What is your grail doll, and why is it your grail?

Luts SDF Mia in NS is my grail. It started with wanting to change the sculpt for one of my characters, because two of my dolls who are supposed to be sisters don't quite look related. And when I was researching, I found owner photos of Mia that were the perfect expression of my character's personality, while also having features in common with the sister. Unfortunately, however, the sculpt seems to be quite rare Maybe one day!

 

I'm talking about a Doll you're willing to do anything for.
Your Holy Grail Doll(s) that you would absolutely give anything to own.

I have two, but can only name one.
Souldoll Zenith Paratiisi

What a magnificent amazing doll. She's so gorgeous it's breathtaking. Her Hair, her horns, her outfit. Just screams beauty. If I ever find this doll, no matter the cost- I would indeed sacrifice my priorities for her. You ever just seen something that triggers a '' I NEED IT'' aspect and it lives rent-free in your head? Yeah, that's her.

 

To me, it's Volks Suigintou for now.

 

I think my "grail dolls" would have to be Dollshe Husky and Merry Doll Round Fang. I felt most satisfied after getting them and think I could be happy if I sold off all my other dolls and just kept those.
I actually got my Dollshe Husky many years ago, as only my second BJD. I got my Fang a few years ago and slowed down my collecting a lot after that. When the weather warms up, I want to try to redo my Husky's faceup to make him look the way I imagined many years ago before I had the faceup skills to achieve it.

 

At this point? A doll I can keep,

 

Doll Chateau Nicola-A fullset!

 

SOOM Open eyes Hyperon is my last grail.
I got Romantic eyes Hyperon (2015?) then I took a very long break from the hobby. I hop back on to the hobby (late 2018) and saw he was re-released multiple times after 2015 so I was so sad. But after a long wait, SOOM re-release him this year!!! I am so excited that now he is coming home. Three months and you will finally be mine!!! YEAH!

 

Hmm... I eventually found my others, but I'm still looking for that elusive Lati Oracle M. In the now-more-than-a-decade since he was released, I've actually never seen one come up for sale. Not one.

The Soul Doll Celestyn? I've seen exactly two of those for sale in the years since they were discontinued. I wasn't quick enough to get either...

Volks' Andre isn't that rare. I could buy one right now if I wanted to. I'm just not willing to throw $2500 at someone to do it.

 

To me, a grail doll is just a doll that I really love a lot and would personally have a hard time getting, usually because it was limited or way too expensive for me realistically. Whether or not it's actually "rare" or hard to find doesn't necessarily factor in unless it actively makes it harder for me to obtain.

Before I even properly got into BJD, the Volks DD Hatsune Miku was actually my main grail doll! I was still a younger teen at the time she came out I think? So I had no way to get her at all due to not having any sources of income. I didn't understand how Volks' lottery system worked at the time either tbh!

Currently I'd say my grail dolls are DD Miku (still ), DD Rin & Len, and DD Nero. For me they're grails because they were released for a relatively limited period and were (and still are, secondhand, too tbh) really expensive. I don't have any of them yet unfortunately!

DD Miku is probably the most grail-like for me, partially because she was my first real "grail" experience, and because there's a lot of extra content (mostly clothing sets based on her song PV art!) Volks released for her that I'd also ideally like to own along with the doll. On the flip-side, I'd be satisfied with just the standard fullsets for Rin, Len, and Nero.
Altogether they'd all be a bit hard for me to get because of the cost and the fact that I have to look through the secondhand market for them. The variance of their availability paired with the high cost makes them more like long-term goals for me.

Another doll, or really just doll head, that might end up being a grail for me, is the Minifee Kyle sculpt. I purchased one through Fairyland's a-la-carte system because I wanted to use the sculpt for a pair of original characters, and they discontinued that sculpt very shortly after. The only problem is, I intended to use the sculpt for a pair of twins, so I had intended to buy two but wasn't able to at the time due to not having enough funds. I rarely see Minifee Kyles around personally (so far anyways) so I'm a tad bit worried about the possibility of being able to find a second head, with the company faceup to boot, to make the other twin. It doesn't seem to be a very popular sculpt so I highly doubt Fairyland would consider bringing it back, considering the fact that they said they would only consider bringing back popular sculpts to the a-la-carte system.


Currently I'm attempting to save up for Nero, since I've found her in some secondhand markets in decent condition, but we'll have to see if she's still there when I've saved up the money!

 

If I had unlimited money it would be Fairyland feeple60 Carol. Oh well, one can dream right?

 

I have 2 grails as of right now, one of them being Miracle Doll's Mad Rabbit and the other, Asleep Eidolon's Lucas Caramel.
I'm currently saving for Lucas right now and I've missed every re-release of Mad Rabbit so far lol.

 

For me a grail doll is a doll I absolutely adore but it’s very unrealistic to get because of the number of items or price. Something far out of reach. Some dolls on my Wishlist I see once and think oh they are pretty I would like to own them in the future. But for my grail dolls I love to browse through the internet and just look at pictures of them. Jo March and a head made after a celebrity would be my grail dolls. (And normal skin Delphine from dod )

 

My collection is pretty much complete, so I only have one small teeny tiny “grail”: a Dearmine Gorgi. I need a little corgi companion for one of my shelled characters. I keep hoping Gorgi will be re-released soon, or that some other company will make a corgi doll.

 

I have two on the list at the moment
One is venitu, I love his size, he is perfect for SD size, I like his face, hands and feet, I think he is the only realistic mold I like, I feel he has everything I like and I have an idea in my head of how I would like him to be physically from the hair, make up and clothing style.

my second in the list is yuu from volks, honestly volks is not my favorite brand because it is rare that I get to like 100 percent of their sculpts.... but that mold fascinates me, I love his little face in the form of uWu LOL

 

Dream of Child Ivan. I found his picture on google image by accident when searching anime and I fell in love right away. I didn't know anything about bjd back then and a bit sceptical buying something and had to wait months to get it. I never had interest in any dolls (still now) so bjd is my first. It took me years to decided to buy a bjd and now I feel lucky that I have both Ivan homme and elf, as it is difficult to find them second hand now.

 

My grail doll is a doll chateau violet, but she’s just so expensive for an msd

 

Am I weird that I don't have a grail doll? I have a grail faceup. For years I've been wanting a bjd of my favorite Final Fantasy VII character, Reno. I accumulated everything for him little by little. The only thing left is to find someone who can do a really good faceup of him. I'm picky about the quality of faceup I want, and so far no luck. So I guess that is my grail.

 

probably a delf soony! i’ve wanted want for so many years and i always miss out when one is for sale

 

I guess... iMda Memory Molly in choco or tawny? I don't know. It's hard to say if there's a doll I'd "do anything" for. There's a lot of other things that come before dolls for me, which is why my wishlist is ginormous but I haven't made many moves to get any of those dolls. But Molly is the closest to my own art style and I think she'd make a heckin' cute version of my character. If I could only have one doll, it probably would be Molly?

 

I have a few, some are going to be more attainable than others, but the one that I think will give me the most challenge is the Luts Senior 65 Delf Bliss Vampire. He was a limited edition that NO ONE talked about, NO ONE (at least in the western part of the hobby/on here) bought, and NO ONE has posted a single owner pic of (since Luts is a Korean company, there may be Korean social media sites with pics of him that I just don't know about or can't access, but I've searched here, Flickr, Imgur, Google Images, and Instagram and found NOTHING).

I don't really care about getting his fullset outfit (not my style), or if he has his original faceup (prefer to do my own), I just want that particular sculpt. Instead of giving him top fangs, they gave him mostly bottom teeth (he has a similar mouth shape to the Bliss Sweety event head, just with pointy teeth) and that's really unique for a vamp. He'd be perfect in the little-not-so-little vampire coven I have planned for my collection. It'll be a long, long time before I can even think about posting a WTB, but one of these days I hope I can bring him home!