Things you said you wouldn't do but did anyway.

Before buying the first one i said to myself- i don't need plenty of dolls. The more you have, the less you spend time on each of them. So i decided that my first one would be the last one..
..I bought the second one-a month later ))

 

As far as things I swore I would never do in this hobby: I sort of took out two birds with one stone recently -_-; I said I would never get an MSD doll and I also said I would never want a girl doll... But that was before I saw Impldoll Moon. She was a free addition to my order when I put a tan Impl Joshua on layaway, and I went looking through the free choices to see which one to get (I planned to sell it, but I didn't want to pick one at random in case I couldn't sell it for some reason and had to keep it) and when I looked at Moon my heart fluttered. It was love at first sight. I have only fallen in love with a doll at first sight like this one other time; with my Ringdoll Petter, and he is far and away my favorite (most spoiled) doll. Her name came to me several minutes later as I was looking at her, Claudia. I think one of the reasons I fell for her is that she looks so much like Claudia from Interview with the Vampire. Her sculpt name is even fitting for a little vampire-child doll

 

No dolls with teeth. XagaDoll Lara has just let herself into my wishlist.
Avoid limiteds...Soom's Fairy Legend line is preventing that
Only tinies- well I haven't really broken this one as the MSDs are only on my wishlist.

 

When I bought my SD13 I said she would be my one and only BJD.
Then I fell in love with Fairyland Minifees and their more portable size.

I have one coming in the mail and a head sitting on my desk waiting for a body.
I also have another that I want later. >.<

Oh yes and a Dollfie Dream on preorder. >.<
Which is another thing I said I wouldn't do because their vinyl stains so easily.
Then I saw her and couldn't help myself.

 

I've had to learn to stop saying "never" because I keep contradicting myself!

Only a couple of dolls (one girl, one boy) turned into *cough50cough* a few years later.

Only Bluefairy, but somehow some others (Volks, Angel Region, Kid Delf) snuck in!

Only MSD (Tiny Fairy) size, but lookee here, a few yo-sd, juniors and tinies! (No SD-sized as yet...but I should shut up now while I'm ahead)

I agree, never say never!

 

I told myself that I would not start collecting bjds at all!! And here I am with one bought and one on order. Now I am telling myself I will stick with mini msd's. Probably that will not last either...LOL!!

 

I said I'd never have floating heads. I have 3 and one on order.
I said I would never make a hybrid because trying to match resin was too much trouble. At 2 of the heads I have will have to go on other company bodies because I don't like the ones that are made for them.
I said I'd never have Pukifees. I have one. Planning to get 2 more.
If I remember any more I'll come back and edit lol

 

I said I wouldn't go crazy overboard and just have three tinies. I have 4, with one due to arrive Monday and another 8 various tinies on their way >.>

 

When I started this I told myself I wanted one BJD. Then it was a trio, then it was definitely only 9 dolls all total. I'm on 8 as I type and I definitely have plans for two more plus swapping out an MSD boy head for something I like better. I'm really trying to stick to 10 but I don't know if I will actually manage that. I'm not even a year into collecting BJD's and so far I'm being a total dolly glutton. To be fair I didn't actually buy them all. I got some as gifts for my birthday, holidays, and that. I swapped also, and not one of my dolls cost more than $140 besides and most were far less than that. I bought most of the dolls and stuff I did buy myself on the Market, used and I really didn't spend that much more than I usually do on dolls. I cut way back on my other doll buying to do it. I try to put aside a few $$$ a month for fun for going to the movies or small dolls. Most of that this year has gone for resin and I've also cut back on eating meat every day and junk food and a lot of other things to be able to do this. It will probably take me most of next year to get the two dolls I want to get assembled and change out that one head, but after that I'm probably going to quit and just concentrate on sewing for them and their face ups. It's nice to be able to get cheap resin but still it all adds up and I can't afford to get too much deeper into this...

 

Only one or two dolls... Yeah, I have eleven now (and counting...)
Never wanted to leave a doll 'unfinished' -- now I have one that really doesn't need a face-up, character-wise.
Didn't want to get tinies as kids for the bigger dolls -- now I have plans for three kiddos.
Wanted just MSDs and tinies -- now I have one SD and one floating head that needs an SD body.

Never say never in this hobby!

 

I only wanted really one...now I have 5 full dolls. No bodyless heads...two of these are at my house. Something I have not broken yet: No MSDs. Though I am pretty sure if the right one comes along, that will go overboard just as well.

 

I don't think there was explicitly anything that I said I'd NEVER do. But there were somethings I figured I wouldn't do in general because of cost/time/difficulty. A few recent things that I have broken that rule for though; hybridization and buying clothes instead of sewing them.

 

Getting a tan doll. >w> *waiting for Christmas to open my tan doll*

 

I broke virtually ever rule I set for myself!

I said I'd never do layaways --> First Doll on a 1 month layaway

I said I'd never impulse buy --> Super cheap head in local second hand market I can use to practice faceups!!! *buys*

I said I would never buy a head without having a body --> Buys Natrume's Watson head

. . . basically, fml.

 

told myself that I would only ever have one layaway at a time...yea...that didn't happen..but it will be so worth it when I get my doll and the new body for my boy

 

I started saying there were things I wouldn't do before I even got into this hobby, the first words out of my mouth being. "I'm not spending that much money on a doll."
Well, taking one look at my savings less then two weeks after that, and constantly staring at the dolls, I discovered I was only $40 away from owning my first doll. And thus I was forever doomed in this hobby. The second thing I said, was that because these dolls were so expensive, I would only ever own one. I now own over 20 dolls. And still collecting.
A few other things I have said. "I will never mod a doll! Why would anyone spend that kind of money and mod something like that?"
"I will never have extra eyes just laying around."
"I will never have a floating head, all my dolls will be full dolls."

 

Hm, I did this recently.....Buying two dolls at the same time. granted both on layway, (kinda) but really, it's something I couldn't pass up with these two dollys.

 

Said I would never buy tinys cause I thought I'd feel like a pedo....have 3 RS/BBB 1/6 dolls and a BBB 1/12 doll
Said I would never sand off a boy doll's junk b/c of testicular empathy....sanded off an IMPLdoll Teno's boy part >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>I said I would never have a boy doll........................................and I don't now ^^^^

 

I wasn't going to get a second 1/16 doll because that size is really too small for me - but I did. And they are both staying.

I wasn't going to get the same doll twice - but I did.

I wasn't going to invent a character to justify buying a doll - but I did (and it was the "double doll", so there I broke two self-imposed rules in one go!).

I wasn't going to shell the same character twice in the same size - but I did (twice).

...Yeah, those dolls. *sigh*

 

I wasn't going to have a male doll. Ever. Now i have Amber. Well, almost... Body is still to be saved for.
I wasn't going to have yo-sds. Now i have Mary.
I wasn't going to get a tanned doll. Now i have Mary. What a rebel.
I wasn't going to have more than just one doll. Because i thought i couldn't give them equal amount of love and care. Now i have 4. Almost... And i'm still tormented by that feeling. Horrible, horrible dolls, made me break up my own rules...