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Confession: I’m tired of hearing the back and forth about recasts.  Enough already.

Image Credit: 1960s Spiderman 

Sorry to butt in, but I just never really understood why some people get so angry over recasts. It’s like, if someone offered to give me a fake iPhone that felt the same, functioned the same, made the same, etc. as a real iPhone, but it was for cheaper price…what would be the point of me buying the real one? To feel better than others because I got the real one to brag about it? That’s how it’s like here. 

It just seems like people buy the real dolls to brag about the costs and who it came from. Not because they like the sculpt. I see nothing wrong with recasts. If you can get it for cheaper, why not?

Because it’s art theft. That’s why people get angry. I have seen people try to explain this to you, and you ignore it.

It’s not about bragging right. It’s about people loving the dolls they have and supporting the places they come from.

They should expect art theft. People made fake iPhones and I don’t see Apple making a big deal out of it. Maybe it’s something the company is doing wrong for why some people buy the fakes and not the expensive ‘real’ ones. 

I think people should buy what they want without being whining over how bad it is. It’s not their money. The more recasts the better in my opinion. Gives people more options to find dolls in the hobby. 

I don’t think anyone should EXPECT that THEFT is going to happen. And yes, Apple is attempting to do something. Just because you don’t see it in the news doesn’t mean it isn’t happening. China has really messed up copyright laws, and that’s how they’re able to get away with things like this.

I’ve never see someone brag about the price of their doll. I’ve never seen someone buy a doll they hate just to brag about it. That doesn’t even make sense.

I would assume that you’re in the hobby and you know how bonding works. Personally, I’ve never kept a doll that I do not bond with. Hell, I’m insanely picky about that. I’ve had expensive dolls from incredibly ‘popular’ and sought after companies that I’ve sold because I didn’t bond with them.

I think you’re working with incorrect assumptions.

I would never pay 400+ for a plastic doll toy. But if someone was selling the sculpt I liked at a really uber cheap price, I would totally buy it without feeling ashamed. Why? Because it’s a toy. Sorry if it sounds rude, but I don’t really care about the companies complaining about how their dolls are recasts. If they sold them for cheaper, then some people wouldn’t be buying the recasts. 

See… that’s why people think that people who buy recasts feel they’re entitled, because of what you just explained. You feel that if you can’t afford one, or won’t purchase the expensive brand that you still want and should have the doll, so you’ll buy the rip off. That is entitlement. Call it anything else that you want, but that’s it.

10 years ago, companies didn’t even sell outside of Asia, and now that they do, they’re getting ripped off. Doll companies deal with incredibly specialized formulas and materials to create a product that is handmade. Most companies are less than 10 people, more often than not, less than 5. They bring us a product that we otherwise would never get. It’s really sad that you don’t respect the people who make this possible.

You forget that these companies put MONTHS of time, effort, and money into creating sculpts. Artists put their love and their time into making each sculpt. Sculpts do not appear out of thin air, and sculpture is a very difficult and time consuming medium of art. These are not mass produced toys. They are well thought out works of effort put forth by an artist that is then handmade and produced.

These are not toys that are meant for children. That is why we are called collectors. We COLLECT pieces of functioning art.

That’s what you don’t get, and I don’t expect you to, because you’re going to try your hardest to ignore everything I’ve said. You don’t want to try and understand.

Your logic makes perfect sense; why spend hundreds of dollars on something you can get cheaper even if it isn’t the real deal. Completely understandable.

But you’re completely missing the point. These doll companies are not a huge corporation like Apple, that produces mass-products and sell at high prices. It does hurt their market when they have fake apple products running around- it may not seem as much, but it does. It’s like saying counterfeit money is okay. Which is not, because it affects the economy and the money itself will lose its value. The profit these doll companies make are probably the 1/800, what Apple actually makes, and considering this fact, it isn’t much. So when there are re casters making these dolls for lower prices, it is hurting the company a lot- yes, they are making profit by selling them at expensive prices to you, but you also need to think of the materials that are going into making these dolls, which can be very expensive. Not only that, these dolls are not your average “plastic” toys that are mass-produced that you can find on a shelf on ToysRus around the retail prices of $20 and above. They have resin in them, which takes time to be casted and deliver the best qualities on the finished product.

Also, I’d like to point out. Resin itself is hazardous to health. So, these companies have responsibilities to make sure that the resin doll is safe and carefully casted. But an recaster who is making these ‘fake’ dolls do not have an ‘responsibility’ because their main goal is just to extort money out of you. And I’d also like to point out, there are cases where people actually were hospitalized or died from resin poisoning, whether if they were one of the factory workers or someone who bought an re cast. Not that I’m trying to say all re cast dolls will kill you, but its a thought out there about thinking twice before buying an re cast. Yes, its terrible because its art theft and hurts the doll company’s profit, but its also dangerous and fatal as an buyer if you buy an re cast doll that has not been fully casted.

Resin IS plastic. They are the same as the dolls from Wal-Mart except they cost 100 times more for no reason other than being from Asia. 

PS: Also, the dolls are made for kids. It says so on DollZone boxes for kids 13 and up. :p So they are toys. Just made for teens. :D It just seems weird for people who are like 20+ getting so upset over plastic toys. 

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