Love at first sight turning into feelings of blah

I used to love Iplehouse Soo Ri. Even owned him for about a year. But the longer I got him, the more he started irritating me and after a while I sold him.

And I loved volks Sakaki when they first released him up until the point when I saw the first ownerpics. Those made me realize that I loved his wig/eyecombo and the overall softness a lot more than the actual sculpt.

 

I hear you. When I first came across BJD's, I went mad with research. Went from website to website to website, falling in love with soooo many pretties. Now, I can barely remember most of them exist. Which is probable for the best, all told.

No, my problem is the one that I finally decided to buy. I researched it, looked at the pictures, saved my money, and took the plunge. It wasn’t until afterwards that I finally managed to track down any owner picks. And, quite frankly, they scare me. All of the pictures I have found either look ridiculous, or . . . well, ridiculous.

My character is a strong, but still rather submissive, docile guy. Everything I have found so far has him being sexy, slutty, and more come-hither than the demure I was going for.

I’m so worried that I will end up bringing him home and hating him. Perhaps I’m just not looking in the right place, but still. The company pics seem to promote a doll that doesn’t actually exist. . .

I was really getting worried for a while there, especially as the due date approached. That is, until I realized my main problem with the owner pics wasn’t so much his face, than his body. At least in part. I think everyone who’s bought him has bought him with the “new and improved” body type that I absolutely hate and that’s why I find all the pics less than pleasing. Thankfully, I ordered him with the old type body. I think I can work with him, treat any faults he may have as more like a challenge than the pitfall I had previously feared. That may even help me bond with him, if nothing else.

Oh, and if anyone’s wondering, the doll in question is a DollZone Hong. Wish me luck!

 

::nod:: This has happened to me. In fact, with the first doll I tried to order [DZ Shoyo?] While I still think she is cute I am glad that I ended up with Nola (Puki Lily) as my first. I was never the type to make a 'list' but I do know now I am really interested in a doll if I keeping going back to the site.

 

It happens with me all the time, sadly. I agree that it can be incredibly frustrating
and sometimes depressing! A trick I learned about choosing dolls is to focus
the brunt of your attention on one mold and that only. Sometimes looking
at other dolls can cause you to become jaded towards your initial dream doll.​

 

It happens to me a lot, and luckily when I DON'T have the money to bring them home. I've had dolls appear and disappear off my 'want list' simply because, while I liked them initially, continual 'research' of the sculpt via owner pics showed me too many views of the doll that don't mesh with what I want for it, or I realize that I just don't like the sculpt as much as I feel I should to bring it home.

 

This has happened to me over and over. I can only recommend putting the picture as your desktop wallpaper every day, and see if you get sick of it X3

 

I think it's pretty common for most of us here, it seems. Just try not to give in to impulses and that way, if you decide to go with a different doll, you already have all that money saved up!

 

This happened to me with Heliot, I desperately wanted a hooved doll and got so swept up in the hysteria of the waiting room but the longer the wait got, the more I doubted I really wanted him. Now he's here and I'm still not sure

I find that dolls I take notice of and then perhaps forget about for a long time as I admire all the other pretties and then come back to are the ones I get. For example, Elfdoll Tasha I saw back in January I was intrigued by, 5 months later and I've bought one after finding her again

 

This is how I know whether or not a doll is really for me. I've looked at COUNTLESS sculpts to embody my OC Mel, but I finally came back to a doll that melted my heart almost a year ago and never quite left me alone. The same thing happened with my first doll, Alicia--while doing research for her, I came across hundreds of beautiful dolls, but for some reason her sculpt was the one that kept tugging at me.

I think the loooooooong wait times between dolls also helps me avoid the situation the OP was talking about. Since I don't have an income and am unlikely to get a job anytime soon, it's been a year since I got my first doll and may well be another year until I bring Mel home. No impulse buys for me, haha! Since I often see dolls that I love and then find that I don't like them as much after a few months, I suppose I should be grateful about that.

 

I think if you try to match a character to an existing mold, and don't have any customizing skills, it's very frustrating. There are hundreds of beautiful dolls, though, and most of them are perfect in some way, just not in the way you'd like.

I try sometimes to match a character to a doll and it just irritates me. I'd rather buy the doll first and plan a character later. Otherwise there's no point in even using dolls as a medium, at least for me.

 

._. this is the first time my love at first sight turned into blah ;p XD
Ive been lusting after a soony for quite some time, stalking sellers of soonys, admiring the soony and their owners (lol), saving...
NOW, I dont want one...well not as much. Not really at all? X"D I dunno...I always loved the R.Dillui ^____^

 

I have had that happen, both with dolls I never got around to buying and with dolls I actually did buy. The first time it happened I felt very frustrated about it... I saw a doll online and it was completely love at first sight. Then I bought her and nothing clicked at all. She didn't look the way I thought she would when I got her in person, the body was a pain to pose, and I just didn't really like her anymore.

Other times, it just seems I fall "out of love" with the sculpt. After ogling it so often, it loses its magic before I can ever buy it.

Once, I bought a doll because I absolutely fell in love with the photos and it was a limited. By the time it shipped out 6 months later, my interest had waned. I was afraid I wouldn't like the face sculpt as much as I'd hoped, and waiting for so long had made the doll lose that aura of anticipation and magic. Luckily, as soon as I opened the box all of the feelings I'd first had came right back. Now she's one of my favorite dolls, and I couldn't bear to part with her.

 

When I first saw ResinSoul Lu... instant love. There was no other doll I'd choose over her, no matter the price. I was determined to have her. Now... she's kind of slipped off my list. She just seems so limited in her possibilities - she'll always be a vampire mermaid, no matter what I do. She's still utterly gorgeous and ridiculous and beautiful, but I just don't wnat her so much.

 

This has happened to me a few times, but I remember the Soom Kanoa was a big 'must have' for me at one point. But the more I looked at him, the more he just looked kinda...meh. And he dropped off my list. It's really only happened with one doll I actually ended up buying, the Puki Pongpong. He didn't end up really doing anything for me in person. He's now off to a much better home with another Puki in it, so he'll have like-sized friends around.

On the other hand, it's happened to me in reverse, too. Dolls I thought were 'meh' at first that I now own and love (I'm looking at you, Mr. Elfdoll K).

 

Wow that totally happened to me with Kanoa as well

Meh dolls that turn into a doll you want are definately a way of knowing which to get. I have this with Souldoll Killian. Inititally I was determined to get him, then he became meh....Now having given myself some time away from gawping at his pictures I really want him again

 

Its not exactly like that... but I feel close to it XP

My dream doll would be a AS Lucifer.... but I cannot seem to start saving for it!
At first I thought I should buy it right away! But the more I think about it... the more I think it is not that "important" that I buy it....

And I fell in love with Shiwoo and Lishe..... and I keep finding other ones I want before getting the one I really wanted that I am not really that much want anymore XP

Maybe in the end I will let go of my Shiwoo loving spree and go back to lucifer ?
Who knows! But for now Lulu is meh for me XP

 

I have...a list of dolls that thankfully I did not get. =X

For over half a year, a DOD Ducan was under a must-have list. But I just suddenly didn't like him when my Heliot arrived. Thank god I still love Heliot even though I saw his photos last December...=X And I couldn't get him then. So I was waiting around and found him as a full set, being sold by Nainaijie. I just had to have him. Never regret either.

The next on my list is Dollzone Floy. He too, like Ducan, dropped off my list after I got Heliot. Puki2 Pong2 too.

Luts Yder, Luwen + Vampire Luwen disappeared from the wishlist after I bought a modified floating head of the dreaming elf Moon head.

Luke from Dollzone was dropped like hot potatoes when I saw tan Mo-3 up close and personal.

Angel of Dream's Jay was also dropped like hot potatoes...but even faster...XD when I saw Gu up close. Official photos showed that Jay was so much cuter than Gu...-pouts-

There are a few more to list though... =X I think the best for me to know if I'd get sick of a sculpt or not is to wait for over 3 months to half a year...?

 

there have been a lot of dolls that did tis to me, DoD E-an is one, most of the Soom Monthlies, a couple of others, but the biggest was Elf Ducan

Not sure if people remember the scandal around his sale, it happened in two phases, the first one had a published date and time, bu then the company decided people were so eager to get him that they put him on sale a day early without any warning! the only people who could get him were those lucky enought o spot it! I nearly cried when I found this out, I wanted him very badly for my Devin (I already had an Elf Yder as the character but we were having "issues") When the second sale came around I tried and missed out, so I decided I would not be able to get him as aftermarket prices were rediculous (I am talking 1500 for Ducan) but I did manage to snag his body in the marketplace for a fair price. I brought that home, put the elf Yder head on it, and my god he was suddenly alive and wonderful in an entirely new way. I fell back in love with my Yder

But what of Ducan? now I look at him and think "man I am glad I dodged that bullet" the site photos are gorgeous but he seems hard for others to capture, most owner picks miss that spark, he looks flat to me. I saw one in person and well he was a lovely doll, but completely and utterly wrong for the character I wanted him for. I am totally out of love, so no pining over a doll I can't have

 

B&G Sky. Ohhh, how I wanted him, determined he'd be my second/third doll!!! Glad I waited though...the more I looked at him, the more "meh" I felt as the days went by. Now he's no longer on the wishlist, one of the few to actually leave. ^^;

The other was CP Shiwoo. I actually BOUGHT that one, and he was just fabulous when he arrived home, perfect----but then I felt he was...too girly for the character...too sweet....gosh darnit, the boy just looked TOO NICE!! Out of all the conniving/evil/sly Shiwoos in the world, and mine gave me a vibe of total and utter friendliness and compassion. .___.;;; Unfortunate really, so I sold him. Bye-bye Shiwoo, we'll look for another sculpt to represent that character... xD

 

hey effigy! ^_^ lol, yep, I remember, I practically did not sleep and kept checking the site constantly until he sold, when he was put up for sale he went sold out less than 5 minutes or so X_X;. I also remember him being $1500 at one point for second hand market prices too. Yep, I have to agree about the pictures thing, he is hard to photograph. As for me, I love my ducan but my love is greater for my kalix twins. ^_^; That's cool that your love for your elf Yder love grew alot! It sounds like a very happy ending.

My feelings for a soom monthlies always wavers in and out. They look nice and all, but then again I think, is it right for me?