Did you give some of your favorite dolls to the street kids or Orphanage?

Humm…I prefer to think of the question in this way - because the OP is a major vendor & there is an obvious language difference; this could be the scenario:

If you were a business owner, decision maker, manager & a church, welfare, or some other humanitarian group reached out to your business and asked for a toy donation for Christmas for underprivileged children- would you do it? And if so to what extent?

Given that Dolkus is a bjd vendor, the only "toys" that could be provided would be bjds of some kind. If I were this vendor I could probably order a mass of some lower cost, age approriate, jointed doll type at wholesale and donate those.

On a personal note - At my company we work with a local charitable organization to donate toys to children during the holidays. We pick an anonymous child and buy something that's on their wish list. I always choose the ones that want a doll. While the child I choose isn't getting my doll, the child will get the doll they requested on their list.

 

That would be weird, especially since a little kid would get more fun and appreciation out of a durable $20 doll they can actually play with than a fragile and heavy $600 doll. It's also kind of like saying "would you give your car to a homeless guy? He would be really happy that you gave him your car."

 

Not a chance. These dolls aren't even for children. They're too expensive for little kids to have their hands all over it. I'd give them a Barbie or Bratz doll. Something from Toys "R" Us or some sort.

 

If I leave the hobby I'll likely give one of my dolls to a neighbor kid who loves her, but other than that I'm more likely to give plush toys or action figures.

 

I wouldn't give up my €600 doll to a kid. That may seem selfish, but it is a lot of money and children don't need expensive toys to play with.

But! I have given away a lot of my former barbie collection

 

I routinely give away toys of all kinds including doll of various types all the time to kids who otherwise wouldn't have them, and sometimes just to kids and even adults who look like they need a little dolly therapy. :P I have no problems with doing that but resin BJD's are definitely not suitable for that so I would not, no. My big fashion dolls, my BJD's they are a very personal thing for me. I work very hard to be able to afford them. Playline dolls, that's one thing, expensive dolls like this, that's quite another. I prefer to demonstrate my sense of charity in less crazy ways than throwing a $200 doll at a child...

 

As many people say, expensive, collectable doll is not for small kids. Nor poor kids. It doesn't even make any sense. Why give a child in need an item worth few hundreds when what this kid really needs is food and a good place to live?

 

If the person were a teenager and someone whom I knew personally, I might consider giving them a BJD of mine. However, I would be more likely to give a child one of my off-topic dolls or other toys as a gift. My BJDs are just too expensive for me to part with easily, especially if I did not receive anything in return.