I resisted the blind box bjd tidal wave for as long as I could, but the magic words “Mature Tiny BJD” were too much for me to resist and I had to grab one of the UFdoll tea party blind boxes - I got Fruit Tea:

I can’t believe the quality of this doll, especially for the price - I don’t know what I was expecting but definitely not such a heavy sturdy doll with immaculate stringing, high quality clothes/accessories, extra hand and feet options, a stand, two sets of eyes, additional bunny ears, and extra hooks/putty/magnets. And the faceup is super cute and well done. The only thing I wish was included in addition would be the plain head back so that I could try regular wigs, but I believe I can buy that separately so I’ll probably give that a try at some point - and at this doll’s price point I REALLY can’t complain.

The plastic on this doll is so smooth and velvety, and feels really solid. I’m now a bit obsessed (and I may have already ordered a couple of more blind boxes🥰).

My original thought was to get one of these dolls in part to check out the body size/quality to see if it is an option for doll rebodying (usually my Pullip dolls). The body is a bit short for Pullip I think as it looks about 22cm - but seems like it will work beautifully for Yeolume or Dal (we will see since I definitely ordered one already - I can’t wait to put together the custom Yeolume bjd hybrid of my dreams).

I also decided to let Fruit Tea try this cute Licca outfit I got for Christmas a couple of years ago - even though I don’t actually have a Licca doll (yet). It doesn’t fit perfectly but it works well enough in case you get one of these dolls and have some Licca clothes laying around:

I really hope more indie companies start making bjds in normal plastic like UFdoll, Doll Sea, and all the little blind box bjds. It helps to keep the costs lower, the light weight is appealing to many, and there's typically less noticeable yellowing (staining would be an issue, but less so than on a soft vinyl like Dollfie Dreams. One of my in box azone's stock outfit was all black clothes and tights and she was in a hot warehouse for over a year, but only had faint grayish marks on the back of her calves)

I'm normally a vinyl mjd kinda girlie, but I would totally be down with more plastic strung bjds. I think more variety would be nice and making an elastic strung doll with decent joints is easier than making an mjd with them (just look at the imomo dolls issues)

Also in the package with Brad were some blind boxes (UFdoll and Penny's Box Loong Fantasia) that I split in a group order with friends. Lookit 'em!! So cute.

OH SHIT ufdoll is making a 1/3 sized girl!!

oh hell yeas maybe my dream of less heavy and more affordable 1/3 scale dolls is coming to fruition sooner than i thought!

Unboxed this blind box UFDoll yesterday! I loove the shades of blue, her eyes are positively shining! 🥰🩵

omg your draluc nenodroid is so cute, was he easy to make? its so genius, i wanna make my own blorbo dress up dolls

nendoroid dolls are very easy to make!! draluc had some extra steps cus i painted his body but here are some guides and some doll bodies that people often use for their nendoroid heads:

obitsu11 bodies are really popular and fairly easy to get. they do need a neck peg alteration and there are a few tutorials online [1] [2] for how to do it! (i can't seem to find it now but if anyone can find the one that uses cut up plastic credit cards to replace the connecting part i'd love that as reference as it's the most sturdy one imo)

nendoroid dolls are a little smaller and very easy to put together since they're the same brand and meant for this use. as a note: they're kinda flimsy!! and imo the proportions arent as cute as other dolls. too tiny of hands

ninimal (a very good clothes shop for obitsuroids/nendoroid dolls you WILL get sucked in by all their tiny cute things) also has a ninibody (this is the one draluc has!) that is a bit taller and slimmer.

there are also nowadays a few different kinds of ball jointed dolls that are compatible with nendoroids! the way the S hook and elastic attach is already compatible with the hole left in the neck joint. off the top of my head there's UFDoll 1.0, UFDoll 2.0 (with toonier limbs) and bonbon galaxy's 1/12 dolls that come in human as well as three different styles of anthro plus mermaids and taurs!

on top of that there are all these really cute blind box bjds out there that you could take apart to use for nendoroids, and they even already come with outfits and everything!

I assume a lot of bjd collectors dislike people like me who are only into the 1/12 nendoroid/ anime type dolls, I could never afford anything more expensive than my 40 dollar ufdoll. (Though i hate the blind box aspect of most dolls like this now) But even if I could I don't think I'd ever buy anything else, don't get me wrong love looking at other dolls but something about touching hair makes me feel ill even synthetic. Do you legit collectors feel this way or is this just an autistic thing for me?

~Anonymous

The UFdoll bjd blind boxes are like potato chips I swear:

those little 1/12 size pvc and abs blind box bjds are so so dangerous like theyre so cute and well made and affordable but i Do Not have the space for all these funny little guys

I tried a few dolls with my new MGA mini kitchen to see what scale dolls would work best.

My little UFdolls bjd look super cute (and yes I did get a second blind box, and got the super cute Mandarin Duck brown bunny to go with my Colorful Fruit Tea doll):