What was the first doll you wanted to buy?

The first doll I wanted to buy was a LUTS Senior Delf Kara. I definitely wouldn't buy her now. My tastes have changed since entering the hobby and I'm happy that I did more research before I got her. I think she is a lovely sculpt just no longer my cuppa tea

 

The very first doll I wanted was a Boy and Girl Freya. I barely knew ANYTHING about the hobby when I stumbled across her. I saw a Mint On Card ad on Facebook and was like "What are this?" I found her because I was hoping the clearance dolls would be cheaper. (I was a newbie suffering from price-tag shock! Lol!) Later, when I finally did decide to get a doll, I consider getting her, but didn't. Just a little too pricey for my taste. And would I get her? I don't know. I'm cant' decide if I love her face anymore. I'm sure, though, if I found her for the right price at the right time, I would deeply consider buying her.

I will say that her company picture inspired my future doll choices. I feel in love with yellow resin and red wine wigs!

 

Mine was an AoD Gu - I'd been looking at a few sculpts online and knew that I wanted a doll, and a 60cm doll at that, but wasn't sure which one. Then I saw a friend's doll at a meetup, asked what scuplt it was, was relieved that he wasn't expensive, and bought my own the minute I got home

I still have him (as of 2014, and I bought him in 2007, so he's unlikely to be going anywhere), and I'm pretty sure I'd buy the same sculpt again, or at least one that's similar; He fits well with the rest of my collection.

I think now though, I'd have bought him secondhand if I could - All of my dolls apart from him were either from DoA Marketplace or Closet Child.

 

The first doll I wanted to buy was the first one I did buy, a Bobobie Sprite on a male body. I'd seen plenty of dolls before him, but was looking specifically for a doll that could reasonably take on one of my OCs, and that sculpt was the first one that looked right, so I bought him a couple of weeks later.

I do still have him, though I've switched him to a new (shorter) body so he's better in scale with the others in the group. And there's a good chance I'd buy him again; it'd be a tough choice between Sprite or ResinSoul's Song (which wasn't available when I made my purchase).

 

Way back when Soom had Sabiks for sale I was thinking about getting one.
It didn't work out, and I don't feel bad about at all it because my taste in BJDs has changed quite a bit since then.

 

The first doll I ever wanted to buy was a Soom Idealian Danube (is that the name...?) and I didn't get to buy him. I had seen pictures of BJDs before I wanted to get into the hobby but when I finally did and looked around for the doll I would want, his ordering period had just ended. It was a good thing too that I didn't. After seeing him some more and with more experience, he wasn't as good for the character I wanted him to be as I thought he would. Also that he was from the Idealian 51 line which, at the time, would not have been such a bad thing. But because I'm a small person and 70cm dolls are way too big for me, had I gotten him, I might have either dropped out of the hobby because of the expense of getting a doll that wasn't good enough or then I would have been too afraid to get Souji who is a Dollclan's Kien on a 70cm body because then all my props would have been not to scale for other adult dolls. I got a Souldoll Chiron instead which I still love and still have and allowed me to continue with the hobby.

 

I think while I vollied between a lot of companies and molds, one of my first doll loves was an Iplehouse Claude. ZO.M.Gosh. STILL love that boy to this day. Sadly, never purchased him tho. :/ I think I have him somewhere in the way way way back of my mind as a must have. XD

 

The first resin bjd I ever wanted was a Soom Rosette Camellia Pure Girl- very cute!!! But I sold her because my tastes changed- I like a more mature look now.

 

Mine was actually the Obitsu Haruka - I'd seen people paint them up as male or female quite nicely so could see the potential of it. Haruka was the first doll I actually bought, I had to that point no other dolls of interest as most of them that I had seen were all heavily anime styled. I got to know a few other companies and doll styles after attending a doll meet at a convention not long after I got Haruka.

 

Wow, I don't know if my answers will really be on-topic, but I'll give them anyway.

The thing that finally pushed me over the edge into the BJD world was Marina Bychkova's Enchanted Dolls. I don't own one and if I ever have thousands of dollars that I don't know what to do with, sure, I'd love to have one, resin or porcelain.

The first BJD I did wind up buying was (is?) an OOAK polymer clay art doll, a faun named Ophelia from Angels by Noemi (Smith). She is gorgeous but really more of a work of art than a standard doll you dress up and "play" with.

Edit: I forgot to mention that I also preordered Ruse #2 from Heartstrung Dolls.

Those are both kind of Off-topic I guess, so.... on to the next doll I bought, which was the Dollmore Catish White Vert Reaa - bought her on Ebay from Dollmore and I should have her in August.

So.. the next doll I bought and received.... you can read about it here. Hooo boy.

Sorry if this is a little off-topic - please advise if so! Thank you.

 

Iplehouse Leona - still one of my favorites, but glad I went in a different direction.

 

The first doll I wanted to own was Soom's Beryl. She was sold out by the time I found out about her, but I did eventually get a Beryl through Soom's Free Choice Event

 

The first doll that I really wanted to buy was a Mei, but the first one I bought was Doll Leaves Acorn. I fell in love with her face instantly and bought her on impulse and only sort of regret spending that much money at once.

 

The first doll I wanted to get was a Delf Dark Elf Soo. I ended up not getting her as my first doll because I decided to get a Delf Juri 06 instead: buy the body, get the head for free... and at the time I was assured Dark Elf Soo would be available withing a year as a compatible head for the body I was buying to get the Juri head. Well that NEVER happened.

I kept putting off getting Dark Elf Soo because she was a basic doll and would always be around and I would spend all my money on limited dolls.

Then all the Delfs were pulled from the market!

Just this past year my husband got me a Dark Elf Soo from the marketplace. She even has the default faceup from the company! Even if she is a bit unevenly yellowed, I love her!

It took six and a half years, but I finally got my Dark Elf Soo!

I'd like to get her a tan sister someday... and maybe a Little Fee version as well. I love her sculpt so much!

 

Mei by Resinsoul. I just got her recently (so recently, she still is awaiting her clothes)!

 

The first doll that actually convinced me to make a purchase was DC Stacy! But.... based on DC waiting times, it'll still be quite a while until I'm actually able to hold her in my hands...

 

The first resin doll I wanted to buy was a Pipos Bao, and it took me quite a while but I do have one now. I'm really glad I was able to buy an original one; in most cases I think more joints is better, but I was in love with the version I first saw in...2008?

 

The first BJD I ever wanted to buy was one of the first dolls I had ever seen, an SDF Ethan (limited edition, I think back in 2008?). I believe I missed the event only by a couple of months, but I was an extreme newbie then (and very young), and it would have been too much money for me anyway. I kind of would still like to have him, but I'm not sure if he fits any of my characters anymore. It hurt to see him surface in the marketplace a few times when I had no money!! Maybe one day I'll end up buying him, though - the 2008 version if possible. He sort of gives me a sense of nostalgia when I look at pictures of him since he is the first doll I fell in love with.

EDIT: Oh wow, there are some in the marketplace right now, even. Too bad I just ordered a Migidoll Ryu and don't really have any plans for an SDF Ethan yet.

 

The first doll I was tempted to buy was a customized Volks by Satoko Ohno up for auction on Ebay in 2004. I had never seen an entire bjd up for auction before--just a head now and then (there were very few bjd items listed in those days... maybe a wig or two now and then, but that's about it... and a customized head every few months). Whole dolls were just not available, usually. (There were limited sales that you had to use a buyer to obtain, and some kits, but that's about it.)

I made a bid, but was not serious... and the doll went for well over a thousand dollars, so it was way over any amount I had even considered paying... but I understood it because bjds were just so hard to get and Satoko Ohno was a very popular customizer.

What that did for me was make it easier for me to consider spending $600 on a bjd (even though I still thought it was an insane amount). So I started to research and look around to see what was available. I wanted a boy, preferably large sized, because I like more mature dolls and there were more outfits available for large sized dolls, and I liked elves--so when CP had their selling period for their limited Elf El--I bought through Liria. He was my first bjd and I still have him.