Could you ever have just ONE BJD?

The second I read this thread title I instantly knew exactly who my "one" would be. It was a cherry boy I purchased second hand and turned into a girl and something about her has always held all my heart strings so it would never be a question for me.

Here's my little Luna:

 

If I had to keep only one... mmm, it's hard to choose just one... I think that I choose Allen, my DZ Meigi, he was my first BJD, and he's a gift from my boyfriend... I can't imagine myself without my Allen T.T

 

If I had to pick one, it would be Mike, my CP El since he was my first. But I can't have just one. I'd perfer at like least four, two couples. But I have way too many to narrow down, but I likely could if forced too.

 

I am waitting on my first bjd and only plan to have one ... but i will se how that goes. Its like having a child it cost so much. hopefully the cost of the hobby will keep me at bay.

 

To have only one doll? Don't. Think. Could. Cope. With. It. But if I had to choose, I suppose I'd keep the one doll who has been in my No. 1 Wishlist since forever: a Dollshe Saint. (Actually, I'm waiting for my very own Saint to arrive... as soon as Dollshe finishes shipping all the remaining orders from last year's event.) The bright side of having only one doll, though, would be that I could focus all my attention on that one, ie. all my dollie funds would go to the same dolls instead of being divided among my crew. I could buy him new clothes without worrying about the rest of the resin family not having a decent pair of shoes to wear (my Domuya Flexi-Perennial hybrid doesn't even have pants to wear yet... he's the first doll taller than 62cm I have and my dollie wardrobe is all SD-sized).

 

Heavens, no; I couldn't pick only one of my dollies. I got my first two within weeks of each other and I fell hard for the both of them. Neither of them were what I wanted for a first/second doll, but I fell for them harder than I did for the one I had wanted first (which I still haven't bought!). I have two dolls, and two heads and I don't think I could give them up for anything.

I feel guilty for even trying to decide hypothetically which one I would keep! Vivica was my first, Aubree was the first one I fell in love with on sight, Sophie was the head of one of my "grail dolls", and Maren was the first impulse/pity buy (the owner was getting rid of her SUPER cheap as an urgent sale and I couldn't let the opportunity pass by. She was going to be my first mod project once I got a body for her, but now, I think the way she looks as-is has grown on me).

It may be easier for me to get rid of the heads, for as much as I love them, I feel less connected to them because they aren't full dolls. Although I have bonded a little with them, and I would still absolutely hate to let them go.

 

well, no. i couldn't own just ONE doll, though i always told myself i would. i thought i'd settle for my first bjd and vowed that, since i'm actually really good at saving money, that i couldn't justify more than that. but then i came to the realization that i could afford another, my DOD Sha. and i'd longed for him since i discovered this hobby.
just one? i'm not sure i could choose. Vesmir, my first doll, is just that. he was what introduced me into what it was actually like, and i love how different and gentle he looks. he's a DollFamily LingFeng, and although i don't have a picture of him readily available, he's beautiful.
i'm a sucker for SD sized dolls, considering both of mine are.
i suppose, if i was FORCED to sell one, it would have to be Ves after all. my DOD Sha was the doll i wished for ages to have, and i waited almost six years to have him.

 

I could definitely settle for just one, but I don't wanna. =u= I mean, I would have great self-controll if I controlled myself. But there's no need to.
Sure, if I needed money, I could sell. And if I felt like buying them back afterwards, I would save. But one doll is quite enough for many things.

 

I know myself very well, and I never said "Just one." I said "Just six" XD because I had six main characters that I wanted to dollify. Now I have plans for ten >.< I could never have just one; I'm a collector/hoarder by nature and I obsess. A lot.

 

My answer to this thread is no, I couldn't have just one because there will always be new dollies I'd like to buy! XD

 

No.Before I got my first BJD,I might say yes.But I hve 4 now!XDD

 

I thought I could stop at one. I bought my first in 2005 and then it's been a slippery slope ever after. One has grown to more and every once in a while I say I'm done, and the there's that doll that tempts you and a good price that you can't pass on. Thank goodness for layaway, or I would have had to stick to one.

 

Hahah, so this. X3 I am definitely of the collecting/hoarding type.

I set no number limit when I started out because yes, I know how I work. If I set a limit, I'll just end up breaking it. ^^; When I started out, there was only one doll I was really interested until I finally saw a second that captivated me. Then it kind of grew from there...

Technically, I'm sure I could manage with just one - heck, I could manage without any of them if I had to. I survived before BJDs. But do I want to? Heck no. I like a swarm; they're more fun for me that way because I've got a whole plot and setting worked out in my head. I really couldn't even pick; there isn't any I could see weeding out at this stage.

 

It doesn't help me that all my characters are from the books I am writing. BOOKs, plural. I'm writing a series, and as more books get planned, inevitably, so do characters...
And I kinda keep seeing dollies which inspire MORE characters, which means MORE BOOKS

...teehee

 

I haven't even found my first one that I want, let alone bought it, and I already know that I couldn't stick to just one. I'm already dreaming about getting more, and planning out pictures and poses and stuff. D;

 

I could never own one doll if I didn't have to. The idea of having to size down my collection makes me nervous and I always hate the 'which one would you keep'-question, because I can't think about having to let the others go. *shudder*

Still, if I really had to choose, I guess I'd keep Cicero - my Volks Sweet Dream Lucas - but only because his brother (Volks Williams) doesn't have a body right now. ... Except, the two of them could never be seperated. Storywise, that's just cruel.

 

That's the exact reason I would not pick my favourite doll should I have to pick one and one only to keep. It wouldn't be the same having only him and not the other half of the pair. I would pick one doll that would be nice on its own, which would be my first doll since he's also a gift and getting rid of a gift feels odd.

 

Its a really interesting question. If I HAD to choose, I would keep my unoa sist painted by Ravendolls, because she (and lusis by same artist) are the only ones that are irreplaceable since Raven doesnt do faceups any more. But I love my sist most.

 

I had to go back to this thread even when I just posted. I've given it some more thought and although I know which doll I would choose if I could have only one, but if I could have only one BJD, I would probably quit the hobby.
I like so many different things about the hobby. I like doing face-ups and although I could give the same doll a face-up over and over again, at a certain moment you don't want to remove a face-up (right away) when it suits a doll. Doing face-ups on different heads or for different characters is fun.
I like childlike dolls, mature minis, huge dolls, manly man dolls, boyish boy dolls, young girl dolls, mature women dolls, fantasy/antro dolls and plain human dolls. One doll can never be all that.
Although I try to keep it at a minimum at the moment, I also like buying new dolls.

Having only one doll would mean I can't enjoy this hobby the way I would enjoy it most.

 

I really only have one full doll at this point. I had two dolls once, but then I sold my second doll, because it was just sitting in my closet and I found that the SD size is really too big for me. I do have a pair of floating sleeping heads, but I plan on modding them, and then probably only keeping one of the three heads I have, haha. Maybe I'll get a body for one of the heads? I doubt I'll ever have more than 2 dolls, though. I just can't justify it. Furthermore, I found that I have this thing against buying different wig/eye/clothing sizes for dolls. I want all my dolls (should I have more than one) to be of relatively the same size so they can swap around everything, haha. Makes things easier. XD

That's not to say I'm not tempted by other dolls. I LOVE the Migidoll Ryu, and the new Granado doll's body is very beautiful, but I doubt I'll buy another doll. I might make my own dolls soon (I have half a head made already. xD), and I'd love to have a hoard of self-made dolls, but as for purchasing any more than one (ish)? Probably not happening. XD

EDIT: Here's a picture of my Lien while I'm at it, haha.