If you could go back in time...

I believe my primary uses of this time machine would be non-doll related But who am I kidding, of course I would sometimes use it for dolls

Like some other people have mentioned, I wish I had bought fewer dolls. I'm trying to cut the number back by selling dolls and trimming my wishlist. It seems like no matter what I do, I still end up wanting a total of 20 dolls. It's nuts. I really want to have more accessories per doll (clothes and shoes, I usually stick to one wig and pair of eyes per doll) and not a bunch of dolls who are barefoot and have one outfit (one doll has no outfit, sob!).

 

If the time machine is simply doll related, I would go back to the time when Dollmore sold Dollshe's and got myself a Van to add to the collection gah! I'd also have tried to get myself the SDGR Ryoya and SD16 Pearl, god I want them so bad *cries*. Ryoya was too pricey for me at the time, but I wish I had done something to get ahold of him!

 

If I could go back in time, I doubt I'd be able to change anything. I would try to convince my parents to get me a Glati or Glot doll, though, as I was getting into the hobby the month they were released as monthly dolls.

 

I can't really say I have many regrets. Sure there are a few dolls I wish I had passed up, like maybe three, but mostly because I've hardly play with them right now. That doesn't mean that I won't start playing with them more in the future later, so I'm hanging onto them for now. I wish I had been able to get Volks SDC Renee, because I still think she's so stinkin' cute. There are a couple of outfits, one elusive Jpop wig, and a Volks accessory I missed out on. But I'm mostly content with the dolls I have, and the only ones I'm really longing for are two that Volks hasn't made yet.

Juli DC

 

I would have bought the Volks Irvin doll when he was still available instead of having to buy him second hand. Also, I should have stopped spending my extra money on books and movies so I'd have more doll money.

 

First, I would not have gotten a Puki as my first doll. Don't get me wrong, I love my little Anabel, but there's not much to hug. However, she was convenient to bring to class and just plop on my desk X3

Second, and I seriously regret this, I wish I would have gotten a Volks Kaelin when he was available from Volks. Man, I dont even know why, but I just loved him the minute I saw him and now I'll prolly never get him. Oh, well >>

 

Stuck with my original goal of SD13 sized boy and just gone for a custom face-up instead of being terrified of the idea. True story.

 

Looking back on it, no, I really wouldn't change a thing. There still isn't a single doll I love more than mine. I've found many I want, and yes, will be adding to my collection extensively in the coming year or so... but she is still the first doll I would have bought, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Especially knowing now, as I wouldn't have known then, that the mold was going to be discontinued.

 

I have known about abjds for almost 2 years but I didn't really start getting into the hobby until a year or so ago. If I could go back just a year ago I would have held off on buying my first dolls and i would have managed my money better-that doesn't involve just doll money but overall, but then I probably would have been able to figure out when/what I could afford.
Right now I have 3 dolls that I like and would not change, and 4 I wish I never bought :P

But if I went back to almost 2 years ago I would want to get involved in the hobby right then instead of waiting. Also, I would like to think that I would have been smarter when it came to getting my first dollies

 

I don't know if I could. The only BJD store I ever knew of is Volks, and I don't know if stores like BBB or DM were out by then. Maybe I'd have a BJD sooner if I had showed my parents the dolls from BBB or DM? After all, $700 for a doll is kind of hard for non-doll enthused parents to swallow.

I probably would have had Emma in 2009, rather than last year, because I wasn't that thrilled with BBB dolls at the time, and I didn't know if the clothes would fit, and I still had no idea how to sew. I had been saving up money for one of the BBB dolls, and I realized it wasn't going to be a great first doll for me, and spent all the money I had saved because I'd given up. Had I taken a better look at the DM kids at that time, I would've had a BJD a year earlier.

 

Best way to phrase my current situation lol, even though i've managed to let some go.
I guess I would have got all my soom's from soom if i could go back in time, they're so expensive second hand...but then i doubt i could have afforded them all when they first came out

 

....Hell yeah! When I finally trumped up the courage to buy my first doll, I had a lotttttt of money, and I was contemplating buying EID Asa doll, but I didn't because I was being a cheapskate, though I could have easily bought both and still be not broke XD. I would still probably have Hong and Xiaofen, but Coco Noodle wouldn't exist because I bought her thinking she sort of looked like Asa, and I don't know if I'd've bought the Elfdoll Hazy. Annnnnddddd by now, I'd be saving up for an SID Storm and Bobobie Gang. But ahh, if only.

 

I've made a number of impulse buys. I'm only really happy with one of them. If I had a time machine, I'd go back and talk myself into asking for a different doll for last Christmas, instead of the MSD boy I did ask for. I might reconsider some of the other purchases I've made, but I think I'd end up keeping them.

The thing I'd really change would be that I'd make myself take better care of my first couple of dolls! They're so yellow now....

 

Hmmm, this is tough. When I first read the question a couple things went through my mind that I probably could have done better as far as what I bought and what I didn't....the big stand-out being that none of my dolls are finished so maybe I should have spent more time completing dolls rather than buying more.

However, I honestly would not change a thing. I love every doll I have and there are a few I want that I like a BIT more than ones I have...but in the end I love and want them all so I'm glad I have the ones I do. Also my first doll is still my favorite today so I had a good start ^^ Whenever I find a doll I wish I had, I just think, well one day you will have him so just hold tight and earn some moeny!

 

Yes, probably.
If I could go back in doll time, I'd start actually saving up for them earlier, instead of just looking at pretty pictures for three years. Then I would have let myself be soomed by Sard and Topaz (no clue what I would have done with a Topaz to be honest. But she was the first Soom doll I ever saw and thus still has a special doll place in my heart) and most likely not buy the first three floating heads I had purchased when I got into the hobby. Yup.

 

Yes, i would have collected more money for my Dollfie's, so i could have bought Kanu Unchou Dollfie Dream, but she was sold out before i had the money

 

I dont think I would have done things differently. I can seem somethings I wouldn't have known what I liked and didn't if not for the main one (and have created that character for the doll.)

 

Yes. I first saw bjds and instantly planned a demon troupe.....now I only own one of those dolls and that's purely because I'm attached to him, not because of my dolly preference nowadays.

 

If I could go back...I'd probably have put all my money towards a LE DD

Like Nia, Any of the Sabers, Marisa.

Sometimes I wonder what I should do because I'd like to have more DDs in my collection.

 

I would buy that last Shinsengumi Kurogatsu Bermann from Tensiya while he was still available. Of course, if I had bought him, I would almost certainly NOT have bought my Haute Hound, and Lyon is my One True Love in resin. Swings, roundabouts--it's probably just as well as it is.