That moment when you first open the box

Well, they ARE beautiful things, bjds! I think that's what makes me spend so much money on them... they just are SO AMAZING!!! Even dolls I don't own and don't even care to own and am seeing just in a photo--they will often take my breath away.

 

It's so exciting when you are able to finally open them and see their faces that first time! ^.^

 

It was his face and how heavy he was that really struck me and made me fall in love. Especially after I too had to wait 2 years before I finally ordered him

 

I think the first "personal meeting" with BJD-dolls gives this type of reaction to everyone who was a collector of other types of dolls before, this is something intuitively.

 

BJDs are special in that way for me, they make me feel like a little girl at Christmas all over again! I collect other things as well, but nothing else is as exciting as opening a new BJD

 

There's just something about these dolls! I've opened a couple and had a sort of meh reaction, but most dolls are received with squees of excitement
A couple of my dolls have evoked a very strong reaction, like my Volks F-32. She's my grail doll and I looked for her for years before finding one! When I opened her box I just melted and immediately thought, "This doll will never leave me, even if I'm living in a box!" My first Angel Egg doll was literally gut-wrenching, in a good way! I was speechless & breathless when I opened her. She's another that will be with me always. There's nothing like opening that box & getting a whiff of resin. It's the best feeling!

 

I had that moment with my second doll.
I did not expect to like that specific doll so much, because it was an impulse-buy. So, I was very happy about it.
Because so much money goes to buy them, when a new doll arrives is always exciting.

 

When i first got my boy and when i saw his face, i spazzed!!! even without a faceup my bow was adorable!!! His pic on the site was alrdy very pretty but he is another whole new meaning of pretty when i saw him for the first time plus he is my first doll!! ^^ i clicked with him instantly XD~

 

I was at school when my boy had arrived. So I was antsy all throughout my classes until I was able to go home.

My first reaction when I opened his box was, "He's so cute!... And so naked... And so bald... "
But after clothing and putting a wig on him, I thought he looked just as ephemeral as he did in the company's photos of his mold.

 

I probably dipped in this thread before, but I'd like to change my answer to the a more accurate 'frustration' because the 'it's not finished yet!!!!' feel I get constantly.

 

This happened to me! With Angelo, I was completely enthralled with him as soon as I opened his box. I was just stunned. Now, of course, I realize that he's an ugly bald doll. But that first glance was just amazing. Tessie was also a wonderful and stunning box opening. I opened her up, sat her in my hand, and just stared going "ooooo" and "ahhhhhh". Poor Lily didn't have a box opening. I bought her in person from a friend.

 

It's always nice to see your doll in person, especially when you've been waiting for months. I don't hold as much enthusiasm for my box openings these days, at least, nothing like the early ones, but I still find myself in awe when admiring the craftsmanship.

 

I love watching unboxing videos and seeing/hearing people's reactions to their doll. It always makes me smile

I was sleeping when my doll showed up. I shot out of bed to go open the box but if anybody had been watching me they probably wouldn't have thought I was very excited because I just woke up and was still in dreamland. I was excited though and I feel kind of bad that I wasn't fully awake so I could squee like everyone else. Seems kind of like a waste.

I think I would have been dyyying of anguish waiting for the UPS guy to show up if I was awake anyway, so it's probably best that I was asleep :-p

 

My heart usually leaves my chest and camps in my head so everything is pounding. And then the shaking usually begins. This will happen with every new doll Its a thrill!

 

I almost cried when I opened Leah, no joke. I was only half-expecting to actually get her. She was my first doll, too.

When I received Cord's head in the mail, I was SO EXCITED. It wasn't as cool because he wasn't a full doll--there's something about taking them out of the box and holding them--but it was still amazing.

I just can't wait to get Michael!

 

My first box was opened in front of me and scrutinized by stern Customs officials ^^; But really, even then my face flushed badly and I couldn't help but whisper "He's so big"

Made a beeline home and spent an hour holding him in some sort of meditative stupor. I remember thinking I honestly couldn't believe he was home with me especially when I got him earlier than I anticipated.

It's an amazing feeling and I look forward to more box openings in the future! They're magical

 

I was a little bit...nonplussed with my doll when she arrived, the pictures on the company site didn't show that she had visible teeth and I was a little bit unsure if I liked it or not but the more I got to play with her the more I loved her. My real OMG moment actually came today when I put a different wig on her and changed her outfit and it was like this weird moment where the planets aligned and I realised just how much I loved her.

My second doll arrived earlier this month and I was instantly in love with her, like WHAM total adoration for her. I was shaking so badly when I opened the box that my fiance had to take the pictures for the box opening, mine would have been all blurry.

 

I love box openings! It's been a different experience every time. Jubes was my first and she looked just like the photos. I spent a good amount of time just staring at her lovely face. Jono was my first SD boy and when the box came in, I freaked out a little. I knew he'd be big but the package almost came up to my hip!

 

I agree, I wasn't really satisfied with DF-H's LingFeng when I saw him on the company's pictures, I didn't like his waist and the face-up he had but since I didn't want to spend so much money on my first abjd because I was afraid I would leave the hobby or if the abjd wasn't what i expected it to be. But I had wrong! Like wow, when he came and I opened the box...
I didn't mind his sculpt, I didn't mind the waist at all and when I saw his face-up,(I ended up ordering it) It was perfect. I couldn't believe I've waited so long for him to arrive and that I finally had him home. I've been watching youtube videos with people who unbox their adorable abjd's and I'm so happy I finally have him. I still stare at him a little too much but I can't help myself haha.

 

The thing I always find that a real life box opening can capture that no amount of photos online can is the size and weight of BJDs. I own mostly 68cm dolls, and it's just endlessly amazing to me how much presence such large dolls have. Photos on my laptop screen can never do justice to them.