I ran across a English (as in England) BJD named Sybarite. I did a search and these haven't been mentioned yet on the forum.
These came out in 2004 and are in fact made of resin. The jointing and face/head style reminds me more of barbies, but this is the first UK based one of these I have seen. The seem to be considered as very high end fashion dolls. They seem to run $300-$400 and up.
Some review/info: http://fashiondollchronicles.blogspot.c ... t-one.html
What caught my eye was a customized Lady Gaga one that's on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 475wt_1139
Found some for sale (which gives a good price range feel): http://www.superdollonline.co.uk/acatalog/DOLLS.html