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How long did you wait?

Jun 6, 2008

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    1. About two weeks - from the time I saw them until I had the first one in my hands.
       
      #61 Masquarade, Jun 16, 2008
    2. I learned about them about a year and half ago or so, and have been contemplating on and off from time to time whether I should get one or not. I rarely buy things so I've had a good amount of money saved up for the doll I've finally decided on, but I'm still just nervous about the investment. I've discussed it with my dad several times over the months and he's decided to allow me to buy one, but I just want to make sure that I choose the one that really speaks to me. >.< So indecisive. However, I think I may finally take the plunge this month. ^^
       
      #62 Aerilly, Jun 16, 2008
    3. This really was the same way that I felt. Good luck on finding the right one for you. I was lucky enough that I knew the moment I looked at a picture of my girl that she was the right one for me. Now I am just waiting for her to get home.
       
      #63 akasora, Jun 17, 2008
    4. I stumbled across Dollfie's on ebay over 3 years ago. I couldn't justify the cost back then, I got into Pullips, then Blythe's, now I'm coming back to BJD's and got my first a few months ago (and now have 3, with 3 on the way :D).
       
      #64 princess chuchi, Jun 17, 2008
    5. I waited two years after I first became interested in BJDs, and one year after I found my "dream doll" to order one. I figured I would be fine, and not get bored of him quickly, since I kept going to the company's website and just looking at their photos for so long.

      As for waiting on the doll itself, I ordered him on May 26th, so that makes today day 22.
       
      #65 Shawir, Jun 17, 2008
    6. I first heard about BJDs a little over a year ago after my friend decided she wanted to start collecting. At first I thought they were cute but too expensive. Then we were driving to a convention and I had her Bernard on my lap for most of the ride and it was <3. 2 months later I had my 1st boy.
       
      #66 diddoh, Jun 17, 2008
    7. the first BJD I saw was from a member from a livejournal-community. it is one to show the bentos you pack with pictures and share recipes and so on. one member wrote in her entry, that she bought a doll and I went to her livejournal and saw the doll. I never heared of BJD before, so I did a little resaerch on BJD and soon found this forum ^^
      that was sometime in february this year. and now I'm still saving for my first doll. I'm on a group order for two minimees and I'm sooo excited~
       
      #67 elleas, Jun 17, 2008
    8. I first learned about BJDs in my 10th grade English class (from an article from a random magazine. Odd assignment). I waited a little over two years after that day to buy my first. Due to money of course, haha. My next dolls I only waited about 4-6 months (after the one before arrived) inbetween them ^^;
       
      #68 TrickMeMoon, Jun 18, 2008
    9. I waited two years which is how long it took until I could afford one.
       
      #69 LeilaNami, Jun 19, 2008
    10. I waited almost a year because I wanted one as soon as I saw one... it just took a lot of begging to convince my parents to pitch in and help me get one. After all that time I ordered him in March and had to wait exactly 81 days (counted =_______=) but my doll couldn't have been more worth the wait.
       
      #70 EbonyFeather, Jun 19, 2008
    11. I had to wait around 3 years to get my first big doll, and my small 1/6th wasn't planned but I got her a year or two ago... I'm still unsure about her though...
       
      #71 GoldenKorat, Jun 19, 2008
    12. ummmmmm 2 weeks >.> now maybe three for the new soom doll...i'll order before it sold out near the end of it >.> then for leo. Nearly there!
       
      #72 Mephistol, Jun 19, 2008
    13. I've been wanting once since about 2-3 years ago, but I couldn't afford it until recently.
       
      #73 pugnacious banana, Jun 19, 2008
    14. I first saw a doll a few years ago at an anime convention. I never knew what it was, and the next year the girl was at the convention again with her doll. Turns out if was a Pullip. I got my first one of those this year, and another 3 since.

      I went to the convention again this year and went to my first doll collectors meet... There I got introduced to bjds. They amazed me.
      Turns out an old friend (z3r0 on this forum) was into bjds and we got talking loads and she has been showing me sites and things and getting me more and more into them!

      So now Im trying to pick a doll....

      So really been since about March of this year, but the past few weeks I have been getting reallllly into them!
       
      #74 Dark_Fairy, Jun 19, 2008
    15. Several years ago at a local anime convention I saw some people carrying them around. then when we went to another convention we went to the panel and learned how much they cost. Thought that I would never pay that much for a doll. Well then I started stalking online (ebay, doll sites) and found my 1st doll. She was and still is my favorite. That was fall 2005. It was another year and a half later before i steadily began getting the rest of my group.

      Along the way, I became an enabler, a friend was with me at both conventions and she got her first around the same time i got mine and waited about as long with the rest of hers as well. It is all my fault she started playing with dolls.:doh
       
      #75 sakura-oki, Jun 19, 2008
    16. About 2 months :)
       
      #76 Smoosh, Jun 19, 2008
    17. Well it seems like forever, but my first should be arriving today or tomorrow actually, a Bobobie Rachel. About only 3 months or so after I saw my first BJD on DeviantArt. She won't have a wig yet, and I'm planning on making her outfits, so poor girl will be nakedy for a while.
       
      #77 nello, Jun 19, 2008
    18. After seeing the first one at a convention, it took me about a year or so before I actually considered getting one (they slowly grew on me). Then it took me about 7 months to save the money. :sweat
       
      #78 PlatinumSky, Jun 19, 2008
    19. see, I bought my first bjd 2 years ago. But I was looking at them for over a year. It's painful, but I held back, until I finally gave in, then I fell even deeper in love with them. Then of course it's a hit for the pockets, so I would save money for a long time, and get on with it.
       
      #79 wasura, Jun 19, 2008
    20. Many years ago I saw the dolls of Souldoll, and I said WOW they are truly amazing but truly a ripoff. Hehehe. So then... I came back to them a while back, maybe 9 months and said... you know, I would love to be a crazy doll person... so thats what happened.
       
      #80 Aya, Jun 19, 2008
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