Meme: Some confession sharing?

I started making sandals for one of my SID men about two years ago, left the pieces laying around, and then lost them in the move up here.

When I think about it, I get disappointed in myself that some of my dolls are wearing fullsets from their companies, because it means I haven't individualized them as the OCs they're meant to represent.

I refuse to put my resins behind glass, but I don't dust them except when I pick them up to do other things with them.

I've spent hundreds of dollars on their (mostly vintage) furniture too.

 

When people change their user pictures here I spend days not knowing who they are, wondering where they went and why they're not on anymore.

 

I do too. Glad to know I'm not the only one! That's part of the reason I've never changed my user pic.

 

Forgot this one:

I can't see jointed hands as anything other than robotic-looking. When I see them on a human doll, I see it as a robot pretending to be human.

 

I want to get a pair just to turn one into Thing from ​The Addams Family.

 

I sometimes think that people who buy $1000k and up and premium doll accessories are a little nuts. I mean I love my dolls but I'm just to cheap to buy things like $75 wigs, $55 urethane eyes, $75 boots, $150 outfits. This hobby can run the gamut from relatively reasonable to luxury goods I know but I just look at that level of spending and I think WTH? because I can't even imagine doing it. Not even if I had that kind of money. My dolls wear $10-15 shoes, $10 pants, $5 a pair eyes, used wigs that I almost never pay more than $5-20 for. I make a lot of their clothes just so I can afford to buy THEM. It just kind of rattles me that people spend what they do in this hobby so casually sometimes. I know there are a lot of people save up, but it's also clear that many people who buy BJD's do drop a LOT of money on them and think little of doing it. I'm really very glad there is used stuff out there, cheaper dolls. Otherwise I'd never be able to wrap my head around all this...

 

Another confection is that I am a sucker for limited dolls! If I see a doll I love and its only around for a limited time I will snatch it up. I have done that now twice.

 

I'm constantly amazed that sculpts which I think are ugly are loved by so many others. Just shows, people's tastes really are quite diverse.

 

Exactly this.
I have seen god-awful hideous dolls that people are head over heels for. It's so hard for me to wrap my head around it.

 

I really want to buy a doll over 100cm, but I still have other dolls on layaway.
Also I can't stop looking for new dolls even though I have dolls on preorder.

 

In the Batman comic there is a comic called "The Killing Joke" in the comic it go's into a tiny bit of the Joker life before he became Joker. Joker was a failed comedian with a beautiful wife and the two of them where preparing for the arrival of there baby. For some reason or another(I can't remember clearly why) the Gotham mafia kills Jokers wife and unborn child by burning down there home. Joker in his grief agrees to do one job for the mafia at a nuclear power plant but while doing the job Batman accidentally bumped into Joker, while in pursuit of another criminal, knocking joker into a huge vat of chemicals. The man that crawled out of the vat is the Joker we now know today.

But as I said in my last comment the back story for Norman is loosely based off DC Joker. The company of coarse changed a few things and switched a few things around but the doll is almost a shoe-in the Joker. The same mad smile and the very tall lanky body with oddly long legs, all you new to do to complete the look is getting a good face-up artist, a purple suit with a green tye, and a green wig.

 

I've read/am obsessed with The Killing Joke so I know the work you're referencing. It's quite interesting.

 

I feel the same. There are some that are very interesting to look at, but I don't see them as beautiful the way others do.

In addition to that "confession"...some face ups bug me too, especially when they are on a sculpt that I love. I feel like they need to be rescued :P

 

when i go shopping and look at price tags on clothes for me and say "PFFFFFT $25 for a shirt!!??" and then spend $32 on a wig and think i got a bargain...

 

My nieces are coming over at the end of July to the end of August... and even though I'm lucky if I see them two weeks a year so this is an amazing thing to have them for their entire school holidays... all I can think about is buying dolls and doll things instead of saving up to take the girls cool places.

 

Preach!

I Confess:
- I dress my dolls for the weather.
- I nuzzle my dolls' faces.
- I am dissatisfied with every single one of my dolls' faceups.
- I whined about wanting a limited doll until my husband paid for it from our savings. That was 6 months ago. It's still in pieces in its box.

 

Here here! Dolls that look like gross, decayed zombies, or dolls that look like vampires with tongues grossly sticking out and blood spooling around....and dolls that have only one eye or scars or body parts hanging out...YUCK!

 

I'm constantly lusting over dolls that have sold out. I guess it's the thrill of the hunt that someone may have it used. It becomes an obsession.

 

Yeah, definitely. People will fall head-over-heels for a new doll that I just find myself repulsed by. I actually really like that, though, because it illustrates that everyone has different opinions, and that in my own art anything that I do will be liked by some and disliked by others. I love the world that way, for how different anyone is. (Doesn't mean I'm gonna start collecting sculpts I really don't like though, haha)

 

I have found that I love Iplehouse dolls just because of how sturdy they seem to be and because of how appealing their sculpts are to me.

 

when my first Iplehouse doll came, I did this tribal dance thing around the box for about 5 minutes. that's how happy I was and how proud I was to have been able to pay for her. lol...

 

Bawww! Congrats on being able to get a doll that you were so proud of! Which sculpt did you get? I admittedly got very fortunate by being able to adopt my two from the MP here at a great deal. And I did shed a few tears of excitement when they were each unboxed ;;u;;

 

I sometimes fantasise about selling my tv/laptop/entire manga collection/insert other prized possession here and just buying like 3 Little Monica dolls all at once. I drool imagining the box arriving in the post...ahhh...

 

I once tallied up the total cost of my doll wish list and then wondered what I could sell off so that I could order it all at once ...

 

Thanks I got an Aria. She's so lovely I went "squeeeee!" with delight when I opened the box and saw her little face. it's the magic of box openings!!!

 

@ Fish and chips: Every time I see your user name it makes me hungry....

I hate restringing my dolls. I have a few that are as floppy as scarecrows because I don't want to bother restringing them.

 

hahah XD Oh I have another confession to make - this one is truly weird. But Impldoll has a doll called Tony, right? I thought his sculpt looked kinda awesome....but I will never buy him because my boss used to be called Tony and I didn't like him very much so the doll reminds me of that.

 

I worry about what will happen to my dolls when I am gone. I am getting on (61) and have them in my estate planning for my very awesome niece. But still I stress sometimes that I have fewer and fewer years to enjoy my dolls. I did not learn about them or get my first one until I was in my 50's. But I try to remind myself that I could not have afforded them when I was younger. Sigh....

 

I apologize aloud every single time I have to man-handle one of my dolls. Changing clothes, restringing, head removal for eye-changes or a new face-up...I apologize.

(In the interest of full disclosure, I also thank turnstiles and the self-check-out registers at the grocery store. ^^; )

 

I can't remember which of my crew I've added to the sculpt databases here on DoA and which I haven't... Because I've been seriously slacking when it comes to taking decent pictures of anyone for last few years.

 

[MENTION=1663]Osaka[/MENTION] - I know how you feel!

confession: I've just got into the hobby... but by September i'm sure I'll have six dolls... (three tinies and three minies)

 

ChildofHumanity It hasn't been a full two years for me yet, but I'm awaiting #13. And plan to order two more by the end of May because they're being discontinued.
The tribe was not supposed to grow this fast... And half the ones I have are still blank.

 

@Leo Phoenix haha well, they are addictive xD I got/will get all mine with face-ups sooo...

 

I have lots of tattoos..
But I dislike tattoos on my dolls! xD

 

When you've ordered stuff and you've gotten a shipping notice and there is a knock on the door, or the bell rings, and you race to open it and find yourself entangled in a conversation with crazy people selling religion/vacuums/etc.

 

Oh my goodness, THIS. Or it ends up being a package from your mom/aunt/not-doll-related and you get over it.

 

Awesome! I'm the total opposite. I have zero tattoo's and I love tattoo's on dolls. Mine and others

 

I started in to the hobby in November when I ordered my first doll(SD sized) I ordered another one(SD) February that I am paying off now. By next year I will most likely have 7 of them.

 

When I see photos of other peoples' dolls with the eyes going two different directions, I want to fix them so badly!

 

Nods !!! Or, when the wig is so far down that the doll looks like Eddie Munster? Or too far back and looks like Queen Elizabeth I???

 

I used to think the inexpensiveness of hot glue sueding meant it wasn't as effective as silicone discs... until I finally tried hot glue sueding and discovered it was actually more effective.

Now whenever I see / hear anyone talking about hot glue sueding I feel so embarrassed because I always strongly advocated silicone.

 

[MENTION=69319]ChildofHumanity[/MENTION]; [MENTION=62585]Leo Pheonix[/MENTION]; [MENTION=68478]SmilesEvily[/MENTION]

I can completely relate. I just started collecting and I have 3 at home & 5 on order. I've rationalized that I'm thrifty in other areas so I'm allowed this splurge!

 

Every time!!

Always this!!

Yup. This. And I'm always so impatient to do it properly...So it's never as successful.

 

I actually felt relieved when my last doll order didn't qualify for the event item, because I really don't need any more new dolls/extra heads/bonus heads floating around. XD

 

I own two Dollmore Trinities and a Lusion, and I really, really want a third Trinity or a second Lusion, despite their expense and size.

I'm addicted to Zulily for buying clothes and shoes for these girls, because they are large enough to fit toddler clothes, and Zulily sells THE most adorable children's brands. I have filled an entire four-drawer chest with clothes and shoes JUST for my Trinity and Lusion girls, and have to force myself to not go back and order more.

 

My confession is that i am not a fan of Volks dolls. All of Volks sculpts have child like features while i am more of a mature features fan.

 

I'm in love with an SD even though I promised myself I'd never buy a doll that size

 

Same here, though I'm not quite sure why. Volks dolls just don't do it for me. I'm a little self-conscious about it here on DoA, because Volks seems so popular among this particular community, and then there's me, the odd duck out. :\

Another confession: I'm absolutely terrified of my dolls being stolen or damaged beyond repair. Part of me knows it's irrational, but I've heard so many horror stories, I can't help but worry - what if that happens to me? That fear is what's kept me from trying my hand at modding, or sending out my dolls for face-ups, or bringing one or two of them out at conventions. All of which are things I really want to do, but I'm so scared for my dolls...

 

I have some goofy confessions to share... when I was blushing my doll, my biggest fear was that while the pieces were drying outside, some bird or animal will find them attractive, grab one and fly or run away with a part of my doll.... The parts were drying on pieces of wire stuck in a foam block and I even bent the ends of the wire to prevent any wild creatures from stealing my doll parts :/

 

Some of the sounds my dolls make when I bend their joints sound so pleasant. So much that it relaxes me, and almost puts me in a hypnotic like state.

Then occasionally there is embarrassing torture. Some of their noises disturb my ears. Faceups are difficult for me to do for this reason, because I don't like the sound of the art supplies against the resin. Certain noises relax me, and others make my skin crawl.
I might have to wear ear plugs to do faceups! I always thought faceups looked like a lot of fun to do, and always saw videos with music playing instead of actual sounds! Never thought that would bother me, but it does.
I know, I'm weird.

 

My confession.



I once bought a Migidoll Ell head and I forgot his existence since the time I received him, forgetting about his existence for about, a year or two? While I whined all the time ''Oh I want Migidoll Ell soooo bad!''

I found out about his existence again February this year. Now I feel a very very bad owner XD. *facepalms*

 

I have a favorite resin child, and if you look at the amount of things I have for each, it's easy to tell who <.<
Also, putting off buying dolls for characters I want to make, because I see pretty dolls I want but have nothing to do with.

 

Pretty much all I did while I waited for my membership to be approved was read the problem transactions thread for the drama. >.>;;

 

I... might have just threatened to give one of my dolls (Scribe, I'm looking at you, you ridiculous scarecrow. <_<) to my three year-old neighbor if he didn't stop flopping all over the place while I was trying to mark some alterations on an outfit I'm making him.

 

My dolls get dirty. Some is production dust because my workbenches are close together, some is because of my learning curve (regular nail polish rubs off and alcohol eats it so gel/shellac or nothing; I don't go wash my hands often enough). They're well sealed and 99% comes off with a water damp cloth. I don't worry about it. But it makes me feel like they're a bit more real if they've got the same kind of schmutz I acquire in the course of being alive.

 

Sometimes I'll curl up with my bjd while reading...

 

Many of my dolls are dusty.

I just got some BJDs that were on my wishlist for a long time. I've spent a ridiculous amount of money this year and it's only March. So WHY am I still cruising the DoA marketplace??

Forgot my biggest confession. I spend WAY more time dinking around posting on doll forums than I spend with my dolls themselves.

Sadly, about ten of mine have been boxed up for about that long too, because I keep meaning to rearrange my living room so I can set up shelves to display everyone on.

I caught myself doing that with a new doll just the other day. I was sitting there thinking it was like perfume, it smelled so good.

Me too. I'd be happier if one was always with me, but the few times I've taken one out, I get too anxious (unless it's an actual doll meetup).

Linda S.
galatia9

 

The prospect of nice weather is more exciting because of face-up possibilities than outdoor time, and I wish the little kids would go home early today so I can spend the entire day playing with dolls.

 

Do you ever read ads for used dolls and think "Good luck with that?" I do. I admit it. Seeing a doll that I consider is way overpriced for what it is, it just brings out the snarky bi- in me. It's probably a good thing in a way that so many people have seemingly unreasonable price tags on their dolls or I'd have 3X as many as I do but still when I see someone listing a not hard to find older doll for the full retail plus what is obviously their initial shipping and paypal, tax costs and all added in it just brings out the worst in me. Like I'm going to pay someone even more than retail for an older doll when I can get the brand new one for that?

I'm not talking about limited dolls or dolls that take a year to arrive. I'm talking about lower end dolls that have been produced for a while, that are basic, that you can easily get for even less than what they are asking brand new from the factory with a few weeks of patience, usually in 12 weeks or less. I see it a lot with wigs and shoes too. I constantly see wigs and shoes that are obviously not new that have obvious wear priced for more than retail. Most of them they just sit there on the market for months until the person selling finally gets a reality check and sells it for a price that's well under retail.

I honestly don't get it really why people even try it. It's a waste of time. I mean they're entitled to try for it I guess but having been in retail for years I just find it kind of counterproductive marking up things you can get anywhere up past retail. It's one thing when you are selling some really coveted limited thing, but when you've got a doll or accessory that I can buy brand new for less it just doesn't make much sense to me.

 

They make tiny irons!? OH MY GOSH. I feel like this has now changed my life.