Does anyone else compulsively look up pictures of dolls they ordered while waiting?

Totally! I'm always trying to find all the pictures I can and stalking Twitter/Instagram/Flickr owners' accounts.

 

I would... but the one I'm dancing around impatiently waiting for at the moment is a very, very "rare bird" limited made in 2007. You could probably count the number of pictures of them that exist out in internet-land on the fingers of one hand these days. So... yeah. 'No way to obsessively look at pictures if they don't exist.

 

I just ordered an old girl off of Mandarake and I’m “patiently” waiting for the confirmation email. In the meantime, I’ve been looking up Flickr, Instagram, and using Wayback machine to obsess over different face ups, styles, etc.

 

It's not even that I intentionally choose unpopular sculpts, but it just so happens that the sculpts I like have few to no owner sculpts posted online. My favourite example is one from Universedoll where I scrolled through the sculptor's Weibo until my browser froze trying to load the backlogs and still only saw like 4 owner sculpts. It's not my fault! I wish I liked sculpts more people owned!! But it just doesn't work out that way...

 

Totally-- I spend a lot of time looking at pictures and looking back at my order info when I'm waiting.

 

Yes! I do this all the time. It helps me pass the time on the wait and to see what others have done with the sculpt.

 

Yes very much so! When i was looknig for a volks hewitt for sale all i did was browse flickr and insta for pictures lol. Its always fun seeing what other ppl do with the same sculpt, every doll is different after all and it helps me come up with ideas of what looks good to me for a sculpt!

 

This should be DoA's secret password.

 

Yes! Even now that my Miwa is home, I still look at her company photos and other people's photos wondering about when my Miwa will be home, before remembering she's here with me now

 

I try to resist, but often I look at my new dolls and feel my impatient heart skip a beat.

 

I love to constantly trowel Instagram tags for faceup ideas or if I'm unsure of a doll! There's a lot of different looks and a single doll can look so different, so I'm always on the lookout.

 

Yes! I’m so happy that I am not the only one. You just have to keep looking at their picture until your doll comes home.

 

I'm doing the opposite now actually. Trying to avoid any pictures with the doll that is currently having a little round trip back to Korea because of customs.
It wouldn't be too hard since it's a sculpt that's just started appearing a month or so ago but I make it difficult for myself by constantly keeping track of any new pics posted of the doll company tags in anticipation. ^___^''

 

I do, and I save all of the photos on my phone to look at.

 

I've been checking Instagram obsessively and fawning over them for months now! I'm trying to hold back now otherwise I might start pestering the companies for updates.

 

Yes, so that I can see what others style & face-up have done with the sculpt. Sometimes will find really gorgeous pics.

 

YES! I scour the forums, IG and FB for as many photos as I can find of the sculpt and do this even after it arrives! I love looking at photos, but when I am waiting on a doll in particular I like to see what color wigs and eyes appeal to me most so that when they arrive I know what looks I preferred in photos (doesn't always mean I like it on my own in person though)

 

I do that too. I ordered my first BJD (and first hybrid) a little over a month ago. Half of the time it's because I'm planning her outfit/wig and doing a mock-up of her faceup, and the other half of the time it's because I feel the need to remind myself that I am actually going to get the doll that I've wanted for a year now. I have two bookmark folders that I save picture links to (one for the head, one for the body) as well as two Instagram collections so that I can easily find them.

 

Yes. When I first started collecting I told myself that it was silly to do that. Now I do it constantly. Partially to check to plan clothes, but also because I feel the need to make sure that I haven't made a horrible decision. I never end up feeling like that, but my brain is always like "what if?" Then like a month or two before it arrives I check both the blank sculpt and IG constantly out of excitement.

 

Yes l do. I research and ask alot of questions when needed.