Ever been disappointed? Even a little?

The title of the thread made my stomach sink. After a two years of saving and decide on the exact doll I wanted, I've now ordered one and I'm waiting.

I hope I'm not waiting for something bad.

I'm just going to have to trust myself and the artists this time. Just to get something I really want and have never seen in person...

 

I got a dollmore Kid Aiden, 2 months shy of my 16th birthday.
I was actually happier with my doll than I thought I would be, his face-up was way better than I expected. It looked so orange in the photos, when it's actually just right. and besides that I am DEATHLY afraid of breaking/scratching him in some way.cAnd that I (also) haven't got a camrea good enough to photograph him, no photoshop, or boxes of clothes and 6 other dolls, like it seems a lot of people have. >__>
I am not dissappointed in him. Like any hobby, or passion, these things take time. Or at least for someone with LITTLE cash flow.
And I love him, and will get him everything he needs and deserved before I ever even think about buying another doll
It's not the doll, it's the person, all the dolls are pretty, and could be so much more than a doll. it's just if the person is willing to make them into that, its not as though they can do it on their own.
If they could, I think we'd have a whole nother issue on our hands. O_O

 

Not disappointed, no. Surprised at how small my little Cassie was, yes. I mean, you can take a ruler and see how tall 15 cm are and go "Oh, she's half the size of my three small guys" - it's still different to see the actual doll. But all in all, I wasn't disappointed and I really do love her to pieces. That scowling face is just SO cute!

My Mum was disappointed about her, I guess. Judging from a remark she dropped. My first BJD was an Ark, a towering 67cm tall (towering compared to Cassie) and she had been expecting a larger doll. After all, Cassie DID cost 200 USD. Add to that that she was in her box with no eyes in and she's got that really large head and of course the scowling face - she looked like some kind of mean little alien. When I showed her to my Mum with her eyes in, wig on and wearing that cute little dress, though, my Mum agreed that she was actually "kinda cute". *lol*

 

My first doll was a Dollzone Shoyo, I fell in love with the company's make up, which was quite wonderful. Everyday after the day that I ordered her, I would get on the site looking at the default picture, tracking where the package is at, just like everyone else who're waiting for their doll (especially their first).
When the doll got here, I opened the package and took off the faceup-mask, to reveal her face up being ULTRA PINK! I ran to the computer and opened up the image of her having brown eyebrows, red-pink lips... holding her up seeing it's NO WHERE close to the company's make up... since I have such high expectation on my first doll, I was somewhat upset. Until now it has been 1 year since the day I got her, I still cannot bond with her, even though now and then I would take her out of her box, stroke her hair, admire her big round eyes. I decided that I'll just wipe her face off one day when I get the chance to. And that would be bye bye to the 40$ faceup! ^^

In conclusion, seems like lotsa people here were disappointed that the face up of the doll weren't the same as the company pictures. I understand that the faceup artist cannot copy the exactly same on every single head, but how about staying in the same color tone, not too pink, not too purple? It's like being betrayed. ;____;

 

I was a bit disappointed (or shocked) when I got my 2nd boy, a DZ Mo, out of his box. I went to quite some trouble getting him, being moved from the marketplace onto the evil ebay where I was almost outbid. I ended up paying more then I actually wanted, but I just had to have him. And when I finally held him I was like... Really not as great as the pictures I had seen. Such a big head, plump, yellowish (ugly) creature. But yeah I was still a n00b, and my only comparison was my OD doll (who is off standards when it comes to MSD's) But non the less it took me almost a year before finally accepting/liking him, but we're happy now. And I am glad I didn't sell him after all, although it crossed my mind many many times.

 

this thread gives me anxiety

im one of those people who never spends money even if they dont need to save it and they find something they like. im not sure why but it takes alot of time to talk myself into buying something, and i'd hate to spend so much money on something, wait so long to get it, just to be disappointed.

one thing i have learned from this thread is if i am disappointed dont sell the doll right away, switch the wigs eyes and style and see if i cant find something that works. so thanks for that everyone =]

 

I'm a little disappointed in her posing ability but I did have the option to get the double jointed(but I think it's not as pretty). and I'm pissed off that she doesn't have the proper eyes and clothes but other than that I'm happy ^^ And besides, most of those things can be fixed anyway!

 

Yep. Been there done that. Happened with my first BJD, Choa and then with my DIM Elena. Choa was the first BJD I had ever seen in person and I think it was the shock. I've since grown to love her.

With Elena, I bugged DH for her for Christmas last year. He actually went and ordered her on his own as a surprise and I was so upset when I opened the box. I wanted to love her because she reminds me of how sweet DH is to get her for me, but she doesn't look anything like her promo pictures and she doesn't pose as well as my other BJDs. I will probably never sell her because of what she reminds me of, but she isn't my favorite BJD. I think a new face-up and some body work would help the love grow.

 

The only time I have ever been disappointed was when I bought an artist made BJD, and she arrived as though out of a rough, not a finish mold. It just never occurred to me to ask whether the doll would be in a smooth, professionally finished state, since she was rather an expensive doll. I assumed she'd be fine. Well, I found her too rough to even do a minor face-up, so I spent an entire weekend sanding this doll to get her as smooth as I expected all my dolls to be. Next time I buy an artist doll, I'll ask many more questions as to its finish, or at least get input from other owners first. She was a lovely sculpt, but I never bonded with her, I'm sure because I resented all the work, so I let her go to another home and that's worked out very well.

 

my only problem when i received my beautiful lati coco is that she came bald (nude) so she has no hair yet. so i feel bad for her. but i still love her to bits.

 

My only dissappointment was when I bought a doll in "perfect condition" and her eyelashes were falling off, she was disgustingly dirty (litterally, when I Mr Cleaned her the dirt came off in black goop it was gross) and there was even dirt on her faceup that I had to be soooo careful with.
But, I fell in love with her anyways!

 

A bit. I have made the mistake of buying a doll and not having anything for the poor thing to wear... That really sort of kills the excitment and it gave me a very unsettled "was all this worth it?" feeling... They're just not as fun when they're incomplete.

 

When i opened up the box of Zero... he wasnt posing like i wanted and that almost turned me off of strung dolls. But I was sending him to Jisatsu anyways to get some work done so i got her to restring and suede him.

im hoping that he'll come back better than he left in my expectations and as well as when i get Delphine(not going to be her name, D.O.T LE) she wont have that problem.

 

My disappointment came with my third doll, a Choa from Custom House. It has nothing to do with the wait since I knew ahead of time that she wouldn't get here that fast. However, after I had waited just shy of three months and then to be disappointed, well, the wait time added to the crush.

I opened her up and her face was very blah. I paid for a faceup and what I got seemed like I was overcharged. BTW, is it common knowledge that CH dolls don't come with eyelashes? I was shocked. I think I might have been less disappointed if she had eyelashes.

When my husband came home from work, I tried to be neutral but one look at my face and he said, "WHAT'S WRONG???" And then the tears came! (I'm such a wreck sometimes!)

I'm going to get new eyes for her, and a new wig. She poses very nicely and she feels nice and sturdy. I've added some more color to her face, which seems to help, but she just didn't look the way I had hoped! Plus, my first two dolls were dreams-come-true, so I had no reason to think I might be disappointed.

Its sad, but this experience has made me super wary of ordering faceups from the company. Esp. at the prices they charge.

 

They don't come with eyelashes? Geez, this makes me worried for my boy D: I guess I just kinda assumed he would come with them since I got a face-up. I wonder why they give them eyelashes in the promo pictures if they're not going to include them >>

 

I have only one BJD and after many months of waiting and problems (sooo many) with the intermediary, when I open the box, I discovered that instead of the new dollzone body with small chest, she has the old one with very big (for me) chest.
At the moment I was very disappointed (with the intermediary), luckly, when I look at the face up it was love at the first sight and now I love my Natasha , despite she had big b**bs and all the problems "she" (the intermediary) gave me before her coming.

 

Yes, I gotta say I was dissapointed by my first and only one doll so far ( a second hand one) . She arrived really late, the desk at my appartment block never called me tell me they had the package. Had to go down there, look for myself in the area (as no one appeared to be working there atm) and finally found the package. I opened it just to find a mediocre faceup, scratches here and there, bubbles in the resin. Nightmarish. I tried to bond with her for weeks, changing her accesories and stuff.. but I could never get to convince myself that she was what I desired for so long. Then I took her apart. found much more damage, lots of dirt. What a letdown. She's been sitting in separate pieces for months, I moved, keeping her in thoses ziplocks bags, feeling like a serial killer. Honestly, I was really dissapointed. Tried to start blushing her in the summer but I don't know, motivation wasn't there... Until a few weeks ago, when I decided I'd try and do a faceup, just for kicks... It actually ended up looking great! Why not get into blushing!? I'm still working on her at the moment but she's partially put back together. Her whole torso's done and she's got half an arm.. Just doing a bit here and there in the evening. I was actually planning to finish her left arm tonight but much drama sidetracked me as my freak upstair neighbour banged so bad on the wall ( I was chatting with my roomate atm) coz we were a bit too loud (there's zero sound proof stuff in my ceiling) and the whole ceiling lamp came crashing down... What a freak he is... Anyways, I just needed to confess. Back to Charlotte, since this new overhaul and wind of motivation, I think I'm gradually bonding more and more with her. I realized that as she's my first bjd, I might have been expecting way too much for her. I'll learn to love her with her small flaws and eventually, she will be as close to what I wanted her to be as she can be!!

 

my big disappointment was when I ordered Domuya Fin...first, she took forever, then she was packaged terribly...the moment I took her out of her box, I knew she'd be leaving. It really was a let-down, because I sold a doll that I liked to get her, and was so disappointed.

 

I’m having a major disappointment moment with my third doll. He’s the Christmas head from AS, and I even spent extra with them to get the bonus faceup. The pics made him look so lovely, but now that he’s here he’s just….so not my type. His eyes are too for my tastes big and there’s something about the space between his nose and lips that makes him look way too duck-lipped. Plus the magnets that secure his head aren’t strong enough, so his face plate keeps falling off. I’m really surprised his nose isn’t chipped yet – and he’s only been here 48 hours!

I am trying to give him some time to bond with me, but the more I look at him, the more I think he might be better off with someone else.

 

I was a little crestfallen when I recieved my first full doll. =[ He didn't look anything like the photos. Everything in his face seemed off. (Gah, too much photoshopping, anyone?) I've had him for almost a year now, and I've done everything I can, short of wiping his face-up, and I just don't feel the connection. He's a beautiful doll, but not what I had thought him to be. I feel bad keeping him cooped up in a shelf in my closet, and think that he would be happier with a different person.