Wednesday, August 28, 2013

BJDBaby Review, Part 1

Hi all!!
It's been a while since I've used this blog, I've been SO busy with my 365 picture blog that I haven't had much time to write here!

I wanted to make this blog though and a few others soon to follow about a recaster known as BJDBaby. 

Some of you have said some horrid things, some of you say some very good things. As an admin of one of the recast groups on Facebook I find it very hard to either recommend or tell people to avoid them without more evidence.

First things first, I found her/him (I never can tell with these names ><) on Facebook, and proceeded to have a conversation with her. Boy was I surprised! Her English was great! She answered promptly and answered ALL of my questions... and there were a lot!
Here's some of what I found out:
Dolls take about 3 weeks to make if they're not in stock already
Dolls are mailed by FedEx
They WILL send pictures before they mail your doll
You can check to see if a doll is fullset, or just certain faceplates... and they will actually go and check! (she did this with two different dolls, to see if there was a sleeping plate available and if one doll had hooks or magnets in it's hands!)
You can order additional heads, bodies, hands etc without the whole doll
She is willing to put the magnets in the headcaps of my dolls (instead of filling with resin) which is rare
They do offer gifts for large purchases (as I have now found out....)

After talking for about 3 hours (I find that amazing, that she was willing to answer me so immediately and for so long)
I did what any (in)sane doll person would do....
I placed an order.... for 4 dolls from them ><

I know... I know... 4 dolls from a company with mixed reviews, I must be out of my mind. And while I may be, I also have a reason for my madness (besides them all being adorable and great prices) I got dolls of different make, different sizes, different skin tones and different body types.

I ordered;
Littlefee Flora, open eye plate only (they don't have the closed one yet) in normal skin
Soom Taco both human faceplate and animal faceplate, with fantasy body and parts in the minty blue shown on the site (horns clear resin)
Soom Pandy regular (which will be black and white resin)
and Soom Andes full deer set in white
Oh and since I ordered so much I'm getting a Pukifee Ante for free :D

After placing my order I received and email confirmation of what I ordered (including skin color and any extras- like the extra Taco head) to check before getting an invoice

Ok so that's what I have so far on BJDBaby thus far. I will let you know how things progress in the next three weeks! Hopefully it'll be smooth sailing :)