Have you ever found “the One”?

I can see why - your Susu is gorgeous!

I think, unfortunately to my wallet, it happened to me the wrong way around Despite the bad resin match, I find my Doll Legend/Soulkid hybrid the most perfect doll to handle and look at, even so that I ended up selling what I had in my collection previously. However... I then found that I still need friends for her to pose together with so I quickly added more dolls to my collection - none have still stood up to be such an enjoyable combo, though! I definitely measure all dolls against her, even though I very much still enjoy browsing marketplaces.

 

When I was looking around for a new doll to find, as a way to restart my passion in the hobby, I found Coral Reef's Red Queen. She was beautiful, and SO up my alley!!! Dark yet gorgeous, and with that antique and unique vibe that I love. However, I thought it would be impossible for me to get the fullset.

A month later, I find her fullset second hand, at a very reasonable price, and with a faceup that even if not original, it's even more beautiful that the og!!!! She's my "One", no doubt. And I even feel like it was destiny!

 

I did find one, I purchased the one doll that made me realize how much I hated BJD proportions around ten years ago or so, and I never purchased any after him for that long. Even now, after having purchased a BJD more than a year now, I know I wouldn't purchase any larger BJD (if any), because proportions are just not my thing within this genre of dolls. I like ideal proportions that are realistic yet "idealized." The one doll that helped me come to the conclusion I didn't want anything less (I was already arriving at it he just made it that much clearer), is my now long discontinued Fairyland Chicline Rou. He's a mature mini sized doll, standing at barely sixteen inches tall, I prefer smaller dolls, but Chicline were way ahead of their time for these types of dolls (blessing in disguise for me?). The doll I purchased recently was more of an extremely rare FOMO moment for me within this hobby, something I'd never do and will more likely than not, never do ever again (unless Limhwa/EOS and/or DollZone re-release certain sculpts I already own from them but want doubles of to keep untouched/un-modified). I'm grateful every day of my life, I was able to get my CL and don't have to keep hoarding anything but non-resin-plastics for the rest of my life! (;

I only have one full shot of his I can easily access now, but mostly I like realistic yet idealized proportions for my humanoid toys. I feel CL males had that, with a few things I would adjust to better fit my ideal concept of realism (longer/taller hipbone, less deflated-looking trapezius, longer feet, etc.). Things i can't actually change (because I suck!), but otherwise I feel he's pretty much the perfectly proportioned doll for me.

Spoiler: Nude doll, terrible photos.

I found one where he's standing at least, but it's so discretely photoshopped... oh well. DX

 

I think my first doll was actually "the one". I've since gotten more, of course, but when I saw my CP Harang with his precious smile I just knew I had to get him! At the time I was hesitant to get into the hobby and I definitely wasn't in the financial position for it, but I wanted him so bad after seeing the mold at a meet up. And even now after having him for years and adding more to my collection, he's still the bias of the group. He has the most clothes, wigs, photos...everything!

 

For me it was my Dollzone Anson (see avatar). When photos of her were first released by the company, I was completely mesmerized and vowed to have her no matter what. As a flower-based sculpt, she was absolutely unique and way ahead of the times for bjds back at the end of 2010. I literally haunted my doll dealer’s website for days until they finally activated her buy button…and then I struck like a cobra!

I knew she was amazing, but I still wasn’t prepared for how I felt once she arrived home. I’d been collecting for a few years prior to this and had a nice little collection going on at the time. But once she arrived, she so thoroughly eclipsed everything else, they all just felt completely redundant by comparison. Within a short amount of time, I sold off all my preexisting dolls and began rebuilding my collection based around her. Drastic I know, but it was the right decision and I’ve been absolutely thrilled with my collecting ever since. I think she was so out-of-the-box that it allowed me to think outside the box with my own creativity…opening up a whole new dimension of imagination that has allowed me to create the collection of my dreams.

 

I had the opposite happen. A doll came into my life that was so perfect I pivoted, and started to covet only dolls by her artist.

this doll was, of course, Shrike, my first Twigling ingénue. When I bought her, I had a gamine head bouncing around that I hadn’t done anything with. After I took her home, I fell in love with her face and her body, and the way she moved. I now have 6 more full twigling dolls, and 8 twigling hybrids, because I fell so in love with the way they were sculpted. I also think I’m lowkey friends with Reese, the artist behind all these dolls, because I’ve messaged her for heads so many times. And all that happened because someone on Instagram listed an ingenue with a broken knee for sale!

 

I started off with the plan of getting 2-3 dolls relatively quickly and then just spoil the dolls I have for a while. But I am so enamored with my first doll I feel I don't need any more. I still like the idea of interacting characters, setting up scenes with props or making a room-box, and I also want a taller doll I can dress up in different styles, so I'm going to follow though with the plan; but my wishlist dried up quite a bit.

 

I had this feeling with my Pukifee Bonnie (that i unfortunately sold with all my other dolls few years ago on an impulse Still don't know why i did this...)
I took her with me everywhere i went, made a lot of photos of her, i couldn't help it ^^ She was so cute, i melted everytime i looked at her.
I must say i still miss her now, and hope i will find another Pukifee Bonnie one day.

 

I have so many dolls...but I think my "One" is my Soom Elf Dia. He was my first SD, my first new from company doll. I was so nervous buying him. I spent nearly his whole pre-order period on the fence. But every time I look at him, I go "you're perfect the way you are." Everyone else may need this or that changed, or still seems to lack a bit (even Elrond, who is the most spoiled, he's as close to Hugo Weaving I will get because I don't want an actual Hugo Weaving sculpt).

After that, my Withdoll Egon. He was my first MSD purchase and he showed me how amazing some companies can be at creating bodies that pose well without support.

But I still love to collect more elves so loving them hasn't stopped me from loving others hahaha

 

By the number of Alans I have (13 counting orders I haven't received yet), you'd think that would be my one.

Dikadoll Krose. My Cyprian. The first 70+ doll I ever got and the only SD or larger doll I've never wished were smaller. I didn't even particularly like his product photos, but when he was announced as a last chance doll I just had this feeling I'd regret if I didn't get him. I've sold so many dolls because I didn't love them as much as I love him on arrival, and had to finally admit to myself that I love him more than any other doll and can't solely measure the others against him. He doesn't even have a face up yet because I love him so much as is that what if I hate it???

 

I think my answer to this, if pressed, has to be my DDS Anthy Himemiya.

For some reason, once she arrived to me from her previous owner, my need for new dolls seemingly evaporated. I haven't even had the time to break her out of her box, let alone play with her, due to our current living situation, but I already feel that she's some kind of crowning jewel in my collection. It's very strange! I still have my running wishlist for long-planned dolls, of course, but nothing is pinging as "omg must have" anymore like they used to.

Now, I feel like if I'm going to add to my collection again, the doll must both be truly spectacular and add something new that I don't already have.

 

Can I have multiples of The One?

-Amir: AoD Chen, he was my first doll. When I first saw his sales page, I thought he was the one I wanted after years of planning and saving. When I asked for owner pics, I actually cried. Got him home and it was an indescribable feeling holding him for the first time. I almost called in to work just to stay home with him! I've been in the hobby for 16 years now and my home is a revolving door. I'd say the average doll stays maybe a year or so. He's never left me, and I've never considered letting him go, not even in my worst times.

-Twyla: Iplehouse Lahela, she's recent, but I've wanted her for years. I just couldn't make myself justify her price. But she's a character I've had and been building her story with my sister for years (some parts of the story even from childhood), so I finally had the money and just went for it! This girl...omg. She's just perfect. She's gorgeous, there are no words. I feel like I already "know" her inside and out and she's finally complete. I think she's going to be another one that sticks for a very long time.

-Cooper: Migidoll Yujin/Cynical Yujin on Luts Muse body. I've admired the Yujin head for years, and got Cooper about four years ago. He is the only doll I have ever bought multiple heads for, and he has five. He might eventually get more, time will tell. He started out on a Migidoll old body that I didn't are much for, but I put him on that super slim and tall Luts Muse body and it hit hard that he was just perfect. He was supposed to be a minor side character, and he is now one of my two main characters.

-Bren: Migidoll Siho/Luts Senior Delf. Bren started out as an NPC in my RP, he was supposed to stick around for maybe a month then move on and he ended up taking over my entire crew. Almost every human doll I own has some connection to him. I didn't even pick his sculpt! It was a head my sister already had and wanted to sell/trade, and she had offered him to me for a different character. It didn't work out and I planned to sell the head, and just on a whim, decided to try Bren's faceup on him and it was just an instant "he's the one". I knew in that instant, he was staying. The past three years have been spent perfecting him with a nose mod, nose piercing, several faceups, several wigs (one of which I spent 3 hours styling to get it right), and the most expensive wardrobe of all my crew, and yet I still constantly want to get him new clothes and accessories. He also has one of the most expensive props I've ever bought for a doll and he doesn't even use it. But I had to get it for him. He has two heads now, too, his regular skater look, and his goth rocker look. He's a total spoiled brat who wasn't even supposed to ever be shelled, and here he is taking over the house. What an asshole. But he's too perfect for me to be mad about it.

Off topic bonus The One:

-Razzle: Eve Studio Extreme Sphinx cat. Another I couldn't justify the price on for years even though I really wanted him, who was a pain in the ass to get together--I had to die him, about had a meltdown trying to string him, his eyes were missing when I got him and it took about 5 months from order date to finally receiving his eyes and they were the wrong size. Then another 3 months and they still don't fit very well. But he's just so cute and I love that little guy so much. I guess sometimes I bond most with the ones that really need a lot of work, but I'm too motivated to get them perfect than give up!

(You can see all of these on topic dolls in my doll profiles! And you can see Razzle in the background of Turk's profile pics)

 

Justinian (Dollstown Mui, on DT's old 15year boy body) has been my "the one" for a long time and still is. Dollstown as a company, and the Mui sculpt in particular, single-handedly defined a lot of my tastes in BJDs and male dolls. I absolutely adore Mui - it might be selective vision/bias, but I think he's quite unique and I haven't seen any other head sculpt that resembles him. And I still think Dollstown's old 15year boy is incredibly beautiful for a male body -- An Jonghak did use Michelangelo's David statue as inspiration for sculpting this body.

For a while Justinian was the only boy in my collection, I was pretty ruined by him because I couldn't find any male sculpts that was as good-looking or better. I've since gotten other male dolls - they probably look more attractive than Justinian, but they have to be, otherwise they'll get completely eclipsed by him. He has a real hold on my heart, and I love him to bits.

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Currently my "one" is Oshidori (Joydoll Lai x 2D68girl hybrid), my latest doll. I fell in love with the head sculpt and the body separately, decided to hybrid both together... and I'm quite besotted with the girl I have now. Her body in particular: for a long time I've been quite unimpressed with the sculpting on 1/3 female bodies, but 2D68girl is a masterpiece and answered all of my gripes about female body sculpting.

Oshidori hasn't eclipsed my other dolls, but she's something special in my collection: a womanly woman in an otherwise quite masculine crew. (All males + another girl who's a male head hybrided onto an androgynous female body.) I adore her. The 2D68girl body has become my gold standard for female bodies: I have a feeling I'll have a hard time buying a third girl now, because she'll get compared against Oshidori and probably found wanting. I'm thoroughly biased towards the 2D68girl body -- I think she's the most beautiful girl in BJD world.

 

Well, not in the sense that finding "the one" once for all completed my collection, as you said, because then I would have stopped buying after finding that one doll. But in the sense that I felt after getting this one doll, I would be totally fine if all BJD artists for some reason went poof! and disappeared and I'd never be able to get another one... if that makes sense?

I've had a few grails that made me think that, the first being the original Dollshe Bermann, and the most recent being Rebel Doll Ángel. It's a nice feeling

 

I can't say I have found the "one" yet. I own many dolls but I haven't received that doll that made me say "this is it"!

 

Not “the one” but “the ones” I guess. But if I was about to keep only two dolls and get rid of all the rest I would say that Soom Vesuvia in her original Pearl violet release and Sartoria J Juliet with face up A are the ones that could make me happy and few fulfilled in the hobby.

 

I'm still relatively new to the hobby, so I'm sure my "the one" will eventually change, but right now, I'd say Fairyland Phoeb with her full designer set. I love her so much, and she's what really kicked off my love of bjds.

 

I have found "the one" many, many times. But, I don't obsess nearly as much as I used to and I feel really happy in the presence of my dolls.