Collection Obsession : Over 500 Dolls

[absynthe1972]

This is just toooooo cool in a scary sort of way. Why is it scary? 500 is a LOT of dolls. Seriously. But yeah, can you see anyone doing this with ball joint dolls? Anyone want to actually HAVE that many dolls?

http://video.foxnews.com/v/111309956100 ... t_id=86875

[quidam]

"Do they come alive at night, like Chuckie?" Lol! Did you noticed he was more freaked by the baby than the kid with fangs?

Seriously, my doll phobia would kick into hyper drive in her house. All of those creepy dead babies. I mean, what else would you call a baby that never wakes up? *shudders*

I'm sure that at some point in the future there will be someone obsessed enough with BJD to have that many. I doubt they've been around long enough for anyone to have that many yet. She sounds like she's been collecting since childhood.
Personally, could I? Never. I don't know my limit, but I become easily overwhelmed with large collections of anything. For me less is more. I'm thinking that 7 or 8 will probably be tops for me.

[SillyLilPuppet]

My grandmother has hundreds of dolls, and I know a few collectors in my area have over 50 BJDs, not counting anything outside of that classification. It might be just me having grown up in my gram's house surrounded by dolls but it has never felt 'extreme' to me. If you know how to handle your collection and have a good balance between display and storage, it can be done.

[1/6andtinylover]

well........that kinda scares me in a good way....and as for something like that with BJDs? I personally won't because a) they're expensive and b) space...

as of now, I don't think many BJD people have over 50 or 60, but since the hobby is kind of young, who knows. I don't think I can go over maybe 25, partly because I want to make 11 dolls characters from my stories and obviously I will have other doll wants XD

[KatyaR]

My collection is easily 500+, but 1) almost everybody is 1:6 or smaller and 2) there are quite a few in storage at any given time. Keep in mind, though, I've been 'collecting' since middle school, and some of these are actually childhood dolls. That's essentially a 47-year collection.
I can't imagine that many large dolls, even in a *really* large house.
And I definitely don't treat them like living children.

[Gift_in_Edge]

If I had the money/space to own all the dolls I've wanted I'd get the coolest display cases and the like for them. :D

That lady seems a little weird but she's doing what she loves and I can't blame her for that.

[Trethowan]

This is just toooooo cool in a scary sort of way. Why is it scary? 500 is a LOT of dolls. Seriously. But yeah, can you see anyone doing this with ball joint dolls? Anyone want to actually HAVE that many dolls?

http://video.foxnews.com/v/111309956100 ... t_id=86875

I think the interviewer was being a jerk. His tone seemed condescending, and he insulted her and the dolls. "That one, the scary one." Then he said they were both scary. That's fine, they might be spooky or freaky, maybe it was the WAY he said it that seemed rude. Then he seemed surprised, "there's a man in your life?" What does he think? How do you pay for them, do you spend your husband's money?

To each their own is my motto. I have over 500 books. Is it ok because they're books and not dolls? Meh.

[kittyasauras]

It won't play for me? It's just a black screen. Do I need a plug in?

[Greyhaunt]

Well given as I KNOW I have somewhere around 51 bjds (ranging from pukipuki to a 70cm in size) and Cirque hs more than me even though she won't admit it publically (and she has way more big ones than I do) um...yea...everyone in this forum knows at least two nuts hahahahahaha

I didn't follow the link - as soon as someone mentioned baby dolls I halted my finger before clicking. I really really really find baby dolls creepy.

[famedglory]

So many scattered thoughts about this. I get so creeped out by those babies but at the same time I'm beyond impressed with the craftsmanship. I think she handled herself pretty well with the jerk-face interviewer. While I can keep my cool in almost all situations, I could not continue being so...is friendly the word I'm looking for? to someone being that condisending to me. And finally I can't imagine owning that many dolls. I know people who own many many many dolls and might be getting into that ballpark but I had a minor freakout last night when I realized I suddenly had a doll family of five.