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1. Name? Meep
2. ASL? middle Millennial / (she/æ pronouns) / Tokyo, Japan
3. How many BJDs do you own? 4 (1 in storage)
Ichīro (Dream of Doll Dream of Child Zen - 2004)
Camui (Volks (old) FCS SD13 F-29 - 2009) *Camui is in storage in a closet at my mom’s house
*Finwë (Cerberus Project Delf Juri ‘05 - 2010) Finwë is an incomplete project doll in progress
Kohaku (Volks FCS SDM F-48 - 2024)
4. When did you get your first BJD? I got my first BJD, Ichīro, for Christmas in 2004.
5. Do you still own your first? Yes!
6. Why did you buy your first BJD? I first heard about this “Super Dollfie” thing at Otakon 2004 and I was immediately obsessed. I loved dolls when I was a little girl and here was a way to reconnect with that childhood enjoyment in a way that built on my other hobbies. I wasn’t interested in the Barbie or baby doll collector communities but this had a natural overlap with anime/manga, alternative and Lolita fashion, Japan, etc.
7. How do you store or display your BJDs? I have a doll shelf but they’re, quoting Vega, “free range” and often sit on my desk or the vanity in my bedroom.
8. Do you keep your doll boxes? If so, where do you store them? Nope and most of them didn’t even come with boxes: Ichīro came with a carry case (which I still have) but no box; I bought Camui secondhand but he came with a box that I still have because I used it to ship other stuff back to the States after I studied abroad; Finwë was bought in pieces and didn’t come with a box; Kohaku was shipped to me curled up in a Tiny Fox box.
9. Do you play favorites? Who is your favorite doll? I try not to play favorites so they don’t get jealous.
10. Do you have a least favorite? I only had room for one BJD on my way back to Japan from the States this summer and it wasn’t Camui who came with me… (We never really bonded.)
11. Do you have any dolls that you forgot you owned? I didn’t forget that I owned them but I lost interest in my dolls for a long time and Ichīro, Camui, and Finwë stayed in storage boxes in my mom’s closet for several years.
12. Have you ever sold all your dolls and restarted your collection? Nope.
13. Who is the oldest doll you own? Camui’s FCS certificate (which came with him secondhand) is dated 2002 but I’ve had Ichīro (purchased new from company in October 2004) the longest
14. Do you own any dolls without headcap magnets? Other than Kohaku, none of my dolls have headcap magnets (they’re old)
15. Who is the newest doll you own? Kohaku is the newest made and the most recent addition to my collection
16. Who is the cheapest doll in your collection? I paid the least for Finwë or Kohaku (depending on the exchange rate) but Ichīro is probably the least valuable on the secondhand market (which is fine because I have no interest in selling them)
17. Who is the most expensive? Ironically, I probably paid the most for Ichīro because I bought the others secondhand and I got them all for good prices
18. Who was your hardest doll to obtain? I’m still looking for a Cerberus Project Delf Elf Shiwoo and it’s been 20 years.