>>7123848Yay! You're getting it anon. Are you also understanding why it's harmful to the artists, though? Imagine spending anywhere from months to years sculpting a doll, which is not just about making something that looks good but something that poses well, can stand, has parts that can be easily casted (ex. can't have super delicate fingernails because those might snap during the initial mold making process) and just trying to break even as far as the cost of materials go (because we'd be in $3000 fancy porcelain Russian doll territory if you factored in time) and then some random dude makes a bunch of fake copies of it and the worst part is that people buy them.
One anon mentioned some artists who stopped making dolls or seriously slowed down thanks to recasts, but let's not forget Kinoko Juice. Long story short, these dolls got recasted so badly that the creator was like "fuck this shit" and teamed up with Azone (Pure Neemo, Picco Neemo, and co) to make vinyl versions of her dolls (called Kikipop), which cost considerably less than the recast AND are a legitimate product. It was a sort of win-win. It was basically a stupid idea for recasters to even bother with this doll anymore, and a stupid idea for recast buyers to buy the fake doll over the legitimate, vinyl version. Unfortunately, it is basically impossible to get your hands on the original, ball jointed, resin Kikipop doll now and that just sucks from a collector standpoint. You basically have to stalk Yahoo Japan auctions and pray. I don't know if any other artists could even have the option of doing what Kinoko Juice did, though. This was already a very pop cartoon-y aesthetic doll, and both the creator and the company she teamed up with (Azone) are Japanese, so that made things a thousand times easier. Plus, Kikipop just really fits with the general Azone aesthetic in the first place. I know Granado moved to making some vinyl dolls which have been a lot more budget friendly than resin dolls.
