That one turn-off

From reading this thread it seems like there'd be room for an enterprising sculptor to start offering alternate bust pieces... not just the usual big/small/etc. but supported/unsupported. Y'know... like ordering heel feet. Just a thought.

 

This! I do prefer a double jointed knee for the posability. However I dislike it if the leg is uniform when straight and bends to reveals a plain knee bean. I love joints where the knee cap is sculpted as the knee bean.

My other turn off is unproportional heads. If the head is wider than the doll's hips/butt it's a no from me. I still do find many big headed dolls beautiful, but they're just not what I would add to my own collection.

 

I never thought hard about turn offs but I think the biggest one is weird side profiles. Dollzone has had this problem for me often where a doll looks so good from the front view but the side profile is just kinda wonky. Unless the intention is a very unique face (like a long nose) sometimes it just doesn't look right.

 

Hoo boy! We gonna fight! (Not really.) I'm 100% the opposite. I love the hidden beans.

Hello, fellow Blythe hater? Same. It's why I keep rebodying a bunch of playline dolls - BIG HEADS, tiny bodies. Drives me crazy!

 

It's probably repeating what others have said like 50 times but - large boobs, or super push up boobs - I fall in love with most aspects of a doll, but then come across pictures of it nude and can't stand the body anymore.

Super muscles or just being large in one area - like super thick thighs but everything else is supermodel thin.

Large eyes - to an extent they can be cute, but after a point I just find them creepy.

Sexual expressions, teeth, or tongues on dolls - they weird me out.

Long necks - I can't think of examples right now, but I've come across a handful of dolls with necks that are 2-3x longer than most dolls.

Kid faces/heads on a body that's clearly not a child body, and kid dolls being made to dress like supermodels or put into inappropriate positions/situations - that could be the mom in me coming out, but that stuff just grosses me out

 

I feel like I have a lot, but here are the main ones:

Like you said, boobs that are too big, round, pushed together, and gravity defying. They just looks so weird and unnatural that it grosses me out and makes me uncomfortable. Big boobs that look normal (not too close together, not too round, and abide by the laws of gravity) don't bother me though.

Necks on male dolls that are too wide and/or muscular. They make the head look too small. I especially hate this when the face sculpt is a softer one.

Male dolls where the shoulders are too wide. I think it just looks bad.

To the previous point, shoulders that are too straight across and don't slope downward. It just feels so straight and unnatural, I want to give them a shoulder massage to help them loosen up.

Male bodies that are overly muscular. I just think they look gross and they make me uncomfortable.

Once again on male bodies, but when the pecs or abs are too flat. They don't look realistic and 3D like how real muscles are, instead they looks carved into a flat surface and it just doesn't look good imo.

Chubby baby sculpts. I don't know why, but they make me uncomfortable, especially the short, fat sausage fingers and chubby cheeks.

Similar to the last point, face sculpts in general that have chubby cheeks. I don't know why, I just don't like it.

Childlike faces on muscular or mature bodies. It makes me uncomfortable.

Dolls with long noses. Not big noses, but rather extended noses. Just not a fan of the look.

Centaur dolls. I just don't like them.

Fantasy dolls that are mostly human but have fantasy legs or hands. I just don't like them.

I'm not really sure how to describe this one, but bodies that lack detail. Like they're the correct proportions and all that, but they're kind of just the shapes as smooth resin and don't show any muscle, bone, or body fat.

I'm sure there are many more I could list, as I'm quite picky, but I'll leave it at that.

 

Heads... open mouth, especially mouths with teeth and/or tongue showing. This is pretty much an instant dealbreaker for me. I prefer a doll face to have a neutral or "universal" expression... an open mouth is not a neutral expression and I find it extremely unattractive for a doll (and a human too, for that matter) to be going around with permanently parted lips.

Female bodies... big boobs, as mentioned. I always prefer a small-breasted female. (It kinda reflects my IRL preferences, tbh. )

Male bodies... musclebound beefcakes, whether it's the whole body or overly cut six-packs. I like a skinny, lean male. (Also reflects my IRL preferences, lol. Yes, I like slim bodies...)
ETA - I thought of one more. Interchangeable man parts are freakin weird to me. Just... no. I don't even want to own a male body that has this mechanism, he needs to keep his junk permanently on where it belongs, kthx.

And lastly.... Jointed hands. Oh dear. For some reason I find them a massive visual distraction. Every time I look at a photo of a doll with jointed hands, I end up fixating on the hands so much that I can't focus on or think about anything else in the photo. I don't know why this happens, but I suspect the sheer amount of jointing in a small body part screams "this is a doll, 100% not human" and thoroughly breaks the illusion of realism in my eyes -- and I can't look away from it. Whereas a doll with solid hands, but can't quite hold a prop realistically, can still maintain that illusion - because their hands look humanlike I don't notice that they aren't holding a prop well.

I actually wish this wasn't such a turnoff. I've never owned jointed hands, but maybe if I got a pair for one of my dolls, that might change everything? I'm torn between wanting a pair and wary of being disgusted by them.

 

Like many others have said, unnatural looking breasts.

Another one is closed eyes. Don't get me wrong, I think many of the sculpts are beautiful but for myself I'd prefer open eyes.

 

Weird mid torso joints that also hinder movement
Unusually small/large head for scale (and can't find suitable body in another scale)
Tiny upper torso with massive hips and thighs; I'm more annoyed at how popular this shape is than me genuinely disliking it
Weird breasts
Teeth

None of the above are exact dealbreakers; I really like some dolls despite them having some of the above, but I find myself eschewing certain dolls and companies due to these.
Overly detailed genitals is also one, but that's a pretty easy fix.

 

I'm pretty sure these two are ones I haven't listed previously:
• Legs without a mobility joint, especially ones that are impossible to get into a sitting position. They have a lack of mobility during posing, which I find to be especially frustrating.
• Ken doll nether regions, especially on the guys. It makes me think they were subjected to involuntary surgery. In general I'm not a fan of undeveloped/unrealistic nethers, but can be lenient on details to some degree.

That last one in particular is one of the main reasons I lost interest in fashion dolls and decided to get into bjds instead

 

Closed eyes and unnatural looking breasts.

 

Eye openings that are too large or far apart and start edging towards the temples! Can’t stand this on playline Rainbow High, can’t stand it on BJDs either. It doesn’t look good, even on stylized sculpts, and there are plenty of sculpts with big cartoony eyes that can place them so they aren’t threatening to fly off the face

 

Male doll bodies that are super ripped like they're in a marvel movie and have been purposefully dehydrating themselves to get max muscle definition, especially for smaller dolls and ones with softer features. It's just not natural looking or aesthetically nice to look at, and with softer featured faces it makes no sense to me.
Weirdly babyfaced "mature" dolls. I know that some actual people are baby faced, but there's a difference between baby faced and that is a CHILD and i feel like they fall into the latter more often than not. And are usually paired with the weirdly muscular bodies too which makes it all the more jarring.
Sculpted veins also weird me out and I won't buy a doll/ body if they have them or if they're heavily detailed. They just look weird to me

 

I suppose at the end of the day these annoyances are all relative and down to personal taste. As I’m artistic with my strong points being in drawing animals and people that’ll be where my deal-breaker irritations come from.

Ugh, big bulbous Balloon Breats! I hate them with a passion! Hated seeing them in comic books/graphic novels, hate them on figurines and dolls too. They’re so unnatural looking and tacky! I’ve lost count of the number of dolls I’ve rapidly lost interest in buying, especially second hand, when I’ve seen that they have a large ‘glamour’ bust.

Another annoyance for me is sharp pointy or ‘westernised’ noses on soft featured or ethnic featured dolls. It ruins the beauty of the sculpt. I find it particularly annoying on Asian featured dolls, even Iplehouse are incredibly guilty of this. If you’re going to try to celebrate the diversity of human features then stop with the ski-slope noses!

My final annoyance is animal legs/feet/claws that sit very unrealistically. I especially dislike paws that just stick up in the air when the doll is lying down or in a stretch pose, paws that may have an ankle joint but zero range of motion so it’s as if there were no joint at all. It’s not actually that hard to design simple practical joints that can make a world of difference to posing. I’ve done it, I drew out designs for kitty paws and a griffon with movable hawk feet (and beak) that Daisydayes used years ago. I’m no dollmaker or engineer yet I could figure it out, so what’s their excuse especially when you can see so much time and work has gone into the rest of the design. :/

 

Hi
You are not alone ! I really dislike big boobs on dolls specially if they have a childlike face! Plus is harder for clothes to fit. I also dont like those really anorexic dolls ( I admire the art ) but I dont find them beautiful.

 

I actually looove sleeping dolls and I wish I had more than just one lol.

That being said, I also prefer natural-looking breasts; the smaller, the better, in fact. And just not shaped like they were squeezed inside an invisible bra.

Also, when there's too much legginess and not sufficiently long torso. If I want long legs on dolls, I just get them high heels...

Bobble-headed dolls that aim to appear realistic. I mean, to me, a heavily stylised doll with a large head is nothing but cute and loveable. Yet a realistic head on an overly small body just looks weird to me... Like a ventriloquist's dummy with face features that are overt on purpose.

 

Pouty/sad/scowling faces.

Sleeping faces. They can be quite beautiful, but there's only so much you can do with them.

Bulging hand veins.

Exaggerated body parts. It looks weird and makes it nearly impossible to find clothes that will fit the doll. You're forced to either make the clothes yourself (not possible if you're like me and couldn't sew a button on a shirt) or spend $80+ on "official" outfits from the company. Yes, you can go on eBay and Etsy, but if the model isn't popular, good luck.

 

i am a huge hater of dolls that have childish faces but completely mature bodies. like dude-they-bro no. i don’t know man. like just give them child bodies! they don’t need big boobs!

 

Alien proportioned faces. There is a lot of sculpts that I like, but when I look at them next to a photo of more realistic dolls that I own, it looks uncanny valley and alien-like A lot of older Minifees fall into this category, even though I find them pretty and appreciate looking at them in photos.

And also eyes that are very small, like on a realistic human face.
And extremely slim fashion dolls, because they remind me of skeletons.
I'm always looking for a middle ground between realistic and doll-like, so any extreme into any direction is a turn-off.

 

I actually love female dolls with larger chest options like Luts. But you made some fair points. :>

I've got a list of things I try to avoid but not all of them are deal breakers. If I like the sculpt enough and the problem is small, I'll still get the doll. But I digress, probably my biggest turn off is dolls with big open mouthed smiles. A good example of this would be AoD sculpts like Mu Yanzi and Hui Xiang. They just kind of creep me out. I don't mind a doll showing teeth but the huge "teeth baring" grins are a little unnerving for me.