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What was the first doll you wanted to buy?

Jul 3, 2014

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    1. DOD Elf I-Ra, and i did get the chance to own her! I didnt click with her like i thought i would but it was really nice to have my grail doll for a little while.
       
      #41 nocturneofsilence, Jul 6, 2014
    2. The very first doll I ever saw and fell for was a Narae sculpt around 2006, paired with an Unoa Lusis in a picture on someone's deviantArt page. I still have neither to this very day. Narae is still pretty, but I've changed my tastes a little since then, so I don't know if I'd buy her unless I somehow found her very cheap (fat chance XD). However, I think a Lusis may be my grail doll, like so many other people. She's just so precious! If I had money I'd scoop her right up.
       
      #42 Colyno, Jul 6, 2014
    3. Iplehouse Carina was the first doll I had the urge to buy. I had known about dolls for a few years but Carina was the one that made me actually want a BJD of my own. I bought her two months after meeting my friend's Carina and I still have her. I doubt I will ever part with her!
       
      #43 Witchcraft, Jul 6, 2014
    4. The first BJD I ever wanted to buy WAS the first one I bought. Elfdoll Rita. I still have her and will never get rid of her.
       
      #44 thedarkeststar13, Jul 6, 2014
    5. For me, it was Dream of Doll's Sha. I still find myself drooling over him. Someday he will be mine.
       
      #45 Selenae, Jul 6, 2014
    6. I had seen a lot of dolls while I was just a sort of casual observer in the hobby, but the doll that really made me want to jump in to take the plunge was the Iplehouse Byuri in "The Addiction" line. I remember staring at her, then the price, then her again trying to make the wires cross as to how I could scrounge up the money for her. I wanted to go for it, but she sold out and that's the end of that. My plans have currently shifted since then, but I really don't think i'd mind owning her in the future!
       
      #46 Baihyn, Jul 6, 2014
    7. Volks SD13 Mimi! She was the fifth BJD I bought, but she is the first one I KNEW I wanted for sure. And I still have her. :aheartbea I still love the anime look for my BJDs.

      april, this sounds almost exactly like the situation where I got my first BJD! I was watching a fullset Volks Kohya auction on ebay, but just couldn't make myself shell out over $1000 for him. When the auction was over, I went to the Volks website and bought the most masculine SD13 in stock that I saw there, which was Volks Link. I don't remember if I even considered him before then. He's perfect for me, and is still my favorite. And I remember seeing and wanting Satoko Ohno's faceupped heads too, and they no doubt influenced me toward buying a Volks first.

      Linda S.
      galatia9
       
      #47 galatia9, Jul 6, 2014
    8. On a whim, Lati White Sp. Belle. I'm really glad I adopted her because it lead to my whole Lati addiction..:aheartbea :aheartbea There wasn't really any thought behind her other than she was too cute for words. I was curious about BJDs - and specifically Latis - after being in the fashion doll community and seeing so many Lati photos within my circle of friends.
       
      #48 Wintryabyss, Jul 6, 2014
    9. My first loves were Dollzone Raphael and his mini-me Baby Raphael. I saw pictures of them separately and was already starry-eyed, but then I spotted the portrait of them together and started pining hard and researching and scouring the internet...and now I have my Raphael as well as triplet Baby Raphaels, haha. (And I wouldn't say no to quads or quints, either. Curse you, Raphael addiction!) No matter how many dolls I own, I suspect those buggers in particular will always have their tiny resin claws dug into my heart. :aheartbea
       
      #49 psychobarfly, Jul 6, 2014
    10. Pretty sure the first BJD I saw that I really wanted was one of DIM's girls...Marianne, maybe? I do know the first BJD I ever saw was a Dollzone boy. Xi? Yi? Something like that. I think. My memory's not that great. I could be wrong. Although the first one I bought was a Angelregion Dana. Probably. XD
       
      #50 Safira, Jul 6, 2014
    11. The doll I first wanted to buy was Loius from Glorydoll. Especially I loved the Halloween version. I can not tell why exactly, but that moment I really fell in love with that sculpt. Up to that moment the company stopped, so I could not get him. So I got another first doll, then a few more, and I really like them. I still like the Louis sculpt and think that the company was making very special dolls but I also would say that there are many other great companies who make amazing dolls.
       
      #51 Takumi, Jul 6, 2014
    12. The first bjd I ever fell in love with/wanted to buy was Angel Studio's Lan. I first saw her as the model for their 1/3 western dress/deer girl outfit. Unfortunately they had to change the stockings/leggings which ended up being a huge regret to me. I wish I'd ordered it before the material change le sigh... '''orz
       
      #52 Holybovine, Jul 6, 2014
    13. The first doll that I wanted to buy was DOT Tender Shall. When I saw the prices, I couldn't believe it so I stopped hoping that I can even own one and I also stopped looking at BJD-related pictures. Years later, after stumbling once again to some BJD pictures, I started searching for BJDs again. And once again, I started loving that very same sculpt. Probably because Dream of Doll was the first BJD website I have visited. Sadly, I don't like that sculpt now as much as I used to. So I crossed out that doll in my wishlist.
       
      #53 nichipyon, Jul 6, 2014
    14. The first doll I wanted to buy was a Migidoll Miho. I did not end up getting a Miho and I sadly still do not have one but I hope to get on in the future.
       
      #54 8BitHeart, Jul 6, 2014
    15. i think it was the school A head from volks... but i wanted to buy a doll before that, just didn't have anything specific i would like... most dolls looked samefaced to me at first, especially volks ones
       
      #55 rikotan, Jul 7, 2014
    16. The first doll I actually wanted to buy was a RS Gang, and I still would like to make him my first purchase. A long-time character of mine saw him and perked up as being "his" body, and that was the first time that had happened. Almost purchased him at a convention too, but chose not to because of the expense. Now that I'm in a better place financially, I plan on getting him within the next year!
       
      #56 xTCDx, Jul 7, 2014
    17. The first doll I wanted to buy was a Dollshe Saint. I did purchase him (I actually have two Saints now), and I love them so much! They were everything I had hoped they would be and more. I wanted many of the Soom LE dolls around the same time (I was looking up many, many companies per day at the time) and I have all of the ones I had missed out on before I joined the hobby.
       
      #57 AmberLeigh, Jul 7, 2014
    18. the first doll i really wanted to buy was a dream of doll shall, but since was just discovering bjds and only wanted one as an artist model i thought she was too expensive and got an obitsu instead. now many years (and dolls) later i still think she is lovely but i have found that msd sized dolls are as big as i want so even though i don't get the sticker shock when i see her anymore, i'll never bring her home.
       
      #58 auntbear, Jul 7, 2014
    19. The first doll I ever wanted to buy was Dream of Doll DOT Azera. I quickly realized he was not the right one for me though, at least for my first. I am still fond of him, but I do not know if I will ever buy him.
       
      #59 babymoose96, Jul 7, 2014
    20. For me, I think the first doll I wanted to buy was the first one I saw - Volks Chii! But the first one I seriously /tried/ to buy and actually put some effort into researching was Customhouse Siwon - but as a girl. I've got a boy Siwon now who's about to go off for a faceup, and hopefully once I find someone to swap bodies with me, I'll finally have that doll I was dreaming of back in 2005. XD
       
      #60 Lolita, Jul 7, 2014
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