Jump to content

RealDoll

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Mild Bill Hiccup (talk | contribs) at 21:21, 21 September 2016 (Filled in 1 bare reference(s) with reFill ()). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

RealDoll
Company typePrivate
IndustrySex dolls
Headquarters
San Marcos, California, United States
Area served
United States and Canada
ParentAbyss Creations, LLC
Websitewww.realdoll.com

The RealDoll is a life-size sex doll (also considered a mannequin) manufactured by Abyss Creations, LLC in San Marcos, California, and sold worldwide. It has a poseable PVC skeleton with steel joints and silicone flesh.

Details and history

The RealDolls are designed to recreate the appearance, texture, and weight of the human female and male form. Their primary function is to serve as sex partners. This activity can be accompanied by certain preparations such as dressing them up in different types of clothing, changing wigs or makeup, and even adjusting body temperature by use of electric blankets or baths.

Early prototypes were made from solid latex with an interior skeleton, but construction of the outer material was later switched to silicone. In June 2009, Abyss Creations switched from tin cure silicone to platinum silicone, which resulted in dolls that are less prone to tears and compression marks than older RealDolls.[1]

The current incarnation of the female RealDoll product was introduced in 1996.[2] In 2003, Abyss introduced the "Face-X" system, allowing any face to be interchangeable with any body. Multiple faces can then be attached one at a time to a single doll by the owner. As of 2011, there are nine female bodies and 16 female faces in the first product line. In 2009 the RealDoll 2 was introduced, which feature removable inserts for the mouth and vagina and faces that attach by magnets instead of Velcro. The line started with two female bodies and three female faces and as of 2013 offers ten faces and three bodies. Another female body is in development.[3]

"Charlie", the first male RealDoll, was retired in 2008[4] and replaced with two body types and three head types. "Transgender" dolls may also be purchased from the company, although these must be custom ordered. Abyss also sells silicone toys such as female torso products and dildos among other offerings.

For a time, the company also offered customizations such as robotic hip actuators, finger skeletons (instead of the usual finger wires) and computer-controlled speech feedback, but these expensive options are no longer available.

RealDolls are shipped to nearly every country in the world, with the majority in the United States. The three largest international markets are Germany, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Since mid-2010 over 4000 dolls have been created and shipped.[citation needed]

  • On the Family Guy episode "Boopa-dee Bappa-dee" the Griffins pose as RealDolls in order to re-enter the United States. The RealDoll was later mentioned in the Family Guy episode "Take a Letter" by Cleveland Brown, when he states that all postal offices now have giant storage units, in preparation for the mass shipment of Real Dolls throughout the US.
  • The mainstream film Lars and the Real Girl features a RealDoll as second main character.
  • Glamour and high fashion photographer Helmut Newton photographed RealDolls. A sample can be found in his autobiography. Playboy magazine reportedly refused to publish Newton's RealDoll photo shoot, considering it too weird, according to his account.[5]
  • A RealDoll played the central role in the 2002 French sex farce Monique, directed by Valérie Guignabodet, featured a RealDoll as Monique, for whom a husband undergoing a mid-life crisis develops an overwhelming passion.[6]
  • A film entitled Love Object starring Desmond Harrington was released in 2003 that deals with a lonely man's purchase of a RealDoll that may be more real than he thinks.
  • Nick Holt's Guys and Dolls television documentary[7] for North One Television (renamed "Love Me, Love My Doll"[8] for broadcast on BBC America) follows the lives of four men who live with RealDolls.
  • Several lifestyle magazines featured reports focusing on people who own RealDolls.[9][10]
  • Dave Hockey's All Dolled Up documentary
  • Season 4 of Sons of Anarchy included a plot line involving a porn director who sells "Real Doll"-like sex dolls.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Doll Street Journal". [dead link]
  2. ^ "Official RealDoll website".
  3. ^ "Doll Forum Announcement".
  4. ^ "Abyss News Page".
  5. ^ Persephone Magazine, 2011-08-25, Real Dolls, “Guys and Dolls,” and Me
  6. ^ Monique at the Internet Movie Database.
  7. ^ Guys and Dolls [dead link]
  8. ^ "Love Me, Love My Doll" [dead link]
  9. ^ Laslocky, Meghan (17 December 2005). "Just Like a Woman". salt. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011.
  10. ^ Scott, Lisa (22 February 2006). "Flexible friendship". Metro.
  11. ^ Lerman, Ali (8 September 2011). "Tom Arnold Talks 'Sons of Anarchy,' Sex Dolls, Rednecks and Jews". Retrieved 21 September 2016.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Realdoll.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RealDoll&oldid=740563807"