What is your biggest fear concerning your dolls?

I'm pretty scared that I'm going to eventually cause some sort of really bad damage. I'm really careful, especially after an incident where Seth got bumped into a wall... Its a nerve wracking though, since I love Seth and don't want anything to happen to him.

 

I recently ordered a doll, and probably my biggest fear is that he will look horrible. What if the make up is all wrong and the skin tone is bad. I chose a tan skin color on him, and I hope it's close to what I have in mind. I'm also worried that i won't be able to find matching joint hands for him, because of his skin tone and the size of the doll.

 

I've been in the hobby for nearly ten years now so I've become pretty laid back when it comes to being scared, not much has happened and most of it could be solved. I still really dislike people touching my dolls' faces though, I'm always afraid of the sealant damaging and then ruining the face-ups. Other than that.. damages don't scare me as much anymore.

But what @jaderose said above; rings true: accidentally buying a recast is pretty terrifying too.

 

I’m super scared of a doll getting lost in transit. It’d be awful and I get a cold sweat just thinking about it... second would be my beloved dog getting a hold of my dog somehow haha- it’s unlikely! But it would be a disaster.

 

Ruining the faceup while trying to put wigs in my doll(which ended up bald for a long time).

 

Mostly scared of leaving them sitting because if they fell they could break （ ; ; ）also I’m afraid of not bonding or loving my future dolls

 

Damage through the shipping process when buying a new doll.

 

My biggest fear is it getting lost or damaged in shipping... But the more realistic fear is that my one year old will attack them (already happened once thank god there was no damage from bubs swinging him around)

 

I have a few. Natural disaster/fire destroying them. My own klutziness destroying them. My toddler getting them down from the shelf and destroying them. And one that's happened already and I survived (as well as the doll) a child just took my doll, mom demanded to know how much for the doll she'd just buy it, didn't like the value even after I told her it wasn't for sale, and she snatched it from her daughter and threw it at me, insulted me and told me I was disgusting for bringing it around a playground (which was actually on the otherside of the park where my husband and kids were at the time). So yeah. It's ok.

 

My dolls getting broken or someone stealing them

 

I’ve heard of people having their dolls stolen and that sounds like an absolute nightmare to me. I can’t believe that people would do that, I’m really attached to my dolls and thinking about them being taken away from me is daunting

 

My fear is traveling with my doll, I want to take him to my artist alley conventions so bad but I just get so scared if he'll get knocked over and damaged or worse stolen if I'm not looking QAQ

 

My biggest fear is damaged

 

My biggest fear (beside damaging dolls) is probably liking too many dolls I don't have and wanting to get more than I could really take care of XD It's REALLY hard and maybe even inevitable to only love the dolls I have and not like other dolls!

 

my biggest fear happened, I brought my doll to Spotlight to get some fabric and accessories and i put her on the counter so i could pay and the cashier picked my doll up by her FACE, palm against her delicate face up and I freaked out, she asked me if I wanted my doll put in the plastic bag, I just kind of squeaked out a slight hysterical "No...!" god I looked like a weirdo but all that was running through my head was dollar signs

 

Damaging the face-up when I insert the eyes.

 

My biggest fear would have to be damaging them in some way. I literally have had nightmares about dropping them and breaking fingers.

 

Wh--what do you mean someone tried to forcibly buy... what... what did I just read?

I expected this thread to be full of stuff like breaking the doll or somesuch, but that was intense.

My fear was going to be "not being able to settle on the doll's character", but I never considered that taking them out for photos or whatever could lead to grown adults trying to take them and generally acting like giant brats. I think that might be my new fear. Incredible.

 

I am scared that they will eat my wallet and disintegrate my bank account.

Oh, wait...

 

I fear yellowing and general wear a lot even though it's inevitable. It makes me so sad that my dolls won't last forever.