Would you buy damaged dolls from the company?

Yes, specially if it has some discount

 

It would depend on the damage and how much was discounted ^^ If it was on the body I wouldn't mind so much, since Clothes can just cover it. If it was on the hands or something, if the doll was discounted enough I would just buy some new hands, either from the same company or from a cheaper one, lol XD

 

It depends on the nature and placement of the flaws. If it's something that can be covered with clothes and/or eliminate or lessened with a modification and the discount is nice, I'm very likely to get it. I got already a doll with arms a different colout than the rest of the body...

 

Of course! I love companies offering options and what sweeter option than that of adopting a doll who needs a bit more TLC. I think that all damages should be quite detailed so that the future owner knows what to expect of the "damaged" doll.

 

I would love to see imperfectly cast dolls & doll parts offered as a discounted option. Of course, the amount of damage vs amount of discount offered would have to be considered but they would make great modding opportunities or options for practicing modding / customizing. Why should they go to waste if someone is willing to pay for them to have a play with?

 

All of this but especially the last quote! ^.^ I would probably incorporate the mistakes as part of the doll's characters, turning bubbles into pock scars, cracks into bigger scars or frankenstein stuff.

Except.. with all the worry about recasts and fakes and bootlegs.. I would be very scared to buy a misfit doll for fear that if I posted pictures of it here, someone would get in my face and be antagonistic or snarky in a mean way. Things have gotten so bad with black market dolls that .. I'm not sure I'd be comfortable or feel safe to buy one, because it would make it even harder to tell black market dolls from legit dolls. No matter how I loved it, someone being the recast police in my face would be a downer.. and worse of a downer if they did it behind my back on a different site like Tumblr or whatever, but even to my face, having to justify my misfit all the time would be sad. It wouldn't make me love my poor little legit misfit any less, but it would make me hostile and I generally try not to be, even in the wake of mean people.

 

I wouldn't even need a discounted price to buy the doll... I'd rather stop the doll from becoming waste, and would highly prefer buying a damaged doll over asking for one to be made and waste health and materials.

 

Oh goodness yes, I would love the opportunity to buy a 'damaged' or 'faulty' doll straight from the company, especially if it meant a discount, but also just because I don't care about minor damages or faults and I wouldn't want the doll to go to waste. Is it was limited, that would probably make me not care even more, and I've said more than once that if anyone ever decided to sell my grail doll (Dollshe Bermannnnnnn) but it was damaged, cracked, chipped, had insane seam lines, was unevenly yellowed, slightly modded, etc, and that meant I could buy it for a bit less than I normally would have to, I wouldn't even hesitate. I will restore any doll if I think I can love it enough. I once actually contacted a company asking if they would ever consider selling the badly marbled tan dolls that didn't make the final cut for a discount... They said no, of course. (And for the life of me I can't even remember what company it was... I think it might have been Souldoll, Soom, or Iplehouse? But I'm not sure.) Although I do understand that sometimes dolls aren't able to be sold because something went wrong with the resin in a way that would make it unsafe to be around or handle, and those ones should never be sold... But the others with little flaws deserve a chance, I think.

 

Like many others stated before me, as long as the doll is structurally sound and safe with no major disfigurements on the face or hands, I'd consider it if the discount is right. Marbling on some place that can be covered with clothes wouldn't bother me, or scratches or small bubbles. But of course I wouldn't pay perfect prices for an imperfect doll.

It would be nice if more companies did offer some of their flawed dolls, discounted and with the flaws pointed out.

For my grail doll, as long as the face was okay, I'd snap it up in a heartbeat! My grail doesn't have to be flawless, I'd just love to get the chance to get him for less than insane prices. The one time I saw my grail in the 2nd hand market, it was selling for a HUGE markup. As much as I wanted it, I just couldn't justify to myself paying that much for one doll.

 

I probably wouldn't. At least right now in my doll career. I am still waiting on my first bjd, and I'm not anywhere close to thinking about wanting to mod a doll myself. Without the skill or know-how to fix a doll, I wouldn't unless it was something small and unnoticeable that flawed the doll.

 

I wouldn't risk it because a damaged doll may get damaged more through shipping to the final destination

 

I absolutely would buy a damaged doll, given that the discounted price justifies the work I would put into fixing it - if it would need fixing. If it is some aesthetic blemishes like uneven color, bad texture, bubbles, dust, scratches, or other subtle things like that I probably would not even bother to fix it!

I do wonder what companies do with their "mistake" dolls... I think it would benefit them to sell them instead of throwing them out and losing money by doing so, but they would have to be marked in a way to denote that they are legitimate company creations, just not up to the company's standard of quality. You know, just to make sure shoddy recasters don't just say that a deformed recast is a company's legitimate defect...

 

Honestly, it would depend on the damage and if I was going to keep it, or if it was for collectible purposes only. I don’t collect dolls often but if by chance I was going to collect one, I have to mention this. If I was keeping it, and the damages were minor I think I would be okay. But if it was for collectible purposes, I would have to say no.

 

I bought a miscasted Skipper when I was younger, so i would have no problem to buy a miscast. In a way her 'burn'wound made me love her more. :}

 

It would depend on the damage and the discount. I remember someone on here got a rather expensive limited doll for a discount because he had a little white mark on his butt. As long as it wouldn't harm the doll in the long run or harm me, it would be fine. Cosmetic defects--marbling, marks, small dents and scratches, etc.--don't bother me. Chips here and there don't, either. Nor do bubbles or other casting problems, so long as the resin is all properly cured. It's sort of like buying a damaged doll secondhand, but it means the company can make more money and not have to throw away otherwise perfectly good dolls.

 

It really depends on the damage. Some marbling or roughness in the resin wouldn't bother me, particularly since you can always make a character reason for the flaw to be there or try and mod it into something different. I would be concerned about resin that might not have cured properly or have cracks or mini fractures through it. If the doll is basically stable and just has different coloured limbs, bring it on, but if the resin isn't cured and the doll might crumble and make me ill then no.

 

It depends on the nature of the damage. Minor scratches wouldn't be a deal-breaker, especially on the body or along the head cap/part covered by a wig.

Things like cracks or completely broken body parts would be a big no.

 

Oh, definitely! If I could get my grail for a decent discount and he just had a few dents or holes, I would go for it. But I think if he was only a little cheaper it wouldn't be worth it.

 

Without a doubt! That would be awesome!

 

Yes, not even a question. It would give me all the more excuse to go crazy with modding.