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The waiting game

Mar 20, 2022

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    1. I've been pretty lucky, the majority of my dolls took about 3-4 months. Even my Doll Chateau Arnold was shipped out before the estimated 6 months.

      The only anomaly was my Tamikan Space Alien - I bought him in the beginning of May 2020. Covid wound up messing with their production meaning my doll wasn't finished until early February 2021 (and honestly I didn't mind the wait, because Covid was messing with everything!)

      Then he was in shipping limbo for 70 days (which was the worst part of the wait) and finally arrived late April 2021.

      I was about a week or two shy of a year.
       
      #41 baxterbrat, Apr 3, 2022
    2. 5 months, a fairyland boy Ingrid.
      Not too bad, but I was impatient at times.
       
      #42 Wintering_fae, Sep 11, 2022
    3. A bit more than 5 months from Soom.
       
      #43 AMgrumpy, Sep 20, 2022
    4. June 11th to September 19th, for a tiny from Soom. Barely over three months total is darn good.
       
      #44 davri, Sep 20, 2022
    5. I’ve always purchased on long layaways if it was a new doll coming directly from a company, through a dealer in my own country. That way, the wait times seem reasonable, I don’t have to worry about anything other than sending a payment in once a month, and I can use the time developing the doll’s character and hunting down everything I’ll need for their arrival. It’s a relaxed way of doing things, and I’ve managed to bring home about 3 dolls per year in this way. Given that, I think the longest it took a company to ship to the dealer was about 8 months for a fullset Doll Chateau.
       
      #45 PoeticSoul, Sep 20, 2022
    6. 5 months on my Impldoll Lanny and 6 on my Dollzone Licht!

      I am currently waiting on a Miracle Doll Ewan head since April this year.
       
      #46 Jareth, Sep 21, 2022
    7. I think I waited about 7 months for my first LS doll. I guess it waa pretty reasonable
       
      #47 allookjipsa, Oct 28, 2022
    8. 6 months was the longest I’ve waited but that includes one doll who got stuck in shipping and another who was ordered through a dealer which made the wait a couple months longer than ordering direct. I don’t order from companies that have typical wait times longer than 6 months.
       
      #48 NineOneThree, Oct 28, 2022
    9. I think my longest wait was around 16 months for my Villitunes Minami. But her preorder kind of came at the worst possible time for delays in production and international shipping, so it was very understandable. She was worth the wait! As for non-artist dolls, I think Dollshe was my longest wait at 8 months or so. From what I've heard that isn't too bad of a wait time for that company, but I also didn't choose fantasy skin tones or anything unusual.
       
      #49 Spoomsy, Oct 29, 2022
    10. i order from dealers so i usually wait about...6 months at max? DDE tends to be fast though
       
      #50 Urushi-kitty, Nov 3, 2022
    11. 10 - 13 Months for my Shoushou Nikos-
      Thing is I ordered the two dolls from one dealer about 3 months apart. I can't recall but I think I asked that they be shipped together? - in any case so it might just be more prudent to say 10 months in that case.

      Currently on 7 month wait turning 8 soon.

      I don't enjoy them, but I can accept them more with trustworthy, consistent makers who are clear about how long their wait times are.
       
      #51 Mutation, Nov 3, 2022
    12. 9-10 months for my Dollzone Merlin. It was a hard wait as he was the second doll I ever ordered after joining the hobby and he was probably the fourth or fifth doll to actually arrive. I absolutely love him to pieces, though. He's one of three dolls I will never, ever sell
       
      #52 Mayflower19, Nov 12, 2022
    13. 6 months for Dollzone Gray, 2022.

      I have Doll Chateau head and body on order + planning to buy body from them too. Seeing waiting time for DC anytime from 8 months to 13 took my enthusiasm away :( Here's to hope that since both are blank without face-up or fullset I will get them faster…
       
      #53 silmaryel, Nov 13, 2022
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    14. I think it was 3-4 months straight from luts
       
      #54 ellie, Nov 13, 2022
    15. About 3 months from Dollmore.
       
      #55 onlytheocean, Nov 17, 2022
    16. I am always afraid that if I have to wait too long for a doll, I will lose interest or my taste will change by the time it arrives.
       
      #56 ParlourGoddess, Nov 17, 2022
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    17. Make that 42 months and still waiting. :abambi:
       
      #57 LupusDarkmoon, Nov 18, 2022
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    18. One year, it was my first doll and it was during covid’s peak, therefore the waiting time was justifiable.
       
      #58 Haides, Nov 18, 2022
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    19. @ParlourGoddess same!

      Just realized that I have past seven months waiting on my Miracle Doll order! Although I did have my Supia order turn up out of the blue on tuesday after only 2 months waiting. I always find that once I pass a certain amount of time waiting, I actually sort of forget about it so it’s rather nice to get a surprise shipping notification.
       
      #59 Jareth, Nov 18, 2022
    20. Less than 2 weeks since I bought from DDE.
       
      #60 cjgoet, Nov 18, 2022
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