Are your dolls replaceable?

For me it would depend on the doll. Like my first one, who is a Resinsoul, Lian, she's replaceable. As bad as this sounds, if she broke, I would replace her easily. Though, I can say this because I haven't had the time to bond with her yet. her head has been gone since after I got her. -sigh-

But, as I bond with my dolls, I'd had to replace my dolls if something happen to them!

 

Even though my most precious doll is a basic doll and cheap for some people, he is NOT replaceable in character or in doll and I'm dead serious when I say that I would die of sadness if something ever happens to him. He's like a son to me and getting the same sculpt would not work because he's the very old batch so he's very pale and DOD new resin is very pink. Plus, I tried to get him a twin sibling a few years ago and they weren't the same to me, I even grew a dislike for the other doll that I sold him immediately.

My DOD Zen, Kyoshi, is unique

 

There was a time where I would have said "it's just a doll; totally replaceable!" I feel completely different now.

I think it depends on the bond a person has with a doll. I know I never got super attached to one aside from the one I own now. I think if something were to happen to her, I'd be devastated. I might try to get a replacement, but I just don't think it would be the same.

 

My girls are not replaceable. I'm really attached to them...I don't like to think what I would do if something happened to Aiko and Calime, I would be so sad!! I don't think I would buy another face. The body I think it would be ok and I would buy it...but the face I don't think I could.


Sometimes I see other Leilas (minoru world junior) and they look so different from Aiko! I wouldn't be able to see her in another face, even in the same model . She was the first, so I think it's harder.

 

I think that if I liked the character the doll embodied enough I would be able to replace it.
These dolls are my characters and, while I love them with all my heart, the show must go on. I think it would be hard though, it definitively wouldn't be the same doll as the the one before and I'd have to make changes to the character to make the new one fit.
That said; if anything happened to my RS Ming, I don't think that I'd be able to replace him and fully appreciate the new doll.

 

No, they are not replaceable- I would start again with different dolls with their own original characters

 

I took some time to consider this topic, No I dont think I could replace one with the same sculpt if something where to happen to one. I agree with what the original topic post mentioned, while it would look the same it simply would not be the same doll, like a twin stepping in for their brother or sister, looks the same on the outside but isn't really the same. I could mend a broken limb or patch a crack in the torso, but to replace a severely damaged doll... I just as soon lay it to rest, nothing formal of coarse just box up the fallen and remember the good days. I may buy the same sculpt, but it would be a different doll and personality.

 

Mostly.
I have a couple dolls with faceups that I can not get again, so those are not replaceable to me.
But I also have dolls, that despite this, I feel like I could get a different rendition of their character, ie. replacing them. Even if it's the same headmold with a different faceup.
Then I have other dolls that just pass through my hands, leaving their marks in my memory, before moving on, and I don't replace them, because they didn't develop much into a character or personality or what not.

 

Hmm. . .
In the first place my dolls are meant to shell my roleplaying characters, so the dolls are not the only medium I use to portray them (just the more 'authentic' one, i suppose). If one of my dolls broke beyond repair I'd be devestated, but I'd be able to replace them (if the sculpt was available still) in order to still have someone for my character. That being said, I would feel really bad if a doll I had had for years suddenly broke, because regardless of the character that particular doll had been around for so long and not having it around would feel strange. I guess it's the result of the subtle impact of having a doll sitting on your shelf for years even when you don't play with them.

 

If something happened to my girl Nancy, as awful as it sounds I think I'd be okay with it. I think I'd be able to just buy another DM Hwi Ki and, even though it wouldn't have all the same quirks and imperfections as the original doll it would still be her. However my DOD Luke, Salem, is another matter entirely. I think if he smashed I wouldn't just be able to buy the same doll again or even reshell the character at that point in his life in a different sculpt. It just wouldn't feel like him now, all those quirks in the sculpt and all the work I've put in and will continue to put in make this doll entirely linked with the character in my head. However, my doll's character is gender queer and I do feel like I could buy a female MSD and have it as the young childish version of Salem (it would even have a different name- Paige).

 

To me they are irreplaceable in a sense. Yes, I could always get the same sculpt and customize it the same way but part of me knows that they won't be the same...

 

They are replaceable for me and I have even given some thought about it. Like if I were to somehow lose all four of my boys, I would be able to replace them after some time work and money but in the end I would probably just replace one and let the other exist on in memory.

 

To me they're irreplaceable in a sense, that I probably wouldn't get the same sculpt due the previous attachments that I had with the one that got destroyed. But I would get another doll to cope with the loss of another, though they would be missed.

 

My only doll right now (nor from soom) is limited...i don't know if i would search for the sculpt again should anything happen. I would probably cry and curl up in a ball D:

 

Most of my dolls are replaceable but they wouldn't feel the same if I did replace them. I also would hate the idea of paying for something I have owned a second time.

 

Well in that sense, all my dolls are replaceable. I cannot imagine being that attached to them. I have possessions that I've experienced that with, though, so I do understand a bit, just not dolls.

I think it's because the dolls aren't really connected in my sentiments to other people or important events, the way some of my other things are/have been.

Also I've lost things before that I felt very attached to at the time, and I learned ultimately things are only things. My memories of a person or event aren't less because that thing is lost. It ends up being only a small pain in the scheme of things.

 

Been there, done that, I ruined my first doll Lucy and replaced her as fast as I had the chance without second thought. the ruined doll is now a zombie version of Lucy and I use her to test out mods on, she is starting to grow on me

 

Depends on the importance of the character. I've bought my dolls because they looked (at least to me) exactly like my ocs.
So in that way they're not replaceable. Except for when one of them is damaged beyond repair I guess I could buy a new head (for the non limiteds)

 

i dont think so. i love my dolls and my characters for them.

 

i dont think i could replace my doll if he was somehow destroyed. it would really break my heart and i would see it as his death, that he is no longer here. i couldnt replace his same sculpt. even the thought makes me terribly sad. i am very attached to my doll!