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What is your grail doll?

Feb 13, 2013

    1. Well... I had two. And I say had because they ended up being the two dolls I got first. They are the Leekeworld Mihael and Dollzone Feilian. Now my grail doll is Souldoll Kanguk. :aheartbea I just love every thing about his sculpt. His lips, his eyes, his nose... :aheartbea:aheartbea:aheartbea
       
    2. I have two both Iplehouse one is Eric who I will probably be putting on lawaway now that I know they have it and the second was Jessica but she will have to be purchased second hand sadly.
       
    3. My grail dolls are in the 'expensive LE' category. Only because if they weren't, I'd already own them!

      My 'main' grails (the ones I would go out of my way to afford if they showed up in the market for a reasonable price) are Soom Breccia, Shadow Onyx, and Soom Amphibel. Also Arkose in purple skin (even though I really can't fit his character into my storyline easily...)

      I also have other 'fantasy' grails that I'd buy if I won the lottery, like CW Sard/Beryl fullsets.
       
    4. I'm down to two grail dolls now. I always wanted a leekeworld Mikhaila in the purerose. She was my first bjd I ever saw online and on a box opening video, but (joined this hobby to late) and she was discontinued. But I found her second hand! And now I love her to death. I am however trying to save up (not going well) for a FL feeple60 chloe and a leekeworld lion with faceup 2 and the muscular body! He's just so handsome! But he's sold out... Hoping for a re-release in the near future.
       
    5. My grail doll is an expensive one too.
      It's my SoulDoll Chiron, the centaur version. In fact, it's THE doll which make me enter in BJD hobby. It was too much money to put in a doll but never lose the secret dream to have it one a day. Times passed and some months ago, in my country, someone was selling hers and I was "OMG, move your butt Liz and find a way to buy it!". And one week later, I send the money. XD

      And I don't regret it at all. He's heavy, not posable and I'm always afraid to break it if I try something, but yeah, no doubt he' was the grail one. I've put more money on him by make-doing a leather armour, I'm so happy to it !

      I would die for a white skin chimera Tedros, but it doesn't exist. D:
       
    6. I'm not sure exactly if they are grail dolls, but I would certainly love to have the following two in my collection and they are wicked hard to come by. It's further compounded in difficulty as the two are a couple so if I had one and not the other, it would be very vexing. I don't care about special face-ups or clothes as I'd have them custom painted and make their clothes anyway.

      Unidoll Ark WS with fantasy ears: The company doesn't exist anymore so that presents a problem right there. Sometimes the head comes up on the MP but it's either the wrong skin or doesn't have the ears I need for him. One of the people in my local doll group has one and the last time he brought his Ark to a small meet up, I bogarted his doll for like 2 hours (with his permission, of course) because I just love it so damn much.

      ImplDoll Miguel The Demon Hunter in grey skin: This was an LE doll with only 100 released worldwide. He must be in grey skin and he must have all fantasy parts. I've seen parts of him in the MP and once the entire doll, but both the parts and the whole doll were not grey so I wasn't even tempted to nibble at the possibility.
       
    7. Oh, tough question. Each of my dolls (not only BJDs, all of them) are my grails - it depends on the point of evaluation of what a grail doll is.
      E.g, I have Limhwa Elly - and she's one of my grails 'cos I wanted her so badly and messed up with notorious Dollfair to get her and almost lost my money and courage and had to put off this purchase as Limhwa creator didn't have any reliable dealer those times. But finally she's mine and she's a treasure...
      I also have Supia Lina - I made Jean Harlow out of her. Since she's one of my favourite actresses, I adore this doll as she looks very much after this wonderful lady...
      As for IH Zera, this doll helped me to recover after a painless break up last summer as she arrived in the very end of it...
      And so on and so forth. I can't choose as it's impossible.
       
    8. My grail dolls tend to be in the area of a month's rent for me. I kind of tense up at spending that much on one item when, you know, it could go on keeping a roof over my head another month. So they're dolls I probably won't purchase until I have more money or I can save up and not feel pangs of guilt for not putting said money on bills.

      Right now, my list is at three and one is a doll the boyfriend wants!

      -- Soom Chrom Bane of Wood
      --- Admittedly, I (and the boy) would be happy finding the fantasy parts for him and making a hybrid. So it's not that we need/want that specific edition of the doll, but it's what fits what the boy wants perfectly.

      -- Soom Mirabil
      --- Honestly, she'll probably be a ways off, but she's perfect for my Tegan character. If I come across a doll that looks better for said character, I'd probably switch her out. I'm still waffling on if I want to make a hybrid for her (she's a cursed deer girl, so she was fully human once, but also has an anthro deer form), but Mirabil's face is perfect either way.

      -- Batchix Mini-Machina Delta
      --- She's the only doll on my list that I don't have a specific character in mind for, which is pretty surprising by itself! But I'm in love with her sculpt and her face, I just have the feeling that, as much as I love/want her, she'll sit on my grail list until I can settle on a character to use her for.
       
    9. A Vesuvia in Pearl violet. She's the only doll which makes me really sad when i think that i never could have her. I love her face, i can look at Vesuvia's pictures for hours and hours XD
       
    10. My grail has always been Littlefee Luna [Rose FullPackage] because she wast he first BJD I ever really liked. I finally managed to get her last year and she is perfect in every way :) Besides her, I had really liked Iplehouse's NYID Emilia--who I managed to acquire last month so now, essentially, both of my grails are complete. I'd like to complete Emilia's Limited Edition outfit (still need the hair accessories), but besides that, I'm essentially very happy in the grail area. Hopefully if another doll ever gets my attention like them, I will be able to buy them while they are out and not have to scramble and hope someone sells one :P
       
    11. My grail dolls are...well, i can't remember. I saw them a few years a go. There were limited sets by a company whose name I can't even remember. I don't know if they're still in business. :(

      But the dolls, they're 60cm in scale, and have an angel/dark angel theme going on. One doll is all white, with a white outfit, long white blonde wig, and white wings. The other, look the same, except her outfit is black with black wings.

      For years I have tried to find them, but can't think of the name of that company. I guess they're truly are my holy grails. :(
       
    12. My holy grail doll is a tie between Kurumi's sculpt and Bianka's/Rose's sculpt (all by Volks). There's hope for Kurumi's thankfully as her face is FCS F-18, but I might not go through all that trouble and instead just try to hunt down a Bianka/Rose in the marketplace here second hand. They're so pretty, aaaah! :fangirl:
       
    13. My grail would have to be Elfdoll Ryung. She was the first bjd I wanted, and still want.
       
    14. Iplehouse Basic Luo. I would practically kill, sigh...
       
    15. @ Hornisse: do you mean the LaTi girls? One is named Dahlia I believe, the light angel.
       
    16. Oh! And my grail doll is Soom Ignim. I think about her everyday and I hate the fact that I wasn't able to afford her when she was released. :(
       
    17. Dollzone Anson. I didn't even know about that doll when it came out,and now it's discontinued. I could probably buy it secondhand,but I don't really trust that.
       
    18. Hypermaniac Ksy and the Seedring boy made by Obitsu, back in the day.

      I used to add a Customhouse Unique from the old days, Gara-Han, to my grail list, but then I learned that Gara-Han was broken at CH; I guess it isn't a grail anymore if the doll simply doesn't exist to be tracked down!
       
    19. My grail after other MSD's is Resinsoul Feng. He's just so gorgeous I adore him...But he's so expensive and so f*cking HUGE.
       
    20. I think if they made a chunky or a fat Asian BJD, it would be my grail doll. I think the only way to get one is to actually make the mold and customize one from scratch. It would probably mean a lot of work.