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Would you buy broken or damaged dolls, from the company?

Sep 4, 2008

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    1. I like the idea of the mix and match bags of defective parts. It makes me think of the Jelly Bellies you buy at the outlet stores that are all stuck together and malformed. I can understand how the company might not want to be associated with defective parts though.

      It would be nice to have something to experiment on like that though!
       
      #41 GenkiIchigo, Sep 5, 2008
    2. A. Yes! I'd love to! It's a great idea

      Shoot! I wouldn't mind having a damaged Volks Yukinojo or an unevenly done tanned Kun for a greatly reduced price. As I have joked many times with my friends and fiance, I am totally willing to go dumpster diving at the Volks factory dumps if I could! Ha-ha-ha. Protective mask and all! Ha-ha-ha-ha! (In reality, I wouldn't if it was illegal, but it's fun to joke about.)
       
      #42 Ligaya24, Sep 5, 2008
    3. I would. Not so much for restoration as using the the parts for art projects. Now I have to waste alot of time on making my own molds and casting the parts eventhough damaged or broken parts would do just as well. If I could just buy random broken parts in bulk that would save so much time and money.
       
      #43 Voynich, Sep 5, 2008
    4. o.k.guys, i am glad that a few of you got my point. i was not giving an opinion whether "defective" dolls and parts "should" be sold.....i was just stating why it probably won't happen from a business point! :roll:

      personally i think it is a good idea. it recycles goods that would be trashed otherwise,would allow some people to buy something they otherwise cannot afford, and would be good material to practice with.

      now that i think about it :doh .......i guess a lot of big manufacturers do have "outlet" stores that sell "seconds",merch. with small defects. ;)
       
      #44 Miss Ally, Sep 5, 2008
    5. i personally think that that's a great idea! think of how many 'bad' dolls that would get saved from the skip every year? the poor things. they could be restored by people with the skills to make them beautiful.
       
      #45 prettyhatemachine, Sep 6, 2008
    6. I suggested to Iplehouse this idea a few days before I posted this thread.
      They seem ok with the idea, and say that they will "postively consider" it . :)
      They also said that the price would reflect the damage per each piece.
      If companies started to sell the bad pieces, then it would give the non-doll-owners, a chance, not only for getting a cheaper doll, but to learn modding/restoring in the process, me thinks >,<!!
       
      #46 callum91, Sep 16, 2008
    7. I would totally buy them if they were at a very low price!

      With them I could practice makeup and everything I would be scared to do with a "good" one :D
       
      #47 Chibi_Fluffy, Sep 16, 2008
    8. I would definitely buy them. You can make something interesting out of a doll that others thought was just some no good would ever sell damage. I've already had my first experience with giving new life to a damaged doll. I would love to be able to do so with one straight from a company. And with the fact that price would reflect damages you could get a doll you really love the mold of for a lot less and love it even more because of all the work that will go into making it into something presentable.
       
      #48 Zion, Sep 16, 2008
    9. I'd totally buy, even with huge damage! I love fixing things, and the damage would make the doll more unique. :)
       
      #49 Celinia, Sep 16, 2008
    10. Well, It's an interesting idea, but I'd want to know what the damage was on each piece.

      This means the company would have to spend time photographing the individual pieces and/or describing the damage or defect... which would make a great deal of extra work for them, so it might not prove profitable.

      Easier on the whole, (for them) to just throw the pieces away!

      Raven
       
      #50 ravendolls, Sep 16, 2008
    11. I've been waiting for a company to do this since I first started looking for my first doll.
      I would be ecstatic to buy 'bad' pieces. Pieces I could lovingly fix, thinking of my perfect doll. Pieces I could mod, without worrying about only having one chance.
      I think it's dumb that companies feel they can't sell defective pieces.

      I think it was Batchix that sold a bunch of pieces that she didn't want to use for her dolls for sale. Kudos Batchix!
       
      #51 iSparrow, Sep 16, 2008
    12. I would say yes, as I love modding... but it's intimidating to mod a non-damaged doll or doll part when you're still learning. I would definitely buy discounted doll parts for some of my more extreme modding ideas.


      While I definitely understand your point, I think there would still be a number of people willing to buy a "grab bag" of damaged doll parts, for a good enough discount. I'd definitely be willing to buy them that way, since I'd mostly be using them for practice anyway. I could always just photograph and re-sell the parts from the grab bag that I didn't want, and pass along the discount to someone who would like to buy the part.
       
      #52 TheFontBandit, Sep 16, 2008
    13. I would definitely buy damaged or "junk cast" dolls and parts. I spend a lot of time looking for broken and damaged doll parts on Y!JA already, and I use them for modification projects. Being able to get them straight from the company would be so nice!
       
      #53 Kiyakotari, Sep 16, 2008
    14. I'm no good at fixing things, I guess it would depend on what the issue is.
       
      #54 elvenmoon, Sep 16, 2008
    15. I think this is a brilliant idea! When I was a little girl my mum used to buy a huge box of biscuits that was a discount price because they were all the ones that were broken. It was great cus they were just as good, tasted exactly the same, but they weren't quite good enough to sell.

      I would love to buy broken bits to fix up, and people could creat some real beauties. I have recently discovered that painting, ordering a new body, and blushing has helped me really get close to Roawn (Leeke L Cliffe), so building and repairing one from scratch would be such a wonderful bodning experience.
       
      #55 Absynthe, Sep 16, 2008
    16. Hi...

      I definitely would love to buy a damaged or bad tanned doll... but... what would be the gain for the dollmaker to sell that kind of dolls if we all buy them to repair them... they would sell a "bad" doll that we would repair and then ... maybe resold for more than they payed..
      face it, som would, maybe not me, maybe not you, but some people would... you know that...

      The company have no interest to do that, they would loose a huge of money doing it... if they don't do it, it's not only because they are competiting for most beautyful and stuffs, but because they would sell less "perfect" dolls.

      It's marketing... it's companies that we're talking about, people who want to make money, i'm not sure they really care about ART (except when they are copied though...) they do really care about money.

      I would love to buy one... but only because i really can't afford a real new good condition one yet.

      M
       
      #56 milahel, Sep 16, 2008
    17. I think it's a great idea. So what if an elf ear is in half or the skintone is off. I know I'd be buying them and fixing them up. That's half the fun of this hobby in the first place.
       
      #57 TsukikoAiko, Sep 16, 2008
    18. Milahel, that's pretty inevitable[I think that's the right word], but I'm sure in many hobbies the same thing is done.People do the same with houses, buy a run down one, spend a few 10,000s on it and sell it for profit.

      Personally, I wouldn't buy a bad doll,fix it up and sell it for profit.
      I might sell it a few months down the line for a new doll, but not to buy it for cheap and sell it for high.
      The doll would mean too much for me to just buy, restore, sell.
       
      #58 callum91, Sep 16, 2008
    19. Actually I think I would do it but I would only resell for a little more (not the regular price for the doll) but as OOAK... that would be more fun.
      Like people buy dolls (FR or Sybs or other dolls ) to do some OOAK and sell them back for more than they payed the first doll...

      Or maybe I won't sell it back... lol

      M
       
      #59 milahel, Sep 16, 2008
    20. A!!
      I would definatly buy them; it just like another craft project, theres no need to waste al lthose poor dolls away. A lot of people have brought back dolls from worse condition.
       
      #60 moomoosmommy, Sep 17, 2008
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