Ever come to love a mold you once hated?

Not really: once I make up my mind about a sculpt, that usually doesn't change. I don't hate any sculpt either: those that I don't find attractive, I'm indifferent and ignore them most of the time. However, I have been stopped in my tracks by gorgeous repaints and fantastic photographs, and I find myself now appreciative (and not just indifferent) -- but for the most part, those great interpretations aren't enough to change my mind to actually love or want the sculpt.

E.g. I think Soom Cuprit had a really vapid, empty expression -- until I saw two fantastic repaints that totally transformed her into an expressive personality. Even so, I found myself appreciating the creativity of the faceup artist and owner to turn the sculpt into something so dramatically different from default Cuprit, moreso than the sculpt itself. The same has happened with Volks Williams and Megu/Four Sisters, many other Soom MDs and Delfs, Migidoll Ryu... But I mostly like what the owner/artist has done TO the sculpts.

 

Yes. When withdoll Juwel was first released I really didn't like him because of his teeth. I don't know why, but the fact that his teeth showed in the company pics just bothered me. But for some reason the more I stared at him the more I grew to like him. Eventually I bought him figuring I could just paint over the teeth or mod his mouth shut if I have to. And now he's one of my favorite dolls.

 

Ditto on this.

I used to not like Zaolls at all, until I saw the Tan Egyptian Luv and I fell in love. I also used to think Zaoll Muse was weird with the teeth and all, but after seeing some other 'teethy' doll, I realised how pretty Muse is compared to them and now I want one real bad

 

I didn't like minifee Marcia at first, but after a while re-discovered it, and now even bought one. I still don't know what made me change my mind. It wasn't turning from hate to love though, I never "hated" any dolls, but still it was from "not like very much" to "love".

 

No, once I dislike a mold, I'm done. In all the years in this hobby, I've never changed my mind. The other way around - most definitely. There are a number of sculpts that I once liked, but now I don't find that appealing after having seen them in person. Having said that, I never actually HATED a mold; everything I've seen so far has at least one beautiful feature.

 

I don`t hate, I just feel quite indifferent about a mold. Those I feel indifferent about are due to the fact I don`t think it looks right in my Family.

I should say I disliked Yo-tenshi Yuh`s, I just never saw puffy-cheeks to be in my family. After seeing one in real life a couple of times, I needed to get myself one of them. I didn`t have the chance to grab one until last month, but until then, I accumulated Little Alice, Little Lorina, and Papi. They just grow on me gradually.

 

Well I have to say, that at first I really didn´t like DollZones dolls. They felt creepy to me, a bit like aliens. But when I saw pictures of the dolls with different face-ups and so, I started to like them. I still don´t have any dolls from DollZone, nore have I decided to get one, but if opportunity came, I could buy one.

 

For me, it depends. I have come to love several molds that I thought were heinously ugly when I first joined, like the Dollstown boys who I am now completely enamored with. I NEED to own them all and am just biding my time until I do, but when I first saw them I really disliked the way they looked. I also hated the Notdoll girls for a very long time, but when I saw a few recently done up in a style that I liked, I realized the adorable quirkiness of the sculpt is a good thing. I hated Volks' sculpts, when I first joined as well (just didn't find them attractive at all) and while I've found a few that I admire more over the years, I still wouldn't want to own one. So it depends, some sculpts reveal their potential over time for me, and others don't.

 

I used to despise Volks's Male molds as I didn't like their lips and noses but recently I began to appriciate them more (I am even thinking of saving up for one!)

 

Yeah, actually, my Dollmore Kid was one that I hated originally, I thought he looked really weird with those big old eyes and nose, but I kept coming back to him, and eventually I came to love his weird and disproportionate face, and now I am a proud owner. In fact, he's my only bjd.

 

I used to HATE all anthro dolls.

Then I noticed that the Dollfactory Devil bobo is the same size as a Pukipuki, and my friend is getting two. I seem to like anthros more now, that there is a doll out there to support a cold-humored quirky mouse succubi idea I had.. XD
Shes gonna play tricks on the two kids so much.. XD

 

It has happened some times, not many, but nothing strange. The usual situation has been usually the other way around: dolls I really loved a while ago and after some time, seeing them again and here comes the surprise. For example, I really reallly loved Volks Lady Sylvie mold. I wished for I don't know how long owning one and after 2 years without watching a single Lady Sylvie picture I saw one advertisement in the marketplace. The moment of the "reunion" with an image of her after so long was "WTF this not what I remembered. Well, maybe it's the custom, to the database! It wasn't the custom, I really find her ugly right now " May be it's just my taste has changed a lot.

 

Volks F-01/ 4 Sisters. I used to think that it was the most generic looking girl head. Then I discovered that one of Leekeworld's wig models that I thought was so beautiful was actually an F-01... now I want to get one with a faceup just like that Leekeworld model.

 

Never really had this with a hate thing. And in my case it was kind of a love/hate/love thing. I really liked Sard in Soom's promo pics way back when, but I'm really big on seeing owner pics before buying things when possible and I didn't have money at the time. So I waited. And then owner pics started appearing and I really didn't like any of them. He seemed much more effeminate, whereas I liked how ... dark the Soom pics were. Seemed sorta powerful and dangerous there.

I really started to hate his lips after seeing too many owner pics. They just seemed too puffy. But I still liked his eyes, so I tried to find another sculpt with a similar eye shape and never could get quite the right thing. In the end, it took actually owning a Sard and doing my own custom face up to make me feel the same way I did upon seeing the original promo pics. I got him with the default face up (which looked great on the website, I thought) and hated it in person. I almost resold him right away. He stayed in a cabinet out of sight for a couple months just so I wouldn't have to look at him and kick myself for spending so much money.

Kind of a convoluted process, really, but it worked out in the end and I'm very attached now. And it actually helps me appreciate other people's photos better now that I feel like I have one that matches my own vision.

 

This has happened to me quite a few times. The best example is I just hated the Nanuri 06 (I think) Delf when I first saw the head - the hooky nose and those weird lips - I just couldn't stand the look of the head. Then I saw one without a face up going cheap on eBay and I bought it for face up practice/modding. Well I did a face up on it and BAM!! LOVE!! This boy is now my Ash - one of my dearest dolls and one that I could never part with. The things I hated about the head are the things I love about him now - his funny, cheeky expression and his smiling eyes!! LOVE LOVE LOVE!!! He always makes me smile and makes me feel happy when I look at him.

 

Hate is a strong word for me when I think about BJD molds... The molds of the whole company in general, though, is a whole other thing I really didn't like Volks at first. I think it was because of the anime eyes that put me off, or how buxom some of their dolls get. This is rather ironic, as recently I started to fall in love with DDdy bodies xD I don't really know how the flip side came to be, but whatever floats my boat.

Other than that, my other occurrence would be the controversial doll herself.... Mikhaila. When I first saw Leekeworld Mikhaila, I also wasn't really impressed. However, I started to read some of the conversations going on around her, and ignored them for a while. However, as if my life was some kind of fictional tale, I thought about her in my dreams. I had an incredibly vivid one in which I had heard a voice crying out for help. I gave the voice a name, and I fell in love with (tan) Mikhaila ever since. Unfortunately for me, my parents refused to get one for me in such sudden time, even though I said that I would raise the money for her myself.

 

I thought Dollzone Cosmo was really ugly when I first saw him...couldn't figure out who would buy him. Then I saw one in person with a really nice face up and now I would like to have him.

 

Yes. I hate hate hate Mecha Angel Sabik with a burning passion, but after seeing one with a brilliant face up and a nice wig, I actually came to quite like him. I just hated his face so much before, but seeing it actually done justice made me fancy him quite a bit. The pictures on the website make him out to be so ugly, but I knew there had to be a reason there were so many of them. Not that I want to own one, Sabik dolls are too versatile for their own good.

 

Yep. Once I was not a big fan of Chiwoo and now he's one of my favorite dolls. Granted the dislike came back when I first got into the hobby and I think I needed to sort out my likes versus nots. I also told myself I wouldn't own anything white skinned and that didn't last earlier. I think tastes just change over time.

 

This happened to me with the Volks old F-04. I HATED them. Now I have one and I love her.