whats your ideal number of dolls

I don't have a set number. For me, it's more about how many dolls I genuinely have the time to appreciate and do things for. Since my main interest for getting into BJDs was all the creative stuff around them (especially sewing), I get dolls based on whether they inspire me to make things for them. There's a lot of pretty dolls, but not that many that fuel inspiration for me, so I expect numbers to stay fairly low for me based on that (plus space/money/time concerns).

 

I ordered one doll thinking it would be the only one, but I already am looking and falling for other sculpts...I do hope not to reach double digits, but I guess I wouldn't be the first to say that and to break the limit anyway.

 

Honestly? Just one . Buuut I tend to cycle through which sizes I like, so now that I have a YoSd and an MSD I will probably try for an SD, bringing me up to three resin babies. I'm okay with two though.

 

Up to 20.

 

25 or less, right now I have 8 I am going to finish it one day though!!!

 

Thinking of having more than around 10 in each of my size categories stresses me out. The largest dolls I collect are 15-17” but they seem huge to me, and the boxes take a lot of space. We’ll see how I feel when I get there...

 

I think the amount depends on my living space. Right now I’m collecting a lot of heads to save space. As for full dolls, I’m nearing my max. My shelves are almost full. Also—-if I have mostly small dolls I figure I can have more (they take up less space). Anyway, if I buy a house, I’ll feel better collecting more LOL

 

I think an even number, so that each doll has at least one photoshoot partner of a similar size/style... I'm trying to limit myself to 6 this year, as I have limited storage space.

 

It is interesting because I usually have a set number in my head, I rarely stick to it though! I have always said my ideal would be one, but there are just too many I like to stick to that. My number has changed depending on the size of the dolls mostly, and how overwhelmed I get when I have too many, after reading through this thread I have realized that there really is no magic number for me. I like the idea of not having a number, and just keep it to the amount I am not overwhelmed by.

 

Maybe 6. I have two with a third on layaway. I don’t really have a wishlist but there are dolls I’m interested in for a one day maybe purchase. I think I’d like two of each size that interests me so that they all have a companion. I’m not sure. Lol

 

i am quite happy with the 2 i have now but i think 4 at one time is my max. seeing so many beautiful dolls makes my wishlist much longer though, so, we’ll see

 

I think I'd be happy with one if it was my grail, but otherwise a few seems right. Whatever "a few" ends up being numerically idk

 

Dang, thinking right now I guess I dont want over like 10-12 dolls. If I had an overwhelming amount I wouldn't be able to pay attention to all of my dolls and half of them would just sit there collecting dust. I also tend to forget that things exist if I dont pay attention to them which would be an absolute waste, and I dont like wasting money on something I will never pay attention to. I also don't have plenty of space so...

 

I'm a bit of a variety doll collector and my collection sizes change based on my available space, fun money, current interests, etc. I also feel like if I were to collect a single size of BJD, my upper limit would change (for example, I could reasonably accommodate a bunch of YoSDs, but not as many MSDs or SDs). However, I think I wouldn't go for more than a dozen SDs total. I like having the time and energy to play with my dolls, and I know I won't get to if I go too much over that.

 

The biggest doll crew ive owned consisted of 7 dolls which I found to be reallyyy overwhelming. Ive sold 6 of those 7, and added 2 newer dolls. Now I can say Im contented with just having 3. If ever Id want a new doll, I made it a rule to sell one in my crew for it.

 

I don't want to overwhelm myself with too many dolls so I try to stick to the mentality of quantity over quality. I'm kind of impulsive so I often see pretty dolls and immediately think, Ooh, I want them! but I try to remember that I'd rather have a couple of dolls that I really, really love instead of a gigantic pile of dolls that look nice but I'm not very passionate about.
I like a variety of different scales and I consider them all to be sort of separate from each other so I tend to count my collection by scale instead of an overall grand total. For the most part, I think I'm most comfortable sticking with no more than ten dolls per scale, but honestly, the less, the better.

 

BJDs: 9-21
Dolls in General: My goal is 100 minimum, It's my dream to someday have a beautiful doll room like my great grandma did.

 

my ideal number is 20 with the maximum being 25, i like small dolls so i think the maximum number for big doll would be something around <5

 

I'll be happy with 5 once I receive my next doll. But I'd be open to going up to 7. I don't think I'd be able to appreciate them as much if I had dozens and dozens of them.

 

TBH, I don't have an ideal number. For me it would be how many I can get away with before my partner tells me no or until I run out of space for dolls.