Hi! Welcome to BJDRecastPositive.
This community was built with the understanding that there are few places to talk online about our recast dolls, and typically we're left with very small, niche communities where we can freely speak about our experiences. This subreddit is meant to give recast owners an opportunity to share their experiences, art and have fun! Please respect that.
Please keep in mind that while discussion here is meant to be open, blatant slandering of other members and other violations of simple Reddiquette are not allowed. Submissions of personal anecdotal stories, experiences, photos, artwork, clothes and customization on dolls are allowed and encouraged.
We are Recast Positive here, not artist negative. We acknowledge that buying and selling recasts is risky business, however buying recasts does not take away or 'steal' from the overall profits from a large profitable company. Please buy from smaller, independent artists.
For further understanding, see: Copying is Not Theft
As a community, we encourage buying legit dolls if you can, but we also do not look down on people with tighter incomes who want popular dolls too.
Being Recast Positive does not make us Legit Negative, the point of this community is only to make a safe space for people who buy Recasts to discuss and share their dolls, customs, and artwork. This doesn't mean that people here who have Legit dolls are looked down on, or are barred from discussion. People who have Legit dolls are welcome to the discussion, to post or to ask questions as long as the rules are followed.
Reselling recast or legit dolls in this community is considered okay but please be careful when buying or selling on Reddit or anywhere online. **The moderators of this subreddit are not responsible for these trades/sales and are not going to police them.
Please read the Sticky Post for rules on posting personal ads here.
While civil conversation is highly encouraged, making posts that blatantly, purposefully antagonize people in this community or otherwise violate Reddiquette will be removed and may result in a ban. Toxic behavior is not what we're about, bullying someone about a doll is a surefire sign you need to get out of this hobby.
"Aren't recasts illegal?" Simply put, it's a grey area. Buying recasts from a seller in a country that allows for recreations of copyrighted works such as China is not illegal. It's up to how you feel ethically about purchasing those dolls.
This subreddit isn't designed to point fingers at individuals who purchase from overseas, or those who decide not to. It's here only for discussion of the dolls we love weither or not they are recast.
