Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Ball-jointed doll" in English language version.
Dragon is friends with many other users, but prefers to keep his avocation a secret and so only meets them at St Grace's Court, a doll user-friendly costume café outside Akihabara, and dolpas, or doll parties where fans can get together ... the owner allows them to organize exchange parties and take pictures of their dolls. There is even a "doll set" (700 yen) of miniature tea and sweets on the menu for users to order for use in posing their dolls or offering them refreshments.
...the inclusion of ball joints, which make it possible to pose the dolls for pictures, a favorite pastime among users.
...the minority "wet users," or those who make an emotional investment in their dolls, sometimes even publicly carrying, caressing and talking with them ... [some] attend doll "exchange parties" to talk and play with dolls among invited guests ... "People can't hear my friends [dolls] because they don't believe," says Mai, a 23-year-old college student from Hiroshima who has been talking to dolls since she was a child. "You can't approach them like objects."
The shockingly realistic, remarkably flexible BJDs
At the showroom's October 25 party, hobbyists arrived with arms filled with pieces from their own collections reconfigured to fit Halloween images of comic book heroes, steampunks, fairies, Japanese-styled Lolitas and goth boys in drag.
Japanese-made Super Dollfies ... with ... exaggerated features inspired by Japanese animation
Japanese-made Super Dollfies ... with ... exaggerated features inspired by Japanese animation
The shockingly realistic, remarkably flexible BJDs
Dragon is friends with many other users, but prefers to keep his avocation a secret and so only meets them at St Grace's Court, a doll user-friendly costume café outside Akihabara, and dolpas, or doll parties where fans can get together ... the owner allows them to organize exchange parties and take pictures of their dolls. There is even a "doll set" (700 yen) of miniature tea and sweets on the menu for users to order for use in posing their dolls or offering them refreshments.
...the inclusion of ball joints, which make it possible to pose the dolls for pictures, a favorite pastime among users.
...the minority "wet users," or those who make an emotional investment in their dolls, sometimes even publicly carrying, caressing and talking with them ... [some] attend doll "exchange parties" to talk and play with dolls among invited guests ... "People can't hear my friends [dolls] because they don't believe," says Mai, a 23-year-old college student from Hiroshima who has been talking to dolls since she was a child. "You can't approach them like objects."
At the showroom's October 25 party, hobbyists arrived with arms filled with pieces from their own collections reconfigured to fit Halloween images of comic book heroes, steampunks, fairies, Japanese-styled Lolitas and goth boys in drag.
