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Did you see a doll in person before buying it?

Oct 4, 2017

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    1. No. Never. My only doll friend living in a different country, and I never go to a doll meet.
       
      #101 Triexiz, Apr 8, 2020
    2. I've had the opportunity to see two dolls in person before buying them, at a convention. I bought one of them on the spot, an April Story, and I also got to play a bit with a Feeple60, which is currently on my list of dolls I'm saving up for. It was a rare but very neat opportunity to see how the joints, resin, and weight felt before purchasing. It was also nice to see the sizing of the dolls, since my April Story was my first SD+ sized BJD.
       
      #102 grodnertal, Apr 30, 2020
    3. I saw my grail which was Iplehouse Luo in person before I bought him for myself. But most of the others I hadn't seen in person before I bought them. I am interested still in a Soom Dia or Sard but I would like to see on of them and also a 5th Motif Venitu in person before I consider getting them.
       
      #103 Jareth, May 4, 2020
    4. I’ve never seen a doll in person before I bought it, because I’ve never seen any BJDs in person but my own. Haha. The life of a hermit, I guess lol
       
      #104 dxgirly, May 5, 2020
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    5. Never, I wish that could be the case. I would love to visit Denver Doll Emporium, a doll store in America (where I live) that sells BJDs, but I highly doubt that they'd have the dolls outside of the boxes :( what a wonderful world it would be...
       
      #105 amaris.aisling, Jul 8, 2020
    6. I've never seen the doll I wanted in person before buying it.
      I did get the chance to go to Doll North during uni (at Anime North) and was able to fangirl over the dolls people had on display.
      That was a few years before I purchased my own doll so it was kinda neat to see the scale.
       
      #106 AmariGem, Jul 9, 2020
    7. Not at all. It was a nice surprise to receive my doll because I didn't see any of them in person before. :)
       
      #107 ~A*K~, Jul 9, 2020
    8. I bought Party Martian in person-- rather, I fell in love at first sight in person at a con, and my mom went back and got him for my birthday. He's the only one I've gotten to play with before buying, and it was him himself. The others have all been dolls where I didn't know anyone else with the same sculpt, even the same body-- the closest I got was handling a doll from the same company.
       
      #108 Anneko, Jul 10, 2020
    9. I saw and bought (or rather, convinced my mother to buy for me, as it was 2008 and I was 13 at the time) my first doll at an anime convention, without knowing anything about BJD except that I needed one. It was a wild thing for my mom to agree to, looking back. :lol:
       
      #109 Lixxie, Jul 11, 2020
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    10. That is wild!

      I’m still not keen on telling my mom how much my dolls cost! >w<

      On a side note, I was 13 when I went to my first anime convention in 2005! Don’t recall seeing any dollies at the time though.
       
      #110 AmariGem, Jul 11, 2020
    11. I saw the 2B Dollfie Dream at a convention once but nobody was allowed to touch it since it belonged to a shop dealer and they didn't want 261891948693274892 people to touch it haha. So kinda I guess
       
      #111 Gumi, Jul 11, 2020
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    12. I never had tbh but I’ve seen pictures of other people going to the official Volks store and seeing the new Dollfies I wish to go one day
       
      #112 Ashley Ascanio, Jul 11, 2020
    13. I didn’t see the bjd I personally own in real life, but when I went to Anime North one year I decided to venture to the doll building to finally see a bjd. I saw so many and was amazed at the size and how pretty they looked. Two years later I finally got to welcome one home for myself and I could not be happier!
       
      #113 DessyChan, Jul 18, 2020
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    14. Yay! Fellow Canadian? : >
      I’m happy that Doll North seems to not be shutting down after all. It was so cool to go to a BJD convention :chibi I think it’s where I first heard of Ringdoll and Crobidoll.
       
      #114 AmariGem, Jul 18, 2020
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    15. I was really excited to go this year since I actually have a BJD to buy things for, but corona had other plans unfortunately.
       
      #115 DessyChan, Jul 18, 2020
    16. Aww... that’s unfortunate.
      At least they’ll be back next year! I hope you are able to go then :)
       
      #116 AmariGem, Jul 18, 2020
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    17. I very badly want to visit someone who's got dolls when everything goes back to normal around here so I can see just what it's like to hold one in person, but I've pretty much resigned myself to paying up front for something I've only seen pictures of...
       
      #117 ziiii, Jul 19, 2020
    18. Yes, I did! I went to a doll meet with some doll owners I met on a forum that lived near me and they were all so kind showing their dolls to me and explaining me things I still didn't know about. Most of them had SDs and I knew they were very big for me, but I enjoyed holding them for a while with the owner's permission ^w^
       
      #118 Yami_Hanako, Jul 19, 2020
    19. Yes! But only one. I went to Doll Station in Tokyo to buy a doll, so I saw her in person before purchasing her. But I haven't seen any other dolls in pardon before buying.
       
      #119 Qianna, Jul 20, 2020
    20. Nope. I had only seen the dolls online.
       
      #120 mirrorcle_world, Jul 29, 2020
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