Buying a doll you thought you would never buy

I have to look for a long time...to see if there is a characteristic that will bother me...if I can't find the flaw..I'm good..
I try to buy after examining.....but yes...there have been a few that just didn't ring my bell right away...
They grow on you...and you have to have one!!!!
Carol

 

When I first saw the SDF Abadon, nothing about him really clicked. However, after a while of researching, thinking, and changing my mind several times over my first doll, I've decided he would be my first because I realized that when I was still trying to make a decision, he was the one I kept going back to!

 

Oh, hell. I LOATHED Bobobie Tiah. I hate bug-eyes in general, and I thought she was particularly hideous in particular. And now I'm seriously considering getting her for my birthday, over all these dolls I thought I desperately wanted. Somehow, she crept into my heart. I still can't explain how or why.

I guess the bug-eyes get you in the end...

ETA: I don't think it's all that weird to strongly change your first reaction to something. For my 21st birthday, instead of a party, I wanted a Florence of Armani figurine. The one I really hated and didn't want was Allegra. She had every feature I didn't like. Mum and I looked and looked at all these lovely dolls, and... guess which one I went back to get, and love most of all my figurines?

 

I thought I would never get a Soom monthly, I liked a few, Euclase, Sphaler....but never felt driven to get one....

I just bought a Sphaler human though, suddenly one day it clicked tht he was perfect for a character I have not been able to get the right sculpt for for AGES. I was settling on a CP Moon, but that was not quite right, now I am getting a Sphaler for him, and it feels right.

I missed out on Chalco, but believe me I am stalking the boards for a tan one the moment they start shipping...I know sooner or later I will find one, even if it takes years

 

There are two in my collection right now I didn't like first time I saw them.

When I saw the promotional pictures, Elfdoll K-ss was more lulz-worthy to me than anything else and I feared that because of his angry expression he wouldn't be very versatile. And then I saw the owner pictures...
It's safe to say he's now among my favorite sculpts of all time. What was I thinking?!

Volks Madoka. I just didn't understand what the fuss was about. Her eyes were weird, her head was too small, she was a prissy aristocrat and I couldn't stand her. But the more I looked at her, the more she lured me in with her seductive ways up until the point that I had to have her. Now, there isn't a single female sculpt I love more. Madoka is the definition of perfection.

 

for me, it's Elfdoll K. I wasn't interested in him at all when I saw the promo photos. His angry expression didn't capture my interest. Then over time I'd seen owner photos of him and soon realised that despite the eyebrows he had a flexible look. Well I saw him listed on ebay a few months back and took the plunge in buying him. I haven't regretted my decision. He's much more handsomer in person.

 

At first glance when I saw the DZ Feilian from the promo pictures, I didn't like her at all; the bubble-gum pink wig and the white resin just didn't do it for me. Then I saw owner pictures of her and I thought (and still do!) think she was the prettiest little thing in the world. When I got my tax return money in 2009, I put up a "Looking to Buy" thread in the marketplace, and within a day, Yu Qiao Mao PM'ed me to let me know she had an extra Feilian-bunny to sell! It was totally serendipitous.

Most of the time when people see my dolls, Gwendolen-- the Feilian I bought here--, is their favorite.

 

i did not like fairylands ante sculpt. so girly, to pouty, and way to much of a girl sculpt. but then i saw one someone modified with a winking face plate and i loved how she looked. so after a bit of dealing on hte market place i just paid off an ante i think owner pics are the most convinceing aspects for buying a sculpt.

 

I told myself I wouldn't stray from one sized doll. I was gonna stick with MSD sized ones due to I have the "stuff" for that size. But at a mini-meet I saw a Yo-SD. It ws just so cute and posable. Little dolls never appealed to me before because they aren't really posable. But BJD tinies ARE!! Now I really liked the LittleFee sculpts I had been seeing pics of and hearing about how posable the FL design is...well needless to say, my one doll a year that I allow myself with my tax return is now a LittleFee which hopefully will be shipping in a few weeks!! So now I have to find more storage for more "stuff" for that sized doll!!

 

The first Doll I never imagined to buy was a Blythe Doll, when I first saw them, I found them really ugly XD now I have 4 of them ^^"

My second Doll I'm going to buy is Benetia from DIM. I didn't really like her at all at first but within two days I fell in Love with her and now I'm going to buy her

 

Tinies. I had no interest at all in tinies. Then someone gave me a Nissa, and she looked so lonely...and the next thing I knew...two foxes, a cat and a Brownie...

 

I never expected to get a DZ Celine, because I had no interest in having an "elf". I like elves, but I was looking for a human doll for the character I had in mind. My mother kept telling me to look at her face, and the more I did the more I loved her. So I got her, and she's just a human with surgically enhanced ears. It fits even better with her being a mad scientist to follow her own aesthetics like that. LOL

 

I never really thought I would get anything below MSD size. I cracked and I bought a littlefee shiwoo. I saw him when he first went up for pre order and I was like...nah...but I adore the MSD Shiwoo and then I went back to look while pre-order was still going. I had the money and caved. I bought him and I am so happy. He's adorable and one of my most loved dolls when I go to meet-ups. I also spoil him rotten. He's got tons of stuffed animals and toys. He even has his own "bedroom".

 

I never thought I'd want a tiny bigger than a puki, but I'm becoming so very attracted to Yo/Soom tinies now at their convenient size and all the cute lil' options available for them. I think Tannis' lil' Beyla was the tipping point in convincing me that it might be fun to have one to play with.

 

I never thought in a million years that i would ever purchase a puki. But when my best friend gave me a piki as a gift, I'm now officially hooked on them!

 

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mm yes my Bygg!
I kept moaning about all the hoofed tinies that were about, then I fell for Bygg.
I missed the ordering period and then they were all coming home to their owners and I would look at the BO's longingly...then I found a fullset on the MP and snapped him up!

 

Heh I have a handcast Lady Saiyuki Ted - a doll of a quality and sculpt I really do not like.

Then one day my friend told me how she was having a hard time selling hers and I looked at the picture of his poorly sculpted bits and all his god aweful air bubbles. I love modifying dolls...a lot. I saw in her doll something I was sure I would have a lot of fun changing. She offered him on a long layaway so I took advantage of it.
Now I own this doll that I really never pictured myself with. He is currently on the backburner while I work on a doll I am more interested in but I did learn that I love Ted's size and with a little work he is becoming cuter every time I look at his ugly little face.

 

I love big dolls and I could never make myself spend $300 on a tiny doll but I got a great deal on a YO sized girl so impulsively bought her. I really like her alot and I have been playing with her and taking her places! I am hoping to get Lusion Dahlia for Christmas and hopefully Soom Corvi someday.

 

DOD. Cute, but not for me. Now I own a modded Ducan! I love my Tyr!

And to update an earlier post, I have my Abadon now!