Why do you need more than one?

At this point I am just trying to be content with what I have--so it's six. All of my dolls are of characters from one particular story that me and my friend both work on; there are 50 or so named characters all together. I surely never wanted to have that many dolls. I don't think I even want six, but trying to sell them is too frustrating. I did get my collection down to one a few years ago. It just crept up from there.

The main reason I didn't stay with one was Bambicrony: I love their doll Emily. Three out of the six dolls are Emilys! So it's not a matter of wanting variety either. I thought the last doll I bought, a Roda, would work as a grown-up version of an Emily, but whatever resemblance I thought I saw clearly doesn't exist in person.

 

I want at least two of each a 1/4 and 1/3 size. Boy and girl of each, otherwise they'll get lonely!

 

IF ONLY, we could work that one out. I sure know the doll manufacturers realize if they create the cutest, most interesting, best quality dolls, we'll all just keep buying them. I have a lot and love each of them because they are so different but I guess I wont be able to keep them all forever. I am thoroughly enjoying the pictures people are putting on this forum, it really helps with decisions and answers.

 

My first doll was a gift, and while I had always loved to look at bjd's I never thought i would own one of my own. Now that I do it's a great feeling Cain is so much fun to have around and take pictures of. Seeing as how i didn't know he was coming his personality came to me more and more each day I have owned him. Yet he always seemed so lonely. Thankfully my friend who gave him to me is now living with me along with her doll, and I have ordered my own doll and I am so excited. I think there is just so much variety that it should be enjoyed. Variety is the spice of life you know.

 

My dolls are just physical embodiments of my role-playing characters. If I see a mold that really suits a character of mine, I start obsessing over it and just have to have it! I couldn't have stopped at one even if I had tried (I didn't lol).

 

I am heavily affected by all things pretty. I have a Wish List a mile long, which doesn't account for any new Limiteds I might want. Granted, my first two are still MIA and my views on it might change once I get my hands on a certain number of dolls. I might just become overwhelmed and stay where I'm at once I've hit a certain point.

Or maybe I won't because I don't understand the meaning of "self-preservation". I'm the kind of hobbyist who, when it comes down to eating or getting something I really want for one of my hobbies, I'll get what I want for the hobby and live without real food until the next paycheck comes around.

 

I used to think one was enough, but no, no, no, it certainly isn't. It's kind of addicting to surf the internet searching for the perfect sculpt, perfect eyes, perfect hair etc. When I come across a sculpt I absolutely love, it's so hard to say no. They are just so beautiful!

 

I currently only have one BJD, a few off-topic dolls and a floating head, but my doll wishlist expands often. xD I basically have a "dolls I know I will get in the next few years because they fit my character" list and "dolls I think are pretty so they'd be nice to have" list. xD

 

I used to think one was enough.. But my storyline started blossoming and characters started developing.. And then I find myself having 11 dolls.. @________@;;

 

I have multiple characters and a lot of them interweave. For example my incoming Cato, it'd feel weird to have him and not have his wife or children. Plus I really neecmy main girl, Hannah. It also wouldn't feel right not having her around, and then having her without her "crew" xD would also feel pretty odd.

 

I always thought I would be happy to even own one doll. But soon after the first there came a second and another...and so on. I really want to stop my family from growing to big, but I keep falling in love with sculpts.
When I got my two dream dolls I thought I was done, but the research and the interest in new dolls always exists in me. It's not that I am not satisfied with the ones I have, I am more then satisfied. I love them to bits.

 

For me it's like with clothing - I could go with less dresses than I own, but I want more becuase they're all so different and I want to be able to variate myself after whih mood I'm in, etc. It would also be awesome to do some pari shoots with dolls - yet I just own one :C

 

eh, because of ingrid's story. her best friend is gabriel so i'm just kinda sticking to her story?

 

There are just too many fun ones out there!!!! For me I think that all I really need would be two. I like one to do stuff with and one to display and keep perfectly new looking. But I don't think that will ever happen

 

Because so many awesome sculpt XD
At first I want 1 only too at first, but my boy seems lonely, now I'm on the way to find him a little brother =D

 

I think I can admit to myself I don't need more than one. I just really really want more than one so I can have them styled differently, and I want probably one male, maybe two. And I want one of the Impl centaurs. But I prefer SD size overall! I want more than one because I can make so much more out of more than one.

 

why do you need/want/have more than one BJD?

Hmmm maybe because there are soooooo many to chose from that you can almost always find more than one to fall really in love with?

But in my case I am also a serial collector, I used to collect: figurines, comics, other dolls, "nightmare before christmas" items, and so on.
So when I got into BJD I never believed I'd be able to keep it to just one.

 

If I get one, I will want a second, so the one doesn't get lonely, and so they can interact, and take pictures together. They're a couple; soul-mates. I don't have a reason to ever own more than two.
...Except I really like this other sculpt, who looks perfect for my OC as a child... This is how it starts, isn't it?

 

I also thought just one would be enough, but over the time it feels as if she were so lonely, maybe because of her sad-melancholic-looking face up lol and now I almost have ten o_O

 

Because my tastes are a constantly growing, changing thing, and a doll that I may have thought was my ultimate ideal at the beginning no longer holds the appeal that it once did. Of course, that original doll still has fond memories (and maybe a character) attached to it, so I hold onto it...and buy another doll. And another. And another.