If you could go back in time...

I am quite happy with my current group, as due to my limited budget I can't afford to get attached to too many! XD But still, I would have saved myself some hassle by not buying certain newly released dolls based only on company pics since by the time I saw owner pics and decided I didn't like them it was too late. >.<

I also would have bought a Scarface Cecil when they came out. It would have been less than it is now, I could have afforded it at the time, and by spending the money on Cecil I would have avoided spending it on dolls that didn't work out anyway.

And I would have KEPT the Jun I bought from Haute Doll when she came out, instead of having to buy her back on the secondary market for an arm and a leg years later.

 

I love all my dolls very much, but there was once (right after I got Pandora) that a limited doll came out that I would kill for! Before I could get the money, all the dolls were gone v_v

 

if i could go back in time i would have discovered bjds sooner and bought a lovelyhouse shin b and shin cho. those are 2 dolls i really wish i had.

 

Yes definitely, if I could go back in time, I would have not let those opportunities pass me by, where I could have gotten those dolls I wanted, so easily when they were available at the time. I wouldn't be scouring for every cent to afford those dolls, like I am now, because of higher secondary market value.

 

I would have stopped wasting time looking for a SD (they are just too big for me) and gone straight for the tinies.

 

I think too I would have been a little more selective of the dolls I bought. I would have gotten my Narae much sooner and maybe wouldn't have impulsed on some of the smaller dolls I got so quickly.
Stella

 

I've been in this hobby for over a year, and of course I didn't get my first doll until four months ago. I'm still a bit new to all of this, but I really don't feel any regret getting Kaet as a Bobobie Sprite. I was so afraid when I first bought her that she wouldn't be what I wanted, and I would have wasted all that money. But it's been nothing but the contrary. I love her and can't see my life without her here with me. I do wish though that I would've bought her another pair of shoes instead of more outfits, but there's still time for me to find some more shoes for her.

Now I've just bought myself another doll, and I did jump on her as quick as I could, but it really isn't considered an impulse buy. She's been on my doll want list pretty much ever since the Pukishas came out. I don't regret this decision at all. She's not even home yet and I love her to death.

Really, my only biggest regret is that I didn't become interested in this hobby sooner. I'm pretty sure my collection and knowledge would be greater now, but things work out the way they should in life.

 

I wish I'd paid more attention. I bought my first doll a Lishe in 05 and after that I didn't even go back to the Luts website! It never occured to me that there were things like limiteds and new molds! I don't know why, I just kind of ignored the doll world until joining DoA (which I didn't do even after reading the Haute Doll on Dollfies- mostly due to a slow internet and some problems I had at the time.) So I missed out on a lot.

Plus after reading the Haute Doll article it put the fear of god into me that all dolls other than Volks were cheap horrible knock offs! For awhile- until going to a doll meet at San Diego Comicon- I didn't know there were other perfectly legitmate makers out there.

I though my first doll would be a Volks Kun but I had no idea how to go about getting her. After the afore mentioned doll meet though I saved and saved for a Lishe and a friend of mine ordered her for me.

I sort of wish I'd gotten a Kun because I don't think I ever will now due to a lack funds, and I tend to jump on limiteds when they come up and I want them instead of 'staying the course' to get a standard. I blow my money in little fits to get LE.

 

Absolutely not...I've only gotten into the hobby a few weeks ago and have finally gotten my first doll just yesterday. I know that many have waited much longer, I happen to have gotten lucky. My boy Kazuo is from dollzone 44cm megi-2 and I absolutely love him. I knew about the hobby before I actually got into it, and didn't realize how attached you could actually get. But now that I have gotten one, I don't find myself looking at dolls on websites to actually order. I do look at clothes though. He is all I think about, when I'm not at home and he's not with me. I think about him, sort of like a worried parents. It's kind of scary. I have all these plans for him and what not and I am just sort of blessed that I have him. He's more perfect then I expected him to be.

 

no i don't think i would have done anything differently. actually i would have looked in the market place before hand to see if anyone was selling the doll i wanted for less then what she ended up costing with shipping and stuff.

but i think that i made the right choice. i got into dolls about 3-4 years ago and i spent over a year researching the type of doll i wanted, and making sure that she would be perfect. in the end i am very happy. some times i see dolls that i think are really pretty and i would love to have them. but i don't think i am the type of person to be whatever looks pretty at the moment. the doll would have to be someone important, you know?

 

In theory, I would have been more careful with my first doll. However, I believe that each and every experience shapes us as people, so in practice, I wouldn't change anything, no matter how small.

 

Well, since I am still relatively new to the hobby, I think my answer will probably be a bit different now than it will be in my years to come.

I don't regret buying the two dolls I have bought so far, I love them both so much, even though my second is set to arrive tomorrow. I know I will love her to tiny bits, and I don't think I will end up regretting buying any of my to-be-resin children!

 

If I could go back in time, I would not have talked myself out of getting Soom's incredibly awesome Sard when I had the chance. Im kicking myself now! (Why-oh-why did I choose that moment to be an adult about my doll buying habits?!!)

Additionally, I wish I'd gotten into BJDs sooner! In 2005, I kept hesitating, even thought I was totally enthralled by them in Haute Doll Magazine. Add to that that Im not very computer savve, and I just couldn't figure out how to get one! But, once I finally got my hands on my first BJD in March 2006, (thanks to the now defunct Sunrise Doll Shop) my Barbie, Gene and Tyler collecting days were officially over!

 

I also really wanted Sard, but there's no way I'd trade in my roomie's very first con (Otakon) experience for him. As much as I lust after Sard, I got to see three bands in concert, as well as see my roomie jam out to the concert, and get blown away by the sheer immensity of everything she saw. And those are precious memories.

So no, I wouldn't change anything. Everything in my life - dolls included - happened and will happen in exactly the order it should.


Tacti

 

If I could go back in time, I would have gotten my first doll a lot sooner! I put it off for years. I doubt that I would have gotten my Bobobie Apollo first back then though and I wouldn't trade him for the world (he just gets more beautiful every time I look at him )! So I guess I don't have too much to complain about. n.n

 

I've pondered this question myself... and I don't think I would change anything about my first year of collecting BJDs. Everything seemed to happen for a reason, as far as who I collected, and how their personalities worked out, and the pleasure they brought me. After that, well, there's a few I really could have done without, and not let it get so crowded here... but most of them have a place, and I would hate to break up families.

There are a lot of wigs I sure could've done without!!!

If I could go back in time, I would've bought less fashion dolls, to have to get rid of now that the BJDs consume all my time, energy and devotion...

 

If I could go back in time, I would've never tried to take two of my precious non-ABJD dolls with me to Paris and lose them during inspection of my carry-on luggage. But back on topic, I'm really happy with my ABJD collection and don't think I'd change any of them. I do wish I had known about a few gorgeous outfits when they first came out, or been able to pre-order some that sold out in moments. Oh well, sometimes the quest can be fun, as long as you can claim a few victories now and then.

Juli DC

 

My biggest regret is discovering the MW BW limited Leila only after she was long sold out. And right now I'm having this dilemma on whether to get a doll for the sake of its mold or the love of BW and color coordination. -_-;

 

I would've saved for my KDF Cherry, rather than jumping on the DM Isaac I have. I bought him because he was less expensive, but he definitely did not fit what I had wanted. I did end up getting my Cherry, and while I'm more attatched to him than my first now, I can't sell my Isaac because he was my first and I'm bonded to him.

 

the main thing I owuld do differently is I would have bought a Dollshe SA Husky while they were readily available and waited to get my Mecha Angel Sabik

at the time though it seemed like Dollshe dolls would be available indeffiantlythere was no info on exactly if/when more Mecha Angels would be made , so I did what I thought was sensible at the time lol