Going back to just one doll?

Yes. I've thought about it like you do. Sometimes I've really wished I could only buy stuff or make for one doll. But then again I don't want to sell any of them. I like their different sizes, different posing abilities and expressions. Heck, even their faults I like and I like improving them all and making them 'who they are'. I couldn't even decide on a size. And I'd like to have different styles on my dolls, too, but that wouldn't fit only one doll. I couldn't even get most of them back if I did sell them. But yeah, sometimes I really only want one doll. ^^;

 

Going back to wanting only one doll from my current position? No never, I love this hobby too much and would feel very limited only having one doll. I like the diversity, all the different sizes and styles and personalities.
I do start to reach a point where I feel like 'no more!' (only to keep buying dolls), but that is at 15-20 wanting 15, not one.

I did start out with only wanting one doll. Mostly because their monetary value was overwhelming to me, and I couldn't justify this hobby to myself otherwise. It took me two years to get past that point, in which I aquired only two dolls (and one was a gift).
Looking back at my collection over the years I do reckognize three of those distinct 'plateaus': the first at 1-2 dolls, the second at 5-6 dolls, and now at 15-20 dolls.
At the second plateau I felt so overwhelmed that the next doll I bought I gave to a friend for her birthday.
After that there wasn't any real uncomfortableness anymore at the size of my collection until recently, somewhere between 15-20. There's a treshold there somewhere that makes me go from comfortable to uncomfortable again, I can't really explain why.

 

Well, I have only 3. And I seriously considered reducing again to just 1. But I just could not decide who to sell...

Therefore I am pretty sure the 3 of them will stay...

 

I just have one doll and said I wouldn't buy anymore as I want to just concentrate on buying and making for one doll, for me it would get confusing having more ..... And expensive

 

I never want to have just one doll. I enjoy all of mine so much! The only way I would reduce down to one is if I had financial problems. I would keep my Amber, as she is my first and favorite doll.

 

That sounds SO familiar to me! Amir was supposed to be my only....and now 4.5 years later, I have 39 home or planned!

I don't think I could EVER go back to just one, though sometimes I DO wish I could scale back to maybe 6 or so. And I already know which 6 they'd likely be. Amir, Loki, Mikko, Hansel, Heath and Kaid. But then I start thinking.....Parker is Mikko and Amir's kid, so have to keep him. Zack is Loki's, must keep him. Hansel needs his brother, Erik. Loki needs his sister, Maddy....and before I know it, I'm right back to wanting my full crew and can't part with any of them.

i think a big part of why I can't thin the herd is because I role play ALL of them. Some might get a couple of nights a week, some might get a 5 minute wrap, but no actual playtime for months, but all are important to the story. so unless my RP partner quits on me, I don't see me selling unless it's to upgrade or reshell. And since she's committed to me for life, rings and all, I don't see that happening. :P But IF it did, I think I'd have no problem scaling back to 5 or 10 dolls, since rp IS my bonding.

Though I must say, my first two are STILL my faves.

 

There was a time when I had just one doll for 2 years and I highly enjoyed the time I spent alone with my doll and he portrayed many characters (none of which I was happy with so he always went back to to his original character), my other dolls have brought me a lot of joy too.

If I were to have just one doll, my first doll (kyoshi) would be the one. But I can't do it, I have so many ideas and characters I want to create that it would be impossible to have just 1 doll.

 

I'm back to one doll for almost a year now.
I think it depends on person,but for me it's because something in life happen.
I used to own 3 dolls and planing to buy more.
But I started to reduce and cut down my list when i have other responsibilities.

Well, I'm very happy with only one doll ^^
It's like i can give her more attention, when my time is limited.

 

Yes, I'm getting to a point where I'm ready to pare my collection down quite a lot -- not down to one, but I think I'd like half as many as I have now. I find that I only ever play with a few of them, I really don't need so many.

 

Well, I only have one doll! ^_^

 

Ooh, if I had to sell my dolls due to needing money it would make me cry. I only had 'just one doll' for two months before I got my second, so I apparently never felt satisfied with only one. I have plans to get more in the future, so I guess no, I don't have the urge to go back to just one. There would have to be extreme extenuating circumstances forcing me to go that route.

 

Well, yes, now and then I really consider this option. However, I would most likely keep like 5 of my dolls not only one. Over the years I've realized that I find it to be more fun and more rewarding to do more with one (or just a few) doll(s) than to just collect more and more dolls.

The only thing that keeps me from selling the major part of my collection is that I really like all of the dolls I own currently too much to sell them. And I actually also already reduced my collection significantly during the last year. But who knows maybe some time down the road I might give up the hobby completely and then I'll most likely stay with just a few.

 

seriously thinking about it right now. I'd like to keep just my new girl alone, or at least for a while.
I would always buy a lot of dolls and never take time for each of them :/ I'm trying to change that habbit. I want to actually buy her clothes, take my time to make her a beautiful faceup rather than go "BAAH I have 3 dolls to paint soon. it's going to be such a pain!"

 

I do understand the way your feeling, I have 31 at home and have decided to sell 5 on ebay and gave one little tot to my mum, they just dont get the love or attention and I want to concentrate on my others and my intersts have altered in the hobby. I couldnt go to just one though as I love my different boys and girls of the varying shapes and sizes.

 

Congrats on making that decision, Evelien! It's definitely hard, each doll has their own charm and way of clinging to you and reminding you why you adopted them.

I've never wanted a huge doll family, but I also don't want to just have one. It's more fun to have two, they can keep each other company! If I had to just have one, I might as well sell them all! It so happens that I'm at a comfortable number right now (four at home, but one will be sold soon), and they are the really special ones I don't want to let go.

 

I do sometimes wish I had just one--but right now, I effectively have only one SD-range doll, since I've got one on the way and one I can't figure out how to string, so the illusion's kind of there. It's a nice feeling, but I'm limited, too. I want to buy dark clothes, and punk things, but my girl is too elegant and pastels-oriented for that. (My MSDs are another story. I've got four of them, but I kind of think of them as something else entirely.)

 

I periodically go back to a smaller number by selling some of my dolls -- but I often regret it and end up kicking myself! But it is a tempting thought to go to a really small number and then go nuts with sewing for them, and buying things for them instead! I just can't bring myself to do it.