Moving Dolls Across Country?

I keep my dolls in their original boxes when I need to move them. I sometimes wrap their fingers and toes, especially if I know someone else might happen to pick the boxes up and move them (although this is unlikely, I don't leave them to be moved by other people and I put them in the backseat of my car when I drive from the old place to the new one). Other than that, I don't do much. I try to keep all wigs, clothes, and accessories in one box.

 

I have the original boxes for most of my dolls, but if I didn't, I think I'd just put face protectors on, wrap them like mummies in bubble wrap, and stack them in the back seat of my car to transport them myself. No way would I turn them over to a moving company, so all they'd really need would be basic protection from rubbing against each other.

 

I packed mine carefully in their boxes and put them in my backseat. I had one sitting on my passenger seat with a blanket over him.

I didn't move very far though. Six miles.

 

well I traveled my dolls from China to US, usually I will keep the head in the small gift box with paper towel and mask cover and put in my carry on case, and put the body in the suitcase with bubble wrap, but if you have paint on body I guess you need to have paper towel wrap the body first before you put on bubble wrap, it may take your paint off during travel. Good luck on your trip!

 

When I moved from Ohio to Connecticut, I placed all of my Crew that had boxes in their shipping boxes, and my MSDs in my 70cm boy's carry bag, making sure to use any and all face masks that I had, securing them with rubber bands to their heads. The ones that didn't have face masks, I wrapped in soft wash cloths. I used bubble wrap on delicate hands. I made sure that my Crew were all well-padded with pillows, blankets and towels when I placed their boxes in the Mom's Attic part of the 26' long U-haul truck. I propped up my dining room table and other things, blocking the Mom's Attic area so that my Crew couldn't slide around, then loaded the rest of my things into the truck. I don't think things shifted at all during the move, there was so much stuff in the truck. IIRC, at the time, I had 14 dolls, but I only had boxes for around 9-11 of them. Floating heads were wrapped in towels or wash cloths, then into a backpack. I didn't want anyone to think that I had money or anything in my backpack, so they went on the passenger side floor of the U-haul.

The full dolls that didn't have boxes, I put on the passenger seat of the moving truck with me, along with my four cats in their carriers. I made sure to seat belt everyone in, both resin and feline, and drove carefully the entire way.

When I needed to stop at rest stops, I made sure that I parked away from cars, and closer to all the semi trucks, since many truckers tend to keep an eye on each other. Whenever I needed to leave the truck to go inside the rest stops, I made sure to lock everything up, hurry in and then back to the truck.

Due to circumstances beyond my control (exhaustion from moving most of a house by myself), it took me about two days to arrive, which means whenever I needed to sleep, I slept in the cab of the truck, along with my cats and dolls. It wasn't a difficult trip, but I hate moving, so it was a PITA to pack and then unpack the truck. Luckily, my partner and one of his brothers helped me once I arrived!

My Crew all made the journey safe and sound. I dread moving again, since between my partner and I, we now have close to 30 dolls!

Ryu