Do you prefer full set or blank ?

Yes, absolutely. I am not an artist and my imagination is not as good as professional doll authors. I love their creations!

I wonder...is a doll more valuable if it's the artist's full set or does that matter? I guess it would depend on the buyer.

 

As far as i've understood, original face-up and all items of a fullset is worth more than only parts. But if its an old fullset face-up is less important since it would've faded alot.

 

Oh, I didn't realize that the faceups fade. How long does that take, years or decades? If you know.

 

I have a good sized collection of nearly 50 dolls and have had many of them for well over a decade. None of mine, either with my own or various company faceups, have ever shown evidence of fading. So I don’t believe fading is inevitable…at least it hasn’t happened in my own collection. I hope this reassures you.

 

It depends on the materials used. My first boys face-up looked good for a couple of years, but then it was as if the edges got a bit fuzzy and the colours changed a bit. It's been a while since he's had a face-up made, and he's starting to need a new one.
Often there' s also slight damage to the face-up, like the msc gets chipped off over time.

 

So good to know! I have some Barbie dolls from the sixties whose parts are discolored, some more than others. It seems like Barbies last a long time. I'll have to be careful!

Yes, thank you so much! I don't keep any of my dolls in direct sunlight. I only have one BJD, but the Barbies and Fashion Royalty dolls seem to be holding up fine. My BJD is getting a new faceup and body blushing right now. I can't wait to get her back! You do your own faceups? Are you an artist that does commissions?

Wow, your dolls are extraordinary! I'm so impressed!

 

I am not sure. I would think things like how unique the doll is and quality of the face up. I'm pretty confident that if I suddenly decided to sell my Sandor Clegane or Beric Dondarrion I could get what I have in them but they're both extremely customized dolls.

 

I love fullsets most of the time because finding faceup artists with open slots is challenging.

 

So true.

 

I stared out only preferring full sets but as I get further into the hobby I'm finding myself favoring blank dolls more. I like that you can take a sculpt and make it completely different then everyone else look wise.

 

Full sets have no appeal to me. I want to create my own character for a doll, and choosing the clothes, wig, eyes etc. are part of what I really enjoy doing. I even enjoy if it is an ongoing projects, where the doll comes together little by little. Its like a treasure hunt. If a doll came completely done, I would not enjoy it.

Faceups however are the exception. I don't do my own, and so I usually buy dolls with company faceups but no clothing etc.

 

If the full set is cheep I'll get it, but blank normally

 

I don't prefer a full set, as I like to style them myself. But I do want them to already have a faceup.

 

Never had a full-set, but I've often gone with dolls with default face-ups if I love them enough or feel they'll fit the character intended for the doll. It generally saves time later, and I can immediately get down to dressing them and finding the right wig and/or eyes when they arrive.

But, saying that, I have started to buy more blank dolls or heads, as the general sculpt works for a character but their company face-up doesn't. I tend to look for blank pictures, too, to help decide if a sculpt is right. And, sometimes, the face-up doesn't look quite like the promo shots.

 

I prefer face-ups but not full sets if I have the choice. Seeing as how I'm only just now getting my first full set, that may change!

 

I prefer casual clothes so most full sets don't appeal to me. But I want a faceup, because I do not trust myself with that. I ruined several monster highs that way

 

I like the idea of fullsets from the perspective of, you have an outfit lined up out of the box and don't have to worry (usually lol) about the possibility of stuff not fitting and having to trawl around for wigs/shoes/clothes etc but I like the freedom of being able to assign my own personality to the doll, whereas I feel like fullsets it's kind of decided for you a bit. Not to say that you can't just take what thye give you and build something on top of it, but having a firm foundation makes the outcomes feel a little narrower I guess

 

For me it depends on what I plan to do with the doll. Mostly I prefer blank dolls so I can shell characters, but sometimes a fullset catches my eye and I can't resist. The fullset doll never stays in their original set full time though. To me if you don't change their look occasionally its no different than having a fashion doll that's on display (not that there is anything wrong with that - I have those too).

 

I do find the full sets super beautiful too! However I like blank better and work on the dolls myself. It’s great for bonding, creativity and overall also I found sometimes that I didn’t like the clothing quality or the face up was a little on the very simple side. And the hundreds dollars more don’t seem as worth it to me anymore. I prefer blank and rather invest the money saved into accessories, and materials from shops/artist I adore

 

Full set if the budget permits and so I do not have to worry about the faceup and clothes.