Friday 28 August 2009

The Early History

I saw my first BJD on DeviantArt quite a few years ago: about 6 or 7 to be more exact.
I'm pretty sure it was a Volks dollfie, probably MSD, in blond curly wig, white gothic lolita dress...
I instantly became mesmerized and spent next few weeks browsing through Volks site, and than other BJD shops, looking for a doll for me.

But I couldn't find any. Weeks had passed, and no doll I've seen made me think "This is the one!". Compared with the rather high price and lack of PayPal aviability in Poland at the time.
I was not sure what I wanted at the time, but all the molds seemed too manga or too asian or both for my taste... I turned to fashion dolls for a bit and managed to get myself a Tyler Wentworth doll, but she wasn't the on either. An old body sculpt, she was as stiff as a Barbie, just bigger and a bit higher quality

I forgot about dolls and got sucked up into mmorpg hobby.
Time passed, my Tyler's box gained layers of dust...

...until this month, when - again on DA - I saw The One.
Her face, while still a bit manga, was natural and lifelike, with a strange pouting look. I tought she looked succubic (and I have a thing for those demons) and I read the description looking for the name of the doll.

SOOM Beryl. Google. Soom site.
Lightning strike.



Beryl was the one. She not only had the most perfect, pouty face, she also had horns and hooved legs like a true succubus would. I was sold.
But I could not buy her as she was a limited edition from a previous year.

I browsed SOOMs site and totally fell in love with their dolls. The molds were just the thing I was always looking for, and MD dolls all had a fantasy twist to them I realised I was craving.

Their price startled me at first. I was not sure if I was ready to pay this much for a doll. I started looking again, hoping I would find annother brand, maybe less expensive... but to no vain. No other doll appealed to me nearly as Sooms. So I've decided one is coming home. A Super Gem female, defenetly with a fantasy twist.

Now, to patently wait for the next right MD... which will not be earlier than November this year looking as Sooms current schedule (a pair of Teenies followed by a Super Gem and next SG is a male...).

Patience, young padawan!