Ordering many dolls at once?

I also think the fact that the dolls cost a lot of money is one thing that gives rise to this feeling that you *should* bond with each doll, *should* make sure they all have wigs and eyes and nice clothes, etc. Let's pretend the dolls were super cheap and cost only one dollar apiece. Think about the stuff you buy that costs a dollar apiece, like little dolls or little action figures. If you buy five of those for a dollar apiece, do you feel a need to "bond" with each one? Do you imbue each one with all kinds of personality and worry about loving it and caring for it? Probably not! Would anyone look askance at you for buying five all at once and say, "You should have just bought one and then after it was part of your family for a while you could maybe buy another one then"? Of course not! Would anyone think twice if you just played with one of the dollar figures and threw the other four in a box in your closet? Unlikely.

It's the cost of these dolls, in part, that makes everybody think we have to take special care with them and maybe watch how many we take in at once. I think that's kind of silly.

 

I agree. Also, I think it's their dolliness, the anthropomorphic factor, the fact that they look humanoid. If someone collects expensive cast car models, or designer handbags, he/she is not expected to "bond' with each little car or purse. Dolls, however, trick us into bestowing human qualities on them, and, by extension, on our relationship with them.

 

I don't believe you "bond" with a doll like you would a child or pet. If you want to order two or more at a time and have the funds to do so, go for it! I think dolls look cuter when they have a "friend" to play with.

 

well I ordered 5 dollfies at once. and them the 6th one.

 

I am absolutely looking forward to buying my twins at the same time. That way they're probably going to be from the same resin batch and they will get to me at the same time and really be twins you know?

I also want to save up enough to maybe eventually get quadruplets. >_>

I think if you order more than one doll at a time, it doesn't matter as long as you treat them as the unique dolls that they are.

 

The argument about bonding better with one at a time could cut both ways. If you're the sort who likes to see a lot of story and interaction between characters, you might bond better if you don't only have just one doll, because you might have a better chance to see their personalities play out in interaction with each other, and perhaps you'd feel more for them that way.

 

I've recently ordered two dolls from the same company, intending for them to be twins. I can see the argument regarding bonding with a doll before getting another, and I feel I've bonded fairly well with Helena before deciding to order a pair. For me, it really was the loneliness she seemed to hold being off on her own all of the time.

However, I know I wouldn't want to have ordered my twins seperately. Twins come into the world at the same time, so in all honesty one doesn't really get the chance to bond with one before the other arrives in real life. That's partly what makes twins so unique and interesting! Of course, like mysoultokeep said, hopefully they'll be from the same resin batch as well, and therefore match each other a bit better than if I had ordered them seperately.

 

I buy one doll at time. I'm the type who prefers to "bond" with one ^^'

 

I'm definitely a "one-at-a-time" person. I bought my first doll intending to concentrate just on him for a while, but not surprisingly the plan went out the window and I got three more in the span of about 6-8 months. But now, simultaneously working on four dolls in various states of completion (ie. making them physically match my vision) is overwhelming, what with all the energy and money to spend on face-ups, wigs and eyes, etc etc. I was even recently thinking of selling, because I just didn't have the bandwidth to devote to everyone. Thankfully I've changed my mind!

So even though there are other dolls that I'd like to get, I'm done with buying resin and will just be working on my quartet, one at a time. Seems that putting some away in their boxes while having the others out really helps keep me from being "psychically" overwhelmed. (Yeah, four dolls are a handful -- no, armful -- already. ) When I'm more satisfied with my crew then I'll start thinking about new family members, but I've learnt my lesson and any new doll will have to wait until all the others are finished before s/he comes home!

 

I've found that I appreciate them more one at a time and getting 1 new doll is nice then you have a little lapse that you can wait to spend more money lol I've only bought 2 once and that was my 2 dollfactory pigs because I wanted both colors and I didn't want to pay that big chunk for shipping another again later. It was a Christmas thing though and I paid for 1 and the other was a gift.
I think as far as bonding to me it's more of an appreciation thing that's what I call it. If I get too many at once I can't appreciate them all.

 

Generally speaking, I work on my dolls one at a time... this is mostly because I can usually only afford one at a time! There are some exceptions and bending to this rule. I've had a Glorydoll Lucy head with no body for awhile (although she DID have a body for some time), then I recently acquired a CP Moon head. He took one of my other doll's bodies, and now I'm waiting on a body for the Glorydoll head. Sometimes I work on completing two different dolls around or at the same time as one another, but I don't think it affects the way I bond with them. The only time I ever ordered two complete fulls dolls at one time and had them arrive together was when I ordered my Glorydoll Lucy and Karin. I didn't bond with the Karin and ended up selling her, but I think that would have happened regardless of ordering her with another doll.

 

I only wish I could aford to buy two dolls at once. It would feel like I was a kid again, waiting for Christmas!Also, half of the fun is often posing your dolls together... I hardly touched my poor Dollmore Dean for about two years, until my room mate got her first doll. Now I'll happily enjoy posing them for hours sometimes...

 

At the moment I'm wanting to buy four dolls at once but I'm trying to resist as I'd basically blow all my savings on them ^^; so I don't see any problem with ordering lots of dolls at once as I think it's a personal choice between you and nobody else =D

 

I have one BJDat the moment (along with other, non BJD kinds of dolls who do seem to kind of shun her a little.) and I think the poor thing does seem really lonely! I am soon going to buy her a friend! (When I have the funds) I never have enough money to buy two dollies at once, but if I did I think I would because I bond easily with my dolls, having a VERY active imagination (my dolls have life stories, personalities and likes and dislikes)

As long as your not sacrificing anything money-wise, then I think it's fine to get multiple dolls!

 

I've bought two dolls at once - they were both in-stock at a particular reseller, so why not? There's clearly no universal ethical or moral reason not to.

Which isn't to say that there might not be a personal one - if you're going into debt over it, or spending money that you'd earmarked for charity, or adding clutter to a small living space, or if you're one of the doll-parent-philosophy and really into the whole bonding thing, then I can see why someone wouldn't want to for those reasons. But if you have the money (and don't have other plans for it), have the space, and don't care about the bonding thing (or just look at it differently), then go wild!

 

I agree with a few good points. If you have the funds to purchase two dolls then go for it, especially if it is from the same company and you can save on shipping. I may be doing this soon. I am a new doll owner and just received Kiyoko 6ocm Obitsu about a month ago, she is out getting her face up right now and probably won't return for weeks and then I have to find a wig and design her some clothes. So yes I can see if you buy 2 dolls at once that would be alot of work to try and spend time with each and bond since now you have to clothe, face-up, etc 2 dolls.
Another good point I saw was about the sizes, if you have one doll size already and you like it but you want to try another size, what if when you purchase those 2 dolls in the new size you decide you don't care for it that much. Now you have 2 dolls to sell. This is what I am uncertain of myself. I would like to get a boy and girl at the same time, but I'm not sure if I should get a smaller size than Keiyoko or the same

 

I recently got a decent performance-based bonus at work. I had promised myself that if I earned it, I'd use it for something fun for a change. So I bought . . . four in a two-week period and put a deposit down on two others. *runs away*

That may have been a little excessive. But as for bonding with dolls, I'm kind of in the "what does that mean?" camp. I buy them because they are fabulous. I view them as cherished possessions. And I love to style them. But when people talk about bonding or doll families, they start to lose me a little. It may be because I'm in my 30s and no longer get emotionally attached to objects. Too much reality has sapped my imagination, unfortunately.

I think if you want to buy more than one doll at once and it's not going to wreak havoc on your finances, you should go for it. It won't take long for each of them to establish a distinctive presence, regardless of how you view them. Mine did!

 

I don't really worry, or even care about "bonding." For me, the dolls are something pretty to sit on the shelf, to paint and to clothe. Sure they have "characters," but that doesn't go much further than a name and a rough, sentence-long concept that switches with their wigs and clothes. So I don't have a problem with buying more than one. In fact, if it saves shipping, I'd encourage it.

Also, I agree with this:

Comparisons are always good. C:

 

I have bought 2 dolls at the same time- The first from the company and the second from a german BJD-forum.
I really love both of them

 

I just bought two and have planned a layaway for a third, but I've been plotting about getting these three for almost a year now - I think in my case because it was built up for so long it was pretty easy to slap down the money once I had it, but otherwise I'm with everyone else. As long as you're able to pay for your major bills and doll buying isn't putting anything into jeopardy, do as you please.