Ever been disappointed? Even a little?

I was disappointed with my AS Kana... I ordered her without a faceup because I couldn't afford it... and I regretted it.. shes a really cute mold but because I got her blank.. I never connected with her (and I needed money at the time) so I sold her to someone who would do more with her then keep her in her box under the bed all the time... haha ^^;

 

I've received a few dolls who just didn't click with me
I think the worst was my Limwha girl and Elf Doll girl.

Both of the bodies were not to my liking.

 

I'm probably not as qualified to comment on this right now, as all I have is a floating head. I'll throw this is anyway.

When I got my migidoll Ryu, I fell in complete love with him. His blank face just screamed potential at me. But my first faceup on him was the complete opposite of what I was going for, and he was eyeless and wigless for weeks. It seemed like that period was a stasis, I couldn't bond with him at all. When his eyes and wig came, the wig was a size too small and would not style the way I wanted it to. I gave him a second faceup, and tried minor mods on his wig, to good effect, but still wasn't really feeling it. He's on his third faceup now, and his wig seems to be getting more cooperative. I really feel like I can connect with him now, despite the fact that he has no body.

So, for me, the dissapointment came more from myself and my lack of preparation for him than it did with his mold or anything else intrinsic to him.

 

I bought one full choice doll and her face-up was as I requested, but I was new and didn't know what I was asking for. The face-up is ghastly and I didn't know that I could return the doll within a week to have the face-up redone. So now I am trying to figure out exactly what I want and I will have her redone. I have had some other disappointments, but I have gotten those fixed.

 

i ended up buying an AS adam white about a year ago, and when he came in i was *slightly* disappointed with him... his head was a little bit on the smaller side, and his neck was kinda long. it looked awkward at first, but with the right outfits/necklaces/wig, you wouldnt be able to tell. besides, ive grown so used to him by now and just love him to death anyway ^____^ he is now 100% perfect to me.

 

I wasnt dissapointed with my first doll (DZ CLOUD) he was awkward to pose, and NEVER stands in boots. Hes still awkard, but I love him so much.

The second doll I got (DZ mo) I was very dissapointed with, I knew he would be small, but I diddnt think he'd be THAT small....and the faceup I did, I just couldnt get right.....and I could never make him look the way I wanted. So I sold him.....funnily enough...the new mowan the released with the new faceup...is exactly what I want >_< but I dont want a male msd...

then I got my soom sabik, at first I was thrilled with him, did his faceup twice, the first one was terrible, but the second one suited him. But as time went on, I realised...he wasn't for me, he was too big for me, and I'd never be able to take him anywhere since I'm small myself, and I'm pretty weak, so I cant physicly lift him much. So I sold him to a loving home in france

Then I got my soom namu.....I love the namu sculpt...but I found his head is huge on his body, and his hands are tiny.....but...he still looks great, even if his head is a strange size for wigs o.0

I have a B&G afra now, which was a christmas present from my boyfriend. And my reaction was exactly as it was when I got my first doll. I love him to peices. XD

I also have a pipos curo, which I bought at a low point in my life, as a way to cheer myself up because its a bunny and I love them XD

Now I have the DZ isabel on a 4 month layaway, it will be my first girl, so ive no idea how I'll reast, if I'll be dissapointed or not.

 

My disappointments have been mostly minor.

I bought a Volks Schulze from the marketplace, and when he arrived... his faceup was chipped. T_T But he has a new faceup now, and I adore him. And I feel like I got him for a steal of a price.

I was moderately unhappy with the Luts Cutie Delf Mary my mom had ordered, because she had an unusually bobbly head... neither me nor my mom ever bonded with her, so she found a better home.

And my Cherishdoll Chubby demon girl was waaaaaaaaaaaaay smaller than I expected her to be... but I adore her too.

So yeah. My disappointments have been fairly minor things.

 

I'm always being disappointed. I've disliked almost half of the thiry odd dolls I've bought, right out of the box. Of the remaining half, i've grown to dislike half of those. Right now I only have 6 dolls that I plan to keep, and I've gotten bored with all of them. I'd get a new doll, but I didn't like the last 3 I got, so maybe I just have enough dolls.

 

I just got a DIM Benetia from a US dealer. I was so excited. I paid her off on a short layaway, and I had all of these plans for her. I was a little reticent before she arrived-- the huge forehead, someone had mentioned something about the hands, and I was a little uneasy about the faceup. When I got her, my heart just sank. Her hands are sooo large with disproportionately long fingers. And the wig was a long medium to dark ash blond not the curly white one that I have seen in all of the pictures. I'm not giving up on her though. I really wanted a MSD vampire, and she is my favorite sculpt in that range. So I am looking for wigs, and I think that I will send her off for a new faceup. Hopefully we will bond when her real self is revealed.

 

I was a bit disappointed when my Narsha came- I sprung the cash for the default faceup, and the blushing was QUITE a bit heaver that I was expecting it to be. I'm still contemplating stripping it and redoing it, but I'm not quite sure I'm ready to try a faceup on something so little.

 

Yea my 3rd doll is a DOD Delphine. she came home with very uneven seams and her leg joint's that go in to her i guess hip joint the ball part is off set buy 1/2 inch does not fit at all and for the money wow it broke the bank to get her very sad i have to spend over 300 + to fix her so yea i regrets getting her but my B&G boy AND my little Chi AOD love them and no complaints .

 

I was sadly disappointed when I got my Breakaway earlier this year. He just didn't click with me as much as I had hoped. I really don't want to part with him so I am hoping when I get some time I can get him where I want him.

 

I do.
I've been disappointed by the make-up on one of my girls. I mean, the default make-up was real pretty from the official website, but just not as pretty as I thought when I actually have her in hand...

 

i havent really been disapointed in my doll, i really like the mold and i was very sure i could make the faceup myself.
you dont need to guess that the first 5 faceup tries didnt go as i have planned.

i was disapointed but that was more in my own skills than my doll. for a time sad that i have bougth her without faceup.
i have given her the 6 faceup and while it still not is as i want, i can live with it. i think it is pretty enougth for now. througth not perfect it suits her character
and i am bonding well with her

 

Not disappointed at all with CP Soony. In fact, the photograph on the http://www.eluts.com/ website has a lot of light blasted on her face and I don't think the photo does her justice to how beautiful a doll she is in person. She has the loveliest 'squishy' face. Lots of other dolls are very pointy compared to her so she's special. If any of you are in the market for a pouty trunky doll she's the one.

 

Just posting another disappointment...Notdoll Lab's Roxydoll Lucy...unbearably hard to pose. It was a nightmare...also, the quality of the resin felt...bad to me. I like some tooth to resin and she was completely smooth.

 

Liking bodies is the hardest thing for me. :/ Some bodies I just cannot get over them... It makes it hard because a lot of dolls I want come from companies that don't sell heads separately.

 

This thread is really interesting, because for some time I have wondered if we fall for the doll, or the PHOTO of the doll! Too many times I have read that the doll came, and was not at all like the picture. I understand that to sell, they make them look great--special eyes, wigs, clothes, etc But to me, that is still a devious way of selling. I want to see what I am shelling out 500+ dollars for! If she doesn't COME with those custom eyes, and the eyes are not even AVAILABLE, why show them?? In my opinion, there needs to be more outright HONESTY in the pictures of the dolls for sale!

This is what has kept me from buying dolls, other than the few tinies I have, and I only purchased them after seeing owners pics. Then I did buy a doll, DIM Bellosse--and I was prepared to be disappointed--but to my utter astonishment, she looks JUST like the pics! Now that was wonderful, but she has a face plate-and it won't stay on. Almost 600 dollars and I have to use white craft glue to hold her face on. So of course now I don't change her eyes often, because it means regluing the face on--and this is just plain wrong, that I have to glue the face of an expensive doll like this. So I will NOT be buying any more Dollfies!

 

Jenny, congrats on the new DIM! She is adorable!!

I think that the main factor of the difference between the website and real life is mostly the pictures quality. I mean, they use a lot of lightning to make the doll look flawless and maybe (I hope not) even photoshop a tiny bit, but that's just an asumption..

I'm sorry to hear about the faceplate.. wouldnt blue putty help better than white glue? Too bad that it was a dissapointment and that keeps you from getting any other one, that's so sad, after paying all this money, getting this Well, looks like you found a way to fix this so I hope you'll spend good times with her and bond

 

I think it is best to judge whether you want a doll or not by owner pictures...wayyyy more than company ones, which makes it hard when there is a limited doll that you just need!