When did you first feel you had "bonded" with your doll?

It's taken me about a month to really bond with Mirai. I loved her right off the bat, constantly going over pictures online of her mold (RS Ju). But things have only just clicked together. Last night in a rush of inspiration, I realized what her back story was. Before, I really didn't have a character in mind for her, which I think is why bonding has taken so long to happen.

 

My first doll was a Junior Iplehouse Tatiana (MSD) named Yuma. I fell in love with her instantly after seeing her and sort of bonded with her in transit. When she arrived though she was naked for a while, and had in a pair of less than desireable eyes that I didn't care for. But she was my first so I forced affection on her anyway. After a few months I was able to figure the whole BJD thing out and I started picking eyes and wigs and commissioning clothes etc. I REALLY turned her into my own doll. I think that's about the time I truly bonded with her.

At the same time though I found LUTS, and so found the Delf Miyu and I instantly fell in love with that sculpt. So in order to afford such an expensive girl I decided to sell Yuma. I just felt like the Miyu was truly my dream doll and I would always want her. I just ordered her and I feel 10x's more connected with her than I did with Yumie. For me, she's just better suited in every way. I know the moment I get her cleaned up out of the box I'll have completely bonded with her!

 

The minute I saw her looking up at me from inside that box

 

my doll is a pipos baha and when i got her i was so happy but then i looked in her eyes and smiled and i respected her she felt a little warm and it felt like she respected me to and it felt like we had just become best friends forever

 

Remedy (Volks SDG Kun) made my breath catch in my throat, even in her default form, and it was done for from that moment. She was just as fantastic in person, then even better once I found her the right eyes and wig, etc.

When I realized that if I were homeless, I would take her along as a pillow...that's when I knew.

The BJD that have stayed here are the ones that just clicked somehow. Perfect look, perfect everything. When they make me beyond happy, that's when I don't want them to go away.

 

To me, it's after I have made an outfit for them, but it was a bit diff. for Reika. Today, I finished Kura's outfit *pants, shirt, makeshift scarf, and boots* and felt he had really come to life~ But for Reika, I wasn't able to make an outfit cause I didn't have any fabric, and couldn't find any old clothes that were 'not being worn, but in good condition'. So I tried restringing her, getting the right wig and eyes for her, cleaning her, and random photo-ing impulses. But then it seems I feel closer to her now that Kura's here. Strange. ._.

 

Well lets see for my first doll I first bonded with him at my first meet up because I hadn't had a chance to see him until then. See he didn't come the way I wanted him to and so....so my friends did a nice rescue on him and got him a wig and shoes and made him an appropriate outfit and redid his face for me. I picked him up the frist time and man he was so cuddly and this character is so cute and sweet that he just was perfect. as for my second I fell in lvoe with his head the first time I saw it and his new body much loves but not his first body. In fact never did to that first body and its being given to my friend.

 

Usually the real bonding happens when I've understood the doll's character and given him/her the proper face-up, wig, eyes, clothes et c. Even if I most often love him/her from the very moment box opening and unwrapping is done it's when the doll can relax and just being him-/herself that the real relationship between me as an owner and the doll begins. If I have already had a character in mind when deciding to bring a certain sculpt home and it shows that the doll upon arriving agree with it it's of course much easier to bond fast. I also feel that the more work I put into the doll and the more time I spend with him/her the stronger the bond gets and that I think is quite common. ^_^

 

It really depends on the doll for me.

For my Puki Pipi, as soon as I was her sweet little pout on my computer screen I knew I had to have her, she was my first doll and still one of my favorites.

For my Puki Piki, I was never bonded to him, my mom was the one who wanted me to buy him. I won't ever make the mistake of going with someone else's opinion on dolls ever again.

For my RoxyDoll Lucy, it was as soon as I opened her box, she was lying in a heap of Easter grass with her head cap dangling by her strings. And to top it off she refused to stand, ugh.

For my ResinSoul Mei, I bought her before any of the Mei's had made their way home and Bobobie is famous for having pictures that don't do their dolls justice. So as soon as she got home and into my arms I knew I loved her, even bald and nameless.

For my Bobobie Weylin, as soon as I pulled him out of the box there were issues, I had bought him as a boyfriends for my MSD without ever seeing an SD sized doll in person. Woah. And then I decided to still keep him and make him into a different character, but when I bought him his supposed wife, he looked like an alien next to her and she was my dream doll, so he had to go.

For my Bobobie Isabella, I actually received the wrong doll from JunkySpot, I had ordered a March. So after the initial shock of her not being quite right, I fell in love with her sweet little smile.

For my DZ Fei, he was a spur of the moment trade and I never really bonded with him at all. I tried to bond by cleaning him (even though he was not dirty), re-sueding him and giving him a new temporary faceup. But it just never clicked with us.

For My Elfdoll Tasha, as soon as I saw the promo pictures for her fullset, I wanted her. But I thought that I would never be able to afford her pricetag. My mom set up a layaway for me so I could earn her that way.

And for my Leeke Kyou, as soon as I saw his thread on the Marketplace I was in love. I wanted him terribly, she had a trade option up and I offered my DZ Fei, but then was like what the heck, I want him BAAAAAAD so i offered to buy him outright from her. I was so happy when she agreed, and I still love him to pieces.

So really, as soon as a doll get's into my possession I know if they will be staying for the long haul.

 

With Anya, I bonded the minute I pulled the bubblewrap off. I remember my hands were shaking and it was just this crazy adrenaline rush.

I'm not sure when I bonded with Thalatta. For a while, ze was just a blank Jun head, sitting on my monitor, begging to be bonded with. I guess it was more of a slow bonding, but now I wouldn't give her up for anything.

I bonded with Daphne after Tygati gave her a faceup. Just...oof. She's so beatufiul.

Yánzi I bonded with over time, while he was my roomie's doll. I didn't realize I'd bonded with him until my roomie started thinking of selling him because they hadn't bonded, and I just...couldn't let him go. XD

Miyuki was kind of an instant bond. XD She was a friend's, and I'd gone to her house for a little meetup, and little Miyuki was just there with no eyes and no face and I was like pfffffffffffff so screwed.

And Dawn, I fell for before I even ordered her. Getting her here and standing her up just strengthened it. :3

 

My first (and so far only doll) was not my first choice initially, but when she arrived, she was so much more beautiful than I expected, I was quite taken with her immediately.

Still, I think the real bond happened gradually (maybe it is still an ongoing process)-- while I was taking pictures of her and spending time just admiring her. She came to acquire a character that was somewhat different than I imagined.

I wouldn't say I'm the most active doll owner, but in a quiet way, I am very grateful to have this beautiful little lady in my possession

 

im not sure when the exact moment was when i bonded with my doll because i have always liked him and wanted to keep him around but i think for me there are two moments that stick out when i think about bonding with him. 1. was when i got his horns and put them on. i fell in love with him right away with his horns and 2. when i was getting ready to sell my soom amber. i just remember looking at him and imagining selling him and that thought made me really sad.

hes still more heliot than siren (has a long way to go and lots of changes) but i love him even though he doesnt look the way hes meant to.

 

I'm always very happy when a new doll arrives, but the real bonding takes place when they have just the right wig, eyes, & outfit. The funny thing is that it's not always what I envision for them. When I finally give them the right combination, they know it & I know it...then the bonding begins.

 

Well, the bonding is different with each doll...for my first, it was the instant I unwrapped his face and really saw him for the first time. It was electric. >w< For my second, it wasn't until I had switched out his eyes and put on his wig. Then it was a warm feeling in my tummy and a deep love that only grew over time. Beyond that...well, sometimes even when I open a doll and feel that prick of excitement..it doesn't necessarily mean that I've bonded with them. Sometimes it takes time and customization. Others it's still that instant electric spark of a super deep bond. Those are the dolls I know will stay with me forever. But sometimes, no matter how hard I try, the doll just never feels quite right to me. No matter what I change or do with them...that's when I know it's time for them to move on. ^^;

..ok, rereading that it sounds really odd, but that's the closest I could get in words to how I felt about it. xDD

 

I believe I bonded with my doll with the first photoshoot I did with her. I feel I haven't bonded enough yet since i can't seem to settle on a name and its been about 2 years.

 

I bonded with her as soon as I got her out of the box, she was even more beautiful and amazing that I imagined her to be

 

Some it normally happenes before the doll is even home, I bonded with the characters a good year before they became dolls. Most others it happens right form the box.

 

I think it was when~
...The First time i was alone with her,and got her all dressed up for a photo shoot!

 

For Irie it was definitely when I finished putting her together. I got through so much even to just attach her head to the body... and just because of that I feel like I've grown very much attached to her. For C it was the first time I held him in my arms~ >v< I loved him soooo much~ as for Hyorin, I think I bonded when I first received her head in the mail; even though I didn't know if it was a girl or a boy Shushu at the time it was pretty much love at first sight.

 

I'm not sure, but I think it probably was when taking a certain photoshoot last year when I felf bonder to my little Campanula >.<