Welcome tigerdriver
Like you, I'm a newbie on here and I wish I had found the site and done a lot more lurking first to fully understand options before I bought my doll.
Whilst I absolutely love the look of my 156cm (5ft1') C-Cup WM doll, especially with head #88, I've experienced what I consider to be more than my fair share of issues. Some things, like the packing used for the eyes can be remedied quite easily through the purchase of something like plastic beads that fit into the back of the eyes. I was considering marbles but came across a post on here where one users suggested purchasing an assortment from an art shop. Sometimes we can think of or find someone else who has come up with imaginative solutions to annoying problems.
Small splits and tear repairs are pretty easy to fix and fairly well covered in this forum and on Youtube, but you'll need to get some glue / solvent first, so you might want to consider looking into that and keeping some on standby.
There are 3 areas I’ve been really disappointed with, and leads me to the conclusion I wouldn’t purchase another WM Doll, unless improvements were made, and these are:
Feet - I didn't purchase the standing feet option, not that I'm yet convinced the problem would have been non-existent had I done so. The first day the souls of the feet began to split and tear under the weight of the doll as I stood it upright whilst moving it, and having had the doll for less than 3 months, they are now pretty ragged and in need of major repair, if that is even now possible.
Fingers and toes – My expectation was that the fingers are part of the skeletal design with solid metal hinged digits. Not so. Instead they are supported internally by wire. See the videos available on how to repair to see what you have to do to fix fingers when they break. In just under two months, all fingers on both hands have sheared off or come away from the hand (knuckle area) and flop around uselessly.
Vaginal / Anal area – Under 3 months the area between the vagina and anus has split to a depth of about 2.5 – 3.5cm deep and 10cm long. It’s an unsightly gash. As with all repairs, they have to be undertaking with the doll in a natural position, i.e., no stress or pulling of the silicone, therefore the legs need to be fully closed. I feel this is a major repair and a tricky one to boot.
As mentioned by the earlier posters, Weight is not something to take lightly. I was actually taken by surprise when I received my doll. Moving and carrying 35Kg or more around when it’s an odd shape and dead weight probably equates to a lot more weight when loaded onto a bar. Consider the fact the doll isn’t going to climb on you when you want her on top. In fact, it's not even going to shower its self, but hey, I guess that's part of the fun.
Best of luck