Do dolls mean more to you when new or older?

It's more about the doll itself for me. It depends on the character I developed for it,the memories associated with it. My poor Meggie is in terrible shape honestly,but she's always going to be special to me because she was my first BJD. The flaws she's accumulated over the years have probably ruined her financial value,but that could be a good thing. Maybe I won't be afraid to try a bit of modding with her. I have noticed that people who mod their dolls seem to have more of a bond with them.

 

For me is the doll itself + when I've had them for a long time

I have my DOC Bee-a with me since 2004, she is my first bjd and always has that special place in my heart, she has been through a lot of things with me and basically grew up with me. She has yellowed since then but I still love her veri much^_^ And for Lishe, I like her since her release to be honest and I am so thrilled in owning her finally in 2011 XD

For its financial value, when I purchase a doll, I never plan on selling it in the first place actually And I never did sell anyone until now... cannot say it is a good or bad decision cuz now with the growing no. of dolls, I cannot give them care equally and I do have the dolls which I like more than others

Sometimes I would think maybe they deserve a better home but other times I think I should give them a second chance and I reli don't wanna part with them. Have been working on it as now I am a lot more sure on how I want them to be, together that I want to bring out what's inside them (e.g. what suit their sculpts better than others)

And moreover I don't reli have to dealt with any big financial problem of my family that require me to sell any of them as well... and for the yellowing thing, as long as you keep it in their boxes which separate them from the air and direct sunlight etc. They will not reli yellow. So two years ago I have bought a Delf Lishe special set with an extra dreaming head and hands, and I kept the heads and hand in storage after I check with them.

And just about two months ago I get a new Feeple 60 body thinking of upgrading my original Lishe and giving the old body to the dreaming head, the yellowing made it an obvious mismatch!! (F.Y.I.The yellowing maybe dealt to smoking? One of my family member smokes) However, the resin colour of my dreaming head (as well as the extra hand parts) is in perfect condition like the new body arriving in!! And there isn't any colour difference at all!! So now the new body goes to her and I am having a completely new doll lol

 

I don't find that the value of a doll affects my feeling for that doll. Also, I have my childhood dolls from the 70's as well as brand new dolls and I love them all. I'm maybe a bit more sentimental about one of my childhood dolls as she was my first, but all of my dolls are important to me.

 

For me, there is the initial thrill of receiving a new doll. I do a lot of research and put a lot of thought into buying a doll since it is a financial and emotional investment. The longer I have the doll though also changes how I feel about it. I become attached to it as a muse and model for my artistic expressions thereby developing a sentimental value. I don't think I will ever sell them because they each bring me unique inspiration.

 

I think both have their pros--new brings the excitement of it arriving while old makes it special to have had it for that long, but I don't think either really has a factor. What really means the most to me is just how much I like the doll itself as I wouldn't have gotten it otherwise.

 

I think it's more about the doll itself, although I have only Nadeko right now I'm sure that she'll always be my favorite and mean more to me than other dolls (if/when I get more dolls) because I will have had her longer.
I tend to really like something when I first get it and as I have it longer and longer it means more and I love it more so I'm sure it'll be the same with my dolls.

 

I am very attached to all my dolls. Sometimes I really wish to play with a newer doll because I don't know them well and there is definitely something intriguing about being novel. But I have a deep fondness for my first doll, even though he is from 2004 and yellowing. And other dolls mean things to me because of what/who they are. So I have to say that all answers apply, but more the last one.

 

I'm in the 'all about the doll' camp here. To me, it's almost like a good relationship - at first, you have all the excitement and newness that is thrilling just in its own right, and then as the relationship matures you build a more 'serious' bond based on more than just appearances. I always enjoy new dolls (and they definitely get spoiled relative to my older dolls, at least for a little while). But I wouldn't say I like my older dolls less... I just like them in a different way

 

I voted for second option. It's painful to see young girls buying doll out of whim and forget about it so fast. Not saying that they all do but it's gets more common when the owner is a teenager.

 

It depends on the doll. My first two characters are still my favorites, and I've had them for 5 years. I still have their first shells, though they are in storage and the upgraded ones are out. In their case it doesn't matter if it's the 5 y/o doll or the 2 y/o doll, they are my absolute faves because they were my firsts and mywhole collection is based around their characters.

As to others.....my 4 y/o doll is pretty special, but I don't love her half as much as my grail that I got 3 months ago. I have had others in the past that I was really excited about for the first few months, then lost so much interest I sold them. Others, I was very unsure about when they first arrived but they grew to be a favorite over time. Time doesn't seem to mean as much as the doll itself.

 

To me it's about the doll because all of my lovelies are embodiments of my characters but it's also about how long I've had them too. I mean, thinking about it you can't really trade all the wonderful memories you've had with a doll for a long time with the few new ones you've had with a recent member of your resin family, but then again that's just me. uvu;

 

It certainly does not bother me that they are not new anymore; as others have said, it's all about the doll. I may have had a doll with me for a couple of weeks and love them more than some of my older ones; or I might have had a doll for years and still love her as much as I did when I first saw her. I could never bring myself to care about slight yellowing or small changes like that - I'll still love a sculpt even if it has yellowed a little.
I also don't worry much about reselling prices. I worry so much and spend so much time researching before buying a doll, that it's very unlikely that I'll end up wanting to sell them after I really decided to buy them - at least that is what I'm convinced of at the time of the purchase. Of course, there have been exceptions to this, but they've been very few, and in the end I didn't lose much money after the sale.

 

In my opinion, it's mostly about the doll itself and what it means to you. Though it doesn't hurt that time is a
considerable factor because of the fondness for a doll can grow over time.

 

I'm fond of all of my crew, but most of my favorites actually are dolls that I've had for a longer period of time... The two exceptions are a "project" doll who became a favorite because of the amount of time and effort it took to fix him (Muninn, my Luts Bliss), and a long-time grail sculpt that I adopted last fall from a friend of a friend (Tallis, my Volks Sakaki).

 

Of the 4 dolls I currently own, my oldest doll is my favourite, and the second oldest follows right behind. I am generally more attached to my older dolls than newer ones. I think the more effort I invest into a doll, the more attached I get... and the older ones have had more of that effort invested! Also, my older dolls have had more time to "become" their characters I made up for them, so they've stopped being "just dolls" and are now characters with more life and personality in my mind.

But it does depend on the doll... my current oldest doll is actually the third doll I ever bought. The first and second didn't work out, and I really don't miss them.

 

It really depends on the doll, I currently am preferring to spoil my tiny, she was purchased second hand, and i just finished her very first faceup and restrung her. Figuring out how to string her took a while and allowed me to bond with her in ways i haven't bonded with my other dolls. But that She and my Abadon are older than my other dolls, but new to me and i adore their mellowyness :3 On the other hand, both my Alice and Reaa dolls were gifts from two very special people and will always be with me where I'm not sure my tiny will.

 

It's more about the doll itself. I try to keep them in as nice a condition as possible so that certainly plays a part, but it isn't the entirety of the feeling. Over time I get to find out who I like long-term and who I don't.

 

All of my dolls are sculpts I wanted for a long time or grail dolls. To me, it doesn't matter if they look pristine, I actually prefer a doll to be mellowed (evenly). The only time I'm fussy about yellowing, is when I'm hybridizing a doll and I need a specific resin match.

In the past I've had a few dolls that I liked, but weren't my grails. Even though I've kept them for a while, they've never made me feel so attached to them as my current bunch does. The moment I bought my Williams head, I wasn't interested in buying anything doll-related in over a year. Just having his head was enough for me!

All of my dolls took quite a bit of effort to obtain (except for my IH Kamau), because I had to hunt them down. This is what matters to me. Not the pristine condition of the doll, not its monetary value, but the trouble I had to go through to buy it. Nothing makes me bond with a doll more than a good chase.

 

My dolls are a mix of dolls that I bought to represent characters that I love and dolls that I loved and shoehorned into being characters that I don't know very well yet but who interact with my favourites. I love all of them and can't imagine parting with them. The fact that they age and yellow doesn't change how I feel about them, and I actually have trouble understanding all the fuss about yellowing. My dolls are dear to me, and a beautiful doll is still beautiful when yellowed. One of my most recent acquisitions is an unevenly-yellowed Zaoll. She is absolutely lovely, and when I first held her in my hands, I knew I wouldn't be bothered when my other dolls (who are all newer than she is, though I have had them longer) age as well. Their sculpts will still be just as nice.

I grow to love my dolls more when I have had them for a while. This is not to say that I am not excited with a new arrival - on the contrary. I love receiving a new doll and getting acquainted with it; I'm curious to see how it is made, how it poses, what its quirks are. But when a doll is new, I am also a bit nervous about handling it and frightened to do something wrong. When I am more familiar with it, it becomes more "mine". I dare to customise it more, it becomes more like the character I had in mind, and so it becomes dearer to me. After a while, the sculpt and the character merge completely.

I never, ever buy a doll thinking about its resale value. Ever. I am not that kind of collector. I don't expect I would get back the money I spent in the first place, let alone make a profit from selling my crew. And to be honest, I can't at this moment imagine selling them.