Because the price is moderate, it is gradually emerging in China. The original producing areas were mainly distributed in Europe and America, and now domestic OEM production has also begun.
(Ball joint doll, abbreviated as BJD) originated in Europe and generally refers to all kinds of movable figures (dolls) with ball joints. Spherical joint humanoid, standard body shape and exquisite details. Because the key parts are equipped with spherical joints, humanoid can make many postures close to real people. Gypsum, ceramics, wood and plastic can all be used to make human figures. Because the cost of humanoid is not high, collectors are mostly adults. At present, humanoid robots with spherical joints are mainly produced in East Asian countries (such as China, China, Hongkong and South Korea).
Hans Beremen, a surrealist artist from Katowice, is a pioneer in making this kind of doll. In the early 1960s, he met three things: he met a beautiful young girl cousin, participated in the opera "The Story of Hoffman" (including a tragedy in which human beings fell in love with robots), and received a box of old childhood toys. These three things were inspired by a wooden doll in the 6th century/kloc-0. 1934, he made a wooden doll with a spherical device as the joint, and used this doll to take explicit pornographic photos. Both the joint principle of this doll and Bellemen's attitude towards the doll will have a far-reaching impact on the humanoid art in East Asia in the future.
Japan learned the joint principle from Europe and began to make spherical joint humanoid. In the early days, they were all made by hand and the price was high. Starting from 1998, Japanese "Modeling Village" company began to mass-produce spherical joint humanoid named "Super Dollfie", which triggered the trend of collecting humanoid figures. The appearance of Superdoll has stimulated the market, especially in South Korea. Since 2003, many manufacturers have been making spherical joint humanoid. Since 2005, toy manufacturers in Chinese mainland and Hongkong have started to produce such dolls.
With the prosperity of the collection trend, spherical joint humanoid has gradually become a part of popular culture and frequently appears in many film and television works. For example, the Japanese animated film Ghost in the Tortoise Shell 2 Innocent, released in 2004, is based on the spherical joint humanoid. Its director Mamoru Oshii also held an exhibition of spherical joints in Tokyo to commemorate the release of animated films [2]. The horror film Personification, which was released in South Korea in the same year, reflected some human beings' fear of highly anthropomorphic entities such as spherical joint humanoid.
Please pay attention to the word humanoid, which used to be translated into a doll with spherical joints. Recently, V Club defined SD in its member magazines, which belongs to the category of human form. Dolls are children's toys, dolls are unintentional children, and human figures are the carriers of the soul. The definition of V Society is well-intentioned. It hopes that all children can get the love of their masters and have a unique soul. As VOLKS' advertisement said, SD is like another self, hiding the truth. .
VOLKS is the first company to launch a humanoid robot with spherical joints. Superdoll is the registered name of his child, which is SD. Because it was produced in the early stage, most people who don't know BJD now call BJDs SD, which is incorrect. There are also many manufacturers producing bjd in Korea. The well-known brands are AI, DOD, LUTS and LEEKE ... There are many more brands in Korea than in Japan.
BJD specification sheet
In the "Oriental Plan" series, Alice Margatroid's role is a doll teacher, usually called a doll. When it comes to Alice, people usually think of her dolls, the figure of Shanghainese and so on.
In ssw, the doll's name is also used and becomes active.