Ordering many dolls at once?

I think it definitely has the potential to harm with bonding, but that does not have to be the case.

I bought a doll and not long after, my girlfriend bought me a doll. I'm still waiting on the gift boy, but I do worry that I will not bond with him as much as I do with the one I only just acquired. I've had my first boy's head for a week now, and his body and some accessories just came today! (They're sitting unopened on the floor because I'm waiting for my girlfriend to come home from work. Oh, what torture!) I already love my current boy so much and he is still coming together, so I can hardly imagine another resin kid just yet! That being said, I've spent most of my doll time with my girlfriend's doll because while my head came with a faceup that I'm not keen on erasing any time soon, my girlfriend's doll came completely blank with the need to restringing and sueding, so I've been spending a lot of time with her and not with my head. I feel like he and I will bond better when I attach him to his body tonight, but I feel close to him already. I don't know how I will handle a third doll in this house! I know I will love him, though, however long it takes.

 

I just got my first bjd today, and have another on layaway that I could conceivably payoff if I wanted. I was debating it, but after receiving my Puki today I decided I'm going to wait. Perhaps it could be a bonding thing, I'm glad I'll have some time to enjoy this little guy on his own. But I simply couldn't be more thrilled, so I rather save the excess thrill of a second doll for when I need it.

 

I for one have ordered up to 3 dolls at around the same time....And honestly....I had no problems bonding with my dolls at all

If anything it was like Christmas and the best Birthday Party ever rolled up in one when the three arrived in the same week. I don't understand how on earth buying multiple dolls at once would effect your ability to bond with the dolls.

I can see no ethical or moral issues here unless your purchase causes issues with you paying bills/rent/buying food etc.

 

I never thought I'd be doing it, but here I am doing it now. By the end of this month, I'd have ordered 3 dolls in about 2 months OTL
This is my first time doing such a thing, so I don't know how I'm going to feel about them when they're all here. I do think there'll be a chance that I might not bond with the later two (*is biased to the first*), but I'll have about a month between them so it might be alright xD

 

I find I bond better if there's a time lapse between dolls but the bigger thing for me is if I order both dolls... can I afford to complete BOTH their characters in a short time frame. If I can buy one and afford the correct wig, eyes and atleast one really good outfit, I would rather have that than 2 dolls who don't look how they're supposed to. That's all personal preference though. I think as long as you're being responsible monetarily and not say putting off repaying someone or your bills - then people can whine but there's really nothing to back it.

 

Well I posted back on 6-18-10 and on June 26 I made an order to RS for 2 dolls I should received them mid August. I splurged for my birthday, my boyfriend bought one for me and I bought the second. It was wonderful because now I'm saving on shipping! I decided on RS Rong body with Mei head in Sky Blue and RS Mai in Coffee. I'm hoping the will look wonderful together as Kitiblu(girl) is Tacmota's (boyMai) girlfriend. I'm kinda silly and am going to make them into little mini me's of my boyfriend and I...lol...RS was wonderful and got back to me quickly by email when I had questions. I will definitely do this again if I expand my family. Now though time to focus on my first girl Kiyoko (Obitsu 60cm) she is finally going to have her faceup tomorrow and I'll be able to start working on her clothing. She will be finished in plenty of time to welcome the new arrivals!

 

Wow. I'm surprised that I haven't posted here regarding my craziness. Last December, I made a big order for an upcoming convention, and I ended up ordering 4 dolls ( 3 MSDs, 1 Yo) for myself along with all of the other items. Needless to say, I saved on shipping( ended up figuring it out as an average price of $2.13 per item, quite nice for over $1000 worth of stuff) but I found it difficult to bond with all of them when they arrived at once. I bonded with my Yo immediately, and one MSD and I bonded later when I brought him along to a friend's house ( one of my friends really wanted to see him.) The other two I had some initial problems with, but after a few weeks they bonded fine. I'm currently in the process of ordering 2 more at the same time, and I don't think I'll have any problems bonding with the two of them. Unfortunately, after that I can't see myself getting more than maybe one or two other dolls, unless something comes along that really amazes me.

 

Hmm... well, I'm not sure how it's going to turn out but I have recently done this... Granted I ordered the two a couple weeks apart and from different companies so they wont likely arrive at the same time (or, I don't know, maybe they will O.o Mostly this was accomplished because one is a 'tax return dolly' and the other is a 'gift' to myself for a job promotion (hence, a raise!) LOL it's amazing the excuses I use to validate getting a new addition to my family! But in all seriousness, I would not have done so if I could not afford them or if paying for them hurt me financially in other ways.

Like many others have posted, so long as it doesn't interfere with what is really important in life then that's what really matters!

 

I think it's perfectly acceptable to have more than one doll coming in. For me, I'll have three dolls coming in at once, and they're all dolls that I really like after seeing owner pics. If I end up not liking one, I don't think that would be from ordering too many (because then they'll have to go off to get face-ups, etc, so I'll have some time in between with them individually). Sometimes, you may just find you don't like the doll as much as you thought you would.

 

I semi-recently ordered two at once, in part because they're from the same company so it was convenient, and in part because they *go* together, and I would feel sad making one of them wait at home for me to buy the other. I didn't have that problem with Vince, because he's... self-sufficient? Or at least he doesn't seem lonely just having me for company, or hanging out with my sister's doll.

I don't think it will negatively impact my ability to bond with them when they arrive-- in fact, I think it will help, since I'll be able to jump right into photographing them together and working out their story. The fact that they're sort of a unit makes me think I might have had a harder time bonding with just half of the duo than I will with both of them together.

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Anneko

 

If I could buy more than one doll at once, I'd do it in a heartbeat. I don't see it as selfish at all. What makes buying them at different times different from buying them together?

You risk the same bonding problems as you would an individual doll.

 

I don't see any difference whether you buy several dolls you like at defferent times or at once if you can afford them of course. Also because the producing period and delivery is not the same, it doesn't make much problems on my feeling to each. I have once ordered 4 within one month and they arrived respectively in 3 months. I felt hopeful everyday in that period~

 

I don't see a problem with it at all.

 

When I first started the hobby, I bought 10 dolls within a month. Out of those ten dolls, only one remains. I think buying so many at once really harmed the ability to bond with them all. I chose my favorite and only really played with her. There were two others I favored as well, and they lasted the longest, but even they're gone now. So now it's just me and Hikaru. I think I just bought a bunch that I thought I'd like. Not ones that I had to have. From now on, I'm selecting my dolls more discriminately, and only one or two at a time. I don't want to keep selling them off.

 

I don't see anything wrong with buying them all at once especially they're the ones you had been eyeing on forever and never had the funds to purchase them before hand. If you had not then as long as you know they're the ones you're going to die of heart ache if you don't get them. Also get them after taking sometime to decide. (like a week or two) I think checking out owner pictures also helps especially, or go to a doll meet to see the dolls for yourself.

 

I myself have not having two dolls arrive at once or around the same time. I usually concentrate on one over the other initially
however, that goes away quickly.
~Michelle~

 

I must say I've had some trouble with this. I've had dolls arrive in pairs on a few occasions and it has often marred my feelings for one of the two. I'd tend to compare and favor one over the other and end up selling the odd one out I try to avoid adopting in pairs or groups for this reason. When it comes down to it my doll family is a mixed bag but I don't compare them and find any more interesting than the others because I was able to establish bonds with each of them separately and didn't fall into the trap I mentioned earlier of comparing and favoritism. Its a silly thing I'm going to be more aware of for the future. I also wanted to share this with everyone so that you all might be aware of it in case you find yourselves having fallen into the same trap.

 

The only dolls I have ever bought separately are the first and the second one (uhm... well, at least I wasn't planning on buying the second one right after having bought the first, and it took about 2-3 months between the arrivals). The rest of my crew seems to come in badges - even if I don't want to 0__o" *coughgiftheadscough*
I've had both positive and negative experience when buying several dolls at a time.
I ended up selling my PKF Ante, even though I have been waiting for her for almost 4 months - she arrived two or three weeks after my Soom Appini (bought much later). The latter turned out to be the perfect doll, and there was just no thrill left for the poor Ante. The Galena head that arrived just a week after Ante is still with me, and I am finally searching for a body.
Recently, I ended up getting 4 dolls (well, technically 2 dolls and 2 floating heads). The dolls are adored and spoiled to bits, and I will be getting the bodies for the bodiless horsmen sometime in the near future (:

So I guess it really depends on the situation and maybe on your personal attitude. If you can enjoy several things at a time, why not?

 

I don't think there is anything WRONG with buying more than one at a time. Although, i do believe in bonding with a doll. I was in such a hurry to get a new doll, that yes, sometimes i forget i even have one. So i decided to bond with Sophie more, i even gave her a new faceup, and she has become my dream doll. So i am glad i got a chance to bond with her, and if i did get another doll, i wouldnt have been able to do what i have done for sophie. I learned that dolls are very personal and when you take the time to give a little bit of yourself to them, its amazing. I feel more comfotable buying another doll knowing that i have done everything i can for the doll i already have

 

I usually prefer to purchase my dolls one at a time, thereby giving some one on one time with them. However saying that I've also purchased two or more at the same time. In some of those cases the dolls just screamed to me that they just belonged together in others I found over time I prefered one over the other.