A statement by Pasha:

I would like to encourage you to not buy recast dolls. 

Recasts are when someone takes a legitimate bjd, disassembles it, molds it, casts it, and makes illegal copies of the doll. Because these companies are, more often than not, big manufacturers and factories, they can afford to mass produce them and sell them at 1/3rd of the original price to attract an audience that finds cheaper items more appealing.

Most recasts do not come with a certificate of authenticity, do not come in a legitimate box, are made with cheap quality resin and materials, and are made in China. 

Recasts hurt the market because sometimes people try to pass them as legitimate dolls. Recasts always hurt bjd sculptors both financially and emotionally. I am not a big company. I am one person and PashaPasha is my whole life and the only means of financially supporting myself. If people were to buy recasts of my sculpts instead of buying true PashaPasha’s from me, I would not be able to afford making new sculpts and eventually, if it got bad enough, I would not be able to keep PashaPasha going. Sometimes people don’t understand that the money that comes from selling a PashaPasha doll goes right back into my studio and my work - it goes to tons of prototypes and engineering, material tests, new sculpts, and 3D prints. All to bring you the best quality of new dolls.

So join me in the #legitartonly movement. Let’s keep original art alive, let’s support artists not thieves, and let’s make a change.