Love at first sight?

My Doll Love Kaja Vish. As soon as I saw his company photos I was sunk. He almost became my first doll but instead sat on the back burner for a few months before I started a layaway with ACBJD, and during that time I had a few tinies sneaking in.

 

Supia doll Tabitha...cant stop thinking about it!

 

Every doll I buy is a love at first sight - and keep loving after that to even consider buying one. Currently my big one I just fell for is Dreaming Doll’s Limmu. Already has a character in my head and the whole nine yards. This would be my first 70cm doll if I do go ahead and get him instead of getting a body for a floating head of mine.

 

Almost every doll I end up buying I instantly love. I will say Doll Chateau Alberta is the doll that finally broke me down and turned me from an admirer to a collector. She was so bizarre and represented a kind of bjd I hadn't seen before. I think human sculpts are often gorgeous, but the fantasy sculpts that have an uncanny and some what unsettling beauty are something else and I just can't resist them!

Dream Valley dolls are my weakness these days, I fall in love with so many of them.

 

Aki_aa on Instagram posted some shots of her Volks FCS F100, and they inspired me to order my own FCS in this sculpt.

 

This has happened to me twice actually! Once with Volks SD-F-59 (Saki) and the second time with Switch Ajeong Closer, I couldn't stop thinking about both of them after seeing them

 

I did a few weeks ago (after being in the hobby for about 10 years), even though I never thought it would happen to me. The sculpt I fell in love with is Elf Meadow from The Trinket Box by Kim Arnold.

 

I will never forget this doll, and it is killer I can't remember enough detail to try to look her up.


Years ago, back in the mid 90s, there was a picture of this doll in the local yellow pages, which I'm assuming was a resin girl, on a vintage bicycle. She had a slight smile on her face, black and white striped stocking, a black dress, and wavy red hair. Her eyes might have been green, but I can't recall. I knew that I could have never gotten my parents to get me something like that, so I didn't bother even asking.


A friend shared a picture of Super Dollfie Marie Antoinette and I was floored. From what I can remember, the expression is pretty close especially the wider eyes. So, now I have my first resin girl on the way to me in March. Not sure if I will like her as my collection is mostly vinyl, but I can't wait to see her in person.


I still wish I knew what kind of doll that was in that phone book just for curiosity sake.

 

I’m definitely the kind of person that instantly falls in love with dolls when I see pics. There’s really only been one time that I thought I didn’t like a doll, but when I saw her in a different skin tone and faceup that I realized I loved her potential.

 

To be honest, when I was considering my first doll. I found Ringdoll and was thinking about getting Lexi or maybe Cryan. I liked them well enough considering my favorite Ringdoll doll hasn't been produced in more than a handfull of years, when one day, when I was browsing Alice's Collections, I found out about a company called Loong Soul.
When I first laid my eyes on Dong Jun, I was instantly hooked. If Lexi or Cryan only resonated with me for 60%, Dong Jun ticked all the boxes and even the ones I didn't know I was biased against.
I waited for weeks to make sure it wasn't some sort of 'puppy love' connection, but when I didn't look at his company photo's or even saw any BJD related news for a month and after weeks, when I allowed myself to explore doll content again, I saw him again, the connection was just as strong as before and I knew for sure that he was the doll for me.
I was a little sad I missed the pre order period for his other fullset with the styled wig, but I allowed myself to get another wig to try and mimic his hairstyle so hopefully, I can make him wear his gorgeous crown.
The wait is agonizing, but totally worth it.
I'm still looking for his specific styled wig from the other fullset, but no luck so far...

 

I love all of my dolls and I have of course and I've bought them for a reason, but three of the major "Oh my god they're so perfect I'm in love I need them" dolls are SiCang's Ahe (which I've recently acquired), and then Illusion Garden's Unicorn Yuli and Soom's Vampire Gluino (Both of which I don't have yet)

 

Sha from Dream of Doll. He was my very first BJD ever but sadly I don't own him anymore.

 

Was he the one that went with Delphine? I’ve always wanted her. She’s one of those grails I love but will never have.

 

@Disir Darkness Kalix was with Delphine. They were the gray vampires. Sha was with Tender Shall in a priest/nun theme.

 

Oh ok! I couldn’t remember, it’s been so long since I looked at them now!

 

Sometimes, but mostly I will views different face up to double check. Some doll like Narmor I love it until it got face up and it is my favourite doll for two years.

 

Love at first sight for me had to be my Dollshe Hound. I have several others that do qualify as love at first sight, but I didn't even give a second thought to ordering him. he is quite yellow now from over 15 years of love and enjoyment but he is still stunning to me.

 

I feel like that is almost a requirement for me to purchase a doll. If I don't have that immediate, almost gut reaction to a doll, then I rarely give them a second thought, much less think about them long enough to consider buying.

One of the first BJDs I ever bought, RingDoll's Raven, did that for me. It was his face sculpt, that little smirk, that sold me. It was so different than the usual "hot boy" look I see on most male/boy dolls, and it just gave him such a fun personality. To date, he's still my only male doll.

 

The first time I saw an Idealian Hyperon I knew he was the one for me. And at the time I was looking for a scar faced boy and Soom just launched a hyperon scar faced. I almost had to sell him due to financial problems, but luckily I didn't have to and I still own him.

 

This is an interesting thing/feeling - Astrid was not a doll I felt in love with first sigh...I purchased her in December, blank! Because maskcat had her in stock. when she arrive I was not excite to see no face so had to work on her face up, and my god! I love this girl now!!! she's soooooooo beautiful!