I will never...(but you did anyway)

I was going to sew all my doll clothes - never buy them!

oh and I was never going to buy dolls without faceup - till I got some blank 'gift' heads - and now I kind of like blank dolls

oh and of course I was never going to buy any more dolls either - we've all been there - resistance is futile

 

I was never planning on buying any girl dolls, or YOSD's. But now I have three girls, and two little ones

 

I am kinda the opposite: I always said that I'll never try to own boys and now I have two big guys And maybe more to come?

 

I was never actually going to buy a BJD. Well... now I have three, with a fourth on the way and a massive wishlist for next year. I'm super stingy about money and won't even spend $20 on something that's of benefit to me, so dropping $200+, multiple times, on dolls was at one point unfathomable. Feels good though.

 

I was the same with yosds! I have a beautiful girl now though, and love her dearly~ c:

 

I was never going to mod a doll, and now I've done a few mods an am really enjoying it.

 

Buy eyes that cost $50 or more. (thanks Dollbakery) No regrets! (But I'm not about to make it a habit!)

 

Yep. Mark me down as another with the YoSDs. I said I never wanted one. I couldn't see spending money on something that small, and I didn't want a child. Except...my favorite OC is a kid, so I kept looking out of curiosity. And ooops. So I shelled her as a Littlefee Dark Elf Soo. Love her. Just that one, right?

I have four YoSDs and a Pukifee now.

 

"I will never spend that kind of money on myself!"
She says... then buys two bjds in as many weeks.

Oops?

 

I wrote down a list of dolls/characters I had plans for and told myself I wouldn't go outside of that list..but we all know what happens when we go scrolling through the sales section "just looking for clothing eyes etc" ...yeah well I'm paying on a very unplanned girl now and I couldn't be happier! Shes already made her own plans in my head xD

 

Yes, me too...and I found myself already listing quite a number of them on my wishlist / to buy list for 2017

 

definitely no more anthros for me either - sold them all - didn't get along with them. Bought 3 more this past month

 

I'm full of I will never moments in this hobby... normally I tend to stick to my word... but this hobby makes me completely unpredictable!xD

Back during my first run in the hobby I said I would never have over 4 dolls... I ended up with 13. I said I would never have SDs, I ended up with 3. I said I would never have tinies, I ended up with 3. More recently... I said I would never sell my dolls, but I had to down size and emotionally needed to move on, so and now I'm selling them. I said if I ever had to sell them I wouldn't get more, now I'm buying two more little ones. I never wanted YoSDs... now I only want YoSDs. Dolls I said I disliked at first are now some of my favorites. I said I would never spend over 50$ on an outfit set, now I'm close to buying a 90$ one. I said I would never fall for a limited doll, now I want one and I'm working extra hard so I know I can make the money in time. I said I would never make my own clothing, but I already made two skirts before they got here just to practice.

I know there is more then that, but I've flipped my views so much in this hobby, I don't even know my own mind when if comes to BJDs! xD

 

If you're interested, here's a related thread you can look through:
Things you said you wouldn't do but did anyway.
Enjoy

 

Just recently before I went to the San Diego BJD con, I told myself that I won't buy a doll from there, but then I saw a doll I really wanted. I bought it.

I told myself no yo-sd or MSDs. I have one MSD and two Yo-SDs (one being from the con).

 

"I will never buy a doll while paying off another." I ordered Dollshe's Grown Bermann in september while still paying off my layaway of Xaviera.

"I will never buy non human dolls."
I have one (miss kitty) and another (xaviera) on the way.

 

-I'll NEVER modify a doll!
-I'll never get a tiny
-I'll never get cute little kid MSDs
-I'll never buy a doll piece by piece

 

"I'll never buy a bjd, they're too expensive!!!"

I'm not making any more promises like that anymore...Sooner or later I'll end up breaking them..

 

I will never have more than 10 dolls.
I will never have more than 20 dolls.
I will never have more than 30 dolls.
I will never - oh, never mind ...

I will never spend more 1000 USD on a doll - at the ultimate most.
(That was before LLT's Ludwig was released and I had to have him plus the Ahaz head, in light tan. Most expensive option, of course.)
I will never spend more than 200 USD on a doll head.
(That was before I found that gorgeous head on the Marketplace that I just HAD to have.)

to be continued ...

 

Things I said I would NEVER do and then did:

-Own girl dolls
-Own more than one doll
-Buy clothing because I can sew
-Spend over $20 on shoes
-Spend over $10 on eyes
-Own a Minifee
-Own a fantasy or non-human doll
-Own any size other than MSD
-Buy anywhere outside the US (I was totally paranoid about wait times and the safety of international shipping when I joined the hobby)
-Own a child doll
-Attempt to mod a doll
-Commission a faceup
-Sell a doll
-Bother with body blushing
-Trade a doll
-Buy secondhand
-Let anyone borrow my doll
-Spend over $250 on a BJD
-Put a doll on layaway

And...probably a lot more that I'm not thinking about, and even more that I still haven't done but might in the future. Never say never in this hobby. XD

 

I was never going to stray outside my list of my own characters.

 

I will never exceed more then 10 dolls.... I now have 32.

 

LOL..it's really comforting to hear about this all, it simply means that I'm quite normal
We are really a bunch of self-betraying individuals when it comes to dolls

 

Well I'm really new in the hobby but when I first joined people recommend me to use layaway so as to not spend a lot of money at once. But I thought that it feels like having a debt so I'm just like "Nah too risky I'm just going to buy when I have the money"

But nooooo
Mirodolls are having a sale and Yaya and Lili and so many others are so gorgeous and the next thing I know I'm already e-mailing them about layaways

After that I just looked at myself in the mirror and goes like "Girl I'm disappointed in you"
Tbh no regret tho xD

 

Sounds so familiar. They multiply like rabbit's, don't they?

 

For the longest time, I had only boy dolls. And girl dolls are still in the minority, here, cos - they're EXPENSIVE. I mean, yes, I love how I can put my girls in all those cool clothes and shoes I'd never wear myself because they're just not my style or I don't have the right kind of figure to wear them but, heck, Aidan (my SD16 girl) keeps "demanding" new stuff on an almost regular basis. And she's also got just as many pairs of shoes, probably, as all my boy dolls together cos "You can't make me wear BLACK shoes with a WINE-RED dress! Are you insane!" Yah, she's a real diva. Love her.

 

"No impulse buys. Ever. Be responsible." - Annnnnnnnnnd - an impulse doll turned into my most cherished character, who I hadn't even really thought about shelling.

 

I said I was never going to buy anything bigger than an MSD ... I haven't yet but there's a few SD's I'm just dying to get my hands on!

 

"I will never buy a BJD."
Oops.

"I will never buy another BJD while waiting for another one to ship."
Whoops.

I'm sure there'll be plenty more in time~

 

I said to myself that I would never spend more than $650 on a doll. Well, I bought my grail doll at over $800. So...that budget went out the window hahaha.

 

"I will never spend more money on a doll outfit than I would on an outfit for myself."

Well.. Oops?

 

"I will never have two dolls coming at once"

lol

 

"I will never pay more than $400 for a doll". Soom's BK Noellia was just over $400.
"Even though I love my first doll, I will never buy another Soom Mini Gem girl." When Soom expanded their BK Noellia release from 20 to 50, I pounced. As of a week ago, I've ordered another. Somewhat awkward legs aside, some of them are so special they keep coming to live with me!

 

I will never be one of those people with wayyyy too many dolls......

oops. Ehehehehe...

 

"I will never buy a bjd."
I have two resin bjds, one porcelain bjd, and a floating head.

"I will never buy a doll head only."
I purchased one this summer (looking forward to finishing her next year). I can't stand staring at her (or any doll) without a body but she was too lovely for me to pass up. Now I'm searching for a cheap minifee head so I can use it for making wigs.

 

I told myself I would not get any to shell into anime character or real people but now I'm shelling four dolls into my favorite Kpop band members

 

Well...like most everyone, I told myself I wouldn't go over a set number (seven), but now I'm certain I'm over that. (I think it's at around 11-13 now? (Unfortunately, most are major WIPs right now) Some aren't here (yet!) but eventually they will be)

Also, I was planning to stick with only working on my original story characters, but now I have plans to do four character dolls (my soon-to-be Legend of Korra bunch. Planned to only do character dolls with Pullips, XD)

I probably also had set price limits for wigs, clothes, and eyes, but I'm sure I've gone over those at one point or another

Also, after getting my MSD several years ago, I think I ended up in the mindset to never buy another BJD and sell my girl at some point. That really didn't stick, and I still have that MSD girl.

 

"I'll be extra careful with my dolls, and I will never ding their face-ups!"

I knocked Johnny off his shelf three nights ago, and he chipped an eyebrow. I'm glad the damage was aesthetic and not structural, but it still ticked me.

 

I most definitely told myself I would never have more than 2 dolls, since I am just starting out. But I already have 2 now and one more on preorder from DDE. I also said I would absolutely NEVER have a need for fantasy parts, because I just wanted my normal human girls, but I most definitely just bought a secondhand Sia tail. I feel like that totally happens all of the time in this hobby though, where you say "Oh I would never buy that, or spend that much, or have that many" and then somehow you do! Lol

 

I told myself I would never get a Doll Chateau bjd because although interesting they just aren't my thing. I asked for their unicorn Lillian for Christmas from my boyfriend...

I will never buy placeholder outfits! They can just be naked until the custom clothes are finished! I've bought placeholder outfits for almost every doll.

 

I will never pay more than $30 for eyes... I've bought eyes for $50.
I will never do a layaway (too much like buying on credit)... I now have my layaway doll home.
I will never buy more than 1 doll at a time... Did the layaway and put a down payment on another within a month of each other.
I will never have more than 5... 10... 15.... Ah, screw it, the idea I could limit the number of dolls I own was stupid from the start (I'm at 38 now).

I have said that I will never own a girl as they're not my thing and all my dolls are characters from my novels. I have a tiny OT doll (DZ Little Bean) that is genderless but I see her as a girl so perhaps that counts?

 

I said I wouldn't buy any more dolls without selling one that I already own, and they would all remain under 60cm.

Now I'm in the process of piecing together four dolls, all of them over 60cm.

 

First was I will never buy a bjd
then I will only get one
then only two as he needed a friend
next thing there was a population explosion and I now have 25!

 

This hobby has taught me to never say never!

I will never own more than 5 dolls.....I own 10 plus 6 floating heads.
I will never buy another doll before I have the last one "finished".....3 of my dolls are naked, eyeless, and/or blank. All my floating heads are blank. Only 3 dolls have shoes.
I will never spend more than $600, including shipping, on a doll.....um, yeah.
I will never own a 1/3 doll or anything smaller than 1/6.....wrong on both counts.
I will never buy a doll with pointed ears or vampire fangs.....well, my tiny has the ears, and one of my floaters has both.

 

"I'll learn to do my own faceups... commissioning them is just too much money," I said.

(Casually commissions three that Im anticipating will be around $100 each but are going to make my characters perfect)

 

"I will never spend more than 300$ on a doll", then saw SD dolls, fell in love and few years later bought my Razjel (Ringdoll Lucifer).
And still saying that I will never buy clothes for my dolls that cost more than clothes for myself, but looks like I have no choice if I want to buy nice suit for my boy ^^;
We will see what will be next...

 

"I won't buy a doll while I'm still in school"
Happened freshman year.
"I will never pay that much for a pair of jeans, I can make them myself!"
I shamefully admit my doll was naked for far too long because of that.
"I will never have more than one unfinished doll/floating head at a time."
Sigh

 

" I will never buy a bjd."
"I will never buy a bjd that expensive"
"I will never buy another bjd"
Hahah lol

 

I told myself that I would never buy a new doll without at least first having *actually* seen my first one. Then I received my first and second full-sets in the same month, and between the two arrivals I ordered another 2 heads lol.

 

I will never own more than 4 dolls (currently have 14 I think?)

I will only own MSD (have 1 resin SD girl and 1 on the way. Also 8 Dollfie Dreams. I have found I do prefer my resin in the MSD range and vinyl for SD)

I will sew all my own clothes (this becomes impossible to keep up with once they start multiplying)

I will do all my own faceups (mostly true, the exception will be my PeaksWoods Vampire Goldie simply because PW does the most gorgeous faceups in the world and she is a very special doll)

I will never spend more than $400 on a doll

I will never spend more than $600 on a doll

I will never spend more than $800 on a doll

I will never spend more than $1000 on a doll

I will never spend more than $1200 on a doll...

Well darnit. Can we just say that my reasonable limit is $800 and there is only one doll in existence that I currently know of that I am willing to exceed that number for? Maybe?

 

I never thought I'd buy any kind of doll.

Now I've got the beginnings of a decent collection. What's the point of being an adult and wasting so much of your life working if you can't do the things you like?

 

I am totally failing at the hobby...
Some of the "will not's" of which I have completely failed...

• I won't have more than 8 dolls max - FAIL
• I won't buy a head without having the body - FAIL
• I won't buy a new doll without having completed an existing doll - FAIL
• I won't buy dolls smaller than 60cm - FAIL
• I won't have more than 1 female doll - FAIL
• I won't pay more in shipping than the item - FAIL

 

I think I am strict when it comes to my own rules.
When it comes to the doll hobby in general I am careful with what I say.
I never would say that " I never will have this amount of Dolls", because I think it will come as it will come.
I say it a little bit diferent like " I probably will never sell my first BJD, but who knows?"
I think its because I know my selve only to well

Ou wait a sec.......I said that I dont want to send my doll to an face up artist..... ok thats the only exeption so far.
Does this count?
But I dont think that I will brake that. I love to do face ups

 

Never would I consider ordering a second doll before I've received my first.

And I'll enter the DD Santa Saber lottery when it's available too, to (hopefully) make it three outstanding.

Doh! Waiting is terrible though.

 

I said I would never shell all ten of my SD characters, because I just couldn't fathom having 10 SD's. Their story has grown, so while I still don't have them all, ten really doesn't seem that big a number anymore... Whoops.

I was dead set on never getting a tan skin doll, because of the various reasons people don't like tan. The first time I broke this it didn't go so well, so I was completely convinced of this rule until I fell for Luts Delf Claus in that particular skintone (I'm still in love with my boy now!). Now I just pick whatever skintone I think works best for the sculpt and I have everything between stark white and ink black.

I've always told myself that fantasy dolls weren't for me. I broke this several times over, but aside from my little anthro-piggies, none of them have ended up staying. I still catch myself eyeing them, vampires especially, but so far so good (I don't count elf ears in this, because then I wouldn't have my beloved Soony's and I could never get the MNF Nanuri14, Karsh and Eliya on my wishlist. I just hide them when needed.)

Never buy Enchanted Doll eyes (or similarly expensive). Broke this at the last Ldoll when the perfect pair of eyes for Jules happened to be from Enchanted Doll.

Never do layaway. Yeah, nevermind...

Never paint my own face-ups. I may not be all that proud of my own work, but I've painted my share of faces over the years. I'm only now starting to realise it's more a matter of me not really liking to do it, so for the future I'll change doing my own work to "find artists for blank heads" more and more. That's another one, though: never pay over $75 for a face-up. I haven't done this yet, but I've certainly paid this price for the face-up already done on a head I purchased second-hand.

And never pay over $200 on just a head. Volks SD10 Megu, yup.

The only thing I've still never done: pay more for shipping than the item itself. I don't see myself breaking that, but who knows...

Moral of this hobby: never say never.

 

I never thought I'd own an MSD, but then I roomed with a girl at a con who owned only MSDs and I thought they were so small and cute compared to all my huge 65-70cm guys...and now I own two lol. I also never thought I'd ever get a full-set doll, preferring to customize my dolls from head-to-toe...until Souloid Phiel came along and I loved everything about him already and bought the full-set with painting and all, oops.

 

I will never own more than 3 dolls! Now I have 5 and one more coming..
I will never get another male doll! Now I have 2.
I will never own SD sized doll! Ended up getting enormous man from Angeldolls.
I will never own tiny doll! Owned few of those and kinda want another one.
Aaaaand so on..

 

"I will never own another vinyl doll because I worry about them staining"...I bought two vinyl dolls for Christmas !