Ever fall out of love with a mold?

It happened with me and my first doll I ever purchased.
I remember when I first got into this hobby, I absolutely fell in love with a certain sculpt;
Her face was perfect, her body was perfect; I fawned over her.

I received her at home and I was head over heels for her! I spoiled her a lot.
After some time, I started to doubt her. Sure, she was beautiful! I still loved her very dearly, but she just didn't seem like "the one".

I ended up selling her to a owner who would love her very much and buying a new "perfect sculpt" which I haven't and don't see ever getting rid of!

 

I've fallen out of love with three of my dolls, but I can't bear to part with them. I just don't see what I was so in love with about them five years ago. >< Oddly enough, my very first doll, I still adore. I'm not sure what it is about the other three. But they're so integral to what my characters look like now that I can't see myself getting rid of them or reshelling them anytime soon.

 

Sure. The dolls I've sold weren't among them (I sold those, because they weren't the sculpt for me, not because I don't appreciate them), but I did have a few dolls I used to be head over heels with and was absolutely sure I was going to buy someday and yet didn't eventually.

I used to LOVE shirou tachibana and although I still think he's a pretty doll, he doesn't make me want to own him. And there are some other molds I used to love, but grew tired off after I saw too many pictures of them. Tastes change.

 

It happens to me quite often, actually. Most of the times, the dolls that it happens with are pretty/beautiful sculpts - I've discovered that in the long run, the only dolls that keep on appealing to me are the quirky ones, they don't need to be pretty!

 

Yes! I thought my first girl was just gorgeous at the time. Now, I look back, and think she's kind of hideous...lol I never did bond and sold her about a year after I got her. I think I liked her because she was the most affordable and attractive girl on the only website I was familiar with at the time. I had NO clue there were so many different companies and sculpts! And the site only listed in stock dolls, I didn't even realize those companies had other sculpts. Had I known, and been comfortable spending more, I highly doubt she would have been my choice at all.

 

When I first got into the hobby and researched endlessly for sculpts I like, I fell in love with DOD D.O.I Luke ver No.1. I HAD to have him.

But as time has gone on and i find myself thinking about the bodies and their looks and the usefulness of the joints and the sculpt itself without the company face up and possible ways I could customise it... I find that Luke doesn't really appeal to me all that much anymore.

Needless to say, I've never bought him and don't really have plans to ever get him in the future. I currently have my heart set on a Soom Dia Boy.

 

Happens sometimes... but not very often. Usually I love the sculpts I pick consistently and still think my first doll is gorgeous... I would literally not change him for the world! >3<

 

This happened to me with one of my friend's dolls. I loved, loved, LOVED this boy.... and she was kind enough to let me "babysit" him for a little while. As time went on, no reason why, but that intense love just waned to the point where I was looking at him and going, *shrug* "meh.... whatever....I guess..." So, I didn't end up getting one of my own like I originally planned. Nothing at all against him, it was me. ("It's not you, it's me!!")

 

My extensive list of dolls I've sold probably answers this question pretty well. xD

Yeah, I'm extremely likely to fall out of love with a sculpt and it doesn't really take much to make it happen either. I just have really mercurial tastes and I don't get very attached to my dolls, so it's bound to happen with most dolls I encounter that I'll eventually lose love for them. Similarly, I love almost every doll sculpt I see, it's just a matter of how long that love lasts!

A few really stick with me though, like Pipos Baha and Pukifee Shiwoo. Those are two of my oldest dolls and I've never once liked them any less than the day I got them. If I had to bet on having a doll forever, it'd be one or both of those but knowing how fickle I am, I wouldn't put much money on that bet.

 

I've wanted the same boy for over 10 years and have just started to go about making it happen - so I think I'm pretty consistent

 

Compared to when I first entered the hobby, my "ideal" mold has shifted dramatically and sometimes looking at my old dream dolls make me wonder what I ever saw in them. Sure, they're gorgeous but I just don't see myself owning them anymore. For example a lot of them had the half-shut eyes going on and I'm just not attracted to that in a sculpt anymore...

Also, I owned a tiny that I had fallen head over heels for once but then found out that the smaller molds just aren't for me.

 

i've fallen out of love with a few, luckily none that i own though

 

I used to love Iplehouse Soa. For months I would search for owner pictures and photo-stories and scour clothing sites for things that would look cute on her and I just really, REALLY wanted her.

I'm not sure what or even when it happened, but now when I see pictures of her I can only see things that I don't like.

 

It's happened just recently, I just didn't want to admit it to myself...

I received my Sugarble Adela the end of last month, and I realized as soon as I had unwrapped her that she reminded me of someone I'm not too fond of. On top of that, she's my second Tiny and I know now that MSD is the only size for me. She was basically an impulsive, had-the-money-at-the-time purchase. I think I was more excited about her pretty box and outfit than I was about her. So now I'm debating whether or not I should sell her.

 

I did a search for this topic and didn't find anything so please move this thread if necessary.

I have been in the hobby since 2011. Currently, I have (9) dolls. I have grown quite fond of all of them and have no plans to sell any of them. In a sense they have become part of my life.

However, people do change their minds and feelings and, if I look at it objectively, there is the possibility I wouldn't have that same fondness (love) for one or more of my dolls in the future.

So:
When you fell out of love with a particular doll how did you feel?
Was it painful or indifference or just something practical or anything else?

 

I've been in this hobby for six years now and I've not fallen out of love with my dolls - in fact I'd say that I value them more than ever. In the instances I've seen of people no longer wanting dolls it's often because they get less attention than their other dolls or were meant to be a certain way but just don't suit the plans the owner had for them.