How do you know when to sell?

well I can't speak from experiance, but waiting a couple of weeks can't hurt at least. =) maybe try a different face-up, or just playing with him alone for a while. see if he develops a personality over time.

of course, if it doesn't work out you can sell him, but you might as well give him a try first. =)

 

I'm not sure.... I loved Mikos from the second I ordered him, but the Juri head I got with him still kinda creeps me out. Not that I was expecting it NOT to....

I'd say hang on to him for a while, and see how it goes.

 

For me, when I first got my Nami I didn't really like her at all. There was no bond or spark at the time for me. I was beginning to doubt wether I should have bought her, since she was one of my spur of the moment buys. Nevertheless considering she was my first BJD I ignored it hoping I would grow on to her over time. It was only after about three weeks untill I felt some sort of attatchment to her. Here I am now three months later and I simply adore her. So I suggest giving him some time before you sell him off.

 

Yes, I have had this happen!

I bought my Dollmore Dean from a member here, just because I was momentarily taken with him in one of their photos, and he was priced incredibly reasonably, and I had been sort of looking for an SD sized model. I didn't expect to be really crazy for him, and even after I got him and used him as a model for several commissions, he still didn't grab me.

I was going to keep him anyway, just as a clothing model, so I basically just sort of put him aside and totally ignored him, while I REALLY got into my other dolls who I really adore.


Then for some reason, one day I decided to take him down from his perch and try some different wigs on him, as I played with him I decided to amend his face-up, and with a totally different wig, that I neer would have originally thought to put on him, the boy started to grow on me.

I still disliked his hands imensely, as he had the original Dean "girly-man" hands and I had just always hated them. So, I talked to Hyon at Dollmore USA and she was able to procure me a set of the new Dean hands, the masculine ones.

So once I got the hands, put the new wig on the amended face-up, I found I was really quite taken with him. I am now much fonder of him than I could have imagined, and wouldn't even consider selling him (whereas, I used to think of selling him daily.)

 

I can't say that it wasn't insta!love with Ichiiro, but I was shocked by him, and it took several weeks of playing to get used to his size. I'd give it time.
If you're not sure you like the face-up you gave him, can you send him to someone esle to be painted? A few members do excellent face ups for free, even.

 

In my case, I always wanted a doll that looked like Jareth [see sig]. None of the dolls readily available in spring, 2004, really looked like him [in my mind], so I got Zephque, a CH Gene/Jin. I thought he was strange at first, but grew to enjoy him quickly. However, when Haunds became readily available, I realized that I wanted one of them much more than Zephque, so I sold him to get the doll that I really wanted.

--MW

 

I had it the other way around.

I had this funny feeling when I opened a box on an El that I had been waiting for eagerly, he was absolutely beautiful and I thought that meant that we clicked - but we didn't. After about a month I realised that he wasn't meant to be here and sold him on. My advice is to put the doll back in the box for a couple of days, or put him somewhere in the house where you don't normally go. If you don't get the urge to take them out and play within the few days then you should probably reconsider.

 

Well, I had a friend with a similar experience. She really had trouble bonding to the doll, in the end she sold her but she did give her a few months of grace. My suggestion would be to keep the doll around for a little bit, try changing it alittle, putting different clothes on it. See if it changes a little more. You don't want to get rid of the doll too quick or keep if you don't really hate it. Wait until your positive with your decision.

 

I had the exact same thing happen with my Lishe, which is why she's living with Eveshka and I'm waiting for a DES ^^;

 

My F16 and I don't have exactly the perfect kind of relationship... ^_^;;;
I mean, he is really beautiful, but maybe a bit too quiet and melancholic...
And his default wig is too long. It makes his head look soo big!!
Problem is that it's the perfect color for him, moreover I don't want to cut it.
Maybe I'll have to purchase a similar wig and try to cut that one, instead.
Last, but not least, we don't have the same opinions on outfits.
Strange but true, I'd like him to wear some elegant gothic outfits or victorian kid outfits sometimes, but he seems to prefer everyday casual clothes all the time ^_^;;;
And I was the one who wanted him to wear casual clothes just like I do!! >_<
Then, I would like him to wear kid clothes more often, whereas he always wants to wear the same kind of outfits an adult would wear...
Anyway, even if we have different opinions on a lot of stuff, he's still my kid, and I will do my best to love him and accept him the way he is

 

I kinda fell into, out of, and and back into love with my Too and BeeA. I just got them yestarday and was excited but when I inspected them more they werent what I was expecting/looking for (or thats what I told myself) but this morning after coming in from work I took another look at them and they arent going anywhere! ^_^ <- I simply had a fit of fickleness

put them where you will see them often wait and see.

 

Rune didn't fit in here, he was just too delicate and too naive... it wasn't the size thing, because I replaced him with someone even smaller... but I gave him a month-ish... and still he stayed seperated from all the rest of my dolls... and I feared carrying him around because of his delicate nature. (He was an unola azurite)

 

I've had this problem with one doll. I thought he was lovely and admired him...but we didn't bond immediately. I thought I'd give it time and that I'd learn to love him...but it just never happened. I'm happy to say that he's now living in Spain with someone who really loves him. I have one other doll that this has happened with, and I think she'll be traveling soon. I don't view it as sad anymore, because I do give it time, and when it doesn't happen, I accept the fact that the doll needs to be with someone else.

 

Yep, been there done that. I had Hypermaniac Ksy and was shocked and appalled by her size. She had a huge body but with a tiny head! I bought a DD body and put her head on that, but it just never felt right. I sold her. Then, I had Too and Bee-a. I just couldn't make a connection with them, so I sold them, also. I've never regretted selling them, because now I have dolls that I totally love and am very happy with...sometimes it just doesn't work out and if you've tried to make it work but still aren't happy you might as well move on.


Az

 

Well, when I first got my full doll (I got the head I intended for her awhile after her body) I was just a little dissappointed and very, very shocked, as the face-up wasn't at all what I'd wanted. The site I bought her from (I went through someone to order from Luts) said that she'd be done like in the picture-and anyone who's seen an Angel Elf Soo knows they, well.. Look angelic. I got no eyeshadow on my girl, with the DARK Elf eyebrows. I decided to try and overlook that, though it still bothered me. After about two months I was thinking of selling her, but then figured out why I didn't like her-it was largely due to the fact she had absolutely no eyeshadow. I had MSC from blushing her body, and carefully applied eyeshadow (pastels), and I realized something-with this dark, bold look, it just.. Compeleted her. I can't imagine ever selling her now, and I can't even picture what she'd be like as sweet instead of rather, well.. Um.. Let's just say she's not sweet. >>;
Sorry for the rant. XD; I guess my point is that perhaps you should change the face a little, or just sit and figure out what EXACTLY you don't like, that you might be able to change.
@_@ Again, sorry for the rant.

 

When I first got Ren, it took me awhile to decide to keep him. I was off and on about selling him, but then I was able to get a friend to change his face-up. I'm so glad I kept him.

 

amazing how it's so often the face-up that makes or breaks a doll...

 

I had a similar experience with Aislinn, my Souldoll Katie. She was my first non-AR doll, so I had to adjust to the difference in her sculpt. For one thing, her face seemed hyper-realistic in contrast to Cady's and Tam's more manga-esque features. Plus, the advantages and limitations of the Souldoll head- and body-mold are almost polar opposites to Angelregion's.

What really almost ruined her for me, though, was the first face-up I gave her. Not only was the paint job harsh, but I gave her trimmed-down human falsies (eyelashes). They were the super-thick kind, too, so poor Linna ended up looking like a drag queen. ^^; A shocked drag queen, at that--probably because it took so much effort to see past her own lashes!

I was sorely tempted to sell her and find a doll whose features were more "harmonious" to my other girls (perhaps a Bee-A, since I was planning to acquire a DoC to represent Safiya, and Aislinn is her sister), but several factors stopped me. One was the knowledge that hey, I needed to change her face-up before any concrete decisions were made. Two was that I truly loved how much fun she is to pose. And three, she was home! There's a vast difference between lusting over a doll who's far away overseas and being unsure about one residing in your bedroom.

In the end, I (obviously) decided to keep her. She has a better face-up and a couple of body mods. And now that 'Fiya is also home, they feel like sisters. I pose them together all the time, and it's just cute. ^___^ So, happily, it worked out for me.

Everyone's experience differs; just do what is best for you! As it's been pointed out ad infinitum, this hobby is too expensive for anyone to keep a doll s/he can't bond with.

 

My boy's face up sort of suprised me too when i first opened him. It was way darker than i thought it would be, almost the same colors as Prince of Darkness Shiwoo, dark grey sort of. But he's so pretty still, if i were to change anything it'd probably be his lip make up, he isn't grinning his beautiful grin quite enough for me.