Would you get twin dolls? Triplets? More?

PawPaw · 02-16-2008, 09:35 PM

I was just thinking.. and a while back, I had a set of Na-Nu-Ri twins. Unfortunately, one was sold.. but sometime in the future, I'd like to have Unoa twins as well. So I wondered -- Resinality, how do you feel about multiples? Would you buy two of the same mold? Three? Four? MORE? Do your multiples look the same? Do they wear the same wig, eyes, faceup, clothes? Share all -- and don't forget the pictures!

Phoenix · 02-16-2008, 10:04 PM

Oh boy, let me tell you, I used to frown at the idea of twin dolls because they're so expensive. My best friend and I were always saying that twin dolls are cute but we'll never get one because we rather have more variety in sculpts than quantity-wise.

But you know, recently I found myself with a pair of twins in my possession. I did want them to be identical to the point of confusion, but I couldn't bring myself to wipe one of their face ups to match the other. So far I've only made them one set of clothes, I'm not sure if they'll continue wearing identical clothes. Here they are with the same wig but different kinds of green eyes. I think having them with different face ups helps to make sure that they're not ... boring? Even I sometimes forget that I have two of the same mold because they look so different. I'm sure you'll enjoy having Unoa twins in the future. They're even more fun when you don't let yourself be restricted to their twin-ness. Real twins are rarely continuously identical looking in real life anyway, especially if they're already grown up.

My School C twins =3.

sylvan leaf ~ Jaime · 02-17-2008, 12:54 AM

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nena · 02-17-2008, 12:54 AM

I always feel twins are a "waste" for me, just because there are so many headmolds out there I like already, that having two of the same mold feels redundant ^^; I'd love to have twins but I just couldn't justify it to my wallet.

I do adore twins that are similar but different headmolds, like an open-eyed head with a dreaming twin. ^^

carawen · 02-17-2008, 03:41 AM

I love twins. I have three sets of them, actually. The symmetry is quite nice.

Mid · 02-17-2008, 03:41 AM

There are molds I could have a harem of, given the funds and the luck. I think only completely identical twins could get boring, and even those I've seen done really well.

I've had many multiples of molds, but none of them have ever been dressed or presented the same as the other. I love how even the same mold can look so different.

Brightfires · 02-17-2008, 04:07 AM

I'm one of those people who has both twin characters and multiples of the same mold.

When I'm building twin characters, I tend to use "variations" for each of the siblings rather than identical sculpts. (ie: With Harumatsu and Tien Jen, one's a Standard Shiwoo and the other is Dreaming-) Even when they're going to be very similar in dress-style and over-all "look", like my in-coming Type 2 Breakaways will be, I prefer the heads not to be 100% the same.

So, where does that leave my true "duplicate" sculpts? ... I try to make them as different from each other as possible, up to having them in different colored resin. I think I've been pretty successful at that... No one has ever mistaken Crane for Tsung-Li (BW and NS Type 1 Els), or Sjhan for Tien Jen (Type 1 NS Dreaming Shiwoo and Type 2 BW Dreaming Shiwoo).

As for them being a waste... [shrugs] To each their own. I know what I like and refuse to limit my crew to what other owners feel is "appropriate". I enjoy every one of these guys, dull or wasteful as it may seem to others for me to have them. See, while I know it's a little frowned-upon to admit to such a thing in this hobby of ours, where we're all expected to regard our dolls as something more like children than possessions, I am a bit of a Collector at heart... I like having complete sets. I like having "one of each".

It's a completeness thing. ^_^

InkyBear · 02-17-2008, 04:57 AM

While I respect other people's decisions to have twins or even more of the same headmold, wether they be twins or not ( I'm still having a hard time coming to terms that my two boys have the same body -_-; ) , as of this moment, I can never see myself ever wanting two of the same headsculpt. Of course right now that's easy to say as I have a very specific, small cast of characters I wish to put into resin form, but even so, I'm pretty certain if it did come to the situation where I had a set of twins I wanted to dollify, I'd end up choosing two sculpts that were similar in features, but not identical. There are so many beautiful sculpts out there and I like to broaden my horizens, and this I think would make me feel as though I were limiting myself, or as someone else mentioned, a waste.

Malice Librarian · 02-17-2008, 05:19 AM

There are times when I'm tempted to have twins, or develop a mini army of the same mold. If I do so, I would make them distinct from one another (different faceups, clothes, maybe even skintones.)

Tereya Chan · 02-17-2008, 11:27 AM

I had contemplated a pair of twins, boy and girl, for awhile. However, I'm feeling overwhelmed by the number of dolls I already have that I don't think that I can fit them into my plans. However, having twins of any sort would be great. I think that there are a few molds out there that I wouldn't mind having double of at all, especially since you can make subtle differences that really show great ranges of personality.

Letizia · 02-17-2008, 11:51 AM

I have two open-eyed Elfdoll Soahs (one in normal skin, one in white skin), plus a sleeping head for each.. At least one of the Reminisce heads will get it's own body later and be a character on it's own, so I'll end up with three Soahs. Still, I feel that they are all very different characters, and the first of them (that was my first bjd as well) is still unique and a bit more special to me than the others.

My Soahs are not twins (or triplets), though. The white skin soah belongs to a completely differnent story than the others; the other two are sisters but not twins. I like that they have different skin tone/ different eyes, and I don't think I would want two dolls that are completely the same. Soah is my favourite mold, and apparently I just couldn't resist getting all the different versions of her.

I don't think there are any other molds that I'd need two or more of.

kathrynmary · 02-17-2008, 01:51 PM

i see nothing wrong with twins or triplets if thats how you want to collect. i have 2 pipos one is pink and the other black so they are different enough. i dont think i would have two exact copies of dolls though- they would have to be a bit different from each other like fraternal twins.

eveshka · 02-17-2008, 02:39 PM

I have twin Sharmin as well as twin Lishe, twin El, twin DD2 with the DDOP-01 head... I think it's safe to say that twins don't bother me. If you look in my albums, Kaede and Momiji are twin Lishe, but they don't look much alike!

aernath · 02-17-2008, 05:27 PM

Twins? Yes! Triplets? Yes!
More? Please?
My three Iple House Soo Ri
White, Normal, and now Tan!

Flying Carrot · 02-17-2008, 06:40 PM

I don't think I personally would have twins, but if I did, it would be with different face ups. Similar enough to look like twins, but each different in their own way.

jinjur · 02-17-2008, 07:05 PM

I never really thought about twins but lately I have been tempted and if I did see my girls twin come up....well...
I'd be very tempted and may not be able to resist !
When I still had sticker shock about the price of BJD's I
would never had considered it. I enjoy seeing twins on
the boards, I don't see any problem with it.

Alianna · 02-17-2008, 07:14 PM

I never really thought about twins either, but I wouldn't mind same sculpt twins. Identically dressed twins (or identically dressed anything) are not my thing though.

sakura-oki · 02-17-2008, 09:51 PM

When i decided to purchase my second doll I decided to do a twin. I was unsure if i should get the same doll (have some variety) but really liked the look of my Sia. Unfortunately, Customhouse decided to redo the mold on their Sia and they are similiar but not identical. I still dress them as twins at times but they each have their own personality, one is sweet in pastels and the other is opposite. My newest project is that i will have 2 Kid Delf Woori's (one a boy and one a girl). I think their mold is adorable.

EilonwyG · 02-17-2008, 10:13 PM

I have no problem with twins, triplets, or multiples. I have a pair of girl and boy twin mnf elf shiwoos. One is the open eyed head, the other is the vampire head with the eyes open and the fangs removed. They may be the same mold, but they are incredibly different. I'm also working on a pair of boy twins, but they're fraternal, so the one is a DoD Kirill, and the other will end up being a DoD Ivan (when I get around to buying him).

As for identicle molds, I don't think I'd want two of the same molds had have them with the exact same everything. I'd want to show their personalities a little more, so that even if they were the same mold with the same eyes and hair, their face-ups would be slightly different so they can be seen as two seperate characters. My friend is contemplating a pair of twins, getting a second Juri '05, but not only would her second girl have a different style of wig, but her face would have different make-up. They may be identicle, but they have different personalities and lives and styles that make them look different.

It seems silly to me to have an exact duplicate of the same doll. I suppose there are people out there that love a mold so much that have to own several of them, but I'd rather have distinctly different dolls. Sure, I love the Delf Shiwoo's, but each one I'd get would be definately different.

Amet · 02-18-2008, 12:57 AM

I really adore twins. I couldn't quite imagine myself owning them for the longest time (none of our characters had a twin), but then we made friends with a lovely girl who had twins of our first doll's mold and seeing so many gorgeous pictures of his dreaming head (while I was falling in love with dreaming heads in general) pretty much convinced me I wanted one.

I don't think of them as 'duplicates'. They're too different, and honestly, I'd rather have twins than extra floating heads for when a doll wants to half-close his eyes just because I dug a dreaming head.