Ever been disappointed? Even a little?

Nothing that's happened to me personally(I don't have a doll yet), but a friend of mine had a problem with one of her dolls. She ordered a Ringdoll Spencer, and when she got it, well, the face-up was perfect, but his body had smudges on it and he had some glue-like stuff on his hip. Yeah, she wasn't happy about that. I think she got it all cleaned off though, and she loves him to pieces(And so do I), so it all turned out good in the end.

 

Well... when I got my Migidoll Jina head, I didn't know what to expect, I was so amazed at how "heavy" that head was and the way it felt. Mixed feelings, but I mostly didn't like it because it felt so fragile, now, after handling it more and stuff, I love it. But what really disappointed me was that, when I was "inspecting" it, I noticed it had a few scratches where the resin didn't feel as smooth as the rest of the head. It's fixed now, I just had to sand it and I am pretty happy with it.

Then when I got my first complete doll, a Pipos PO11 Ed [I got both of them at the same time, but I opened the head right away and waited a few days to open de doll] I also was slightly disappointed that they forgot to send some special event eyes. It's not something that got me worried, but wasn't that cool either. Still, having that beautiful doll was just so awesome I didn't really care about the eyes [He had acrylic eyes, but they were supposed to send me special glass ones too].

 

Two Times.

When my DiM Ace arrived i was kind of disappointed. He was the second Doll i ordered blank and thought myself i had to quit with dolls because he was not the Doll for the concept i had. And i had a two year long break from 2008 until 2010.

Also i was disappointed when i unpacked my Kiddelf Yuz. he was the first doll i ordered as complete package from the company, i had to drive to the customs after two weeks of not knowing where he was and somehow i disliked his face a lot.

My Ace is finally in a concept i like (since begin of 2012.. i thought many times i should sell him but i keep him. it took four years to make him a doll i wanted)

I don't know what will happen to my Yuz, he is at a Face up Artist now and .. just let's see how he will look like then.

 

Well.. My first BJD, CastleAnne Marie, disappointed me a little. She has a lovely face, I adore it, but she poses awfully. Now I don't care

 

With the height problem I usually measure the doll before I buy it. (Reading off the measurements that were listed under it.) I would'nt know much about everything else because I had only purchased one doll in my life and that's my bbb tiah and I love her to death. She's my baby >.<. The only thing I'd be upset at is if I have to sell her D:.

 

When I got my DC Bella (my first doll) I was.. Not disapointed, but something similar. SHE IS SO TINY!
I thought she'd be bigger. But I made a fece-up and clothes for her and now it feels better.

Im waiting on my new doll now, a SD size. I really think that's a better size for me, but we'll see

 

I brought a Crobidoll Yeon-ho, here - from the marketplace, since his face is just amazing.
I already owned one doll before that, though MSD sized.

And I was amazed with how beautiful he really was when I got him! But... he was just way too big...
It did not feel right at all, so I had to pass him on to someone else, soon after.
It disappointed me... But, I would not have known to stick to MSDs had I not brough him at all..!

 

I was the teeniest bit dissappointed in my Pipos Charlotte 2. The faceup was not as sharp as I'd hoped nor as warmly orange. Buuuuut it's such a tiny complaint and hardly a deal breaker; paint can be changed. Plus, she came with the eyes on the pic I fell in love with and she poses like a dream!

 

Oh yes, there have been disappointments! Mostly with certain clothes, shoes and/or wigs, but also with these guys:

My DollLeaves Fay disappointed me a little bit upon her arrival as her face-up was just so pink! A different wig remedied that nicely, but still I'm not sure whether I like her face. She looks so sweet in the promo pics, but in reality I think her jaw's too wide and her eyes are too big. I like the body though, so maybe I'll just find her a new head. Not too easy though, for a 20 cm doll, not too many choices. And I'm a freak about resin matching, it needs to be exact or at least invisible in normal/photography light. I'll figure it out though!

I wasn't disappointed with Damian (SoulKid Maillo) straight away, even though his pinky was broken. I glued it back on and Souldoll are sending me replacement hands, so no harm done. It's just that his face is so small... Far too small to be a good match with his intended girlfriend, an AS Leira. Perhaps he'll be a better match with either Evelyn, my soon to arrive Dikadoll Rena or with Sahara, a MNF Rheia. If that doesn't work out and I still think he looks weird, I'll sell him and buy a different guy instead.

Sahara is in herself a bit of a disappointment by the way. There isn't anything wrong with her, she'll beautiful and I love her to bits. It's just that I've had her for about 8 months and she's still faceless. It bugs the hell out of me. I had gotten her blank because I knew of an excellent face-up artist that could do exactly what I want for the character. This artist, however, has vanished off the face of the earth (I really hope she's OK) and since I'm so amazingly critical I cannot find another artist that will be able to do what I long for. Unless I would send her to Australia or someplace really far away, which I'm contemplating now. Both shipping and face-up will be outrageously expensive though, so sometimes I find myself wishing I had just gotten the FL default. My LT Ante will have a default face-up so at least I'll be able to check it out soon(ish).

I'm sure all of this will sort itself out one way or the other and it hasn't taken the fun out of the hobby one bit, so I'm happy. I hope my next incoming dolls are perfect again though, like my others!

EDIT: So... basically a day after posting this I decided Damian and Fay are just never going to work in my doll family. I did some searces and tried a few things, but it was actually making me more unhappy instead of less. So I sold Fay, she's on layaway for someone who will give her a loving home (and a sister!). As soon as I have Damian's new hands, he'll be going up for sale as well. The money will go to new dolls and/or parts of course!

 

I put a DollZone Asura on layway. His huge two foot wingspan and detailed extensive armour made me fall right in love with him. He was EXPENSIVE...over $800. When he finally arrived I was amazed that he was in two very large boxes! I had just started collecting and this was only my third doll. I could not even begin to put him together and finally stopped trying. I recently sold him to a wonderful wonderful person in Belgium who adores him. And she has the experience to put him all together. I am not going to make the mistake again of letting the professional photograph sell me a doll.

 

I'd hate to say it but Bliss my Pukifee Ante. I received her (being like super excited!) through a trade of one of my old dolls which I loved to death but I had to let go due to circumstances. ...anyways, I opened her and was like then sat there for 10mins going.....What?..like seriously...I dont like her..she just isn't Harper! (Harper being my old doll) but then I changed her up and got her some new stuff, put her next to her twin and I love her so much! I don't think I could ever get rid of her!

 

Admittedly I'm a little disappointed with my first doll--he's a Musedoll Re-che. He's as beautiful as I expected, but I thought I'd have that straight out of the box bonding experience and I didn't. After years of doll hunting and deciding, I think I built up a lot of expectation. Hopefully I'll feel more connected to him when I do his customizations. I think he may have just arrived at a bad time, and with enough hiccups in the process for me to be turned off to him a bit. His character is supposed to be a bit mischievous, so maybe this is his way of toying with my emotions. XD

 

Yes, I have been disappointed, although it was short-lived. My Mindy is my first Fairyland BJD, in fact she's my first Asian BJD. When I opened the box, I was in love and then I took her out. She has two blue spots on her back and two blue spots on the back of her head and the body seams show, especially on the legs. I have had other BJDs, both vinyl & resin that never had these issues and costed much less than this doll.

I had no idea to expect this as I had not heard about it before. I was expecting the most wonderful quality BJD ever! But I have to say that her face is very soft and complete perfection, and her posing abilities exceed what I expected.

I have since learned that the blue spots are there because of magnets inside the body & head. And realize that that Fairyland is so insanely popular that they are doing good just to get the dolls out. So I can live with the seams or have them carefully removed by sanding.

Now I have a better idea of what to expect of future purchases. And for the record, I'm crazy about my little Mindy.

 

I've only been disappointed with some of my dolls. Mostly when they arrive damaged.

For instance, when I received my BBB Apollo he was just so white! I'd been used to fantasy colors up to that point. He also had a chip on his ankle and couldn't stand no matter what I did. I ended up loving him, though. His inability to stand made him a great cuddler and the chip didn't hinder anything. He's one of the few dolls that I truly regret selling.

Shortly after I received my Resinsoul Xue her ankle also broke. I was putting on her shoes and I noticed a lump in her stockings. Thankfully, it was a clean break and can likely be fixed but it definitely put a damper on my excitement and the bonding. She's currently on the marketplace.

When I received my RS Bao there wasn't any damage but I noticed that his eyes needed to be beveled. Badly. His eyes were far into the back of his head and just looked odd to me. He has since moved on, too.

So far, I've been thrilled with all of my other dolls. Hopefully this will continue!

 

Oh, so many times. I have a list of the 20+ dolls I've bought and sold somewhere, so I could probably go point by point. But I think the biggest disappointments were generally Minimee heads. I've had exactly one I thought turned out well.

 

Exactly the same thing happened to me yesterday when I opened my Littlefee Bisou. After all the suspence of waiting for her to get here (grr stupid customs grr) it was a bit of an anticlimax when I held her for the first time. She just felt so different to my Pukifee (my first and only other BJD so far) when posing her that I wasn't so sure whether I was in love or not. I decided to leave her for a bit, went and ate dinner and when I came back it was a completely different feeling! I don't know if it was because I had her all dressed up with her wig on by then but it's definitely difficult to explain.

 

I was disappointed when I got my Heisejinyao Feng last week. When he arrived, I just got my Creamwhite Soom Dia together (X-Mas kit) and Feng arrived about 15 minutes before I had to leave for work. I hurried to open the box, and I was quite shocked by his white skin resin - it looked really yellow/green! Even worse when I compared him with Dia at my side who has very nice white skin. He came new from Heisejinyao, not secondhand and yellowed.

I was quite disappointed the whole day and couödn't get the picture of him lying in his bright white cushion out of my mind.

When I came back later that day, I looked at Feng again, but only at him - no white cushion and white Dia next to him. And the strange resin didn't look that awful as it did before. He surely has an other white resin skin compared to all my other dolls, and sadly also a little more yellow compared to Heisejinyao's HuiKa head I've bought one year before. But the sculpt itself is so gorgeous, and his body so nice, great posing and he's got heavy smooth resin! I love him so much now, and have already started his faceup. I think, if I won't let him wear bright white clothes, his skin won't look too bad anyway. And I'm sure after faceup and bodyblushing he'll surely fit to my Soom Dia and other white skin boys so my husband won't call him Hulk and Alien anymore!

 

well everyone gets disappointed ones in a while!!!like me and my first doll. she came i opened the dox and i was like o.O!!!i was staring at her not sure if i was happy or not about buying her but when the wig and eyes came and i put it all together it felt right and now im going crazy of how to dress her!!!!!

 

Oh, that makes me wonder -- I ordered Bella, she hasn't arrived yet, but I did order MSD clothes, looked at them and thought, WOW, these are BIG!!! She will be my first "big" doll. I have a DIM Honey Silf that I just cant bond with, and a Lati Yellow that I love. I am a little scared that Bella will be too big!

 

My experience was pretty much exactly the same as yours actually. My little Kanu sculpt from fairyland, my first BJD, was so exciting to wait for. But I guess I didn't realize how small she really was going to be. Also after reading all the box openings and seeing how people immediately fell in love their dolls...I felt a little lacking. It took a long time to bond with her.