BEST Doll Experience Ever

Reading some of these stories is so heartening. The doll world is filled with such lovely people. I recently had fairly major surgery and the support i have received from friends and members on another forum was wonderful. Sadly we live on opposite sides of the globes. My dearest friends are in Canada and Tasmania, and i am in the U.K so no chance of meeting up soon but maybe one day... If i hadn't got into bjd's i would never have met these lovely people.

 

The best one was when another member from this forum offered me to buy my dream head from them


The second one...well, maybe this is not much for some but I recently got an order from tata's paradise and they sent me MANY free items(not just 2 or 4) but the best thing is that I like/need all of them so I was very happy that day. *__*

 

I've had so many positive/happy experiences in this hobby

I think one of my absolute favorites has been:

Back in late 2011 I had participated in an intermediate/advanced sewing swap here on DOA. The outfit that my partner, (who has since been banned) had sent was...not so good. None of the edges were finished, everything was fraying, globs of glue were everywhere, the pants literally didn't cover my doll's bum etc etc. I hadn't told anyone I was disappointed. I just posted the best photo I could in the swap thread as we were supposed to, thanked my partner, (I think I might have complimented them on the color choices? lol), and resigned myself to the fact that, for this particular swap, my joy was purely in the giving and not receiving.

A few weeks later and I was horribly sick. I had had surgery earlier in the year and my immune system just wasn't cooperating...and come Christmas day I was home, alone, unable to go to any family gatherings etc etc. and feeling very sad about it. I realized, some time late Christmas morning, that nobody had checked the mail the day prior and when I did...there was a package for me! Inside was an absolutely GORGEOUS outfit for the doll I had entered in the swap and a note from Ladyfeather here on DOA who had been in the swap as well. She had wanted to make my doll something special for my doll since the outfit I had received from my partner hadn't been usable.

It was such an unexpected act of kindness! And the fact that I received the package on Christmas day when I was sick, sad and needing something positive in my life made it even more amazing.

 

I seriously have had more bad experiences than good in this hobby but I'm glad there's a thread to share the nice moments as well.

My best BJD experience is unfortunately tied to my worst BJD experience but I won't elaborate on the negative part here. My partner offered to buy me a Pukifee Ante for my birthday out of nowhere. I was pretty much stunned after we had placed the order. I never expected him to accept this hobby, let alone gift me an expensive BJD. Mind you, I had already purchased two of my own and he didn't seem very accepting about those at all. Imagine my surprise!

Another enjoyable experience were the random PM's I received on this forum whenever people noticed my distress regarding BJD. Some people are more than willing to share their experience, hints or tips with the community. A big heartfelt thank-you to those people. I wish I could hug each and every one of you.

If I come up with more, I'll be sure to share. I love reading positive stories~ :3

 

Probably one of the best experiences was getting my first doll. I'd been eyeing a Luts Ani for over a year but just wasn't making enough to even set aside money for it. When my hubby and I were getting married, his dad gave us quite a bit of money for a wedding present. I hadn't thought about using any to buy my doll but the first thing my hubby did once we got in the car was to ask if I still wanted my doll! I was so excited! Icarus is still my favorite doll, I just love him to pieces!!

 

My best experiences so far have been getting to go to stores in person and meet actual doll people! I went on several road trips with my mother and got a chance to go to Dolls and friends, the volks store in California, and Denver doll emporium. Going to those places in person was magical. Ive had 1 or 2 friends that bought a doll after I introduced them to the hobby, but noone ever really got into it as much as I did.
Seing others in person who had the same passion as I did really made me fall in love with my resin babys all over again.

Every time I get a personal note with a doll I purchase second hand, or a little extra gift... some little touch that shows the previous owner really cares... it just brightens up my day.

The very best so far is probably the most recent... When I found out Dollshe was revamping the 28m body... and would be raising the price... I lost all hope of getting David. The ONLY sculpt that could ever work for one of my very important characters....
I was lamenting to my partner.. and explained that he was on sale... and that after this Id NEVER be able to afford him... My partner said he would buy David for me, and let me pay him off as I had the money.
The doll I never thought I'd get is coming home!

 

well, through my doll activities I found a wonderful group of friends that I talk to very regularly! Even though the community can be messy, I wouldn't trade my friends for anything!

 

I think that the best experience in this hobby was when a girl selling first-edition Kurumi's outfit offered to split it for me (I couldn't afford the entire set at the time), she sold me the hat for a really great price and even gave me free shipping from England to the US!
There was also all the awesome people whose meet I randomly walked into at YasumiCon (way before I had a doll) and they let me take pictures and play with their dolls and taught me all sorts of dolly stuff, they were even nice enough to show the dolls to my mom and explain the basics of BJD to help me convince her to let me buy one someday.
And the girl who I bought Nadeko's Cherry Romance set from gave me free, upgraded shipping because something came up and she took longer to ship than she had originally said she would.

I'm sure that there have been more, there are some really awesome people in this hobby, but these three are the first to come to mind.

 

My first doll arrived at my doorstep exactly on my birthday! That is my best doll experience ever~!

 

I got a couple random weird ones. When I was at A-kon in Dallas for Doll-A-Kon 2015, I made a friend in the 3 HOUR (oh the pain) line to get a badge. He is not in the BJD hobby, but he likes to collect anime figurines and miniatures, and he showed a genuine interest in the resin dolls (full disclosure, I'm trying to induct him into the hobby .) We decided to enjoy the convention together since we both went to A-kon alone and it's cool to have someone with similar interests to chill out and talk with. He went with me to the BJD meetup on the first night, and since there was a raffle we decided to both put our names in the drawing. Well, lucky him, he won a Dollzone head, wig, and pair of eyes as a set! I was a little jealous at first (didn't win anything, bleh lol), but mostly happy for him! It was kinda odd because he's not in the hobby, but I've kept in contact with him since then, and I'm gonna help him do a faceup on the head he won (I'll probably do most of it, lol) since he has no supplies. I'm also trying to find a reasonably priced body for this now floating head on the secondhand market so he can have a BJD for himself and become a collector as well (insert evil laughter here)!... So introducing someone to the hobby feels pretty awesome! Hmmmm....I need to find out when his birthday is...

Onto the next part of the story; he got busy with finals and me with work, and I didn't remember the sculpt besides that it was a dollzone head. I didn't look at the tag it came with, just the face, and I carried it around in my purse for him because he didn't have a bag, and I didn't want it to get damaged or lost. I asked him for pictures of it because I wanted to figure out what sculpt it was so I could get a neck diameter and start the body search. Well, before he sent me pictures, I decided to just look around myself and see if I could remember what sculpt it was just by the way it looked when I saw it briefly at the con. I decided that it was a Dollzone Mo-B SD size event head, which is mega obscure but I was sure that was it. When he finally sent me the photos, lo and behold, it was a Mo-B SD event head! Lately I've been feeling super blah and braindead, due to random life-snafus and the like. So being able to remember what sculpt this head was from my brief observation of it months ago made me feel really good. My visual memory is still awesome, haha!

Also, one more thing, a couple days ago this happened:


My dad's work was getting rid of a bunch of stuff they don't use anymore, and he found a large pressure pot for casting resin and it works! He's bringing it to me this week, I've always wanted to make my own bjd and I already have a bunch of sketches and clay experiments done. Pressure pots are pretty expensive, especially large ones. I decided to work large, even though that'd most likely make casting my work impossible... but not anymore! Random giant pressure pot! I'm pretty sure those are 5 gallon buckets in the background, so that gives you an idea of scale O_O Still need to find out how many gallons it is. Looks huge though!

 

I have been having a rough time lately, with big life changes and personal stress. It's the kind of down-in-the-dumps where you feel like you're struggling alone to roll the boulder up the hill. Then Dollzone put up their event with Angela, and some friends saw how much I wanted her and offered to go in on a layaway so that I could have her. While I don't need her to be happy, the fact that my friends are willing to do so much to make me feel a little better means so much! One of these same friends was also ordering Luts SDF Bory during the period where he was discounted with KDF Bory, and she allowed to me add the KDF Bory for just the difference in price because she knows I am out of work right now.
I guess, the best doll experiences are the ones that remind me I am not alone, when anxiety tries its best to make me feel otherwise.

 

Finding that perfect outfit at a doll show and being told that I could only pay by paypal. Well, I didn't have my paypal credentials there and so I thought it was my loss. But no, the vender told me I could take the outfit home and pay her from there. I was in complete shock. Of course, I ran home and paid her immediately. She was so nice to do that for someone she didn't know. That was my best experience ever.

 

Those stories are all so lovely!

Mine are a bit simpler I guess. When I started the hobby I was all alone, I had to bring my doll to a good friend of mine because of my mother.
When I got the doll back, in early January, my friends had made me a little blanket and a pillow for him. It was so sweet! He looked to confi and he owns it till today.

The second story just happens in May. I had to work my butt of at work and at the end of the month I really had money. We needed a few things for the flat, but my girlfriend knew that I wanted a specific doll. My dream doll. So she said that we will have money again soon and I should buy my doll. Yesterday he arrived and he is so wonderful beyond descibtion.

Last story happened a few weeks back, when I attended a Convention in Vienna (my hometown). I was wandering around and bumbed into someone with a doll and we had such a nice time talking and chatting. Its was so endearing!

Also a funny thing for me: My friends always act like they walk on very thin ice when I handle my dolls...Because they always say they are so expensive and they are afraid to let anything happen to them. It's sweet an endearing as it is funny to see this and then they watch with big eyes when you manhandle the head off the body to make a faceup. Always gives me a good laugh!

 

arrowchild, that is the sweetest thing ever!! And exactly when you needed it most. I am really pleased to read all the stories of people who have found comfort and relief from stress with their BJDs, it is so gratifying. I get a lot of happy times and comfort from mine, too.

One of my favorite experiences was seeing a Souldoll Lune in person that I had admired on DoA, at a convention back in 2006. I took several photos of him, trying to pretend I wasn't showing favoritism to him over the other beautiful dolls there! Not long afterwards, a friend sent me a link to his sales thread! I couldn't believe it, I never thought the possibility of owning him would exist! I was thrilled to be able to buy him, and I just adore him.

Linda S.
galatia9

 

My best doll experience would be when I recieved my first doll. I seen her and thought she was gorgeous!! Then my sister surprised me with her for my birthday!!

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I once ordered a fullset DollZone Stramonium through Think Pink (dealer in the netherlands). Appereantly DZ had send them a fullset Tulip instead. So they mailed DZ about the mistake so DZ sent the Stramonium head, wig and outfit, but without the face-up. So Think Pink offered me either the fullset Tulip together with the Stramonium fullset but without face-up. Or they would send me Stramonium and they would try to make the face-up like the company one. Having had a hard time deciding if I wanted Tulip or Stramonium back in the days, this wasn't even that hard for me to decide. Both fullsets are in my posession now ^-^ (well the heads need to share one body though).
The best part even: not long after Dollzone discontinued both dolls, so I was reaaaaaaly lucky to get both those girls. I don't think I will buy Tulip a body, I don't even have a character for her. But i'm just so lucky owning both my kinda grail dolls because of some mistake DollZone made.

Another thing that happened to me is that i've been looking for a long time for a fantasy doll (half human, half animal) as my final doll. I let some centaurs pass, some satyrs, a mermaid and even some griffon like doll. I didn't decide myself what I really wanted though and I liked most of those dolls a lot, yet I didn't had that 'OMG they are so PERFECT'-feeling with them. Then one day I was randomly googling dolls and I saw the Soom Feny and Necy and I just knew it: I needed those two cuties as my fantasy doll, just so I could complete my collection. Scared that they would be way to expensive, probably needing to buy them seperatly from diffrent sellers or needing to search for a long time to have the two of them complete, I did a quick search on sales pages and... Someone sold them both together! That moment I just knew they were meant for me. I did some thinking though, since they were quite expensive. But eventually I send the seller a pm, and now I'm the proud owner of a Soom Feny and Necy. And I couldn't have been happier.

 

When ordering wigs from Leekeworld, I didn't realize that they were giving out a free wig with your purchase. You can imagine how happy I was to revive two wigs instead of one!

 

One of my best dolly experiences was when a super nice woman at a local doll show sold me a dollfie dream II body in perfect shape for $20. I just about fainted on the spot! I was still in high school at the time and was desperately saving for a dollfie dream and being able to buy that body meant a lot to me.

They still have that show annually and I make sure I buy at least one thing from her booth every time I go.

 

Honestly I'd have to say going to a doll meet recently.
I have only had my first BJD for almost 2 months, so there haven't been many experiences for me. But definitely going and seeing all those different BJDs irl for the first time was overwhelming and amazing. I thought I might have fainted, my heart was beating so fast! That was the day that I was able to look around and see what I liked and disliked, without having to go to the trouble of buying something and later discovering I disliked it.