Did you hate dolls?

Absolutely, when I was very little (about 2 or 3) I loved dolls, but then not too long after I hated them. I hated Barbie's the most because I thought they were creepy and very unproportionate to a real person. My mom got her first BJD in 2005 and I fell in love with him, I'd never seen anything like them before, and all the effort and detail put into them made me want one so badly. I saved up for about half a year to get my first doll which was a Pipos Baha Basic. It's hard to believe that happened over 6 years ago .

 

I don't think I really had an opinion on dolls when I was little because my parents didn't allow me to have dolls at that age (who knows why?) I remember my aunt and uncle giving me some Barbies for Christmas when I was very young but my parents gave them away shortly after. The rest of my childhood I spent playing with Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh and the closest thing I had to dolls were my stuffed animals. Wasn't until middle school that I discovered BJDs and saved up for my first doll. So no, I've never really "hated" dolls per se, just never really had a chance to play with them (and maybe tried to justify that with some weird idea that I was "above" playing with dolls or something like that x])

 

I always thought of myself as hating dolls as a kid, particularly Barbie & fashion dolls, but I did love Kiddles (I've always loved tiny things). I was not a "girly girl," I loved my stuffed animals, plastic dinosaurs & Matchbox cars! I didn't get into dolls at all until the mid 90's with the appearance of ebay, it was as if I became possessed! I really don't know what brought it on but I started collecting vintage hard plastic & composition baby & toddler dolls, and eventually some newer dolls such as Madame Alexanders, and even a Pullip and two Blythes. With a few exceptions I was almost always disappointed on some level, and eventually started selling off most of my collection (still working on that). When I first came across BJD's I found them confusing (I think it was at the Volks website?), I was intimidated at the prospect of ordering from Japan or Korea, and they were prohibitively expensive so I didn't seriously consider them at all. It wasn't until I was telling another friend about BJD's & how expensive yet beautiful they were that I realized how many different options were now available, and that many were affordable (still expensive, but not all were prohibitive). Once I bought a couple, I realized that probably the main thing I didn't like about every other "regular" doll I had collected in the past was the fact that they just sat there - you couldn't DO anything with them. Posing was awkward, really they were just meant to sit on a shelf and look pretty (of course the vintage ones were originally created as toys but since they were "old" I didn't want to mess with them too much), and that wasn't very satisfying. I know Blythes are customizable to a degree but I was reluctant to try that, I didn't want to waste my $100+ investment, and even customized they're so stiff and limited.

 

I guess that I've always liked dolls. I had a lot of barbies and I had a porcelain doll that I took care for years.

 

I've always loved dolls I think. I even tried to make my own out of polymer clay when I was pretty young. Obviously they weren't jointed or anything and they looked pretty bad, but I tried to make clothes for them. Honestly now that I'm attempting to make my own BJD it's kind of funny to look back on my younger self.

 

i had dolls growing up but always ended up destroying them. only when i started collecting little anime figuers did my love for dolls grow.

 

I have always loved dolls,ever since I was 3 and got my first Barbie. I tried collecting porcelain dolls for a while but I wasn't really into it and wanted more realistic dolls.

 

I had dozens of dolls as a child but around the age of 9 or so I got rid of them all because I began to find them ugly, they were Barbie and Bratz dolls, then a few years later I discovered BJDs by accident and fell in love. I begged and begged for one, any one, I didn't care which one at the time I just wanted one of them, but I was refused for years because they were expensive and they thought I'd get bored of them and throw my dolls away. I forgot about them for a while until one day out of the blue I accidently saw one again and I had money, so I searched for hours and bought one

 

I wasn't a fan of dolls as a really little girl but as I got older I liked dolls that I could pose and what not. When I got a bit older I was really into making cloth dolls because of the customizations that I could do with them. I think that's why I'm so in love with BJD's. They're much sturdier than cloth dolls and more artistic and professional looking.

 

I think I'm making up for a childhood where I was told "No, you can't have a porcelain doll, you'll break it!" even though I never broke anything I had and was very respectful. The funny thing is, I think my mom is starting to get into dolls, too. XD

So to answer, no. I never hated them. I loved them, and always had them taken away.

 

This is one of the reasons why I latched onto GI Joes when I was a boy I couldn't stand the lack of articulation on my friends' X-Men action figures, but you could do so much with those little 4 inch figures. The 12 inch figures were also great.

I liked looking at the pictures of dolls in advertisements in TV Guide when I was very, very young, but I grew into the typical "ew, girl stuff" attitude before too long and did not like dolls one bit. I wouldn't even want to be in the checkout lane with my parents when they would buy dolls as gifts for nieces or friends for their birthdays. I would get very embarrassed.

Now I'm an adult, and here I am

 

When I was little, my grandmother who I barely even saw as she lived states away always mailed me porcelain dolls. I hated them. They were too fragile to play with and they scared me. I still dislike them. When I stop back home from college I have to try to dig them out of the attic for some spare money, I guess. They're just sitting around in their boxes collecting dust. I might as well sell them to someone who can appreciate them the way I do with my own dolls! I don't like them but that doesn't mean other people can't.

 

When I was a child I really hated dolls. I was more into the boy-toys. I even shocked my aunt, when she bought me a barbie and first thing i did was cutting her hair, because I really hated that girly look (perhaps she should have bought a ken instead ^^). I must confess, I'm still not into female dolls or even "boys". And I don't think I will ever buy one of those. So thanks for the few really masculine dolls I've seen so far.

 

Nope. I have always liked them. I made them outfits out of tissue paper, leaves or wrapped hankies and started sewing for them (poorly) later. They were ran the gamut from fairies that lived in a backyard tree to doctors resuscitating paitients that had been in accidents. Even with the dolls that were meant to be established characters (Sailor Moon ), I still came up with my own storylines and made them little homes.

My mother used to buy Doll Reader, which I read as well. I liked to look at the pictures of the OOAK artist dolls and read the columns about identifying old dolls and fixing them. I still find that stuff facinating.

 

I have always loved dolls. All my life.. And when I saw DZ Tulip while searching google for this amazing dolls, I fell head over heels for her. So, this is nothing new to me, this is who I am hehe .

 

I was absolutely terrified by any kind of doll. I would have the worst nightmares about them killing me if I wouldn't go to sleep and such. I wouldn't enter a store if I saw a doll on display so my dad would always have to wait with me outside if my mom needed something from that kind of store. My mom threw out all doll related items, by giving it to kindergartens and such, except some barbies that didn't scare me. Every time my family got me something doll related on my birthday they would have to exchange it. Do mind it was mostly in the age range 3~6, after that I could play with barbies but still wasn't big of a fan of most dolls. When I turned 15 a few years ago and fell in love with BJD's the first thing my mom said was: "Are you trying to overcome trauma or something? :/" And I totally agree with her, I still don't know what I find so appealing about BJD's but they must be magical if they can cure pediophobia. xD

 

Nope. I always loved dolls and teddy bears. My room was full of them. In my twenties I got obsessed with reborns, and had a whole nursery. A financial crisis made me sell them. But somehow I was not too sad. When things got better I did not return to reborns.
Later I fell in love with Bjd, though I have never seen them in real. But still ordered a doll. Brave. But I adore dolls.

 

When I was a kid I collected Barbies but I never played with them nor took them out of the box because I knew that if I kept it for so long that when I sell then I would of make bank but that would be past my death so it was useless and sold them off.

wasnt really a fan of barbies to play with

 

Since childhood I've never liked realistic dolls that remind me of little child and still don't like them (sorry reborn lovers, but they really are not my faves in the wide dolls world). From 6 to 15 years I was pretty hooked by Barbies alone, then I forgot about dolls for a long time... until I discovered BJDs in 2004! I had some figures before, cute anime keychains, but no more... after starting my BJD collection I was involved in doll conventions, so I discovered a whole world of fashion dolls and asian dolls.
Actually I like pullip, sybarite and others too, but BJDs are still my favourites and the only one kind I like to collect because I can put my personality in them. I adore pretty sculpts, the feel and weight of resin, the possibility of customization and posing. In the end I think the dolls for me are only BJDs, because I was able to establish a connection with them I've never felt before with other dolls

 

Uh, I never played with barbies or realistic dolls, they didn't caught my attention at all. Actually porcelain and realistic dolls scares me A LOT - never leave me alone in a room with them or I'd freak out - so BJDs are an exception. I've always loved stuffed animals though.