Ever been disappointed? Even a little?

I usually do as much research as I possibly can to minimize the risk of disappointment, but I've still had some very minor instances where I wasn't as pleased as I'd thought I be.

My first doll was 70cm and heavier than I thought he'd be. Although I loved his face and body sculpt, he was very difficult to handle as I have small hands. He was strung very loosely, and even after spending an hour restringing him, posing him was difficult. I'm not sure I want to put hot glue or suede on any of my dolls... I still really like him, but he's mostly a display doll who looks pretty and specializes in portrait shots.

 

I didnt really understand how tall 62 inches would really be, so when I opened up my Angelsdoll Hyang, I had a "dear god, she's half my height" moment. And then I saw her nipples. Holy cow, I could take someone out with those things. And just TRY to make her look modest, even in a turtleneck. But, time has passed, and she has grown on me. Even though she is really wide, and her thigh is wierd and prevents her from standing ever at all. Its summer break, so I'll have more time to figure it out.

 

I have been disappointed by a doll on two occasions.

Occasion #1: I was pulling my second doll, a Dollzone Fei, out of his box for the first time and he just fell apart. His legs slid of and his torso disconnected. Turns out, his elastic had come untied during shipping, causing him to crumble and freak newbie me out. So, I gave him a very botched and horrible restringing. Then, since I had been so flustered by my strange restringing experience, I avoided fixing the extremely tight and kicky state I left him in. This resulted in me not bothering with him much, as he always snapped into a fetal position. I kept him around for almost a year, but ended up trading him for custom clothing when the his initial character became unneeded and I couldn't connect with his new character.

Occasion #2: The very moment I unwrapped my third doll, a Resinsoul Yao on a human body, I felt my heart break. The mysterious expression I had fancied in photos was replaced with an extremely large, inelegant nose, awkward jawline, and one of the worst face ups I had ever seen. I know Resinsoul isn't the place to go looking for nice face ups, but I expected better than eyebrows that extended far beyond her temples. She looked so masculine and unlike any of the photos I had seen. I instantly knew bonding would be difficult. Then, the little hope I had of growing to love her through a good repaint and a little sanding was slaughtered by my friends and family. Everyone, and I mean everyone, said she looked like a horrible troll or gargoyle. My father even found humor in the fact my male dolls were far "prettier" than her and that Yao resembled Harry Potter's Dobby. I had rehomed her in record time, handing her off a mere three days later.

 

Well sort of. It's more like pre-disapointment. I haven't recieved my shushu yet and I'm panicking because now that I look at her she's nothing like I wanted. I'm hoping it sorts itself out when she gets here and I like her again. I think it's because in general the waiting is getting to me. It's been 13 weeks and I think I'm just over it.

 

My first BJD doll I bought on ebay was a iplehouse EID LUO and I was told that he was Real Skin even when I asked to make sure. The pictures were not the best but I wasn't worried since he was going to get a face up by a professional artist. He had the color of eyes I wanted along with the size and body.

It wasn't until I had him shipped from seller to Artist that the artist emailed me to let me know he was not RS but was in fact NS. I was so disappointed because I wanted a darker body, but the fact that he had shipped internationally, it wasn't smart to reship him and the seller was nice enough to acknowledge since english wasn't her 1st language that there had been a mistake and gave me partial refund.
In the end when He came to me after the face up, I just loved him. Even after I got me another Luo with RS, I still prefer my NS Luo. So my disappointment turned to Joy.

Bren =0)

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My Soom Dolomi. I really loved what Soom did with him, his face and entire dragon theme but when I opened him I wasn't really jumping for joy or anything, it was more of an "eh, he's cute," type of reaction. I kept him around for over a year, though, hoping he'd grow on me, and never had the motivation to do anything with him. There was just absolutely no connection or desire in me to establish any sort of bond with the doll (and at some point my interest in fantasy dolls sort of waned and I began to look towards more realistic sculpts). In the end, I hated the sight of seeing him sitting neglected in his back corner on my bookshelf and sold him to someone who'll give him much more attention than me for sure. So a bit of a disappointment, but also a learning experience, it helps with figuring out a size of doll that I like at least ^^

 

Never with a doll so far. I have had this with clothes occasionally though. Either the color was a bit different than it looked in pictures, I didn't like how it fit on my doll, or it just didn't fit my doll's image.

 

My disappointment wasn't with the doll but rather with how she looked with the wig I had chosen. The doll came before the wig and I had to wait days with a bald-headed doll. The wig arrived and I was excited until I tried it on. It fit perfectly and the wig itself was beautiful. It just wasn't the right wig for this doll and I was quite deflated.

 

Like many people, my big disappointment was my first doll. I was excited. I rushed to get a doll that I wasn't completely sold on. I knew it was awkward looking when I bought it, but I didn't know that there were better companies, so I didn't know that I had the options I had. When I got the doll, I did a really good job of pretending I loved it, but it didn't suit the character I wanted it for. It didn't suit me. I anguished. Then I sold it. The next time I bought a doll, I made sure that I didn't buy it for a character that was already in my head, and that worked out much better.

 

Limited Edition? I don't mean the kind of disappointed like missing parts or blank faces. I mean as in not what you expected. It can be about the quality of the resin, the clothes, the face-up, parts, ect.

 

Well this is a sad tale.... I had only ever seen FantasyDolll Nina in "normal" skin, never in the tan skin that I was buying. So of course I was a bit nervous to say the least. Now I cuold have bought her from MOC. But no... I decided to save 10 stupid $ and ordered direct from FD. Wait time was not bad at all, communication was great. Well that's the last good thing that happened. Box came smashed up, the box was so thin that you could just tear it open. Then I open the box and the doll is all flipped around backwards and her ribs where broken (big chip out her side) and the sanding was so bad she was white in big blotches. So I contacted the company asked for a new part and to not sand it. I got the new torso part, it had a dent in the back and looked like someone chiped away at the top of the neck.... I was so mad. I told them not to send another part but to "never send anyone anything that looked like that again!"... She sat around for a long time with a chip in her side. Then I got over myself and I finally changed the body... The head covers the neck problem and clothes cover the rest......

 

Yeah when freaking Limhwa To-Ls came with ORANGE skin. ARGH! That was so disappointing, not that I didn't like him, but love him.. well I sold him so that's how much I loved him...

 

funnily enough, my three most thought-of purchases, dolls I'd been eyeing for years, all arrived late AND I turned out to hate right out of the box :/ (well, 1 was hate. the two others were just strong dislike)

 

I was a bit disappointed when I got my Peakswoods Wake Up Lottie, but after almost a year (!) I finally found a look that really worked on her. But, alas, a couple of months later I was back to feeling like she wasn't what I thought she would be. I am keeping her in her box now, while waiting for a fellow Swedish BJDer to give her a new home.

 

I guess we all learn something after that first doll. I love all my dolls. As a matter of fact I loved my first doll so much, I bought three more right after she came. My disappointment didn't come until after I found out that I could have order my dolls in a different color other than white skin. But I still love them white skin or not. Now here is the really big disappointment for me. After seeing the jointed hands I wanted them, but was not all together sure I wanted to pay $100.00 for a pair of hands. Because if I didn't like them there goes $100.00. Well I got a pair free with a order. The hands came I loved them. As a matter of fact I loved them so much I bought three pair to go with my white dolls. Two pair of the hands came maybe a month ago. I open the box. I had to close it , and open it again after seeing my white hands. Now I clearly see that my dolls are not white. But these hands are My last pair of hands just came Friday Yes white, like a piece of paper. I just want to cry Now I have three pair of white hands that are so white I can not put them on my not so white dolls.

 

I looked longingly at the photos of the DollZone Asura for weeks! He was MAGNIFICANT!! With his wonderful armor, regal clothes, and huge black wings. I put him on layaway and waited and waited. Then the day he arrived he was in two huge boxes. When I opened them and saw all the parts and pieces I almost cried. I was a newbie in a way. He was only my third doll. The others were either naked or simple to dress. I even took him to Animemazment (anime con) that year to ask the forum if anyone could help me figure him out but was too embarrassed to take him in the con. So he stayed in my car and in his boxes until I rehomed him to a wonderful person in Belgium via the marketplace. She loves him and gave him a good home. She even sent me a TON of wonderful Belgium chocolates for helping with a troublesome customs problem. So I think it worked out in the end.

I have learned to look closely at the artist's photos and not let emotions rule my head because of that experience.

 

I know what you are saying when I got my Asura I kelp looking for instruction on how to dress him. It took me a min but I got it. I had to keep looking at his pictures on doll zone to get it right.

 

You have way more patience than I have lol!

 

I believe that I've posed in this thread before regarding my experience with my first doll, an Iplehouse EID Chase but would like to share what happened after.

I sold my Iplehouse EID Chase after I got sick that he couldn't pose due to being my first doll, incredibly heavy and loosely strung-- I got a LUTS SDF Frey. I was so excited for him since I was now finally understanding the charms of SDs and how broad their customisations go (not saying other sizes don't, just there is quite a big market for SD sized clothing when compared to EID size). When he arrived, the box opening experience totally ruined my perfect image of him. He came with a chipped face up and he was strung too tightly. I was also really disappointed with the SDF body despite the resin and sculpt being absolutely beautiful-- mainly due to the fact that the arms are always kicky no matter what I did. I later on contacted LUTS regarding the chipped face up and they were super nice to redo it for free of charge and sent him back to me all. Unfortunately, I noticed that whilst the new face up was perfect-- it had a few small specks of dusk caught in the coating process which really annoyed me. At this point, I couldn't have cared less and tried to forget about it. Then came my LITTLE MONICA Yuria, my first SD girl and it was then I realised how different the two dolls were. LITTLE MONICA just offered such a polished box opening experience with the doll all perfectly wrapped-- no issues, beautiful custom face up and everything which made me love the girl immediately! And I guess it was then which I decided to let my SDF Frey go (also accidentally glueing his magnets in the wrong way the night before told me that I just had no chemistry with him). He found a wonderful owner pretty quickly so I was really happy that he will be put into good use and love.

I guess first impressions and that box opening is the most crucial part in telling if you are going to bond with a doll or not!