Do you only buy dolls that would fit into your doll-family?

I created to "worlds"...the first is a kid´s world so only yosd sized doll will be there...and the other world is a real world,there,I will introduced dolls I felt in love with them,almost adults and young adults who meet in a lot of places

 

Hi, I actually have a dilemma about this.
I bought my first doll and it is an AOD Qian, she was perfect and pretty and looked good with my other 2 (male) dolls.
But when my fourth one arrived, my first doll was suddenly out of place when put alongside my other three dolls: she looks like the "odd one out".
Im now thinking of selling my first doll to get a new one that would fit my doll family.
I'm feeling sad and guilty for being cruel but she's really out of place for me
Your thoughts?
thanks

 

I don't need to, but a lot of the time I can't help it. I got Larten, then felt compelled to get him a Darren and an Arra, and to get Darren an Evra. Castiel was going to be an "only child," but then I started surfing Iplehouse... and lo and behold Dean's got a saving-jar now. Sam will get his on the far-off day I get his brother 2/3 of the way paid off. Sasha and Avedis, my OCs, have been inseparable in my stories, so of course I couldn't get just one.

As for different-sized dolls being in a relationship, I think that if having the group as a whole matters to you a lot, you will find a way to justify it. Raurencio's Vincent is a recent find for me, before I found that sculpt the only doll I'd found that looked anything like Sasha was a young-looking MSD boy. My reaction to that was "oh well, it'll be a time warp" XD Now that I've found the Vincent, Ave and Sasha will be in the same age range again, but I was perfectly willing to have that generation gap in there if it meant having both of them at home.

 

Yes... though if I were rich I'd create a whole bunch of different "families". I feel like each doll must have at least a friend, of the same size. I like cohesiveness... it's nice on the eyes. XD

 

I (and at least one other person that I know of) have invented a unique solution to the "I want this doll but it wouldn't fit in to my collection" - I point the doll out to my SO, explain all it's coolness, and then keep reminding him about it until he decides that the doll IS really awesome and that he does want it after all. Problem solved! We get to look at the beautiful dolls but don't have to feel the guilt and confusion associated with a doll that "just doesn't belong."

This has worked so far with an Orijean, now I'm trying it with the new Withdoll limited release.

 

Yes, and I usually dont have a problem with it (like it, in fact), except the one time when Soom released Lami/Trachy. I must have bitched and moaned about them not being in normal or white skin for weeks. And even had they been, Soom doesnt exactly fit the same aesthetics as my Volks boys.

I have trouble justifying buying a doll that wont look good in the same photo, or on the same shelf, as a doll I already own.

 

i actually plan for them not to fit, if that makes sense i like sewing, knitting, crochet etc for mine and want as big a variety as possible. my only criteria are loving the sculpt, ability to pose and preferably being different from anything i have already (though fairyland is seriously challenging my ability to stick to the third ) so far i photograph them alone or in groups of two, so that hasn't been a problem

 

I don't have my dolls yet, but I am looking for all of them to fit together. They won't so much be related physically, in terms of companies, but as far as their characters go, they are all going to be within the same world, know each other, all that. And they are meant to all be...semi-normal human.

However, I recently decided to buy one of Dollzones new dolls, Una. She was very much unexpected and really has no place in my planned group, but I fell in love the moment I saw her, so I'm willing to alter some things.

 

I will admit to being guilty of that >.< I oftern see sculpts I want but will probably never get because they dont fit into my "family" I like them to look right together and most importantly to be able to fit into the storys I create for them that links there back storys and personalitys and everything together. It would be weird to have a doll that wasnt at all linked and couldnt be used in photo stories or didnt look right with the rest of the group or something. Althought I do consider it sometimes just because I love some sculpts so much.

 

I would like to have a proportional doll family, so I would only buy a doll that matches my MSD size. I would also probably not buy one that looks totally alien (unless that was the point). But at the same time, there are so many different types of of people and facial structures, a lot of doll sculpts would match my family.

 

I also try to keep similarity among my dolls. I want to own many different companies/artists but most of my complications come from height dilemmas (I have characters to dollify) and the differences in head size. I'm currently debating on selling a head that I love because it suited a character, but was surprised to find out that it is much bigger than the rest. :/ I'm hoping I can find a similar look in another sculpt sometime, just smaller. lol

I dont think I'd ever go overborad with feeling I'd have to own only one company's dolls. I think there are enough sculpts out there that similar characteristics can and will be repeated, so I don't feel its necessary to limit myself that way.

 

I've picked the majority of my dolls based around what characters in my head they could represent and how they'd be paired up with their significant others in doll-form. For a little while, I was only looking into buying dolls that fit that preset from the get-go, but I have other dolls that fall outside of that "preset."

Problem is, my brain justfies it by making new characters, and...it's a vicious cycle. I think I just compensate for it, because I don't want to be limited by one type, or one inspiration for my little army.

 

I buy whatever BJD appeals to me, but they just happen to be similar enough in appearance to look very much like a family, like, they all have black hair, yellowy white skin [though I'd prefer more olive tones], and really simple makeup. For me, it's not about how they'll fit with the others, because I think, how you dress and customize them will determine how well they fit in. So no, I'd never buy a doll, or not buy one just because of 'uniformity'.

 

One doll became an avalanche of them because I did feel my msd girls needed a guy since the 1/3 girls ended up with several men
to keep life exciting for them.
Here the size difference counted
I had no plans to get any males and then some great bargains came along -- first in the SD,
and the more I looked at guys in photography...

I may have more GUYS now. I should check that.
This factor snowballed into convenient excuses to buy MORE dolls. In came some MSD fellas...
WE started needing all sorts of relationships.

I haven't created separate family or cliques yet, but I think it will be a natural progression. I haven't had enough time with my bjd yet. I can understand and enjoy looking at "family albums" of dolls.

I have tended to buy different kinds. "Oh, I want that one because he has such a great orphan child face." I want a tiny elf Soom. Then I don't want her to feel too different so I get ONE more for her.

I want to see what the Luts head system is like. That turns into utter fascination and I need a variety of Luts ~

This is to say, I buy for their relationships, and for my desire to "have one of everything". At least get to meet one of all the kinds that I discern as different. I have lately begun to realize that is impossible. WOW, there are a lot of amazing and unique dolls out there!

I thought I was going to be able to put them back out on market after a while, and just accept any money lost as my entertainment budget. But I find those relationship ties are getting in the way. I will have to figure out a way to decide who HAS to go for financial reasons.

The factors you bring up will play a part on that side of the fence. Not to mention the intangible connection they have to my heart. How they feel about each other has some tug on my heart,
even if I know that is just in my imagination.

Sorry, it is really hard for me to write short answers. I guess nobody has to read it so it doesn't really matter. Just gives me time to think about what goes on in my own head.

 

Opps. I just finally discovered the multiple quote button. I kept trying to figure out how to do that. Part of the quote box in #194 by me, is not quoted from ayreweth, but my answer to her first part question. Glad I finally got this.

 

Thinking about comforting you in your dilemma has helped me in mine, at least a little. As I look around this community I see a huge community that crosses all the borders of all our countries with something fairly unique that we all share.

IMAGINATION --

No matter our ages or any other differences in styles or taste in things...we share this love that only strikes certain people. And most of the rest don't get it at all. So we can talk about something like this and completely understand each other and not have to put up with criticism. What's so wrong with imagination and creativity? Opps, kind of a tangent, but it is an over all observation about how the questions have meaning to us.

Now, to Imahica, someone will love your Maya if you have to send her out. I have been facing my issue, described in my other reply. I bought a ton of dolls with plans to photograph, customize, make art images of them [copyright issues I read about today, eekkk -- different thread] -- I have bought dolls fast and furiously with plans to rotate them out. But now I feel just like you about sending my doll away, and choosing who has to go. I LOVE them all, and I find about 2 dozen a day that I want. Well, almost. I spend a lot of time on my computer because I have some medical disabilities. Anywho...

We can share how we feel, and we can share our dolls. One person's "doesn't fit" or for some reason doesn't bond, or just has to leave so some money can come back...that doll will eventually find love. They may get to travel the world and be the new delight in someone's life, over and over.
And maybe
to the dolls that live in that new house too.

That helps me a little. Hope it does you too, if you ever read this?

 

My family don't fit very well together. I have both 70 cm, 60 cm and 40 cm as well as yods nd a puki. But I don't really care. If I like a doll, I will get it, even if it don't fit with the rest.

 

I must admit that now that I'm thinking about getting my second doll, I keep dismissing ones I like because they wouldn't fit well with my first/only doll. I have a Minaru World Clare and I'm finding that I can't make myself consider anything but a Blue Fairy or another Minaru World because any other doll wouldn't match her. I'm not too bothered about this as I love the BF and MW dolls but a part of me does wish I wasn't so "matching" in my aesthetic tastes ^^;

 

if i like the doll it's not importent if she fits in my doll family or not Anyway a family in real is also very confused and the people don't fit to each other, so i think it doesn't matter with dolls,too A Family is chaotique! ^^

 

So this is my question, do you only by dolls that compliment your doll-family?
Not really, I mean they are the same big eyed cuties but they are all different in my eyes. I have a wide range of what they are since if I find something I like, I find a way to make it work!

If not what are your thoughts on the matter?
I think it's a nice idea~ but don't like it take away from what you want! If you see a doll you just adore, find a way to make it work, don't just let it go because it doesn't fit in.