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

Dec 20, 2011

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    1. For me it'd be the 'collateral damage' - i.e. monstrous shipping cost and taxation and, worst of all, your stupid postal service charging 30 bucks for 'additional handling' which means filling out a form I can do in under 5 minutes >:(

      That and the waiting times...
       
      #741 Widu, Jan 2, 2014
    2. I don't think anything else needs to be added to this post...
       
      #742 Soenatte, Jan 2, 2014
    3. I think the worst part is the money, but beyond that the way my family pokes fun at me for liking dolls at the age of 18 kinda puts a damper on things. I also have real life friends that dislike that I spend money on dolls, not that it's any of their business.
       
      #743 Mikasfire, Jan 3, 2014
    4. I would have to say that there are about three things for me.
      The wait times. Ugh. -.- I had to wait about 3-4ish months for my last doll. -.-
      The never ending list of dolls I want. I just found a new company I like and now I have two more dolls I want and a head I need a body for. xD
      People wanting to see pictures of my dolls or asking what my phone background is and then calling them creepy. -.-
      I'm over people saying I'm too old for dolls but I would love it if they would just stop calling my dolls creepy.
       
      #744 Lilari, Jan 3, 2014
    5. Wait times do stink... I think one of the worst things about being in the bjd hobby, is being ALONE in the hobby. It gets hard when your family and friends think your hobby is strange. It really sucks not being able to share your dolly joys, and or sorrows with friends who understand you. I think that's one of the worst things about being in this hobby. At least for me and a lot of other bjd owners out there. (My husband is in the hobby, he just doesn't get as excited about it as I do lol)
       
      #745 Xura, Jan 3, 2014
    6. As for me, it's only the long waiting time...
       
      #746 ellegant, Jan 3, 2014
    7. Money and lack thereof....plus the bewildering amount of choice available.

      Just as I find one doll I like I see another, then another....
       
      #747 LadySpiderdust, Jan 3, 2014
    8. Cost, period!
       
      #748 BellaRose, Jan 3, 2014
    9. The physical display space...once you have 17 you start running out of space to put them >.<; And all their clothes!
       
      #749 MahoroAndou, Jan 12, 2014
    10. Trying to stop buying them….I got to have them all! As soon as I order one, I tell myself that this is it for the year. Then a few months later I get that itch and there I go again. If they all weren't so beautiful and unique it would be so much easier for my self control.
       
      #750 ambshp, Jan 12, 2014
    11. It's a very expensive collection. Must carefully pace yourself and only buy what you absolutely love ... due to the money and the space it takes to display and/or store them.
       
      #751 Simba026, Jan 12, 2014
    12. Definitely the price...I feel that I never have enough money..:/ I also collect figurines too so two collections added together equals fortune*sigh*
       
      #752 Chantilly, Jan 12, 2014
    13. The worst thing for me is that I don't know how to stop buying dolls! Nobody ever told me how!! *_*
       
      #753 Uaiiko, Jan 13, 2014
    14. The worst for me is the fact I always want one more. Just one more! And of course the cost. My family is pretty open about me having them - I once left Ten sitting on the mantle beside the TV and my dad got upset when I took him home, lol.
       
      #754 Alyndor, Jan 26, 2014
    15. Criticism from my friends. There was a time when I had my friends over at my house and I took my doll out since some of them were curious about how BJDs look like, this girl just took a look at my doll and kept repeating things like:
      "Ew, they are so creepy."
      "Why would you spend your money on these things?"
      and
      "Is that even normal?"
      .....There are insensitive people in this world, I know that.
       
      #755 amewarashi1130, Jul 25, 2014
    16. The worst part about being a BJD collector/owner so far has been the cost while also being the slight possibility of me not being able to bond with a doll and having to sell said doll. Money is a big deal to me, but I also love the hobby. I also think waiting on a doll head or its accessories/clothes/face-up etc can feel like waiting forever so that's another thing especially since I'm already an impatient person. Haha. And last but not least, trying to find clothes that fit. I haven't had to deal with it yet, since I only have on doll head so far, but I think I will find it fairly difficult to get clothes that I want for my doll to fit just the right way. X3

      So overall, these are my three things that are the worst when being a BJD collector/owner.
      1) Cost/Not Bonding with a Doll & Having to Sell
      2) Waiting time
      3) Trying to find nicely fitting clothes
       
      #756 Pickle, Jul 25, 2014
    17. The worst part for me is the fact I have no enough time for my girls - to sew for them all the costumes I want and to do fotos. My work and my family take almost all time, I have no time to play!
       
      #757 Tigger, Jul 25, 2014
    18. I would also say that it would be the costs, but I'm talking about the additional costs like Widu mentioned earlier.
      I guess I could have bought a doll or two from all the fees and shizzle that I had to pay over the years :sigh
      And not being able to find the right clothes for your doll.
       
      #758 Toxic_nightmist, Jul 25, 2014
    19. Repositioning eyes. Ugh! XD

      And the cost, as everyone else has said. Also the loneliness, I suppose? Thankfully there are tons of online communities, but I don't really have a friend irl who's interested in this stuff.
       
      #759 goshogee, Jul 25, 2014
    20. I personally think that the worst thing is when people say they look like Barbies.
      But that's because I don't like Barbies.
       
      #760 lavandula, Jul 25, 2014
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