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Is Box Opening Still Fun?

Nov 17, 2009

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    1. I dont think anything could take away the thrill of seeing the dolls face for the first time. Even if you've opened dozens of boxes, you still get that rush when you open up a doll, because it is THAT doll you are opening. :)
       
      #101 alogue, Nov 20, 2009
    2. no longer. its become a frustration just to get to the doll.
       
      #102 dollmania, Nov 20, 2009
    3. Oh, it's definitely the best part. Like a your own personal Christmas every time you open the box. :D I love that new, first meeting feeling.
       
      #103 forfax, Nov 20, 2009
    4. Just a note. I just received the two I had been waiting on from CustomHouse last night.

      Though not as nerve wracking as the first couple times, it's still just as exciting to open the box. Probably more fun, because you know by now kind of what to expect. The giddyness of checking the tracking and opening the box is still there even if the new doll excitement doesn't last as long as it used to because I'm used to having them after being around the BJD world for a few years.

      The box opening itself is still fun. :3 Cow. Print. Pillows.
       
      #104 KohakuTenshi, Nov 20, 2009
    5. I don't usually make any kind of ceremony or shoot out of the actual box opening. One reason is that I get my mail held, pick it up, and end up savaging my way through the cardboard in the car on the way home. (Yes, sometimes while NOT driving. Depends on the size of the box.)

      I'm just so focused on the first view of the doll in person, the box(es) are incidental. But yes, even after many dolls, and/or separate heads or bodies, that thrill of seeing them is still there. Each one will be a completely different story character, each one has its own quirks and specialness. Even when a doll doesn't work out (has happened on occasion), I'm still half in love with them and selling is never clearcut or easy.
       
      #105 hobbywhelmed, Nov 20, 2009
    6. even with 30+ dolls, I still love box opening day ;_;
       
      #106 sugarparody, Nov 20, 2009
    7. Is this some kind of trick question? :lol: Of COURSE it's still fun! I don't really do box opening story things anymore, but that's only because I'm too eager to rip that sucker open. Seriously! My hands shake and everything. The anticipation just builds and builds until that moment when you get it open!
      It's really fun to see them for the first time. I don't think that will ever go away. All the time you spent planning, then saving, then waaaaaiting... It's like seeing a plan come to fruition. Which doesn't happen that often XD
      Actually, I find that I enjoy each new box opening more than the last. I guess the anxiety of "oh, is it okay for me to have something so expensive? Will I even like it?" decreases, so the excitement increases.
      Hope that made sense :lol:
       
      #107 bronzephoenix, Nov 20, 2009
    8. Even after 40 something, yes! I mean, the doll may not look exactly like the picture, so I love opening the box!
       
      #108 Rynn007, Nov 21, 2009
    9. Yes it's still fun, even after 11 dolls for me.
       
      #109 usagi665, Nov 21, 2009
    10. I don't really have a lot of room to talk seeing as I only have one doll to speak of, but I do remember there being an excitement to a box opening, mainly because I saved up for it myself with my allowance. :) But I don't see the major thrill in box opening pics...at the time, I had a crappy camera and my parents didn't particularly like the idea of me photographing something nude. xD
       
      #110 Lady Gemini, Nov 21, 2009
    11. It's absolutely still fun! I love opening the boxes and seeing how different companies package their dolls, or what little goodies some companies send. x3
      But most of all, when you've ordered a doll and spend weeks and months waiting for it, finally having it in your arms is a wonder in itself.
       
      #111 Kaichii, Nov 21, 2009
    12. Only had 3 box openings myself, but the second and third were just as exciting as the first. I even get excited when I receive doll clothes and wigs in the mail. It's kind of embarrassing because it's always the same courier delivering them all... lol. xD; She must think I'm strange for being so excited about all the parcels she delivers. Haha.
       
      #112 Roztastic, Nov 21, 2009
    13. OMG I can't wait for my sixth doll to get here! *hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry*
       
      #113 sheadeel, Nov 21, 2009
    14. no, christmas isnt any fun to me anymore. because the santa isnt real in my head anymore.
      BUT im getting my third doll, and as excited as first! for the beauty, love, price and wait, its not ever going to change.!
       
      #114 GlukoZza, Nov 22, 2009
    15. Boxopening gives me the best feeling ever. I get all hyped up and excited xD Especially if it's a doll I didn't get from a certain company before.
      I love to take pictures of the stages, and I love to look at the other boxopening threads.
      Slowly unwrapping a doll is just so much fun. Oh a hand! Oh a foot! yaaaay :lol:
       
      #115 Snow, Nov 22, 2009
    16. I now have 8 dolls but with two beeing made/on the way. I don't know who'll come here first but I always was excited and it was always fun. ^^
      To look at your doll the first time, to check how well she's been made, to try wigs and clothes prepared, to smell the resin. Ah, I really still like it. :D
       
      #116 Laoky, Nov 22, 2009
    17. Even after 12 dolls over 8 years, I still get excited when a new shipping box shows up on my doorstep.
       
      #117 cheshiretiffy, Nov 22, 2009
    18. Absolutely =^___^= It's definitely a lot of fun - maybe not the ceremony itself, but the great excitement of the "what's behind those tons of wrapping materials?" Besides, most of my doll openings happen in someone's company, so this also leaves a lot of sweet memories :)
       
      #118 lady-kitsune, Nov 22, 2009
    19. Absolutely yes, the excitement still there everytime as in first time :aheartbea
       
      #119 Doria, Nov 22, 2009
    20. Yes,of course~!I mean,it's a lot of fun to receive a package。Moreover,it's a new doll which I have been waiting for months~!
       
      #120 renqiziliu, Nov 22, 2009
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