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if dolls were less expensive...

Jul 23, 2015

    1. I'd be in trouble lol. ;)I'm running out of space fast as I collect a range of dolls not just Ball Jointed dolls and I can honestly say that I have many non-BJD's that I genuinely like just as much as my BJD's. I don't purchase BJD's just because they are pricey, I simply lurve their sculpts. The fact that they are more customisable and are good at posing is just a bonus. I think the fact that they are expensive is a good thing for me as it restricts how many I can purchase in a year and makes me prioritise which dolls to buy as space is of a premium. I wouldn't want my doll collecting to get out of control:sweat. The collection I have now has been gradually growing for the past 16 years, and money definately is a factor as to why it isn't much bigger than it is hee hee! :)
       
    2. Cheaper dolls? I don't know what I would do with myself, to be honest. I would have bought four in the past week if that was the case.
       
    3. I don't think I would buy more. I'm the type of person that likes to keep it simple. One or two. Three at most. (I say this now, I'll probably laugh about it later).

      Honestly, if they were cheaper, the hobby would be a lot less daunting to enter since you wouldn't have to fear messing up your expensive doll, so lots of modding could be done without much consequences since you could probably afford another one. However, I do feel like if this was a cheaper hobby, the quality would drop significantly. These dolls are all hand made, so there is that OOAK sense you get with your dolls with all its flaws. Once they become machine manufactured, you don't get that feeling that it's as precious because no one's hard work went into sculpting or designing the doll.

      Now getting clothes and accessories would be a lot easier if the hobby was cheaper and that's probably the only upside I really see to it.
       
    4. It's so hard to imagine super cheap, quality BJDs... I think I'd still ease myself in slowly and maybe just get one or two just because they take up so much space. It'd be a lot easier to get my friends into it if it wasn't so expensive though, so I think it'd be a lot more fun!
       
    5. If they were cheaper, I'd buy so many that they'd start a city council for themselves. And I'd be able to build a garden cottage in the back with Dearmine boxes.

      An entire SHELF of Picasso Beans? Yessssssssss.
       
    6. My first thought was...oh god, I'd have a million. But I'm not sure that's true, actually! There's something special about their rarity, I guess. I don't want to say I like that not everyone has them because that sounds so elitist and silly, but I like that their cost makes me focus on one at a time, on getting just the right one, on making them special. Some of my OT dolls are less expensive but still above Barbie prices and there is a difference in how I think of them.
       
    7. If they were less expensive, I'd have an army of little centaurs. :3nodding:
       
    8. I'm a doll-hoarder as is, so cheaper dolls would definitely have me smothered under resin! *_*
       
    9. I think everyone would buy more dolls if they cost less. Then they would buy even more...which would mean they have less money...so maybe you'd just have more dolls and the same amount of money?
       
    10. Honestly, I think if the quality were the same and the price were lower, I might even have fewer dolls than I do now because I'd be able to sell some of the ones I can't get rid of at the moment. As for buying them, I don't think I"d buy any more or any different dolls than I currently have.
       
    11. Maybe I would get a few more but I'd keep it to a limit where I can give every doll the same amount of attention.
       
    12. Ohh Gosh! I would have filled all my rooms, the attic, the garage and my car with dolls! :)
       
    13. If they were cheap I'd already have one. I don't think i'd get tons of dolls because I have no space, but I'd get a ridiculous amount of clothes for them.
       
    14. I'm going to quote this response, because I feel like it's a good one. Honestly, I think this wouldn't be the same hobby if you changed how it worked. I think there's a whole process here, and that's a big part of the appeal.

      Browsing endless sculpts, knowing that you can't have them all, and you need to pick the sculpts you want-- need to research the one, need to think about the one, need to save for the one... IMO, the thinking, saving, and pining is part of the hobby, and it makes actually getting the doll so much better.

      If BJDs were cheap and readily-available, you'd lose that process, I think. Don't get me wrong: I like BJDs because of what they are, not because of the price or rarity or whatever. But I think it's because of their price and rarity that I put a lot of thought and love into what I do buy, and that makes everything a bit more special.

      EDIT: Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, the cost of this hobby influenced the entire way that I approached it.
      I've loved many sculpts over the years. If I could have, then I probably would have gotten them all, and not been strongly attached to any of them.
      Because I couldn't do that, however, I lurked this hobby for years before buying even a single doll.
      The one that I finally bought is a bit non-standard, and I bought her as an ongoing project doll.
      One doll with many hats-- that's the total opposite of having tons of dolls with one hat each (or maybe no hats at all!)
       
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    15. Oh, I'm sure I would-- it would free me up to spend more on building doll habitats and building up wardrobes, I guess. And building entire families. I mean... I love all the comparatively cheap toys that I collect and am invested in those hobbies-- the only reason I don't spend more on them is that I occasionally try to save up for one of the big resin ones, after all (and vice versa, I suppose). I was just born to be a toy collector. Runs in my family.

      BJDs would still be special because of the degree of customization, as well.
       
    16. This question has really made me think...and I have to admit that, if everything about the dolls stayed the same except the price (or if I suddenly became a millionaire and money was no object) I don't think I'd have many more than I do now. It's not the price that stops me from getting a doll, it's the rarity (the sculpt was sold out before I ever saw it) and the emotional connection (I have to really fall in love with a doll, and it doesn't happen that often.)

      I just glance over at my Barbies -- those are cheap, and lovely, and for all of my years of collecting toys, I only have four of them. They have to be special to make their way into my hands and stay with me. Or my American Girls, ditto. I'm reminded that I was never as much of a fan of these dolls as I was of their "stuff" -- the clothes, the accessories, the houses/horses/cars/furniture, those are the things I loved.

      With BJDs, it's almost the same. I actually love these dolls more for themselves, and they are all unique, but I don't see how I could let more into my life even if they were cheap.

      Now, I will admit that I would go bonkers if eyes/wigs/clothes/accessories for BJDs were cheap! I'd have so much stuff for the dolls, I'd never find the dolls themselves underneath all the piles of their "stuff"!
       
    17. There are certain dolls that i would love to own but never will because they are so expensive, i would like those to be less expensive so i can have one lol
       
    18. I think I would probably buy a lot more dolls as art/furniture pieces - like having one permanently sitting on the living room sofa, one always at the dining room table, etc.
      But the ones that are special to me would still stay special, and comfortably stay upstairs in my room. If the price of the dolls on my wishlist were lower, it wouldn't make them any less desirable to me, but if the sculpts I'm not crazy about were cheaper, then I would probably end up owning them despite not liking them as much as others, just because I think most BJDs are incredibly beautiful (so many faceup and posing posibilities!) and I would love to surround my home with many more of them!
       
    19. I have always loved dolls - all of them I think!! I have some that were very inexpensive and I have some that were expensive. To me - I would have a lot of them either way. I really do love some that cost less. I am more careful in handling them as their cost rises.
       
    20. I'd probley have a room filled with them , I'm so new to the hobby and always hunt legit good deals on ebay , it's like i have this itch to always find one :( I don't think I'm bonding anymore , its more like an obsession :( I think It's just a month since i have my first doll and now I have around 8..