If I knew then … (what I wish I knew about doll collecting)

Comment Below ⬇️ Which dolls rank highest for you? Would you change anything about your collection?

Your dolls are stunning!

There taking away some articulation on rainbow high dolls 😔

I think for play or intro into the idea of collecting Rainbow High or Monster High are great. They're a good intro for younger kids too. I just got my first Azone, and I think they're good in the mid zone between a playline doll vs. stepping up to a Dollfie and Smart doll or BDJ. I chose a Dollfie over Smart Doll because of the body shape, but Smart Dolls have really beautiful faces to me.

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Hello. I've always had dozens of Barbie dolls. However thanks to you and your channel I now have 12 pullip dolls. And now I just purchased my first Smart Doll from Danny Choo, "Fortitude" semi-real (Tea). I told Danny that you and your channel was my inspiration for purchasing. I hope that was ok? Just love this doll! I purchased on a Tuesday and received her on Friday. Unbelievable! Anyway thanks for all you do. You make a difference!

SmartDoll are always looking to improve their dolls and are currently working on a plus sized version as the pear body planned to release this year yet or early next year for sure. Also so things that had complaints about the body have been resolved with the evolve frame which are the default for all classic models and will continue for the pear body. Boys are also on the ticket for after the pears are launched. Hopefully those won’t take too long once Danny Choo works on them.

I have a large Figma collection and just started collecting dolls but I don't really know where to start. I have four 1/12 and four 1/6 dolls from AZONE (pureneemo). I find that AZONE is very expensive, at least 180-300 dollars for a doll you can't change hair with and is usually only that expensive because it's targeted at an anime audience looking for that character. I'm looking for maximum customizability at a 1/6 scale now. Would a Dollce head work with an Obitsu body? Is Dollce Dolfie Dream? I'm starting to think now it would be a lot cheaper to just 'make' my own dolls instead of buying them premade.

I love my Pullips, although I have a small collection of them. I have one MIO kit waiting for me too!! Smart Doll is DEFINITELY on my list!! I just need to know where I would display one.
I do love SH/RH, but I’m slowing down on buying them, I went a little nuts at first. 😅
Thanks so much for the great video!

I think for me, I wouldn't have went so hard with RH/SH dolls. I have over 100+ of them and majority are all still in box. I never really had the passion to open them and play with them, I just love their fashion but not the dolls iteself. I am working on finding them new homes though, and have really fallen hard for Pullip dolls.

I couldn't agree more. When I first started super hardcore doll collecting, when I had a little money, I wanted a doll just like smart doll, but I had no idea what kind of doll I wanted and anyway at all of how to order it. Right now I've only got about 12 smart dolls and one pullip, but I would like to get more Pullips.

This is such an interesting, insightful, and helpful thing to talk about. My collection used to be about having more, more, more! Now, I’m selling a big majority of it to afford the dolls i actually want. I’m selling all of my monster high dolls, including my haunt couture dolls so I can buy a chicabi bjd doll and a custom blythe from my favorite artist - that’l be like over $1k 🥵 then I’ll probably sell some historical american girl dolls so my dollfie dreams and other bjds can get face ups from amazing artists. I have so many barbie princesses and vintage Barbie’s that I love so I’ll keep, but I feel like I blew a lot of money on rainbow high dolls during the rainbow high doll craze - now I’m just now super into them. I’ll hold onto most of them though, most of the ones I have are so pretty and pastel, but I’ll sell the non-pastel ones. I have tons of rag dolls and vintage babydolls that I don’t need, I should let those go too.

The things i want to prioritize in my collection are dollfie dream, pullip, custom blythe, Korean bjds, custom american girl dolls, calico critters, ooak monster high repaints and precious moments dolls/figures. I also love Bratz but but people charge more than they’re worth on the second hand market, but I’ll buy one every once in a while!

I’m the same way, I prefer Dollfie’s sculpts over smartdoll’s - otherwise I’d be all over smart doll! Hoping they come out with a lot more anime sculpts with big sweet eyes and hopefully full lips too <3

Great to hear your thoughts. My doll fam is 17 Pullip/Dal, 13 Dollfie Dream DD/DDS/DPP/MDD and 5 Super Dollfie SDGr/SD13/SD10/SDC/SDM. No regrets so far, but I see the appeal of Smart Dolls. For my DDs I have a wrist joint for every set of hands to make it easy to switch. I disagree Pullips are easy to play with, their big heads mean they fall over too easily, they can't really stand independently, they barely manage to sit.

If I had to change the way I collect dolls I wouldn’t have bought every pullip released in 2020 and 2021. I kinda bought them all on impulse and while I love the majority of them there are maybe 6 that I don’t completely love and definitely could’ve saved my money and used it on manga or other dolls. Also wish I knew that the 2000’s Bratz would be worth a lot now because I gave away my collection years ago and trying to find old school Bratz (not the reboots), especially ones I want that are in box are so expensive now.