So this is what a ball-jointed doll is.
A ball-jointed doll is a doll that has balls in its joints. This may seem obvious at first, but the more you think about it, the more it seems absurd. How does the doll do anything but flop all over with balls in its joints? (Answer: There are strings inside that can be pulled taut, so the doll can “snap” between positions.) What could possibly be different about this sort of doll from the sorts of dolls you might be used to? (Answer: These sorts of dolls allow for almost infinite customization once you really know what you’re doing, in a way that’s harder to do with more traditional types of dolls.) And what would you do with these dolls once you had enough of them? (Answer: Mostly pose them to make for nice displays, but there’s plenty of time to make outfits for the dolls, or to buy new doll forms and turn them into new companions for the already present dolls.)
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