Things you DONT look for in dolls?

-anime dolls
-childlike dolls, that being said, I have found one I like
-dolls with slim shoulders and way broader hips and thick legs/thighs
I like curvy dolls but I think the proportions should be more symmetrical than that
-Too round or big eyes
-Most dolls smaller than MSD
-Big boobs that are just two half spheres on the chest, looks so unnatural

 

What turns me off on a doll, whether it be a BJD or a Barbie, is limited articulation. Dolls with only the basic five points of articulation at the head, shoulders, and hips I tend to ignore unless it's a doll I really like. I recently got a Chelsea doll with scoliosis and she only has the basic five points of articulation. However, I overlooked that fact because of her uniqueness. Same with my first BJD, an anthropomorphic bunny. He also only has the basic five points. I overlook it as well because he's my first BJD and I love him very much.

So yeah. If the doll only has the basic five points of articulation, I'm not getting it.

 

When I was looking for an adult male 1/3 scale BJD, one of my requirements was "athletic, but not idealized." I'm glad I didn't take a sip every time I spotted a doll with a bodybuilder or manhwa muscle physique. My liver wouldn't have handled it.

 

I really like features that lend themselves to versatility.

 

I don't look for anatomical correctness in BJDs. I know it comes with the territory, so my options there are extremely limited. I don't mind it with my mature dolls, but I wish there was an option to get child dolls without molded anatomical correctness. I have a couple little girl BJDs, and I'm so uncomfortable changing their clothes and especially taking off their underwear.

 

Perhaps it might help to look for "tenshi" or "angel" bodies if possible. Those tend to be genderless, like Volks's Tenshi lines

 

I mostly collect tiny children 1/6 and smaller. I do find the giant heads annoying but trying to put tiny eyes in tinier doll heads makes me appreciate the heads that have a little more room. I would totally consider a mature 1/6 to 1/4 if I could fit it in with the rest of my tinies as a parent or something similar but scaling can be weird.

 

Man, theres a few

• weird thin lips... (the bottom to big while the top really thin)
• Open mouths like wide open mouths
• Child-like faceup on muscular bodies...
• Tiny heads on big bodies.
• Female's with crazy bewb big proportion..
  
  
  

 

ooo, i'm the same with closed eyes and open mouths (potential exception if they've got fangs because i'm a sucker-- ha-- for vampires). Eyes that are too small or too large, partly so they match the rest of my collection, but also just for preference reasons.

i think other than that, most of my immediate turnoffs with dolls are related to bodies. Extreme proportions (besides the occasional horror doll), visible bone structure on a doll that isn't literally bones, things of that nature. And while there are definitely exceptions, i can't say i have exactly common taste.

Oh-- and speaking of uncommon taste... the "uncle" doll proportions (also in some "fashion" lines like iplehouse or souldoll vito). The big beefy men with tiny heads are definitely in the "extreme proportions" category for me.

 

I generally look for unique features. Something that sets the doll apart from the others I already have. I also tend to prefer fantasy dolls to human dolls.

The things I will usually avoid are any doll over 45cm, dolls with lots of muscles, and dolls with heads that are very large for their body.

 

I think my big one is heads that are too big for the bodies. Like, I guess the term chibi would work here. I don't mind larger heads, but I like a sense of proportion about it all.

That being said, I still look at them and find them lovely dolls, just not for my personal collection.

 

I was thinking about this last night with regards to fashion size dolls. Just not my “thing” at all and I want to like them but they are just way too small for me. Same with a lot of dolls in the smaller size range I just too small for me. Same going for 1/6 scale sized mature dolls some of them are so pretty to look at but just too small for me.

Another thing is very fixed expressions on dolls like smirking or I guess crying a la Ringdoll Mona… I just seem to prefer neutral faces. Saying that I love open mouthed sculpts especially visible teeth and tongue.

 

I steer clear of weird proportions (head too big, arms too long, hands too small, etc), single jointed bodies/bodies that have poor range of motion, large dolls (taller than 45cm), exception being extra large dolls, like Dollmore's Lusion
Also I'm not a huge fan of big expressions like winking or grinning. Sleeping or frowning or small smiles get a pass, but I feel emotional sculpts just limit what the character can be.

 

I like teeth and closed eyes but thats just me. some sculptors are better at this detail then others. I was thinking about getting a certain doll then after some research I discovered it had chiclet teeth.
When owner pics started rolling in I was like, "oh I dodged a bullet"
the 75cm+ Clydesdale-faced males are a hard pass.
I dont like "soft" expressions.

 

Strongly defined lips and lack of a nose bridge on anime dolls.
Even very moe characters have a bridge in their silhouette unless they're chibi. It's common when realistic leaning doll companies start making anime ones. I appreciate them branching out though!

 

Totally understand not liking the fully closed eye sculpts! I just enjoy it being an option as an additional head and/or face-plate, like Fairyland tends to offer (nice for sleeping photo ops and whatnot). However, if it's just an eyes-closed sculpt with no option for an open-eyed version (dreamy or fully open, I don't really mind either), then it's mostly a nope for me as well (I say mostly as I swear a long time ago I may have found a closed-eye sculpt I actually enjoyed but do not remember the brand nor sculpt name).

My Current Passes/No-Gos:

• Thick Muscle Neck
• Huge Male Chest w/ Huge Headlights
• Muscular Female Bodies
• Private parts showing on smaller/child-like bodies
• Slim Male and Female Bodies (ones marketed as slim in the title)
• Multiple sharp teeth
• Too many teeth (more than four on the top or bottom; prefer only two, if having teeth, depending on sculpt)
• Wide Open Mouth (like anime sculpts' open squeeing mouths, big "o" mouths, and/or just horror style open mouths)
• Tongue out of the mouth/licking their lips
• Blood/Gore
• Neutral happy/smile closed mouth (can't fully explain what I mean but I've seen a lot while browsing certain companies that look like they all have the same type of expression and mouth shape)
• Most huge hands (if they don't fit proportionally or are on a super skinny/small body)
• Single-jointed knees
• Eyes disproportionally far apart
• Most animal sculpts (unless they are tinies or pets)
• Heavy Baby Doll Resemblance
• Most veins (just depends on how visible)
• Boney Rib Cages or Clavicles (in general, not have anything on the body be too skeletal)

 

I've got surprisingly broad tastes, but I do have a few Hard No's.

• Bodies that can't hold a pose (unless they're EXTREMELY aesthetic like the Dollshe DS28M)
• Sculpts that are too babyish (uberbaby MDDs are popular in the Dollfie Dream groups I hang out in and I just Do Not Get It)
• Open mouth and "mouthbreather" sculpts with the lips slightly parted (Volks and Fairyland, please...there's other expressions....)
• Highly expressive dolls in general (neutral-er faces just feel more natural to me, small smiles and that witchcraft where the expression subtly changes depending on the viewing angle are my favorite)
• Dolls smaller than YoSD (I'm so sorry to all those Pet dolls, Fashion size, and 1/12s I've bought over the years...)
• Anthro BJDs that're just an animal head on a human body (No toe beans? No FUR?? :'( Sometimes the skin tone doesn't even match the head, like it's a dude with an animal mask on...)
• Resins bigger than 1/4 and vinyls bigger than 1/3 (The weight gets to be too much, and I just can't shop for clothing for massive man meat bods...)
• Single jointed elbows

 

Size below 1/3, aesthetics leaning on sex, single joints and one piece torsos, fantasy things like centaurs or complicated sculpts with lots of small parts (I love looking at those dolls but I'm not sure if I would enjoy owning them).

 

my dealbreakers are
- closed eye sculpts
- masculine sculpts (I prefer feminine and gender-neutral dolls)
- eyes that are close together, since i actually really enjoy sculpts with a bigger gap between eyes
- no chin
- features that throw the overall harmony off the face off, usually features that are really big
- baby and child sculpts
- hyperrealistic (i enjoy stylized dolls a lot more)

 

My tastes are quite varied but I do have definite no-nos and they are:

Beachball/Watermelon boobies…..for goodness sake it’s not like reference pictures of breasts are hard to find!

Ski-slope noses especially on otherwise quite realistic sculpts and also sharp pointy noses that could take your eye out. I understand that style on anime type dolls but not otherwise.

Chubby cheeks with jowls and a pointy chin combo

Childlike baby faces on a pubescent body……all kinds of wrong!

Flat or spoon hands especially if they’re too thin for the body

That bad ‘rod up the backside’ posture some dolls have when viewed side on. It can really put me off of an otherwise nice looking doll.