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Does any doll you buy have to fit a story?

Sep 12, 2010

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    1. I'm having this big fantasy story thingy around my dolls, so I kinda look for the characters for the story.
      But the model is more important thing to me than "character that suits the story", because I need to like, no, LOVE the doll I'm getting. So if I have a doll I'd love to have, I'll create character to her/him to fit the story ^^
       
      #361 Meital, Jan 15, 2015
    2. No. I like the doll for the craftsmanship in itself. I can add a story but probably after buying a doll.
       
      #362 DreamCouture, Jan 15, 2015
    3. I don't have any stories for my dolls, but I did come to the conclusion that I should at least have an idea of what to do with a doll before I buy one. I will create a character, but it never really gets a personality. It's more about what it will look like.
       
      #363 Ophelia137, Jan 15, 2015
    4. No. I buy the dolls that I like, and that's that.
       
      #364 Heiou, Jan 15, 2015
    5. As for me, I try to make every doll I buy fit the story, however, sometimes I buy a doll just because it's beautiful and I have some kind of idea about what it should look like~
      But I try my best to get all the characters of my story first.
       
      #365 Yatsan-kun, Jan 20, 2015
    6. That's definitely me :XD: I only buy dolls that will be a perfect fit for a character from my story. However... thats probably because the whole reason I got into the hobby was to create physical representations of my pre-existing characters :sweat Now that I'm fully immersed in the BJD hobby I DO sometimes feel like I just wanna buy a doll a like and see where it takes me but - so far - I have resisted. So, nowadays, my choice to only buy dolls to be my resin avatars is just an easy way to keep my wishlist small :XD:
       
      #366 AliceAlicaArisu, Jan 20, 2015
    7. Yes, all my dolls fit into my ongoing doll story - either I buy them to be a character or the doll screams at me to buy him/her & I have to create a character LOL The reason I am in this pricey hobby is to create doll photo stories, after all.
       
      #367 Teleri, Jan 20, 2015
    8. I generally pick a doll I like and then when they get home, I start building a story for them and decide how they fit into the scheme of things, with my other dolls. They all share a base world and then as I add others, their plot lines all continue to expand. x3 They get their own character bios (when I'm less lazy) and I write stories with them. Or RP with them, depending.

      This was working great for me, until I saw a sculpt and went OMG IT'S MY CHARACTER from a set of stories I'm working on. Soooooo I got the doll. Spent tons on him. Only to decide his face wasn't quite as perfect in person as I'd thought from the pictures... Which prompted me to try buying some new heads to try and... I've been thru a few now. And it's been A LOT of trouble. x_x; I don't think I'm going to try shelling a preexisting character of mine again any time soon. Because wow, my nerves have been shot over this whole thing. Although it's also been exciting, in its way? Like a global treasure hunt for the perfect head! loooooooll
       
      #368 Caffeinemancer, Jan 20, 2015
    9. I brought my first doll with no back story or anything I just really loved the look of her and she was my favorite BJD that I had seen that I could afford, and for some of my future dolls I have character's lined up for them...but their not in any particular story ...
       
      #369 senbonzakura1000, Jan 21, 2015
    10. Never.
      I buy a doll because I like the sculpt.
      That sculpt then "tells" me this is my hair color my eyes...my face...etc
      I do not have character dolls.
      They become a character on their own.
       
      #370 michaelmichael, Jan 22, 2015
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