Do you still have your first doll?

I still have my first doll!

She is a hybrid MSD size (a Mayak Nitori head on a Black Cherry body). She is the only doll I keep on display. I made a swinging chair that hangs from the ceiling by my window. I don't get much sunlight, so I am not that concerned about yellowing. I don't do much with her nowadays, as she hates co-operating with me to pose and has a difficult body shape to make clothes for.

 

Unfortunately, I don't. Turned out that they weren't quite what I was looking for.

 

I do! And I still love him very much. My aesthetic taste in dolls has changed and expanded over the years for sure, but I still love the older style dolls probably the most. (give me those 18mm eyed boys yes please!!) The magic in those early memories are very special to me and also...he still just fits the look I love in dolls today. If I had never seen him before today and he suddenly popped up on the MP...I'd probably still go nuts trying to adopt him.

He's an Abio Angel Er, for reference.

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My first doll was a Luts KDF Darae, I got her in 2013. It was right out of college and I felt like I could finally participate in the hobby without judgement so I was very excited to finally receive her from Luts. When I had to sell my other dolls I kept her and have always had a soft spot for her even though she hasn't been out of the box much in 11 years. I have plans to turn her into a mod 60's girl and make her some mod outfits, whenever I get around to that She'll need a cute Twiggy style faceup for sure!

 

Yes, I do. Kelyn is a Dream of Doll Wi, and he's never leaving. He's been with me since 2006.

 

I do! He's a Luts Zuzu Delf Velo. I actually tried to sell him a few times, but felt bad about it and decided to keep him! I can't remember if I got him in 2009 (when his specific edition was released) or later, but he's been with me a long time!

 

Yep, I still have my first boy. I won him in a competition when I collected other dolls. It wasn’t until years later that I actually bought a few BJDs. He’s still beautiful. He’s a Doll in Mind boy. I can’t recall off the top of my head if he’s Sergei or Aleksei.

 

My first doll is on the shelf next to my bed. I have no intention of getting rid of her for as long as I live. Got her when I was a teenager, nearly 15 years ago. Maybe ages down the road, my daughter might get her as an heirloom.

 

Nope, she was one of the first Angel Region 55cm sculpts and for the life of me I can't recall what the sculp was called. I got her back in 2001 and I think I sold her in 2004.

 

Yes, I bought him back in 2009. I said I would never sell my first doll. Even though I don't really care about him now, and don't want him anymore. I have 'retired him' so he just sits as is. He did a lot for me growing up, and I loved him so much. I feel bad about it now, and while its just a doll its a promise I made to him. Because I know if I sold him I would regret it.

 

I still have her, not on display for now, but I do.
She is a DoD Shall. Tbh, she wouldn't be something I would buy anymore, but she's so special and has a place in my heart so I don't think I will ever sell her!

 

Yes, I still have my first doll.
He's a Blue Blood Doll Valentine, and you see him in my display picture. He's since gotten a little bit of a makeover and he's now a green-eyed red head. But he's still with me. I can't see myself parting with him.

 

I do! He's a Mystic Kids Francis and I've grown so incredibly attached to him, but I bought him impatiently without planning the character, and after all these years of developing him I've come to terms with the fact that his sculpt just doesn't look like the character. I have my eye on a different sculpt that matches his character perfectly, but I keep holding back from re-shelling him because of that "first doll" attachment. Some times I think I'm 100% certain that I'll sell him and re-shell, and other days I get so sad and emotional over the thought of it and can't bring myself to follow through!! Ahhhh this is my biggest dilemma ever.

 

Still Have my first doll !
She is a DIM Happy Fantasia i bought second hand! I will always keep her, she means a lot to me

 

Unfortunately I do not. My first doll was Dollzone Megi fullset and I think I got him in 2009. He was with me maybe two years. I did sell him back in the day as he did not have a character and I started collecting more SD size dolls.

 

When I bought my first doll, I was Sixteen, and had just had a fight with my (abusive) ex-girlfriend. We broke up because she wasn’t attracted to women, but she dated me (a femme, but not quite a woman—at the time I was a woman though). I started a layaway for a $700 ringdoll fullset doll, totally on a whim, despite that my layaway payments were almost my whole salary at my part time, barely over minimum wage job.

when I got him, I was overwhelmed by his size (72cm), but I thought he was beautiful, which I still lowkey agree with. He was a very well-made fullset. I sold him in 2020, because his character was written between me and the ex, and I couldn’t see him as anyone but his fullset character.

I sold him to buy the absolute jewel of my collection and my favourite doll: Shrike. In a way, this means my first doll’s legacy is my favourite doll, and I kind of like that.

 

I do not have my first doll anymore (a CP Soo), but she was adopted by a friend so I still see her every now and then what is nice. I had some situations and people that I associated with her and it's ultimately what made me sell her. Now when I see her I feel mostly a nostalgic feeling but I also wouldn't want to have her back though.

 

I still have mine! He's an Angel Region Ren that I bought secondhand in 2012 (he's from 2007). He was my first grail, and I still love him very much, even though the hobby's general taste in dolls has changed over time. I have no plans to get rid of him whatsoever.

 

I actually recently sold my first doll to a close friend. I had wiped his faceup intending to redo it and give him a new character, but he sat around for a couple years in that state and it felt like he needed a new home that might appreciate him more. This way, he will get the appreciation he deserves and my friend has already offered to send me updates on him! I can't wait to see what he does with him.

 

I stil have my first doll bought more than a decade ago (2008) ^^. He is a Luts Kid Delf Hodoo who was, at that time, an underrated sculpt. Here's my little gloomcookie: