The Death of the First Doll Hype

I had it too and for me it eventually passed. I never could get my hands on a BJD before so my first was a BIG deal. I didn't know what I was doing. I got that sparkly feeling for the first few weeks then that "OMG-what-am-I-doing?!" thing. I really started messing with her: sueding, new wig, new eyes, more clothes, some blushing... Then it has just evolved and I love her. Give it some more time.

 

I've been aware of this hobby for probably about 5 or 6 years now. However I've never been in a position where i had more then say 20 dollars left to my name after I paid my bills. Now i'm not rolling in the doe but I've got a bit more to spare. (and i discovered the bobobie dolls which are cheaper). I love the look of the more expensive dolls like iplehouse but i don't think i could ever bring myself to spend that much on them.
I had the same issue you do, but i find there are ways around it...when I loose interest in my doll i buy something new for them!

 

I knew about this hobby for two weeks before I bought my Fullset elf Ducan. Seriously.

I don't regret it, and I have loved him for so very long. But as my collection becomes over swamped with bigger, muscular doll, he is having a harder and harder time fitting in.

I think the most important part in buying a doll is going for the one you REALLY, REALLY want. When you go for a cheaper doll everyone that I know who has done that ends up regretting it!

Try sending her to a face up artist. Some times all the doll needs is a new face up to give it a spark!

Other than that All I can suggest is selling her and saving up for your dream doll. The good news fr you is that soon Fairyland will be releasing a 60cm line again. And most of the Delfs will be coming back slowly!

 

My first doll is also a Kid Delf Darae and I relate to this completely. I never felt buyer's remorse, but I just stopped taking her out of the box. They just sat there, months on end untouched because I couldn't find any real use for them or any reason to take them out of their boxes until I started getting involved in photography again and I bought myself a professional Canon camera... that took me out of my dryspell and now I'm in shopping mode again.. I expect to buy at least 5 new dolls by this time next year (I already chose which models I want and I got the money for the first 3).

 

So far my hype hasn't ended yet and I know myself pretty good, it also won't end too soon. I spend as much time as possible on DoA, learn and learn and learn and see more and more dolls I want and need and love. I play around with my PKF all the time and can't take my hands of her. I love taking pics of her and trying out new poses. And I have a hard time waiting for my newest dolls that will arrive at the end of september. Some people tell me I behave like a little child towards all that doll stuff but I love all that hype

 

I bought my first doll piece-by-piece so I was very interested while I was compiling him, after he was a level of complete, faceuped, clothed etc the spark did fade a little. But it gets reignited all the time; when I find a new prop to take pics with, find clothes I prefer etc. I will bond with him for a few days before he goes back on the shelf until he is ignored. Visiting DoA frequently resparks and keeps my interest in him though.

 

You're definitely not alone! My first doll (Volks SD Kun) is actually too big for my taste, though I love her so. I was planning on getting a MSD-sized one, but considered getting my girl because she was a steal, and she would help me practice dealing with dolls.

Sometimes life just takes over and everything feels so inconvenient and the world conspires against your attempts to bond with your doll, but I honestly think that bonding with your doll shouldn't be forced. Personally, I consider bonding with my doll as an "escape" from the stresses of life, something to help calm me down. So I kind of understand why you wouldn't want to play with your girl if you feel inconvenienced.

 

its been a couple months for me and i think im still in my omg first doll buzz but i also have doll 2 on the way so yay haha

 

I bought my first doll almost two years ago now after a good bit of research. She's a Souldoll Katie A. and exactly what I was looking for...except I really, really wished I could get her in tan. Now iple has released dolls that I think fit her character much better, but honestly I'll probably just have the same character in several dolls. I still love my original Impromptu and don't see myself giving her up...she was my window into this wonderful hobby!

 

When I think about it~ I am having second thoughts of why I even like the doll in the first place. I ended up liking 2 dolls of different sizes with the same look on the face. Funny how the smaller one is a lot more expensive. TAT I ended up not buying the smaller one after wanting him for 4years. The bigger one, I am still paying for now.

I bought my first doll some years ago. It has no head so it's not officially alive. XD I am still making the head though. It didn't really died down--how much I want to continue sculpting the head(s). The body is currently dismantled for re-engineering.

My first whole doll is still waiting in the box for half a year, I think, while I sew things for him. I still like him, but not to such an extent. He doesn't even have a face-up.

 

Over time tastes can change, and there are so many dolls available now that it's easy to find out about ones that may suite you better after the fact. I still have my first doll -- I considered selling him twice and was unable to bring myself to do so. There are just too many memories. However, while I do love him very much, he isn't the doll I gravitate to the most, and hasn't been for a long time. Will this change in the future? Maybe, but I sort of doubt it. I have absolutely no regrets buying him, and in many ways he was a great first choice, but time has passed, and my doll collecting has gone in different directions that I really wouldn't have been able to foresee happening back when I first started out.

 

I've been through this with several of my dolls, including Shard (my AOD Chi).

Basically, what I did was put them up and not mess with them again until I started to miss playing with them. That's how I knew that they were ones that I really wanted to keep.

Ones that could stay quietly put away for weeks on end are ones that destined for new homes...

 

I went through 21 other BJDs before finding the one that I really love (and that was just by chance), so you're not alone if you discover that you are truly unhappy with your first doll...or second, or even third. What I did was just keep trying. If you know that you really enjoy the hobby, but the problem is that you're not happy with your doll...chances are you just haven't come across the right one or ones yet. It takes some experimenting, and if you are comfortable with going to meets in your area, I'd check that out. You might come across a doll you didn't think you'd like, but you feel you can't live without one now that you've seen it!

Also, if you're still interested in the Delf line, I recommend keeping an eye on Fairyland's Feeple 60 line that is coming out.

 

I hope this doesn't happen when I get my first doll, I was going to get a luts kid delf but I changed my mind because I wanted an SD from crobidoll. I have been working so hard to save up for him that I think I will really love him but you never know...

 

I kind of sort of did this I don't have any regrets about the first doll I bought but I fell out of love with the ascetic after awhile and decided to sell her and the second doll I bought. It had nothing to do with getting into the hobby too quickly or not saving money before and more about my tastes changing as I was exposed to more dolls. With my third doll it was kind of the same just because I was convinced that I would rather have MSDs. Now, other than my third doll, who will be with me forever cause she is awesome, I have all 70cm+ dolls. She no longer really fits in the way I had pictures but I still love her and so I changed my storyline around a bit do she could still fit in.

To me the strongest reason to consider selling a follis if I don't love it or want to play with it and not whether it fits in with my current collection

 

If she doesn't feel like the doll you had your heart set on, keep her around for awhile & see if she grows on you, but if not, just sell her. Then get the doll you had your heart set on.

Enthusiasm for anything will dull by a couple notches as soon as the novelty wears off... that's normal!

Also, if you don't feel like playing with your doll all the time, don't. It's an inanimate object; it'll still be there ready for you when you are in the mood. Or maybe you'll find you're a collector who doesn't do the play/bonding thing, in which case you'll be happiest keeping the doll on the shelf & enjoying just looking at her.

 

When I bought my first doll, it was a Dollzone BB Jing. I was really happy with him when he arrived and he came with me wherever I went. But soon I realized that the size was really too small and I prefered MSD more. I started regretting buying him because there were so many people saying that I could've gotten an MSD for the same price. But I guess I disliked the arrogant people with their opinions more that I disliked the size of my little boy.

Still, when I got a MSD I prefered SD, so yeah xD

 

I bought my first doll nearly 3 years ago, and I constantly go through phases of seriously disliking him (in which I leave him in his box for months on end without touching him). I completely adored him at first, but after the initial fascination wore off, I began finding more and more things about him that I didn't like. Lucky for me the things I hate about him (his nose and his eye shape) can be modded, which I intend to do at some point in the future.
I just couldn't sell him because he means a lot to me, and I'm almost determined to alter him until he's my perfect boy.

 

Don't worry, it isn't just you!

When I got my first doll I was so happy. He's a 1/4 dollzone HID.
But then I went to a doll meetup and I just felt bad. Because I realized he wasn't really my style after all. I haven't had the heart to sell him yet, but even though he's a doll I do feel bad that's he's just sitting around not being played with.

Anyways, Ive gotten 2 more boy dolls since then. The first was my dreaming vampire shiwoo. I adored him but I found that I didn't like white resin AT ALL. I decided to sell him and ended up in a trade for a Delf EL. I cried when I packed him up, I still regret letting him go. Then I got my EL whom I was over the moon about at first. I had always admired the sculpt. But after a while, I just didn't feel the creativity when shopping for boy's clothes. I was going to model him after an old character of mine but I just wasn't feeling it right now. So he's gone to the marketplace. I figure if I get another EL kick later on I'll buy another one. But after going through 3 boys I finally realized that I wanted a girl!

So I sold 1 other doll (a soom glot) and bought a delf Miyu! I love her so much, she's basically perfect to me and I feel like I finally have 'that doll' and my style figured out. Ive actually decided she's enough for me right now. I really only have space and money for one right now anyways.

The thing about this hobby is that it takes a lot of trial and error figuring out what you want.
There is so many options out there it can be a bit overwhelming. It's also easy to feel bad about not enjoying your doll, but no need for that. There will always be someone who thinks the doll that didn't workout for you is just PERFECT for them.

 

I had a terrible time with the first dolls I technically bought, with a bad company and general bad luck, so yeah, I totally understand the feeling. With me, I ordered those dolls, and then my partner bought me a doll off the MP here before they arrived (they took a rather long time, as you can tell my MP access got approved before they came home!), and I was so happy with her, and how perfect she was (FairyLand dolls always are hehe!), that when my other dolls, my original dolls arrived, I didn't really bond with them well, because I had another doll who was so much 'better' than them - the posing was better, the resin, everything was nicer or better, and it meant I never really enjoyed them, even with how much I'd been looking forward to them. Its not odd that you've felt like that at all - sometimes I've found that new faceups, or making clothes for my dolls if I'm feeling out of touch with them. Even when I really don't feel like doing dolly things, it means I bond with them a lot better