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

Since my likes vary and change from doll to doll, I made a story arc that explains them being different, yet together: time, space and dimension-hopping ChronoPyrates Several crews in the fleet go from an OT 11cm Obitsu 11cm/LPS Blythe hybrid through getting ready to press-gang a friend's 90 cm resin gentleman! Couple anthros and androids, check, snow white through dyed dark tan, yep! M-F-?? genders, yep! Temporary visiting crew members, yes, please! 3DCG sailing AND airships to composite them and their costumed human owners into together? That too! A grand project for 2012, and everyone 'fits this family'

 

So this is my question, do you only by dolls that compliment your doll-family?

If you do, what do you think makes you do this? Why does it matter?

If not what are your thoughts on the matter?

For the most part, I buy dolls because I like the sculpt. I usually want them to be part of a family or the same scaled environment so I usually stick to the same size bjds. When I get the doll, "they" dictate if they want to be related to my other BJDs. I like my bjds to be grouped by height so that the scale works with all of them within a setting.

As far as sculpts, I tend to be loyal to the same company so I don't know if I would necessarily mix sculpts from differnet companies with each other or not. Sculpts from different companies would probably be another family or in another realm instead. I did recently adopt a sculpt within the same company and size that didn't resemble my current dolls and I made her a neighbor. Her sculpt seemed a little more cartoonish than human so I felt that she be part of another family but still in the same world. If her sculpt wasn't as cartoonish as it is and she looked human, I would probably try to have her be a family member, despite he/she looking different.

I'm guessing I'm quirky that way? I have a need to compartmentalize/organize things so that's how do it in this hobby, lol. I'm really particular with scale too so different size bjds in the same setting throw me off. I have amassed a huge amount of props for 1/12 and 1/6 scale dolls so any bjds that won't fit with the items, throw me off a bit. My LTF has furniture but a lot of my re-ment seem small for her so I have to start a new collection of stuff for her now too. A little nerve-wracking for me but I love my LTF so much so I have to either make her stuff or keep my eyes open for stuff I can buy her to fit her space. It makes sense to me.

 

I gravitate to dolls that match my personal aesthetic, which in turn gives the group a cohesive air. The downside to this is that my earlier dolls are cruder, so to speak, than my recent acquisitions, as my budget and experience have grown. It feels disloyal to get rid of a doll simply because it doesn't blend with the group in a familial way, so I won't, at least for the forseeable.

 

I did not intend to have a cohesiveness to my doll family, but in a way I do. I was given a BBB pixie and in general like the BBB sculpts and ended up falling for Isabella for many reasons, and choosing a pink skin tone for my own personal reasons. If I had acted on what I planned originally, I would have gotten a blue March but I couldn't force myself to fall in love with that sculpt. It's a beautiful sculpt and I really like it, but I I couldn't see myself owning it. It would have been in the theme of my pixie with pointy ears and the charismatic smile, but in the end I chose something entirely different. I think I like the dynamic better too of my blue pixie and my pink girl, they somehow to me look like they belong to each other, it's something that really struck me as I took her out of the box for the first time. My own eyes and hair are dark brown, but my daughter's hair is blond and she has bright blue eyes, but together we still look cohesive in a family unit.

 

I will buy any doll that I like, regardless of whether it looks good with my other doll(s).

 

Yes, I find this to be my main consideration when I'm buying a doll. The new doll has to look like they come from the same "world" as the rest of them. I like it to look like the same person "drew" them!

 

To answer your question, a definite yes. This is what also helps me in buying a new doll to add to my resin crew.
I really don't want to get a new doll for the sake of getting one and then pull my hair as to how, story-wise, he/she will fit my crew without looking either out of place or overpowering them.

 

I do, absolutely. I really admire Iplehouse dolls, for example, but I'm not likely ever to buy one because I think they wouldn't fit in with my Dollzone darlings in terms of style. They all represent characters who are part of the same story, so I wouldn't want them to look odd together. Going for a particular style of doll family is actually a good tool to restrict one's dolly shopping . Honestly, there are so many great dolls, you need to find a way to restrict your choice somewhat, don't you?

 

Hmm, even though I don't own a doll yet, but I think I wouldn't think about how the doll would fit into the family. I'd rather buy dolls that I like rather than restricting myself. That's all in my opinion, anyways. :3

 

Yes, I do only buy ones that will fit in my 'doll family'. I do it for economic reasons mostly, like even if I like a doll very much, if I can't push a role for it in my story/have no role to give, I will most likely not buy it. Of course if I really really like it, I will make a role for it and stuck the role whenever I can, even if it's a really stupid one haha! Which also means, I will want to buy only the ones I reaaaally like/love~ So saves me the money of getting dolls I won't like as much ^ ^

 

I Only Have One Doll, But Other Ones That i have looked at don't necessarily fit in because my doll is an elf. I do love fantasy dolls though, so i'm sure i will end up with a mix of doll that do and don't fit in with each other.

 

Do you only by dolls that compliment your doll-family?
Very much so.
What do you think makes you do this/Why does it matter?
I like group pictures and I like to make my dolls having relationships, so they need to be matching and in scale.

 

I am pretty new, only having one doll actually in my possession and a second one on order. My two dolls have almost zero in common with each other. One is a Barbie-size Souldoll Jandi, and the other is an MSD sized Doll Chateau Colin. I got my Jandi from a previous owner at a doll meet, and she was my first BJD experience. Then I got online and looked at the wondrous cornucopia of what's available out there, and was struck by Doll Chateau and some of the Dollzone sculpts (Una for example, or Anselm). So I think I just love dolls with a striking fantasy look, regardless of their size or color or who makes them. I also am attracted to a couple of the very tiny dolls I've seen, like Fira (can't remember the maker) who can fit into the palm of your hand. I think the big unifier, if there is one, is imagination. I don't tend to have 'storylines' in place for my dolls. I am a writer, but my characters from my novels don't really translate to the dolls I am interested in. It's been interesting reading this thread and seeing the variety of responses.

 

Do you only by dolls that compliment your doll-family?
I sure don't! I buy dolls individually. It's nice if they go together somehow, but not necessary!

If not what are your thoughts on the matter?
I have thought about buying dolls to complement each other, but I realized that if I didn't like the doll a great deal on its own, it made no sense to buy it. I should absolutely love it, even if it's sitting by itself. A big part of this is that I'm trying to cut down on clutter in my life, so I buy very carefully... dolls are no exception.

 

I try to get dolls that fit together becasue I have a photocap comic I'm working on with them. If they don't fit, I'll come up with a backstory that makes sense. For example, all of my dolls are MSD's and I see them as being adults. So, if I was to get a SD, I would want something like Shiva or a centaur and then claim that it is more like a God in the world for my dolls.

 

Ahh...not necessarily ^^;;; I have an MSD now, and my next will be a Crobi R-Line, so muuuch bigger than my DOC. I don't think they will match together very well, but that doesn't really matter to me because I like to have diversity. ^w^ And I won't not buy a doll just because he/she wouldn't match with my current ones. Though, it would be NICE to have a perfectly compatible family. This is why I want to get my DOC his twin next!

 

All but one of my dolls belong in a universe. For example, my doll, Orian, fits in a story with my friend's doll, Yoko, so they need to look good together. If I wanted to make a puki into the Doctor from Doctor Who and decided to make Rose Tyler, I'd need to make her a puki too. But altogether, as one big family? They don't need to fit together stylistically. They need to fit in the "universe," but they don't need to fit together.
I plan on making one of my OCs a doll. He'll be between 60 and 63 CM so that if I make his big brother, his brother will be between 65 and 70cm. I can't make him then make his big brother an MSD, it'd be weird.
This is also how my friend and I pick our dolls. if they're "paired" they need to be the correct proportion to one another. If I made my character Haile an SD, she'd have to make Ora an SD.
I hope I'm making sense. ^^;

 

Maybe not. If I like a doll a lot, then I don't care at all to whether or not he or she fits into my doll family. lol If that doll looks completely different from the rest, I try to be creative, twisting my mind to fit that character in somehow. And I think it'll be a fun process.

 

Do i buy a doll that fill with the family no. i buy a doll on looks and how much i very want it. Im going though add a new doll to the family soon and im fixing her into the family

 

I think that I would only ever buy Dollfie Dream dolls. This is because I like the anime look, and that is why I chose to buy a Dollfie Dream in the first place. I look at other people's dolls and I like them, but I never feel the attachment to buy one of them.