What is the worst part about being a BJD collector/owner?

Do you mean doll people or non-doll people? Some doll people do look down on the "cheaper" doll brands. Saddening.

Hope you ll not be to put off by this and will love youre little one.

 

Gotta say, I've only JUST ordered my first dolls but.. Worst thing so far, beyond the wait and the guilt for spending the money (Which will be worth it, but still!) Is the excitement my mother has that her daughter FINALLY Has a liking for something girly. XD

See, that's an okay thing! I like my mom happy, and I've always identified male, and ever since I can remember she bought me barbies and things trying to get me to love dolls. Now that I finally do, she's over the moon! But she goes around bragging to people about it, and she makes me sound SO CREEPY. xD

I was at the fabric store the other day to get some fabric for upcoming doll clothes and fleece for the custom hats I make for a living (For the most part). There was this nice lady who always overcuts my fabric for me because she's really nice and likes me and my mom, and ends up asking me what I'm making /this/ time. My mom pipes up, "She's going to make dolls clothes! DD She's getting a porcelain doll!" Oooohboy. And I just mutter, Mom... It's resin, it's not...... Oh nevermind.

Oh mother, you are a dork. Haha.

 

the worst for me is:

- not enough money to all the doll's I want
- I hate the nervousness that occurs when one of the dolls are sent

 

Searching for that very thing you have in mind, but not being able to find it, or only on an official doll website with $40 shipping and no interest in a group order. It takes up a lot of my time to scroll through doll websites or the marketplace, trying to find one company or a seller that has both the eyes and wig I'm looking for. I have a very set image of what I want and it can be very frustrating not to find it.

Also, the feeling like you 'owe' your doll something (like a new outfit or a photoshoot) but simply don't have enough time to give your dolls the attention they deserve ;_;

 

Totally with you on that!

 

The wait. OMG the wait. I had to wait 5 months for my PKF, there were days I was really getting crazy^^

And living in Germany, the hobby would be so much cheaper if I lived in the US...

 

Money, enough space for the dolls.
And wanting one doll after the other. And it keep going on and on.
And having many dolls at the same time needing new wigs and clothes. I want to order stuff for everyone at the same time. But of course I can`t do that. It would be too expensive.

And trying to save up for other things like clothes, electronics or furnitures, take longer than it should because my BJD wants take part of the money.

It`s a though hobby..

 

For me, the worst thing about the dolly hobby is that your money goes like a Geico commercial: "Poof! Off it goes."
I also agree with manabusama (the post above) and Pete.

 

I, myself, now that I have my own job, the cost does not bother me as much. One thing I have a personal problem with is the constant waiting. Almost everything in this hobby takes time, and I'm known for being extremely impatient, haha. Although my job has really helped me in the patience area. I'm doing a little better with waiting, but it's still hard for me.

Another things is another personal problem, really. I'm really impulsive sometimes, and if I see a doll that I just fall in love with I'll probably just order them right away =.=

 

i think the worst parts for me are cost and when new people come over at 20 its hard to not be embarassed about all the dolls, cloths and sometimes little toy laying around, and not to mention headless or floating head dolls

 

The worst thing for me, isn't the cost, isn't the maintenance, but the prudes who take things too seriously. I know this is an expensive hobby and all, and that they might represent OCs, but, when you get down to it, they're just dolls. People really need to lighten up.

 

For me the worst things about this hobby are companies going bad. I also worry about an ongoing financial crisis but that is ofcourse a lot bigger then this hobby. It does make me wonder sometimes what I would do with my dolls, if I could justify having them if things get worse. And I think I can, especially if I have enough dolls and stuff to be happy with for a long time to come and don't need to invest more money. Even if I need to sell part of what I have now I still would enjoy the hobby with the dolls that I have left.

 

The worst part for me is: free space is getting rare!!! (and so does the money )
Also it's terrible for me to know there is no end for collecting. The companies release so many wonderful dolls with such a speed (and also their limited releases), it's difficult just to concentrate and save for a single doll.

 

The worst part comes in two parts, I think. Firstly: Seeing a new sculpt come out... and the face is PERFECT for one of the flying 'muses' you have left developing around the house, then going NOOOO! I CAN"T AFFORD HIM/HER! (It's worse when said sculpt is only available for a limited period of time, and I can't scrape up enough to get the BJD in question on time.) That said the other bad side is having people close to me who don't understand (and refuse to even ATTEMPT to do so) the hobby, and who keep telling me that I 'have better things to do with my time and money'. (This part vexes me!)

 

Oh God yes, I only have four dolls right now, not even large ones, and they and their stuff are already taking up half of my bookshelves >.< And I still have two large ones coming!

 

I think the worst part is the 'limit ' we have in creating/modding.

Most of the BJD owners are creative, and so they often get the wildest ideas about how they could mod/pimp their doll. But sadly actually making what you have in mind is often a very difficult task.



I often lay awake late at night just dreaming about how awesome my BJDs could look if only I had the time/material/skills /money....

 

I totaly agree with you but money come first for me ^^
Why did the banker never understand that's a limited doll and it won't be able anymore after the ordering period XD

 

For me it's not enough money for the expensive dolls I want. Plus I have to do layaway then I have to wait for it to ship and sometimes in the wait I find a doll I like better!

 

For me it's not so much the wait involved with ordering, shipping, receiving or even the length of a layaway and not even the price tag.

For me, the WORST part of this hobby is having to wait so long for eyes and wigs to arrive, to try and make your doll what you want it to be. I find myself never being pleased with the way some of my dolls look. I redo the faces and then I see what they need to complete them and then, the wait for wigs and eyes can almost be as long as the wait for the doll itself >_<

 

For me, it has to be the waiting! I don't care about the cost, providing the doll is actually of a high quality when it arrives at my door. It's the waiting to see your doll "face-to-face" for that first time. On the 21st of this month, it'll have been three months since the pre-order was sent to the company. I'm not the world's most patient person, and I knew it could be a lengthy process, but I actually thought I'd have him here by now! It's almost excruciating wondering if this month or the next will be when he's finally shipped out.