Duplicate Bodies

my answer is similar to @CloakedSchemer in that i tend to avoid duplicate anything because i prefer the more individual look of every one of my dolls having a completely different head and body-- but i do have one pair of bodies that are almost duplicate, and they actually both became similar hybrids too. it's two Angel of Dream 58cm girl bodies-- i got one of them in 2018 as part of a whole doll (AoD Yuki) and one of them was purchased secondhand for hybriding years later.

the one that was Yuki's is the smallest bust size, and i put Doll Family H hands on it and then gave the Yuki head a different body and put a Dollmore Skylar head on it. the secondhand one is i think the medium size bust, definitely much bigger than the small one tho, and i put a pair of Impldoll hands (that i disliked until i boil-reshaped) on it and gave it a Dollmore Aileen head. between the different bust sizes and different hands, they look similar but definitely not identical. and it is funny that they both got Dollmore heads, because i didn't plan it at all

 

As my 1/3 dolls are mostlyt children or very young teens I need immature bodies for them and there aren't many options in that size range, so I have multiples of the same few - Volks SD10 (several boy and several girl - variations of height by swapping out the longer limbs from SD13 girls or FCS), Violks Swarrico (several), Volks Seirei (angel/genderless) two, Volks 2 part SD10 boy body with the "boy-bits" modded off (two), CustomHouse Ai (two). Luts Delf (two - one small-bust, one modded to flat chested).

I also have multiples in the 1/4 size - DollsTown 5year girl (two), DollsTown 7Year girl (two), DollsTown 7Year boy (two), and some smaller size duplicate bodies - Unoa Chibi flat chest body (two), Custom house PetiteAi (three) Fairyland Littlefee (four), Elf Elly Banji (three), Fairyland PukiPuki (three), Fairyland RealFee (four).

Teddy

 

I believe so as well! I think they share a lot in their tastes despite being distinct in style.

 

Currently the only duplicate bodies I have are two volks MSD girls. That being said, one is from 2009 and the other is from 2002, so they've got a few differences.
I have no problem with having duplicate heads, but when it comes to duplicate bodies I'm kinda like "eh... but I have that one already..." for some reason, but having different versions of the same body circumvents that feeling, I guess...?

 

I've had the same Souldoll body for two dolls before at the same time (small differences - different bust size, one was slightly renewed in jointing) - honestly I thought I'd enjoy this more given that it's one of my favourite bodies, but in the end I was a bit weirded out about having a duplicate. It somehow felt too decadent to have two of the same in lieu of variation I've also had the same head sculpt twice (two unoas), which I enjoyed at first but somehow in time my tastes have turned to preferring to have less dolls, in which duplicates seem to be hmmm... not a waste, but perhaps a waste of chance? - if I'm already having multiple, but limited number of dolls, I might as well have something that looks/feels different, and try different stylings every once and a while if I want to see a different look. But that's just me trying to be a bit frugal with this hobby somehow (with varying degrees of success).

 

Out of the 40+ dolls I got, I don't have too many dupe bodies. There's my Haru Casting Neul, Lime, and Modeun that have the same body, my Black Cherry Dolls Zeri and Meihua, the Alchemic Labo Elder boys (I have a Zest as well as Xyle), annnnd...I think that's it. Even my 4 Fairyland MNFs are all on different versions of their A-line bodies bahaha (got the muscle and model type boys, an old version of the A-line girl, as well as the renewal version). I might end up with a second Switch Attractive 65cm body in the future, but we'll see once I get the head I ordered in.

It wasn't a purposeful choice though, just how things went as I bought dolls with specific characters and body types in mind. I am happy I've gotten to try out so many different ones though since it makes shopping for them easier since I know well what I do and don't like with joint engineering. I would say I wouldn't mind at all having multiple Bimong fusion mini bodies in my collection, but I'm happy to at least just have one boy and girl from him.

 

Right now, my only duplicates are my Dollfie Dream 06 heads, who are meant to be twins and are on matching bodies in their respective skin tones. I purposefully avoid duplicating whenever possible, as I like variety in my doll family, but I am willing to overlook that variety for characters who are intended to be very similar. I'm also less persnickety about variety when it comes to my vinyl dolls, which I assume is because they are more like anime archetypes rather than fleshed-out characters.

 

I have so many duplicate bodies that it would be easier to list out the unique ones lol my collection is almost all Volks resin and vinyl. I've got several SD10 girl bodies (1 suwarikko!), a few SD13 girls (one with the new heel legs), half a dozen SDM girls, two YoSD girls (newest body), one MDD Mochi Ashi, several DD girls, a few DDS girls, and every iteration of the DD Dynamite body (original DDII frame, DDIII frame, f3 frame, and 2.0 f3-- the vinyl shells are different on each one)
I also have Maskcat's new 62cm body. I need to get her a friend on the 58cm body they released as well!
I always thought I'd be the type to collect as many bodies as possible and prioritize poseability above all else, but my collection doesn't reflect that at all. Things change!