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

A. Yes! I'd love to!

I would totally do that!! One of the things I'd really like to do one day is repair a totally messed up doll XD especially heads!!
But I'd love to have that option open to customers

 

Ravyn42 I can see your point but guitars are not dolls , as a guitarist I say it's not the same thing at all, most of those dolls (except some limiteds/ooak) need customizing when they arrive ... To play properly with a guitar & sometimes even to learn playing guitar you need a guitar with some quality standards ... except If you know how to repair a guitar those quality standards are a must ... I know that as a guitarist!
A guitar is a tool for the musician ... but dolls are just for fun or collection someone might want a doll for severe modifications or try face ups etc I'd never mod a mint-brand new doll, or dye it etc .. I would never try to create an ooak from a new mint doll ... And (except limiteds & ooaks) most of those dolls are customized by users & there is no standard use nor scores to follow ... it's not like someone will use the doll as he/she could use a guitar to a recital performance ...
Mint and new dolls show the company quality & I'd kept those dolls as is in collection... then sales of bubbled or yellowed or unevenly coloured dolls are an opportunity to all types of customizers try their luck & make ooak's (included me I'd never try to make an ooak from a mint/new doll , I'd wait to find a flawed one) ...

I just think that an unpainted hobby/collection doll it's a totaly different type of product from a guitar I can't see the similarity between those ... plus in guitars flaws are not colour or aesthetics but construction parts which have effect to the sound ...
a guitar with flaws must be repaired to be used , a guitar with unrepairable flaws in construction is just completely useless for the guitarist or student ... a doll head or doll can be flawed and used with the flaw or even because of the flaw ,a doll or doll head with unrepairable flaws in construction can be a nice practice for face up/blushing etc or base for an ooak... I see the new-mint dolls as I'd see a collection of stamps or coins & I see flawed ones as base for ooaks (plus a bad printed stamp is not always out of value same with flawed dolls epecially in colour) and the only base for a ooak I could use as I'd never made an ooak from a brand new one ...

Yes I can see this with 2nd hand market ... but this is happening already as many mispresent their old/broken/unevenly dyed or yellowed dolls as brand new - never removed from box etc in 2nd hand market ...

 

I certainly would buy those. I think it'd be nice to try to fix them up/modify them.

 

I would definately buy the broken dolls! Not only would it be really fun to fix them, but if they have an uneven tan or something, I could experiment with massive paint jobs. Like, a scaled or leopard doll would be awesome...

 

No I don't think I would ever do this.
Maybe I'm too much of a perfectionist but I think whatever the defect was would always bother me when I saw it and I would wish I would have just paid the full price to get a "good" one.

Also , as others have said, it really would not give a good image to the company.

 

I would personally jump at the chance to get some dolly "seconds," but I can understand why companies don't offer them. It would be a pain in the butt to market them for one. You would either need a showroom where people could see the dolls in person, or you would need to dedicate some serious man-hours to representing the flawed pieces online. It's probably just not financially feasible for most companies.

I disagree that it would bring down the reputation of the doll companies as a whole though. The option to buy a high price show piece or a lower price project piece probably wouldn't change my opinion of the company as a whole. Particularly in a hobby that focuses on customization. I don't think that it would lead people to stop buying the A grade dolls either. There are times when I would want a perfect finish for my high society lady and there are times when I want to mod a doll to have rough tree bark like skin where some air bubbles, cracks, or marbled tanning just aren't going to change my outcome all that much. If the community wants both and would buy both, I fail to see how it would reflect poorly on a company to provide both.

 

Im D-girl in this. Its great idea, but i would think it twice. If i knew i could do something to it, i would byu absolute.

 

I guess it would depends on the "defects", the price and how much I love the face mold.. but yes, I am opening to buying one if I like the doll. ^^ I think it is a nice idea to put defective dolls on sale too; it's such a shame to throw the dolls away especially if it is a minor thingy like broken fingers. >_<

 

i would buy them, and i think it would be a fun fixer upper, plus if it was that much cheaper it would be worth it.

 

Yes i would love to!
I would absolutely love to have the option to buy imperfect dolls, I love them...
Especially cause i love the idea of practicing mods and the what-not!

 

I would so jump at the chance, especially if it was an "imperfect" mold of a doll that's no longer available for whatever reason. It would make a great mod project and be a wonerful chance to bring home a head you might otherwise miss out.

 

I would love a damaged dollie I actaully plan to mod a doll to look broken/ not well cared for~ But not just that.
I think that you could make the utmost perfect doll, and then make another, and another, and another. But then what do you have? A bunch of lil clones X.x I'd like to be able to pick out my doll from a pile of completely blank dolls of the same sculpt.
My first doll has a beauty mark ^^ On the back of his left leg, the resin didnt cure properly, so theres a oval of semi-translucent resin there :3 And it's something that cant be duplicated on another doll, even on perpose^o^

 

I would love to have the opportunity to buy imperfect dolls ^^

I love doing mod-work and love working on dolls that need a bit (or a lot) of TLC.

 

YES! i would! (if they sell it a bit lower)
then i'd have lots of fun fixing it
i think the company should have selling section for ''bad dolls''. i'm sure many poeple would be happy about it! (there are quiet a lot of poeple on the market place looking for damaged dolls to fix)
and this way, the company would'nt lose too much money on materials!

 

I would totally buy a damaged doll. I'd think it'd make them special and even more unique than they already are. ^^

 

If the doll would be a lot cheaper than the ones that are sold normally I would deffo think about it. It would make a nice project head/body. I don't have too many experience with modding/repairing dolls but with a chance like this it is a nice oppertunity to get that experience ^^
If it would be a doll which mold I really like it would be more than a project doll ofc ^^

 

For a discount that big, of course! Unless some part's missing, most of that can all be fixed or made less noticeable with a little work, so for %50- %75 off, I'd totally buy it!

 

this has kind of happened with blythe dolls, factory rejects are being sold on ebay, and people buy them for a little bit cheaper and usually customize them and fix up their problems. it seems to be working ok in that hobby. however, the "factory girls" dont sell for too much cheaper than a second hand blythe.

i think companies might be worried about losing sales for their good quality dolls, because a lot of people would be buying the imperfect ones instead.

i don't do mods or esthetics, so i probably wouldn't buy one, but i can see there would be a market!

 

i would definately buy broken or damaged bits! It would save a bunch on having to save up for real heads and such when learning to do face-ups or mods. same with fingers/feet and other bits.

 

A. Yes! I'd love to! It's a great idea

If I had the tools, hell yes! though my first attempt on doll dyeing didn't go so well