How many dolls are enough?

It's sad when you have to go to your profile and actually count them, because you're not sure. Currently 42 of various sizes and I really think I'm done shelling characters, it's just tweaking and polishing from now on. Quite possible I'll refine things down a bit, but it's also possible I might find a grail or other doll I can't live without to join the horde.

 

I don't have much space so I think the maximum for me would be 5 full dolls. I have 2 SDs and 1 YOSD at the moment, so far it's just been buying a better-suited head for my character.

 

I probably reached my dorrie limit now with three 60+cm dolls in my crew, along with two msd's and one yosd.

 

With the dragon and head I have coming, that'll take me to 8 dolls, plus 2 floating heads. (One stunt head for testing techniques, one kept in storage as the new head is a replacement.) After the dragon arrives, I think at most I'll get one or two more. Focusing in on my dolls' worldbuilding seems to be a big help in keeping my collecting focused.

 

well I have too many and need to minimize but in my view for me it would be max 2 small shelves in my room that means less than 10 about between 5 - 10 dolls

 

I have only one bjd in my possession, however I have 3 coming soon hopefully. I think after I get the other 3 in I will stop ordering so many because of space constraints.

 

I have been in this hobby (actively buying bjds) since 2008 and have 12 dolls and 1 head right now. Going by this thread, it looks like I have a large-ish collection comparatively (maybe?). I don’t really set a hard limit - I guess I go by how I feel? My oldest doll, a Custom House Ange Ai Uri, is still one of my favorite dolls (and so yellowed), and I take her out on a semi-regular basis.

I tend to come in and out of this hobby and buy dolls in spurts. I just bought 4 dolls since 2023 , but before that my last doll purchase was in 2015. I’ve also sold many dolls, and foresee myself selling dolls again in the future.

Still enjoying it all!

 

I have so many dolls now that I have to stop and count them! 16, including a few off-topic BJDs and floating heads that I own.

I do sometimes think how much I could have spoilt one or two dolls with the money I spent on the rest of them. It's a nice idea to have one or two dolls with loads of clothes and accessories. But I'm really attatched to my entire collection now and I don't think I could part with any of them unless I was in a really bad financial emergency.

I have told myself no more new dolls now unless it's a body for my floating heads or an old Dollzone MSD sculpt (I love them so much and it's rare to see them nowadays).

 

I don’t think I could limit myself but I’m definitely slowing down, I think I have a good sized collection now and I’m only really focused on getting my grails and curating stuff for the dolls I already have.

 

Hello everyone
In the beginning I thought I'd be satisfied with one girl. But she was so beautiful.., so I got second. Now I have 8 Bjd dolls, different size, but only girls. And now I need couple boys in my collection. So probably in the end of this year will be 10 dolls.
But I'd really like to keep my collection in the 10–15 range ideally!

 

I hope under 10 but we'll see I always find new dolls to fall in love with so the list seems endless

 

I don’t have a set limit at the moment, but I’ll probably order dolls less often once my collection grows bigger.

 

Seeing as I favour dolls in the 1/3 range, I am willing to spend quite a lot on just one doll... But racking up a lot of dolls will amount to more money spent. I won't say I'm satisfied with my current line-up of three dolls, but I hope I do not come to surpass more than 10. Maybe 5-7 would be nice.

 

The right amount of doll is D&D party size, so five: mage, fighter, cleric, thief, and that one who just tags along and never talks.

 

I don't think I'd ever set a hard limit, my space dictates how many dolls I can have. Personally, I could not imagine having more than 10-15 at most. All of my u-noas share their bodies so at the moment I don't particularly have very many full dolls anyway so I feel pretty good. I've got a head and a small 1/6 scale on order so I'd like to prioritize more clothes in the upcoming year.

 

I think as long as you have a way to display/store them all, there shouldn’t be a hard limit on how many but as of right now I have 5 full dolls in my shelf.

 

Does that technically make dolls you pass onto someone else into deceased party members?
Much to think about...

 

Beloved NPCs in someone else's campaign...

 

No limit, but...

I have decided I have enough of the little dolls, the 1/4 and smaller ones. I will get exactly one more msd boy, I don't know when but I have wig, outfit, and shoes for one. It won't be anytime soon.

I have been concentrating on the larger dolls 58cm-75cm range. I've been good this year about making a list and sticking to it. At this time I am only buying dolls for my webcomic series characters. I am sure though, when that list is filled, I will find more dolls and more reasons to write them into the story.

As far as the smaller dolls, I know they are cute and tempting but all I have to do is look up at my full shelves and tell myself that I just don't need this doll. I am almost out of shelf room anyways. Although if the doll comes in a larger size...

 

I say for me 5 is enough. Actually I'm constantly considering selling one but I don't have the COA and box with me. (actually that's the original plan when I went abroad for study) but now I am tempted by dodollsdream and I rarely take photos of her. And with a ddd, I would have two dolls of the same colour.....I prefer more variety