Surprisingly Positive Things People Have Said!

I mentioned my new head to my coworker and she asked if she could see the blank head. I showed her and she seemed sort of interested. When I told her later that the head was out getting painted, she seemed more excited and when I said I had gotten it back, she said "Oh! Bring it in this week! I want to see it!" So I brought it in to show her, warning her that it's not everyone's cup of tea. Her reaction was something like "Oh my gosh! That's so cool! Wow, look at the detail! Can I hold it?"

Weirdest part is that our male coworker came over to look and he kept asking all these questions about how it's made, who painted it, and even asked what the dolls are called so he could look them up later.

 

Last tuesday my mom asked me out of the blue if I wanted a Puki FS for my birthday! (might I add it's not until December, but...) She usually isn't one to get into my hobbies too much- my dad is more the one. "I noticed how much you enjoy Aine and want you to be able to pursue your interests"

Wow.

I was speechless.

 

At Easter I had my three (at the time, a floating head has gotten a body since then!) and my cousin Caroline brought her one brand-new boy. I had hers completely in pieces on the floor in the living room, hot-glue sueding and restringing him. Our grandmother (who has increasingly severe dementia) kept walking over and looking at my dolls sitting in the chair beside me, and watching me work on Caroline's, and kept saying "those are so neat!" She seemed pretty excited and exclaimed "You did it! That's so neat!" when I finally had Caroline's boy back together. I was very pleasantly surprised! I wish she was well enough to sew, or to help me learn to sew... she used to make Barbie clothes ages ago. I think having something new and interesting there helped her focus a bit better, so I may make a point to take a doll or two over some other time, too, to see how she likes them.

In fact NO ONE said anything negative about the dolls that day, which I found surprising. Some of them seemed to try to ignore that they were there, but nobody said anything negative, at least not where I could hear them.

 

Yeah, my father (who is usually a frugal miser) actually said it's a good thing I've found something I like to do. Though it's also true that he doesn't know the cost of these little beauties...

 

My mother was at first not crazy about the pricing of these dolls. I find that whenever I get one she's only resistant at first, even when buying for a close friend who gave me money to get one for her, lol (of course, as my mother, she's concerned with me or my friend not having money we may need later). But afterward, she'll be like wanting to see all the pictures of the dolls, saying it's soo pretty and suggesting where i can get clothing or stuff for it and wanting to know more about it, lol I think once it sinks in each time, she goes gah-gah over them as much as I do lol My Dad even thought it was kind of nifty ^^ as long as I don't crazy over spending lol ><;; And of course she's just as happy if I ever decided to sell them >_> lol

 

I told my boss, who also owns a professional photo studio, about the doll before I got her, and she's like :3 I would like to see her.

Then, when I did bring my girl to show them, she fell in love with it, and even asked me if she could take pictures of it, like a small portrait session lol.

I have a nice Nikon Coolpix, but it's quality can't match a Canon 5D camera ;D

 

My grandmother doesn't have dementia, but she finds it hard to get around now and rarely leaves the house so she doesn't often have new things to talk about and my other family members get tired of her She loves me bringing my dolls to visit her and she's teaching me how to knit properly for them, all I can knit are scarves

Perhaps it would help your grandma if you brought your dolls to visit sometime?

 

I don't get much opinion one way or the other. Most people I know think my dolls are pretty, but that's the extent of their reaction. The only negative things I've gotten are "It's creepy how much she looks like you" in reaction to my BF Sarang, and "I don't get why you spend so much money on it." Neither of which are that bad. Hmm, I think the most positive reaction was from a friend who now wants one, but probably won't end up buying one... I need to meet a dolly person IRL!!!

 

:> Go check out the meetup threads. There's sure to be people in your area!

 

When I got into Pullips, I got all sorts of flack from my mother. "Those big-headed things are creepy", "Why the hell do they cost so much? They don't look like they're worth that price!", "The mold is the SAME every single time, just get baits and do the face ups yourself!" She didn't like them much. Of course, I was afraid to tell her I wanted to sell them all, and "switch sides", collecting BJDs instead. I was shaking when I made her go to the websites to see the prices!

But she asked a few questions -- if they retained their value better than Pullips, if resin was better than vinyl, how big they were... after she looked at a few sculpts, she declared, "You were a doll collector. Now you're going to be an art collector. Resin art. These things are lovely, they're works of art!" She's extremely supportive of my saving up for one! And, even more shocking, didn't even flinch when I told her I would probably get more than that. :3

 

I haven't shown my one and only girl to anyone yet ...because I didn't want to hear a negative comment ...so it's good to hear some nice things are being said LOL

 

I thought it was absolutely wonderful when sat in Frankie and Benny's in Notts, another customer there leaned over to our mini meet and told us that our dolls were the most beautiful and pretty dolls she'd ever seen.
My aunt's reaction to Tami on Saturday was unexpected, I assumed she'd react the way she does to everything else I like, a slight whiff of superiority and that little smirk that tells me she thinks its silly. But nope, she had her sitting on her lap, complimenting me on my sewing (I made her jeans and a corset ) and how pretty she was. Total shock! Same with my mum!

 

I recently went to a meet-up at our city's gardens. The ladies working at the front desk couldn't believe how well they posed, and how customizable they are. I even took my Shiwoo's wig off...then her headcap...then her whole head to show her. They still thought it was awesome.

There were some older ladies wandering around the gardens too. They were thrilled to think about "dolls coming back in style". And they loved all the small details in the sculpts.

 

"It's the cutest thing i've ever seen"

aww and yes my friend is officially hooked!

 

My favorite positive comment was when I was actually unboxing my Dollfie Dream with several of my family watching to see exactly what I'd spent so much money on. I was nervous enough since I was trying to be very careful not to break anything without all the looks of "Why exactly did he buy a DOLL?" My sister asked my nephew (he's 3) what he thought and he said "She's beautiful!" That pretty much offset all the negative stuff from everyone else.

 

I got my first doll a week ago and since then my grandma has been really extra nice to him. O_O
I was totally suprised because she's such the prudish old lady type and she never showed any interest in him or dolls before he got here. But now she's offered to sew clothes and whenever she sees him she says, "Ooooh, So beautiful..." in her adorable Polish accent.
She calls him her "baby" and has been hiding him so that my grandpa doesn't touch him and get him dirty.

This is totally great because I haven't showed him to any of my friends or taken him out in public yet, so it's nice to know that someone at home supports me even if I get dissed by someone else.

 

Whenever I have meet-ups at the Morikami, sooooo many elderly people and there grandchildren are fascinated by the dolls, and love to ask questions and learn about them!

 

I brought Grey to school one day to do a short photo shoot in the field. Most of my school mates were all over him with their hands trying to strip him of his clothing but one girl surprisingly defended him and tried to get them to give him a decent amount of respect by leaving his clothing alone! Even though she failed and I had to blow my top to get them to leave him alone.

She even commented that he was beautiful and even after she found out about the price, she smiled and told me that he was worth the money! I was so happy and it really made my day!

 

My family has only seen my pictures of my doll, as I'm an "adult" and live on my own. The last few times I've been over for family dinners, they always ask why I didn't bring him along.

Also I have a client who works for a pretty famous antique doll dealer. She herself doesn't like dolls at all (she finds them all creepy). One day I had photos with me at work so I decided to show her. She's been a client for a long time, so we have a very good relationship, the sort where we can be honest about things, even if they are critical. I said, "Oh I know you don't like dolls, but I wanted to show you mine." She looked at the photos for a long time then quietly said how absolutely beautiful he was. Then she said she wished I would have been able to show him to her boss, the antique doll collector, who, sadly, had passed away the week before. It was a bittersweet thing.

 

"Well, at least he looks like a boy" -my mum

she knows she loves him