colorist would make me like her more or not. I'm not a fan of the face sculpt, honestly.

Steve's been naked forever. He fits Tonner male clothes I think. Tonner size clothes tend to be $$.

Need clothes

Seiji still needs good clothes. He's an odd doll but I like that about him. He's SD17 size thereabout and clothes for that size aren't easy to get. I don't know exactly how I want him to dress anyway.

Bellamy still needs some softdad clothes.

SDC Kaede, I would love to get her default outfit but don't see that happening, so she needs something else.

Sakura needs something, too.

Wanted

I've noticed that the old F-07 head has been brought back for Dear SD, likely with a new number that I don't know. I don't really want a Dear SD but do think that body shape suits the F-07 head.

[daydreamingcolors]

Young version vs older version

I’m still playing around with the idea of buying another yeon ho head to put on an SD17 body for his older version and just commissioning a faceup, but then im lazy and just want to find a body that will match his mellowed tone 😭

*sigh*

Forever making doll plans

#I’m hesitant on getting yet another new size #I’m gonna go broke having to fund outfits for a bunch of diff sizes #not to mention the project I want to start this year being yet ANOTHER size #why do I do this to myself #my dolls

[pixelatedmonarch]

My plush and BJD collection Tour

I don’t have a plush problem >_>. My first Bjd is a msd dollzone, Lucien. Theda is another dollzone (she is missing a finger :( ). Kalix Sd17 Dream of Doll. His name is Alvar. The green fairy is named Absinthe. I’m not sure what brand she is. I bought her from a friend. Last is a Mod. Grey Kalix head, modified, with tan Dream of Doll body. I reall need to make him new clothes.

I stopped collecting Bjds a long time ago. I just found out that Dream of Doll closed business in 2008. While browsing online, I’ve seen people who cosplayed my Kalix and Black Luke doll. I thought that was pretty cool.

#ball jointed doll #bjd #bjddoll

[calochortus]

Volks Kiriko by Makoto Kojima Via Flickr: 菅原光臣

#Volks #SuperDollfie #Kiriko #bjd #SD17 #Leica #M10-R #APOSummicron #35mm #ボークス #キリコ #ドクターキリコ #flickr

[morguemaw]

hmm silly question but does anyone know good suggestions for a balljointed doll? i was heavily interested in a SD17, since i found the most adorable outfits and good accessories for them, but i have zero clue where i can buy a full body one :( if anyone knows any good dolls similar lmk !!!!!!! at this point i dont fully care if its the model im interested in since those are hella expensive, just something with a similar build is all gravy 2 me, cos i either find just girl bodies or huge bulky guy bodies >:(

#bjd #halp

[cian1675]

Sion with new eyes made by genkiyankii

Genkiyankii was in a phase of making a bunch of resin eyes for fun, and when she asked if I'll like some resin eyes, the first doll I thought of was Sion. I've always envisioned him with light grey/blue eyes, and he had cycled through a few different pairs of eyes over the years I've had him. I always liked whichever pair he has (until I found something better). But when the option to customise eyes came up, I couldn't resist asking genkiyankii for a pair of eyes of the same grey/blue colour that's so Sion to me, but with an extra pop in the red shiny gem pupil. And genkiyankii delivered :D

(It only took me months to photograph it lol)

#bjd #migidoll #migidoll miho #resin eyes #volks sd17 #sion #my dolls

[f41photo]

ずっと並べておいてたら、仲良くなってた。顔の大きさの差が意外と気にならなくなってきた。

#睦（sd17 坂本龍馬） #馨（sdgr 沖田総司2008）