Are you at the point where this it for collecting? Have you hit your doll limit?

For BJD, I'm on what another doll-collecting site likes to refer to as "the couch of contentment." I have 2 YoSD-sized resin babies, an MSD-sized girl on the way, and a handful of off-topic tinies. I am totally fine with just focusing on the dolls I have for the near future. You can't fit all that many dolls in a tiny apartment!

 

Kind of yes and no for me as well. I currently have 37 full dolls, with a couple more on layaway for the bodies and another body I'm waiting for. At this point, I've shelled all the characters I want to shell and am working on refining them. I'm older and have reached the point that I don't want to make my collection much bigger. I'm trying not to make any more characters but that's not to say I can't still be tempted!

 

I always think I’m done…then some company will have a discontinuation event and I’m like, “Oh no! That sculpt that I've admired for a while will be gone forever!” And, out comes my wallet.

I don’t know, maybe it's MOFO. But, happily, I never regret getting them. When the doll arrives, I’m always relieved that I saved a sculpt that I really wanted to begin with.

 

Currently no, but I just started collecting like a year or two ago. Currently my goal is to get main cast for a story I've been writing and then maybe a few other ocs but I'm really trying to keep it to just that in regards to dolls because I know space can be an issue.

 

my collection of dolls is close to 50, or rather 49 dolls and 5 different heads. Initially, I planned my collection to a maximum of 10-15, but it turned out that I already have 49. I understand that this is a lot, so in the fall I will start reducing it, I will try to sell 5-10 dolls, it’s a difficult choice who to sell ... but my cabinet with shelves - not rubber)-)

 

I would have space for a few more SDs especially now that I've gotten rid of a lot of other stuff, but I feel like I'm at that point where I'm pretty much done with the collecting stage. I don't remember seeing a new human doll I would have liked enough to even consider buying for at least a couple of years, and even the new half human half creatures haven't been able to keep my interest for more than a week anymore.

So I'm not going to claim I certainly won't get a new full doll ever (in part because I don't want to jinx myself ), but I feel like a doll would have to be something really special (coughlizardy/pathfinderkobold-styledollcough) to be able to catch my interest enough to buy nowadays. I consider this a good thing though, since this means I can put all the extra money and energy into completing the dolls I already have, as 3/4 of them are at most 50% complete, most 30%, so I definitely have enough to work on for years already.

 

I think I'm done at 6 dolls. I don't really see myself owning more nor I feel the desire even if I see some dolls that are appealing to me, even the grail that I've been chasing for a while doesn't seem that important anymore so I think this is the perfect moment to stop and focus on doing things and getting things for my current dolls.

 

I get to that point regularly. I've been there at 2 dolls. Then at 3 dolls. Then at 5 dolls. Then at 7. Now I have 9, I plan to join a preorder and add the number up to 10, aaaand I'll get to "this is enough" point again. Now bet when I buy the 11th one...

I feel like buying dolls is easier when you have a lot of them already. If you have 2 dolls, adding the third one means your collection will grow x1.5! And if you have 30 of them, the 31th does not make that much difference. One more, one less...
I don't mean that the 31th doll is less important that the 3rd one though!

 

Yes, at this point, the only option for me to have more doll is the only 1 in = 1 out way
Ideally, I'd like to have 2 dolls... or 4. But realistically, I'll end at 6, I guess... right now I have 7, one of which is no longer to be with me. I struggled for 2 years, thinking whether I should sell her or not, and I was relieved to finally have come to that conclusion.
Having too many dolls gives me so much anxiety, it's not worth it. That said, I like dolly couples and group pics. I like it when they share their clothes too, etc.
I love looking at large collections owned by others, but my personal limit is lower. Also, because I'm only into the bjd dolls. I guess I'd be more tolerant of higher amounts if I had an army of tinies, for example

 

Not quite there yet, but I think through trial and error I've boiled everything down to what I really want in the hobby. I've got one more doll incoming, and then assuming I'm happier with her than I was with the last doll I shelled her character with, I plan to take a step back from actively collecting and focus instead on making clothing and props, etc.

 

I was about to say, “Yeah, I feel done. I’m happy with all my dolls.” But then, one or two more tinies wouldn’t hurt. Um. So, maybe I’m done? I don’t think it would be hard to sway me to buy another if the mood is right and it’s a Wednesday. Probably.

 

Almost there! But I also want more....but I shouldn't. But I want more. Gah. I need to sell some when I am able to. It's no good to have so many dolls since I can't give them the attention that they deserve. But I still like them! But I don't play with them that much. I'll think about it later.

That's the general gist of it. But I do have too many dolls at this point.

 

I sure am getting there, if only because I've run out of room for more. I've already got some floating heads that need bodies, and several incoming dolls, and I'm honestly not sure where I'm going to put some of them...

But if I ever got into a situation where I had more space? I'd probably start buying again. ^^;

 

Yes, very much so as I'm thinking about oneday when I'm gone, and whoever it'll be that will be left with all my dolls. They won't know what to do with them and I don't want my collection to feel too overwhelming for whoever it is that will be left with them. I'm getting older, although still not quite that old yet, but this is something I've been thinking more and more about lately. Also because my health is not as good.

Not to mention having too many now only stresses me out, it's starting to feel like more work than I can handle. Also mentally.

I'm not done buying yet, but only because I got my final doll plans set up, and I've entered the stage of my hobby where now I'm working towards getting a complete doll collection. Only the dolls I wish to have in my collection. I'm in the process of buying what I hope will be the last dolls in my hobby. And then some will eventually have to go, those that are not part of my final and complete collection!

 

If I say no more dolls, I will end up getting at least one more. I'm saying no more for now, as I want to enjoy what I have, and maybe sell the ones I havne't played with in a while.

 

I think I'm close to done--I need bodies for several dolls, but I've finally run out of space in my room, so until I get out of my parents' house, I'm supposed to buy less dolls to avoid getting overrun. There are, of course, tons more dolls I'd want if I was allowing myself to get any more, and I don't doubt that there'll be more dolls coming in even though this is allegedly my "end" point, but I'm going to have to slow down for the sake of space.

 

Ideally, I'd have 2, a pair of dolls that fit together well. I have space for 4 and have 3 at the moment so I will hit the storage limit should I buy one more doll. I assume I will swap some dolls out in the future, though, as I would ideally only have sculpts that don't look odd next to each other.

So definitely not done collecting, but done growing the number pretty soon in my current situation. I feel like with 3, there is so much I want to craft for them that it's getting a little bit overwhelming already haha! I have to refrain from more restoration projects I think

 

I’m really close, I either stop buying or start my one in, one out rule.

 

BJDs? Probably for a while. I ordered two tiny 3D-printed BJD's, because I think it'd be fun to have them on my desk at work, but I haven't felt the urge to do very much with my BJDs since approximately 2020. It is what it is. It'll change eventually.

 

I wouldn't say I've hit that point, more that I've slowed down a lot. At first, I was buying new dolls regularly, but not anymore. There are still many sculpts I like, but I don't have characters I want to shell. The ones I have make up their own universe and they feel mostly complete. If I make a new character, I'll peruse dolls to help me get an idea of what they look like, but I'd have to be really, really in love with a sculpt to actually buy it. The newest character exists in a world separate from the others so maybe this is the start of a rekindling.