CREEPY Doll

http://www.collectiblestoday.com/ct/product/prdid-43845.jsp?cm_ven=EmailHF&cm_cat=101503&cm_pla=Inq&cm_ite=43845

Is this spooky or what?

VERY creepy! has anybody else ever been to somebody's house w/ a gazillion dolls or a room w/, say, a dining table perfectly set w/ life-size dolls seated around it?

weird stuff.

um...like these, perhaps?
http://www.realdoll.com/

On 2003-10-18 09:35, purple jade wrote:
um...like these, perhaps?
http://www.realdoll.com/

not really what i had in mind, but thanks for calling my attention to that site! i recommend browsing the hard core images section. insane.

There is a site somewhere out there that belongs to a couple that collect these things because the wife likes to dress them and pose them around the house like big Barbies (yeah, right...). Guess she picked one hobby her husband wouldn't mind supporting!

P.S. FYI, I happened upon these things when was looking for information on modifying action figures like that guy with the Polynesian Hulk figures. Some people have "modified" Realdolls in very...novel ways.

[ Edited by: purple jade on 2003-10-18 10:55 ]

No.

On 2003-10-18 09:35, purple jade wrote:
um...like these, perhaps?
http://www.realdoll.com/

Yes, it's a sick world we live in.
Check out the order your doll page:
http://www.realdoll.com/orders.asp
Someday we will be ordering our clone babies like this (Visa or Master / paper or plastic?)

Can you special order birth defects?

When does life begin, upon receipt of payment or delivery to your home?

When you cancel your order do they call it an abortion?

[ Edited by: SES on 2004-01-05 19:22 ]

I could have gone my whole life and not seen those! I would have rather gone my whole life and not seen those! Now I need a stiff drink! :drink:

If I become a real boy them Mommy will love me.

On the baby doll site:
"six FREE "birth announcements" are included"
(If I sent those out my family would have me PUT AWAY).

What kind of announcements do you send with the "RealDolls"? Wedding invitations?

Here's a link: They sculpt life-size, medically-accurate dolls of miscarried, aborted, and otherwise dead babies for parents.

http://www.godslittleones.com

It is intended as a memorial. I know a lot of people find this creepy, but not everyone does. Please be considerate of others if posta reply to this.

I'd just like to take a minute to congratulate Hanford, Suzy, and PJ for providing the first guaranteed nightmare thread in TC history. Those three sites are very likely going to fuck me up for life.

Thanks again.

I've seen your embarrassing pictures, dude...there's no way I'm shouldering any responsiblity for your fucked-upness! :P

when i read this thread yesterday i thought that posting a link to the realdoll doctor site would be out of place but now i find overshadowed by the fantastic weirdnes of godslittleones

http://www.realdolldoctor.com/surgeryindex.htm

Those RealDolls need more choices for the male body types (and face too)... not everyone like a 6 pack :)

On 2003-10-20 08:46, Futura Girl wrote:
not everyone like a 6 pack :)

well then, i should model for 'em!

no 6 pack here ... more like a pony keg!

On 2003-10-19 17:45, hanford_lemoore wrote:
Here's a link: They sculpt life-size, medically-accurate dolls of miscarried, aborted, and otherwise dead babies for parents.

http://www.godslittleones.com

It is intended as a memorial. I know a lot of people find this creepy, but not everyone does. Please be considerate of others if posta reply to this.

I think what creeps folks out is that dolls are usually considered children's toys. However, memorial images of the deceased are not without precedents. In photography's early years post mortem shots of loved ones (especially children) were common.

WARNING, these sites contain 19th century photographs of dead people. Most are funerary shots but a few are of battlefield dead (Nothing too graphic-they are from the 19th century after all.) If your very squeamish please don't look!:

http://www.iath.virginia.edu/fdw/volume3/werner/gallery5.html

MEMENTO MORI:
http://cmp1.ucr.edu/terminals/memento_mori/

[ Edited by: Atomic Cocktail on 2003-10-20 13:50 ]

All true, (oops I meant Atomic. Got my cocktails mixed up.)
There was just an article in the local paper about a guy who has started a museum collection of Victorian hair jewelry, usually memorial items made with dead loved ones' hair.

[ Edited by: purple jade on 2003-10-21 14:32 ]

Often the precious lock of dead persons hair would be replaced with other ready made hair products i.e. if you wanted a watch fob made from your wifes hair the undertaker would just colour match it with one in stock.

A lady in the Kansas City area has a Hair Museum. I thought it would have a selection of wigs with groovy old beehive hairdoos, etc. When I realized it's Victorian jewelry made out of dead peoples' hair I thought, Yuck! Who wants to look at that?

Hair jewelry, in concept and in practice, is really very fascinating. Some of it is very ornate and quite beautiful. And certainly no more icky than Oceanic art created with human hair and teeth.

Actually the Victorian hair pieces are quite interesting to look at. A good friend of mine collects these hair pieces and devotes her entire home to them. Interspersed between the hair pieces she has daguerro and ambro photographs along with antique beaded flowers. It's really as if you're stepping back in time when you walk into her home. It's all tastefully done and can be quite a history lesson.

Hey,
These are GREAT. I'm hitting the carpool lane!
:tiki:

They used to create paintings too with hair.

OK then, I'll keep an open mind (try not to be thinking of the stuff I clean out of the bathtub drain) and give the lady's Hair Museum a whirl. Her whole house is supposed to be full of hair jewelry.

SES, ...hair painting??? Is that like a yarn painting only with hair?

Times-Pic article said they dissolved the hair in acid and used it to paint on ivory and such.

On 2003-10-21 19:35, kctiki wrote:
OK then, I'll keep an open mind (try not to be thinking of the stuff I clean out of the bathtub drain) and give the lady's Hair Museum a whirl. Her whole house is supposed to be full of hair jewelry.

SES, ...hair painting??? Is that like a yarn painting only with hair?

They would get snips of different colors and create pictures by twisting and curling the hair into patterns usually flowers. My mom has one of the paintings.
Hair jewelry has been around forever. It was used as an expression of remembrance, mourning, friendship and love. People carry a lock of a loved ones hair in a locket along with the person's photo for sentimental reasons.
Some of it is beautiful. The hair was woven into really intricate designs.

found this site about it:
http://www.hairworksociety.org/

Remember the story Samson and Delilah?

For those in the City of Angles area FIDM currently has a display of Mourning Attire including Hairwork (running until December 3, 2003):

http://www.fashionmuseum.org/#ns

And the Museum of Death is now located in Hollywood: http://www.museumofdeath.com/

The Realdoll was featured on last night's episode of "Real Sex" on HBO. Eeeeekk!

Remember The Stepford Wives (1975)?
They are comming out with a remake with an impressive cast. Release 2004

Credited cast:
Nicole Kidman .... Joanna Eberhart
Bette Midler .... Bobbie Markowe
Matthew Broderick .... Walter Eberhart
Christopher Walken .... Dale Coba
Faith Hill .... Sarah Sunderson
Glenn Close .... Dr. Emily Francher
Roger Bart .... Roger Bannister
Jon Lovitz .... Dave Markowe