Have you ever disliked a sculpt or company and then ended up falling in love with it?

I've always loved doll Chateau (I say as I casually have three of their dolls on my wishlist. And none yet at home..) SO they weren't a company I hat to learn to love. Fairyland was. I used to be one of those people complaining about the same-face issues and wondering why people would order from a company with QC issues like they've been known for.

And oops. Now I have one. See, I had a character for whom the f60 body looked perfect, and then I got looking through heads and fell in love with Lacrima. I needed her vampire head, found one in my city and wound up as another person with a pastel goth fairyland doll (though mine also likes Lolita fashion.) Ironically, she's a major villain in my series, despite being like 5'0 and having pink hair.

 

Originally, when I became interested in the hobby, I really hated the way Doll Chateau doll's looked (like a lot of other people, it seems) but the more I've seen of them, the more keen I've become! I look at them now and see very elegant and pretty dolls, albeit still a little strange

 

CP/Fairyland Shiwoo. I disliked him on sight. Those wide, buglike eyes and slim nose... I couldn't understand why he was so popular. He looked odd to me. Until I realized that he was perfect for one of my characters.

Now I have two, plus a CP/Luts Harang, and for a while, the Juri 2006 that resembles Shiwoo. I swear the sculpt is cursed.

 

Heck, this is a hard one because I like most of the doll companies out there and am grateful to the incredible variety available now. And most dolls tend to grow on me given time. However, I also tend to like "odd" and "unconventional" sculpts like a few of the members have mentioned in this thread. (totally love Doll Chateau). It takes longer for pretty and realistic dolls to grow on me. Iplehouse is a company that is highly popular, but because of these qualities that are highly represented in their dolls, I have yet to find one that I fancy enough to purchase. But in a few months, who knows? I might find that they are my absolute favorite company and doll type.

 

I was never a huge fan of Iplehouse, but after searching for the perfect shell for one of my oldest characters I realized that IH Eric was it.

 

It's not really a specific sculpt or company, but more like a concept; I didn't really care for vampire dolls, or I thought there was nothing special about them, but it turned out I hadn't seen the right vampire yet, I guess. Because now I'm aiming on getting Doll Family H's Anye/Dark Night. Although other vampires still do nothing for me, haha.

 

Dollshe Saint. When I saw him for the first time, I was like 'there's NO WAY it's a popular and loved sculpt, just look at that face'. And than I saw him again like a year later in someone's photoshoot, and... well. I wouldn't necessarily bring him home, but I see the appeal now. There are so many beautiful characters that look just right with this face, it can be so different depending on face up and such.

Actually, I generally disliked Dollshe on the whole at first, something with their faces and long-limbed bodies just seemed off to me. Guess what, I'm waiting for Husky ._. And I'm in love.

 

I can't recall any instances of this for myself. I never had any issue with Doll Chateau (Some of their designs are a little too odd for me, but some of their unusual sculpts/bodies are unique and cool to me), and have eyed a few Dollzone dolls here and there. If anything, I've had the opposite happen for me.

And for me....that's Fairyland. I guess I can understand the appeal, but I've found they're just not for me. When I was first looking around for prospective sculpts to match the characters I had in mind, I heard about FL and their poseabilty and was intrigued. I checked out their website, and I did like a few from their feeple line (like Roke, for example) but was somewhat disheartened when I didn't see them update their Feeple65/70 lines after checking back there several times. Although Roke's a cool looking guy, he didn't end up fitting what I was looking for. And, as for FL as a whole, I found I wasn't really attracted to their other lines. I checked out their minifee a la cart in hopes of developing an interest, but to no avail. And, oddly enough, what killed interest in FL for me was seeing one in real life. They just didn't end up working for me.

I could say Iplehouse to an extent, but I go through fluctuations in interest/disinterest of them.

 

I used to really dislike Dollzone's Benjamin but something kept drawing me back to the sculpt and now, oh my goodness, I think he might be my favourite sculpt! I'd say looking at other people's versions of him definitely aided in the obsession.

 

Sort of. I really didn't like Dollshe Craft's earlier aesthetic compared to what they do now. I love my David Kuncci to death. I would be buying the 18M body too if it was 10% smaller. it's like a smidge too big for the boy who could use it. >_<

I think one thing that often changes my mind is owner-face-ups. I'm really meh about most of Iplehouse's default face-ups but man put a cool face-up on them and it's like I'm saving up for an iplehouse HID right now.

 

When I first started looking for my first doll, I was completely neutral on Unoas. It seemed like everyone and their mother owned one, so I did not even consider them for myself. After leaving the hobby for about two years and coming back, I fell totally in love with Sist! Unoa sculpts have such sweet, beautiful, and versatile faces, I don't know why it took me so long to realize that I now own a Sist and I love her to death! Can't wait to get some of the other expression plates for her

 

Sort of. My IOS Jaguar's face is quite punchable. I kind of hated it before I admitted to myself that he was great for Derren. Honestly, I still want to punch him, but that's why it suits the character so completely well. He was originally going to be a Ringdoll Sol.

 

Dollzone. Honestly, when I first started the hobby, Dollzone's dolls did not interest me, and honestly I didn't think their bodies looked all that great either. That certainly isn't case now since I now own two of their dolls and have three more on my wishlist!

 

When I first saw Dollzone's Wendy, I liked her, but not that much. I ended up falling in love and ordering one. I had little interest in Dikadoll's limited Tea, a doll a bit bigger than Fairyland Puki Puki. I consistently dislike doll with teeth showing, which she has. But it works with her half open eyes. I love her, even though she's a pain to find clothes for.

 

I think that never happened to me. If something bugs me about a scupt that I actually dislike it then I'm unlikely to change my mind... however! I used to dislike Volks by the pictures on the company's website. I honestly couldn't understand why people liked them so much. But then I saw photos of dolls made by their owners and they just looked completely different to me! So now I kind of like Volks? Though I wouldn't decide to get one unless I saw photos from the dolls owner because the company photos remain uninspiring to me lol

 

I used to hate Fairyland dolls because I thought the sculpts all looked the same, but now I have four of them on my wishlist oops.

 

I hated Volks when I started. Their faces were so bland and childish. The company was notoriously hard to buy from (lotteries, FCS that was only available to the Japanese) and that also gave me the whole "If my money isn't good enough for you then I don't need you" factor.

What changed my mind was dollfie dreams. Volks USA did a great job with customer service and made them more readily accessible without all the holier-than-thou feel. Then by the time I went back to look at SDs 7 years had passed and their face-ups and sculpts got more cute than child like.

Now I understand that for many of the Volks customers the lotteries and limited orders add an air of excitement (hence why their standard dolls are being discontinued and rotated - they don't sell half as well). It just annoys me, but I can respect the business model more. Besides, just about every company does limiteds, Volks isn't the only one anymore.

Current volks total - 4 DD and 2 SD

 

I had this feeling towards DollShe's boys when I entered the hobby. I didn't like any of the sculpts at all. And the bodies seemed too skinny, they looked like they were starving to me. Seeing owner's pictures didn't helped at all as I couldn't find good customs of them (I wasn't into Flickr back then). But as I not too fond of big dolls that feeling ended there.

To my surprise, a couple of months ago I fell in love and purchased a Bernard head in the fashion size for a very special character I planned to put in resin so I have swallowed my previous words.

 

I really used to dislike Dollzone's sculpts back when they were still making their old dolls. I just thought they were so...weird looking, I guess. The eyes were too far apart, mostly. But then they discontinued everything, and I love their new sculpts! (Carter is actually my favorite sculpt of any company.) Surprisingly though, I'm starting to like their old sculpts more too. (Megi is looking cuter and cuter to me now~)

 

I was on the fence about Minifee Liria, but I recently saw a photoshoot of her and have fallen in love, it's too bad she's so limited >.<