Did you ever buy a doll and just hate it?

sadly it did happen to me. twice with second hand dolls, I liked them but I just did,'t do anything with them.Then with a little fee Luna full package, I loved her she was just perfect, but because I love "playing" with my dolls, she scared me because I was so scared to harm her pretty face and dress so she was just sitting in a glass cabinet. I sold her and was feeling oke. She is now verry much loved. Then I fell in love with a verry big girl for a few months I looked at her company pictures and owner pics, I was really shure I wanted her. So I bought her. I did her box opening and I didn't feel the love I was hoping for. She was way to big for me, 68cm. Now I'm trying to sell her.
It's so nice that I also bought a second hand unoa lusis and she is just perfect for me, she' allways sitting on my arm when I'm behind the computer. I also bought her a boyfriend and it's a different story with him, but I'm really trying to bond with him.

 

Not hate, no, by no means. But I had a really hard time getting used to my AiL Elijah being so extremely different from the rest of my crew.
I really love that mold, but he doesn't fit in. Not at all. And that is normally one of my most important criteria when getting a new doll, so I considered not keeping him for a while, but decided against it in the end. Just stopped trying to fit him into my main storyline. He's my "Just go cray cray with styling" - doll now and that's a lot of fun. I'll never love him as much as the rest though.

 

when my Volks Mark, the doll i had been dreaming of owning for years, finally arrived i was... slightly disappointed. the thing about SD10s that i didn't realize is that they're smallish, and their hands and feet are... really small in scale. so that kinda made me unhappy, plus his posability is just sub-par compared with my other dolls. the thing that really got to me was that his faceup just wasn't working for me and he didn't fit the character i had in mind when i bought him. since he was so expensive, it pissed me off. but i didn't want to sell him, since i was still in love with the sculpt, so i wiped his faceup, sanded his seams, and gave him scars and cybernetic parts. now i just need to get him a pair of jointed hands and the last little problem will be fixed. i couldn't bear to part with my little cyborg now

 

I have sort of run into this problem. I currently have three dolls that I'm feeling disconnected from. But, I do have plans. I already know why I'm hating Leslie. Her body blushing and faceup do not fit her character. The other two just don't fit very well at the moment, but one is going to become a demon and the other a centaur. Hopefully these changes will get the bond back!!

 

I personally never have, but my sister has. She bought a DOC Cyma and just...hated him. She actually disliked him so much she walked up to me one day and said "Here, have him" I never understood why she disliked him so much D:

 

Yes, my first doll was an utter disappointment. I eventually sold him.

 

Only once did I ever come close to hating a doll...My MNF Breakaway. I actually loved the head and all the parts before they had a body. I spent tons of time blushing all his parts, adored his faceup, dyed a wig to perfection...and then ordered a body. FL has issues....their customer service is not fabulous. At one point while I was still waiting patiently people who had ordered after me were getting full dolls and full sets left and right when all I ordered was a body. When I asked them about it they gave me a very snappy answer that essentially told me I had to wait the 45 days it said on the website. But I hadn't even contacted them until I'd waited well past 45 days, into 60+ days. Then they shipped it the next day :\

When I got the body it was strung so tight I actually could not unstring it, I had to have someone pull the arm out of the socket for me, while I shoved scissors in there and cut the string. It was the only way.

When I finally had him together I felt...nothing for him. I mentioned to some friends I'd probably sell him, and they told me to wait a week or so first (no one ever does that in my area, it's always "SELL!" lol). I did wait a little bit, but while I had him on my shelf I started to really dislike him...and that dislike began to spread to my other dolls until I found myself wanting to get rid of half of them. I finally took him down, sold off the parts and gave the body to my MNF Shiwoo....but I think the damage was done. I never felt the same way about MNFs and sold the rest off shortly after. I did finally re-buy a Karsh, and I'm happy with him...but I don't think I could own another one.

Honestly I don't know what it was...I still love the Breakaway head, every time I see one I think "maybe this time..." lol I don't learn Xo

 

I haven't bought my first doll yet, and this is one of my fears about it.

Which is probably one reason why I haven't bought one yet. >> Don't want to settle too early! Must see ALL THE DOLLS IN THE WORLD before I choose the right one!

 

I have been disappointed by my first doll. A starter doll, if you will, that I bought to get into this hobby. I researched for a year and heard nothing but good about the dolls. But when I finally got her, I hated everything about her. I thought maybe the bjd hobby wasn't for me. But I kept going back to this site and flickr to look at the doll I really want. Then I bought another. Hated that one too. Maybe it's my choice in dolls, but I'm not ready to give up this hobby yet.

 

When I first got my boy, I admit that I wasn't overwhelmed by him or anything. I didn't have the "OMFG, he's so gorgeous!" I thought I would have when I finally got one. Before I got him a new wig, I was just like, "Oh, okay then..." and admittedly didn't pay that much attention to him until I got him a gorgeous new wig that I feel, suited him a lot more better than the wigs that he came with.

I'm glad I spent the extra effort to change him to my tastes as opposed to being a reflection of the previous owner's tastes :3

I didn't exactly hate my first doll but I wasn't ecstatic about him either :/ it was a bit hard to bond with him I found, especially since I felt like it was still the reflection of the previous owner's taste but after changing his wig up, I found it a lot easier to bond with him and love him :3

 

Nope - I think I look at enough owner pics to really know what I'm getting. Granted - even those can vary quite a bit! But it's given me enough collective knowledge to know if I'm going to like a certain doll or not in person.

 

I wouldn't say I've ever hated a doll when I opened it, but I've definitely been surprised by how little I liked it. This happened with an Impldoll Dorisy I purchased off the MP- her face was very small compared to the rest of her head and body, and her body was much larger and thicker than I had anticipated. I tried to "bond" with her but then found that her character wasn't one I was really attached to anyway, so I sold her to another girl that had her eye on her originally. In the end it worked out alright because the buyer got a doll she really wanted and my girl got a loving new home.

 

Dorisy is a very sweet sculpt, but yes she needs a smaller body. She's do well on a 50 cm body. (I also owned a Dorisy and sold her)

 

yes thats happened to me! i bought a dollleaves blue as a girl! i loved the head but i hated the body i just couldnt stand the leg knee joints - sounds silly to most as they will say they are pretty standard. everytime i saw the knee joints i would just feel sick i hated it! when standing up they were ok its when the doll sat down or bent the knee it was just wrong looking to me. i tried thick tights, jeans, long dresses everything to not let them show. they reminded me of snake fangs lol dont ask me why its really strange i know but i just couldnt live with the knees of that doll body. it didnt work and in the end the body went but i did keep the head! blue is still a girl but now hybrid on another body which works perfect for me its an aod and i have no issues at all with the joints!
as i said its probably really silly to others but its just how i was with that body

 

When I bought my very first BJD back in 2004, an Elfdoll Ryung off ebay, it's not that I hated her. She was absolutely beautiful. But when I started to handle her, I was shocked by how slippery and floppy she was. I had thought I'd learn to sew outfits for her, but I was so put off she just sat on a shelf for years. She only this past week got a real dress that fits her well and she looks beautiful. Truthfully she almost put me off the hobby. My second doll, a cheap basic doll from Angel Region was quite pretty, but I've still not bonded with her, all these years later. Thankfully I've done better since. For the most part my reaction has been delight, though not always with every feature. Like people, they have their good and bad points. One needs a better wig, or different eyes. Another poses well, or doesn't. One I have a love/hate relationship with, ask me on any given day and it will change. I have tried different wigs, different eyes, so maybe it's just the phase of the moon. For the most part they are chameleons. Unless they are just terribly designed you can usually fix them enough to make them good. Of course, if you have seen them as a particular character, then the only answer may be to make them into another character if they don't fit the bill. This hobby is a learning process. It's taken me a long time to figure out what I like and what I don't. And the one thing that is certain is that photos lie. A different angle, different lighting and you have a different face looking up at you. So I too have learned to look at as many photos as possible before buying a doll. I still buy most of mine second hand on ebay, cheaper and owner photos are usually more stark than company ones. Easier to see the flaws, and no glorious shots of dolls with faceups and fabulous costumes that are one offs done only for the company photoshoot. I've never sold one yet, only a couple of floating heads, because I hate trying to find a body to fit.

 

​I haven't had that happen to me... yet.

 

I actually just had a new doll arrive today, and for about 2 minutes was in an extreme state of distress. Then I put on his wig and took a second look. He really was perfect for the character I envisioned him as, but that first minute of seeing him bald and nude, all I could think of was this thread. Thankfully the shock phase only lasted moments. I wonder if perhaps it's because we have this picture in our mind. based on the photos we have seen. Then when the actual doll arrives, there is really no way it will match what we have envisioned. We need to adjust to the reality of this creature we have taken into our home. The heart and mind have to refocus on what is really in front of us.

 

unfortunately I've disliked every doll I've owned because what I really want is an SD and what I keep buying are MSD's mostly because I've never seen an SD and I am nervous about the size...but I so desperately want one

 

Then you should go for the SD size. It's only after you handle them that you really find out which size works for you. I have a few MSDs and while I like that they are very portable, my taste really runs more to the SD size. It sounds like you are shopping in person rather than online. I got most of mine on ebay, and in fact, have never been anywhere to actually see a doll in person before buying it. It is kind of scary to fork over the cash and then wait, and hope that it will work. But now that you know you don't like the MSD size, I hope you will get brave and find an SD to love. Did you wind up keeping the MSDs or did you sell them?

 

My second girl I am having a hard time really loving. I absolutely love her sculpt, (RS Mei) its so quiet and lovely. (I know thats a weird way to describe it, but it fits!) The thing is, I can't find a wig and outfit that works for her! I won't give up yet though.
Also, I ordered one of the AE limited mermaids not too long ago. they were so magnificent I had to have one. But, I could not find any owner pics of the one I wanted, and she would be the first SD I own, so I am VERY scared I wont like her when she arrives. What could be worse than shelling out all that money and waiting all that time (2 to 8 more months from now) and just being "meh" when I see her.