In love with a discontinued sculpt

This is very relatable! It feels so bad when you know you might never be able to get your hands on that one dream sculpt ;A;

 

I have about 3 discontinued sculpts on my wishlist, just be patient and always keep an eye on second hand market,

 

I had several discontinue dolls on my wish list and they all popped up with in the last 7 months. I went kind crazy and grabbed them as I saw them(I'm now stuck with a painful credit card bill. I do not recommend this).
Sometimes it's all waiting. Hopefully you can save now and grab them when they peer out of the fog.

 

All of the dolls in my wishlist are discontinued/limited releases... I got lucky and managed to get my hands on one of them recently, but I get the feeling it's going to be a very long time before two of the other ones show up anywhere. It's just a matter of being patient though.

 

Studio Naiko's Kanji is the limited doll head I fall in love some time ago. He was sold out when I found him of course. Just like Soom Photon Angel of death. I just forget Ringdoll Law...

 

This doesn't happen to me surprisingly often. At least not that I can recall. I honestly don't often get too attached to limited bjds, or I manage to snatch up the ones I'm looking for when they come out. I can think of maybe one or two of them maybe?

I'm not 100% if this fits this case, but I guess I could put Clever/Clever Little in this (although, as much as I adore him, I'm not a huge fan of that scale of bjds, yet I still love him nonetheless). Another case that I'm certain fits here, though, is this lovely 75cm hunk of a boy that Doll Family A/H (can't recall which it was, unfortunately) had out when I first started getting active again in the hobby in 2014/15. He had lovely sculpted elf ears and a face that made me melt when I first stumbled upon him. I kept thinking to myself every time I looked at him on the sale sites for a period that I should consider getting him, but I was more interested in sticking within the 60-70cm SD range at the time.

Unfortunately, about a year or so after first discovering him, he pretty much disappeared off the face of the planet. I think the one store who I recall being the last to have him listed went under, and I haven't seen him under either Doll Family company listings in years. I can't even recall what his sculpt was called, and I don't ever remember seeing any owner photos either. He's like this evanescent bjd—he existed within that brief window of time, and then he just...vanished.

 

I recently fell in love with Doll Chateau Fuya-- only to discover that she was limited release over a year ago.

I suppose I'll just keep an eye on the secondhand market as well as future spooky sculpts to see if anything else scratches that itch for me.

 

Oh, this is me and Luts French Knight Abadon.... I'm kicking myself hard because I could easily have set up a long layaway with BJDivas around the time he was released, and I had the funds and everything....I just got around to finding out about him too late. Now I find myself staring mournfully at his official listing every other week or so....I guess this is what it means to have a grail.

I'm not optimistic about finding him secondhand because he didn't seem that popular and furthermore I want him with the very specific blue and gold color scheme that was one of two options for his official blushing. My chances I'd find him exactly the way I want, complete with all his armor parts and sword, are extremely low. So all I can do is hope, and cry, and mourn....

Oh well, Luts seems to do armored knight boys occasionally, so maybe they'll get it in their head to do another one soon? I'm not gonna give up, someday I will bring home a knight in shining armor.

 

I have many dreams where I own a tan skin Picot Prince Makoto. I love him so much and don’t doubt that I’d have to find the money if one ever went on sale. Despite only collecting MSD and Yo-sd.

 

I only have a few of these dolls on my wish list, and have realistic expectations on whether on not I'll ever get them-- not being more likely. The reality being, I'm not usually willing to pay on second hand market more than what a doll originally sold for, so far only having ever made an exception once and I still kick myself for it sometimes.

 

I adore Sugarable's naga body, the head is pretty too but I would love to get one of those bodies. Devastated to learn they've closed since I first started looking a good 5 or so years ago.

 

If it's a normal discontinued/sold out sculpt, I believe it might have a good chance in future, then I will wait for a re-release.
But for copyrighted sculpt, it's really a despair. Such scuplt even can't be replaced in maintainance services as the BJDs makers doesn't have right to re-produced it, so...
I love at least 5 different sculpts that is discontinued like that, and they're still in my wish-list.
But anything could happen in an abnormal way, so I will always save money for the one I love, even if the chance for its re-release is really low.

 

I have at least 3 discontinued limited dolls on my wishlist right now(in fact, I have five, but there is only three that I have created OCs and backstories for), all anthros from DearMine or LUTS, and all of them are hard to find in the second hand market at a price I can afford, so they may remain there for the end of time, who knows xD

 

I have quite a few discontinued dolls I'd love to get, mostly Souldoll since their big change in 2018 >< I'd love to get vampire Kuu, Bijou and Jiu one day... though I'm hopeful I'd be able to find them secondhand from someone if I look! In the same vein, I have Souldoll Spider Queen Junia, with the human Junia head, but my image for her character since I got her has changed and I'd much prefer the spider head now TT I've got her in blue violet as well, so I feel like it would be hard to find just the spider Junia head in the same color secondhand, but one can only hope~

 

It's happened to me too many times, I cope by hoping I'll find it second hand one day.

 

I think at this point the doll I am most looking for is a DollZone Freddy!! I am to the point where I am fine with any version! He’s been pretty difficult for me to find so it’s pretty disappointing to never see him pop up second hand. If only I had been in the hobby juuuuuust a little earlier

 

Ugh i feel this soo much. Its not discontinued but it was a limited sale of the studio naiko kanji head. I really want it but Its seems to be extremely hard to come by ((((. but hofully the studio will come out with new heads soon.

 

Sadly I have some discontinued dolls on my wishlist, too.
For example my first BJD love: DollZone Hong. (And some limited edition dolls from Angell Studio.)
I don't know how the chances are for getting them second hand or company doll re-releases...
But I will not give up. Maybe it's destined that I will get them after all.

 

I love Dollzone Demi, maybe one day I'll find her second hand.

 

Definitely had this happen to me. After my first Pipos Baha was accidentally sold by my dad in a garage sale, I spent 8 years trying to find another because the sculpt was discontinued. I never gave up, and now I have two! I really recommend keeping them in your heart and waiting for sure. I think it can really be a huge pay off at the end.