Why would you give up your first doll?

People's taste changes.
I still love the look of my first doll, but if my first had been one of the many other dolls I sold because I did not like them anymore, she would have been sold.
I do get emotionally attached easily, but when there's a 200 dollar (or more) item sitting on a bench and I don't like it or use it anymore, it has to go.

 

Well, I didn't SELL my first doll, but I DID give her away. Had a falling out with the person I got her from and couldn't look at the poor thing anymore without wanting to damage her. So I wiped the 'him' she was becoming, gave her a new face-up, new eyes, made her a new lace and velvet dress, and gave her to my sister alongside the doll that was meant to be her first. I felt immensely better for it, and it made my sister happy. Before that, though...I just couldn't see a doll leaving me completely...getting a body upgrade, sure, but getting rid of the entire doll? Especially my first? No way! But then...*shrugs*

 

LOL! Add me to the crazy pile! For me it's not so much that my tastes changed as I've discovered I love a limited edition. On top of that my first girl, a Luts Lishe, is fully and totally replaceable. So if I ever dicide I need her back I can just order another Luts. I think I would like another one someday too, for some reason she is the only doll who looks good next to my Heath Alexei and they are still a couple in my mind. So he's been girlfriend less for a coulple years now.

 

This happened to me, but I think it was because that first doll was never really chosen by me. Some years back, I had just learned about BJDS and an acquaintence of mine was trying very hard to get me into them. I was very interested, of course, but hadn't even found DoA yet...I'd only known about BJDs for a couple of days! Well, she knew I was very artistic and she wanted someone to do her faceups...so she purchased an SD Obitsu doll for me on her credit card and said I could pay her back over time, and she expected me to do all her faceups too on top of paying her back. I did a few free faceups for her and paid her back for the doll, and although I made that Obitsu beautifull, she still never felt like she was truly "mine" because I'd never chosen her. (Sad story, huh?) So I sold her right afterwards and bought another SD and then another...

Fast forward about a year and a half later and by then I finally had a firm idea of what I actually wanted (thanks to much research and enjoyment on DoA.) I realized that even the SD size I'd initially been coerced into starting with was wrong for me, so I made the bold decision to sell my handful of SDs and move onto MSDs instead. For me, this was just like starting my collection all over again (for myself this time) and it was the best decision I could have made. The very first doll I purchased in the new MSD size was my Enchantment doll Machina by Batchix. (From the moment I first considered switching to MSD size, Machina instantly became my grail doll.) Getting her was like a whole new world...and the moment she was in my hands, I finally understood how people could never, ever sell a "first" doll!

 

I can't imagine selling my first doll. His face is perfect to me.

 

Well, I could never sell or give a way my first doll... Mind you, "first doll" being the first doll head I got. If we're talking full doll, then I wouldn't mind giving her away because she's an event gift. But back to the head; I can't give her away/sell her because 1) she's my first doll and I'd feel awful 2) Because she's uniquely modded, I would never be able to replace her and 3) because she's uniquely modded by another artist, I couldn't bring myself to sell/give her away, since that would be selling someone elses art; basically stealing.
So Pandemic has it pretty safe ^o^

Also, @ PoeticSoul; Touching story! It sounds like that friend just kinda forced her upon you ;~;

 

I would never give up my first doll, or any of my dolls for that matter. I think very carefully before I buy a doll. I'll sit on the internet for hours just trying to find the right sculpt for the character, or if I find a sculpt that I just love but dont have a role for, I'll sit in front of paper and pencils and make a new character and plan every relationship and detail that that character might have. Being someone who gets bored with things quickly, everybody was a little bit skeptical when I spent $410 on a doll, but that was a long time ago and I am still just as much in love with my boys as I ever was. I wouldn't sell them unless I absolutely had to because of debt or something, in which case I would be very sad and heartbroken.

 

hmm.. I wouldn't sell my first doll, and even if I did I doubt anyone want to have him.. he's kinda green by now..
But I still love him very much, and it gives him some extra creepy-ness i love on him.. XD

 

I sold my first doll because I was convinced I wanted a different one and didn't have funds for both at the time. But, actually, I can't even remember who that other doll was anymore. 3 years later: I'm so glad to have my original doll back. X3 I'm getting him done up the same and everything.

 

I sold my first. Why? I loved him when I got him, but he wasn't my dream doll. My tastes changed after awhile, too, so I just felt wrong having him and not playing with him as much as I used to. It's not that I didn't love him. I just didn't love him enough, so he's better off with someone that really does care for him.

 

I DO get emotionally attatched. But when there's a 300 dollar doll sitting somewhere and I have no use for it, it's better to sell. I live on my own and am a student. I need the money really. And at that point, function goes over feeling.

 

well i dont think the fact its your first one makes him more special or anything. if it doesnt suit your taste anymore, i dont see the point of keeping...

 

i sold my first doll. simply because my tastes evolved and i ended up to no give him enough attentions, so, he had to go.

 

I knew nothing about these dolls when I bought my first one on ebay in the summer of 2004. She was listed in the wrong category, was French resin and was already quite yellowed by the time I bought her. I eventually sold her for about half of what I paid for her because her resin color did not fit in with my other urethane resin dolls and it bothered me. I've bought and sold a lot of dolls since that first one. I think these dolls are too expensive to keep unless I really love them.

 

I traded my first doll when I found that I really preferred girls. As feminine as DOT boys are, Lahoo just wasn't cutting it. I still love him, and I think if I had been able to get the full set then I wouldn't have been able to part with him...but I got a lovely minifee who has captured my heart, so I don't feel bad to have sent him off to someone who I hope will appreciate him more than I could.

Oddly enough, now that my last SD is gone, I realized that MSD is really the size for me so I don't miss him as much! ^_^

 

My first doll (my first three, in fact) is an Obitsu SD sized with the Gretel head sculpt with pixie ears. The only way I would consider selling him is if Obitsu or another company released a boy in an almost identical sculpt and body size in resin to that it had more detail. And even then, I'd keep the eyes and his trademark fluffy wig!

So I guess that isn't really getting rid of so much as upgrading. Though I am toy with the idea of getting him a resin body... if I can find one in as posable in 55cm.

 

Sahoma said it right - the first doll has a special sentimentality about it because it's the first one, but apart from that it's no different from the others. And this hobby is constantly evolving on both fronts: doll makers are constantly making new sculpts that fit hobbyists' expectations and visions better, and your (general "you") tastes and expectations also change as you discover what you want and don't want in dolls.

I set out in this hobby with certain expectations of what I wanted to achieve. Through trial and error and just finding out what I really wanted out of my dolls, I found my expectations changing. I bought my first doll with a particular goal in mind, but since my goals have changed, he no longer works for me. So I've been thinking of selling him. I'm still torn though, the sculpt is expressive and handsome in own right! (That's why I bought him!) If I keep him, I'll have to rework him a bit. And if that doesn't pan out, he'll have to go. I don't see any point in clinging to the past, leaving a doll lying in the box or sitting neglected, for the sentimental reason that he's my first one. I have to move on, so does the doll.

 

Right now I can't imagine selling Ceylon (souldoll liddell on mnf a-line) but I can see maybe years later just not being attached to her character anymore. It's happened with my RP characters and so I'm not going to be upset if it happens with her.