the "high" from buying new dolls

The ordering, waiting and box-opening process, I can't understand.

A summary of how I got my 2 dolls and 2 heads.

2 heads were bought through DOA marketplace the moment I could enter the marketplace.

My 2 dolls were bought from a local agent that had been opened before by the agent to check for damages. The 1/3 is home with me and 1/4 still paying. He was ordered by another owner but abandoned in the end as the owner's mother refuse to let her purchase him and I decided I want him and has already placed deposit and paying by instalments.

And the local agent has a shop and we're allowed to visit our dolls whenever we want.

Hence I don't understand everyone's feelings for the whole doll-getting process.

My own high is not from buying new dolls but for the simple fact that they're home with me and being customised by myself.

Of course there's the excitement of buying the doll, but to me, the high comes when I'm making things for them, styling their wigs or buying new wigs for them, buying clothes/shoes/boots or even eyes for them. Then when they put on their new outfits, wigs, eyes or even changed face-ups, that is when I go high.

They'll look different, cuter, sweeter, cooler and stuffs! I get high over small things like this.

As for the 2 floating heads, frankly speaking, I don't feel anything while waiting for them to arrive. One has arrived but I'm waiting to collect the head as it's being transferred to the post office near my house. I'm still rather indifferent about the whole thing. But I'm sure that I'll go high opening and staring at the cute blank head, and then start thinking on what sorts of face-ups to do for him.

 

Same here. I can't stand the waiting! I get really stressed, and I don't feel better until I have the doll sitting happily out of the box. My big thrill is going to cons and meets with them.

 

I think there is a certain rush from dolls in general. When it gets to about 6 months between dolls I normally start to feel a little broody lol
When I'm picking a doll I agonise over it and the saving is almost torture. Then once I order the doll I have gotten to a stage where I feel excited. Then I pine until they arrive. Once they are here then I start to feel the enjoyment of the whole event, which only started to happen after I got my last doll, I'd had two of three orders go badly so I switched the company I was buying from. All in all I don't know why I find getting a doll so pleasurable. When I first started I'd feel anxious and stressed, I'd also feel a type of emptiness waiting for something to go wrong.
Dolls are expensive and stressful. But there is something so addictive about the process. Something quite romantic to me. But all this said, do I like ordering dolls? No not really. I've only just got comfortable ordering them and feel excitment about them.

In terms of blogging- All my dolls have their own Myspace and I spam them all over the forum gallery when I get time to take pictures. If anyone ever wanted to keep track of them they could.

My enjoyment of this hobby comes when all the stressing is over, when I have the doll looking exactly as I want it to look. Hanging out with it, dressing it and taking pictures. *phew*

 

Interesting comment from the first thread. It made me think of those women who have loads of kids because they're addicted to being pregnant! It's the being pregnant bit that thrills them the most, so they have another, then another. I've only just started on BJDs and bought a Narsha. The research and anticipation is certainly part of it. My worry is will the doll deliver! Narsha is beautiful but was a bit disappointed with her non double jointed limbs. Am now seeking a very poseable doll. Any ideas anyone? Thanks

 

I don't get nearly the same rush as I did when I ordered my first doll when buying dolls now, I think it's because I'm now conditioned to waiting and there's no point in getting too excited when one has to wait a while - at least for me. But I still get that super excited giddy feeling when I'm walking home from the post office with the box in my arms and I first open the box and see them all bald and faceup-less and staring at me with crooked eyes its just sheer adoration! And then the next few hours I spend painting them and clothing them and having fun - bonding I guess. Similarly I don't get excited much about buying bits for my dolls like clothes or eyes and so on, but I get hell excited once it arrives.
I ordered a tiny fullset recently that comes with clothes, wig, and faceup, so it will be interesting to see if I feel nearly as excited over it as I do over my previous blank arrivals. I didn't feel any kind of rush when I ordered it, just kind of umming and aaahing over it before deciding that yes, I did want it.

 

I might be becoming one of those ordering kind of people...I just got word that my Customhouse Odree has been shipped after a 5 month wait, and you know...I'm sort of over her at this point! But I'm sure I'll be excited when the box comes.

 

its weird...i guess im one of these people addicted to order, waiting...and have comfort in the thought that theres always something in the mail at some point. but i guess now im realiseing that its not great. but i always seem to go back and forth between customizing/bonding/ buying clothes and items for the dolls i have...and ordering new ones. :/ its hard to explain. i guess i just havent completly figured out my aesthetic that i know i will love everytime, yah know?

 

I found the whole process incredibly stressful - probably because the boys were my first dolls, and I had a certain amount of 'will I like them when they arrive?' mixed with 'OMG I spent so much money' and also 'how on earth will I tell my boyfriend/family?' I was also anxious about them getting broken in the mail... and how much the customs charge would be... and whether I'd be able to pick up the parcel from the depot OK...

I was one big ball of stress! I'm definitely enjoying the boys being home with me a lot more than planning and waiting for them. Hopefully next time the wait will be next anxious, because I know what to expect - and have my boys to help me through!

 

I find the looking and shopping for the perfect doll to be fun but the actual ordering and waiting I agree is a bit stressful. It is not just the stress of deciding is this the doll you want to spend your hard earned money on but there is also the stress of waiting for it to arrive safely. If it is a doll that is in stock then the wait is much shorter but there is always the games your mind plays with you such as: What if between the time you confirmed the site actually has it and you click that order button someone else orders it first? Or what if this is that one and a million time it gets delivered to the wrong address? Stuff like that just drives me crazy! The most exciting part is when it arrives and you get to play with it! I guess in that sense I can see how one would want to do it over again and again. Since I am still waiting on my first I shall have to see how fast I want to do it again.

 

I think I'm a lot like you...I'm addicted to looking forward to something in the mail. I also like to keep changing my faceups, and I end up selling some dolls I don't ever bond with, then get new. It's a constant rotation, with a couple of girls I know I'd only part with in dire circumstances...

 

I admittedly have felt that 'high' buying a doll, and sometimes its the high more than anything that makes me want to buy a doll. It's an exciting process, and the thought of planning for a new doll is fun!

However, I admit that this kind of mode of thinking usually leads to extremely impulsive buys and can get you into a lot of trouble.

I've had one occasion, where I bought a doll simply because I wanted to have that feeling of getting a new doll, and unfortunately when the dear came, I realized I didn't really want him after the wait and high was over. The doll wasn't my style at all, and while I still enjoy the sculpt/faceup...I knew he would never really fit in so I sold him.

For me selling is worse than buying, so that was my lesson in doll 'highs'. Don't get me wrong though, from time to time I get that urge to get a doll because I feel like I'm not looking forward to anything new soon, but I know now to channel that urge into something fun and productive for my current boys.

 

I can not agree with you any more; it is very stressful waiting and waiting for a doll to come in, but when it does I am a very happy person. To tell the true I am so scared that the doll will have a broken finger or something. I have a new one coming in and the stress is already building... Getting them and taking as many pictures as I can and hope that at lest one is good enough to put on line is the best part of this hobby

 

I think (and therefore I am) one of the "omg I have to have that doll" types and the anticipation is absolutely part of the process. Because I keep needing another one! It's not that I don't love the one I have, but I want another one!
I'm still relatively new to this forum and the community, but I am beginning to understand the "addiction"/passion of this, can we say "hobby"? it's way more than a hobby, isn't it?
I've eschewed the whole digital camera, cell phone world (ya, I know) but NOW I have a reason to want to have a digital camera! I too want to take pics of my doll (soon to be dolls).
I get it!
and yes, I do absolutely think the anticipation is part of the process, not the end or the only, but the excitement is similar to christmas eve....

 

I like anticipating something coming in the mail just as long as the anticipation doesn't turn into an agonizingly long wait coupled with fear of a lost parcel.

 

I find the hunt sometimes tedious, sometimes thrilling, always nerve racking, then when I hit buy I always feel a little let down as the waiting sets in, I HATE the waiting. I have just discovered how much in the last few days since organising a swap where I am doing custom work in exchange for a doll. I have to wait for the material to get here, make the custom clothes, then send them off and wait for the doll to arrive. I think once the fabric arrives and I can practically work towards receiving the doll it will be better. Anyway getting the doll is always exciting, I love pulling them apart or putting them together, faceups, hunting for the right wig and eyes, and dressing them up, accessorising them....though honestly sometimes I am too worn out to make them clothes straight away, the cleaners house is often dingy, the baker never has bread and the tailor takes forever to tailor for their own family. But it is this gradual assembly and watching them come slowly alive that is vital to me, I love that process, seeing them develop as dolls and characters

 

Thankfully I don't have to wait long because Junkyspot is within 30 miles of my house. It only takes two days after the "tracking number" email (one day to get to distribution, the next day to arrive at my house). Usually I have some project in mind that I need parts for so I'm anxious for them to get here so I can work on the next step. For example... Spock has a head. he needs ears, wig, eyes and body... all of which I ordered and am waiting for so I can get to the costuming phase. I do post box openings and then say nothing for a while because I'm probably making clothes. I'm a seamstress... I don't really like dressing them in ready made clothes because I should make them their own clothes. And sometimes I get busy with life and can't work on anything. I am eager to show off everything I made... but sometimes it takes a while to make it.

 

I definately was more excited before I hit the BUY button. I hype myself up over things; it took me a good bit to save the money for m BJD and so the anticipation builds, but then I actually bought her, so I felt like I plateaued. I mean, she hasn't arrived yet and she is my first, so I am definately still excited, but I fear when she gets here, I won't be as pshyched.

Time will tell, I guess.

 

For me, the initial ordering is a bit of a relief, especially when, if I'm communicating with a person, they are kind and helpful. If everything goes well, the wait time is a little stressful, because you worry about damage, etc...but that first high when you see your new companion for the first time is worth it all.

 

The hunt for the doll that flaws me, and that I can't stop looking at, is one of the best parts for me. I am definitely mostly like the scenario in the first post, I admit it happily!!!! I think I am only going to get the ones that I feel are a step up from the last one, or has a quality that is new for me since buying the last one.... but since I have a great display case now with only 1 doll in it, and a stack of empty, beautifully lit shelves.... well I neeeeeeeeed to fill it. It also has an element of appreciating the art and skill involved in creating a unique bjd that stands out from the millions of same-old's.

 

The waiting for me is a bit fun and I try my best not to get too too excited, especially since I'm in my 7th week out of a 10-12 week wait. So my excitement is pretty much WAY up there right now XDD It's mainly because I don't want to disappointment myself too much every time I check my emails to see if they had notified me yet that she's been shipped. But it is rather exciting to go through the process of buying your BJDs and the waiting time is very thrilling. I started ordering things that I would need (which is just the silicone cap, the wig, and the shoes) one by one so that way they don't appear all at once and then leave me sitting there with nothing but her to wait for.
But the waiting time also gives me more time to seriously think about what I want to do for her look and everything. I finally ordered a wig after going through TONS. I plan to make all her clothes (seeing as I have TONS of scraps bursting out of the plastic box underneath my desk leftover from cosplays) so I've been sketching out outfit ideas. And today I just found a perfect color for her Yukata! It took me a long while too to figure out what sort of name I might give her.
So all in all, the wait is actually very useful, especially for a first doll. It gives me time to come up with a personality for her as well as design up her overall look. Although having the doll would probably be more fun then waiting but waiting is part of loving your doll even more. ^^