Have you ever sold a doll, only to recreate the 'character' in a new doll?

[Shankula]

Hey guys! I had a doll named Zen-Cho, and I recreated her a couple of times (changed her to BW skin, because that was my original view of her character) and then after she 'visited' someone for a long period of time for a complicated photostory, it just wasn't the same when she returned. Even though she was special to me, I sold Zen...the spark was just gone.

Well, I don't miss that particular doll--but I miss having the 'character' here. I know that sounds silly, but I do. My board is even named after my doll that is no longer here...and I've been presented with a chance to get a 2007 Nanuri vampire head, and it immediately clicked--I was like "OMG. That is the new Zen." Since the new owner of my old Zen (who is a Lishe) kept her name and character, I plan on making my new Zen have a slightly different name--I'm undecided on the second part, but it won't be Cho, and her backstory, while similar in some aspects, will be different enough that it is unique to her.

Has anyone else had that happen? You get rid of a doll only to miss having the character, and you want to recreate it, in closer view of the artistic vision that you had for the doll to begin with?

[KeiCai]

I've sold dolls like that before, and still wish to re-create the character. I think it's good to get attached to the character, and makes it easier to sell the doll if the doll just... isn't right.

I don't think it's silly at all. ^__^

[Shankula]

I've sold dolls like that before, and still wish to re-create the character. I think it's good to get attached to the character, and makes it easier to sell the doll if the doll just... isn't right.

I don't think it's silly at all. ^__^

The thing is, the character is an ancient Vampire, who really has transcended the more violent aspects of *being* a vampire. She is somewhat pensive, and is thoughtful and gentle to those she cares about. She doesn't feed on living beings, and doesn't need to--however, she still has her superhuman strength, and has no qualms about killing if it is for the right reason. She isn't against violence, she just has found that it isn't part of who she is any longer--she doesn't seek violence, but if it comes to her, she'll rip it into bits. Now if a Nanuri vampire doesn't fit that better than a Lishe would, I don't know what sculpt could be more appropriate. I just think of that head and think 'that is HER.'

[kersuru]

I will be doing this with my second doll/second character Yuuki - a Delf Yder. I love Yuuki's character and I enjoy the Yder mold but it's really hard to shoot next to my SD Nono. She's everything to me and everything is done for her. So I'll be replacing my yder with an FCS F-16. The head model and size should really fit in person and in story.

It was a really tough decision to make in the first place and I hope so much that his character can be transfered into the new dollfie. I just need him to glare at me in that special way. :P

::EDIT::
I wont be selling Yuuki's original head or body any time soon. I gave his body to my Type 2 The Moon because I couldn't stand the Type 2 bodies. I will keep his head for a while before letting go - if I can let go of his head. It's like the original is still there if plan B goes to the fan.

[River]

I'm planning too. I recently sold my first doll because she didn't really fit the character any more (actually I didnt buy her intending for her to even be that character, they just shared a name) so I'm trying to decide on a doll to replace her with because I really love the character. Hopefully her next incarnation will be better suited.

One thing though, do you not mind that the new owner kept her name and character? I get very attached to my own characters and I don't think I could bare having someone else continue to use them =X Maybe that's just me though.

[Shankula]

I'm planning too. I recently sold my first doll because she didn't really fit the character any more (actually I didnt buy her intending for her to even be that character, they just shared a name) so I'm trying to decide on a doll to replace her with because I really love the character. Hopefully her next incarnation will be better suited.

One thing though, do you not mind that the new owner kept her name and character? I get very attached to my own characters and I don't think I could bare having someone else continue to use them =X Maybe that's just me though.

Well, when I sold her, I didn't intend to recreate the character--and seriously, she had the doll several times for the photostories (which were AWESOME) and thus *that* Zen was practically her doll anyway. I know she loves her as much as I used to, and to be honest, that person fleshed out her backstory enough that THAT part wasn't really my own. I want to recreate Zen and give her my own deeper backstory that isn't tied in with someone elses dolls.

And actually, I did do this once before...I have a Soom Gena named Black Violet--she used to be a Miyu, but I found the sculpt was just too sweet for the BV character. But with her, I had the new BV in the wings when I sold the first--and BV's character and backstory were all my own, I was very specific when I sold BV1 that her new owner please not post her as the same character, or at least call her a different name when putting her on the board. Thankfully she thought that was a good idea, so it wasn't a hassle...and btw, my Gena (a heavily enhanced Smokey Day cream white girl) is so perfect as Black Violet, I don't regret for even a second selling BV1.

[celestia]

I plan so much that by the time i purchase the doll; there is no other sculpt/mold better to house him/her/it in.
Then again i rarely sell the dolls i buy.. because i rarely buy them unless i'm sure the mold is 100% suitable. It always helps to get an idea of group dynamics though if you're not sure how well the character fairs against another when in resin form.

Hopefully I'm not alone in this. hah .__.

[miss sha]

A while back before I went on my dorrie hiatus, I owned a standard Syo I'd named Julien. When I quit, I sold him off. But I've always liked his character - this boy with a grumpy persona. So I'm going to get him again - another Syo, but this time in tan and reworking him a little bit to fit better into my current storyline.

There's also Gremory, a character of mine who I've been very close to since his creation way back five or six years ago. I had him in doll form, briefly, but sold him off. Some variation of his character easily slides into just about any story I've ever had. I'd like to get a doll of him again, but he's a difficult guy to pin down to one sculpt. XD

[Brightfires]

I did it with Kita & Tsuki, my kitsune pups. Their original resin incarnations were a pair of MNF Shiwoos... That worked pretty well at first, but after awhile having them look that young began to irk me a little. They worked better as teenagers than as children. So, when the Elf Chiwoos came out, I sold the MNFs and got The Pups v.2

The Chiwoos just suited them better, and I figured there was no reason to keep a pair of dolls that didn't really work for what I had in mind for them.

[Juubei]

Usually I don't have a pre-set character before purchasing a doll. I've found that when I do, the doll never seems to want to work out right (go figure). Typically I've kept my previously created RP / story characters and my dolls seperate. Because of this, I've never had a reason to "re-home" a doll's character. Instead I'll buy a doll, do my best to work with it, and either a character will develope around it or not. If I do manage to create a character for the doll, and then later decide to sell it, I usually let that character go with it.

[KeiCai]

Usually I don't have a pre-set character before purchasing a doll. I've found that when I do, the doll never seems to want to work out right (go figure). Typically I've kept my previously created RP / story characters and my dolls seperate. Because of this, I've never had a reason to "re-home" a doll's character. Instead I'll buy a doll, do my best to work with it, and either a character will develope around it or not. If I do manage to create a character for the doll, and then later decide to sell it, I usually let that character go with it.

This is what I end up doing with my dolls as well. If a character doesn't develop, then I sell the doll. However, there have been a few instances where I'd had to sell a doll for financial reasons, despite the fact I loved the character. Those are the characters I want to bring back, but I've had a hard time bringing myself to do it because I often times attach the character to the doll. The dolls I have now cannot be replaced with the same mold/faceup/wig/eyes and still be the same character to me.

[Tsuminaki]

No. I had enough trouble accepting one of my girls with a fresh new head (of the same mold), let alone a completely different doll. But then, my dolls are not modeled after my existing characters, but develop their own personalities organically based on my impressions of them, so it makes sense for me.

[eptrauma]

I never could sell any of my dolls. I've never even sold a blythe or a pullip before, let alone a super dollfie. I would miss their charachters way too much! But i've never bought a doll with a charachter in mind either. I feel like each doll is special in itself. Another Unoa Lusis wouldn't be Snowdrop, another Namu wouldn't be Nathan, a different f-04 wouldn't be Ruby. So trying to impart a personality i already have on a doll i'm buying seems really difficult, so i've never tried it.

[Captain Schlumpy]

I'm in the process of doing that now. I had several dolls that just weren't working for the idea I had in my mind so I finally decided to clear them all out and start fresh. I'm hoping that by doing careful research and thinking the purchases through, I will be content with the new incarnations when they arrive.

[Myriai]

*raises hand* I've done it and been happier for it ^_^ Selling a doll is never an easy choice, but sometimes it is for the better. The first doll I ever did that with was Alex, his first version (http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/fantomwyng/farewell/bye16.jpg) was a KD Ani (like his twin sister, Mia), but the Ani was just too sad and pouty for my sweet little Alex so I wound up selling the doll and getting version two (http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/fantomwyng/alex/alexbio.jpg), an MSD Ken. In the end, that is what worked best for Alex and I honestly don't regret it for an instant.

I am also currently in the process of saving for SD-sized versions of the main characters of my [doll] story. At one point Ryuen, Yukiro, and Zach were all Dream of Doll boys (Si, Yen, and Too respectively), but I developed a lot of issues with them mostly due to scale (they're supposed to be in their early-twenties and my other SD-sized dolls embody characters that are supposed to look around 25 so the size discrepancy really started getting to me ^^; ), so they're going to turn into FCS boys (F-16, F-22, and Sunlight F-17 respectively). I think those too will also work out better in the end and I'll be happier for it ^_^

[BunnyChan]

Kodona was originally a MNF chiwoo. He was upgraded to a Magical Michael and 'aint goin nowheres now.

[Daggerchan]

I sold almost all my dolls to have them recreated in mature mini size. :Ð They all have their old characters, although some attributes have been scrambled up and dealt anew, and some of my guys have even switched/changed names, but the general personas are still there.

[hiritai]

I sold my MNF Shiwoo and recreated him as a Nanuri 07. MNF Shiwoo was way to childish for Eiji, I have no idea what I was thinking. I don't like slim minis.
Hayden was an El for a good long while, too.

[rattimoth]

I have.... my boding boding alice was wonderful, and I really loved her, but she didn't fit in at all, no matter what I did, so I replaced her with a dollmore ray head on a fin body, and let her character 'grow up' .. it worked REALLY well, Alythe is much easier to photograph with other dolls, she has more personality and she's a BIT easier to dress.

Not being a limited means that I am a bit more confident in doing things with her too, like taking a pure white doll outside!

Seek peace

Carol

[girlwholived]

Many, many times. James? Poor kid. First a Delf Moon, then a Lahoo, and now a WC Chris. Let's hope he is happy with his new form! He wasn't the only one, however.

I enjoy seeing my resin collection evolve.

[Jenova]

I've had this precise situation happen once... the characters (they were twins) started out as minis, and (as my experience has shown repeatedly T_T) I don't bond well with minis, so I let them go... I loved their concepts, though, and tried to bring them back as bigger dolls, who I hoped I would interact with more. That didn't work out so well, either, so I've kind of had to let go of the idea. :\

I've had other characters deliberately re-shelled, but the twins were my only case of "want 'em back". :sweat

[gayle]

I only did this once. I sold my small Narin and bought a 60cm one to replace his character.

[Kiyakotari]

Oh, totally! Wren's on her second head and third body (fourth, if you count the week or so she spent on a male SD13 before I switched it out for the girl one). Darryl's on his third body (though the first one never did get a head...). Talon's on his second body. Aiko's on her second body. Luke Alan's on his second head AND body (same mold, but traded off for a tan version). Jian's on HIS second head (the first just didn't work, never even GOT a body for that). Rafe's on his second head (originally thought he'd be an SS-K, but that very definitely didn't happen). Um....I think that's it. As you can see, I switch things out ALL the time, in my search for perfect character embodiment.

In the case of Wren's first head, I didn't actually sell it. I just decided it wasn't right for her, and I'm using it for someone else now.

I've never sold off a doll and had to re-create because I 'missed' the character, though. I always sell with the intent of 'upgrading.' And these characters will always be here - the resin is just the icing on the cake.

[Shankula]

I've never sold off a doll and had to re-create because I 'missed' the character, though. I always sell with the intent of 'upgrading.' And these characters will always be here - the resin is just the icing on the cake.

See, that was the thing--the character started taking a turn from my original vision for her when the other person was doing the photo stories--it was not something I had expected. I honestly felt that the doll wasn't really 'mine' after spending so much time away from home, and being involved in this big story line. I can't explain it any other way than to say it just wasn't the same after she got back from her 'visits'. Given that, I honestly thought I wouldn't miss having the character in my doll brigade--but then I started feeling like I wanted to have her back, but as she was initially intended to be, not as someone else had envisioned her. If I didn't have the chance to make her look like I felt she should though, I would've probably not have felt such a pull to 'bring her back'. I definitely feel like this incarnation is an upgrade though.

[kawaii_mon]

I plan so much that by the time i purchase the doll; there is no other sculpt/mold better to house him/her/it in.
Then again i rarely sell the dolls i buy.. because i rarely buy them unless i'm sure the mold is 100% suitable. It always helps to get an idea of group dynamics though if you're not sure how well the character fairs against another when in resin form.

Hopefully I'm not alone in this. hah .__.

you're not alone at all! :) I'm just not the kind of person to sell off a doll once I get one, so I tend to over think and plan so that when I get the doll, they are what I want for that character.

[nakitama]

Nope! I develop a doll's character around the doll itself. I get the doll, or pick the sculpt, and then make the personality. I could never make another sculpt be Cecilia(my DOC Pitts) for example, because Cecilia is a Pitts. I get too attached, hehe!

This is kinda good, because I never have any re-shelling stress, but I also have many ideas for dolls that I would love to own that will never become reality because either the doll has been discontinued, or is too expensive, or too rare to get. If the doll disappears, then so does the character. ;_;

[kirane]

I have thought of getting a newer SD Mimi for Nyhmm more than once. However I can't get out of my head the fact that Nyhmm IS that yellowed big-ball-jointed doll with an unmovable face-up (her previous face-up, when I bought her, was so old that it left white areas... I can't decide where to put the eyebrows for example). I would love to offer a newer face to her, but I know that a second Mimi would only be a second Mimi, not a newer Nyhmm :/ (however she was not a pre-existing character, just a character 'created' for a new doll)

[lin]

I don't exactly have characters, but I sold my St.Mina and replaced her with Soah. They are both very Asian-looking girls, but I just liked Soah's more realistic face better.

[fauxfaia]

I'm seriously reconsidering doing something like this myself, but at the same time, I really kinda want my old doll back because I was just so attached to him in the first place ( he was my first doll ).

[Ridgeway]

I try to keep the character shell swapping to a minimum but i have done it. My SP Kill_U was originally purchased to be St. James' St. James doll. She decided after ordering the head from K-Doll that the Gomi Igon was a better fit. When the head arrived I took it over and made it Nathan. A year passed while I looked for the right body. Last December Dollstown put out Mui and he just clicked with me as being the right doll to represent Nathan from head to toe. I guess I was making the best of things since the head was here.

Since the shell jump, the Kill_U head has become Nathan's niece Maeve. I'm not sure if it's exactly what I want for Maeve, but at this time there isn't another sculpt that's more right.

[Kim]

I've done this....kinda of. I adored my first doll, Kurenai, a Bluefairy Niky and he was great for the character. However, the default faceup wasn't quite right - black hair and red eyebrows do not mix - and so I sent him off to be repainted. That process took 6 long months and in the end he did not end up looking right. He did not look like my impish brat Kurenai anymore and so I sold him with the intention of buying another default Niky and just dealing with the things wrong.

6 months later, the doll that I had sold ended up for sale again and I looked at a pic of him in the sales thread and my first thought was "I have to save Kurenai!" So I bought him again, did some wig changing and now he's managed to become my character once more.

[asteldoth]

I've actually done that with the only two dolls I've had. I spent so much time on my first doll trying to force him to match the idea of the character and I had so much trouble and wasted so much money that it really pushed him away from me. When I found the IM Tan Hound for the first time, it was like everything I had been trying to do to my mini had been poured into this bigger doll and was just waiting for me. When he came home, I finally had that "clicking" moment. <3

[lunameth]

*nod* I decided that the dolls I had for my characters just weren't mature enough in MSD form, so I changed them to SD size. Nettle went from a CP elf Ttory to a CP Miyu mod; River was also an elf Ttory and is now an Elfdoll Wu mod; Sky went from a CP Nara to a CP Soo, and then got sold again and is now hoping to come back as DIM Cordelia (bless her); and Thorn was probably going to be a CP Bomi, but I'd already changed to SDs by that point and he's now a Volks Sch C mod ^^

I'm glad I made the decision, although it gets to me sometimes that there are so many more mature MSD sculpts out there now. Sometimes, the big versions of my characters look TOO mature, and I find myself in a lose-lose situation. I think, if I was going for exact replicas, I'd probably go for Narins/Naraes/Unoas, etc, as to me they look like actual teens, whereas MSDs can look too young and SDs too old. Buuuut... I don't think I could do that to myself lol (Or my dolls, who I love no matter if they look older than they should!)

[asteldoth]

Yeah the size thing was a huge reason why I switched. My ren was just a little boy while the hound is definitely a man. xD I think, also, when I got my ren, I was desperate to find something on AR that I liked because that was the only company that I had any experience with, via a friend. So, even from the beginning, he wasn't perfect. And then I tried to make him match the image of him in my head, which really only ended up making it worse. I am much happier now with my hound.

[Obscurity]

I've talked about doing this more than a few times, but I have yet to actually go through with it. I think I get almost as emotionally attached to the dolls themselves as I do their characters, but maybe one day I'll be able to suck it up and go through with it.

I might even just buy another form of a character as another doll and save the old doll to make something new - that is, if I could afford it.

[Arvanah]

Several times! XD The interesting thing is that most of the time you see people doing this to make their smaller dolls bigger. Both of my MNF girls used to be Delf girls. 60cm was just way too much doll for me. Anet was easy, since she started out as a Lishe anyways. Cevina could have been an elf mod on the MNF Soo, but I'm just so in love with the Shushu mold and it fits her character better I think.

[Osaka]

Oh boy, have I had a problem with this! XD I had to get rid of my Dollmore Lilis Liv, who had been Zoe. This meant that I also had to scrap my plans for Dollmore Miso, who was going to be Zoe's twin sister Audrey. The problem had been that Liv and Miso had been beyond perfect for the girls--similar without being the same sculpt--and I didn't know how I'd ever find suitable replacements for them.

Much hair-pulling and angry ranting later, I determined that Souldoll Hye and Byeol would be very adequate replacements for the girls. Hye has that same cranky charm that made me fall in love with Liv, and while I'm not too sure about Byeol yet (mainly because of her less-than-stunning face up on the Souldoll site), I thinkk she has the same good-natured serenity about her that drew me to Miso.

But now I want them home yesterday! ^^;

[Lyn R]

I've done this too. Eamon the First was a Souldoll Paris and is now a Limho, Natty the first was a Miyu, now a N-doll Miru, etc.

I really want to bring back Ullrich, my IM Hound I had to sell, but since he kept his name when he went to his new home the new fella will have to be a variant of the original.

*stops rambling*

[Arkady]

My first doll was Ayame, a 60cm Obitsu; I'm seriously considering "upgrading" her to a Domuya Fin though, so the matured character can take her place with my other resins. She's the only doll I've ever really been tempted to upgrade though - and in a way, she's already been upgraded quite a few times, as I practiced and got better at face-ups.

[chibaraki]

I've... sort of done it a few times, though the characters haven't really left permanently. My first doll, a Bluefairy Jerome, was supposed to be an original character of mine, Nikola. Unfortunately I just couldn't make her work as a mini, and I didn't like any mature mini headsculpt for the character... but I also didn't want to sell my Jerome, so I hung onto her and turned her into a different character, Mary Alice, and got a 60cm doll for the original character.

Recently I decided that I didn't want to keep my Jerome, and would prefer a mature mini for Mary Alice... so I sold my Jerome and got a minisup Yisol, who I adore. I also decided that the 60cm dolls just weren't working for me, and am in the process of selling my two SD-sized dolls. I'm not planning on getting new dolls for those characters just yet, though. If I find a mature mini that's perfect for Nikola I'll try again.

[Akari]

I've done this several times. When I had to sell my Hound, I was only really able to let go of him (though I still miss him T_T) because I knew I would be reshelling the character later on. So as soon as I was financially stable again, I got a Saint to replace him. The mold actually fits the character much better and I'm absolutely in love with him. Even though I still miss having a Hound, it ended up better all around. Though if I can ever come up with a character for him, I'd love to have a Hound again.

I also switched another character from a Shiwoo to an Elfdoll Red. When Elfdoll first released Red and I saw his pics, he really jumped out at me and slapped me in the face with how perfect he was for the character. So I did the swap, but couldn't sell my Shiwoo, so he got a character change as well.

Another character was originally an AR Nik, but he was supposed to be tan, so I traded the Nik for an El (see below) and bought an NT Kai instead.

Aaannd, I also switched the character who was originally my Vamp Elf El into a more appropriate normal El and gave the vamp a new character too.
*_*

[rillystar]

Hm...I have. I'd find a doll I thought was beautiful or perfect only to find out that when I got it it wasn't quite right (which is frustrating and sad because the doll is still beautiful, just not what you were expecting). Usually I try to see if I change wigs, eyes or something and try to keep it for at least 6 months to confirm if it'll work itself out or if the dolly is a no go.

[harlowe]

Have you ever sold a doll, only to recreate the 'character' in a new doll?

I do that.... a lot.

[ravendolls]

I have a recurring character who started life as a Soulkid Tiffee, but right now she's between shells. I'm waiting for Dollstown to start making dollies again and I'll try her out as one of their sculpts for awhile. I figure if it doesn't work out or I can't make a new shell work, I can always find another Tiffee (watch them discontinue her now, argh!)
Raven

[Wee_Little_Faerie]

Yes, I've definatley done that... there have been a few dolls that I didn't particularly care for, but I loved the character, so I simply transferred it over to the new doll.

[s2kitty]

I've done that a couple of times - once with success and once as a disaster. I traded my Woosoo for a FCS F-16 boy with an amazing limited faceup because I'd originally envisioned the character as a F-16. Boy did that fail. I realize more and more that Woosoo was perfect. And now there isn't a chance in heck I can get him back or afford a new one. I'm really still pretty ticked that the person I traded with sold him for an insane amount of money. I was his first owner so his original price was dirt cheap. I get depressed if I think about it too much because I miss him so much! I want my Xander back.

Vincent on the other hand is perfect as a SD17 Reisner - it is a much better fit than the Kohya I had before. Not that I didn't love Kohya, but I found that snowskin just isn't for me.

I'm hoping to find a perfect Miri someday but nothing seems to catch me the way the Hewitt II sculpt did. *sigh*

[Dark Chocolat]

When I got my first doll I had it take after an RP character of mine that I cherish very much. He fit well, but I did sell him not that long ago for financial reasons. After selling him I found a new mold that fit the character perfectly.

[Meguone]

Oh yeah. I've done this several times because either the body wasn't right, didn't ever bond, or wound going in a totally different direction.

[omichao]

I've sort of done this, but not exactly.

When I first got Shou, I wanted him to be a twin, but he was so limited back then, I had no hope for it. So I made him a single character and made the twins into different sculpts that I wanted.

Not long ago, Shou-Ryu began to be produced again, so I decided to make him my twins again, but I've grown attached to my new twins. So I went back and forth and decided to just have 2 sets of twins, as semi-lame as it seems ^_^;;

[Lae]

I've done it. The first one was a character that I made up for the nanu 06 head. But since I didn't like the head so much, but was already fond of the character, decieded I to sell it. I'm still looking for a perfect sculpt to be Tristan. Possibly he will be a DF Moon.

I also sold my Poppy head, who I originally made my character Leeca, because it didn't fit any body as good as I liked and the head was a little bit too big to fit my plans. When Luts released the Nanuri 07 I knew I had found the right sculpt to fit the character, even though I hadn't had any plans to recreate Leeca.

Since then I have sold some other dolls that I also plan to bring back. My MNF Chiwoo will be a BF Louis or Jerome (haven't decided yet), DZ Demi that was Michelangelo will probably be a DZ Leng and my MNF Tan-El will someday be DF Tan-El.

[silk]

My first character Kayne changed a lot these past (almost) two years. At first he was a WS Soo Ri, but there a few thing bugging me about that mold and one was that it looked too young. When Elfdoll K was released I was sold, but I thought that I couldn't give Kayne up and was afraid that if I'd change the mold the whole character was gone.
But when I finally decided to be brave, and I sold my Soo Ri and bought a K-ss head, I knew I made the right decission.

From this day on he's no longer 'Kayne', but 'lord Alikaj', the person I intended him to be. And I couldn't be happier!!

[Kihaku]

Shankula, Yes :o I actually just had that.

I bought a doll, which I named as Siegfried. (this was 2 years back) But after that, I've only been fighting the urge to throw him out of window, most of the time. X__x nothing seemed to go right with that doll, and at the end, I didn't know what his character even was supposed to be. I avoided taking him to meet ups or taking pictures of him or almost even looking at him, because he made me annoyed. And well, in the end, I sold him. But.. I started to miss him even before I sold him ^^; But I knew that I coudn't bare to be with that doll anymore, but the love for the character stayed :o

And well.. I can't bear to be without him anymore. :o Thus I'm trying to find a new body for him.. and hope I don't have to fight that much with the new doll. :)

With other dolls, I've changed the doll form of my characters couple of times, But with the others, the new doll form has come before I sold the other one and they were the original characters, so I knew I'd get them body anyways. But Siegfried was a character that came when I bought the doll.. But it just didn't fit with that specific doll x3

[aideen]

I sold my very first BJD. It was an angelregion present Jade and was absolutely cute. I just wanted him to look more adult so I sold him to incarnate the same character in a DOT Sha! I don't regret it! He's still the same, it's like the "soul" of the character just jumped in the new mold!:heart

[talithax]

Yes...

I bought a Soom Godo to be my Faith (an original character) and after two months of trying to 'bond' with him I just had to wave the white flag of defeat and sell him.

By himself he was a lovely doll, but when he was next to my Delfs I just found him... lacking.

So out he went and I now have Faith as a Shiwoo. I'm not entirely convinced that the Shiwoo is working for him, but I love the doll and know I'll keep him.

(Even if I try again with Faith in a BW El form! I'll just rename the Shiwoo...)

[derilaan]

My very first doll was a Volks Ryo, and after I sold his body to get my dream doll (Volks Lucas) I felt at that time that his character had grown up a little, so now I am looking into a different mold for him rather than rebuying the Ryo. I felt like, after 4 years of having him, he needed to age a bit to fit his character.

I sold my very first BJD. It was an angelregion present Jade and was absolutely cute. I just wanted him to look more adult so I sold him to incarnate the same character in a DOT Sha! I don't regret it! He's still the same, it's like the "soul" of the character just jumped in the new mold!:heart

Yes! I felt the same way. All the experiences and stories I created with him, that young look just did not suit him, no matter how wonderful the original doll was. I know it will be the same way when I decide on how he is going to look, that his character will just pop in. :)

[derilan85]

I did have a Custom House Bin named Terry and then when I sold him I said I would have Terry back so when Hound came out I knew he would be the perfect mold for Terry. As for my Lishe named Sable I sold last year, I am getting the new Limwha Eva, Sable will return in that mold. I guess I'll be done after that.

[Honooko]

Nino has gotten a couple changes over time. Originally, he was a 2005 DIM Persia head on a jointed SD10 boy body. But I really, really hated that body. It was cute, but Nino is small and skinny, versus the SD10's small and kind of stocky. Plus I really dislike SD10 hands. XD So off went that body, and I got him a DIM one!... only to discover that 2006 DIM resin is really, really pink. REALLY pink. And his head did not match. SO. Bought a 2006 PINK Persia head, and sold the 2005 one!

Amusingly, now that he's all matching, I'm going to be getting a DIM Minimee head for him instead. XD Nino's been through a lot, but each time it's felt more and more 'right'. Nino's character is a real lazy kind of guy with a terrible slouch, and the DIM bodies at the time could only sit if you pop their torso joint out and make them slouch. PERFECT!<3

[HisLittleGirl]

Nope. Not planning on it either....