Most expensive doll you bought? Least expensive doll you bought?

I first saw my "grail" Dollfie back in 2014, when she was first released. It was love at first sight! Back then, I only added resin BJDs to My Crew, I was like "I can't see my self paying as much or more for a mere vinyl doll."

Jump to December 2022, eight years later.

After a series of terrible life events, I took the advise of a very learned friend who said, "You've had it rough lately. You should do something nice for yourself." So, late one night, I decided to look around and get myself a doll. I found my grail, but she was super expensive, like she has been ever since I first missed out on her. After messaging two different sellers and having my "Make an Offer" offers rejected, I finally broke down and used a credit card to get her from a third seller, and for less. Luckily for me, she was still Mint In Box! I even managed to find some super-expensive outfits for her.

All in all, I paid nearly $1300 for my Volks Dollfie Dream Hatsune Miku. She is SD size.

Looking at my notes, it seems that my cheapest doll is my (DIM) Doll In Mind Minimee Hellsing: Alucard head and (On Topic) 2014 Mirodoll 68cm boy body. I paid $150 for his head and $200 for his body, for a total of $350. One of my biggest dolls is also one of my cheapest.

Ryu

 

The most expensive was definitely my Volks Hermione (who I'll probably sell once she comes in...) at $1,200 USD.

My least expensive is my Bobobie/Resinsoul Yu at $70. Incidentally, she's one of my favorites.

 

My most expensive is my favorite, SD Lieselotte.

My cheapest was free and I gave her away years ago. The cheapest I paid money for is my SF Hana who is generally ignored, but still cute.

 

Most expensive was an Unoa Older Sister that came with all the faceplates and everything, so about 47cm? Bought her for around $800 after shipping. And the cheapest I've bought has been a Resinsoul Ya, so about $180 with shipping. She is a 42cm. Both are MSDs, but one had considerably more within the order than the other, as well as being from a well-established artist whose dolls are harder to get a hold of.

 

Most expensive is kind of a tie between my Charm Doll Victoria and my Mayakdolls Ichi, since I paid more for her head than I have for some complete dolls, and then I had to get her a body. My current cheapest is probably my Fairytale Silicon boy; he’s preloved, yellow and floppy, but I adore him.

 

Priciest I believe was my Black Cherry Dolls Zeri, who might have crossed the $500 line. Cheapest? Huajing Doll Tian Ni at around $230 if I remember correctly. I love them both and each has their pros and cons beyond price point, but I always find it so funny that Tian Ni is my best poser of the bunch!

 

So far my most expensive doll is my Fifth Motif Venitu, that I bought second hand in 2015. I wish he will stay at this place forever! I do not want to pay that much for a doll again.
And the cheapest is my ex Custom House Raffy (or my Custom House Darea, I'm not sure). I got it for around $50-$70 when Ai doll made crazy events in 2010 or 2011.

 

My most expensive was a Doll Chateau Dora (peach skin, blank), for $349.

My least expensive was a Bobobie Isabella (normal skin, with faceup), for $98.

Both are 1/6 scale.

 

My most expensive was Lati Yellow Lara full set at $440. Least expensive was Pukifee Luna, second hand for $150.

 

$100USD for my highly unevenly faded tan Littlefee with face-up
$550USD for my Frappzilla Alula blank

 

My most expensive doll was Volks Suiseiseki, she was $2100, followed by my Volks Charlotte, I bought her here second hand just after her first release and she was $1600, but I do not regret it! These girls together with my Volks Miruku are my favorite after so long!!
The cheapest was a Doll Love doll I do not even remember his name, it was a YoSD size and it was about $80, about 13 years ago now.

 

Well, my last post was 2018, time to update it!

• The cheapest doll I have purchased was my Angel Elf Soo from YJapan for around $350 with shipping. Both of her ears were broken off, but I've repaired them since then.
• The most expensive dolls I've purchased is a toss up between three. Soom Heliot, DC Apocalypse, and Peakswoods Gumiho Neo. All of them were $1,000+ after shipping.

 

My most expensive was a 1/6 zuzu26 lio romance at $322 (purchased face up and brown skin)

My least expensive was a 1/6 resinsoul/bobobie Isabella at $98 which I used to practice restringing, taking the head off, switching eyes, etc. (No longer have her)

 

My most expensive doll is currently on layaway as we speak (drat my budget anyway!) She is the very limited re-release of the mermaid, Dollzone Sawarieda. I found a dealer with generous layaways which will enable me to bring this particular grail of mine home at last, otherwise I could never have made the dream of owning her come true. I was able to get her in a very limited purple skin tone, and her price tag came to roughly $1200.

My cheapest was an old Volks MSD F-01 from 2004 that I picked up many years later in the second-hand marketplace here in DoA. She was unevenly yellowed (fully disclosed by the seller of course.) But I was looking for a 1/4 doll to do a white Mexican “day of the dead” faceup on, so she was perfect. She only cost $85…what a bargain!

 

I had only spent around $450 on my first doll for the head and body, I never thought it would be possible to spend more than that. Last January I blew through $1000 on my grail thinking I was ridiculous and I could never possibly do that again (and boy I was sooooo wrong).
$1600 on an aftermarket Vocaloid Len Dollfie in September only for him to rerelease for retail sometime this year
$1600 is my limit now, never going over that haha

 

My cheapest (non event add on) doll would be my Bobobie Elfkin who was just under 100 with wigs (2), eyes, and eye putty, my most expensive would probably be my Doll Chateau Charon fullset who was about 650 including shipping and if it hadn't been for layaway I wouldn't have afforded her.

 

Narmor and River from soom are the most expensive for me, now. The cheapest will be sezz from ios, they have discount at that time 100USD per head! Then I spend about 100USD for sezz's body.

 

expensive: second hand minifee maya.
it was really overpriced for used doll. but i was "i_want_minifee_right_now", so paid for it it was really stupid purchase.

cheapest: myou doll michelle.
my second second hand bjd. body i wanted, head i wanted, even with company face up. ~185$ with shipping included. fine for used (but not used) doll with few days (not months) of waiting.

 

Most expensive was my Lolita Soony, at $950 (totally totally worth it!)

Least expensive full doll was my most recent, a Delf Yder, at $300.

 

Oooh.

My most expensive doll is a Magic Mirror Levon, who between exchange rates and shipping came to about $700. I don’t regret it at all though. He’s easily my favorite doll and came with eyes and an artist faceup.

My cheapest was my Doll Leaves Berg, who I also really really love!