Such a cute doll! So happy to see you. YES, I saw an artist encouraging and thanking bullies. That so made me want to get rid of my sculpts of hers. I collect all kinds of dolls; from 3 inches to 32 inches, of many different brands and styles, vintage and replica of vintage dolls. I have never seen the ugliness in any of those groups, only in the reborn groups. I'm living my best life with my dolls.

Such a gorgeous doll. Elvis looks so super cute in his leather jacket!!! Glad you are back!!

I just watched your video with Kodi and listened to what you had to say about the problems with the reborn community. I had no idea there was such a thing. I had been buying Ashton Drake dolls when I still worked for a living but since retiring I was searching for other doll sites. AliExpress, Ebay and a couple others that came up. I saw beautiful, realistic baby dolls at very reasonable prices I could afford (social security doesn't allow much) and I bought several finished babies. After watching tutorials on assembling painted kits, so much more affordable, I bought several of them. When I watched videos of box openings, some of the people commented on how mean many of the loyal artist sculpts were because of these "copies". I felt horrible and can see both sides; the artists/sculptors are upset because of the lost income for their very hard work and the aspect of being able to afford a smaller version of these exquisite works of art made these dolls available to low income and seniors. Well, long story short, too late right?, I gave half of the dolls to single mothers who worked at a local fast food restaurant and the other half to seniors at the nursing home my son works for. The mothers were so grateful and one cried because her daughter wasn't getting much for Christmas. I wish you could have seen the sheer joy on the faces of the senior ladies who accepted a doll and the tender cradling and kissing on each one. I had to cry myself. I have purchased two artist dolls thus far. One was a Pickle sculpt and the other is being delivered Monday. That's a Joseph sculpt. I'm going to make do with these two because I can't justify or afford the expense of more dolls. These are emotional purchases for me but I won't make this any longer. Enjoy your babies and I hope you continue to find joy in your doll collecting. Cherie

Hi Julie! So glad to see you again. Love the way you dress and display your dolls. I agree with you that these Reborn dolls are very expensive & with the high inflation in our country we have all been forced to cut drastically in the area of collecting.

He’s a cutie! I have him too, and for the same reason you stated. I like the sculpt, but I’m not in a position to spend thousands on reborn dolls either. The other reason I wanted him is because he reminds me of my oldest son when he was little. The replica police need to chill out.

I have this replica too and I just love him. ❤

What a gorgeous Kodie Bear!! Kodie Bear is my favourite sculpt, I have a girl one myself. You scored on the faux leather jacket, LOVE the whole look!! I agree, people can collect whatever they want and should not get any negative feedback...we are adults!! Simone xo

He’s adorable. And I think you covered this situation and topic very nicely. Thanks for the info to those of us have collected dolls all our lives before this was a “thing”. Some of my favorites are garage sale or thrift store finds that, to quote Peanuts’ Linus, “just need a little love”.

He is so beautiful! I absolutely adore the name you chose and the clothes! I agree with you completely on all of your points. I like to say that im part of the doll community as a whole. Unfortunately a small group of awful people completely ruined the joy and sucked the life out of the reborn community. I dont know them, i dont want to know them. They can stay in their toxic little corner they painted themselves into. The only thing they have accomplished is to push people away and pushed more and more people to want to buy replicas. They really got their message out; they just didnt get the results they actually wanted. They hurt their objective with their terrible behavior. Several of the artists and sculptors are also at fault for insighting such harmful behavior. They didnt help their cause either. They chose to attack consumers rather than those producing replicas. Theyd rather blame consumer's rather than taking responsibility and protecting their product.I love your channel, i love your message and i love your vibe ❤

I would buy that doll, he’s gorgeous! Thank you for the video!

I’m part of the doll collecting community now not the reborn community police. We all know exactly who the 2 problem children are!😂😂😂😂

He is so very cute..Glad to see your videos again...I have all kinds of dolls and enjoy all of them..This indeed is a hobby to enjoy and not to worry about anything else...Dolly hugs to you...

Congrats on your new baby boy! He's so adorable.

He's so sweet! Which shopping site did you get this one from? I used to be neutral on the whole knock-off vs. authentic, but after seeing how irrational and mean people were getting, I checked out of the reborn community. 😅 I bit the bullet and bought a "Maddie" off Amazon, and I immediately fell in love with her. She fits in so perfectly with my Paradise Galleries babies ❤

I’m glad you’re back I’m glad to be watching a new video of yours! I’m very thankful for your openness and this kind of opened my eyes to the subject that yeah authentic Reborns are very expensive.

What a cutie-pie! ❤Great to see you back online xx

He is stinkin cute! I think I need one! He reminds me of my son! I loved loved your chat! Welcome Elvis!

Hi Julz!!! Great video, especially with your feelings with the reborn community and making the decision to not be a part of it, and to just be respectful to others and loyal to yourself! I totally 💯 agree and feel the same way! I don’t consider myself a part of the “reborn community” as well, I just want to enjoy my collection and collect the way I want to and do what makes me happy! OMG…artist reborn dolls are so super expensive and have gone up in price too! Congrats! Little Bad Boy Elvis is super adorable, love ❤ his outfit and your clothing haul, he’s gonna be a stylin boy!!! The quality of this doll looks very nice!!! I saw the Elvis movie, it was great! I’m older than you, I remember Elvis when I was a kid, I loved his music, still do to this day! Take care, blessings to you dear Dolly Sis!!! We’ll chat soon!❤❤❤

For those interested on where I got the doll I did get him on Amazon! Here is the link to the doll in this video: KOKOMANDY 24" Toddler Reborn Doll... www.amazon.com/dp/B0BKRJMJ1C?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

He’s adorable! Congratulations! I hope you are doing well and enjoying your day my friend xoxo ♥️🥰☺️🤗

I have so many kits partially finished had to set them aside for my gardening addiction 🤪 I can’t afford other artists reborns. I have a few but realized I couldn’t keep dumping 500+ on a doll. I love the bigger dolls as well. I keep thinking I need to sell my Bonnie chyle collection and the smaller reborns.

Awww 🥰 he’s adorable! I love the Kody Bear! I have one too but I turned mine into a girl! I love how chunky this baby is🤗💙 The outfit looks perfect on him! 🥰🥰Yup! What happened was really crazy, so glad that time has pretty much passed, most people are here now to just enjoy their dolls thankfully 😊💕💕 I really enjoyed this conversation, that’s right do what works for you!💯❤️

Check out the video where I unboxed my authentic Kodi Bear: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jN2Yh8KhzrmmlGg.htmlsi=ySnCiN3EyR9aqx1V

He's so cute! When I was watching this I thought the name Elvis would be a good name! I'm glad you're back. I totally agree with you.

I understand where you are coming from. It's a very difficult situation because I see both sides. The artists have a right to be upset about the knock offs since what goes into their work is a lot of time and they don't want "bad examples" of their work. A lot of the manufactured reborn-like doll makers have taken kit sculpts illegally and that cannot be ignored... HOWEVER... these dolls are very expensive and people want this experience to have a life like doll in their budget and they should be understood. There's no room for nastiness, or snobbery that comes from other shallow thought patterns. I say there should be a compromise. The manufacturers and online stores should call their dolls.. Reborn-like dolls with their own original sculpts so that everyone is happy. It's like... a painting is done by hand and cannot be replicated originally legally and sold so the online stores cannot take a print of a similar painting or that painting... And call it a painting, yet people should have the opportunity of having that image on their walls

I can tell your home is beautiful. I love decorating. Do you share your decorating in videos? The buffalo check and pink pumpkins are so cute!

Hi Julz 👋 🥰 You've been missed! So good to see a video from you!❤ Your new baby boy is super cute! Love all the outfits you bought him as well. My mom loved Elvis and she saw him in concert at the age of 16. Elvis threw his scarf to her but another girl grabbed it out of my mom's hand.. she was so heart broken 💔 😊 I've grown to love Elvis's movies and his music. I can't wait to see the new movie of him and Priscilla 😊 Thanks for sharing and I hope to see you and this sweet boy in a video again soon! Take care 🤗🥰💗⚘🦋

PS: I also agree to everything you said about the artists ... both sculptors and reborn artists. Elvis is just TOOOOOOO cute!! I love, love his look and I have some little faux-leather baby jackets and attire like that ... hehhehhehheh .... 🌿💟💜🍧🎂🥂🎀🎊🎉🎁💖💝💟🌿 HUGS TO YOU!!

Ironically, those bullies were the reason that I bought my first replica doll. They made me curious with all their nastiness so I had to see what was so bad about them. Now I buy the replicas just to spite the bullies! I have the funds to buy what I want when I want and I have some very high end dolls. But I won't support anyone who bullies others and that includes artists and sculptors. So if they want my money they better stop.

Little Wattle Nursery did a deep dive into the subject of replicas and how the artists are not hiring Chinese lawyers to copywrite their products in China and that some artists have actually sold the rights to copy their dolls and the consumer can not tell the difference. Bullying is disgusting and is never alright. If the atists are really concerned they can have their dolls manufactured in other countries like Spain or Germany.

You are right, so I see no reason why you can't buy a replica if you want the dolls ❤

He is an adorable doll, I also have him and adore him. I love the outfit you chose, he's super cute! ♥

Where did you purchase this doll?? So adorable!!

I have this baby too! Mine is a girl and is named after my grandma because she looks like her. I could care less if she came from Aliexpress or not.

I do that to only display my dolls I don't cuddle or play with them to much at least not when my sons home I don't want to make him feel bad. But you're baby is cute no matter if it's not an expensive reborn. My finances have changed to drastically and I can't afford those higher end baby's to and I hate it. Maybe things will change in the future just hoping.

Excellent video!!! Channel is definitely a goal! I wonder if the same ones complaining about knock off dolls feel the same way towards other things people buy as a knock off. For example handbags, perfume, wedding dresses, to name a few. He looks cute and I love the jacket!!!💙💙💙💙💙💙

Oh my hes adorable!!!!❤❤❤ love love love the outfits!!! And how cute is that jacket?!!😮❤ I missed you and your videos. Wonderful chat.. and I too agree witu everything youve said and ive never even had thousands to spend on an authentic reborn lol But yes times are tough everywhere now.. and i would still like to enjoy my doll hobby here and there... for the longest time i was againist owning a replica myself.. but then the reality of life sat in ... and its just not affordable anymore... so thats when i got my maggie from amazon over the summer...and i thought for under $50 she was pretty darn good enough for me. I just got a maddie too she was only $48 on a prime deal and i believe she still is now.. and i was really suprised as to how beautiful she really is in person. ❤ and Yes! I seen the Elvis movie thought it was AMAZING!!! ❤

Hi Julie 👋🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 oh my gosh it’s so good to see you!! I have the same mind set, actually when I do a video I think about the friends I’ve made and I make it/talk to them 😁. Aww little cool 😎 dude Elvis looks adorable ☺️. Your imagination and creativity has always been so fun to see and watch❣️ Luv ya GF, hope to see you again soon! 💕🤗, Christy

Ya video veryy detailed 🙏🙏👍👍💯💯🙏❤️❤️ yes kodi is awesome

I love him. So glad you are putting content out again. I love your videos Sis.❤

You said it girl! I don’t care either!🙏🙏🙏🙏

That baby is very precious!

The anger comes from the sculptors who take months to sculpt these by hand only for them to be stolen and sold so they no longer get paid for their hard work. I understand both sides. Some just cant afford authentic

He adorable

I d love to see ur SueSue, by Natalue Blick ❤

He's adorable. I had a replica Alin kit

He is adorable! I like to call these babies copycat babies

He is so cute. I Agree with you. I love all dolls and if I see one I love I do get it. I have authentic and replica dolls also. I also collect porcelain dolls . My channel has all dolls because of me being a doll collector no matter where they come from. love your channel. Yes be yourself that is how i feel

Cutie pie, congratulations on such a nice baby.

Aww he’s adorable❤

On Tik Tok and Facebook, there are so many people reaching out to me to sell me dolls. On such site I did some research and they appear to be scammers. They tag me every day and once in a while I get a break. I am just looking for one or two people who love dolls to connect with. I will stick with my Paradise Galleries and replicas due to affordability. One day, I want to get a duplicate made of a lil guy who was in my home as a newborn and I really bonded to him. He is already 18 😮 but I imagine I will have to pay quite a bit for that so maybe one day? Maybe not. This is all insanely new to me. I had Brooklyn for 12 years and never connected with anyone.

He is cute🥰

Adorable lil guy 💕

Your story is pretty much identical to mine .... There was a time when I never thought I would buy a replica but my curiosity got the better of me and I was immediately impressed! I will always love my authentic-collection but also: I probably will never be able to afford them like I used to. I have a replica Kodi-Bear too and love him so much (I changed mine to a girl .. she has curly brown hair) 🌿💟💜🍧🎂🥂🎀🎊🎉🎁💖💝💟🌿 Congrats on your new little one!!

Commenting again I just thought of something- oh NEVERMIND his name is Elvis 🥴 cute name it fits!

He is adorable!!! You shouldn't have to explain yourself why you bought a replica, just as you should not have to explain why you love and collect dolls period! I agree, I'd NOT pay 2 grand for ANY reborn, no matter how well it is made. The artist has a right to ask for a price but people don't have to pay it. I could afford it but I wouldn't, not for a reborn. Like in any market, if there is a cheaper offer there will be consumers. Is it right? Maybe yes, maybe no, but thats how it always will be. I do understand why some collectors/sculptors and artists are against replicas and thats their right also. Myself, I have all kinds of dolls and I collect for my own enjoyment and not anyone elses. It would be boring if all channels would feature the same dolls, lol. If someone doesn't like what I have and show they won't watch anyways and thats okay, too. Live and let live! I love that baby and the clothes you purchased. Congrats!

I like him?

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Cute I love what you have to say

That baby is too cute with the leather jacket. I watched your Jesus Christ video and I ordered the doll after watching your unboxing and now I see this one so I ordered this one too. Actually I thought that I was buying the little boy but come to find out it's a little girl and it's a total different doll than I thought that I was buying but it still is cute and I need a little girl to match Jesus so I think that I am going to keep the order.

If ur gnna be accused of having fakes you mght as well just get the fakes and save all the money, because there is no talking logic into these bully wolves.

The way the artist and sculptors act about replicas makes me actually want to get them just to piss them off since they bully even people who dont have them how do they thnk that helps their cause lol. Or like macpherson morons did to stephanie, they boicked her from being able 2 buy authentic fron their website if people buying authentic was their main goal why wld they block her and corner her to only be able to buy replicas lol. Complete idiots. Its odd its only a select few sculptros whos art is continually "stolen" like why arent gundren legler or severine reborns made on amazon? I really thnk these certain artist jst didnt protect their art.

If he’s a bad boy he needs a man bun 🤪

I am so sorry to see this, I don't agree with the purchase of stolen kits or knock offs of any kind. Laura Tuzio Ross will never get a dime from the stolen kits along with Ping Lau who just had one of her brand-new toddler molds stolen. Just because your situation has changed does not mean you can't afford a reasonable priced doll instead of spending $2000 spend $300 you can find nice authentic reborns at reasonable prices. Put yourself in Laura or any of the other artist place and see if you feel the same. Think of the time and money they spent to create a kits only to have it stolen and replicated. I understand you may not agree and that is ok but I just had to say my peace and remove myself from your content. I may not have always commented but I loved your videos up to this point. Blessings and prayers for your situation and family, I hope things get better for you.