Have your doll plans ever been "eclipsed"?

Well, I was already planning on getting an MSD once got my second SD, so the SD would have a little brother.. sort of... more of a ward I guess... but since I hadn't found a sculpt yet I put the MSD third on my list, and then a dollzone MSD came up in the MP with the mod I was already considering (slightly more open eyes) and I feel like I really should jump on it, buuuut.... since I haven't managed to put away any money for the SD, I feel like I might feel guilty later because I bought on impulse.... I mean, I've been eyeing the post now for a little over a week, and I check it every day, which I guess says I want him enough... but I dunno!

Thoughts?

 

If the money is for a doll but you buy a different doll, why should you feel guilty? Looking at him for over a week doesn't sound like an impulsive impulse! Maybe if you buy the MSD it will feel like a reward for saving money for a doll and that will give you incentive to save for the next one.

But ultimately only you can decide what to do. And don't feel guilty. So long as you're responsible with your money you should use your doll money however makes you happy [emoji4]

 

Actually , it just happened to me! I really wanted a MNF Ante! And I was really looking forward to buying her, but that was before Iplehouse released a new JID named Sierra. I fell completely in love which caused my feelings for Ante to disappear :/ I think that I was just super desperate for a new doll and plus there was a sale in Iplehouse so I had to get her. She was too perfect not to be ordered.
So yeah, it's happened to me before haha. I do NOT feel guilty at all. Ante is such a beautiful doll, but I wanted something that I truly wanted if that makes sense. I truly love the Sierra sculpt , I think Iplehouse did a FANTASTIC job !
I do think I'll get an Ante one day...Not anytime soon, though.

 

I'm definitely having some plans be "eclipsed" this year, and in interesting ways... my plans for the year had been to get the last LTF for my set of five, and to get the two last minis for the character narrative group. The OC group was going to stay on hold and just get aesthetic work done, and maybe, depending on what Soom released, I might get a body or two for them.

Instead I realized I'd left a character out of the character groups, and started shopping around for his mini version, intending to put it on the list... except that a price inquiry sort of accidentally turned into a steep discount, so I may have just gone ahead and ordered him. Yeaaaaaah.

And in the process of looking for that character, I realized that a doll that's been waiting around on my wishlist for a while was about to be discontinued--as in, I had four days to put in the order or miss out forever. I actually gave that a day... then ordered him for the OC group. Sliding the now two LTFs and still two character minis down the line.

Then two dolls were released that perfectly fit one of the more rare aesthetics of the OC group. Both limiteds, with the same order period. So both went on layaway. Slide on down again, LTFs and minis...

At least I got the planned Soom body, but that's the only plan I've actually pulled off for this year.

 

Pretty much all of 2015 has been dolly eclipsed! Of the dolls on my "wish list, not one of them I have added to my collection; however a bunch of others completely just decimated my patient planning. To be fair, most of the dolls on my phantom eclipse list were dolls by artists that I never thought I would own and sort of wrote them off as ones to admire from afar. The sad part is I now have 2 dolly wish lists. One list I re-rank all the time and the other is more of a "I'll get around to owning one one day list."

 

It almost happened to me!
My first doll to fall in love with was DZ Hong.
But after doing a lot of researching I found a lot of other pretty dolls too!
And I also fell in love with DOD Ducan.

But I went for my first choice.
And he's on his way now!

 

Yeah, kinda. The first BJD I ever fell in love with was Dreaming Doll Airi. I loved everything about her, but I knew at the time the price just wasn't doable. I fell out of the hunt for a first doll for a good year or so. Once I jumped back in with a vengeance, I fell hard for the MNF Celine sculpt, and she was mine. My original plans I had started on for DD Airi fell through, as I sorta forgot about her. I just recently rediscovered her, and I'm working to add her to my family as the character I wrote for her is majorly important to my story.

 

It's happened to me a few times, the doll I have loved since I learnt about BJDs is Delf Miyu. I still don't have her! Looks like I'll have to settle for a minifee version. All the dolls I bought when I should have bought my Miyu have been sold on.

 

I wanted a Souldoll Yeon-Bee for ages... but somehow she got postponed many times, mostly by unexpected dolls that popped up on the marketplace, or a desired sculpt that became available in a certain resin colour for a limited time. Thing is Souldoll Yeon-Bee is readily available, so hence she ended up being pushed back a couple of times by harder to get dolls... But I recently ordered her. Yippee!

 

i wanted a lati yellow LOL tan sophie real bad
then i see ppl selling
i looked at it
somehow is not the right feeling
and i saw one in real life and dont like it

i went off buying sth completely different...

 

Yep. Twice.

I'd decided that my first doll was going to be Luts' Abadon. I bought a head and the dreaming head, intending to buy him an SSDF body. Then Dollshe brought back all of his old sculpts. Which how I got my Husky, Anton.

Then, I decided I would try again to save for that body... only to have a MIGHTY NEED for Dollzone's Miss Kitty. Who I have on layaway.

Hopefully it won't happen a third time.

 

All the time. -.- I'll be squirreling away for something and I see something I've been wanting /forever/ second hand... and yeah. XD There it goes.

 

Well you guys really helped me! I went ahead and adopted a sweet DZ Mo, and I'm so excited! SID Eric will just have to be patient with me :]

I think you're right rubydol! I feel so good that I could buy this doll, that it's going to make saving up again much easier!

 

Glad to hear you've made a decision that's made you happy [emoji4] saving up can take so long sometimes and the reward at the end seems so far away so sometimes a detour on your collection path is a good thing!

 

I completely understand!! I've been saving up for a Ringdoll Rebecca. But then I found Resinsoul's Sui. I feel a little guilty about getting him before Rebecca, but at the same time, I really couldn't wait to get him home!

 

Like some of the others have said at first I kept adding dolls to my wishlist then changing them for others I liked more. Now that I know a lot more and have seen a lot more I am far less fickle and only get one I really want. Also for sometime now I have been buying dolls to fit characters and not the other way around as it was when I first started collecting.

 

Have you planned on buying a doll and then had your plans totally changed by a surprise attack of dolly love? Only ALL THE TIME! I have basic dolls on my wishlist, and I keep putting them off because I can "always get them later". This included a Luts Dark Elf Soo that was going to be my first doll, but then I learned of the magic of company events and was smitten by an event doll.

What do you do about the doll that was “eclipsed”? Do you buy it first, or after the other doll, or not at all? I put off getting her for years, then BAM! she along with all the other Delf dolls were pulled from the market. I may or may not have cried a bit. It took me several years to track one down (I was particular... I wanted normal skin with the default faceup and one only ever seemed to come along when I had no money for it).

Do you feel guilty about “abandoning” the first doll for another? A bit. Right now my eclipsed doll is a Dikadoll Rena in grey skin. I have been wanting one for years... she even has eyes and a wig waiting for her (she had an outfit until another doll stole it), but some limited thing comes along and steals my attention (and money) and I once again saying "poor Rena..."

 

Exactly what happened to me with my plans for my first doll, haha. I planned on my first doll being a Feeple65 Chloe, I'd done my research on how well they pose, how easy they are to find clothes for, the eye size I'd like best. I had picked out what her first wig and eyes would be and everything was ready, I was just waiting to be paid for more projects to order her, since Fairyland doesn't do layaway. And then Angell Studio went and released Xi Shi and I was in love. At the same time I still intended on getting Chloe first and getting Xi Shi whenever I had the money available, without actually focusing on getting her anytime soon... But then that summer promotion. I did the math and buying her fullset would cost me almost the same as a blank Chloe, and well, that led me to reevaluate some things, haha. She's on layaway now (since I still haven't been paid for those aforementioned projects and would miss the promotion if I waited for that) and I'm suddenly trying to plan her while she's already ordered. It feels a little hectic and I worry a bit but I'm sure it'll be fine, it's not like there's any rules that say you need to be 100% ready for when a doll arrives, it's just better to be. Plus I'll still need to wait for her to be made and arrive here so I have time to plan things. I still want to get my Chloe eventually though! I love the sculpt and I've decided as soon as Xi Shi is paid for, all the money I earn from my projects that doesn't go towards bills goes towards saving for her and for a trip to the US next year (so hopefully I can ship her to a friend and go pick it up, then I can visit my friend, visit the US again, and avoid the insane taxes and super slow postal system here. Two birds with one stone, or maybe four birds...).

 

This is exactly what I'm going through right now. I was so set on buying a MNF Mirwen and stayed committed
to her for over a year until I was able to afford her along with clothes. Recently though, I've found that I've been getting sick of seeing her sculpt, and all these other new and shiny dolls I was discovering seemed to become more appealing. Since then I've changed my mind about five times, and it's so annoying to think that I could be so fickle in such an expensive hobby