Have you ever felt like you just couldn't buy another doll? (The 'cool off' period)

I've reached this point after two years in the hobby. For me it was about finding the size and style of dolls I preferred, and also I got tired of working so hard to afford new dolls. I can look at dolls now and have none on my wish list. It's a great feeling!

 

I hope to experience this when I finish off the wishlist. As it stands right now, I have like a handful of dolls on the wishlist so those are the ones I really want. I can look at most and see how lovely, but know I don't want them.

 

I have a doll on the way,and I think I'm going to cool it for a while before I buy another one. Ha,I remember saying that before and then I ordered another doll anyway. I really hope I can abstain from buying more dolls for a while. I need to work on the ones I already have.

 

There are a few dolls that I'd like to order someday but right now I feel content with what I have. I've been looking more at clothes/wigs/eyes for the ones I have and I'd like to enjoy them and get them where I want them rather than bring any more in.

 

I've finally gotten to that point -- I think I'm a little burned out! There are still some things I'd like to acquire eventually, but I'm not feeling very motivated about it right now. More than anything, I'm wanting to complete the dolls I have and get rid of the things I'm not using.

 

I think I have all the dolls I want too. I've been collecting them since 2004 and in all that time I've managed to find the dolls I really wanted but one, and I have a substitute for him that will do. I'm not burned out on the hobby, but the rabid acquisition stage is over. Finally.

 

I've just gone on my fifth year of the cool off period. I bought a doll that looked as close to my grail doll as I could get. Then I hit financial distress after university when I couldn't find a job. Then I fell into depression and just didn't have interest in anything. I didn't touch or look at my dolls for years. It was probably a combination of finally having a satisfying doll (albeit naked), having more than one (the others with too many clothes), having done faceups, attended meets, finanxes, priorities, medical conditions...

Recently I'm once again trying to get back into the hobby. So far it's working very, very slowly... The fire and giddiness is gone. Now it's a sort of tired "oh, that's pretty. I can afford it easily, but should I really..." feeling. I'd like to focus on outfits now. Maybe in the future I'll break down and buy the doll I've been looking at for a little while now.

 

I have gone through different phases. When I had a lot of money to spend on fun stuff I bought all the dolls I fancied. After that I was saving up money for my wedding and didn't want to spend a lot of money on dolls, but I did sell a few dolls to afford different ones. In the beginning I was also more into 60+ cm dolls and now I'm more into dolls in the 30 to 50 cm range. I don't think I'll ever be really finished buying dolls, but at the moment I don't have time or interest for new dolls. I actually still have several new dolls that still need lots of playing with. There's also a doll still in the making. I bought it last year, but the company is taking their time. So I don't feel the need to buy something new just yet.
I have enough dolls to keep me occupied for a while.

 

I'm at a cool period just to get cons out of the way so I can save up for my second doll

 

That's how I've started feeling, finally. I have a layaway on the way that I'm excited about, but after that, I don't think I'll be buying any new ones for a while. I want to focus more on the ones I have, getting nice wigs, nice clothes, maybe new faceups. Honestly, being at college mot of the year, I don't get the chance to enjoy the ones I have. Adding more would just complicate things further! I try to bring one or two with me to school, but then the just lurk in the closet. I'll probably get more into buying dolls again when I've finished college. Though, that isn't to say I won't get ahold of nother doll or two between now and then.

 

I have 2 layaways to complete, and one more to buy after that, then I feel like I'll be done for awhile. No real interest in acquiring more.

 

I had gotten to the point where I felt perfectly content with my BJD collection over the Summer, and was fine looking at new dolls without any desire to acquire them. But then Volks unveiled their SD Gou Beast in all of his tanned, well-toned, glory, and although I'd been wishing for a guy just like him, I was going to let him go until....da, da, daaaa....Volks announced IDEX attendees could pre-order him! And there I was, all hot and bothered again...not the least bit cool at all...LOL! After I bring my Beast home next month, I think my sense of calm with return, and I may even revisit the idea of parting with a few.

 

Mostly I just have a sense of augh I have HOW many? They take up a lot of space but figuring out how to thin down is hard.

 

I have felt this before. It comes and goes. Right now, not so much. It's more a sense of wanting to change the collection without changing the number of dolls I have exactly. But I can't decide who to let go, so....
I want a PeaksWoods girl (badly!!) and a boyfriend for my Lishe. I think that's it for now... I'd like to have a Dollfie Dream girl someday too, but that's not a pressing need.

I'm hoping with some refinement I'll be able to find that feeling of contentedness, for a while

 

I agree 100% with suzunachi:I want to focus more on the ones I have, getting nice wigs, nice clothes, maybe new faceups ... Adding more would just complicate things further!

^ Is pretty much where I'm at. There's a few dolls I'd like to own, a long time down the track (like a Mini Dollfie Dream) but I don't have that raging desire to get one until they bring out a face I'm completely smitten with... I get burnout if I have 2 (or more) dolls arrive in under a month. I suddenly get overwhelming dolly-project overload, because I want them ready to play now and just end up feel a bit frazzled...

 

I'm in a cool-off period right now. Mostly because my credit cars are maxed. LOL! I've told myself before that I should dress the dolls I have, make sure they all have a variety of clothes, shoes on their feet, and a couple nice accessories. Then all of a sudden all my grails were rereleased and I ended up buying lots more dolls! @_@ Eek.... Now I've got to stop!

 

Yes, I am there right now- there are only a couple of dolls I would still like to own, but they are at the high end of the market, & I can't seem to get my head around spending that much money on a single doll anymore^^; So when I feel the urge to spend, I get out the dolls I already have and redress, wig etc. until the urge goes away lol

 

I'm not as eager to acquire more dolls right now, partly because my collection is getting a bit too large to be comfortable (I have to count to remember that I have 6 full dolls and 4 heads, because while it isn't a big number, it seems like a lot when I only owned 2 for a long time) and partly because I have most of the dolls I want and can afford right now. The ones left are more expensive, and limited, so it's kind of like a, "I can't buy them anyway right now" mindset so it doesn't make me want to go "BUY!!!!" at every doll on my wishlist. Haha.

With that said, I do want to get bodies (and sort of need to) for my floating heads, but even for that I don't really have any motivation to start. I guess the cooling off went more than I expected...which is good and bad. Good for my wallet, and I guess my heads can just wait for their bodies longer. >_< I think I just feel a bit lazy, and a bit overwhelmed. There's a lot more I'll like to do with my current dolls that I've not done, and that keeps the eager-doll-acquiring-urge away.

 

When I finally got my Williams - wanted him since his release in 2006, got him in 2010 -, I wasn't interested in other dolls for almost two years. Even if he was just a head, I wasn't even interested in buying a body for him.

Getting the ultimate grail will do that to you .