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That one turn-off

Aug 2, 2012

    1. Sometimes the company's photos and the faceup. Thankfully I'm able to see owners photos and just remove the face up.
       
    2. I don't like it when the level of maturity in the face and the body don't seem to match and you can't buy one without the other.
       
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    3. This is actually really random compared to a lot of other people on this thread but noses. Tiny little pinched bridges over long, thin noses that look like they'll snap off in a stiff breeze. Give me a strong, equilline nose if it's going to be pointy, or a rounded, wide nose if it's going to be flat.

      Also, I would like dolls that translate into other ethnicities. I'm trying to shell a character at the moment of African (father) and Indian (mother) heritage, and I can't find any tan dolls that look anything more than a European or Asian heritage character with a suntan. I've been turned off so many sculpts because the don't look the heritage I want them to.
       
    4. Really big boobs and dolls with teeth.
      I can't really put my finger on why but if they have teeth it weirds me out.
      Oh yes and open mouths. It's kind of cute for some dolls like Pukifee Pong Pong but I still wouldn't want one.
      With more mature looking dolls though it creeps me out.
       
    5. Philtrums that are too long
      Bobbleheads
      Fuller lower lips
      Large gaping mouths
      Large boobies
      Ripped bodies but skinny arms
       
    6. It's all about the mouth for me, I think. I don't like it when the lips are too big (on males at least) or if the face-up makes them too dark.
      I'm not a big fan of the vampire trend either.
       
    7. Oh, I have so very many "single turn-offs". (And yet I have a whole bunch of dolls! So it's manageable ;D...)

      Profiles. If the profile isn't beautiful, I won't even consider the doll, though it looks fine in frontal view.

      Noses. I like a well-defined nose, and whereas I like different shapes, there are some shapes I hate with a passion and which can ruin a sculpt for me.

      Hands and feet. I won't consider a body if I don't like its hands and feet.

      Magnetic boy bits. DON'T WANT. Because they fall off, which is utterly embarrassing for the boy in question.

      Really large boobies. Medium size is already quite large; Large and Glamour busts are total no-nos for me.

      There are probably even more things I'm just not thinking of right now...
       
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    8. I don't like it when a doll is not consistent in it's sculpt. Like when it has a sweet teenage boy's face, and a totally ripped body with big hands full of veins! Or when it has a very muscular torso, but arms that look like twigs. Or a really sweet, young girls head on a very sexy, adult body. I like it when it's obvious the sculptor had a very strong vision and idea for their doll, and worked out every little detail according to that concept. Oh, and I don't like how most SD boy bodies are so muscular! Only one of my boys has a character for who it makes sense that he is muscular, the rest of them are supposed to be slender and not have sixpacks. Besides, I líke slender boy bodies : )
       
    9. I'm really new to dolls, but I've been neurotically reading and researching and deciding on future dolls lately and have come to some conclusions.

      I really don't like ridiculously muscled dolls that look top heavy. I'm not really into extreme muscles anyway. I do like some of the more masculine dolls that have muscle definition and are still slim. But I've seen some with huge shoulders that I just don't like.

      I'm kind of picky about mature bodies as a general rule. But I definitely have a preference to more childish dolls, so I also dislike mature bodies and childish heads.
       
    10. My biggest one is bobble heads. Heads being way too big to possibly be believable, especially on some tinies.
       
    11. I've got quite a few turn-offs, but the main ones are really big eyes, really big lips, and stylized sculpts whose faces look like they've been squished, sometimes perched on realistic-looking bodies. Too much of a visual dissonance for me.
       
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    12. Ankle joints. I will seriously not consider a doll AT ALL if I don't like the ankles. Everything else can be perfect, but if those ankles are flared out to accommodate a joint then nope.

      I'm so weird.
       
    13. It's got to be huge boobs for me. They weird me out o____O


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    14. I can't stand male dolls with enormous hands. When everything else is perfectly proportioned but the hands are like monkeys XD I guess being out of proportion is my turn off. Except for eyes, I :aheartbea big eyes :)
       
    15. I need to add to this list...

      Blocky, ugly and\or unstable double-joints. I would rather have a single joint than an ugly or unstable double-joint.
      If the doll can't stand because of the double-joints, they're a deal-breaker.

      Mouths. I have a thing about mouths. I don't mind a thin mouth, but an odd shape really bugs me. There is a particular doll (I will not name) that has the worst mouth...I hate it. It's the biggest turn-off I can think of. I'm not sure what I want in a mouth, because I really do like a variety, but I know what I don't like, and it's one of the first things I look at on a doll.

      Also, profile. This is another thing I don't really know what I like but I know what I don't like. That was one of the things on my first doll I really cared about...and honestly, his profile is one of my favorites ever. I've noticed several companies that don't really show this angle (the same company that makes what is IMO the worst mouth on a doll, rarely shoes every angle of their sculpts, especially profiles. Needless to say I don't own any of their dolls...).
       
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    16. There's several things that bug me:
      Noses - if they look just tacked on there or they are an odd shape.
      Ears - if they have almost zero detail.
      Boobs - again, they can't look tacked on there, like someone just cut a sphere in half and stuck them there.
      Lips - huge lips or duck lips are a no-go for me.
      Eyes - they can't be too close or too far apart.
      Veiny bodies - If I had one, I'd probably sand the veins down.
      Rectangle torsos - the ones with no hip, waist, or chest definition on their sides.
       
    17. I have to agree about the boob thing, they become a pain in the butt to find shirts that fit. But for me a big turn off is those uber manly hands, they just bug me I have no idea why... I also dont like the super narrow noses or super tiny mouths, I like proportion and balance I guess.
       
    18. Boobs don't worry me so much, yeah you'd have trouble finding clothes for them, but I don't mind or care for them.

      For me, it's feet. I like the feet to match the doll in proportions, so if it's a larger doll, I'm expecting bigger feet! Smaller, smaller feet, and so on.
       
    19. I ended up selling a doll because her eyes were too far apart. I didn't really notice it at first, then someone pointed it out and it was all I could see.

      I'm also not a fan of really narrow noses.
       
    20. Giant, fake boobs are definitely a turn-off for me, too. They look so pervy. Other than that, not a huge fan of super skinny legs. They make me worry the doll is going to tip over any minute! They also look vaguely anorexic.