Why would you give up your first doll?

I started by collecting tiny dolls. I've since decided that larger dolls (MSD) were a better fit and had more options for custom clothing and face ups.

I would part with my first doll, though I prefer the term place up for adoption.

 

I grappled with the decision to sell my first doll for months. But I discovered that I don't do well with SD size (she was an Iplehouse N. Cocori, Western Version), and despite trying for more than a year, I just couldn't bond with her.

I'm still sad that it came to that, but I feel better that she went to a home that really loves her and appreciates her properly, instead of being neglected and ignored here.

 

My first doll will probably stay with me forever. I feel a special connection considering she's my very first, and she's just adorable XD I'd need a very good reason to sell her...

 

My very first, I could possibly if his character changed. Like when he's aged up to where this sculpt no longer works.

My first SD, on the other hand... nothing. No way, no how. Even if everything else I have has to be sold for some reason, Quinn will be with me no matter what.

 

No, I don't think I could part with my first doll(Lumedoll Bellatrix). I still think she is beautiful & love having her around.

 

I would never sell my Neykon. He's very special to me, and he represents a very special character of mine. I get very easily attached to things. I can't actually imagine selling any of my dolls because of that sentimental attachment.

 

I don't think I could ever sell my first doll. Even sometimes I hate him because of his size (I never find clothes for him... he's a Soom Mechaangel Sabik), I can't imagine parting with him. I still remember the time I was looking for my first doll, all the waiting time, the dreams I had, all the excitement,...

 

My first doll was a Garden of Dolls PoPo. She looked like a freakish alien and was so yellowed with age she glowed in the dark! When I look at what I have now I can't belive how much I loved that wreched pitiful little thing. I won her on eBay for $66.00. I made at least 10 outfits for her. I ended up selling her on eBay to someone as thier first doll. Boy was she thrilled to get her, just like I was

 

That's my sentiment exactly!! I have my second doll and am very happy! No regrets!

 

I sold my first doll. For me, it was because she honestly wasn't what I wanted, though I thought I did. Sure, she looked wonderful in pictures, but when I received her she had these things about her that I'd never seen in pictures and just DID NOT like at all! For example, she had a horribly pointy nose which was a huge turn off to me (that is literally the one thing that will annoy me to the end of the earth about a doll, I like little rounded, button-nosed dolls) and that was something I was never able to see in owner or company pictures. Because she wasn't what I wanted, there was no special connection between me and her. She was just a disappointment.

 

I bought my first girl before I knew anything about bjds, or strings, or body construction... so I made the wrong choices. My RS Dai has a 3 part torso that doesn't let her sit, which makes her a difficult model. (I usually sit my dolls on the edge of a shelf or piece of furniture to fit shirts, etc--for her I've had to buy a doll stand to use so I can work while she's standing up. And compared to working with my boys she's still pretty awkward because of that.) So now I'm getting a doll with a 2-part torso (one that exactly fits a long-time character of mine) and selling the Dai. I never was able to bond with her properly or give her any sort of character that would stick... I actually feel like I'm doing right by her in selling her: she'll be better off in a different, more loving home with an owner who wants her to be a doll, not a part-time model.

 

My tastes changed. When I first found out about BJDs I only really knew a few companies and my knowledge was limited, the more I knew the more possibility for the 'ideal' doll. My first doll is not one I would ever want back but at the time I loved it but knew it could be so much better.

 

I thought about selling my first just because the direction I've been going in has been different than when I first got into the hobby. I packed him up for awhile, but then pulled him back out -- I just couldn't go through with it. There's too much sentimentality there, and if I sell him my first doll will be gone. Even if I go another of the same sculpt, it wouldn't be the same, it wouldn't be my first.

However, I can understand why people would go ahead and sell. As I went along, my tastes definitely changed a bit, and it's hard to know at the beginning how you're going to feel several years down the line.

 

I agree that sometimes tastes change, or plans change! No harm in it of course~ I sold my first doll because he was SD13 sized and after getting my first MSD sized doll I decided to only stick with Minis.

 

Well I've just given up my first doll's BODY

His head is still knocking around but to be honest, I'm not sure if I'll even end up getting another body for him. I have long thrown around the possibility of selling my first doll but have always felt held back because of sentimentality. The one time I did try to sell all of him a few years ago ended in me backing out in tears. I feel that I am on the way to letting him go entirely now though. My tastes have changed and he doesn't fit in with my plans anymore and I find it hard to have a doll that doesn't work with the others.

However after 4 years of hating his body I sold it and felt super empowered by that. For now I'm keeping his precious head until I make a proper decision.

 

My first was largely chosen because the price practically made her an opportunity for a project I thought I'd never get around to. It has very little to do with her head mold.

As such, I can definitely envision me finding a new head to "reshell" her into in the future should the right one come out. However, I will always have her *character* in a doll form as long as I can manage it. Having a busty mad scientist around is just far too much fun!

 

i will never sell away my first doll, i love her too much

 

GAH! It makes me want to cry thinking about ever selling my first doll! (but then again I've only had him for 3 months)

 

I'm planning on selling my first (and only) doll. I've decided MSDs are just too small for me, she wasn't right for the character I had in mind, and I would rather someone else love her than just keep her in the top of my closet.

 

I had the opposite problem. MSDs were just too big for me. I quickly found out that I vastly preferred tinies. On top of that, we never really completely bonded. I guess I opened the box and she wasn't quite what I expected. Plus, not too long after there was always that other doll (which was a Fairyland Pukifee Alice as Fullset). I just couldn't take my eyes off her and we started to get along less and less. I think I never really liked her face-up much either. My first doll was a 5stardoll Emma, by the way.