Have you made provisions for your dolls if you die?

bumping this so it is easier for people to find and is interesting in relevance to another thread just started ^_^

 

I haven't made any provisions yet, but I suppose ideally they would go to friends or family who could appreciate them. I wouldn't want them buried with me or something - they aren't going to be any good to me by that point, so they might as well go to a good new home and be cared for.

 

I'm lucky enough to have a doll-crazy daughter. So they'll all go to her.

We've even made arrangements for the dogs, that's how crazy we are.

 

I'm still pretty young but at this point in time, I suppose I'd make provisions for the doll to be sold to someone else. Mostly because I hope someone else would appreciate it and love it as much as I did.

 

I have no plans at all for when I die. I figure if such a thing happens, I probably won't much care what happens to my dolls.

 

Provided I am fortunate enough in the aspect of still having my dolls when my time comes, I will probably leave them to my sister, as she has a large appreciation for my collection. I can't figure anyone else I know personally would actually want them.

 

I would either leave them to my niece or donate them to our national toy museum.

This reminds me, it is time I got a will written.

Phil.

 

I was thinking about this during a recent lockdown at my high school due to a shooting threat which thankfully turned out to be a prank. The first thing I did was worry about my little brother who is a Freshman (I am a Senior) and after that I got online and told Emblen to take care of my dollies if something happened to me. My dad has a history of throwing away dolls (he threw away my ENTIRE collection of Native American dolls, about 2 dozen or so) so I wanted to make sure they didn't meet the same fate.

 

hmm, well the order is to have all my material possessions burned but if I do die unexpectedly my family will probably want to keep some of my personal things, to keep alive my memory (and they would find Clover, and since they have no knowledge of her existence they would know she was very personal to me and would probably keep her, though not know where she came from or what she really was)
just some doll I had, along with the porcelain ones they would also find

 

Strangely enough, I've been thinking about splitting my dolls and their belongings to two friends if ever anything happens to me. Wierd.

 

I am definitely in the school of people who will pass them down to family after death. :]

I always loved seeing old dolls from my relatives when I was young and had several handed down to me that I still remember vividly. I certainly enjoy the thought of handing mine down to my daughters or granddaughters, should I ever grow up and have any of either! xD I wouldn't mind so much giving them to a young child when I'm old, I think. I was always very careful with special things when I was little so I think I'd try to pass on that trait with the doll. ^^;

 

Oh... good, so I'm not the only one to have thought of this... xD;;;

I... actually included my dolls in my Will... they'll be uhm, locked away safely with their clothes and things.. :'D

 

I would ask for them to be sold...for my funeral. Nobody I know likes them and I think if I gave one to someone they would remind them of me too much

 

Well, since no one I know is really in to them, I'd probably leave detailed instructions for my family on how to sell them here on the marketplace. However, if I make a good doll friend who I know loves my dolls, I'd probably ship them to that person, and then they could decide if they wanted to keep them or sell them. Of course, I am only eighteen and I don't plan on dying anytime soon. But it's definitely food for thought for when I have to grow up...

 

If I still have them by the time I feel like making a will, I might donate them to Think Pink, or Triskel fantasy shop here in the netherlands. They're both really good bjd shops.
Or like Shao said, make sure they raise money for my funeral.

Personally I think my mom will clutch on to them though. She really dislikes them, but I've put my creativity in them and that she does love xD

 

I really haven't made plans for my dolls in the event I die. However, I would like them to all go to my mom. She likes my dolls and is always real happy when I bring them along when we run errands or go out to eat. I think she enjoys me being in the hobby, because me carrying around dolls reminds her of when I was little, but the fact that I can save money for these rather expensive investments while still being able to pay my bills shows responsibility, which is what any good parent wants to see from their adult children.

 

I'd feel bad about burying or burning that much plastic. *A*; I mean I know it's bound to end up in the ground sooner or later, but it should get as much use as possible first. :3
Right now I don't know anyone who is really into dolls. So right now they'd probably go to my mom.
If I was bored and.. er... expecting to die soon.. I might set up some sort of contest or giveaway on DoA~

 

Well to bad for me im not immortal :*( I want mine to be sold to a BJD fanatic who will enjoy them more then my family would. I just want them to be happy.

 

A morbid little topic, but certainly a valid one!

I have mentioned to loved ones that, in the event of my sudden demise, they should auction the dolls off if no one in the family wants them. I do think my mum would keep them for their sentimental value, however, assuming my younger cousins don't snatch them up. There is also a friend of mine who is slowly getting into bjds, with a little bit of urging from me, so perhaps she'd want to adopt some of them.

Sometimes I think it would be good if they were donated to charity... I can imagine a random child getting a bargain bjd and loving it to death, which will hopefully start their life-long addiction to the hobby.

Whatever happens to the dolls, I plan on haunting them and their new owner/s for a little while... Just kidding!

 

This is kinda morbid...but well.

Even though I'm only 16 now and I have a...hmm...few decades of live before me, I already set up a plan in a case something happened (yay for adrenalin sports xD)
So.
When I die, my characters due to our deal will die with me. There will be only shallow containers left. Those will go in a secret sealed room along with my story and someday, maybe my children or my grand-grand-grand-grand children will find them.

Or I'll just get them buried with me.