If You Had To Choose One

Probably the one that I fall in love at first sight ～～(´ｰωｰ｀)

 

Either my first doll (SoulDoll Asiter) or my newest one, and most probably my Asiter. He's irreplaceable, even if he's a bad poser and has a nice shade of 16-year-old skin

 

I couldn't. They are too much a part of me. I'd literally give up everything else I own before losing my crew. Maybe my answer is a cop-out, but I could never choose between them.

 

That would be impossible for me as I have 2 idol dolls on my wishlist (not yet ordered) that are actors of a Chinese ancient drama that I'm very into, and that are also real life couples. I could not keep one and not the other, there is no separating them and in the fan community they are referred to soulmates. I love them as my idols and actors of this drama, but nothing can separate them irl, and so the 2 dolls belong together as well

But that said, I could never choose just one doll. All my dolls mean too much to me and been a part of my life since the beginning of my hobby. Some of these dolls have been with me since the beginning and have a history and many memories attached to them.

But also now that I've gotten really into ancient Chinese, asian characters and hanfu outfits, I just can't get enough of it! There won't ever be possible for me to keep only one doll!

 

Even though my baby girl and first doll is the dearest to me, I would probably take my boy because his face sculpt (Shoushou Goumeng) would be really hard to replace. I realize replacing still isnt the same but one of the reasons I got a non-limited sculpt for my girl is so that I wouldn't have to worry if I damaged it (as she was my first doll)

 

Probably my BC Emily, Lorina. She has both the awake & sleeping heads from the original release with default makeup and is objectively the cutest and prettiest out of my group. I'd be really sad about the rest of them, though!!

 

This is a question I hadn't even considered to ask myself, but it surprised me that I didn't need as much time as I thought to come up with an answer. My oldest doll, my MSD girl, is the one I would keep above any other. Even if she's not technically my first doll, I consider her as such because she's the first I truly fell in love with. And now, 9 years since she first came home, even if I've recently changed her character into a new one and she still hasn't a good wig, I'm still in love with her.

 

My initial gut reaction is my Argodoll Zet boy, Dimitri. He's so well-constructed and I'm in love with his sculpt, appearance, and aesthetic; plus, I'm super attached to his character. The only reason why I'd ever get rid of him is because a Dollshe Saint or the Adam Driver head would also work for the character, so there's options if I ever had to sell him for whatever reason.

 

All of my dolls are relatively easy to re-buy, so replacing them wouldn't be a struggle. I may move overseas within a year (I'd planned that before elsewhere and see where I am: stuck in the old place xD) and I *might* need to downsize, but then I'll keep two. It'd be my Marcel and Sońya (Supia dreaming Lina and Black Cherry Kaorin hybrid). If I really had to keep only one doll (but then I'd just sell them all) it'd be my Zosia/Sophie - Volks Nana.

 

It would be between my Momonita and my Tender Creation Young doll. I would have a really hard time picking between them. Actually, they are my only two bjd's right now because after all the bjd's I have had they are hands down my absolute favorites for different reasons.
They are 1/6th scale and small enough I feel that if I had to part with every other collection I have, keeping these two would be fine. But, for the sake of the question if I had no choice but to only keep ONE it would probably be my Momonita. She is a doll that I love every wig/eye combo and looks cute in everything. My TCY doll has the best posability, but she is less versitile as far as clothing that fits and being able to change her up and like every outcome.

 

I did run into this situation several years ago. My wife was having a lot of medical problems and I had been laid off from my job. Money got real tight for a while so selling off my my collection was a choice I made to help make ends meet. My wife would definitely never have asked or told me to sell my girls but I knew it was for the best. Of my sixteen dolls, I ended up selling all but four of them. Sadly my two most favorite girls and the ones I was most hoping to keep were also among the first to go. I’m just getting back into the bjd hobby within the last couple months. My priority since getting back into things has been to recreate the first doll I ever bought. Got most everything now, just trying to locate her same eyes.

 

My choise would definitely be Wilhelm (Doll Legend Frank) since he is my most important character ever. Him existing in doll form means a lot to me. I would also make this desicion because Doll Legend discontinued all of their old dolls and there's no guarantee that I would ever get the same mold again if I ever sold mine. In all this time I haven't founf a doll whose sculpt would look better as Wilhelm so I really don't wanna part with my darling.

 

I’d have to choose to save my Goblin Tales Willow in a hypothetical house on fire scenario. She is unique and I got her at lDoll in Lyons in 2018. She is a very peaceful and centering presence. I would, however, have to replace my Iplehouse EID Bichun as he is my most beautiful doll.

 

This was surprisingly more easy for me than I though! I would keep my Summerbird Viola. She embodies an important character for me, and would be very hard to replace.

If I could get away with keeping 3, they would be Viola, my Soul Doll Kyron, and my Soul Doll Kuu. After all, a girl needs her best friends.

 

This would be extremely hard! I'd want to keep my grail, Ringdoll Frankenstein 2011, as I spent six years searching for him. However, in terms of characters, I'd probably keep my DFH Su Sha. I'd be sad to give up his husband, but that character has been with me in some form or another for over a decade.

 

As hard as it would be for me to give up any of mine, some would be a bit easier let go easier than others. If I were forced to choose just one, I'd be incredibly torn between three.

- First is Cory (DZ Shengxi on a 1st gen AoD body). I love his character and his shell is the second doll I ever bought, way back in 2009. He started as a different character, who moved on into npc land while I was on a hiatus from the hobby. But that doll, character notwithstanding, has always been my favorite.
- Second is Bella (DZ Orlando on AoD girl SD). Another case of I love her character, and I've had her head for over 10 years, even if her body is new due to her last character having been a boy who's also moved into npc land (thought his first shell was my very first doll, which I still have). For her, it's all about who she is now vs who she used to be, I just love her so much!
- Third is Willow (Obitsu Laura on 50cm girl body). She's yet another case of loving her character so much! She's the newest of the three, I've only had her about a year, but she's just so awesome, I don't know if I could give her up if I tried.

But, to be fair, if it was a case of "I got out of the hobby", by that time I'd be so done, they'd likely all go. If we're talking "There's a fire and just enough time to get only one", well, they all currently live in a trunk. So pulling just one specific one out would take too much time and it would be faster and easier to drag the whole trunk out with me.

 

It would either be my Iplehouse JID Tania or my Iplehouse SID Eva. Tania is one of my dolly daughters, but Eva is my Eva and I love her more than I ever thought I would. She's my most fully realized character with a lot of characteristics that I enjoy exploring. I don't think I could choose by conscious decision. I'd have to flip a coin.

 

Incredibly tough decision! Thankfully I don’t think I’ll have to make it anytime soon, but if I did at some point….I’d keep my Volks Belle. I adore my Link custom at the moment and have put countless hours of work into making clothing, weapons, and accessories for him, but my Volks Belle is a character that represents something I don’t think I could part with. At least not at this point in my life. If I could keep two then it would be both my Belle and my F-17. Only one? Belle.

 

I did sell slowly all my dolls years ago when I moved abroad to study. It was hard, but I did not have the time, money or space for this hobby back then. However, as for my current dolls it would be hard as I love all my dolls... I have went slow with my current collection, because I want to be sure to absolute adore the doll before getting it. I would probably keep my Idealian H.Amor or Dark Elf Zak, as they are my grail dolls. I think I might keep Amor, but then again I love Zak too much... In the end I would probably flip a coin just like Gamma Ray said above.