Limiting the BJD Addiction

I don't think I'm finished yet - my wishlist below would tend to indicate that! tal has made it very clear that he doesn't want to be the only man in the house; I think he feels rather put upon with all these girls.

I have a RML K-02 head that needs a body, so that's another doll right there. (Might be an Obitsu body, as the white Obitsu is a good match for the resin, colour-wise.) I would dearly love to own just one Volks doll, and Kun has really captured my heart. I've loved Hound ever since I first saw him. And Lahoo... well, I think I've found my Sephiroth. :wink:

But beyond that, I think I'll be done.

 

It takes a very special BJD for me to actually want to buy it. There are lots I like, and I admire most of them on their beautifully sculpted faces and bodies (looking at them from an artist point of view). I’ve never been into dolls at all until I saw the ABJD’s (dolls always kinda freaked me out XD). I love the pose ability, realistic proportions and customizable features.

They just are so expensive, and even though I have the money RIGHT NOW sitting in my bank account I could use to buy a CP Lishe (A beautiful girl with a very well designed doll body) I am hesitating. It’s just so much money to spend on ONE THING…even though I do want her. I’m the kind of person who will wait 3 months to buy a new video game, even one I REALLLLlly want, for the price to drop from its starting price of 50 dollars to 30 dollars before I get it. I just don’t like throwing a lot of money around.

As getting more dolls go, after getting a CP Lishe (when I finally break down to get her) I’ll be done for quite a while.

As extra money is available, there are other dolls I really like and want to buy (see my signature wish list). But I’m in no rush at all.

For me, I will keep making BJD’s (I have more dolls I’ve made right now than bought! XD) until I don’t have time or find another artist endeavor to go after. Heck, if casting my anthrodoll design goes well and I make enough money from it, getting those other dolls might not be so far away.

 

I think.... only 2 more, after I acquire Wynn's head and sell my little guy.

I don't know if I have enough attention to give more than 6... I wish I did! But I have work and uni, and all sorts of things that take up too much time. Wynn, Amity and... someone for Wynn. Now that I'm moving out I have limited funds, but having lonely dolls breaks my heart... one of the reasons I have to sell lachlan.

And if I have 6, and I *really* need a new one.... I guess I could sell one to buy a new one. As sad as that policy is, I really won't have that much money!

 

I currently posess two, but my third one (with that free LUTS Juri head) is on the way.

I have plans on getting a body for that Juri head... but there's another model that would REALLY fit the personality I have set for the Juri head. So really, I'm just gunna wait until I get it and see... maybe I'll see it or something. o-o;;

I also have plans for 2 boys in the VERY late future (first of all 'cause I doubt mum would let me get two at once, and they're going to be brothers so I'd enjoy them coming together). I might got even get them at all, but I'd sure like to. ^ ^;;

So as it stands, I'll have 4 MAYBE 6 dolls. I'd really like it to stop there but... you never know. This is addicting to me like some people are addicted to ice cream. XDD

 

I'm not setting a limit right now; but I'm pretty sure that I won't have alot of dolls since there's only a few that I want. I wanted one tiny and I got a nari-pon to quench that thirst. XD I want a Mini Fee Soo and a 43cm Narae, an El and a Hound. That's about it for right now. I say right now because these evil, evil people keep releasing more dolls every couple of months; but for now...I'm only madly in love with those listed above.

 

In a word..nope I'm having too much fun.

 

I've decided that many times. I've never been able to stick to it. ops: The limit was 4, then 6, and now 10. I haven' reached the last one yet... but I've had a sudden population explosion due to extremely good luck and generous trades... so I'm getting close. I want to cut back, but I just can't think of parting with anyone.

 

originally I wanted a lot, but then when I got serious about buying my first one I realized most of the ones I 'wanted' I really just enjoyed looking at....So I realized I only wanted one. Then my MSD Sakura showed up and I put her together and we realized we wanted a DOD boy....Yen specifically....and then Too.....so I just sort of swore off bigger dolls. Then I saw a couple gorgeous Schoolhead As.....and then DOD did me in by releasing Carmine....Anathema (my MSD) is mad cause I'm putting my wants before hers with Carmine >_>;

I don't really have a stopping point, but I don't want a lot....just....the ones that jump out at me....^_^;

 

For now, I'm stopping at three due to limited finances and living space now that I'll be moving out to start pharmacy school.

Once I have more cash flow, I'll actively pursue my 4th child.

 

The only doll I truly want besides the one that I have and the ones on their way is SD13 Syo. He is the only other doll I can see myself owning besides the ones I already own. My friend is happy with one doll. She says she wants to spoil her Twing-key rather than buy her a friend.

 

Ardichan counts on her Signature ---One two three four --- I had only planned to get 4... counts actual dolls ordered or have arrived --- one two three and a half --- >_< I may give up on a DOT Camine, but I still want to get my Hound... So four --- with the possibility of a 5th DOT Lahoo as Rillian instead of Camine --- he looks too girly... =P

 

I didn't decide NO more dolls at all, just much slower. After one more doll in Jan. and a Pocket Fairy when I get my Tax Return, I am not going to be saving anywhere near as quickly as I have been...with those dolls, I will have relatively all the dolls I wanted.

But, I want to be at least actively saving for a "rainy day"...who knows what doll (maybe a limited?) might be released that I don't have time to start saving for. At least I'll have a LITTLE saved

I am a collector to the bone, so I don't know if I could comfortably fully stop.

That's my plan

 

Well, I like to think to myself that I only need one or two more. I think five or six would be the limit for me unless something happened like winning the lottery. I typically bond with my dolls, but don't spend much personal time with each anymore. I used to--but--I also used to be way more obsessed with bjds than I am now. I love them dearly, but it's a different relationship.

 

Well, since my first doll, my want list has at least doubled over the 2 years. Whether I get them all is questionable. Realistically, I would like at least 3 dolls in my possession.

 

LOL, it's really funny reading this thread, which was started last June, and see people say things like, I'm stopping at three, when their sig lists that they now have six... or, I'd never sell my Volks SD Mimi... and they don't have her anymore... or, a huge wishlist, and they have NONE of the dolls on it, but purchased 4 other dolls since then. XD

Which is why I'm not going to say, I only want this many cause whatever I choose will probably be all wrong in 3 months anyway. I've noticed my own want list is pretty fickle. The only doll I'm fairly certain I will be getting next is a Unoa Light Flourite. I have an Elfdoll Sylph, who was an impulse purchase, but I her, and want to make her a dollhouse to live in and buy her some friends. Shall was the only doll to reach thru the monitor and say BUY ME OR ELSE, so I'm not worried about bonding with her, even though she isn't here yet. XD But beyond having those three, it's all speculation!

 

I don't really have a limit set, but right now I'm happy with the dolls that I have and I really don't want many more even though there are many that I like. I have 4 dolls and a head (who will hopefully have a body soon) so far and I just don't want to end up with so many dolls that I feel like I won't be able to enjoy them or spoil them as much as I'd like to. At the moment I have plan's for a FCS SD13 boy, a tiny, and maybe another mini girl, but after I have them I highly doubt I’ll be getting any more dolls.

~Meg

 

I'm not a collector - I'm a story-teller, or character conduit, whatever you want to call it. There are four personalities in my head who want to be made corporeal, and would work here, and would fit together - so four is it. I didn't set a limit, and I played around with a lot of combinations (there are more than four characters of mine who would *like* to take on a doll form - I just don't think it'd be a good idea), but as soon as started toying with this one partecular arrangement...everything just seemed to fall into place. It all balances out, and fits, and no-one would be neglected or anything...

So yes, I have a finite number in my head - but on the other hand, that's just how it turned out, I didn't decide it consciously. I think it all depends - and to me, the most important is how you want to relate to your dolls, cause that's what numbers affect the most.

 

i DID have a limit, i think it was 2 maybe. ^.^; i think i original said i would only get one then when i turn 18 i would get a FCS.....um yeah. 6 months later i have 4. but i think 6 will be the limit for me unless i see one that calls to me.

 

I only want two I've seen more dolls I really, really like and would love to own..but they wouldn't fit with Vasiley and Sumiya, those two belong together, only the two of them ^^ They don't want anyone else around them and 2 is enough for me, too..then at least I can carry both of them ^^ and sew lots and lots and lots of clothes..XD

at the moment, though, Vasiley's alone..-_- *needs money*

 

I'm not setting limits, though I tend to say the two I have are my last.

I have to pay for college next year, and several years afterwards, so my buying will be on hold for a long while for sure. I'm not TOTALLY ruling out buying more, but at the moment the two I have are just fine for me!