The endless craving for a "new" BJD

I window shop like crazy, too. I definitely don't have the budget to buy every doll I like.

 

I'll admit, I found myself really craving the heads I got once I realize that I wanted them. But now that I have them, I just crave getting at least one body, not anything completely new. And it is not nearly as intense. I think that once they are both complete I won't crave anything else much. The dolls I like now I find myself easily passing on because I would much rather complete the ones I have. I do like looking though.

EDIT: Whoops, I already posted here. Well, at least in the end I got it back down to two. For now...

 

Like some have said I'm a definite window shopper!
I have a few lined up that I really want, but I'm not just going to jump and get them until the crave for buying the ones I want stew for a bit longer and I think I neeeedd to buy them!!!!! haha~

 

Whenever I think my list of dolls I want has finally ended, Iplehouse releases a new head and I want another one. I think I may never be able to afford more than three of the dolls I actually want but yes, the list is never ending, pff :P

 

I always seem to want another doll right after the last has arrived. If only I had endless money!

 

I can spend hours upon hours doing nothing but window-shopping. My craving for new dolls is insane! Resin is like a drug to me or something...

 

I know, right? If I could have any supre power, it would be to magically have the exact amount of money I need when ever I need it.

 

I always want a new one knowing that I cannot afford nor need another one! Maybe it's a good thing I don't have that much money or I'll be a doll horder!

 

Ahh, what a world that would be!

 

i always want to order the next doll, even if the one ive already purchased hasnt even arrived yet! theyre all so pretty....must have all the dolls......
i usually sate myself by looking at doll clothes and picking out what i want my dolls to wear x- D

 

I used to feel this. Right now I'm not sure as I don't have dolls I consider my own at the moment. I'm replacing my larger collection of dolls with two small 26cm ones, because I lack space along with other reasons. I believe I'm happy just getting the two this time, as last time, while I was saving and waiting I started planning for 6 more dolls, even before I had the money for the first one!xD This time however I'm not, instead I'm planning all the clothing I'm going to buy! :B So I feel like this time I'm going to be happy with just two! : )

EDIT: Nevermind, the BJD sickness has struck again... I'll be getting more if funds allow it! xD

 

I used to be addicted to getting a new doll - I think the whole shopping, ordering, anticipation process, then the arrival, the excitement at unwrapping your 'new baby' and the photos and attention you get over it, plus the fun of wigging and styling your new doll, is totally addictive - but then I'd lose interest in my new doll once all that was done, and start obsessing (obsessing being the only word for it) over the 'next one'. Terrible habit and cost me a small fortune over the past 3 years - I got totally out of control, even begging my son for money, for a doll I 'had' to have RIGHT NOW which was when I realised I had a problem! I put the brakes on my runaway spending by pledging to give an equal amount to charity, every time I bought a doll - in effect doubling the price of the doll! This really slowed me down and I learned I could actually survive without a doll I thought I needed more than food or warmth in winter! Even so, that year, I gave well over £1000 to charity, which means I still spent well over £1000 on dolls I am not a wealthy person! I just ate very little and froze all winter - priorities all wrong, but that's addiction for you! Luckily I managed to stick to my 'no layaway' rule or I would have been ruined!

I wouldn't say I'm cured now, but I have found that after obsessing over a 'must have' doll for a few weeks, if I write a list of ALL the dolls I want (which passes the time nicely as there are so many of them!) I realise I can't afford them all of course, or even half of them! So then I have to choose which ones to buy and which ones to forget about. That's really hard, and makes me realise that if I can do without SOME of them, I could actually do without ANY of them.

So I'm like 'all or nothing' now - if I can't have ALL the dolls on my wishlist, why bother just getting 3 of them? After a few days I'm over it anyway - wondering why I was so obsessed by a doll in the first place - especially since there's always another new one out to drool over! Mainly I now find it so impossible to choose which ones to get from my wishlist, I never make a decision, so I never buy any of them LOL - but I enjoy planning it all so much and thinking up styling and names etc. *daydreaming* I don't even need to get the doll, I still get a lot of pleasure from just planning it all out, sketching ideas for clothing, etc. Simple pleasures which cost nothing

Oh and now since the EU referendum in June, the exchange rate for $ to £ is appalling adding £100 to a more expensive doll - which is quite a price hike! I impulse-bought 2 heads a couple of weeks ago, and even they were nearly £10 more than I'd expected, so that's really putting a stop to my doll addiction now. So far managed not to order bodies for them - I'm telling myself there's nothing wrong in taking it SLOWLY - some people take years to 'finish' a doll as they'd planned - there's no rush! So these 2 incoming heads will occupy me a while I hope - but still I crave more

 

I had that for a while, but it pretty much went away with the arrival of my tan Hyperon, which also marked the completion of my absolute grail list.
There's still more dolls on my general wishlist, but I'm in no hurry whatsoever to actually get any of them like I was before. And I must say, I don't miss it tbh lol. Happy to just focus on what I have at home for now.

 

I guess I'm coming at this from a different position, but now when I see a new doll I like, I look at the wait time. After years of waiting in this hobby, I'm becoming weary of it. It doesn't help I seem to be fond of a certain company that takes 4-6 months. I'm going to use wait times to dissuade myself from buying new bjds from now on. I won't even look at used or in stock!

Yes, I'm currently waiting on two bjds. These are it, no more! I hope....

 

I know this feeling, unfortunately. My original plan was to only have one doll, and then after a year I started thinking about a second. I've made a new promise with myself to never own more than four dolls, but I'm not sure how long that will last...

 

I don't know how I've lasted more than 10 years of admiring these beautiful creations and never having bought one yet.... but the craving is there. The craving of that moment when you receive your first one and you delicately unwrap it and take it all in. Yeah that will be an exciting day. And while I am able to hold the urge to buy a doll at bay.. it's getting harder everyday. It helps to not have the money to afford one quite yet but it also sucks.

 

This is a very real fear that I have... I mean I feel I could set up a number and try and stick to it (mine would be 4-5) but I feel like as soon as I get a couple, I will be so enamoured with the hobby that I will just disregard my self given restrictions and end up with like 25+...

 

@Sadielish It's very difficult! I thought I would be satisfied with just one perfect doll, but seeing all of the cute group photos on this forum keeps tempting me into wanting a bigger collection. I think 4-5 is a reasonable goal, though. Hopefully the prices will keep us from getting too many more!

 

@Charms The price is definitely what keeps me at bay for the moment lol! But yeah the temptation of photos is always a nice constant reminder about how amazing BJDs are and how much I really want one. Can you tell me a bit about your first doll? How did you know that they were the one and the one you wanted as your first?

 

@Sadielish Of course, I'd love to!

Volks has always been my favourite company, so I knew that I wanted one of their dolls. The problem was that I felt intimidated by the lotteries for limited editions, and I didn't really like any of their old standards (mostly because the Volks official photos aren't always the best). Then the new standards were introduced, and I fell in love with all three! I looked at a lot of owner photos until I knew who I wanted most (Chiyo), and then I bought her in person when I visited Volks Korea.

If you're choosing your first BJD, my advice would be to think about which qualities made you fall in love with dolls originally. Then, once you have a company or sculpt in mind, look at as many owner photos as possible, with lots of different face-ups and styles. I hope that was helpful!