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dianerra-blog · 8 years ago

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I almost know your feelings. I bought three bjds (fairyland chole and lucywen - dollzone special 8/1 doll) then I relized that all of them are recast, I really sad because of my first bjd is recast. I donot want to sell them because I donot want anyone have a recast doll. This advice for everyone wants to have bjds or he/she owned them. Be aware when you buy from sites I donot want anybody be in my setuation. And sorry for my broken english 〒▽〒

Recasts and My Story

Hi all -

This is long overdue, but better late than never! I’m not here to change the minds of people who want to hold grudges, but I’m doing it for me, and it will make me feel a lot better to get this out in the open.

I have made mistakes (if you are someone who hasn’t, I bow down to you!). I DID enter this hobby very young (just turned 15), and I don’t say it as a crutch. I was clueless about the doll hobby, as most newbs are. One of the mistakes I’m infamous for is trying to sell a recast Doll Chateau Christina that I did not label as recast. I did not say it was legit. I had NO intent to scam. I truly didn’t know that if I didn’t label it clearly as recast, that people would automatically think it was legit. I was a newb and just didn’t have enough experience selling - recasts to be specific. I planned to tell - and did tell - all who were interested that it was recast. Someone who inquired about the DC Christina mentioned that I disclosed she was recast in private messages. If I were really a scammer, I wouldn’t even have done that! The person who did buy it was aware that it was recast. I was banned from some recast groups and non-recast sales groups because of this specific incident of not labeling the DC Christina as a recast, and that is 100% fair. It was a stupid thing that stemmed from my lack of knowledge (no matter what anyone says otherwise).

The second thing (though it happened before Thing One above) is that, yes, I was banned from DOA for posting images of a recast. Now, I actually think this story is kind of funny (though it has taken me a couple years to feel this way). I thought I could post a picture of my recast doll from the chin down, and no one would recognize the doll. Now, having been in the hobby for years now, I can probably tell what kind of doll or even the sculpt of a doll by purely looking at it’s hands or feet, or even a single facial feature. But when I posted this, I had been in the hobby for less than a year. I thought I could get away with posting it, because “who could tell?” Also, someone noticed that I posted these images to DOA and a Facebook Recast group at the same time, and commented “Not a smart move.” and I agree - definitely not! I had no clue that someone experienced in the hobby could tell what kind of doll a doll was by just its hands or body. So, it was totally fair that I was banned from DOA. I broke rules and I admit it. And yes, I did also try to get back onto DOA, not to cause more mayhem but because it’s a very helpful source!

I absolutely never tried to sell a recast on DOA. My time there was too short anyways.

I did own recasts. I have sold or given them all away. I do not own anymore, and haven’t for years now. And when I did have them and posted them on Tumblr, I didn’t tag them as recasts because I was embarrassed, and didn’t want people to know. Owning a recast was something I was ashamed of because I didn’t have money for the real thing. I was 15! It was the only way I could afford a BJD at the time, and I was in love with BJDs (and I still am). I guess not openly labeling them made me feel better. Now that I understand how hard it is for artists to make a living and how much of themselves go into a work of art, I am of course anti-recast. It’s plagiarism and it’s wrong. “No Recasts” is written on my Instagram because I do not agree with them, it is not to cover up the fact that I owned them.

All the posts I’ve made regarding any of these topics were removed from my blog because I wanted to forget about them. Wouldn’t you? I wanted to start all over again and so I did deny the past. That is true. But I do not deny these things anymore. It’s good for people to know the truth, it’s good for me to get this all out in the open, and that’s why I’m writing this.

Thank you all for your time, and for listening/reading! If any of you have any questions, please, feel free to message me here or elsewhere, I would really appreciate it!

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