If you could go back in time...

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I would have stayed out of the marketplace xP I bought a doll to be a character of mine, but I turned out not liking him. Plus the whole experience upset my family. I would have waited and saved up more before buying another doll. Then, instead of buying impulsively, I would have waited and ordered a doll I really wanted.

 

I would have waited until I found the perfect sculpt for Kane. I jumped too early and I just didn't bond at all. Now I have to sell him, and it's going to be an ordeal. His elastic snapped, and I need to replace it.

I would never change my decision to go and jump for Nezumi, my DOT Shall. The same goes for Sadhana, I don't think I could ever regret bringing them home. I think the only thing I regret for either of them is setting a specific frame for the world in which their characters exist. I think I would have liked to expand the area of their stories.

 

Hmmm.... I can't say I've got any regrets, or that I'd do anything differently. I've owned over 150 different bjd and I don't regret buying nor selling any of them, and I'm pretty happy with what I have currently, though I'm always looking around too for just the right "next doll"!

Raven

 

I'd be less afraid of bigger dolls.
I decided early on that 60cm-62cm was as big a doll that I could love...but I wish now that I had gone ahead and gotten a 70cm Dollshe Bernard, because that boy has grown on me so much... *le sigh*

 

I think I'd go back and tell myself not to just buy a doll because it was cheaper and I kinda liked him. Now that I have him, I wish I could have saved the money and put it towards another I would love instantly. But I've had my boy for 5 months now and I definitely love him, but I'll admit it - he's not my favorite.

 

I lived in Japan in 2005-2006 and was actually at the Shinjuku Sumika's afterevent for the Dolpa where Black Cat Lucas was released: at the time I decided that I didn't like him because of his faceup and silly outfit... if I could go back in time, I'd have tried to get him right then instead of having to go via the DoA marketplace years later (oh, and I'd probably have foreseen my descent into Yo-addiction and picked up some Yo-SD clothes for cheap from the Sumikas in person rather than having to buy them online nowadays! )

 

Alot of dolls have passed through my house, I think there has been at least 30-40 odd of them, alot of changes of plans have been made along the way, but I would never change a thing if I had the chance, because I got to see all these dolls and their accessories, even for a short while

 

Honestly, I'd have held off on buying Midori, and sought a Volks instead. Or saved the money, gathered a bit more, and bought a resin doll. I love Midori, but she's such a pain... what with the not standing part.

 

[Insert Music Notes Here] Oh~If I could turn back Time...and find a wayyyy!

I probably would have rethought my whole doll collection.

Current: Bobobie Weylin
Original Idea: Luts Yder

Current: Dollzone Yi
Original Idea: Luts Kid Delf

Current: Fantasy Doll Kemi
Original Idea: Littlefee Lishe

Only one has stayed the original one I wanted. A Littlefee DES. I have a feeling I'll be doing some selling in the future. -_-

 

One thing I would do differently if I had a chance...I would have purchased my favorite Peakswoods girls by Val Zeitler while Denver Doll had them available.

I also waited too long to get some of my other favorite Peakswoods girls while DDE had them for sale. I thought they would always be available there. Now they no longer sell them. I know I could go directly to PW's website and order but I always feel stressed out when placing an order from companies that are out of the country. So yeah I wish I could go back and get some of those girls. :-\

 

I wish I had gotten a job earlier. >__>

I also should have bought Chiru with a faceup. I'm not that great at them and I'm too much of a chicken to ship her out for one.

 

I suppose I would've avoided some of my impulses in hopes of saving for the dolls I'd someday want to get. But I tend to think I only learned from my "mistakes" and I enjoyed all of the dolls I had while I had them, even though the ones who've moved on needed to move on.

 

I don't have that many dolls, but the ones I do have, I had to send a lot of time saving up for. So what I wish I could have done was have more money saved up in my fund AND known about the Immortality of Soul Jack order that was going on when it was going on.

But you know.. it's as people say, "What's yours is yours; what's not yours is not yours." So... maybe in time, but certainly not now. Especially since I just paid for a Volks Kakeru I had been saving up for. ^^;

 

I'd probably have gotten my doll a year ago, had I known that Dollmore dolls were at a good price, and quality. I had been saving for a BBB Mei, but I found out that she'd be too much for me, being it'd be a first doll, so I made the mistake of just... going crazy, and spending all the money I had been saving.

 

If I could go back in time... Ideally, I would only have bought my absolute favorites - Jay, Wren, Elliot & Wilfred - instead of the small horde I do now. Oh, and I still would have bought Dream of Doll's Elf Ducan. I ended up selling him to my mom, who absolutely fell in love (while I did not), and she likely never would have been able to get him otherwise.

But realistically, even knowing what I do, I suspect I would buy more again anyway. I just don't have that much willpower.

 

bringing this back from the dead.
I really like this topic

For me, it's really interesting because I don't know what I would do really.

Back in the day I was just kinda poking around at a storyline, fiddling with ideas and just buying cheap and pretty dolls then plugging them in wherever even if it wasn't perfect.
But now, even though I do still buy random pretty dolls, I make sure that they STRONGLY fit in my storyline.
And my storyline is very strong to me and that's how I curve my buying habits. If a doll can't fit in the storyline, then I don't need it.

That's why I've sold almost every doll I've had, was just that they weren't fitting into my storyline as a character.

So there are dolls like my iplehouse tatiana, CP DES, and migidoll jina that I'd probably never purchased.
Definitely not tatiana or DES. Possibly the Jina, but I'd tell myself to not go with the character I had planned - because in the end he'd flop, and maybe just design a different character instead.

And I'd also tell myself to that dark elf soo was the right mold for my certain mnf that was a soo, then a ryeon, then I still didn't like her XD (brought her back a year later as a DES and love her to death!)

 

If I could turn back time I would go for the same BJD I own. If there is something I should regret about is the quantity of clothes and shoes I bought for them. Nowadays I select that kind of stuff much more carefully before purchasing.

 

Hmm... if I could go back in time knowing what I do now, I'd probably have all SDs and MSDs instead of my current collection of MSDs and Yos with SDs on the way. I'm kind of mad at myself because my incoming dolls won't really be able to photograph with my new dolls. ( My MSDs are supposed to be adults with the Yos as their children, whereas my SDs are the same ages as my MSDs...)

Who knows, maybe eventually I'll re-shell a few characters, upgrade them from MSD to SD and from yo to MSD and such..

 

I would have kept my Lishe, just as she was, complete. Now... I'm Lishe/Tempest-less, hoping for the perfect doll to come along still...

 

I might've tried a little harder to keep my horrible job. But honestly, I can't quite complain about the dolls & accessories I have now. The only thing I regret at the moment is not having a body for my floating heads. But as they both have bodies they can share with my other boys, I'm not too fussed.

Also, would've gotten my Obitsu her new body at some point. She really needs it.