First doll regrets?

I had a really hard time at first when trying to pick my first doll. I went to so many doll sites and couldn't find "the one." When I saw the Soul Doll Juhl sculpt, I just thought then and there I had to have him. His face was so perfect for my main character and I love him so much. I just had to order him in white skin. I saved up for months and was eventually able to hit that buy button. I then had to wait and he arrived a few weeks before my birthday. Seth was the best birthday gift to myself I've ever gotten

 

My first was an Iplehouse EID. She was just perfect, but oh my, tall also. Only after she arrived I realized I like to keep my doll close and this would be so much easier with a pocket-sized doll. So from that moment I focused on small-sized dolls. It's not easy to stick to it, because there are many, many wonderful tall dolls out there. But hey, you can always enjoy the pictures of others (while sitting on your wallet and trying not to grab it

 

My first doll was a Resinsoul Ling, which i bought on impulse. She's still with me today and I'm still working on her. The only regrets I have about her is that she's so tall. It makes her hard to work with. I also regret getting the wrong wig on impulse and not getting glass eyes right away. It really changed how I bonded with her. I also felt that the company face up had me stuck on her character and I couldn't define her well at all, and it took buying two more dolls to go with her story before I got anywhere. But other than those things I love her to death and I don't think I'll ever part with her.

 

my iplehouse body!
coz as soon as it arrived i found out i cant fit it in anything and wasn't what i like in posability~

so im glad i sold it off~ now my nYID emilia is rocking the dollshe body~ very elegant and suits my taste

 

My first doll was my 5Star 'Amy', Pond. I don't actually regret buying her, I adore her, but I regret not choosing a standard sized doll for my first. Pond is very difficult to buy clothes for, and I think I could have had more immediate fun with a slightly smaller 1/6 doll. But on the plus side, she's encouraged me to improve my sewing skills!

 

My first doll was a Soom Amber, and I have no regrets. I knew right away that if I could only have one doll, she would be it! She was everything I thought she would be and more. She's still one of my most treasured dolls.

 

My first doll regret is that I wish I could've toned down her faceup...I got a default faceup for a Dream of Doll Shall and after looking at so many pictures of so many DoD faceups in the database and the galleries, I feel like I would've been happier with a toned-down brown...Her lips are very, very pink in the default.

She isn't here yet so I don't know what it will look like, but it's too late to change it. :l If I really, really don't like it, I'll probably send her somewhere for a custom but it'll probably just be a small annoyance.

 

My first doll was a basic Lati Lami. I have no regrets over it. I stalked a ton of pictures of the mold on Flickr for weeks before Lati opened orders. If I were to have any regrets it would be

1) Not getting the fairy garden limited version at the time (too expensive then)
2) Selling her later on. I needed the money and figured I could always get another basic. But Lati's resin has become more yellow lately and my first had a lovely pink complexion :/

 

I actually just got my first BJD this month (a Blue Fairy Robin) and all my doubts just vanished after receiving her. It also turned out that I liked the default faceup and uniform a lot more than I expected which is why my only regret is not ordering the default shoes with her as they would have been at a discounted price.

 

I didn't had any regrets with my first doll because I've search about her really really well before buying her. Because I'm not rich to just buy any doll and then again, buy a new one once i realized that I don't want what i bought.

 

I have to admit that I do regret buying my first bjd. He's a lovely sculpt and looks exactly like the promo pic. It's just that I realize what I need right now is a smaller size girl than him.

 

Well, to be honest at the time I bought my first doll I had built up way, WAY too many ideas for what I wanted in a doll and it would probably have been impossible for that doll or any doll to satisfy my expectations. I had also been swept off my feet by one of the promo pictures and then in person I found I didn't care for the sculpt as much or know what I wanted from it. I didn't want the exact look from the promo pics because I wanted it to feel like "mine" specifically, but then again I also didn't have much idea what else would look good on that face and I didn't like my faceup attempts. But, because I deeply wanted the doll to be special since he was my first, I stuck with him for a while despite my dissatisfaction.

I've since gotten over it. I was able to sell him for almost the same cost I bought him at. This was by a very bizarre stroke of luck as an acquaintance saw and fell in love with my dolls and bought them both at a time when I had decided to leave the hobby. If that had not happened, I would be very much more regretful as he was not a well known sculpt or company, or a doll that is rare and popular (as in well-loved and coveted by many, but hard to get) sculpt, and I am pretty sure this was all before I even had a DoA account so he would normally have been very difficult to sell.

Advice I'd give to my younger self: be willing to accept what happens if you don't like the doll. How difficult would it be to sell? How much would you need to lower the price in order to sell it?

I suppose you could limit your choices in dolls to only those that are easy to sell (for example a SWITCH or Soom limited edition that is high demand and likely to be snatched up relatively quickly on the marketplace), but I'm not sure that that is good advice either, since you should definitely buy the doll that you really truly want. A doll is not like a chair or a car or something that you could get a similar alternative and still be pleased with its use. A doll has pretty much no use at all except for its visual appeal, so it's imperative to choose the doll that visually appeals the most to you.

But, in the long run, I still like dolls and I'm still in the hobby and happy with my current collection - and even thinking of adding on to it. It's the same as with any other collection, it takes time to find your true tastes! Just like my friend who got into figurine collecting, he eventually sold the first figures he bought because after getting them in person he found his tastes were different after all, but he continued collecting and has now a collection that he is proud of and that suits his taste. Sometimes, you just don't know how it's going to go, because you are ordering based on pictures! But that is ok, you still have to get your feet wet one way or another.

In the end, I guess what I'm trying to say is that I do wish I had loved my first doll enough to keep him, that would've been a cool story! But, also, it's ok that I didn't, so it's not totally a regret... you have to start somewhere when you go into a hobby. And I don't consider it a bad experience that I lived and learned and got different dolls in the end.

 

I don't regret my first doll because I loved her and she was so gorgeous (JID Cecile). But I started to notice that I was much more attracted to SD sculpts and stated to think that I may be more satisfied with the SD size. Once I got my Feeple60, I knew that I preferred the SD size and sculpts and therefor sold my first doll (and a few other MSDs I had acquired). Looking back, I could have waited a little longer to buy my first doll and I may have chosen a larger doll in the first place.

 

I spent a lot of time very carefully choosing my first doll. I had a very tight budget, so it was a bit hard because I didn't want to just settle for a sculpt that I could afford but didn't love. My patience really paid off, because not only do I love Avery to bits, but I also found in ImplDoll a company I plan on buying from again.

I really think if I hadn't taken my time, things wouldn't have worked out so well.

 

My regret is not keeping her and now she's no longer for sale! Supposedly the company intends on having her back up for sale at the end of this year or in early 2015..here's to hoping!

 

I had only been looking at dolls for a couple months when I ran across what became my first doll. I bought her on a whim because her company photos were beautiful. When she came I was severely disappointed because she didn't look as good in person to me -- I think because I got her with the company face-up (which is one of the attractors for her) but in rl it looked nothing like that oh well..

 

I didn't have all that hard a time choosing my first doll, although I did a lot of research before I bought him, but I did regret buying him in the end. In fact, I regretted it only a few weeks after he arrived home and I almost quit the hobby before really even getting started. I still regret buying that doll, even after he's been sold and gone. It wasn't because I didn't like his face or his size; in fact, his face was probably the only thing I really loved about him.

 

The only thing I regret about my first is that my painting skill aren't good enough to give her the beautiful new face she really deserves. (Her old faceup was about eight years old and basically sliding off.) I'm probably going to have to bite the bullet and send her to the spa for a new look.

With the first doll I ordered new, I had second thoughts after it was far too late about ordering her in white resin. But when she arrived I loved her look, so it worked out well.

 

I just recently got my first BJD in the mail. I ordered her months ago and knew she was what I wanted but after ordering her (she is a Pukifee Luna by the way) I started to wish I had gotten a different sculpt. I really liked the Zoe sculpt the more I looked at it. When my doll did finally get here I was glad I had gotten the Luna sculpt but really regretted not getting the default face up and also regretted the color. I was confused about what "beautiful white" and "natural" actually were and I really wished I had done a better job with my research. I somehow thought beautiful white meant natural and natural meant tan. X.X

But despite all of that, I don't regret ordering her. It took five months for her to get here and I have since ordered another Pukifee in the natural skin tone. I of course planned on getting the Zoe sculpt but I ended up getting Bonnie this time! I feel like every time I look at the sculpts I change my mind. But I think they are all beautiful and I will still probably get a Pukifee Zoe in the future. I'm just glad I didn't wait to order my first doll because even though she wasn't exactly what I expected, finally having my first doll here and in my hands was so worth it!

I don't even know for sure if I will keep the white Luna but it was just great to finally have a doll here to help me kind of understand more what I wanted and what I was trying to do. I don't think you would regret the sculpt you choose even if you don't end up keeping her. I really do think its easier to figure out what you want after you make your first move! You'll probably fall in love with the doll when you see it in person anyway.

 

No regrets here! I bought my first BJD in 2008 and I still have him and will never part with him. He is an Elfdoll Mir. He has five siblings now... and I really need to give him a new faceup and start shopping for him for Christmas!