Do/Did you keep your very first doll? Or will you sell it? - Part 2

My first ABJD was Volks Nono. She doesn't really fit in with my other dolls, but I don't want to sell her. She kind of represents a different era and comes out at Christmas since she's the Christmas version from 2002.

 

I briefly considered it when a newer version of my doll came out, but the thought made me so uncomfortable that I knew I could never go through with it. She will have a new twin sister (and some more friends) next spring

 

I still have my first doll and he deserves a raise for what I put him through as a teen.

 

I'm considering selling my first doll. I'm also considering selling half of my collection along with him! My taste has changed very much, I'd say I'm quite different from when I was a teen first starting in the hobby. I honestly think that my earlier doll choices have affected how invested I could be in customizing and dressing my dolls, which I think has stopped me from moving forward in the hobby and improving my craft. I suspect that I might be sad at first, but I want the dolls I've owned to go to loving homes that will appreciate them better than I do.

 

I have my Apprentice Hui and DZ Miyou and Switch Rion as my first dolls. I'll definitely not sell my Rion as I pamper him alot. Though, I have some feels to sell my Hui away. Still unsure but we'll see

 

I won't ever sell my first doll(minifee Celine), even if I quit the hobby, I will keep her as reminder of all the good times I had I propably won't sell my second doll(souldoll Juno) either because she's my favorite

 

I still have my first! I'm in the process of making them up all over again into a new character. I just adore the LUTS Ani head model and sort of want another (in a tan this time). They're at least a decade old by now!

 

I plan on listing one of the two first dolls I bought for sale very soon. I'm restructuring my collection and gonna almost fully start over (I'm only keeping one full doll and 4 heads from what I currently have in my little crew). I realized I made a bit of a mistake when I got into the hobby in not getting the size I really was most interested in, or taking my time looking at sculpts for ones I really, truly desired. A few of my early purchases were good ones, but I'm happy to start curating a collection that fits me better

 

I felt guilty not doing much with my first doll and selling him after a couple of years, after begging my parents so hard for a permission to purchase him. But, my first doll was a MSD, and I noticed pretty fast I was more into SDs. He simply had no place in my collection after I got my first SDs. He was a mature Dollshe fashion doll so he just looked odd next to them. My love for the sculpt, the reason I initially bought my first doll, never died. I bought the same body with a different head in SD size a couple years after selling him.

 

My first doll was my grail, but I was in the hobby for several years before I could afford a doll as I was in high school for the first portion of my time in the hobby. After I was in college for a year or two and had a job, then I was able to get his head first, then his body. I do still adore him and he's a main character in my story for my dolls, so I don't think I'll be getting rid of him basically ever.

 

I sold my first doll a few months after I bought her.

 

Already sold it. Dolls are just a piece of artwork which makes happy.

 

I don't think I could ever sell my first. I've had him since 2008 and he has so much sentimental value for me. I took a years-long hiatus and sold a few during that time (that I now mostly regret), but I never once considered parting with him. (Though he did spend many years stored in his box )

 

I will probably keep my first doll because she was a gift from my mom a decade ago. I've heard of other people here who regretted selling a doll that was a gift from a loved one (especially if they passed away), so I want to spare my future self of that regret and just hang onto the doll. I have more to lose emotionally than I have to gain financially.

 

My first two dolls are nearing 11 years and I am pretty attached to them, so I can't see them going anywhere. I have other dolls that I like, but I am okay with selling those ones. It's funny how that works!

 

I still have her. She was a gift at the very worst part of my life from someone I looked up to a lot. She will not be going anywhere, even if I sell all of my other dolls. She has a TON of sentimental value.

 

I genuinely do not think I could. I am appalling at reselling anything I buy. Even if I wanted to do so I doubt I would push through with it.

 

I sold my first (and second!) BJD a while ago - I think (like others!) I just didn't have as good an idea of what I would actually like to have myself, and would just see pretty photos and have instant heart eyes!! (The sale money went right back into dolls I still have, so I'm happy that I did it!)

 

I have been thinking about my first doll lately and decided I should sell the body and get a different one. The head remains one of my favorite sculpts, but I haven’t liked the body since the first year I had the doll.
I have sold several dolls and parts in the past, but I felt compelled to “preserve” my first doll the way I bought it. However, I think not changing the body has meant I enjoyed this doll less and did the least with it compared to my other dolls.
I don’t think I will ever sell the head sculpt, but that’s because I like it. I have known a few people whose taste or understanding of the hobby changed after their first doll. I think selling off things you don’t like can improve enjoyment of the hobby. That being said, I appreciate the sentimentality and wanting to keep a first purely because it was first as someone who kept a body I didn’t like much for over ten years.

 

Honestly, even if I wanted to sell my first doll, she just wouldn't go for much. I actually can't remember which is my first between two of them, but either way I don't think I'd get much out of them. I don't play much with them, though I'm still pretty fond of them. One has a custom I had a lot of fun with, while the other... eh. Not as much, but someday I'll think of something to do with her.
But to be fair, I just don't like selling dolls. It seems too stressful to me, mostly the risk of something happening during shipping...