Keeping the Faith: When Your Dream Doll Finally Comes Home

The only dream doll I had, was the DOT Ducan. I wanted him for a while and after a few months, I was able to get him. Never been happier.

 

I'm still trying to bring my dream to reality. I'm hoping to obtain a Rin doll soon. I even have a place set up for him when he finally comes home.

 

My first dream was a DoC Hoo [f]. I got him home almost three years ago and I love him to pieces.

My other dream is a Dollshe SA Saint. I'm hoping one day to bring him home and I will not give up hope that eventually he will come home with me.

 

wow I wrote that over a year ago, well I thought to update a little. Since then I ended up buying a Breakaway on the second hand market and he was complete by Sept 08. He is a strange one like my Shine, I liked him at a glance but not that much till one photo changed my mind... then he was as perfect as can be. Like my El, he did take some getting 'used to' but he's so cute and definately settled in.

In October 2008 I managed to see the release of Volks Hikaru Genji, thought he was nice but never paid too much attention till I saw a lot of beautiful repaints. In Feburary/March I managed to get a head on hold but panicked due to the price and held him off. A week after I regretted it immensely and looked on Y!J for the next 3 weeks every day trying to get one. I ended up loosing 4 auctions but then seeing a BIN I ended up buying him. He's really gorgeous and I'm now working towards his body. I still reckon he's one of the most handsome and underrated male dolls out there.

Then in October 2008/November I managed to buy a SD13 body off Lynsey in the UK finally completing Xian my Volks Tony. 2 years and about 5 months since I saw him, he was finally complete. I would definately say, once that special doll comes home, everything is well worth it, all the paining, all the looking. He was perfect, he fitted right in as if he was always meant to be home.

The last doll for now on my list is a Musedoll ReChe who I really fell for from the front cover of HauteDoll back in August2007. Seeing him being released standard really made me very happy. So now he would be the next one too.

Reisner... I've missed the chance to get him for about 11 times now, many times on Y!J but one day I'll keep looking for one within my price range. Currently he's the only doll par ReChe that I have yet to buy after falling madly in love at first sight with the scuplt. Who knows, maybe in a year or 2 I can update with his story too

 

I'm really specific about my ideas and what I want--having to aesthetically fall in love, then analyze whether it's a temporary and fleeting interest, or love for a particular sculpt. If I find myself continuously seeking out pictures and stories about a sculpt for an extended amount of time, then I know they are the one for me. One of the things I most prize is versatility in a sculpt--can this sculpt look hard-edged? Sweet? Innocent? Punky? Gothic? Musedoll Ciel used to be one of my dream dolls, but as I've gotten older I have been more and more drawn to smaller-eyed mature sculpts. I still think the dolls Musedoll produces are absolutely gorgeous, but they don't work for my group.

So, how have your dreams come true?

I have been basically...salivating! over certain sculpts from Souldoll, Soom, Limhwa, Supia, and Zaoll for a very very long time. For the most part, I have been waiting and hoping for urethane resin (from Limhwa, Supia, and Zaoll specifically) releases because I preferred them to not be in French resin. With Souldoll, I've really seen them grow and introduce really interesting sculpts like Lee Jun Ki. I have been watching over their realistic sculpts for some time and have settled on Ize. As for Soom, I have loved Sabik since he was released, but he's a bit too big for my current doll-size range...so when the gorgeous Monthly LE Super Gems came out, I knew I had to have one! I'm still keeping an eye out for their future monthly releases. Just lovely!

I have finally saved up funds for my dream dolls and purchased a tanned Limhwa Half-elf, Soom IO (one with a Super Gem body and another with a Souldoll body) and Zaoll Luv (a hybrid). I have already arranged a saving schedule for winter, Supia Rosy, Zaoll Luv; and spring with Souldoll Ize. I have recently fallen for Buddydoll Isabel, but I am waiting for photos without her face-up to get an idea of her versatility. That will determine whether or not she goes on to my dream doll list.

 

My first dream doll was a standard DOC H. Kirill. I bought him about a year and a half ago and feel blessed to own him. He is still my all time favorite sculpt.

My Second dream doll was a Gerard Minimee. I'm not a big fan of the overly realistic sculpts but I new I wanted him and set up a GO before I would miss him. He is still incomplete but I've already bonded with him beyond the point of selling him.

 

I've never really had dream dolls, more dolls that I liked but decided against wanting because I'd never had a chance to own. I'm too practical to want to spend 000's on a doll. I liked Olivia when I saw her and wanted to own one but they were going for almost double what they had sold for. I put her out of my mind, persuaded myself that I wasn't really that keen on her face etc then a friend got one and I loved the repainted face. I was glancing through the marketplace here one day and I saw an Olivia up for sale at a reasonable price (less than $1000) and while the person stated they didn't want to sell to overseas, I happened to know the seller and he kindly agreed to sell her to me on layaway. Not only did I get a doll I'd secretly wanted, but it came from a friend and now she's extra special to me not only because of her sculpt and beauty but because of the pleasant memories associated with her and knowing she used to belong to someone nice.

 

My first dream doll was the Volks Four Sisters/F01 head. I remember seeing one of the sisters YEARS ago when I first found out about BJDs. Recently, I was browsing the marketplace as I always do and found an F01 with a beautiful faceup and in my budget. The only problem was she was in Australia, and I wanted to make sure she was fully insured or I wouldn't get her. The seller was super awesome and we made a deal for it and I was able to bring my girl home Now I'm just waiting on her wig and eyes to get here.

This isn't my only dream doll though, I have others as a result of buying the F01, I've got a new found love of Volks and have 3 of them now on my wishlist that I will one day obtain, and well as a few of the Soom MDs, but if the F01 could happen I know I can get the rest of my dream dolls

 

Wow, it's only been a few months, but I already have one of my dream dolls!
Last fall I said that I desperately wanted a MNM Cloud head; not too long after that I pounced on a sleeping Cloud head Linderhes (?) was selling. My emo kid is now home and waiting for me to save up and get him a body this summer.

My new dreams are a little bunny and a pair of legs. I'd really love to get myself a little PIPOS Dali sometime, but I likely won't be able to until next year at the soonest, and probably not then because of college. I only hope PIPOS keeps making them until then!

The other is the Soom Euclase hawk legs. I've caught a couple on the market place already, but most of them I just can't justify buying a pair of legs that cost more than my Cloud's body. I've seen them anywhere from $300 to $600! When I need to buy three bodies in the next year or so, a pair of $250 MNM bodies and a Soom SuperGem boy body ($400-$500), I absolutely cannot justify buying legs that are enough to buy one to two of my bodies. Maybe later, but definetely not now.

 

Unfortunately, I tend to fall head-over-heels for artist dolls made in limited quantities as is, or super-special versions of standards. There was a release a year or so ago of a special edition Happydoll Lucy, the exact name of which currently escapes me, but I obsessed over and pined after her for months. I've noticed that my "dream doll" usually is more of a phase, so if I am unable to obtain whatever it may be I may look back in a few months or so from its release and chuckle over how I wanted it so badly (albeit wistfully).

That said, though, I'm still very fond of Dollmore Sleepy Eyes Bella Auden and DIM Sleeping Jeremy (in fact they turned me on to sleeping/sleepy heads!). And quite a few of the discontinued Souldoll boys like Haoul, Arhanian, Vernejet, and Soulkid Snyder will always have a special place in my heart.

 

I had a bad experience with getting my dream doll, the doll which brought me into the whole BJD hobby.... a migidoll Ryu! I managed to get into an order last year, and awaited his arrival excitedly However, when he got here, he did absolutely nothing for me I did manage to find someone who was crazy upset that she couldn't find one at a reasonable price, so I sold him for what I paid and all was well

HOWEVER! Today, another dream doll came home, and I love him so much already. I have loved the Nanuri 07 for such a long time, but all the heads I found had either had the eyes modded (my favourite part ) or were a price that I could not justify paying. Last week I found an unmodded head, and the price was fantastic.... no-brainer and bye bye cash

I can't stop looking at him, and have no idea if I will ever want another doll so bad

 

I got two of my dream dolls - and both thanks to DOA ))

First was Volks Lucas. It was love from the first sight - and so my hunt begun. I wanted any Lucas - just not closed eyes and not Chris as he's white skin. Well, I had luck - it was Lucas-reach season on DOA, I even could pick one I liked most - and after a short layaway my dream came to me. Nothing fabulous, just like buying any other doll )))

Second though... second was Unidoll UH-13 girl from their discontinued line in limiteds. It was the first girl-doll I ever liked, and for a long time I couln't look on other girls - I compared them with my dream and they were all "unworthy" of her. It was like 'I can't have her - so I won't have any other girl-dolls".

I went as far as wrote to Unidoll asking them couldn't they make one more of their limited girls. Well, it turned out those dolls were made from french resin and now UD don't work with it anymore... so no repeat, sorry.

First couple of month I ooked on marked here and on e-bay. But while all other dolls recurred now and them, this one never appeared, so I believed it to be a lost cause. Besides, I found only a handful of them in database here, so my chances to see one sold seemd slim enough.

Imagine my amazement when - eight month after - I saw an ad ))))) I weren't even looking for her - I was hunting another dream doll of mine - but there she was for sale.

Today is 6th day I have my dream girl at home. ))) Now I firmly believe I'll catch every single one of my dream girls - no one of them is so rare on market as her.

 

Well, I can genuinely say that my Homme Ducan was my dream doll, and he arrived about a week ago (much to my genuine delight).
My boyfriend bought him for me, and I haven't been able to stop smiling since, really. He's simply perfect.
Adrian made the purchase because he knew that while I love BJDs, I'm too bloody logical to buy one for myself because I'm always thinking of other ways to budget the money... So it was a welcome surprise and an amazing anniversary gift.

 

I've got a dream doll. He's limited and I want him very badly, and by the time I save the money for him I'm sure I'm going to have to resort to hunting for him in the Market place. Thanks to the reassurance of other posters here and elsewhere I'm not giving up on getting him though. He's the doll that made me know that the BJD hobby is for me--and I will get him! *gambatte face*

Fortunately, I've just found the most perfect girl to obsess over until I can get my dream boy. Although the girl I want also has the potential to slip out of my grasp due to lack of money at the moment, but again, I'm going to force myself to remain optimistic. I keep looking at her picture and the thought of "she's going to be my first doll" keeps plaguing me. It's both exciting and unnerving.

Best of luck to anyone else whose dreams are on hold too...and congratulations to those fortunate enough to have their dolls now! This thread is great for bolstering hopes.

 

I found my dream doll today (though I do have another, so I guess that makes two dreams): a Souldoll Queena. She is PERFECT. I originally was going to get a Luts Delf Soony, but as soon as I saw Queena I was smitten. X3 My other dream doll is a Luts Senior Delf Abadon, and I've been wanting him since he came out, but Queena totally takes the cake and I know I'll be happier having a little girl to buy pretty gowns for. I'm now saving up for her, and I'm so excited for the day I can finally order her! ♥

 

I've had one good and one bad experience.

I fell head over heels for MD Jina during the last order period (discovered the sculpt right as it started ironically enough). I went back and forth with myself over wether to buy one and finally took the plunge. When I got him it was perfect, I still take the head out just to stare at it, lol.

On a not-so-positive note, I'd been wanting a LW Romeo for longer than I'd known about the Jina, but when he finally got here there was just no impact. I think he's beautiful, but I'm not in love with him the way I am the Jina or my Namu. I've already put up a feeler thread, and I'm going to try changing his faceup, but I feel terrible about the whole thing.

 

My dream doll should be call right now my nightmare doll .... or the cruel story ... I don't know anymore

There is not a lot a doll that I like but him, I fell for when I first saw him, it's the lil' Leo from DZ ..... I "should" get him in my hands right now I guess but all of this is just a nightmare and cruelty now ... it's not even a dream anymore.

And now I am afraid that if finally one day I receive my gift *bitter sweet smile* I couldn't bond with because all of those sh*t ...... makes me cry .... pffff a lot was ready for him .... I will never trust friendship anymore !

 

Nanuri 07 limited head. This was the head that got me into dollies in the first place, and i know i'll bring one home one day...

 

My two dream dolls are Dollshe Bernard and, now it seems, Soom Chrom. I'm scrambling to get money together before Chrom becomes discontinued. o_o

 

My biggest dream doll was a Volks Michele. I wanted one ever since i got into BJD's, which means- for a few years now. I thought that I'd never find one, considering that I rarely saw an for sale on Y!J, and there are always WTB threads for a Michele here on DoA that people keep bumping for eternity without any results.
But somehow, I got offered a Michele head lately, and I literally jumped for joy. i was willing to pay loads for this guy, because it rarely happens to me that I keep wanting something so badly for so long. So when I *finally* got my chance to get one, I didn't think twice. I'm working on sending him off for a faceup atm, and have a body on its way for him, and I'm just so happy i finally found him!

Another doll I've dreamed of for a few years was CH Mina. I finally got one lately . She is currently away getting a faceup, and I can't see how she turns out.
I've also wanted a Volks F-16 since my first days in the hobby, and now I have both an irvin and a Masha. I feel so lucky lately, and at the moment I only have one doll I desperately want- a Volks Sweet Dream Lucas. When I get myself one of those, I'll feel like my doll family is pretty much complete, which I think will be a wonderful feeling!