What is your biggest fear concerning your dolls?

I think my biggest fear is getting my first doll and not falling head over heels in love with her.

 

This was me, too! I felt like I had to find the absolute most perfect doll on the first try, even though I wasn't even sure just what I wanted yet. What helped me was the realization that a day one doll doesn't stay a day one doll forever - there's no rule saying they have to look the same way for their whole lives, right? If a doll's face/hair/clothes/so on aren't for me, I can change them into something I like better, no problem.

(I say this because I got my first doll today, and I was a little underwhelmed by her face at first, but then I realized I can send her off to a faceup artist and make her into something that's just right for me. Now I'm having fun looking at potential artists, and I see my doll now and think "you're gonna be so great, I'm excited!" instead of "you aren't great right now," which is a much better way of looking at things.)

 

My biggest fear is dropping my doll or having one of my animals knock him over!
I treat him like he's made out of porcelain

 

Right now I'm mostly just worried that I'll never find the right head. Or that I'll find a head I love and it'll turn out to be illegitimate. Later on, I might get worried about messing something up while learning to string/wire/suede, or that the couple times I've used MSC outside of the hobby before finding out about the respirator thing will come back to haunt me in a few years.

 

I think my biggest fear would be having an anxiety attack while doing whatever with my doll. I´ve ruined a lot of stuff I didn´t want to break, yet I got really nervous and I messed up. I can´t even imagine how bad would I feel if something happened to a BJD because of me. It´s been a while since I had such a serious attack, but I´m scared.

I´m also afraid the people I live with would damage it, as I have other dolls with me sometimes and they just take them from my desk without asking first, carelessly, and I panic internally most times.

Also, not liking a doll after it has arrived. Feeling the money I spent was useless. I sometimes think like that because of what other people tell me, and I definitely don´t want those ideas haunting me when my doll arrives.

 

My biggest fear is yellowing. I'm paranoid about it. Most of my dolls have mellowed in color over time, but I've always been careful to not expose them to sunlight. I do keep my dolls out on display in my room, but I keep my blinds closed from about 2:00 in the afternoon until dusk, when the sun is coming in my bedroom window.

I don't worry about breaking a finger or whatever, because that can be fixed. I handle my dolls gently because I'm basically a gentle person anyway, so that doesn't worry me.

I worry about damaging a faceup. I'm very careful not to touch their faces any more than necessary, but when my friend comes to visit she can't keep her hands off their faces. ACK! I don't do my own faceups, so if a faceup got damaged it would be expensive to have it re-done.

I agree! That happened to me also. I bought a doll that I wanted for a long time, but I hated him on sight. He was actually the most expensive doll I've bought (Iplehouse SID Eric) and when I got him I immediately hated him. I've tried so hard to bond with him, but it just isn't happening. I'll keep trying to like him, because if I sold him I could not get back what I paid for him, which included faceup, special skin color and shipping costs. I refuse to sell him at a loss, because I am not rich, and so it takes me a long time to save up for a doll. I'm hoping I can eventually learn to like him.

I guess I've been lucky, though. I have 14 dolls in my collection, and I LOVE all of them except the one I mentioned above.

 

I love my cat but sometimes he is a JERK. he's knocked over and chewed up several of my expensive anime figurines so I'm really worried he'll get ahold of my doll somehow....theres ONE shelf in my apt that is safe so I'm gonna have to hide her up there

 

My biggest fear is waiting a long time for my bjd only to find out that it was broken during the shipping. Luckily I haven't been in this situation, but I have heard a lot of that from bjd community in my country

 

True they don't have to be, but I have a very nasty tendency to build things up in my mind and then have them not be what I built them up to be. I really don't want to do that with this. I think it would be better if I could meet a doll in real life before I get one. So I know what the resin feels like, and how they pose. But all the meet ups are on the other side of my state. As it is I will be flying pretty much blind. I like to know what I am getting into before I jump.Then again my planned first doll is just so cute, I don't see how I couldn't love her. I do have a basic look in mind already for her, but I am going to wait till after I get her to actually make her clothes.

 

My biggest fear is getting stains or marks on the dolls skin. Especially on the face or exposed parts like hands and arms or legs.

 

My biggest fear is one of the parts on one of my limited/artist dolls breaking because I have no idea how or if I could ever fix it or if the artists would allow me to order spare parts.

 

Right now my worry is that all my planned floating heads will be bodiless forever I'm getting a body for one next month but I will have a total of three more by January (one I have, one on the way, one being pre-ordered next month).

 

@lividdarkangel Please try to get yourself to a meetup. Everyone is probably going to very, very kind and nice. Ours is always great because whenever a new person comes, we make sure to introduce our dolls to them and answer any questions. My first meetup was scary until I got into it and introduced myself. I even got to hold some dolls and feel how they move! Years later, I look forward to each meetup I can attend with a lot of excitement. I've made friends I hope to keep for life. The dolls are just a bonus.

 

I want to sooooooo bad. but the other side of my state is over a huge mountain range so it will be very dangerous to go over there. I did see a convention that is right on the way to one of my favorite places in a different state though so I might be able to get to that, if I can convince my hubby to go. I would rather have a meetup closer to home. One that I don't have to plan and save up for months to go to.

 

I think my biggest fear is that one of my dolls fall and break... I would cry

 

Probably having some sort of irreversible damage to the head. I'm not to worried about the body because i'm not as particular with them

 

I am always afraid when i buy a doll and if i asked to underclare and tracking not updating ,,, i am so died.
Also i got scare when i ship an items that when it reach the country of buyer or sometimes face up artist that's tracking doesn't update -.-
I got a tracking fear =.=

 

I'm afraid of breaking or staining my doll or something. It's something I'm working to overcome, because I really do want to play with her more and enjoy her. I have to keep reminding myself that anything can be fixed or changed and to just have fun.

 

I guess my greatest fear is that I fall out of the hobby and never get back into it. And that all my money invested in the hobby will be for nothing.

 

My fears have come true twice already. First to get destroyed was a Fairyland event head. Then my beautiful Rhubarbe. Thankfully the puppy is still very much alive, since he only ingested a small amount of the resin.