Anyone not planning to sell any of their BJDs, ever

Oh my! A good thing then, so people can get their dolls.

 

I never wanted to sell any but now I think I've reached a frustration point with one that I don't *think* I care to keep it. I am on the fence. I can't get her to stand, nor sit up, and she has no good laying pose. She has a few stains I can't get out, and I can't find any clothing for her. I didn't take this all into consideration when I bought her (her promo photos were perfect) and now I feel she probably belongs in the hands of someone more experienced and patient than me

 

I think everyone starts the hobby thinking they will never part with their dolls. I certainly did -- but within two years of starting the hobby, I'd sold 4 of the 5 dolls I'd bought.

I create original characters for all my dolls, and I tend to invest a lot of energy and emotions into my OCs. I initially thought it would be very hard to disconnect from my dolls, but I was surprised at how easy it turned out to be. Somehow, when the doll didn't work out, the character didn't either. So I was able to "let go" of the character in my mind, and then sell the doll, which was pretty much an empty shell by then.

In retrospect, I bought/sold so many dolls (yes, I think selling 4 out of 5 is a lot) because I was new to the hobby and I didn't know what my tastes were. But dolls are physical objects, I don't think it was possible to know what I'd like/dislike in a sculpt without actually owning it, holding and posing and just having it around. So my "early hobby" dolls were all about me figuring out what kinds of sculpts I wanted to own. The dolls I sold didn't end up fitting my taste, and I could let them go.

Fast forward to today... I'm out of the "early hobby" phase, I have more experience and I'm able to better tell which sculpts fit my taste. Now my current crew are my forever dolls, I love them a lot, and I've become heavily invested in their characters. I won't be selling them. (But I'll never say never. It's happened to me already. )

 

I've sold dolls in the past when they weren't right for me. That means no trouble for me even though I'm one of those collectors to get very attached to the thing they collect, dolls in my case.
As to never ever selling the ones that have passed the test of time, that is another thing altogether and this is something I've talked about with my husband sometimes. We both are collectors (though we collect different things) and we do not plan on having kids (and neither do my sister or my brother in law) so we've discussed what should we do with our collections when we get older as we don't have anyone to pass them to. The sole thought of my dolls being thrown in the garbage after I pass away is disheartening so I might sell them in due time just so I make sure they continue to get the love they deserve.

 

I never went into the hobby thinking I'd be selling dolls, but I didn't realize just how many of the dolls I bought would not work out for what I bought them for. I'd rather sell dolls that don't spark joy anymore or are difficult to manage than keep them and take up space that could be going to dolls that will be a better fit for me.

 

I've been collecting dolls for year and still haven't sold a single one. I'm new to owning BJDs dolls but feel like it will be the same situation where I couldn't bring myself to sell any. Would rather create a new character to make the doll work. Well, at least in the near future. You never know what might happen in life as much as I try to account for everything

 

I only buy things if I fully intend to keep/use them but for dolls where bonding and being excited for the customization process are the main “uses” it sometimes just doesn’t work out.

 

I cant imagine myself selling any of my dolls, but I know the day will probably come eventually, even if that's 50 years from now. My dolls are incredibly meaningful and sentimental to me. Much like you, even though I know they aren't sentient things, I can't help but personify them and think about them almost like they're my children. Because I regard them so dearly and see them as so irreplaceable, I cant imagine bringing myself to selling them. If anything, I hope they get passed down as family heirlooms one day, haha. Hopefully whoever they go to would treat them with as much love as I do.

If I were to sell them, I'm not sure if I'd wipe their face ups or not, because on one hand they're my personal characters that I wouldn't want others to be able to do what they please with, but on the others I'd feel so bad wiping their face ups. This obviously doesn't apply to dolls I have with company face ups or dolls I got second hand who's face ups I kept, though, as those can stay. It's a tough situation that I have conflicting emotions about, so I guess it's just something where I wont know what to do until the time actually comes.

 

I'm not planning on selling any of my dolls nor do I want to, but with how much I have at the moment, I might be selling a few ones where I don't have a strong attachment to in the future. I hope that I won't have to, but it's inevitable. I get far too attached since I have a habit of developing characters for all of my dolls even before I buy them and linking every group together to each other, so if I sell one off, it's basically taking out that character. Even if the character isn't important, it's still nice to make 'background' characters and generate a future storyline with them. But if it comes one day that I must sell some of my dolls, too bad.

 

So far, I've not wanted to sell any of my dolls' heads. Despite the majority of my dolls being impulse buys from discounted sells, I've grown attached to them all for different reasons.

The only thing I've been tempted to sell is one of my doll's default body. I really liked the sculpting on it, but its not that great at posing. The doll was one of my first purchases in the hobby though, so I was happy when I first got it.

 

I have all of my dolls. The only one I ever sold was one that I got as a gift for a friend, and he didn't like her.

 

My reason is that every one of them was a planned for agonized over very much wanted doll, and yes if I really had to give any of them up, it would break my heart. Someone else can deal with it when I'm dead.

 

I genuinely only have like...two of the originals I bought out of at least five or six.

I had to let the past go. I wasn't looking for a return investment, mainly just had to release myself from the reminders by getting them physically out of the house. In some ways I was sad, I spent a good 7 years with some of them. But it was worth it for sure. I ended up getting a really great doll very recently that brings me actual joy that the others never could.

 

I don’t ever plan on selling my first doll, nor my second. They’re me and my wife’s characters so they’re very, very dear to us. Now they just need to come home in the first place

 

I think I can safely say I'll never sell my doll. I get really sentimental with everything I have and I keep even the smallest things that others may deem insignificant but they hold special memories for me. I have a box full of origami creatures and doodles my peers gave to me in middle school/high school. I keep every Christmas and Birthday card and have trouble parting ways with plush toys. My doll holds even more sentimental value than a lot of these items since I was part of the creative process of making her so unless I was really struggling for money, I don't think I would ever sell her. That said I don't know what the future holds for me and my doll but for now she's got a nice comfy home with me.

 

Should something serious come up, it's hard to say. I've known people who have had to sell dolls because they needed money for their dog's surgery or something like that. Barring those extenuating circumstances, I could never sell my girls and ladies. I love them very much, and taking care of them is something that I'm happy to do. They're all special to me in their own ways. Some of them are special to each other, too. I know they're not real, but I love them

 

Honestly I’d hope for all of them to stay in my collection however I’m not dumb and sometimes unavoidable circumstances like emergencies pet bills surgery etc will come up eventually. I just hope they don’t happen frequently so I can at the very least keep the majority of my dolls. That being said impulse purchases do happen I’m less likely to keep those in my opinion or I just fall out of love with one of my dolls if I don’t think or miss them at all I think it’s time to sell at least for me.

 

I never intend to sell a doll when I buy it, but circumstances change. I've had several dolls and heads in the past that I went out of my way to obtain only to realize they just weren't for me. I've sold bodies and parts to make emergency money.

Right now I don't want to sell anybody, except maybe one head. But if you'd asked me a year ago, I wouldn't have been willing to ever part with her. Things just change, and I'd much rather a doll go to someone who will cherish it rather than collect dust in my house.

 

I purchase fully planning on keeping them, though I wouldn't be against selling them in the future if I feel that way one day.

 

I personally don't ever plan on selling any of my dolls.
To me they all have personalities, and enjoy living with my partner and I.
I love them and have bonded with them a lot.

I think the only case would be if I didn't bond with a doll, but I tend to only buy ones I feel very strongly about.