>>5747074Actually nothing about them is good quality.
They have rubber bodies, clothes are usual Barbie quality, hair isn't really nice, and their face-up is just blushing and painted lips.
Their quality declined in the last years.
Pullips are better looking for the same price straight from the box.
Pullip also has pretty much the same head size, it's maybe a tad smaller but still very huge compared to the super thin bodies.
However, Blythe have a different past.
Kenner Blythe were first released 1972, Neo Blythe are a new version of the old aesthetic.
Probably the reason why in the west a lot of the owners are old women; bet they owned the original ones as a young girl already.
I guess their odd features is their whole appeal.
If you are into BJDs, anime or realism, it's hard to "get" them.
Like said, I'm not a big fan of the default look, but some customizers can do wonders on them.
Painting usually sucks, but a good Blythe carving takes dozens of hours and is very exhausting (and unlike a face-up you can't just wipe it when you fucked up).
> but if you HAVE to customise a doll for it to be decent, what's the point?That's true for BJDs too though?
Unless you are into full-sets they need to be customized from head to toe.
Only difference is that we don't need to mod the fuck out of their faces in most cases, but that's because we actually have more than one face available.
For many BJDs are already too complicated.
Guess why so many of the Smart Doll owners are first time doll owners.
