Dolls you love that you missed out on?

Irrealdoll Ringo I love Irrealdoll's aesthetic but all of their more recent dolls are way too small for my taste. I love Nur too, but I really can't stand single jointed bodies... Ringo was nice because it was just a head so I could just choose a more articulated body.

I've only seen 1 on the secondhand market though, and at the time I held off because I thought it was "too expensive" at like $200. Now I'd happily pay that price for one

 

I actually owned Hujoo Albu and had to sell him at one point for funds :,( I miss him dearly and want him back!

 

Dollfamily-H Plume... She was the last addition to their 1/5 line and none of the shops I frequent carried her, so I learnt about her way after they had already cancelled their whole 1/5 line
I doubt I'll ever even see her for sale 2nd hand, since the 1/5 size isn't very popular and I'm not sure she was ever for sale on any 'global' shops. (Can't be sure though, she was released just as I was getting back into the hobby and wasn't actively window shopping like I am nowadays)

 

Fairyland PukuPuki line. The size and head sculpts available were so cute! It's a shame that when I finally plan to get one, they have already discontinued the basic line and has been gone ever since.

Adding also to the mix are the first releases of Soom monthly dorries such as Beryl and Onyx.

 

I hope you find Phoenix. I have Blue Blood Draven

 

There's a lot, but I think the biggest ones for me are Volks Lieselotte, Charlotte, and Lucia from the 2021 A/W preorders, and the Pink House Yumepi in particular (BtSSB release is cute, but makeup doesn't fit my collection.)
I see them all secondhand from time to time, but the prices are so much higher than the original releases that I still kick myself.

 

For me probably Luts Delf tan Chiwoo

 

I keep looking at the display listing for DollZone YanYan and regretting every day I didn't get her.

 

I didn’t think I really had one of these, but alas, I definitely do. For me it’s PathosTale Pan. I didn’t get her because money was limited, and I thought her face looked a little young, but those big beautiful horns? The hooves? I’ve literally never seen her for sale secondhand either—the people that have her are the people that want to keep having her haha.

To a lesser extent, doll chateau Kevin/Zenobia (I owned a Zenobia, but I sold her and only kept the wings, which, to be fair, are the parts I really wanted). Doll chateau Mephisto.Pheles also has amazing horns and doesn’t seem to come up secondhand. And the engraved bodies—Christina and I think it was Dolores’s bodies—also would be perfect for a character, but I didn’t get them while I had the chance!

 

Dollzone black rabbit and white rabbit. I've never fallen in love with a doll faster. I only saw them after the order period had closed

 

The one that immediately comes to mind is Elfdoll Hazy. I actually saw one a year or two ago on Doll Peddlar, but I couldn't buy her. Instead, I just kept looking at her page until one day it was gone. </3

 

My big miss was a relatively recent one, Dream Valley's Apocalypse Horseman. I'd been on a doll hiatus that entire year and hadn't been checking what companies were releasing. I didn't find out about it until almost a full year later. I keep hoping they'll release him again since they've released past sculpts more than once but it hasn't happened yet.

The only other really big one for me had been Souldoll Harace who got discontinued between when I found out about BJD's and when I actually entered the hobby, but I was able to find him second hand eventually.

 

i missed out on dollfie dream anthy and i regret it to this day

 

It's Dream of Doll Ducan, Dream of Doll Ives, Dream of Doll Code 2 .... and later Doll Chateau Lance and Dream Valley Athos for me.
In all cases I was terribly broke at those times and couldn't even do it with Layaway.

I regret that I never thought of getting just the heads of Lance and Athos back then, at least. That would have been manageable. Meh.

 

Sartoriaj Jude in msd size!!! He was available for ages before he was discontinued but I was being sensible with money and didn’t get him and then suddenly he was gone!!! I do regret that one. Unfortunately that has lead to me impulse buying other limited dolls - mainly Sartoriaj - as I’ve been afraid of missing out again! So I’ve resolved to get that under control. I still wish I’d got Jude though!

 

Man the souldoll souloids, especially Walter, are forever the ones that got away. I haven't even seen one on the second-hand market for years.