Limiting the BJD Addiction

I don't think I'll ever say "enough", but I have slowed down a great deal. Part of it is that I am now pretty well equipped on the basics, like shoes and wigs. Part of it is space and time issues - I simply don't have the space or the time to spend with every doll who catches my eye. And spending time with my dolls is a great deal of what I like about them.

This is why I don't buy all the dolls I like, or even love - they have to reach out of the screen, grab me around the throat, and say "you're bringing me home - stop dithering and make it happen!". With all the new dolls coming out it would be premature and sort of silly to say this phenimenon will never happen again - I'm sure it will! But I've gotten very good at waiting for it.

As for outfits, as long as I keep seeing fabrics and designs that inspire me, I'm going to keep making new outfits for them. I probably should say "enough" about my fabric stash, but that's like saying "enough" to oxygen :grin: .

But again, as long as there's all this new stuff coming out, I know better than to say I won't get any more. Like the original poster's father and his Civil War collection, I'll be picking and choosing the pieces that I get, rather than going after every lovely piece that comes along.

Marcia.

 

I dont have a plan for how many dolls i will be getting or when i will be stopping. right now i haven't bought as much because of other things i have to pay for (mainly my higher education..bleh) but i will never say i will stop buying them or stuff for them because just when you think you are content with the ones you have *BOOM* someone comes out with another doll i just have to have!!!!

 

I would like to think I'm done with buying dolls themselves, once everyone I'm waiting on makes it home.. ops: I have all the pre-existing characters I could want in resin form... Unless some new doll comes out to evilly tempt me, I think my focus will be on clothes now, and I could be buying those forever. XD; (But selling lesser-used things as I go...) I've definitely slowed down on wigs and eyes though, as each doll falls into "defaults".

 

oh yes, I'm also very much tempted to adopt abandoned dolls..there was this axesual sd10 body on the marketplace, earlier this week I believe, and he had his knee broken..I was sooo tempted to adopt him, bring him home and hug him..I wanted him as Vasiley and Cecile's child..*laughs* but Cecile isn't even here yet, and when he is, I don't even know if they will get together! But he looked just so cute..*grins* even if it was just a body..

*sighs*

 

I'm nowhere near done. I have so many I want to get...then after I get them, then I might be done. But right now? No.

 

Sometimes I feel as though I don't need any more dolls. My big girl is good for holding and my littles are good for traveling and looking at and saying, "So cuteee!"
I would like a couple more (the ones I fell in love with first, probably), but that might be too much for me. I don't know. I figure I can buy the last three dolls (three or four is all I would probably get) over the rest of my life (or before the shops close).

 

I have enough. First I wanted 4 dolls, now, 3 is enough.
Stuff? i need a few things to vanilla, mikael and choco... but I think it doesn't reach 15 itens.
I'm pretty good at controling my pocket. It is really hard to get enough money to buy stuff... so... I won't go and spend it. I think A LOT before it... besides, I like spending on gifts to other people.... not me... I feel kinda guilty spending money XD
So, it is pretty easy look and say: Ok, enough!

 

As far as I'm aware, I just want an El and a Dark Elf Soo. After that, I'll probably be done.

 

right now i only have one and am working towards my second, but i can think of no reason to need another doll more than the 5 / 6 i have planned. i don't want to have so many that i would neglect them... i'm going to have those ones, and then any more money put towards this doll hobby will be focused on spoiling them rotten. XD

i don't think i could ever have like, 20. i wouldn't know what to do with them all...

i'm in no definite rush to get em, either. hey, i'm only 15... i got all the time i need.

 

On earlier stages my wish list was quite long, now that i have two i feel i had enough. There are one or two more that i truely love (certainly not *neeeeeed*) so I'm guessing three or four is the maximum that i could handle ^^

 

When I get Hound from Anu's website and another boy like LaHoo or Camine or even Bandi from Dollstown then I think I will be done, but I will have to let a little one go or two. No luck with these mini's lately.

 

I love a lot of dolls, but if I bought all the dolls I loved I'd have way too many. x3 Probably over 100.

If I bought all the dolls I adored, I'd still have over 20.

But if I buy the onces that I love the most, I'll have around 5. And that leaves a lot of room for my bunch to expand, because Volks and companies are going to continue releasing new molds. At the end of collecting, I don't want too much more then 10. 10 is even too much. I don't like owning too many things, and I like to move around a lot. Owning a lot of dolls is too difficult, and I like just keeping a smaller number so I can love the ones I have more, not have to divide attention. I can get them more clothes and wigs and eyes for the ones I have, not neglect them because I have so many and I can't pay them off.

It's to each their own I think. (^_^) Everyone here loves their dolls, and it's interesting to see how different everyone's philosophy on it is.

 

When you wake up one morning and you no longer have any kidneys, spleens or left lung because you've traded them in for a limited edition doll.

 

I figure I will be done when they stop calling out to me. Until then, as long as I still enjoy the collecting, the more, the merrier. At this point, we're a VERY merry band

 

I'm pretty satisfied with just one, actually. I look at other dolls all the time, but then I compare them to mine, and... naaah. *laugh* They're just not me. I also don't like to spend money freely, so I tend to put a lot of consideration into purchases.

 

I think I only want 6 dolls......maybe 8........but im pretty sure no more then 10 dolls.......they might take over my whole small room world!!!! .....and buying stuff for them will cost too much $$$............I don't even have much clothes for myself! X_X........and im not good with cleaning the dust thing...I always get sick by the evil dust
I think and Im hoping 6 or 8 dolls will be good enough for me ^ ^

 

I'm very happy with what I have. I think I could happily not buy any more and not feel the worse for it. (actually I feel a little guilty, like maybe I have too many, but I can't bare to part with any of them! haha!)
I've aquired them over a period of like 3 or 4 years... but I really feel so happy with what I have. It's weird, while I look at new doll photos and really enjoy them, and think "wow, that is so pretty" I feel like I have enough.

There are a few dolls left that I'd like to get, but maybe only 1 or 2, and as of yet they don't really exist. I want a half-lidded snow skin boy doll, but I want a particular style of face (one that doesn't exist) so if something ever is released that fits it perfectly, then I'd be tempted, definitely.

and I want a Sei or Yo-Tenshi, but I don't know which I want. and I do really like Bermann but I'm not sure I want him.

I think a big part of it is that I do feel that each doll fits a particular personality type, and if I got more, there just wouldn't be a spot for it to fit in, at least... it seems like if I get too many the personalities overlapp too much, and its not as much fun for me (and I can't pamper them as much with fun clothes that are just for them!)

so that's how I feel. I really feel that the number is different for each person though, and I don't feel negatively towards someone who has way more than me or way less than me. Everyone knows what feels best for them.

 

What does this 'enough' mean?

Mind you, my idea of 'enough' when it comes to clothing/shoes/wigs/eyes is that I end up with one perfect/tolerable example of each per doll. I hate dressing the damned little things, so until they learn to dress themselves they can just deal with only having one outfit. XP

As for dolls... Erk, good question. I'm torn between wanting dolls for characters/because I love the mold and between wanting to pare it down to just a select few.

Though, at least one has to go in the immediate future. I am somewhat suddenly going to be moving back to California, and I need money for moving/college/getting a car expenses. @_x

But who the heck do I sell? @_o

 

Enough for me is when I can safely say that there's no more dolls that "grab" me. And when there's no more dolls that I'd want to send on to new homes. My group right now, I can't see selling any of them.

 

I know what point i'll say that with dollfies. I would like a CH Fennel and a Narae. the dolls may change, but once i have one mini girl, a love interest for her (i think Snow is bisexual so it could be a boy or a girl but right now i'm leaning towards Narea) and a full sized girl (My f04 is coming home soon) and a boy for her, i'll be done. then i can concentrait on buying/making high quality clothing for them.