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

I have sold my first doll because, though i liked her, she wasn't what I originally wanted. But I've eventually found my doll that I actually don't plan to ever sell and am happy.

 

I do not intend to sell my first doll, ever. Although she is not a particularly popular sculpt nor did I spend half as much time finding her as I did with my second BJD, Faye still holds a great deal of importance to me.

-M

 

yes. i still kept my first doll. he is my first collection, and i am not going to throw or sell him away

 

Sparrow....Man. I made some mistakes when I got him. But he's still my first, my boy. I didn't see him coming; he wasn't the sculpt I first fell in love with; he didn't even arrive safely - lost a bit of his ankle in transit. He was secondhand and his color had mellowed from age more than I had anticipated. His faceup was almost immediately messed up. And stringing him is a royal pain in the derriere. None of this makes me seriously consider selling him, not for a bit. He's MINE.

But you know, the thought idly occurs to me every once in a while - what if I did sell him? Nias are still made. I could get a different one, a new one. Should I? I think about it for all of ten seconds and discard the thought. Sure, I could get another Nia, a new, clean, uncracked, unmellowed/yellowed Nia. But...that nice new shiny doll sure as hell would not actually be, or be able to replace, my Sparrow - it would just be another old Nia, without the fingerprints and "heartbeats" that make Sparrow himself.

 

No, she was bought because she looked like a character in a t.v. show which I'm not interested in anymore. I did sell her.

 

I don't still have my first doll anymore, but I didn't sell it. The doll was at least 3rd hand, and while I loved it, some thing happened that made me no longer able to look at it without getting upset and pissed off. So I totally wiped the doll of every trace of anything that had made it mine, my character, and re-did it for my sister, helping her create one of her characters in that doll instead, then sent it off to California to live with her alongside her first doll (who was also in my possession as I had purchased it for her for her B-day/Christmas last year with the help of my dad, my other sister, and the owner's boyfriend) And while I fell in love with the new character, she wasn't mine, and I knew it was time for her to move on to her new home. My sister loves her to death, though, so I think things turned out for the best.

After that, though...well, I won't be getting rid of any of my other dolls, current or future. I learned my lesson about buying from someone I know personally, but at the same time haven't known long enough. ^-^ No more personal attachment to the doll because of who I got it from unless I've known that person for a good, long time.

 

I did trade my first 2 dolls (came as a pair). They were bobobie tinies and I just wasnt into that size. So I traded them both for an MSD

 

Yeah, I sold mine off. I fell out of love with her so I decided it was best to give her a new home. I got burned royally on that one... But thats my own fault, so oh well. I'll get over it. The ones I have at home now, I would ever even think about selling. I love my Abadon too much, same with my cuprit and T.Too.. the other 2 monthlies have yet to come in. But those ones'll also never leave me.

 

Still have him, though sometimes I think he is not enough for his character, but I have a lots of memories with him so for now I just hope new clothes and faceup will refresh him and I will get rid of all doubts n_n

 

hehe my first doll is still my favorite, bad of me to say.. but anyway.. he's kind of green by now.. but I love him non the less.. and I don't think i'll ever sell him..

 

I don't think I'll ever sell my first. She's getting a new body soon, but she will always be the one I would choose to keep. She was my first and that gives her a bit of a status above the other dolls. She is a RS Mei and I'm just so happy with her. She's really fun to sew for and to play with, and while she is still sort of a developing character, she's got a lot going on. She's my only doll that I've felt compelled to write a story about, and she's just so wonderful. I love her so much and I don't think I could ever sell her.

 

My first boy... an AA Ling...

He's on his fourth face-up and I considered selling him a few times. But I just can't let him go. And I'm really liking his new look anyway, it's like having a brand new doll as it is!

 

I think I probably will always keep Choseol - but I've wavered and made "firm" decisions to sell her before. I just kept thinking other people would appreciate her more. But she was my first and has too much sentimental value, really, and anyway, I like her much better with her current face up and outfit. She really is a sweet sculpt.

 

I sold my first doll. She was an impulse buy because I was at the Volks store. She did tide me over though until I could get some dolls I really wanted. Unfortunately her sculpt didn't match theirs and it always would have bothered me.

 

I got my first doll in March 2006, a DIM Persia, and I can't imagine parting with him.

Every time I look at him, I remember how incredibly excited I was to be getting my first BJD. When he arrived and I opened the box and saw his sweet little face for the first time in person, it was love at first sight.

He owns a spot in my personal history.

 

Yes, I have kept and will continue to keep my first! He's an CP Elf El from 2004. And I also have his brother, an El Elf Vampire.

I was in the "ooh, these dolls are so expensive, but maybe if I only buy ONE special one, it will be OK and I'll be happy" school of thought then, so I made sure to get a doll I LOVED--that would be the perfect ONE. And he is (and the extra head kinda meant two dolls, but the open-eyed head--he was) the ONE. And he will ALWAYS be the one.

I haven't sold any dolls. I try to make sure each one I buy is special to me (although, of course, some work better than others), and so far, it's all good. There are a few I could live without, but so far, not enough to sacrifice them to a new doll (and money&space-wise, that's what could happen). But the first one, I will always love best!

 

I still have my first BJD AND my first doll. ^_^; I started with obitsus a couple years ago, and I still have them around. Yoru was my first resin doll, I still have him and probably always will.

 

I no longer have my first doll due to bonding issues. Though to me he didn't feel like my 'first' because he wasn't the doll I fell in love with when I got into BJDs. My incoming doll feels more like he'd be my first because he's my dream doll, the boy who drew me into this expensive hobby in the first place.

 

Even though my first doll was an accident, and I purchased him off of eBay, and he's a recast, I still have him. Although he's not real and isn't morally "right" in the eyes of the doll community, he's still my first doll, and I treasure him more then any of my real dolls. Just because he was the first and holds a special place in my heart ^^ ♥

 

I kept her. I don't think I could ever sell her.. ever! I just feel so strongly bonded to her.