First thing you do with a new doll?

Having your doll fresh out of the box is a very fun time! Even if they're not face-upped yet, I'll pull them out, dress them, put in their eyes and wigs to give me a feel for the character that the doll will have. Sometimes the character changes dramatically in those first few minutes once you finally have them in your hands!

 

First thing is panic attack, then I do a box opening video as I open my doll for the first time. I then check for damage and flaws very closely trying not to get uber attached instantly. Then the doll gets dressed, posed with and lastly stared at. I stare at my dolls also, just trying to intake the awesomeness I suppose!

 

First I obsessively check the tracking number. Then I am extremely jumpy at the sound of any truck outside my house. Finally, I rip the door off the hinges to greet the mail carrier man who is stunned to see me at the door before he even raised a hand to knock. I then sign my name as a scribble, and cradle the box with a crazed expression. Normally, I already have my doll-opening posse in my living room, all of us anxiously awaiting the arrival. Then, I snatch up the scissors and camera and get that bad boy open. I usually smile a lot while I'm opening the box and undoing the pillow, but then after bubble wrap mummy arm #3, I usually get a tad frustrated. I always save the face for last reveal. I take it off with extreme caution, and enjoy the collective gasp that surrounds the new beauty. I make sure the eyes are positioned as I like, and that there are no damages. Then I dress the doll with care and put the wig on, and then hold it and admire it for a while. I play pass the doll with my friends/admirers. I take a few pictures, stand the doll up, sit the doll down, keep it around by me for hours. Eventually, I take it in to my bedroom to place it with its brethren

 

After getting it out of the box? I dress them and set them with the rest of the crew. If they got a face sometimes they get shown off to a friend but mostly they don't get pictures taken.

 

I usually take a ton of pictures and dress up the doll and make sure all is good. Then take more pictures and tell the world that my new doll is home and so epic and pretty and then i get those people who think I should be locked up in a padded cell lol.

 

I like to have time to open their box, I have actually waited to another day if I didn't have time to open it straight away after post arrival. Having box opening photos is really good idea, in case of anything is chipped or something like that. I enjoy opening their bubblewraps, put aside the stuff and see their faces. Seeing all parts are OK is something I concider good to check out. Then go for the clothes and stuff if there's such ordered with the doll. ^^ After box opening it's wonderful to just handle the doll and see if it needs any sueding or other work. Find some clothes and try out few styles if anything I have works for them. If not, then draw few scetches for clothes.

 

The first thing I do with a new doll is dress them in an outfit that I like and try different wigs (possibly different eyes, too) on their head to see what I prefer~

 

First I dress them up and try different outfits on them and pose them in funny ways. Then I carry them around for most of the day so I can admire their cuteness.

 

First thing I do, after doing the whole taking pictures of the box and such, is clothe them, which to me is the most exciting part. I always get their clothes way ahead of the doll (I plan the doll out for months), so I'm sitting around with these cute clothes just adding to the suspense!

 

after the box opening i usually put them clothes on, trying some poses out, if in need i restring them and if they haven't got a face-up i do it then. and then i keep them around me moving their joints and awing about their appearance

 

I just squeeeee for a little while, look the doll over, hug the doll, rock, giggle and repeat until I dress the doll in something simple and available until I start making them something to wear

 

*check for any damages
*see if they can stand/do some poses
*do face-up if needed
*try out different eyes
*try out different wigs
*put some clothes on
*take more pictures

After that, I proceed to playing and staring at them XD
But when I do the faceup, it takes me days to do it, making this whole routine become a bit longer.

 

Pose it, I guess - unless the doll arrived eyeless, in which case I first put in eyes.

The posing session always takes place before I start putting clothes on the doll (if I have clothes for them), because I need to see how everything slides into place. All my dolls have different bodies, different bodies for each character being something about which I feel rather strongly. But the different bodies mean that each doll handles differently too, and I need to learn how each one behaves. I only really begin to enjoy a doll once I feel at ease with it, so this (always slightly awkward, because I'm terribly frightened of doing something wrong) exploration is rather important to me.

 

the very first thing after I check everthing is alright about the doll, I would change her eyes, I don't like the 'random eyes' given to dolls I buy and they are usually too big for her. after that I would start dressing the doll and try some wigs

 

I really like the idea of putting the provenance/ID information inside the head. I was going to make a paper list and an online document but this is a good third way to have proof if I ever needed it. Or maybe write it on the inside of the headcap with paint so it wouldn't be easily removed. Hmm..

 

When I first get a new BJD I open the box and unwrap the doll, then I take lots and lots of pictures lol lastly I put clothes and wigs on the doll.

 

The first thing is checking if everything is ok with the doll. Than just admiring and playing with the doll, posing and trying every wig on her. Dress is the very last thing for me because I like to see how my new doll is "moving".

 

I don't have the patience for box-opening photos, so the first thing would be to check to see if I like the face-up, then to see if there is any damage. On the few occasions where I bought a doll without a face-up, all other activities would then come to halt while the head was sent off, painted, and returned.
I then add, or change eyes, if necessary, and find a suitable wig from my stash.
Then, dress her/him up and start taking pictures! To me, the photography is at least 50% of the hobby.

 

I take them out, check them over to make sure everything is intact and all extras are included. I take a pic or 2 then they go back into their boxes and stored away. I have way way too many dolls and absolutely no room for displaying them in my small home. I look forward to the day when we get a larger house and i can finally have all of them out. But by then i would probably have amassed a few hundred, haha. I so need a doll room.

 

Video the box opening
Dress him or her
Take photos everywhere