Dolls you SWORE you’d never sell…….and then DID

I've done this, not once, but twice!

Wayyy way back, I somehow convinced myself that I should spend my money on better things and that these two dolls (Luts Delf Tan Shiwoo and Iplehouse Soo Ri) didn't get the attention they deserved so they should find better homes.

Most braindead moment in my history of bjd! I loved them, yet still managed to go through with it.
I've been regretting it ever since and they've been on my wishlist ever since. Shiwoo even being my top grail.

One thing's for sure.. I'm never parting with a doll again. The car will have to go if needed XD

 

I swore to myself that I would not sell my first doll, but I did. She was a Doll Love Half-sleeping You You. I just don't like small dolls anymore, and I feel bad to have a doll around if I am not playing with them.

 

I swore I would never sell any of my dolls. But alas, I fell out of love with one of them and sold her last year. She's with a lovely new home now

 

*gestures broadly* I mean, all of them? I don't know how to enjoy a doll and think about selling it at the same time. I need to enjoy the moment. That's just me, because I am very emotionally involved with the dolls, and I don't purchase so spontaneously that I regret something before it arrives. So I have the emotional investment already, and I'm invested in the idea of what we will do together, not thinking about their parting until when/ if it comes time.

 

A Fairyland Lucywen Head and Aline Body in Tan

I wanted so hard to love her! I did several faceups on her, and I had final sold her. About a month later, I regretted it but decided if I went through all the trouble to buy all over again and purchase another, I’d feel exactly the same.

 

I swore that I would never sell my littlefees. I thought that I would still like the SDYo size for many years to come. After coming back to the hobby from a 7 year hiatus and taking them out of storage I found out that my taste has changed. I don't like smol dollies anymore. The smallest I go is MSD sized now. I'm just glad that I still love my SD dolls after the hiatus because I have a few minimees back when DIM was running. I have no regrets and hope that the new owners love them as much or better than I. Like some people I realized as you get older the things you like change.

 

My very first bjd, a Loongsoul Reno. I had waited years to be able to finally get my first doll, so I became seriously attached to him in spite of his large sizing.

After having to move back home with my parents though I just didn't have the room for him anymore, as he was so big. So I ended up putting him up for trade for a smaller doll I fell in love with instead.

I miss him a lot, but I like to think he's in a better home now where he an be put on display once again

 

My Crobidoll Marisol. Back in 2012 when I was still new in the hobby, she was my grail doll and had been for a long time.
I thought she was the perfect one for one of my beloved original characters, but growing up, my tastes in dolls changed, and now she would be too childish for that character who has evolved too.
I haven’t sold her yet since I needed to find her box first, but now that I have, I just need to not be lazy and put her in sale u_u

 

I had a DaisyDayes hoof legs PukiPuki Cupid hybrid, who I dip dyed myself to be beautifully gradient blended between the legs and the tummy,

and for some mad reason I sold him and I cannot figure out why.

and now the person I think I sold him TO has not been around for nine years according to profile
so I can't even ask them if they'd ever consider moving him along and selling him back.

 

I sold a pretty rare head recently! We're talking tiny, defunct artist who released 3 heads in limited runs and disappeared forever levels of rare. I remember searching for ages and thinking I'd never find one, and I was floored when he finally came for sale. However, when he got here, I realized that he might not work for the character I wanted him for, even if the sculpt was great.

Honestly, I loved the sculpt and what other people did with him, but he just didn't fit in my collection. He was too small, and he looked out of place against the rest of my collection, and especially against the doll meant to be his partner. So I sold him - no regrets thus far.

 

I swore I would never sold my Volks yosd Williams... but..

 

I sold my first doll which was a Dollshe Bernard, I was absolutely certain I wouldn’t sell him as he was my first doll and all… but as time moved and I got more into Iplehouse and Soom I somehow became a lot less attached to my Dollshe dolls. He was also the faceplate version of Bernard and I just did not like the way the faceplates kept shifting down when I tried to put a wig on him etc

I also bought a few heads over the years that I thought I’d end up getting a body for but new stuff ended up catching my interest so I think I’ll probably shift a few of them when the time comes.