>>5961435Well, it's a mix.
Back then you had to wait till companies got in resin and were actually able to put up something for sale.
Now you have way more buyers and companies need to keep up with their demands, so they are always taking pre-orders/offering too many dolls even if they can't handle them.
Too many orders, too many people wanting more and more options/models, too much pressure to keep up this whole "new limiteds, all the time" business etc.
You know people nowadays wouldn't go back to the old system anymore anyway.
They rather have the 'security' of an already paid for spot on a waitlist then having to wait on actually being able to order.
I see that with my customers, they gladly wait a year for a face-up slot on my waitlist, because to them it's a guarantee they sooner or later get something painted by me.
Other option would be to wait three months and then compete for a slot with others.
I'll always remember that one pic of Granado and Crocus' table full of painted heads for the last order.
Granado isn't like Fairyland, and he still had those 20 heads on his table.
And face-up was only purchasable when you bought a full doll, so at least 20 full dolls.
And single heads, and naked full dolls, and their basic models they also offer.
Guy had with that one order batch probably more than Luts made in the beginning in three months.
Now imagine how much orders Fairyland probably gets in nowadays.
