First thing you do with a new doll?

I like to try on clothes and wigs and eyes and all that. And take pictures with them around my house. Then I'll designate a spot for them in my room where they get to keep all of their stuff.

 

After the box opening I grab the doll and dance around my room briefly with it! I like to start things off fun!

 

try the wig and/or clothes on that is a must and mess with the eyes

 

The first thing I do is check for damage (first of the doll itself, then of the face-up). I guess I'm a bit of a pessimist, but I can't relax and enjoy a doll until I know it's arrived safely

The next thing I do is sit down with my doll to create its identity kit. All my dolls have tags for inside their heads, which contain a symbol that is specific for their character. They get the same symbol attached to their cushion zipper (so I can identify dolls by their bags while searching through my stored dolls), or a label affixed to their drawer (for heads and fantasy parts). Any props or outfits specific to the character also get their own drawer at this point, labelled with the same symbol

 

If I've planned right, the new doll will have clothes, a wig, eyes, and undies all ready and waiting for him/her upon arrival. After unpacking I usually fiddle with their posing, see how they stand, if the tension in their elastic is right. Then I dress them and make sure everything fits right. There have been a few occasions where clothing items didn't fit so it was a sort of back to the drawing board situation. I do my own faceups so, if the weather is right, that's the next step. Then I take lots of photos of them to celebrate their arrival.

 

- Open the box
- Squeal a little
- Hold him/her and stare
- Dress him
- Attack him with my camera
- Stare at him some more
- Introduce to my dollie family
- Take more pictures

 

Well, as soon as I've got them out of the box I dress them up and try wigs on them. Then I introduce them to the others before I undress them again to admire the details on their pretty bodies. After that I'll just make tons of photos and share them with friends. ^^

 

carefully scan every nook and cranny to make sure nothings broken and then--I paint that sucker!

 

It depends how much time I have. If I have a lot of time then I take him/her apart, sand away any seams, wash, msc, body blush/ faceup, then restring. If I don't have the time though then I just restring if needed and dress her until I have time to work on her more

 

Usually that's my routine:
- Gather everything I have already bought for the doll (usually a wig, eyes, clothes)
- Take camera, start documenting the box-opening (love doing that) and take my sweet time unboxing my new doll
- Admire new doll, check for any faults/possible damage
- Start dressing up the doll, i.e. put in eyes, put on wig and clothes
- Play with it a bit, try to pose it, take a look at it from different angles, take more pictures
- Afterwards put into glass cabinet/wherever it's place is in my room till I have time to make the face-up

Yeah, that's pretty much it :'D

 

First thing is to get them a faceup as soon as possible, without that I can't decide on the eyes and wig to fit.

 

Squeal excitedly and take 30 mins to calm myself. Take photos of the box, then the inside of the box and how everything is wrapped. Then take tons of photos when the doll no longer resembles an Egyptian mummy and all the stuff he/she came with... Then dress said doll and fawn over the said doll. "That was.... Okay... I'm leaving you alone with your doll....." As said by the witnesses of said ritual.

 

I check every square centimeter of the doll, count fingers and toes, check for any hidden damage that might have occurred in shipping.
The best thing about getting a new doll is opening and seeing the doll 'come to life' so to speak. It's not a picture on the screen any more, it's real and has weight in my hands and it's HERE, that sort of feeling is hard to beat. But yeah, check first for any damage.

 

I take photos to document the state of arrival (and share, if it's something a bit unusual); I then spend some time getting familiar with the doll, especially if it's one I've never owned before. I examine the details of the sculpting, play with the balance, look over the jointing, those kinds of things, to get acquainted with my new arrival. I don't deal with washing or blushing usually until later, since I don't wash them until I blush them, and blushing is dependent on weather, my schedule, and whether I have a can of sealant on hand, so it's purely an examination of the doll without any disassembly/reassembly.

 

All but one of my kids were pre-owned so the first thing they usually get is a bath! XD When I ordered my boy, the only one I bought brand-new I just went uber excited and had the shakes so bad I almost couldn't open his box, lol! When I first got his box open & saw him I told him I was his mother, and had waited a long time for him! but of course I put his eyes and wig on rather quickly afterward and sent picks to my best friend!

 

I tend to "get acquainted" with my new doll. This usually involves playing around with the wig and brushing it, moving the joints, and cuddling. If the doll needs clothes, then they get the clothes followed by cuddles.

 

Put clothes and a wig on her. Bald, naked dolls creep me out. I don't think I'll even take pictures of the box opening other than the outside of the box and the wrapped up doll.

 

Usually the first thing I do is look inside of the torso & look at the joints to see how the doll is designed and stung. Then I put in their default eyes (if they came with any) or put in a pair that fits.

 

The very first thing I do with a doll after getting it out of the box is to try putting it into crazy, impossible poses. I think something like, "Let's see what this baby can do!!" and then try to get the doll to stand on one leg, to do ninja poses, to kneel, to hold another doll, to squat, several different sitting positions... and then after I'm done seeing what it can do, I finally put in the proper eyes and give it a wig.

Clothes happen... eventually, some time long after getting the doll since I am pretty slow with finding/making the right stuff..

 

When I got mine since he was the first I just stared at him and took in the beauty that was my very first bjd! I also gave him a kiss on the forehead and then when I got my floating head I gave it a kiss on the forehead too so I guess that's my thing. I think when I get my next doll I would try to re string it and wash it since I have posing problems with my current doll so I think replacing the string they come in would change that, plus it's a little extra love they deserve.