Are YOU a doll collector?

Hahaha hopefully not. I'd rather have very few dolls and work on them a lot than to have many dolls. Of course, if I was long in the hobby, maybe it is possible to have many dolls and have worked on them a lot. But yeah, I am denying that I am a baby collector.

 

Yep. I'm very much a collector. I keep my dolls behind glass and everything.

I do like to tinker with my crew, and I'm very attached to many of them, but by and large I tend to think of them more as photography models or art objects than little resin BFFs or "projects" that I should be taking apart and remaking on a regular basis. I'm neither an artist nor a particularly creative character designer, so personally-crafted unique customization just isn't a huge factor in my enjoyment of these dolls. Having a few 'complete sets' of particular sculpts just to look at all together, and having a lot of choices when I decide I want to sew for someone or take a doll out for pictures *is*.

 

As others have said, I wouldn't call what I'm planning on doing "collecting" (I only have one doll so far, but will get more). I might have a little collection of dolls, but I feel like collecting is keeping something as pristine as possible and hoping the price goes up over time. I'm assuming my doll will be well loved and have a few scratches and bumps and that she won't be worth what I paid for her.

 

I have a collection of dolls for my hobby, which is the basic way I look at it. The dolls go through periods of being shelf pretties and periods of being changed and poked and prodded and photographed, so I figure collector/collection relationship and hobbyist probably both work.

 

I think the main intention behind owning dolls is the difference between a doll hobby and collector! I think collectors tend to have a larger array dolls to display their dolls while hobbyists are more about customising and playing with their dolls!

I would consider myself a collector when it comes to porcelain dolls but more of a hobbyist when it comes to bjds!

 

If that's the difference between a hobbyist and a collector, then I'm a bjd hobbyist. I like interacting with my doll too much for her to be a display piece :P

 

I can't consider myself a doll collector because I only have one, and there must be a lot of people like me who only have one or two dolls but are into the hobby. I mean, I really like to be informed about new dolls that come out, know about different brands, I'm trying to learn how to sew for my doll (trying >.<), take better pictures, participate on the forum... so I'd say that I'm a hobbyist but not a collector. I don't know what I'd do if I had more money, though :P maybe I'd become a collector easily hahah!

 

Nope, definitely I'm not a collector.
I only have 3 and I have plans for little more. I love playing with them like the dolls they are and I would be very sad seeing lots of lovely dolls caged in glass cabinets... So I guess I'm more the hobbyist type.

 

I've always considered myself a collector of some sort because even as a kid I liked to hoard stuffed toys, books, figures, rocks, postcards etc. Collecting things has always been a part of my life. Right now I'm primarily a doll collector. I have a collection of porcelain clowns that are next to my BJDs, and of course I have my BJDs. My dream in life would be to have a room dedicated just to my collections, whether it be the stuffed toys from my childhood or my animal figures or my ball jointed dolls