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Buying your second BJD

May 4, 2009

    1. Actually, I have wanted to buy my 2nd doll, while waiting for my Soulkid, and it's a Puki, I have wanted one so bad. One of my friends just received one, and it put me over the top when I saw how adorable they are in person! Plus, I have wanted one that I could carry conveniently in my purse protected, for photo stories and also to fit a character I have been creating for a story- I love to write in my spare time.

      I think these dolls are like potato chips- you can't stop at one. I like all of the sizes to be honest, but the tinies are wonderful because they are relatively easy to afford, unlike the larger SD's and MSD's. So i'm hoping I can get a Puki while I wait for the MSD to come home...lol:)
       
    2. I wanted at least two from the start, but went for the limited first. I'm currently still saving for the second's head. ^^V And probably a third next year or so.
       
    3. My second doll was a mythdoll, and an impulse buy. I bought it because it was so cheap ($150) and I was curious. At the time, the price was unheard of, so I figured why not? I ended up selling the doll later on because it really wasn't what I wanted. My third doll was another SD sized and also an impulse buy and on the cheaper end (though not as much). This one didn't satisfy me either, and I've been trying with no luck to sell it. I finally ended up getting two other dolls that I love as much as my first, so I guess you'd call my Shiwoo my second permanent doll, though he was actually my 5th. I definately want a lot of dolls for a lot of looks and characters :D
       
    4. My second doll's head was purchased about 1.5 years after my first, without any planning whatsoever. I saw it on the Marketplace, saw that it was already modded, and that it was local (no shipping). Since the price was pretty good and I had been working for awhile by then, I decided to just grab it. It *was* one of the first molds I liked getting into the hobby, but never got around to buying because it was unlimited and required modding. I got his body 3 months or so later, because I also found a good bargain for the (then)new type 3 body.

      I guess the main reason I got that second doll was because I'd earned some dolly money by then and was just thinking of getting another doll. Nothing really inspired a 'OMG, MUST BUY' reaction in me at that time, so I went for the bargain. 2 years on, I'm still wondering if it had been such a wise choice. After all, doll prices back then were sky high compared to now. Luts, especially, was about, what, more than $100 more expensive per doll? And at a higher exchange rate too. =_=

      Somehow, I just don't enjoy him as much as my first. I can't really bear to sell him, though, because it'll definitely be at a substantial loss. :\ He won't even be enough to cover the Sphaler body I'm getting. So he gets to stay on...

      I don't have the impulse to buy too many of these toys, so they're not really like potato-chips for me. ^_^;; Recently, though I did order 2 within 2 months, so I might just be eating my words yet.
       
    5. I'm an impulse buyer, so when I see a doll that I like and I have the chance to get her I automatically hit the "buy now" button...:sweat
      When I purchased my first doll, nearly one year ago, I thought that she should have been the only one... less than two months later I got my second doll, a DZ Hong, and nearly at the same time my third one too, a Souldoll Gisele...
      I ended up selling my second doll because he wasn't exactly what I was looking for... and now I'm selling the Gisele too because my family is now too big and I focused on a bit larger dolls (Gisele has a smaller structure than a usual SD).
      However I could never let go of my first doll: I've bonded too well with her and I still think that she is one of most beautiful dolls around!;)
       
    6. I got my second bjd fast. I saw her on the volks site (MDD Mirai) and felt for her. But I dind't had enough money so i worked for three weeks in the summer vacation:) so 2 month's later I had my second doll:D
       
    7. 2nd doll, a Catish Vnu, was already decided on when I got my first doll.
       
    8. I've been wanting a second doll since I bought my first one ! (It would actually be my third, but one I did not buy ;3)

      But finding which one I wanted..... thats just hard! Its like the moment I got my first all the possibilities decided it was time to show themselves and there is also what I could buy for the ones I already have xP

      For now I am still trying to figure out if I want my Dream Doll, or if I continue with the story of the 2 I already have XP
       
    9. I had bought my second about a week after my first came in. I ended up eventually selling both,so that shows you how well they were thought out (One within a month, the other within about 7).

      But when I restarted when I recieved my Mei for Christmas, it was darn near June before My Nina got here. I put her on layaway, so I had ordered her before that. I def didn't regret that decision though. I'll never feel bad for my Mei. In my eyes, she's the most perfect doll to ever grace this hobby, and I will never, ever EVER sell her. My Nina (and those that followed),are also very special, and will never get sold. But it's because I learned my lesson with my first two and had a crash course in needing to doresearch and in needing to LOVE a doll before buying, not just "liking" them.
       
    10. I just sent a payment for my first doll (well, my first HEAD which will become my first doll), a Migidoll Miho. <3 I don't even have enough money for his wig and eyes, let alone body, and I've already planned for what my second doll will be. xD;;

      A KD Bory. <3 I'm not really a lover of the cutesy sculpts, but as soon as I looked at him on the Luts site, my heart broke from how adorable he was, and I knew I HAD to have him. I have no idea who he would be and what his character would be like, I just know that he has to be my second doll. xD

      This was after I decided that yes, if I did actually get one, I would be 100% content with just ONE. =___=u
       
    11. I haven't purchased a second doll, but I've started thinking about it lately. My reasoning isn't much like what I've read so far--I'm not entertaining thoughts of another doll because Claudia needs a friend, girlfriend, boyfriend, or someone to interact with. Thoughts of another doll have been milling about in my head because I'm feeling a bit of buyer's remorse. I purchased my Claudia as soon as Rosette Doll opened, because she is the most gorgeous doll I've ever seen. I still think she's the most beautiful thing, with a face and body sculpted so elegantly.

      However, I don't think that I really connect with her in the sort of way I'd like to. She feels more like a delicate display object than a cherished plaything. I dream up stories for her, take pictures, have her sit out while I'm at home, and try to collect trinkets for her...but somehow it feels like she's totally separate and distant. I'm exponentially more attached to my two stuffed animals, which makes me uneasy that I've spent my money too frivolously. I have other expensive hobbies that I adore, and I could have used these funds for those hobbies instead--probably with more utility.

      I've been thinking about a second doll that is more of a child--not really a smaller sized doll, but a little girl instead of a young lady. I wonder if I'd feel less awkward dressing, making things for, and generally playing with a childish doll, as I often feel reserved with Claudia because I seem to think whatever sort of presence she has a doll has clear boundaries that I don't want to violate. (I probably sound crazy, but I have a tendency to overthink and over-analyze everything... XD)

      I'm hoping to do some work and make more of an effort to connect with Claudia before I spend any more money or consider finding her a better home. I know she needs her stringing adjusted--she's unbearably loose--which really contributes to the sense of fragility. (She flops if you touch her, and only holds poses based on her interlocking joint system.) There's always the chance that I'm just not a doll person; I'd like to make my decisions wisely and avoid as much disappointment as possible.
       
    12. My minifee lishe was always going to have a best friend. I second doll was an alseep eidolon yara, but I had to sell her due to money troubles. I kinda about her on impulse...but I always planned on getting a minifee miyu. I couldn't find a full doll in the market place, so I just bought a body and a head recently! :D
       
    13. right now i have been thinking about getting another one. I love mine and i want at lest 3
       
    14. My second doll was a puki, which was an impulse buy. I was actually saving for the first doll I ever really wanted... But I'd loved PongPongs for a while, and one day, I realized I had the money and that was it. xD
      I ordered him... four or five months after I received my first doll.
       
    15. I knew before I purchased by first the number of dolls I would like to own... it's just a matter of finding sculpts that fit.

      I'm 9.5 weeks in to waiting on my first girl to ship and am thinking about my second one. I don't want to order him until my first arrives, though. We'll see.
       
    16. I knew which doll I wanted as soon as I had bought my first one.
      And I'll be ordering him in November.
      It's been nearly a year. it's taken me so long because I had parents yelling at me to stop wasting my money. ;__;
      But I can't wait to finally have him. >__<

      I already have the next one planned out, I just have to choose which OC I'd like to buy...There's a few at the moment on my list.
       
    17. I always thought I'd have only one doll. It took me a long time to choose the one I truly wanted, so I could be as sure as possible I wouldn't regret buying it.

      And after a few months, when I finally have her in my hands, after bonding with her and truly loving her.. Now one other sculpt has caught my eyes as well.

      I don't even know if I'll actually buy her in the future; There are some days when I'm positively sure I have to have her, and even start to think about her faceup and clothes; and then I just give up and convince myself again that one is good enough and that I don't want that other doll so much anyway.

      Of course, if this hobby weren't so expensive, this inner debate wouldn't worry me at all. It scares me to think that I might finally get that second doll, and then look at her irl and regret it for some reason. I just don't feel so sure about her as I felt when I bought my first doll.
      And even if I can sell the second doll, it still bothers me, because I'd rather not having to do something like that.

      But who knows, in a few months from now maybe, in a moment of weakness, I might accidentally click some buttons in a certain site and then I'll end up with this other doll in my hands, and I'll have to hope I can love her as well and everything can end just fine :(
       
    18. I actually bought my second BJD before I received my first BJD and received the second doll first. Wasn't planning on buying a second doll originally but it just sort of happened. I saw she was in stock and had to have her.
       
    19. I always new I was going to get a nother when I bought my first (about a month ago) and made a list of the ones I wanted. I was going to save up and get a girl but there was no rush... I wasn't going to spend money I didn't have or that was suppost to go to something else. However, the down side to my plan was that I am known to be a horrible inpulse buyer :). Yesterday I was browsing wigs and I came across the doll that was love at first sight lol (a boy). I was like Noooo I must stick to the plan! but that didn't last. So now hes on layaway and will be here is an few months.
       
    20. When I bought my first doll, he was an experiment. I wasn't sure if I would bond, if I would like him, if I could handle BJDs at all. Since I only knew about Volks, Soom, DIM and Luts at his order time, I ordered him rather hastily from Luts without reasearching other sculpts, etc. I fell in love with him as soon as he arrived though and knew I would be getting many more dolls since it worked out so well with him.

      Through DoA I discovered many more companies and sculpts I liked and a few that I was considering. Of course I was broke at the time of his arrival so I had planned to wait until the following summer to get my second doll. Then IH released the Luna Tamer and it was love at first sight.

      I tried to wait, tried to convince myself I didn't need to get her, tried to convince myself the price was too high. I broke down of course and bought her and just finished paying off her layaway. She was not an impulse buy this time as I did my research and even waited 2 weeks to see if I still wanted her. I did and now hopefully she'll be arriving to my house soon.

      I think it's the right time for a second one when you fall so deeply in love with a sculpt that you just can't wait. Although financial issues do pop up when its a limited doll or a time period based sale, if you can afford him/her and you really love the sculpt, I think you should go for it.