A BJD owner who wants to restart? Anyone ever felt this way?

I just recently did this of a sort. I sold all of my large dolls and now have an almost entirely MSD sized collection.

I still like SD dolls, and I even still really like the dolls I sold and had had them for years, but it felt like the right time to move on and shake things up. There has no change in my aesthetic preferences. I'm an owner who's actually gotten more and more firm in her preferences over time. I just wanted new dolls and money to spend on other things, so it was time to sell some and getting rid of the SDs was the perfect way to do that.

 

This is exactly where I am now! I had a huge collection (about 23 I guess?), and it was too many. Just way too many. I felt overwhemled by them, all the stuff I had to buy them, the fact that I could not spend enough time with each one to make owning them worth it... I decided I want a smaller collection of dolls who each receive more time from me.

Now I'm trying to decide if I want to fully get out of MSD size and own a few SDs, or if I will have a few of each. I guess it won't be fully "starting over" unless I decide to get rid of the MSDs, because if I don't, there will be at least 3 dolls that I keep (my favorite MSDs).

 

If you lost your dolls in some disaster, would you start over? Would you purchase the same molds? Or would you go in a different direction?

Me, I'd pick some to reclaim...not all, but the first two would be an El and an Shiwoo. I would have to have my Mike and King back!

 

absolutely. And there are some that I would repurchase, and others that I would find another doll for.

 

I'd probably leave the hobby since the dolls that are most important to me are irreplaceable. One's a Unidoll Ark - they aren't made anymore and I was lucky to get a replacement head, just in case something happened to the original one. Two are Minimees - one after my own design, so it's limited to two world-wide, kinda, and the other one's really, really hard to get, too - if at all.

If I lost all of my dolls, I certainly wouldn't put that much money into a hobby ever again. I don't regret getting them but as I'm getting older, my common sense is kicking in more strongly. And it keeps telling me "you should not get those dolls - save the money for something sensible". Mind you, I COULD replace probably half of my dolls if I wanted to - I just doubt that I'd want to.

 

@Khell Unidoll.

If I lost my dolls, I'd only replace my Jace. He's been my favourite doll for years. I would become a haunted figure on the internet, lurking in sales threads until I could replace him. I wouldn't bother replacing the others.

 

I would start fresh with new dolls, but I think it would be easier for me since I haven't found my forever doll yet.

 

Since my dolls are adequately insured, I'd start over - after the initial hissy fit/crying jag of course. I had a friend who got black mold in her house & had to throw EVERYTHING away (oh, & some of MY stuff that was stored there too) - heart rending! But, insurance money came in & she's got new stuff now. Same w/dolls. I'm sure I'd make different choices for some of my characters, etc, but certainly I'd continue

 

Oh man! Quite a few of these buggers are irreplaceable here. Replacing them would be agony, if not impossible. ;;^^ My SchoolHead A is a Satoko Ohno one-off repaint, my Black Ducan is a one-off, most of the Volks guys are old LEs, the Lotus Nears were from a long-gone run of art dolls, all the Iplehouse YIDs and pre-YIDs are discontinued... But I dunno, sure, I guess I'd try to replace some of them, whichever ones I could fit in one WTB signature. After all, even rare LEs come up on the Marketplace from time-to-time. But for some, I would probably scrap the notion of finding them again, & start collecting in a new direction.

(I'd be even more despairing of ever replacing some of those shoes!... : Jeebus, are there ever a lot of those...)

 

Like Teleri, I'd definitely go into a crying fit and maybe be put off bjds for a while in a fit of frustration. If I get back into the hobby, there are two of my current eight dolls that I'd definitely buy again: my Supiadoll Rosy/Zaoll hybrid and my Dollshe Saint/Spiritdoll Elegance hybrid. Four of my current dolls are no longer in production, and I don't know if I'd have the patience and tenacity for WTB threads.

 

Interesting hypothetical...I think I would only replace my Shinydoll Akali, but with a different Shinydoll sculpt- just for fun! Then I would not buy any more dolls & spoil my one doll rotten

 

I would look upon it like losing dear friends...and go into mourning. Then I'd realize, as we must, that life goes on and go out and make new friends (new dolls.) All their faceups and most of their clothing is unique and would be impossible to duplicate anyway (and that is what really makes them who they are.) Their sculpts are just the blank canvases, so I'd buy different canvases and start fresh...one by one...until I'd acquired the same amount of dolls in my current crew (because that amount makes me happy.)

 

I guess i will start it over... my crew now is irreplaceable, guess like purchasing the same mold again, the feeling, bonding will still be different><

 

I might replace my Victorian Winter Odette if Victorian Winter ever makes them again. But once she was home I'd bail from the hobby. The money wouldn't really be the issue since we do have insurance for it. Really just the time and stress that it would take to find all the limiteds would just be too much to deal with and I have a lot of custom commissioned costumes for my dolls that I don't think I could convince the fantastically skilled seamstresses to make for me again ^_^;;

I think out of my 20 dolls only my Minifee Karsh is a standard edition doll. The rest are all limiteds, retired, or unavailable in the particular skintones that I have them in, like my Free Choice Event Amber and Armeria from Soom, or my gray skin Shiva from Souldoll.

Yup...I'd definitely bail.

 

My heart actually skipped a little beat thinking of you losing your dolls in some disaster. Mostly I think because I've seen how many you have, and how much work you've put into them.... that would be just...omg. terrible. I hope you have them insured!!!



.....If I lost all mine I there would be 2 that would most likely be irreplaceable. My Volks old f-12 and old f-15. You just never see them around. I don't think I would try to replace them, though I love the ones I have, there are others that just mean more to me. My Unidoll Jace I would definitely try and hunt down again! I'd also probably replace my DZ Wing, and my El. And for absolutely sure my Volks Link. I am crazy about my Notdoll Aletheia, but she means so much to me, I'm not sure if I could replace her with a different Aletheia. Maybe. And my first girl, mini DZ Tintan...I think I would reshell her. Maybe even in SD form.

 

It would be devastating for me to lose my dolls, mostly because replacing them would be a royal pain in the gut.
Most of the sculpts I own have long been discontinued due to them being rather unpopular, so replacing them
would be an ordeal on top of the horrible empty feeling of such a loss. I doubt I could replace many of them (if any)
and I don't have that many to begin with . Most of my BJDs might as well be irrepressible, and then I also have MNM sculpts
which were done in very limited runs and probably not many that haven't been modified already. I would definitely not
start over or move on a new direction but replacing my BJDs would be equally a nightmare as it would be losing them in
the first place. However, I would certainly try if the unfortunate was to take place (which I hope will never happen, of course). XD



- Enzyme

 

I definitely think my taste in bjds has changed and new sculpts are changing the type of dolls that I want. I think I would start over. I would be so sad, but I would probably only try to replace one - suntan Supia Rosy. I don't have any limiteds, but I have some special faceups that I would be really upset to lose. There are always new sculpts that I want though and now that I am a much wiser collector, I would make different choices.

 

I would also be devastated. My current set of dolls, except for one, I think I could replace. And I'm speaking from a bonding perspective, not so much hard to find or what not. But my Minifee Seorin...when I look at him, I remember the unique experience of trading for him in person, and growing with him as I matured, and changed my dolls to fit around his size and his character. Even though I could easily buy another Seorin, it wouldn't be -him-. So I don't think I would. I sold him once, and regret it so much, I bought him back over a year later, from a different person.
All of my others, as much as I love their mold and some of their faceups, I wouldn't have a hard time re-buying them, because I haven't bonded as tightly with them as I have my Seorin. -- Though don't get me wrong; I love my dolls lol

 

I would be devastated. It wouldn't be the money I've spent on my gang, it would be how much they mean to me. I don't know whether I could try replacing them. Some of mine are discontinued, or if not, they're hard to find. One of my dolls is particularly irreplaceable because she once belonged to a lovely friend who is sadly no longer with us

I don't know whether I would attempt to replace them. I don't think I would leave the hobby entirely, I would still love dolls even if mine had been ruined or destroyed, but it would take a lot of time for me to come around to the idea of having new dolls. I would need to mourn them first. I don't believe that dolls have souls, it would be me that would have to come to terms with them being gone.

 

After the innitial shock, I'd start with a new collection and really, really do my best to keep it small by only buying dolls I really like and not just think they are okay. (Good luck with that). Many of my current dolls are hard to replace as some are limited, others are discontinued by the company or the company itself has dropped off the face of the earth. This hobby should be fun and replacing so many really hard to find dolls would be a headache.

I would try to start fresh with new opportunities.