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Which came first...the head or the body?

Jan 11, 2009

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Which did you buy first?

  1. Head

  2. Body

  3. I always buy head and body together

Multiple votes are allowed.
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    1. ah yes ^^ Deion the headless wonder...untill Akio stole his body while Judas stole Akios body

      judas: *cries* i miss it...
       
      #21 June, Jan 11, 2009
    2. My MD Ryu's body came first, since I bought it second hand.
      I had to wait to get his head because it was new :[
       
      #22 akanekai, Jan 11, 2009
    3. I can't really say I always buy one of the other parts first when I'm making a hybrid. I'd say I usually buy the head first and find a body to match but I got Idris' body first and now I'm getting Lina's body before her head. I also just finally settled on a body for Djuna who has been on a nice loaner from a friend for almost a year. Still don't have a body for my PD Mano head.

      I guess I buy the body first if it's in any way hard to get or limited for a character who has a specific body type. If they don't have a specific shape or style needed to suit them I can figure out the body later and just grab the head first, especially if the head is the hard to get or limited part. :sweat

      At this point only six of my dolls came as a complete set. Bermann, Cyn, Omicron, Mui, Corvi and Schulze were all purchased as complete dolls. The rest had to be worked out.
       
      #23 idrisfynn, Jan 11, 2009
    4. I have 3 dolls that I bough whole, A migidoll Ryu head that I got then got the body for, and an Unoa Lusis faceplate that I pan to get a body for. I generally get heads before bodies... It would be hard for me to make and get attached to a character with just a body.
       
      #24 kobbi, Jan 11, 2009
    5. Exactly the same for me!

      For one of my dolls, I paid for the body first and the head later. I have the head now and I'm still waiting for the body. For most of my dolls I bought them whole but I would rather buy the head first if possible.

      In my experience it's a dangerous gamble to buy a head first and the body later. The resin may change before you can buy it, resulting in a mismatched head/body combo. I once had an oldskin DoT E-An whose head needed to be replaced, and I ended up with a head that was that new super pink color >:(
       
      #25 loz64, Jan 11, 2009
    6. I put head before body. But of my five complete dolls- three were bought all at once. Only two were heads first, but for one of them I had obtained a body within less than twenty-four hours (I was at a very interesting Con). I also have an extra floating head. that I'm undecided about keeping.
       
      #26 eppieblack, Jan 11, 2009
    7. I've been in all three situations. I've bought heads first, bodies first, and dolls complete. It all depends on what I want to build and what parts become avaliable first.
       
      #27 glyndon, Jan 11, 2009
    8. I prefer to buy whole dolls but just recently I bought a head to replace one I had. I guess in that case it would be the body first as it was already here.

      I do have plans to buy a couple of floating heads & look for bodies later since the company only sells heads.
       
      #28 Gwydion, Jan 11, 2009
    9. Unless it's a limited head, a head from a company that doesn't make bodies, or you're buying a body from a different company for a different look, etc, I don't see the point in buying separate. I personally wouldn't have any fun with a floating head so it would seem like I didn't have a doll anyway. I'd rather save up and get the whole doll at once. You wouldn't have to pay shipping twice either.
       
      #29 Nefla, Jan 11, 2009
    10. For all of my dolls, it's been head first. XD; Of course, they were being sold as just heads and I fell in love with them. Except my Chiwoo, I couldn't afford to buy him whole at the time but I knew I would regret it if I didn't buy his head since he was the first Chiwoo I fell absolutely in love with. XD ...My Minimee elf head is an exception too, he came with the Minimee body...that was for someone else. XD
       
      #30 LupusDarkmoon, Jan 11, 2009
    11. Usually I buy heads and bodies together, but once I had to buy those separately bcause I wanted a guy head on a female body. Still don't have the body though XD...
       
      #31 Tiya, Jan 11, 2009
    12. I always buy head and body together because I would be too afraid of the color difference or the size difference. And I don't like to sell my things when I paid a lot to get them ^^' so to be sure I buy all together! But im planning to get a head that could be low price for me and im gonna get a body from the same company , im afraid to try different bodies ^^'
       
      #32 Queen0fSpades, Jan 12, 2009
    13. I bought the head first, then I chose a body to match the head's resin. Bodies are more common then certain head molds I find, so its best to buy the rarer one first!
       
      #33 hotaruglow, Jan 12, 2009
    14. I bought my first two dolls whole, but my third, and likely fourth dolls has been/will be bought heads first.
      Alicestor's head is already home, and it will be quite some time before I'm able to buy him a body. I'm still not entirely sure about the choice of body, since I want to wait until the Feeple 60 bodies come out first. (It's not like I'm going to have the money until sometime LATE this year anyways :sweat )
      I plan on making them both hybrids, and since my funds are extremely limited, I think it's more fun to buy them bit by bit, and enjoy what I DO have home with me.
      Besides, in Alicestor's case, his head was hard to find, and I had to pounce when I saw him up on the marketplace. :)
       
      #34 Prysm, Jan 12, 2009
    15. i marked "together", because i will be really glad if it comes together, since most probably i will be having a hybrid. also i don't like this "floating head" idea, but i can understand buying a head you really like when it is possible. i just don't like idea of having only part of a doll.
       
      #35 Jablonka, Jan 12, 2009
    16. i prefer to buy them together.
      but i've tried twice times buying floating heads. and spend a lot of times finding bodies to fit them later. so i think i won't tried again. T_T
       
      #36 triiiper, Jan 12, 2009
    17. So far... the head came first. I'm still waiting on funds for the bodies!

      Meanwhile... I have three floating heads. XD
       
      #37 Resu, Jan 12, 2009
    18. Most of my dolls where bought as complete dolls. The only exceptions are my Soony SS Head/DDII Body hybrid, and my future Luwen and Shiwoo heads, which will be on Demon Garden or Fantasy Doll bodies.
       
      #38 Senko, Jan 13, 2009
    19. In the event that I buy a split doll, I will normally purchase the head first!
       
      #39 Missie L, Jan 13, 2009
    20. Well, I voted "the head", but that was just with my two big kids, actually.

      With Oliver, I bought his head and two months later his body and with Souseiseki, I bought her head, like five days after her body, but it arrived two weeks before her head did :P

      And my little Valadhiel came complete.
       
      #40 Stratolily, Jan 13, 2009
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