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How Many Dolls Did You Buy Your First Year?

Aug 21, 2011

    1. How many dolls did you purchase in your first year of collecting? Did you stay content with your first doll for a while, did you immediately start buying more, or do you still just have your one doll?
      Similarly, Did you finish yoiur first doll before buying more?

      I never had only 1 doll at the beginning since my first doll is a dollzone cherry bought during one of their christmas events where I got a pet bunny doll for free. :p

      And even before they arrived I ordered a new doll because it was marked as limited edition and there were not many in stock. (but oddly enough they restocked him later.. So he wasn't that limited I guess.)

      So I didn't finish her before I ordered the next one, but I did finish her before the new one arrived. ^^

      Within the first year I bought 8 dolls plus 3 floating heads. They are all still with me. ^^ Yes I am addicted.
       
    2. The first year, 2004, - one Blue Fairy tiny fairy, and one Customhouse Choa. The choa is still with me, she will always be my little girl.
      The next year, 2005, 4 more dolls....
      The following year, 10 more dolls....
      after that it simply exploded and now in 2011 there are around 60 dolls living with me.
      This is an extremely addictive hobby :)
       
    3. 12 and one floating head!! 2011
       
    4. My first year, I... uhhh.... Oh dang, I have four. It's only been a year? JEEZ. O_O I haven't even hit my first year anniversary, although it's coming up. Although, they're all fairly inexpensive ones. My fourth one I just got for Christmas and I'm blushing him today <3 But anyway, yeah, four. Holy moly.
       
    5. Let's see.... I got my first in May of this year.

      My Second in June.

      My third in September.

      My fourth in October.

      My fifth in November.

      And my sixth just now in December.

      I have enough for now, and not enough money for any more XD. Now to get a wig for my 6th one, but not until I'm back in the US and have more money again.
       
    6. How many dolls did you purchase in your first year of collecting?
      Actually I ordered almost all I own in about the span of one year, I think only two fall out of the one year span.
      Did you finish your first doll before buying more?
      Actually I got her eyes with the last doll I ordered and only then she was finished. But she was also the doll I had to put the most work into. Some of the others were finished right when they arrived or just had little work done to them.
       
    7. I'm still in my first year. At the beginning I was content with the one doll I purchased. But recently I have been going crazy! I want to buy another so badly!
      My first doll arrived last March, and sense August I have been looking for another.
       
    8. Eep, this thread makes me feel better about my dolly spending! xD
      I only got one doll in my first year. :3 (And it was a year and a half after his arrival until I got my second).
       
    9. Let's see: I ordered Kiyoshi in July of 2007 and got him in September (along with a gift head); got Minnaloushe before the end of September; ordered Zenshin and Hinoko in November or December and got them in January 2008; ordered Khrysanthos in May and got him in October; bought Flora in August; and Cappuchino was ordered in October and his box opened Nov. 1. So, depending on if you count it from order or from reception, I either got 5 or 6 dolls in the first 12 months. Can't believe I spent that much money...*_*
       
    10. How many dolls did you purchase in your first year of collecting?

      A list of the dolls I purchased my first year would go something like this:
      Angel of Dream NiNi, probably around May 2009
      Custom House Uri
      Felixdoll Brownie fullset
      Supiadoll Rosy

      I also bought various random doll parts like a Pukipuki Flora sleeping faceplate, a Minimee elf head, an Unoa small bust, and a Migidoll Yuri head from the marketplace. I was just curious, I guess, and ended up selling everything except for Uri, Rosy, and Yuri.


      Did you stay content with your first doll for a while, did you immediately start buying more, or do you still just have your one doll?

      My first doll was a complete impulse purchase because she was half off, and I was actually planning on Rosy as my first doll for Christmas of 2009. I did get her, as you can see from my list above, but I got distracted in the months beforehand.


      Similarly, Did you finish your first doll before buying more?

      Not at all. :sweat I'm actually just starting to have clothes, wigs, and shoes for all of my current dolls. My Rosy still doesn't haven't a face-up, though she's done in all other departments.
       
    11. How many dolls did you purchase in your first year of collecting?
      My first doll was pre-owned, so she arrived very quickly. I bought her in Januari 2011. Took me about a month to buy another doll, also pre-owned. By that time i had so much money to spend, so i spent it without thinking to much about it. But i don't regret it at all, i love them both. After that i bought my dream doll, Bellosse from DIM and Larina. And then another one as a christmas present to myself, 2011. So that's 5.. The last doll have not arrived yet, but i still think it counts. ^__^

      Did you stay content with your first doll for a while, did you immediately start buying more, or do you still just have your one doll?
      Oh, stupid me, i just answered this question.. But, yeah. It took me one month to buy a new one.
      Did you finish your first doll before buying more?

      No, sadly not. But this year will be all about gettin them finished. Now when i bought my dream doll i don't really feel the need to buy a lot of new ones. :)

       
    12. How many dolls did you purchase in your first year of collecting?
      I ordered my first doll in Sep (IH Dexter) :D Ordered a Impl Camille & LoongSoul Luo as well. First doll I actually got was a DragonDoll baby girl. I got a AS FS Ty, AR Dana boy, IH Bichun & a DZ Mo all before New Year's. Had a scare w/a Volks Kanata that I ordered from Australia - I made the mistake of not getting tracking on it & he took a long time to get here (3 months). But he got here! Got Dexter 1st wk of Jan - Camille & Luo are shipping now. So, 6 dolls in the first year arriving - 9 paid for :D
      Did you stay content with your first doll for a while, did you immediately start buying more, or do you still just have your one doll?
      I'm VERY content with all my dolls LOL
      Did you finish your first doll before buying more?
      No - not that any of my dolls will ever be 'finished' - I will continue making clothes/costumes for them. Mac & Debby (DZ Mo & DragonDoll girl) don't have face-ups yet tho.:)
       
    13. I bought 3 all together my first year...which was last december :P I haven't received them yet!
       
    14. Hm...March of 2012 marks my first year...(April if you think about it, since I bought Linnett at a convention on March 29, 2011.) Hehe. WELL... In June I got Nemi, whom helped me win a little off-topic hujoo, and then I sold her to get Nikki, a Volks Byakuren with Suwarikko body...so four... HAHAHA this is why I'm broke!
       
    15. My first year is not over yet, but I'll try not to buy any more this year.
      So the answer is seven!

      First, I bought Deena, the one I had wanted for three or four years, since I saw my first bjd pictures.
      Before she came home, I bought her a second-hand brother, Johnny. I had wanted DoD Kirill, but when I saw Camine I had to buy him, and he got to be Johnny.

      I still wanted Kirill, and in the beginning of the summer I got more money and bought him, and soon after that Alice; I had wanted them both. Then I accidentally found Si and fell in love, so Elias (Kirill) got a twin brother. And then I saw Milean and fell in love again, and then Ed, and he was "only" 100 &#8364;...
       
    16. My first year in the hobby, I only bought one doll. He is an Elfdoll Special K, which I bought secondhand. I was very happy just to have him by himself for quite a long time. I still have him, and he is still loved. :)
       
    17. How many dolls did you purchase in your first year of collecting?
      within my first year I had 4 dolls at home.
      But really I ordered the fifth by then,
      she only falls out of the "home in first year" thing because i had to wait 8,5 months for her to make it home.

      Did you finish your first doll before buying more?
      Nope I do not "finish" dolls before new once get ordered, also because some dolls are just never completly Done
       
    18. How many dolls did you purchase in your first year of collecting? Did you stay content with your first doll for a while, did you immediately start buying more, or do you still just have your one doll?
      Well, let-see, my first one was in December, so I am still within my first year. I have 12 right now. .-. Though, 4 of them were free, so I only BOUGHT 8.

      I bought another one right after I got Aubreigh, but that was mainly because another set of Judiths came out and I really liked Aubreigh and didn't want to miss out on another one. After that I didn't get any more for like 4 months.

      Did you finish your first doll before buying more?
      Not really. Aubreigh's never going to be "Finished", she likes to have many clothes and different hairstyles. Some of my other ones though are only going to have 1-2 outfits.
       
    19. How many dolls did you purchase in your first year of collecting?
      Within my first year, I bought a total of 7 dolls and 5 floating heads. I sold 1 doll and 2 heads during that time.

      Did you stay content with your first doll for a while, did you immediately start buying more, or do you still just have your one doll?
      I was completely content with my first doll, but I just wanted more XD I pretty much started buying other dolls a month after my first doll arrived because I was hooked!

      Did you finish your first doll before buying more?
      Yes. She came as a fullset with a face-up and blushing so she was already completed.
       
    20. I purchased two in the first calendar year but one din't arrive until the next. If you are looking for a 12month period I purchased four dolls I think :) I've felt like I buy so many dolls but that just made me feel better :)