your wishlist then vs. your collection now - how has it changed?

I actually did get a hold of a doll I desperately wanted - she was perfect.
Too perfect. She was already painted beautifully, and I had bought her a custom made dress.
She looked like she came strait out of someone's gorgeous photographs. She was everything I thought I wanted...
but I did not feel I could customize her, so I ended up selling her almost right away.

Up until that point all dolls I had bought were damaged, second hand, from unpopular companies or frankensteined out of unusual parts. So having a perfect doll was just weird to me.

One doll has been on my wishlist from the start and it is still there. It is just a rare quirky sculpt that I never see around anymore. I still want it more than anything.

But more and more I am finding that i want to shell characters rather than just buy rescue/repair projects.
That certainly changes how I look at things.

 

The first year I was in this hobby was when my wishlist had gone through its biggest changes. I’d love to know what had all been on there as most were removed as I got a better understanding of what I did or didn’t prefer in a doll. Unfortunately I really don’t remember most of these dolls.

Once I figured it out though, it’s been mostly unchanged. The only significant change is that I no longer have any Volks boys on my list at all. There used to be a bunch but after getting one, I found that I really just don’t feel inspired by them (or younger male sculpts in general really).

At some point, in 2015 I had come on here and gutted my wishlist of any dolls where the sculpts had been discontinued or the companies had closed. It’s been pretty easy for me to recreate this list though. Sometimes I will remember a sculpt but not a name and it just takes a little digging to find it again.