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

[euphorias-child.livejournal.com]

Seriously, Kiya.

You don't have to placate me or anyone else that you've ever been involved with when it came to your character(s)/doll(s).

Kick the sucker(s) out.

(I say that with the utmost respect. >_> Really.)