Would you, could you give away a doll?

One of my core group, no.

But I have made BJDs as a full-set character in the past for charity auctions, and I intend to do so in the future.

 

Yes I think I could - I have given other dolls away in the past. Its actually rather wonderful to bring so much pleasure to someone .....

 

I was going to give my YOSD to my mum. First, coz she asked for it. Second, I know she liked her quite a lot. Third, I'm into bigger guys (like SD17, 70cm big guys).
But every time I give her tips to maintain a doll (like, don't leave her in the sunlight, stay away from the windows, clean her every now and then, please buy her a stand if you want to leave her out coz she would break if she fell) my mum would back out and say it's too much of a hassle.

 

I dont think I could! I get so attached to stuff, it would be so hard >.<

 

I thought about it. If I died I want to give my dolls to the people their based off of. As away to remember me but if someone just said "Hey I like your doll can I have her?" No. I'm also open to the giveaway if i fallen out of love with the doll.

 

I have one friend I buy off topic dolls for when it's her birthday or Christmas. She loves them all so much. At one point I would really love to buy her a beautiful SD sized boy.

I don't think I could ever give a doll from my collection away. I'm very much attached to my boys but I told my best friend that if I die, my collection goes to her since she knows how to care for them.

 

me and my girlfriend found out that one of our friends sold a doll we both want...my girlfriend give my so many things time to time so think it was her time i give her something, so i bought the doll for her. she really love it but after a year, she couldn't bound with it anymore (she have try a lot too love the doll again) so she give it back too me

if i know that my girlfriend, some of my good friends or a person will love this doll so much more that i can, i can give a doll away, it mean alot too me that a doll gets a good home

 

I've given a doll away before. Mostly I didn't want to go through the trouble of cleaning it properly after a project or selling it since it was a more common doll. I sort of knew someone who liked dolls but didn't have one through a friend, so I wound up sending the doll to them.

 

I was actually going to buy a doll for my friend, but I had some financial issues and havent been able to.... but I still plan to help her buy one...

 

Yes.

Right now I'm working on a doll for a friend of mine who loves my collection but doesn't own a BJD (yet). I'm actually pretty attached to the gal I'm customizing for him; I'll miss her but she's his, not mine.

Someday I'd totally be up for donating a doll for a charity auction, too.

 

Sure! but just if I'm sure the other person will take care of it.

 

I recently gave my very first doll to my mother.. I hadn't seen her in person for quite a few years, and since then had started collecting bjd's. She fell in love with them when she saw them, and naturally picked my secret favorite because he was my very first doll. But he was over 6 years old, and was going to a new loving home so even tho he will be missed, I was alright with it, and glad to give her a gift to remember me by.. I just know it will be quite a while since we will get another chance to visit like that, and maybe she will think of me when she sees him!

I had also gifted another doll to my cousin years ago.. I wonder if she still has it! lol..

 

I think the only case in which I could see myself giving away a doll for nothing given to me in return is if it were purchased with that intention. For instance, I gifted a small animal doll to a good friend of mine, and I think it could be a lot of fun to customize a doll for a charity raffle or something of the sort. But the ones in my collection are all there for a reason, and I couldn't see myself parting with them.

 

If I got a free doll as part of an event and I didn't bond with it at all, then absolutely yes. I might have a bit of a hard time justifying giving away a doll I paid for though.

 

If I had a doll I could give away, I would give it to my best friend as a present

 

I've given away less expensive dolls (Petite Blythes & Little Pullips which average $30/ea), but I don't know if I could just gift away a doll worth $500+. As Nefla said above, "I'm not made of money." It would have to be very special circumstances and to a person I care for a great deal.

 

I've given away a couple of heads and a spare temp body to friends...

I gave two Nanuri '06 event heads away to random people (One here and one on LJ back-in-the-day) in drawings...

... and I gave Kita, my Vampire Elf Chiwoo, to my god-daughter after the one we bought her on eBay turned out to be an undisclosed recast.

If I still have the bulk of this small tribe of mine when I'm a much older lady, I could see donating the entire lot to a doll or toy museum's collection. (Well, almost the entire lot, anyway. My favorite Abyssal stays with me to the bitter end. Nobody gets to have Al but me. ) I like the idea of the collection staying more or less together and becoming sort-of a representative sample of early 21st century ABJDs. Plus, I seriously doubt that anyone in my family will be interested in inheriting them.

 

Only if the doll is inexpensive or I don't want it and nobody is willing to buy.

 

Never. Personally, for me, these dolls are way too expensive to just be giving away for free. Especially since I'm really into the more expensive dolls, I wouldn't even consider it.

 

Well, I couldn't give away one of MY dolls, because they're all very precious to me and have personal significance. However, I could, and have, bought dolls as presents for people I love.