1. Have your tastes changed in sculpts over the years?
Not much actually, although I'm more open to get some 60cm big girl now, the crew of big boys 70+ tall it's still my main thing on this hobby.
2. Do you have pre-made characters for the dolls that you get home which must fit a certain description, or, do you get them home and let inspiration hit?
A bit of both, sometimes yes, I get a doll just because I like the sculpt and then it might take even years to find a character, but in most cases I make my dolls or buy them for a already made character.
3. What do you do when you get hooked on a particular sculpt and want it home right here, right now but can’t as you have to save or some other reason?
If he urge it's too damn much then I simply look for a head I can custom and pictures of such doll without faceup and do my own version of the head, if I put myself onto it I can have the head made and cast in a week, and mixing different features from different sculpts I like...let's face it, nothing it's a snowflake, nothing it's like absolutely brand new. nothing.
4. How many dolls are too many to you personally?
I don't think it's about the number, but about how close you fell to certain doll or not. I have a lot of dolls, some I fell closer than others, sometimes you just don't know if you will bond until the doll it's finish, and by then you have another doll...so the number might increase a lot more than the "number of dolls you think are enough"
5. What are your thoughts on dolls with already pre-existing characters from movies/books/cartoons/etc.?
I had/have some, I don't mind them at all, if the character it's well portrayed it's sometimes even harder to have one of those dolls finish than the OCs you made up.
6. Acrylic, glass or urethane? And why?
Glass. Durable, Always shinny, traditional as the first doll eyes ever made, there is something not only useful and wonderful about glass and it's proprieties but also a bit mystical and superstitious that traps you down the core...
7. How much does yellowing bother you? What is acceptable before you want something done to liven up that old yellow resin skin?
My oldest doll (that was "normal yellow skin" to begin with) is still in a wonderful skin color. Yellowing it's aging of the resin, it's a natural process. I age, and so my dolls, we age together, and I don't think there is nothing wrong with that. I got plenty more gray hairs on my head than a decade ago, and my dolls are a bit more yellow, so what?
8. What are your thoughts on anthro BJDs vs actual animal BJDs?
I like them both but not my mainstream cup of tea. There are wonderful works on either side, I don't see them as "one or the other", they're just different.
9. How small is too small? How tall is too tall? Or does height even matter to you?
60cm/70cm tall it's just the right number. Smaller dolls are just less appealing to me, I mean, I do have small dolls, 45cm to 6cm the smallest... but there is nothing more powerful than a big doll, imposing, new, something you've never seeing. I wold love to have 150cm tall male doll one day but they only make 1/1 scale on girls and to be honest if I'm gonna buck the hell of a lot of money for a 1/1 scale bjd, I don't want a girl...sorry.
10. Do you talk with your resin buddies while painting them, dressing them, just because?
Let's face this, after some time on this hobby, who doesn't..?
11. Do you have a doll you love but will probably never have because finances or impossible to get?
I don't know if "love" is the word for it... I'll like to have a BIG 1/3 70cm tall centaur like SoulDoll Chiron Centaur, but he's long gone and for some reason SOOM centaurs are hilariously thin on their legs, they look like a hot dog standing on 4 toothpicks.
12. Do you have a favorite clothing company where you go and buy clothing and/or shoes from?
Usually AC, but any offer I find and accommodates to what I'm looking for it's good for me.
13. Your favorite pair of shoes you ever got home?
This is a hard one........I'm not a "shoe" lover. I don't have "favorite shoes" neither on real life or on my dolls. Sorry.
Necklaces. They're fun to make, easy to apply, give the doll a certain personality, and on top of that they don't get stuck on joints like bracelets.
15. How many times have you had to redo a face-up in a day?
Depends on the result and if I'm happy with it or not, usually doesn't happen (than the gods for that) but when it does isn't more than one time. I learn fast from my mistakes.
16. Ever sat screaming and cursing at your sewing machine? Or even if you’ve sewn something by hand? Tell us a bit about one of those silly outbursts!
I don't sew. I hate it. Period. I honestly don't understand people who love sewing and have a doll just for that.
17. In the past year have you had to find homes for some of your resin buddies?
18. Have you ever made any miniature furniture of any kind or do you prefer to buy it?
I actually don't like props... but when I need one I go either way.
19. What would you do if one of your dolls went green or banana yellow? Would you try and salvage the damage somehow by mods and the like, or would you reinvent their character?
Neither, my doll has aged, so be it. I'm pretty fucking ZEN about this topic.
20. Ever got two dolls or more home in a year?
Yes, sure, but it has being a time since those times. Although I do make my own dolls so I can make a lot of different dolls over a year sometimes, I just don't buy them from outside (stupid custom regulations in my country don't allow me to).
21. Is there a certain theme going style/face-up/accessory/other wise? Or are they all fairly different from one another?
I don't think so, I like all my dolls to be different, or "as different as I can provide" that is...
22. How much is too much to pay for a doll/how little is too little? And why?
Depends on the doll, the seller, if it's recast or legit, the damage or state involved and if there is a LE or a regular sculpt, there is a lot of factors to consider, there is no straight answer to this question...
23. Do you do mods? Show us some of your work! Would you do them on rare/limited sculpts?
When I buy a doll and mod him/her it's usually because I already know that doll it's mine and I can do whatever shit I want to it, because it was my money. I do, as every other human being, fell a bit cringe over modding legit rare LE dolls but if I have to then so be it. Check my gallery, I don't only mod BJDs but every type of doll and figures: mechanic-star.deviantart.com/g… 24. Do you prefer getting dolls home blank so that you can do your own face-up, or, do you prefer to have the company paint them for you?
I'll take my dolls blank, thank you.
25. Do you keep up with the various companies releases, events and the like?
Sorta'... I do keep an eye out for BJD news, but I don't look at them with intention of buying anymore but more as a reference for future ideas...
26. Ever hated having to cover up a body with clothing because the sculpting was absolutely divine and you’d rather just be able to watch all that naked glory for all time?
Yup, ...sure I could have some dolls on their underwear, but still, I also like to see them dress up so it's an internal battle with some sculpts.
27. What is your favorite wig brand?
I don't have one, if the wig it's good quality and in a good price range according to such quality then I'm fine with it.
28. How many pairs of shoes do you own for your dolls?
....not really sure... is there a reason why I should know this..?
29. How many wigs do you have for your dolls?
I guest I have like a bit more than dolls but since I'm always making new dolls I don't find that as a problem....and no, I don't have a number neither.
30. Do you have a favorite set of clothing? Do you own it?
I buy and make my own mix and match for those... I never saw a full-set that I was like completely blown away and some clothing sets I did said "wow...that's impressive" where over US$200 only the clothing so it sure as hell wasn't on my menu.
31. Do you have a favorite outfit you’ve made yourself?
32. Ever commissioned someone? And what for?
Yup, once, like a billion years ago when I had my first doll on the mail, it was a cosplay for the doll but I ended up not using it at all or very rarely...nowadays I wouldn't do it again.
33. How many pair of eyes do you have, spare and in use combined?
No freaking idea. A lot. like.... over 200...?
34. Ever called in sick because of an incoming package?
Thankfully I never had to. Plus my PO service sucks so it's nearly impossible to actually know when the delivery truck pass by.
35. What have been you longest wait? And the shortest?
Longest wait was from MOC, it took like...I don't know, like +6 or +8 months of constantly insulting me by mail and treating me with "not shipping my stuff" because I was a "latin american costumer" (fuckers), and the shortest was S/L, recast, less than 8 days to arrive. Wonderful service.
36. Do you prefer shooting single shots or group pictures?
I don't like photography. Yeah, kill me...
37. Do you prefer male or female dolls?
Males-males-males, and maybe some fantasy transgender doll that I can mod as a male character. Female (girl) dolls are just accessories for my male dolls to have a background because they're not gay so....eventually they need a female counterpart.
38. Ever had that one piece or accessory you could never quite find and are still searching for years later?
39. Ever had trouble settling for a sculpt for a given character and had to buy multiple sculpts home before finding that perfect one?
Not really, if what I'm looking for it's too specific or too rare I just make my own sculpt/head and cast it.
40. Do you keep a journal in where you write all of your doll related ideas and plans even if they wont always come to fruition?
It's called BRAIN. I use it for that too... you should try.
41. Ever shot some naughty naked/nude pictures? If not, why?
No, I respect my dolls as I respect all my other things. Internet it's already full of porn... :1
42. What are the longest time you’ve had a layaway running? If you’ve never done one, why are you refraining from making use of this service?
I used it for a soom MD I think..? it was like a 6 month payment plan but even if I used it several times I always end up paying the full amount in a lot shorter time period than the one they gave me...so...3 months for a 6 moths supposedly layaway plan.
43. Do you mind not being able finding a whole lot of pictures of a given sculpt you want home or do you like it’s exclusivity?
Not really important, but sometimes I will like to see more of some of my dolls who's factories are now closed and they're not recasted so only like 3 russian girls have the sculpt and browsing russian websites takes a lot more time than the one I have to spend on chasing pics...
44. Are you more of a share all the pictures type of person or more of a keeping them all to yourself and only share a select few?
"keeping them all to myself and only share a select few", the world it's already full of crappy pictures, they don't need mine into the pile unless it's actually a bit good, and I'll say it again, I'm not into photography so... :/
45. How good are you at sticking to your plans if, say, you told yourself you only were to bring home one more this year and then go on a break?
No one it's good at following those magical pre-made "perfect buy/sale/make plans" for longer than a week. Let's be honest...
46. What doll body is your favorite?
DikaDoll 5 part torso 70cm male body. It might not be the most beautiful in terms of sculpt but fuck yeah it can pose as a wonder...
47. Who in your resin crew has gone through the biggest transformation since arrival?
This is a tricky one, I have a few, Garby will be one of them ut he's current name it's Wind. then you certainly have Blade (it's a cyborg girl), loved the Impldoll concept, and didn't worked well on real life tough... she will be always a sort of work in progress.
48. Do you pamper some more than others?
Star might kill me in my sleep if I don't do so....
49. Ever bought something (dolls, clothing, accessories) that looked amazing in the pictures but turned out to be nothing like it upon arrival?
Sure as shit I did! I kinda know why HZ-Company it's not producing dolls anymore, it had nothing to do with recast, their dolls where seriously photoshoped on the selling pics...
50. What are your continued plans for this year?
I need to finish some body and re-cast a head (1st cast didn't turned out that good), and sculpting a new head and then casting that one...I have a couple plans for 2016 but so far none includes buying a new doll from outside, nowadays I find it a bit boring to just buy the doll, it's more exiting to make it and cast it and get it off the silicon rubber mold yourself and fixing details and sanding...damn...thank this hobby for all things I've learned since I started collecting BJDs!
