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If you could go back in time...

Jul 6, 2008

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    1. yes, I wouldn't have bought so many at once..in the first year..I spent alot of money, racked up a huge CC bill.... but then I still have one {head} that was the first SD resin head..and I still love her...she finally has the body I;ve always wanted for her.
      I wouldn't have bought some and spent lots of unnecessary money...but then that's life...live and learn.
       
      #61 Catdancer, Aug 14, 2008
    2. I would definitely get a Lovelyhouse Dark Elf Shinma.
      I didn't even know about this company back when I first started collecting BJDs, so when I finally did discover it, they were already gone and out of business. :(
       
      #62 Dollyface, Oct 27, 2008
    3. I might have waited to buy Luka. I adore her, and I don't regret buying her, but I'm having trouble finding money for things now. :doh So I might have held off until I got a bit more cash saved up...
       
      #63 CristinaS, Oct 27, 2008
    4. I would've gotten the doll I wanted when I should've and the outfits too. But I don't regret the decisions on any of my current dolls.
       
      #64 this-lonely-place, Oct 28, 2008
    5. I would have listened to my gut and gone with a Dollzone Mo rather then my Little Leroi. For soooo many reasons.

      I am glad that I waited to get my Shushu though... I adore the A-line body <3

      I wouldn't have gotten my Puki though (since I just ended up selling her and wasting money on fabrics and whatnots for her)... I would have just saved it up for Alicestor's head instead. I also would have gotten together for a split in order to get said head earlier. >_>
       
      #65 Prysm, Oct 28, 2008
    6. I would have kept my Angelregion Dana, and not bothered with the other 12 I ended up buying and selling along the way. I regret all the money I've lost on this hobby. :sweat
       
      #66 Safira, Oct 28, 2008
    7. Nope, I wouldn't change a thing. I started out with one boy and got his twin soon after. After this I got obsessed and within two years had bought seven other dolls. I have since sold the other seven and am back down to the twins.

      I don't regret buying or selling those seven. I needed to own more than two to understand how to appreciate just having two. If I hadn't bought more I would have always wondered what it's like and wouldn't be content.
       
      #67 usagi665, Oct 28, 2008
    8. I would have saved my money better to have gotten a doll sooner, were I able to go back in time. I love my doll now, and would never replace him, but he was a gift, and I would very possibly still have him (or buy him later on, knowing). So instead of having only one, with another on the way, by now I would most likely have two, with the third on the way.
       
      #68 PuddingMolester, Oct 28, 2008
    9. No major regrets so far with the exception of one, I kind of wish i had kept the impulse buying to a minimum, but i'm very happy with the dolls i have now..and don't regret getting them and passing up many many others. ^^
       
      #69 Dybbuk, Oct 28, 2008
    10. DX
      Agh yes!
      I would take 10 years off my life as payment to the keeper of time!
      [*babels nonsense*]

      I would go back to when DIM Minime's were still purchasable in MSD size, and I would have gotten MSD Dir en grey heads DX [Or just cute little MSD original character heads...]

      I would so do that differently, as now the option of MSD MNM has been discontinued... :x
       
      #70 RoboDash, Oct 28, 2008
    11. I would've only changed the amount of clothes/wigs/accessories that I bought. It's hard to know what will fit well and look good on your doll when you can't actually handle/test the clothing out in person. :P I've spent too much money on trial and error in clothing already haha!
       
      #71 lemonsky, Oct 28, 2008
    12. I would've gotten a part-time job a lot earlier, like in late Jr.High >o<;.*Is currently trying to find a job .__.;*.
      Though I'm kind of glad I'm new to BJD because there's so many sculpts available now so easier to find right one for me.
       
      #72 SunDaze, Oct 28, 2008
    13. If I could go back in time...
      I will never buy from DOD, I got a lot of suffering with the wait, customs and when the doll arrived a big dissappoinment. It was one of the first DOD dolls when they only used to have MSD size dolls. I sold it almost for 2/3 of that I paid for it.

      I will never sold my loved LovelyHouse RooA, she got a very very nice owner, but I regret a lot of losing her. I was scared (after the accident I had with Isao Nanjo) of breaking her fine hands, and I got some kind of obsession with her, because she was so delicate. I hope to be able to get another one someday.

      I will never buy a lot of dolls that I sold months after getting, I have been very impulsive and I paid it with a lot of sales xD. But don't worry for me, I got more serious with buyings now!!
       
      #73 erzsebeth, Oct 28, 2008
    14. The only thing I would have done differently dollwise is I probably would have gotten a blank Mini Gem Uyoo elf from Soom instead of getting her from The Marketplace. I had such a hard time getting her face-up off - and I sertainly wouldn't have accepted that I had to pay for the shipping from Soom to the first owner.

      Then there are shoos that I bought that didn't fit properly. And the eyes I ordered for the first doll I ordered wouldn't have been 17mm but 13mm and a slightly different colour.


      I would of course have loved to get IH Lt Cocori while they still made her but I wouldn't have been able to afford her anyway so . . . :(


      Dustbunnie
       
      #74 Dustbunnie, Oct 28, 2008
    15. If I could go back in time with the knowledge I have now about BJDs I think I might not have the dolls I have now.

      Several years back I was taking care of my newborn son so I would not have had any time to consider such a hobby. Backing up before that, before I was married and I was in a FT job, I was so concerned with rent and bills that I would have ever spent such money on a doll. ($500 back then was a months rent). The time of me discovering the hobby and actually having free time and some extra cash on hand worked out perfectly for me.

      As for dolls, I had only two impulse buys and only one was a resale (pukis were just too small for me). The Pado I had originally bought instead of my Kara was the only mistake purchase I made (I was to impatient to save for the SD and bought the MSD... I thought it would be the same but sadly I realized it wasnt. He ended up being sold to pay for Kara anyway). The crew I have is not what I originally intended I only wanted two...now there are 4, but I love them dearly.

      My only regret is that I didnt pay attention more in my sewing class in highschool. Id be better at making my own doll clothes:lol:
       
      #75 PsychaDurmont, Oct 28, 2008
    16. I would have purchased Elf Shiwoo...I think that remains my ultimate backwards-looking regret. XD
       
      #76 Junkets, Oct 28, 2008
    17. I would have been more patient and only bought clothes and eyes that I love. Now I have a bunch of clothes and eyes that I do not even like. *heads to the marketplace*
       
      #77 mclamm7, Oct 28, 2008
    18. The only true regret I've had so far, even after being in the doll hobby edging on 4 years, is missing out on the Soom Sard release. Dammit!
       
      #78 Lynsey, Oct 28, 2008
    19. I would have done the same things all over again.
      I love my resin kids, so no regrets at all :)
       
      #79 Stratolily, Oct 28, 2008
    20. I would have gotten some Volks' old version option head parts before they got sold out(or sent back to Japan)...I can't blame myself more for not having bought SD old version head no.7 and no.8-both in white skin. These days Volks doesn't sell head parts separately anymore, and even once those head parts pop up on online marketplaces, either are they too expensive or somebody gets them in advance :(
       
      #80 velvetpain, Oct 28, 2008
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