Ever been disappointed? Even a little?

I ordered my dream doll. A doll I had been waiting nearly five years for- a DOD Tender Shall with default faceup >: she cost me a fortune (the better part of $1,000NZD) and I was really excited waiting for her...only to not just not click, but to actively dislike her upon arrival. Now she's in her box and has been for the better part of two weeks, while I decide what to do with her.
This freakin' sucks >: I don't know why I'm disappointed- she looks just like the promo pics, she's well painted, she poses wonderfully, is easy to dress... and I don't want a bar of her. I'm happier with my $75 BBB tiny... makes me wanna cry.

 

Dolls that I am disappointed at will be Pukifee, DD Anne, Couple of leeke molds, some Volks mold and some lati mold and some other co. names I forgot. I am not saying quality is bad but just that I pictured them to be something but when they arrived I am disappointed eg. head too small, not as pretty as I would like, bjd too small for my collection, some face up not as great etc., body not what I pictured. Buying bjds is a hit and miss thing. Too bad we don't have stores where you can walk in look at all the bjds co. in one room and decide what to buy.

 

Every once-in-awhile I'm disappointed a little by one aspect of a doll or another, but never enough to make me actually disappointed in the doll itself, usually it's just stuff that's easy for me to fix myself. I only ever buy dolls that I'm 100% sure of, so that might be part of it. I also try to find owner pictures of dolls before I decide for sure on a doll. Because a company can make the doll look one way, but in reality it might look completely different.
Pretty much, whenever a doll arrives, I'm completely blown away by it, and it's easy for me to over-look little things, especially if it's something I can fix.

 

so far no. they are all volks dolls . the real doll is really so pretty than photos= =

 

I can honestly say that any feeling of "momentary regret" have disappeared with any boding time ive had with my girls. I was thrilled to receive my first girl, a BBB Espree but everything changes when you have a difference face and have chosen hair and clothing. I have regret about skin colors because of practicality, but that usually goes away too! I have only ever regretted paying a lot for a Pullip...(but that doesn't count, does it?)

 

Incidentally Irmiel, i'm looking for that exact body for my floating Mei head. I already faced her up and i ADORE her face sculpt. I almost regret NOT ordering her body to go along with it. I thought i'd just get the floating head to go interchangeably with my BBB Espree when I wanted a different look, but when I put Mei's head on Espree's body, I found it way to big in a reverse-bobblehead sort of way. A lot if people have a Mei on a BBB body but I like the delicate look.

 

When I first got my second doll, yes I was kind of disappointed (I remember that feeling...) because I wasn't as satisfied as I felt when I got my first doll. Maybe it was how I kept comparing the two... but anyway, the second one had a lot of flaws, some of which I eventually fixed on my own, so now I'm more pleased with it. I try to look at as many photos as possible of the doll I'm about to get but sometimes it's not a popular sculpt and not many people have it, or it just doesn't have the same feel on screen as it does in real life. It all just takes some time for me, because in the end I'm happy with my decision...

 

I've been pretty disappointed. i ordered a bambicrony tan doll without faceup and when she arrived she didn't come with the dress instead I got a faceup doll which some areas seemed to look a tad...unprofessionally done(some of he silver lining her eyelids thicker in areas same with her eyeshadow ect) When I looked her over it seems they sanded her seams in some areas and because of it there were long light tan lines of resin compared to her pretty tan tone. I thought quality control on her was a little less than par and i eventually sold her. I do miss her a little since she was very cute and had pretty resin color, but I feel it's for the best

 

I just ordered two new dolls so I hope i don't get disappointed when i see them. It'll be my first*purchased* faceup. I also ordered my first dollshe doll which I've always been a little eh towards, but this year I've been rather attracted to them, even the DSAM35s bodies which I really hated...and coincidentally ordered lol. I think I'm going to be pleasantly surprised actually

 

Actually my very first doll was a X from DZ and I ordered it from DDE (Denver Doll Emporioum) the problem was in the comments section I had asked the person if I could still order an X-2, which is basically the same as teh X-3 only has a gothic type face done and is not french which the Fullset X-3 is well I opened the box after waiting like 2 months and he was the wrong fullset after she promised me that she could get the X-2 well needless to say I have two really fantastic friends who fixed him pierced his ears got him the right wig redid his face for me immediatly and made him clothes. He looks great and now I am actually kinda happy it happened that way.

 

Maybe it's just the price that makes you feel this way? D:
I know I've felt awful about some large purchases, even though I thought the product was great, and it just tainted the product for me. And sometimes after waiting for aaaages, things just don't seem as magical. >_<;;

 

I've been disappointed with a doll as well...I bought a Puki Pipi from someone in the market place here and I was sooo excited about getting her! Then, she arrived...and I didn't necessarily hate her...but I didn't like her either. She was in white skin and I just...didn't like it. I tried to bond with her, I tried out wigs, outfits, etc...nothing seemed to work. When I discovered that the previous owner was missing her really badly, I sold it back to her. Needless to say, I was very pleased that she was willing to take her back. ^_^ Since then, I haven't been disappointed with a doll. Although, I did fall out of love with 3 of my dolls and they've all been sold to good homes. And 2 of the ones I sold were replaced by Minifees and the smallest of the 3 was replaced by a Littlefee. XD

 

so far I not been really disapointed so far in collecting. I know that when I got my Toki from illsion spirit I knew it would not be as flexable as my dollzone cosmo. but he is just another type of doll that has his own good things too. I starting to see these dolls as little people they all have great things for different reasons.

 

I was disappointed with the Supia Rosy that I bought. The face-up was well done, I just really didn't like the colors, and the wig was to big. I was either going to sell, or save up for a new face up when my daughters made the decision for me. They were so happy with her the was she was. They named her & spent time photographing her. So when unexpected money came my way, we decided to leave well enough alone & buy more dolls.

 

gabe didn't disappoint me as much as I thought he was going to, seeing how bobobie's reference pictures extremely under estimate their models. When Gabe arrived I became so excited that I couldn't help myself but "squee" lol while my dad couldn't help but roll his eyes.
The one thing that disappointed me was that something broke in his head cap on his way home in the delivery truck which made it more annoying to keep the cap on. thankfully I found out that those motivational gummy...rubber....bracelet thingys came in quite handy to keeping his cap in place.

 

yes. by my Unoa ''O'' plate.
i'm very perfectionnist and i noticed the eyes looks very different (one was longer and the shape...)
ans the seams on the ears are VERY noticeable and i FEEEEEEL them D:
and under the chin (dont know how that part of the face it called) is weirdly shaped Ô_o
i still love the plate though. its cute. but i was like ''Bluh'' when i noticed this

 

This whole hobby is a battle for me haha. I constantly swing from 'wow I really want this doll and I can do *insert lots of creative ideas here* with it I'll have to start saving yay!' to 'what on earth am i doing spending this much money, what am I actually going to do with it when I've finished modding it?' So for me, box opening is really strange. Part of me is in a stunned, excited silence and the other part is frantically asking questions like 'do I actually like the doll? what should I do with it now? was it worth all that money?'.

So I'm always partially disappointed when I open a doll although the excitement mostly overrides it. It's a strange addictive hobby for me, so I yo-yo between obsessed and bored a lot of the time. It's quite horrible going from really loving the doll and seeing the potential to not wanting it at all so I just decide to go along with whatevers happening mostly.

 

i havent been (yet) disappointed with a doll but i have been by a few faceups... i've had faceup horror in recent months.

 

Being as picky as I am, I've had a lot of doll disappointments, though once that really stands out is the Soom Topaz I bought.

I adore fairies, and was enchanted by her beautiful face and fairy parts. I was a little leery of her large size, but for such a beauty, I figured it would be worth making an exception. When she got here, she was indeed as breathtakingly beautiful as I'd thought she'd be! But . . . she was a terribly poser. I wasn't expecting anything special in that department, but she wouldn't even sit up without a fuss! And her ears were a huge disappointment. They fell off with just the lightest touch, and they were one of the things I liked most about her. So, I sold her.

You'd think I'd have learned my lesson, but I was later enchanted by Soom Cuprit as well, and suffered a similar disappointment. No more SG girls for me! xD

 

I've never been disappointed actually getting a doll; I loved my boys the second I laid eyes on them, and I still do. But my second boy came sans-faceup and, while I adored him, I had a hard time bonding with him. So, I tried to give him a faceup. I'm an artist, so I was kinda cocky about it, and seven faceups later I got so disappointed in myself and the doll. But then I took a breather of a few days, read some faceup tutorials and redid it, and I was happy enough. But then a week later I realized he still didn't feel right, so I had to wipe him and redo it, and now he's almost perfect; I think one more try will do it, I'm just waiting to get bettter supplies.
Anyway, no actual doll disappointment, and I hope it never happens to me, but I spend a lot of time deciding which dolls to get to represent which character, and I research the crap out of that doll (owner pics, discussion threads, etc) before I order it, so I think this helps prevent any box-opening disappointments.