Are BJD’s a certain size?
Are BJD’s a certain size?
Despite the very first ABJD being presented in a 1/3-of-life scale, BJD’s are available in a huge range of different sizes, from just a few centimeters to actual life size.
Some (humanoid) examples of this would be:
Common sizes
1/6 * YoSD – most dolls in this scale are between 20 and 35 cm tall children, examples are the Volks YoSD dolls,
1/4 * MSD – roughly around 40-47cm tall pre-teens, although younger children have now also been released in this scale (such as the Dollzone 1/4 BB dolls).
1/3 * SD – generally between 56-65 cm tall teenagers and adults. SD10 indicates a 10-year old, where SD13 and SD16 respectively represent 13 and 16 year old people.
1/3 * Hound – named after Dollshe, who was the first well known artist/company who released an adult doll in this scale. Volks also released SD17 in this scale, which ranges roughly from 65-72 cm.
Other sizes
1/12 * Tiny – the smallest commercially available BJD’s are about 5cm tall (by Dreamhigh Studio, as far as I know), although even smaller artist dolls do exist. The largest dolls in this scale would be around 20cm tall children or fantasy creatures.
1/6 * Mature – actually about the same size as above, but instead of children, they range from teenagers to adults in a scale similar to fashion dolls and action figures. The first ones I know of, were the Unoa Light dolls by Alchemic Labo in resin (Azurite and Fluorite). Recently, they re-released this size with a vinyl body and resin head!
1/4 * Mature – most of these dolls are slim, like BiMong Narae. All of these dolls are pre-teen or adult. For me, it’s very hard to say exactly when a doll is a mature mini or more like a 16″ fashion doll style BJD, all seem to fall into this category but wig, eyes, clothing and shoe sizes are vastly different.
The rest – Soom released the Mecha Angel series of 80cm adult males, Dollmore released Lusion doll children of 80-84 and Trinity doll teens of 105 cm. But life-size dolls have been created in even larger sizes by D-Storic (the 173cm Izi) and Magical Angel (Iris of 180cm).
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