"Breaking the Mold" or, loving what you thought you wouldn't.

I remember when I first look at BJDs then saw the price and went, "I don't think there's any way I could get one.. How the heck am I going to pay for one?"

After a few months, I see the Dream of Doll site and saw a DoT Sha. I broke and got him as my first doll.

One doll.. JUST ONE DOLL - Then I remembered I thought I would just only have one doll. Just one doll. That went out of the window.

No tiny - I told myself never get a tiny.. Too small. Heck, they are so small.. Yeah, right. I have my second doll which is a Dream of Baby.

No female dolls - Oh yes, I told myself. No female dolls. Just all boys. Yeah, same, Went out of the window too. That second doll is a girl.

Above 64 cm - Then told myself.. Oooo, 70 cm boy.. O.o Wow, sounds tall. Hehe.. Yeah, right once again. Urgh.. And worse, I want to get one more 70cm boy home.

No limited dolls - Even worse, I said no limited dolls.... I should just keep my mouth shut now. Lol. My third doll is a limited one.

No MSDs - I know I'll break this rule soon, because I'm eyeing on a DoC... God. x.x

But this rule remains with me, and I bloody hope I won't break it.

No Pukis - Very damn small and looks fragile to me.

 

Didn't want:
Minimees
Luts Dolls
Unoas
Anything I'd have to mod

Now:
I'm ordering a Minimee head
I really want a CP Soony ; A ;
I have an Unoa Bully
And I have some pretty extensive mods planned out for later dolls ._.

 

They are ANYTHING but fragile!!! They're tough little boogers...

Was sure I'd have no boys...well...I have a LTF boy named Guillaume

 

Cute thread~

What I did NOT want in a doll:
- Small slitted eyes
- Overly thick lower lip. I prefer normal or slightly plushy lower lip
- Half-lidded eyes
- Sharp noses
- Non-smiling lips

What type of dolls I did NOT want:
- 1/3s
- 1/6s

Current love and fandom:
- Slitted eyes
- Thick plushy lower lips -squeals- (AOD Gu~~~~)
- 1/3 and 1/4 (AOD Gu doll, DZ Tan Mo-3, CP Dreaming Elf Moon head modded, AOD Gu head)
- Half-lidded eyes (AOD Gu, DZ Mo...good examples)
- Loves 1/3s and 1/6s...but can't get 1/6s...yet I think...
- I love non-smiling lips now~ But I love smiling ones too. As long as don't smile too much. XD

My likes and dislikes truly did a 180 after I own a 1/3 and an AOD Gu...XD I've always wanted MSDs instead as they are smaller, easier to handle and can fit into almost any bag I own. But my first doll ended up as a SD...XD

 

When Shiwoo first came out on Luts, I thought he wasn't a particularly attractive mold, and would never buy him. Now I own a MNF Shiwoo and am saving up for a regular sized Delf Shiwoo.

 

I don't remember having a lot of restrictions on dolls that I would buy...

No slim dolls (My first is a slim)
No tan dolls (I've really been eying a Tan DZ Mo)
No dolls with closed eyes
No really exorbitantly expensive dolls
Have to be able to carry all of them between two people at a convention (Probably won't happen, I'll need a stroller or something)

 

DO NOT WANTS:

SD sizes, particularly over 60cm
Girls
Tinies
Non-default face-ups
2nd hand dolls


NOW I HAVE:

2 SDs and one on layaway, all over 60cm and one 71.5cm
3 girls and two on layaway!
4 tinies and a puki faceplate I'll be getting a body for soon
3 with custom face-ups and one waiting to be painted
3 second hand dolls!! 4 when my pukisha gets a body (two from the same person hahaha)

Most of all I was adamant I would probably never get a girl, because I hadn't seen any I liked and didn't think I would ever Then I got Paige as my second doll So then it was SD size (since I bought a baha around the same time, lol!) I would never get - my fourth was 71.5cm!!!!

I suck at keeping rules

 

i said i would never get
~a floating head
~a minimee
~a doll over 60cm
~a vampire sculpt

my first girl is a vampire sculpt (even though i do plan on sanding them off eventually)
i am in a MNM group order, so that got rid of the MNM rule and no floating heads xD
and i am grabby hands-ing at a certain doll who is now off topic.

"never say never" is right @__@

 

At first I didn't want a typical body for my Lady doll I was planning to get, because they were just too thin and unfeminine to me personally, but after I saw how lovely the Unidoll Unireal bodies were, I ended up deciding on one of them, and I can't wait to hold her and dress her in lovely gowns!

 

I broke em all.

No girls - Got a Onyx, sold her decided again no girls and now have a Kaede.
Stick to SD size - Bought two MSDs
Nothing over 800 - got my Bix
300 max for a head - paid much more for my Tohya
No Volks - have 4 now
No floating heads - have 2
No whiteskin - Have one
No impulse buys - ahahahahahaha
Not selling my first doll - did so, got rid of the second too.
Keep fullsets intact - sold parts of my Bix

Only my "No tinies" rule still holds proud but seeing as I might buy a little cat doll for a friend... temptation is always there.

 

I don't believe I ever had rules for my dolls. It was just whatever my fingers happened to type would be what I would get. However I am a bit OCD with having a even number, and equal number of boys and girls, and skin tones.. mostly. Now I have twenty dolls planned, only owning two of them. All different sizes and skin tones, even a grey, and centaur and one with hooves, a dreaming head, two pukis and two tinies, a Zaoll, a Narsha, and one boy heavily modded.

And all of that is breaking no rules.

 

Things I swore Id never do with BJDs:

No more than one BJD (I now have 4 - planning one more)
No dolls larger than an MSD (I now have two SDs)
No tinys (bought 2 still have one)
No Floating heads (Bought one but eventually got her a body.. but its still counts that I bought her head 4 months before the body)
No Volks (now have my school head B on a DD2 body)
No selling my BJDs (Ive sold two)

I'll hang my head in shame

 

What an interesting thread!!
I'm still pretty new to the hobby so itll be interesting to see how my feelings change over time

my list is:
-no volks
-no tan dolls
-no DOD
-no dolls with crazy huge eyes

Ive already broken my origional vow of not buying an SD for my first doll... His size still overwhelms me!!! T.T

 

Things I never wanted when I first got into the hobby:

~A hound(my first doll!)
~A mini (XD have two of those now too)
~A girl (getting a girl next)
~A unoa (didn't particularily find what was so great about them, until I saw one in person, now I have 1 and a face. AND THEY MULTIPLY D: )
~neutral makeup (I was all into the gothy/dark makeup on dolls, then I realised how hard it was to do)
~tinies (goodness these little guys are awesome! Don't have one yet, but in the near future)

I think most of my original doll concepts and whatnot had majorly to do with my age. I was 13/14 XD and as I matured, and gained my own aesthetic preferences, my tastes changed majorly.

 

Things I never wanted when I started my collection:

- No SD or even bigger dolls, since MSDs or Tinies are the perfect size for me.
Today I only own SDs and 70cm dolls.

- No white skin dolls, they yellow too soon
Currently I have 2 WS dolls on the way, but I'm still worrying about yellowing issues.

- No Volks dolls, they're just too childish.
Today one of my dolls is on a Volks body and I adore it!


- No El or Lishe. They're nice, but everyone's got them.
Okay, finally a wow I kept. Though I do have to confess that I'd be badly tempted if a good looking El would be for sale and cheap enough.

 

Things I never wanted
More than two: I have 4 and am saving for a 5th.
A boy: Got a boy last winter
Any resin color besides NS: I also have a Tanning and Realskin, besides two NS dolls.
Body Blushing: One doll has body blushing
A Doll over 60cms: I have a 65cm doll.

 

I'm new to the hobby. Any restrictions I make are usually just to satisfy the people who think dolls are a wayyy over-expensive hobby and would think I'm crazy for getting more and more dolls. I just nod and smile when they say "no more dolls!" "no more than 2.." "they already have clothes yeah?" "they don't need undies!" but uh, I set none for myself. :P

-I don't /expect/ myself to want an SD size doll (I'm weak and they're big!), but I actually haven't seen one in real life since getting into the hobby, so who knows, this weekend when I see them at the meetup I could be all HOLY SHET HUGE DOLL (and god.. don't get me started on the mecha angels T^T) or I could think well... this isn't too bad. I like some SDs so it'd be nice to know whether I could handle them should I want one ^^

-Volks and LEs are expensive, but if I happened to fall in love with a doll of theirs, well.. how can you put a price on love? :3

-I'm saying no to stands for now since I have a sofa, but that could easily change if I get too many dolls LOL. Same with carry cases. Maybe I should get a mini parasol :P

-I'm apprehensive about SOOM because of the wait time, but I wouldn't say "never ordering from SOOM!" ... I want a Rosette doll too much.. :P

A while ago I felt like THIS [ D: ]about Blythes, Pukis, animal dolls, -blah blah- though, and I'm warming up to them now~ I don't know if I'd get one, it's not my priority right now.

I liked sleeping heads a while ago but now I'm not liking them so much. I said I wouldn't get one for my first doll, so I didn't, heh.

MEH. If I have the money, I want it (and god knows, my opinions especially, change as often as my socks.. when I'm wearing socks), and it feels right, I'm gonna get it :P
I'm scared or apprehensive about a bunch of things (modding, letting them stand on their own, letting people hold them, spending more than $1K on a doll) but I wouldn't tell myself to NEVERRR do them. I just need to work my way up, it's definitely possible in this hobby.

...Except maybe saying I'll never make doll porn or something. XD I wonder if I'll ever break that one LOL.

And I suppose UNTIL I'm decent at modding and doing things for myself, no tan dolls, perhaps no French resin (if I can learn to tell the difference before it's too late...) just things that need to be more carefully considered, I can pass on for now.

 

for me the surprises are as follows:

More than one doll (oh god how I broke this one!)
Normal skin dolls- my fourth doll was NS, but the company does not make WS except on limiteds
Minis- I currently have four, all purchased this year
BeeA- I already said minis, but I used to LOATHE Bee A, I had a few people even try to bully me into buying theirs, or trading it for one of my limiteds (GRRR!) but suddenly this year I fell in love with the tender sculpt, and the petsha body, and last week she came home, with her twin (who still refuses to tell me who he is)
Tinies- I have one planned for around Christmas

God help me every time I think I have made a decision about dolls I wind up breaking it!

 

Bah, I really really didn't think I'd have my heart set on getting a girl as my first doll, but I've gone and fallen in love with one. *heavy sigh* I'm not going to jinx things by saying who she is before I can scrape together enough money to buy her. Seeing as she is pre-loved, someone might snatch her up before I have the chance but... I am seriously hoping to be able to buy her within a few months. *crosses fingers* Here jobby job job...

Wheeeww...this is driving me nuts. I can't believe how badly I want her! It's completely shocking to me, but she's gorgeous and I am happily tossing aside my previous silly "I don't want a girl doll" thoughts.

 

Never have more than one doll. Psh, I have three and a floaty head on the way
Do not get two dolls and have them be the same size and use the for Yaoi photos. just got My Chiwoo in the beginning of this month and he's the boy friend to my Homme Ducan.
Don't. Do. Not. Set you eyes on anything smaller than a MSD, I am now trying to get a Puki Puki Cupid2 The tongue is just the cute!