Ever been disappointed? Even a little?

I have a doll that came to me with very bad seams (I know seams are common but the ones he came with were very obvious and jagged enough to be able to cut your fingers if you weren't careful) and his hand/fingers were not properly and smoothly cut. I was very sad and disappointed when I saw him, especially when I've been waiting and pining for him for some time. It took me 2-3 days to eventually sand away his seams. Although technically I was supposed to feel more bonded towards him after working on him, the experience made me a little bitter with the company and I certainly didn't feel like the experience helped in the bonding even though I still love his sculpt.

Even now, I see his face and think how adorable he is but then I get very frustrated because he is very hard to pose (he can't even sit up properly). For that type of price the company commanded compared to other similar size dolls I have, I'd expect him to have decent posing and all. but it seemed that he was some pre-prepared/leftover stock because the company sent him out very quickly. Even though I got him during a promotion event, I don't think that's reason to send what I see as "shoddy work" (or maybe that's just me). I might consider selling him in the future (who knows) but after all those crappy sanding done on him, I am not even sure if anyone wants to buy. -.-

 

My first Iplehouse doll Yur came with really large seams. They were a couple of mm wide down the back of her legs. I felt so disappointed as she was the most expensive doll I had purchased at that time and I had spent a long time searching out the perfect eyes and wig to match mine. I put her back in her box and didn't show her to my family as I usually do when I get a new doll. Every doll I had purchased before had sanded seams so I guess it was a real shock for me. I left her in her box for the next 2 months and didn't take her out. I have gotten over it to the point where I will sand the seams down now but at the time I just didn't want her.

 

Another doll that I was really disappointed in was my Dollzone Yuu. I had planned getting him for 12 months and then turning him into Sephiroth from Final Fantasy. I ordered him in natural yellow skin. I managed to get hold of some jointed hands in the same colour before I received him - they were 12 months old but I thought they would be a touch yellower that's all. When I opened Yuu up I was surprised to find he was so dark yellow that he looked jaundiced. I emailed the seller to check that the correct colour had been ordered and it was right. The hands that I had purchased looked incredibly pale next to him. To make matters worse the shoulder socket was broken in the box as well so I had to wait to receive new ones. I still have trouble looking at him. He was another doll that was just placed back in his box. I've looked over threads about using baking soda and such. Don't know if it would work and body blushing normally darkens a body not make it lighter.

 

I was disappointed when I opened my Pukipuki Cupid. I still have her, and I can't bare to sell her. I've had her for over a year and haven't done too much with her. I think once I finally find her a good wig, and get her some clothes suited to her personallity, I'll fall for her. I've been in line for clothing comissions since before I even ordered her, and there are only a couple people ahead of me now.

 

I don't know, I'm not sure if I'm disappointed in my first doll or what it is.
I guess you expect much when it's your first doll...
I've waited for years before being able to afford one, and convinced myself that it wasn't all that useless and that it was ok to spend that much on a doll.
I looked for months for pictures of the ones I really like, to make sure I would make the right choice, did researches, looked at many pictures on Flickr etc.
Then I ordered her, I had to wait for a while, and as soon as she arrived, I sent her for a face up to an artist.
And she finally came back a few days ago and I don't know what to think about her... ;n;
I mean she is pretty and all, it's just different than what I imagined I guess.
First of all the face up is nice, but there's something i don't like to it....

And then it's like, I thought I would post pictures all over Flickr and DOA like everyone else, and that I would get so many comments about her, and favorites on Flickr etc, I was so excited!
And that's like I don't know, I don't have any comment at all, and I feel like nobody like her, and that makes me not like her either ...
I don't know I'm just so confused right now honestly x-x
Hopefully it will pass.

 

There are things I could have been disappointed about: won't sit up properly. Constantly staring at the ground. "Crowded head" only takes low-dome, non-spherical eyes. But I was so thrilled by so many other things about my two tinies, my disappointment was eclipsed and rendered inoperative both times.

 

Eludys,

I'm sorry you feel so disappointed. I think sometimes when you (or one, that is a person) waits so long for something, we tend to build it up to something in our minds that it cannot possibly reach that height of expectation. Also, as far as Flickr and posting goes, I have found not many people post comments. The picture with lots of comments-- I think those are posted by friends or others in their online circle of friends. There just isn't much regular commenting going on. I have found that, too. Sometimes it just takes a while to warm up to a new doll.

 

Yes! My first SD was a Resinsoul Ai. Although she was going to be my cheapest doll I really liked her face, and I thought I would like her hooves. But when she finally arrived I took one look at the hooves and despised them, blushing and all. On top of that I hated the eyebrows that Resinsoul had painted on. I wiped her face up and realized I was absolutely in love with her face, but it still didn't help me pay her anymore attention (poor girl). Eventually I realized that on top of the horrible stringing that Resinsoul does, she was just to big for me. She was lovely to look at and sit up somewhere and pose but she wasn't fun or easy to carry around and mess with like my MSD's are. So she became my first doll to have to go to another home but I think she's really enjoyed there so that's all that matters!

Hm...although its not something I can't stand, when I got my MNF I was so disappointed in her posing. Although I love how her knees bend (though aesthetically, they aren't gorgeous, but posing wise...) she won't stand easily (though I believe it might be because she is strung to tight?) and the ball of her leg catches with the connection the waist a lot. I love her a lot but I highly doubt I'll be getting another MNF for the price I paid for her...
Overall though, no horrific experiences!

 

When I got my DOD Arie I was terribly disappointed. I think I was sold on the default face-up (something I didn't order) and I didn't know she'd be so pink! She just looked completely different from what I expected. She's growing on me though and I feel that if I give her a new face-up she'll be closer to what I was hoping for her.

 

Well....I wasn't so much disappointed in the doll as I was in the moment.

I just got my first doll(head) today, and the box opening took place in my mom's truck just outside the post office. She wanted me to open it then in case it was damaged. I was happy at what I saw. I had seen BJDs before in college, so I knew what to expect. I loved his faceup, and I'm still just looking him over, taking in his face structure.

Sadly though, the excitement didn't last long thanks to my mom and a nice "That's what you spent you money on!?" rant... So I am happy with my doll...although it will take some time for me to bond with him without a body, but I feel like the opening of his box could have been better, and that that would have helped with the....overall indifference I'm feeling.

 

I was pretty disappointed when I got my first tiny. It was a Felix Brownie and I've only ever had SDs before that, so I probably shouldn't have gone straight to purchasing such a tiny doll. I put him back in his box and sold him the very next day. It wasn't because the mold was ugly or anything. It was just too small for me. It scared me off of getting tinies for a year, but now I just bought a LittleFee via layaway and recently got a little anthro and I love them. They're both at least 18cm and 25cm respectively. Way bigger than a tiny FB. ^^

 

I've had a few disappointments. The worst was my DragonDoll Cheng. He looked nothing like the pix. His eyes looked squinty and his face looked wider and mashed flat. His feet were not sculpted on the bottoms, just cut off flat. He was hard to pose and handle and WAY too big and heavy. His faceup, especially the lips, was very poorly done. I disliked him from the minute I opened him. I also started having a lot of health problems right after getting him and ended up in the hospital. Not really connected, but that further made me associate him with a bad time. I tried to keep him and bond but sold him 4 months later. I think that's the fastest I've ever bought and sold a doll.

Another was my AoD Hun Dong. Again, looked nothing like pix, even with the factory faceup. His head shape looked different, like he's been "pinched" above the eyebrows. It was completely wrong for my character. I changed his entire faceup and wig and eyes and personality twice and it never worked, so I sold his head and let my DiM Robel have his body.

Lastly, my RD Shao started out as a disappointment. I paid $500 for him, which is the most I've ever spent and waited 3 months for him. I was used to a week long wait, since until then, every doll I owned was from JunkySpot or a US seller on here. When he came in, I hated his faceup. It was so pale and boring. Not like the pix. But he was a fullset and I was afraid to mess him up. I got over that fear and tried redoing it but had never worked with translucent resin before and it was really hard and I hated it, thinking I had completely ruined him. But I kept trying and now he's so pretty and exactly as the character should look. I wish he had a smaller body, but I love his look now.

tl; dr version: I never bonded or liked my DragonDoll Cheng or AoD Hun Dong, but learned to love my RD Shao after some work.

 

I've had a few....

When I got my BBB Apollo/Ophelia hybrid... the faceup was SO bad, and the nose was SO huge! She wasn't anything like what I thought she would. Then, within 5 minutes she faceplanted on the edge of the counter and took a gouge out of her nose! But... a nose job and faceup later, she'd perfect!

And... I recently bought an AoD Chen from the MP... nothing listed about damage, but when I got him, two of his fingers were rolling around under the blanket in the bottom of his box. I contacted the seller, never heard back. He'd beautiful and I still love him to pieces, and had I been told he was damaged I would have been fine. Just a rather disappointing shock.

 

I've never been disappointed in a doll that arrived, only two reactions have happened so far for me. Either "this is what I expected to get." or "this is actually better than I expected!" I REALLY REALLY hope this trend continues.

note: with fairyland dolls especially, I am always even more happy with what I receive than I expect to be, lol.

 

Yes, I bought a couple dolls when they arrived and I opened the box I was totally disappointed with their size. I was expecting a bigger chunkier doll and she was very small,petite and I just didn't like the size so I sold her.
Linda From Wisconsin

 

Yesterday I got my first BJD. It was the wrong skintone. Sad. the problem has been taken care of but now the wait starts all over.

 

I recently bought my first tiny - a hybrid, from here on DoA. She was not at all what I expected. There were things about her that were weird, and that were not mentioned before I bought her. There were minor mods to her that were done very oddly, and her face up was not as nice as it was in the photos. I was rather disappointed when she got here. I took one look at her, made her a dress so she wouldn't be naked (in the presence of my "seven year old" yo-sd) and set her aside, not really sure what to do with her.

Then I decided to fix her up. That's supposed to be half the fun of the hobby anyway, right? I started the mods today - I "restrung her" (with thin wire because I haven't the proper size elastic), gave her a new face up, and fixed the mod to her neck to her head fits the body. She's actually looking much better, and I'm starting to love her!

Next steps are to get new elastic, re-suede and wire her, and then dye her. I feel like dying her is my best option, since her feet, legs and hip pieces are more yellowed than the belly, torso and arms. Since the head is an different company, and the match is rather poor, I feel like dying her is my best option. Plus, I've wanted to dye a doll for awhile. xD Seems like a good place to start!

I think once I'm done and I rename her, I could be very happy with her. ^_____^

 

I think everyone in the hobby will experience disappointment a few times. I know I have twice. I had bought a Pukipuki from a lovely lady on ebay, and when I received her she was adorable! But her posing was not good at all. I try to get dolls that are good all around, but the Pukipuki was lacking. So I ended up returning her. Then there was my Leekeworld Mikhaila. She is a gorgeous doll, and I thought I would love her when I received her. But she was single jointed and she did not pose very well. She was also very floppy. I tried to fix her in a number of ways, but I still wasn't liking her and feeling the connection. So I put her up for adoption not too long afterwards.

I currently have a Doll Chateau Bella and a Pukifee Ante, and I am very happy with both my dolls. Sure they have some issues, but they are small issues that I am capable of handling. :3

 

I was recently disappointed in a doll, and it was all me! There is nothing wrong with the doll and he is beautiful -except- to me, his hands and feet are too big for his body. I know they are in proper scale, but I have discovered that I prefer small and delicate. I love the head!! Maybe I can find another body, though the color match will be tricky! Lesson learned, sigh.