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1. Pro artist people are not against recasts because of their price. We are against them because they’re a form of art theft. Recasts hurt the companies and artists.

2. Doll companies are not large corporations. Doll companies are very small. These are real individual people that are losing profits, not nameless faces.

3. Several companies and artists have made public statements saying that recasts are harmful to them. Soom, Luts, Fairyland, Iplehouse, Dollzone, Kaye Wiggs, Atelier Momoni, and Lilycat, just to name a few of them.

4. Buying recasts is still harmful to the artists and companies whether or not you do good things like volunteer work or donating to charities.

5. Buying recasts is still harmful to the artists and companies whether or not worse things are happening in the world.

6. Buying recasts is still harmful to the artists and companies whether or not anti recast people do bad things too.

7. A company or artist having long wait times for their products does not justify stealing from them.

8. A company or artist not selling something in the color that you want does not justify stealing from them. Also, Rit Dye exists.

9. A company or artist having poor quality control does not justify stealing from them.

10. A company or artist doing something problematic or wrong does not justify stealing from them.

11. Being excluded for supporting art theft is not comparable to any group of minorities facing violence and discrimination.  

12. It’s not elitist to disagree with stealing from doll companies and artists.

13. It’s not elitist to exclude recasts from legit only groups.

14. It’s not bullying to say “supporting recasts is supporting art theft”.

15. It’s not bullying if a faceup artist refuses to work on a recast doll.

16. Pro artist people asking you to tag your recasts is not bullying.

17. If you can afford to buy multiple recast dolls then you can afford to buy at least one legit doll.  

18. Less expensive legit dolls exist, there are many wonderful legit bjd sculpts that are less than $300.

19. Most recast dolls go for around $130 or $200. There are plenty of legit dolls that cost the same amount or less.

20. For two recasts that cost $200 each, you could have one legit doll that costs $400 or even two legit dolls that cost $200 each.

21. Dolls are not a necessity. People getting paid for their work is a necessity.

22. You can use legit dolls for coping just as well as you could use a recast for coping.

23. Being mentally or physically ill is not an excuse to support art theft.

24. Being disabled is not an excuse to support art theft.

25. Being poor is not an excuse to support art theft.

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People holding you accountable for the harmful decisions that you make is not bullying. Someone saying “Buying recasts hurts the artists.” is not bullying. You being upset about it doesn’t make it bullying. If someone goes on to your page while you’re minding your business and says something along the lines of “Your recasts are garbage and you’re a spoiled piece of shit, leave the hobby.” Yeah, that’s bullying and no one deserves that. But a lot of the accusations end up being the first one.

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every time

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MSC isn’t harmful. I sprayed the shit directly in my face in my house with the windows closed. After all these years I NEVER had an issue. Stop with the scare tactics on people.

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recast buyer: ummm don’t be angry over plastic, guys! who cares where the doll came from! i’m PRO PEOPLE ^_^

doll artist: i’m a people

recast buyer: what? i can’t read suddenly

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Poseable bird pets that I’ve made last year

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me when someone tells me that they dislike my doll mods or that they find them scary/creepy/whatever:

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People in this hobby will end up judging you and your dolls no matter what you do. Whether it’s your faceups, sewing, photography, doll characters, the way you look, your personality, or any other little thing they can think of to complain about. You can’t win. So don’t try to please them. Just do things purely for your own enjoyment and stop caring about what they think. You can’t make everyone like you and that’s okay. All that matters is that you like yourself.

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Nikolai Pasha

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I fucking love Resinsoul sculpts. I love all the stupid colors they come in. I love their customer service. God damn.

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I’m just quietly buying another legit doll. I’m supporting zero tolerance crafters, I’m in “no recasts” groups, I attend “no recasts” meets and cons. If I find out that you are neutral or pro-recast, I won’t buy from you, commission you or befriend you. As far as I’m concerned, recast owners are in another hobby. That’s my way to be zero tolerance.

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My way or the highway!😜

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Resinsoul is such a great company. Their doll sculpts aren’t always my aesthetic but the endless color options?? Affordable prices?? Willingness to take custom orders?? Fancy dolly bags?? Great customer service?? They deserve all the love they get and more. You can tell that they really care about their work and their customers and they’re constantly improving in everything they do.

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Finished Baal! He’s a Little Rhino by Evanty on a Dollzone body. I dyed him red! I haven’t posted in a while, flu got me down, so a lot of things just stopped. I’m alright now! I’m not super satisfied with this boy, I might go back later to do some touch-ups, but for now he’ll do.