If something were to happen to you...

1. If something were to happen to you, what you want done with your resin folk?
I'd want them to end up with other collectors who appreciate them and know how to take care of them, or at least I'd want them to end up with someone who knows me and would love them because they were mine.

2. Are there certain people who would get certain ones, or would you send them all to one person?
Tyler is the only one I'd want to go to a specific person or that I would have special instructions for. If I died right this second, I'd want my grandmother to 'adopt' Tyler because she appreciates him just as much as I do and I know that having him would be like a tangible memory of me. If my grandmother were not around and something happened to me, I'd want my brother to take Tyler, for much the same reasons. As for my other dolls, I'd want them to go to people who'd cherish them, but it wouldn't really matter who.

3. Would it upset you if the person you entrusted to care for your doll a) sold him/her b) changed their name c) changed their style, personality, or character. Why?
Well, if I'm dead, none of that is going to matter.

4. Does it really matter to you what happens to them when you're gone?
Sort of. I mean, I'd really prefer if they went to responsible collectors, but since I'll be gone and won't have anything to say about the matter, I don't suppose there's much point in worrying about it.

 

1. If something were to happen to you, what you want done with your resin folk?

I am leaving all my dolls to my daugher who also loves dolls. She collects many fashion dolls and she also loves my bjds.

2. Are there certain people who would get certain ones, or would you send them all to one person?

All of my dolls will probably go to my daugher. I might leave a few to my good friends.

3. Would it upset you if the person you entrusted to care for your doll a) sold him/her b) changed their name c) changed their style, personality, or character. Why?

No. I would be dead so it would not upset me.

4. Does it really matter to you what happens to them when you're gone

Yes and No. I will be dead so I it really doesn't matter what happends to them when I am gone, but I would like to know they are in good hands.

 

1. If something were to happen to you, what you want done with your resin folk?

Well, my friend has a daughter who would love to have them.

2. Are there certain people who would get certain ones, or would you send them all to one person?

Probably all to my buddy’s daughter.

3. Would it upset you if the person you entrusted to care for your doll a) sold him/her b) changed their name c) changed their style, personality, or character. Why?

The character, the style and personality all exist in my head so when I'm gone all that is gone as well. It would be like dolly reincarnation, she'd get all new stuff.

4. Does it really matter to you what happens to them when you're gone?

Well, now I have ideas that I would like someone to take care of them but after I'm gone everything in my life will be a wash…

 

1. If something were to happen to you, what you want done with your resin folk?

I do sometimes think about this. I'm not exactly sure what would happen to them... I DO wish that they'd go to someone who knew how wonderful they are and would appreciate them... but I'm not sure what would be best==to leave them to friends or to just sell them on ebay or something like that...

2. Are there certain people who would get certain ones, or would you send them all to one person?

I've got a LOT of dolls... It would be easiest for my relatives if they all went to just one person, but I think I'd like to have my doll friends have their pick--and to sell the rest... I haven't really decided yet!

3. Would it upset you if the person you entrusted to care for your doll a) sold him/her b) changed their name c) changed their style, personality, or character. Why?

No. I just don't want the dolls to end up in some thrift store in tossed away... I'd like them to go to someone who cares about dolls, even if they end up selling them... at least they would go to another owner who knows what they are if they are sold by a doll owner who knows something about dolls...

4. Does it really matter to you what happens to them when you're gone?

Not really. BUT--I would want my friends to benefit, and want my relatives not to have trouble in dealing with my stuff... and I wouldn't want my stuff to just end up trashed because of that...! It's WORTH something... so I hope it goes to people who know that...

 

1. If something were to happen to you, what you want done with your resin folk?
i don't know anybody who collects dolls and most of my family/friends think its a waste of money. Now that I have a daughter, she is 10months old, she may or may not become interested in the dolls it's not for me to decide, but I guess I would want the dolls to be left with her for when she is older.

2. Are there certain people who would get certain ones, or would you send them all to one person?
i would leave them all for my daughter at this stage

3. Would it upset you if the person you entrusted to care for your doll a) sold him/her b) changed their name c) changed their style, personality, or character. Why?
it wouldn't upset me if my daughter did any of these things. I would hope that she would keep at least one but otherwise I wouldn't mind. I would be upset if they for some reason were not given to her or if someone got rid of them before she was old enough to have them and do what she wants with them.

4. Does it really matter to you what happens to them when you're gone?
Not really. I would just like for my daughter to get something out of them. If she is into dolls then great. If not then if she can get money out of them then I would be happy as well. It's more about her than it is about the dolls

 

Well, I certainly don't plan for something to happen to me anytime soon(Though, who really PLANS for something like that?), but this is something that I think about a lot. My short answer is, my resin babies have "Godparents". It's not done yet, but I have started a list of people I trust to take care of my dolls and who would get which doll if something where to happen to me.
As for the subject of them possibly getting a whole look/personality overhaul ... I would prefer that the dolls keep their original characters(I'll even get bios prepared for all of them if I need to), but I suppose when they go into that persons hands it's really up to them. I guess it's not like I'd be around to care ...

 

I lost a cousin who was only a year or two older than me last year. We were pretty close and since then it's made me really aware of life after death, not for me but for my loved ones. I actually have a formal will written up about what I want done with my body and everything and a few messages written up for people like my best friend and my parents. I know a couple people who told me it's demented to have all that sorted already but we really can go at any time and I want to make sure that things for me are settled. But onto the questions

1. If something were to happen to you, what you want done with your resin folk?

Really none of my friends are that into BJD's at all and my parents hate them. I'd probably ship one off to a very old friend that I talk to about them all the time and who I drafted a book with, my favorite BJD is the main character of that story I think she'd like her. Other wise I'd be happiest if those who loved me wanted them to have them, either because they like the dolls or they want a memory.

2. Are there certain people who would get certain ones, or would you send them all to one person?
Really my friend Carol would get my Luts Soo because that doll and the story she comes from has a lot of meaning to us. Other than that they will go to whoever wants them. My goal though if I manage to live out to the point I have some kids I'd like to leave my collection to which ever of my kids takes to the dolls the most, and split them amongst the rest.

3. Would it upset you if the person you entrusted to care for your doll a) sold him/her b) changed their name c) changed their style, personality, or character. Why?
Well I guess I wouldnt be aware of it, but none of my friends who would inhert dolls from me or take them are into bjd's in the first place. I doubt they would know what they were worth or all of their personality so I really dont think that would happen.

4. Does it really matter to you what happens to them when you're gone?
Not particularly. Really my only concern is that those I leave behind find some solace and begin to heal, and if any of my dolls can help some one with that then I think that thought would make me happy.

 

It's weird, I've been thinking about this while at work the past couple weeks. I plan to get in contact with some people and write up what I'd like done with my more specific belongings (dolls, books, figures, anime collection). You just never know, and the majority of my relatives wouldn't know what all that was anyway.

1. If something were to happen to you, what you want done with your resin folk?
They'd probably be split between the two good friends I have that are also collectors. I know my best friend really likes one of my dolls, so she'd definitely go to her.

2. Are there certain people who would get certain ones, or would you send them all to one person?
Leigh would go to my best friend, along with whatever other ones she likes. I imagine she'd probably lay claim to my cheshire also.

3. Would it upset you if the person you entrusted to care for your doll a) sold him/her b) changed their name c) changed their style, personality, or character. Why?
Not really. Once they pass from my hands I have no claim on them anymore. My main concern is that the people I gave them to know their value.

4. Does it really matter to you what happens to them when you're gone?
The only thing that matters to me is that my dolls either go to a good home or are sold by someone who knows the reasonable value to expect. Beyond that, doesn't matter.

 

1. If something were to happen to you, what you want done with your resin folk?

I... honestly I do think about this a lot. In the end I always wind up at having myself be buried in one of those little... burial buildings (look like stone sheds) and having my dolls put in with me (on a shelf or something, not in the coffin!). I'm too selfish too leave them all to someone, ha... that's a bit sad actually.

2. Are there certain people who would get certain ones, or would you send them all to one person?

Oh, if I knew a certain person wanted a certain one of my dolls I would leave it to them. I should probably ask my best friend about this, let her pick and choose which ones she would want in case I died before her. If someone were to ask I'd be okay with leaving them with them, but otherwise... no.

3. Would it upset you if the person you entrusted to care for your doll a) sold him/her b) changed their name c) changed their style, personality, or character. Why?

They better not sell it... that's sort of the only thing they would ever have left of me, isn't it? I'd be upset if they sold it. As for personality and character and the name and all that, I don't care.

4. Does it really matter to you what happens to them when you're gone?

Yes. I want them to be well taken care of, and I don't want them to end up in the trash or anything. I really love my dolls, I have a strong emotional attachment to them. I don't want anything bad to happen.

 

1. If something were to happen to you, what you want done with your resin folk?
I have collected various items for years and there are plenty of non doll items to leave to my boys since I feel pretty sure they aren't interested in my BJD collection. My doll collection consists of porcelain, vinyl, and of course resin, and will go to my daughter, dil and granddaughters.

2. Are there certain people who would get certain ones, or would you send them all to one person?
I would leave the entire collection to my daughter with instructions that she is to make sure everyone in the family that wants one can receive one. I know she will be fair and I hope that having a "doll executor" will prevent a frantic grab fest I have seen in families after a death.

3. Would it upset you if the person you entrusted to care for your doll a) sold him/her b) changed their name c) changed their style, personality, or character. Why?
Leaving someone a doll is in a sense giving them a gift..and I have been hurt by seeing a loved one sell a gift I gave them that I worked hard to give them.
In saying that, if they enjoyed the doll for a while and then wanted to rehome it so they could get their grail doll..or it was not being enjoyed or cared for then I would hope they would know how to sell it to a collector that will care for it properly.

As far as changing their name, character or style...I would not care since I tend to change that stuff on my own dolls so I can't in good faith force someone else to love the character I see in that doll.

4. Does it really matter to you what happens to them when you're gone?
In the end they are just things..but its the "things" in our life that kind of defines who we are. My dolls bring me joy and I wish to pass that on to the ones I love.

 

I'm a selfish and skeptical person, and no one in this world is the least bit deserving of my dolls. They would go to nobody. When I finally leave this wretched place, I wish to be cremated, so like my body, I'd like for nothing more than my most precious dolls to be destroyed..... Lest they fall into the tacky, disgusting hands of another person and be survived by another set of putrid hands when the first pair loses possession. A hammer would be more merciful than some stranger perpetually altering their initial beauty into something unspeakable. That being said, the other questions are not applicable and I would be at peace knowing they have died with me.

 

If something were to happen to you, what you want done with your resin folk?

My one and only boy hasn't even arrived yet, but I would certainly want someone to care for him after I'm gone. He is my character, who also exists in other forms that I would want looked after as well.

Are there certain people who would get certain ones, or would you send them all to one person?

One doll, and one person I would entrust with his care. They don't know it yet though!

Would it upset you if the person you entrusted to care for your doll a) sold him/her b) changed their name c) changed their style, personality, or character. Why?

Of course, if I entrusted his care to someone, then I would not want them to sell him and certainly not change his name, style or personality. My character is very, very dear to me, and we've been through a lot in the 6 years we've been together. He is who he is, and no one has the right to try and change that. I'll be back to haunt them if they do!

Does it really matter to you what happens to them when you're gone?

It matters to me what happens to my character specifically. And as my doll will be him, then it matters to me what would happen to that doll, yes. Very much so.

 

1. If something were to happen to you, what you want done with your resin folk?
be given to certain person

2. Are there certain people who would get certain ones, or would you send them all to one person?

all to one
3. Would it upset you if the person you entrusted to care for your doll a) sold him/her b) changed their name c) changed their style, personality, or character. Why?

i think selling them would bother me as there somthing they would remember you by and you entrusted them to that person to care for not make some money.
i hope they would not get changed much but new outfits would be fine but i would want them to stay the same name personality.

4. Does it really matter to you what happens to them when you're gone?
yes very much so

 

If anything were to happen to me, I would like for my boyfriend/best friend take all of my dollies. He is so gentle with his own doll, so very careful, and he's respectful of my dolls. I know that he would never change them in any way, that he would love them like I did, and would cherish them for the rest of his days. After that, I would hope that he donate them to someone that he trusts so that my dolls could be immortal and well loved until the end of time.

 

I keep a list of approximately what I paid for all of my expensive possessions, including my dolls. If something happened to me, everything would go to my family, with the expectation that they could use that information to sell them along however they see fit. I may be attached to my dolls, but I have no expectations for what would happen to them after I die, except to hope that my family could get enough money out of them to be of some use.

 

I'm working on a physical scrapbook/album of my dolls with some photos and sales receipts, information on their sculpt and face-up artist, estimated value, etc. That way if something happened to me, my family would be better-informed on what exactly these dolls are, and could decide what to do with them. I'm also making a list to be included of some specific people I would like certain dolls to go to. As much as I love them, I can't take them with me, and they are valuable. I'd like my family to use the money towards cremation or a funeral or something if they didn't want to keep any for sentimental value, and I'd like the dolls to go to people who could appreciate them.

 

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I never thought about this. I don't really think i care much. If i'm dead, i'm dead.

If i die now then my husband would probably just sell all my dolls, unless he think it would be nice to leave them to my daughter for later.
If i die later, when my daughter is grown then they will all be left to her or split between her and her 2 brothers to do as they wish. This is if i was still collecting and haven't sold them all off to fund another collection before then.

I think i would be more saddened to have to leave my kids then the fact that i am leaving my dolls and possession.

 

1. If something were to happen to you, what you want done with your resin folk?
I could see my family burying me with my first, and outside of that my daughter knows the value of my dolls, and has the means to re-home them. I know she doesn't want them (I collect the tinies).

2. Are there certain people who would get certain ones, or would you send them all to one person?
Nope; they're precious to me, that's about it.


3. Would it upset you if the person you entrusted to care for your doll a) sold him/her b) changed their name c) changed their style, personality, or character. Why?
Nope; these resin folk are mine, my characters, my heart. But once they're rehomed, the new 'parent' can do what they will.

4. Does it really matter to you what happens to them when you're gone?
Yes and no; it's really the monetary value I would hate to see wasted. My little collection could definitely help finances for awhile, and my human family really is what's important.

 

1. If something were to happen to you, what you want done with your resin folk?
I've told my 2 daughters how much these dolls are worth & will be doing something (like that scrapbook - great idea!) to help them figure out how to get money out of my dolls My oldest girl HAS a doll & I've suggested she join DoA which would greatly facilitate matters when I'm gone (assuming DoA's still around in 20/30 years...)
2. Are there certain people who would get certain ones, or would you send them all to one person?
I'd leave the dolls to my daughters - any dolls I might give away I will do so when I have to go to that inevitable nursing home LOL
3. Would it upset you if the person you entrusted to care for your doll a) sold him/her b) changed their name c) changed their style, personality, or character. Why?
Not at all. These dolls shell my own characters which will live on in the blogs/photo shoots/short stories/novels I've done/written. What someone does w/the resin itself - I could care (except I hate the idea of wasteful destruction for anything - I'm such a recycle freak).
4. Does it really matter to you what happens to them when you're gone?
Only in so far as my daughters get some cash out of them & that the dolls go to new owners who at least understand their monetary worth (see above about the 'hating waste' part of me...)
Now Renji - I'll keep him till the bitter end. If I weren't being cremated I'd have him buried w/me (I really don't want HIM burned up...)