Curious, how many impulse dolls?

Sort of? Hahaa. It really depends. Sometimes I see a doll and I hem and haw about it for a long time, and other's I shoot off a PM and am committed pretty quickly.
I think the doll I jumped on the fastest though was my tan Minifee Shiwoo, because fairyland used to only have tan at specific times, and they don't sell the Shiwoo head any more. So when someone was selling a tan Shiwoo with both OE and SS heads with default faceups on the MP, I never slammed the PM button so hard in my life. XD

 

I like to save up my money until the time comes where I find a doll I have to have and then bam, it's mine. That's how it was for my PKF Cony. Come to think of it, that's how I buy all my dolls ^.^;; haha

 

It is a blend of artistic expression and near catastrophe of the bank account.

 

I did this also in the mp. I was just looking, no intention on buying anything, when I came across a listing for a Damp Tales Kiruru head....I hadn't heard of that sculpt or company before, so I looked out of curiosity. Wow, that poor head was in terrible condition. Something had gone wrong with the sealer and it had turned a dark burnt umber color and was in patches. Oh, but the face! So cute, I had a character picked out immediately. The cons: lots of work fixing it, if it could even be fixed, it is an older sculpt, 9 years, and quite yellowed. Pros: so cute, an older sculpt, rare and unique, plus it was calling to me - help me. No hesitation, I bought it! Happy to say he is fixed and has a matching body from the same vintage, and is one of my favorite dolls. A total impulse buy motivated by compassion to fix it.

 

I plan like crazy and never impulse buy. I really like to finish the dolls I have before I buy any more, and I don't have the income to just buy any doll I see... Thankfully, I'm good at budgeting and saving money, and I find planning something and then saving for it and getting it really rewarding! It feels like I've accomplished something, and I get a doll as my prize~

That being said, I have occasionally snagged something off the marketplace without planning, but only for things from my wishlist that'd be hard to find otherwise. So technicaly I had planned to get them at some point, but just ended up getting them a little earlier than I had planned. I have a lot of spending guilt if I don't plan entirely, so impulse buying whenever would probably be bad for me.

 

The sculpt is by a single artist in Korea. The company is called Damp Tales, sculpt name Kiruru. The head was made in 2008 and only sold in Korea. I'm his third owner (actually a female sculpt, but can pass for male too). He reminded me of Link, so that's his name, but dressed in a Soom Dune outfit. I just had to have him, which surprised me greatly.

 

Having a job deeeefinitely helps. When I first started in the hobby, I wasn't old enough for a job, but after several years in the hobby and then another several year hiatus, coming back with a job and more free time has been super awesome.

Honestly, I think changing my plans is worse for me than impulse buying... I change what doll I'm saving for like every week, whoops~

 

Yes. Impulse. I just this week did that. Bought an Uhui Wish on a volks sd13 body. I had never seen an Uhui Wish before. But he was smiling at me and somehow looked like he had a soul even with empty eye sockets. I'm not even sure I knew what I was doing. I think he made me do it. He's not here yet, but every time I go back and look at his picture, it just makes me happy. I doubt I'm going to regret it at all.

 

Ah, I have three "impulse" dolls myself haha. One is my Doll In Mind Annabeth boy who I got because the sculpt was being discontinued and was super affordable and it really spoke to me for some reason, the second is my Fairyland F60 Cygne who I just felt overwhelmingly inspired by and had SO many ideas for I just couldn't resist getting her even though prior to that I had a "no SDs" rule, and the third is my Sweet Gale Meloni head that I randomly found on the MP that I pounced on immediately because its a limited head from my favorite lesser-known company and I didn't want to miss my opportunity to own it again.
Generally speaking I prefer to plan things out rather heavily because I don't like buying dolls that I can't justify or keeping dolls that I don't know what to do with/don't fit in with my others. But sometimes (more often than I'd like, honestly) a doll comes around that I just HAVE to own and as long as I can think of a solid plan for them and justify it beyond just "I want this pretty doll" then i'll definitely try to grab them if I can. It doesn't always work out for me in the long run, but the three "impulse buys" that I have now I really love and don't regret in the slightest!
There have also been numerous instances for me where i've been dreaming of a perfect head sculpt, fantasy part, or even full doll for a character of mine that didn't exist before but later it actually gets made. Fairyland's Fairyline Sia's seahorse body and Momo's bunny bodies are perfect examples of that. In those cases, if there is any conceivable way I can afford it I jump on them immediately without a second thought, especially when they are limited! I suppose that's debatable if that counts as true "impulse buying", but I never click on the buy button faster than when that happens haha~

 

Only my 1st boy was planned to buy. All my other boys were spur of the moment buys some were great some need to go to another home.

 

None, not really? My wishlist is so extensive that my only "impulse" purchases were for dolls/doll parts that I had already wanted, but happened to be at a super great price, were hard to find, or were about to be discontinued. Not to mention I don't usually have the means to just throw money at something without some decent research beforehand.

 

There absolutely ARE a few impulse buys in my collection... My Volks Cyndy, Sophia, being the most recent one... But honestly, what I would call real, completely out-of-nowhere, sculpts-I-didn't-even-know-I-wanted-until-right-now impulse buys aren't something I do very often.

What tends to happen to me much, much more frequently is I'll be casually browsing the marketplace here on DoA, or some web site like Yahoo!Japan, Mandarake or Closet Child and I'll come across a doll whose sculpt I already like posted for sale at a decent price. In those cases, even though I might not have been planning ahead of time to pick up that particular sculpt at that particular moment, if the money is available in my "fun stuff" account, I'll usually go ahead and buy it. I don't feel any guilt about taking advantage of good opportunities. But, being sculpts that I already knew I eventually wanted to add to the crew, I can't really count them as entirely impulsive purchases either.

In either case, I've rarely had any regrets. Those dolls.... both the real Impulse Buys and the Spur-of-the-Moments do tend to stick around once I have them. There were a few times it didn't work out (an Angell Studios Gabriel, a Migidoll Yujin head, a purple Soom Arkose-), but those are the definite minority.

 

I went to a small bjd con and I told myself prior that I'd only buy a Peakswoods in tan skin. I wasn't expecting to find one, but lo and behold Code Noir was selling a Peakswoods Goon in tan skin and I couldn't pass him up.

Other than that, I planned most of my dolls since they're all characters from different stories ideas, I throw around.

 

Nearly every one of my purchases is an impulse buy, which I really need to stop. I just got back into the hobby after a very long hiatus and Ive missed being around dolls so much that I went a bit crazy. Since February I've bought 13? dolls and only 3 of them were planned characters. I went waaaaaay overboard but I've sold/traded 4 dolls that were impulse buys. I feel like one of the sales was an "impulse sale," lol. I sold my Depths Dolls Giorria after a week or two of having her and now I miss her! Every time I see her on IG I curse myself for selling her. I now have enough projects to last me a while.

 

Almost half my dolls are impulse buys, I'm a very impulsive person in general though. I either plan in meticulous detail a character and then look for the perfect doll to fit them, or see something pretty and make it work.

 

The last two heads I bought were impulse. Mostly. I ordered Granado's V-08 because it has a fabulous smile, and I love smiling dolls and didn't want to regret not getting him. No character or plan for the head, I just bought it when it became available. Now that I have him I know exactly what I'm going to do with him....but it took the month wait to come up with something XD

Then just the other day I decided I wanted to make a Marvel character into a doll, and that evening bought him a head (another Granado). Less than a day to think about it is impulse for me. I usually wait at least a couple days!

There are more, but these last two for sure were impulses.

 

When I started in the hobby two years ago, I was only planning on getting one doll (I know, "haha"), but then things happened and now I'm waiting on my 5th. Only that first one was thoroughly researched and planned for and bought exactly according to said plan, but I'd also say that the only one bought completely on impulse was the second one; my WD Cecily, with her intriguing blue and transparent resin and ghostly photos, completely took me in. (Luckily at the time I had enough surplus income.) The other three have all been more along the lines of "it would be nice to have a [different size/color/body type] doll someday," and then one day the perfect one just grabs me. I like having different scales to work on, so now that I have all the major size categories filled I don't think I'll be tempted for a long while...?

 

Uuuh..... I guess my bunch is half and half? Like I fell for a sculpt and got it after a few days/weeks? And others I got after wanting for a while, but bought second hand sooner than possibly expected since you cant wait around on the market :P Generally all of my dolls had to tell me which OC they were, or they inspired a new OC that fit in so well, I cant really call them proper impulse XD more... Instinct buys :3

 

Hmm...going through my current doll list....three? Sort of.

Erica- I had a different doll listed for sale, got offered Erica as a trade.

LucyFaire- I had had my eye on her for YEARS but never bought her, til one day I had spare cash and came across her sales page. Excellent timing, since the dealer removed her before she was even home.

Rose- Another trade situation. I thought her sculpt was really cute, and offered the trade.


As you can see, impulse trading is common for me. I get tired of dolls easily, and frequently trade, sometimes even accepting trades I never planned to own, just to try something different. Of course, this also means there's a very high turn around rate here, as dolls I feel nothing for get traded again or sold.

I'm usually more careful when buying. If I have enough money to buy a full doll (rare for me), then I tend to agonize over what to buy before spending it.I don't want my hard earned money going to a doll I'm unsure about when I have a list of things I've wanted for a long time.

 

I have 2 for sure. One of my SD boys and then I saw my Jun for sale and just loved his face so much I couldn't pass him up. But what I had planned for him isn't what he had planned for me. I just recently found the last grail doll on the my list and couldn't pass him up either

 

I have too many impulse buy dolls, but I love them all. Some days, I just need a doll fix, so I decide on the spur of the moment to buy one, even though I had no intention of buying any more dolls for awhile. Also, I've just been looking at dolls online and see one that takes my breath away and I have to have her. I wish I could stop buying any new dolls and just enjoy the ones I have, but I think it's an addiction. When I need that "fix" I'll buy one.

 

So far only one of my dolls is planned, the rest are impulse, mostly based on what comes up second hand. I buy second hand alot because I don't like long waits and then they come with some soul to them already.

 

I have too many issues with anxiety to impulse buy. That being said, I only own a head so far, maybe it will change as I continue in this hobby. However, I hate buying for myself, and my husband spent days trying to reassure me it was okay to buy my sweet girl's head...and it was less than $30. So maybe my wallet is safe? ​

 

I can't afford to impulse buy anything, really. My wishlist is carefully planned out and mostly contains sculpts I've been looking at for years. So, I don't have any impulse bought dolls as the one I'm currently saving for has been sought after by me since release.

 

I impulse buy a lot. As soon as I see a sculpt that I had previously shown the littlest bit of interest in for sale, I always snatch them up. It's a bad habit, especially because I never bond with my impulse buys like I do with the rest of my resin kids. I've gotten better at controlling the urge, though!

 

Is there such a thing as a planned impulse buy? If so, I have two.

The first, I needed a body for my Ell head, but was putting it off for the future since I couldn't decide between two bodies I wasn't super crazy about anyway. Then this doll with the perfect body and an owner open to splitting popped up on the marketplace and next thing I knew the body was shipping to me. I am glad I went for it though because I probably wouldn't have found one secondhand again. I'm just really lucky it was anywhere near matching, because I could find nothing about the match.

The second, two things happened. One, I thought the head I had been waffling for months on was being discontinued, and two, it finally popped up on the marketplace in the color I wanted. I pounced unprepared, but it turned out it wasn't being discontinued after all. Oh well, at least I finally decided.

EDIT: Okay, now I am going to have an impulse doll proper. Just saw a limited that perfectly fit something that I'd been wanting, but thought I would never see. And I only had two days to decide. Needless to say, I have a new doll incoming. This is why I told myself to avoid limiteds...

 

Very rarely in my life is an impulse BJD going to be an option for me... I'm definitely more a careful planner/budgeter. But I had just gotten an unexpected chunk of money when I bought Pete and Billy together instead of just one or the other (their story was actually a huge rollercoaster, because right after I ordered them, I wound up suddenly needing that money for something else unexpected... but it all worked out in the end. Still... it does kind of scare me off of the impulse buy. If I ever did get a surprise chunk of money, I'd still want to go about ordering a doll very carefully. Sure there's stuff you can't plan for, but...)

 

Way too many. No regrets.

 

My first two were impulse buys, but I no longer have them. On the other hand, the oldest that I do still have was an impulse buy as well, and I'm never giving him up!

 

Hmm, most of my dolls are planned, as I really don't have the money for any extra dolls. Three of my dolls (one tiny, two petites) have been impulse buys aaaaaaaand I regret every one of them. Two of them I have sold already and the third I'm planning to, too. One might think that I've learned my lesson. ^^;

 

Right now, the 2 floating heads I have were both impulse buys. I'm happy with both purchases, though. Basically every doll I've ever bought except Kian (my only doll currently) and my first doll were impulse buys. I've sold all the others, though.

 

It would be easier to say who wasn't an impulse purchase in my collection, and that would be Pandora (dc lilly). That would make the amount of dolls I have purchased that were impulse buys 10. Only half of them are still in the house, and I still need to sell one. I'm a lot more reserved now a days, at least The cycle of falling in and out of love with a doll was just too vicious for me.

 

Currently, the only impulse-bought doll I own is my Lumedoll Blaze, Liam. I do not do well with impulse buys, and usually end up hating or resenting them even before they arrive home, and they usually end up getting sold ASAP. If I buy a doll and don't have plans and a character for it, it never goes well. Except for Liam, I've regretted every single impulse buy I've ever made.

 

My profile pic doll, Maddy, was a total impulse buy, and almost immediately became one of my favorites. I try to stay away from impulse dolls, but I don't regret getting her at all.

 

I guess it would depend on what you call an impulse doll.

For example, if someone asked me this question, I might immediately answer 1. The only doll I really purchased without staking for ages was my Dollshe Fashion Grant Philippe. I impulsively bought him after stalking the website until the very last day I could buy him under the opening discount.

I had no plan for this doll, no character for this doll, no idea what I would do with him. Now I have an idea, but I haven't started it yet.

After some thought, I might say my OrDoll Orlando, SoulDoll Yu, SOOM Romantic Dia heads were impulse, but I purchased them in an attempt to buy dolls with the particular facial features that I wanted, although I wasn't looking to buy those sculpts in particular.

Perhaps predictably, I may not sell the most of these heads. (I planned never to sell the Or-Doll Orlando, because I love the company, but now that I have my Anderl, the Orlando is free to leave.)

Otherwise, I plan my dolls obsessively. I try to purchase during event periods to discount the price or shipping. I wait until the last day of the ordering period (unless the doll is of limited production) so that I have the longest amount of time to think about the purchase. I'm a planner.

 

Sometimes I plan things out, often I don't. I think 3 of my current dolls are impulse buys? I haven't regretted any yet.

 

Sooo many impulse dolls. I regret three of the dolls I have just because I bought them after seeing really pretty promo pictures.

 

Got out of impulse buys years ago; I don't have the income for that kind of frivolity. Bit of planning goes a long way, you know?

 

Two of my dolls are what I would call impulse buys, my Dollzone Gray and my Doll Chateau Xaviera. Both times, I had no plans of buying a doll, but rather saving up for a much-needed body for my Abadon heads. Then these two dolls were released and I was like 'yeah, screw my plans, I need this thing now' because the moment I saw them, my imagination was triggered, especially in Gray's case.

 

I dont impulse buy and have thought of saving for a certain doll but unfortunately she became available at a good price because her urgently needed a new mommy for her.

 

Whelp... An addendum to my earlier post, 'cause I just made a total impulse purchase... I mean, I had wanted one for quite a while, but not in any kind of burning way. I figured I'd check the wesite randomly and what'dyou know! He's off-topic though, so it tooootally doesn't count.

 

Jethro definitely was. I was browsing the market place looking for a specific Loongsoul Doll when I came across a different doll (same company) or only like 250 bucks or so. I can't remember the exact price but it was noticeably cheaper and jumped out at me so I check the page. Put him on a short lay away and then had him and I've loved him ever since. Arianna was somewhat of an impulse buy, too. She was in her fullset outfit at a doll meet with some friends. Honestly, she looked kind of ugly in her default faceup and outfit but after I took off her wig and everything (with permission; another friend bought her outfit) I ended up falling in love with her.

 

My soon to be new doll a Kaye Wiggs Miki Fawn

 

I actually end up selling most of my impulse buys. It's not that I don't like the sculpts, they just...don't often fit in with my plans.

Currently, I have one impulse buy - a VOLKS May. I found her while browsing Y!J and couldn't resist bidding. She has some minor damage/use due to her previous owner being a bit careless, but I think I can fix most of it up when I get a chance to do some work on her. For now, all of her imperfections are covered by clothing.

 

All of them which prolly explains the high turnover rate in this household haha

 

I have uh.. 2.. maybe 3

Okay, first one was an impulse because i'd just ordered my first bjd and was getting nervous about whether i'd made the right call blah blah blah. What to expect and all that, first doll jitters.
I found a doll I liked the look of (same company) in a colour that appealed to me (fantasy skin tones baby) that i'd been watching on ebay had been relisted cheaper, so I clicked BIN lol.
I didn't regret it though, she was pretty cheap and she eased my nerves about my incoming doll, she in fact made me even more excited to meet him.

Now, my second impulse was only a half impulse.
After my first boy arrived and I got to know him I realised the doll i'd planned for another member of the group aesthetically just wasn't going to work, so I started to look for a different shell for the character. I was umming and ahhing and feeling a bit unsure about it all (I had no specific LOOK for this guy, just a rough concept of who he was and what role he played) I was up late one night and stumbled upon someone selling a doll on the marketplace. He was very low priced, he'd never had a faceup, he'd arrived just as they were leaving the hobby and been put in a box and forgotten.
Now, i'm an absolute sucker for dolly sob stories like that, I feel so sorry for them like omg, I want to take home ALL the orphan dollies. Anyway, I saw him and it just clicked. THAT was the face sculpt for this character. I think it was his ears that got me, these big ol' jug ears just felt right.

And my final impulse, well, i'd been watching this doll on ebay and it didn't sell. So it was relisted for a fair bit less and I admit it, I had kinda... fallen for him. He was a sculpt i'd previously thought "Oh that's cool" but didn't WANT or NEED in my life, but the half finished faceup and body blushing he had which had apparently stained the doll was just perfect, something about that specific doll just really leapt out at me. So of course I bought him. Ahem.
I regret nothing!

I'm generally a planner when it comes to bjds, but I also trust my gut. I have a good gut, it understands me well. I do tend to think about my purchases, especially if they're expensive ones (like more than £50) but if something is legit and a great price, it's hard not to be sorely tempted.
Generally I make a deal with myself. If it's over £50 (and most bjds are) then I tell myself to do something else for a bit and if it's still there when I come back, then I can buy it.
It gives me time to think. Just simple things like "unstack the dishwasher, go fold some laundry" and sometimes you come back and it's sold and you go "dang, wasn't meant to be" but then other times I come back and it's still there and the bargaining starts again. "I don't need it. I want it, it's still here, you promised yourself... can I afford it? nghh what will I do with it?" and so on.
Even my "impulse" buys are justified to myself, it's the only way i can spend that kind of money on myself lol. I always need an excuse that's not just "because it's pretty!"
But gosh it's hard.

 

So far I have two impulses that I own and one that I gifted as I never bonded with her. My planetdoll riz and Impldoll Abby I love though.

 

I've made... Quite a few impulse purchases... and by that I mean at least half of my dolly family... whoops.

My first impulse purchase would be my very first doll, my Dollzone Megi. I was at an animecon and the local dealer had a booth, I had money from my HS summer job that I had saved for merch... My Megi has outlasted all of my anime merch lmao.
My most recent one would be the Paradise Skin Lusis/Sist set, I saw the news post, emailed on a whim, ended up with a gorgeous new gal.

I try to keep my impulse purchases to dolls within my wishlist-- But if I find a good deal and the doll speaks to me... I'm a sucker for what I perceive to be good deals, and pretty faces. The best way for me to avoid all these impulses is to avoid sales groups, secondhand shops & yja. I'm at the point where I need to slim down my group before I can expand again.

 

At least... two of my dolls were impulse buys. My DollZone Mini Shyo in particular.
The other is my Doll Chateau Stacy.

I suppose it really is how you define an impulse buy because majority of my dolls can be considered impulse buys, since I only gave them personalities after I bought them/saw them.

 

I have a few dolls (heads mostly) that I classify as "impulse buys". Most of them I have simply come upon and they have spoken to me in some way or another. Generally I do like to plan doll purchases but I also like to be open to any doll finds that should come my way

 

There are many times where I feel like doing so but the dolls I love are mostly limited editions so I don't really have much chance to impulse buy. For now, only one of my 2 dolls are impulse buy cos he was on 40% sale and will be discontinued soon. But after playing with him for a while, I'm glad I'm liking him more and more

 

I'm a little ashamed to say I'm a compulsive impulse buyer...especially when it comes to ball-jointed dolls. If someone has a cure for this please tell me because it's not like I actually have money to spare to keep making mistakes like this.

My first impulse buy was a Littlefee Leah full package that I found on eBay. I overpaid by a whole lot and still regret that to this day. That might be why I am still not bonding with her although I find her so beautiful still. And that was just the start...I continued to impulse buy a Feeple60 Moe Miyu straight from Fairyland when they were first released. I just couldn't bond with the sculpt although I adore Miyu still. I ended up selling her OE and SP faceplates and her body is now being used by my Soony Elf event faceplate. I believe I'm currently in a good mindset concerning her. Let's hope that doesn't go south.

Then I gained access to the marketplace here on Den of Angels and that started a downward spiral. I bought a Littlefee Juri 2013 faceplate because I thought maybe I'd bond better with the Littlefee if she/he had a different faceplate. So far it's an improvement but I'm not there yet. Then I stumbled upon a beautiful tan Pukifee Luna which I impulse bought from another user. I do love her but I'm currently contemplating getting her a tan Realfee body just because something about the Pukifee body has started to bother me.

I recently also impulsed a Tiny Delf RS Alice (with clothing and a wig) from Luts itself just because I had a 'must have now' moment and the body seemed much more realistic than the Pukifee I currently own. She has yet to arrive.

The only non-impulse 'buy' I ever made was a Pukifee Ante in normal skin. It was a gift from someone dear to me and although I feel sad that her default face-up has freckles I still adore her and she will probably be the last one to go if I ever decide to leave the hobby. I assume mainly because she was a gift.

Currently I'm prowling for a tan Realfee body with Pukifee connector, a normal skin Realfee body with a Littlefee connector and an SD-sized boy that makes my heart race. Which, honestly, makes me facepalm myself.

After reading the previous lines I decided to downsize or stabilize my collection so somewhere in the coming weeks I'll be reviewing who goes and who stays. I really have to start drawing lines somewhere or this might go bad really fast. Good luck to all other impulse buyers out there.

 

I think I have one. It happened at a doll show and I had no plans to buy any dolls at all. I had always wanted that particular doll. I just didn't know it was available through a dealer. On the other hand, I suppose it depends on how impulse is defined. Because I do save for events with the idea that I might buy something even though I have no idea what it might be. Then, take a few days to mull it over.