Restructuring...or Maybe "Consolidating" Would Be a Better Term

[kiyakotari]

I've been thinking about this for a while, and discussed it with one of my local friends. I thought it would be nice to get some thoughts from you guys about it.

I'm considering restructuring my doll collection, in several different ways. One, I know now for sure that I prefer 1/3 scale dolls to 1/4 scale ones. I don't do much of anything at all with my MSD-sized dolls. I still want their characters to have doll bodies, for the most part, but I've been moving toward getting 1/3 scale resin versions of almost all of them. Once I do that, I'll do even less with the 1/4 scale ones. Stangely enough, I found that while I don't like the tiny-tinies or the MSD-sized dolls, YoSD-scale fits me rather well.

If I did this, it would mean selling off the small versions of Luke Alan, Aiko, probaby Daiichi, and Tyaeli. I would get larger versions of Aiko, Luke Alan, and Daiichi. Tyaeli...I don't think I would re-embody him.

Which brings me to the second aspect of this restructuring I'm looking at: I've slowly come to realize that I'm not well-suited to owning dolls that I didn't...look for. I guess that's hard to explain. I'll try: Most of my collection are sculpts that I've found with a particular personality or character in mind. I wanted to make a resin version of that character, and I searched (and in some cases, purchased, changed my mind, discarded and re-purchased) until I found the sculpt that would work. These dolls speak to me, quite clearly, and very, very actively. They are the ones I do the most with. They are the ones that have an existence outside their resin selves. However...I also have dolls that I bought because I desired their sculpts, and in these cases I created a personality to go along with them, or perhaps the personality created itself, but in either case the same holds true; They are tied in inextricably to their resin forms. They are not separate, and they are inseparable. I cannot draw a line there. If I sold Tyaeli, I would not re-embody him simply because he exists only within the B-el sculpt. This is the reason I sold my Soah - she only existed because I wanted her to.

If I removed those dolls from my collection, it would mean selling off Umbrae, Tyaeli, Little Evil, and possibly Unnamed. Unnamed is a bit more complicated, because it was a gift from Volks, and I'm not sure yet that I can approach the idea of selling it due to that, even though I have almost no actual desire to do anything with it.

I'd feel guilty getting rid of Umbrae and Tyaeli, though, because while I don't feel strongly invested in them anymore, I do know that some of my friends are. Especially Umbrae. And I do adore him, I just...don't want to do anything with him. And I don't like the idea of him sitting naked in my bedroom (which is where he's been for the past five months or so) gathering dust. Though it's also a bit painful to imagine someone else owning him and getting him repainted (especially getting him repainted), I'm not the type to sell a doll with some stupid "but only if you don't ever _____."

Thoughts on this? Maybe it's just a sign that I'm looking for or approaching a period of some changes in my life.


If I did make these changes, these would be the results.

I Would Own
Darryl
Wren
Talon
Jian Yuan
Rafe
Hideo
Big!Aiko
Big!Luke Alan
Hiiroshi
Oracle (A Project Doll, and Really More for Display than Activity)
Heero

I would Still Want to Buy
Hunter
Laith
Tekla
Abigail
Big!Daiichi
Duo(?)
Wufei(?)
(etc)

I Would Sell
Umbrae
Tyaeli
Little!Daiichi
Little!Luke Alan
Little!Aiko
Little Evil
(possibly)Unnamed

Comments

[pris84.livejournal.com]

You know, I think there must be something in the air or something to do with the season, but I see so many people going through their dolls and doing changes. I think you should do whatever makes you happiest. At the end of the day, they're your dolls and you should do as you see fit. Your real friends will always understand. I can understand completely why you might not want to sell your unnamed, as it was a gift from Volks. That's a hard call.

I hope you don't mind but I'd like to add you as a friend. :) Meet you a couple times at Dollectable, Dolpa and Anime Evolution (Vancouver con). You've got some cool dolls and I'd love to learn more about your ideas/stories. Please feel free to add me. :) Not sure if you have any filters but I'd like to be on as many as you'll have me. Thanks!

[kiyakotari.livejournal.com]

Hey there! ^_^ I've friended you back. I don't really do filters - it's either friends-locked or not, and VERY few things are friends-locked (most only original writing that I'm considering pursuing publication on, and don't want bandied around the general intarwebs).

I've been thinking about doing this for almost a year now, and decided to finally bit the bullet. It's going well, so far, if with a few moments of cringing.