# Can you top these creepy dolls? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 21, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-top-these-creepy-dolls/600376 "2011-10-21T17:47:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-top-these-creepy-dolls/600376/21 "2011-10-22T17:22:46Z")
Urrrrgh, I hate those creepy-ass things. Yet another anecdote: My first job after college was in the kids dept. of a store. One afternoon my coworker Betty and I were working, and a woman was wandering about. She had a daughter of around 10, whom she was constantly scolding and cranking at, and a baby carriage containing a baby hooked up to a heart monitor and oxygen tank. Betty and I both agree it’s very sad the poor little thing is in such bad health that it has to be hooked up to all that equipment (our manager had had her son 2 mos early and just keeping him alive for the first year had been hellish so we were very sympathetic.) The woman was spending a lot of time browsing near the register, and the fact that the baby wasn’t moving and was obviously so sick was getting to us so we went to do “look busy” jobs until she was ready to check out. Finally she was ready, buying up a heap of baby clothes and nothing for the older girl. Betty, who always had the tact of a frying pan to the skull, asks, “Whatsamatter with him?” “He’s a doll.” Both of us were rather :dubious:😕 but it was far from the weirdest thing we’d ever encountered (that honor belongs to the guy who was stealing the little boys ski gloves to whack off into them in the dressing room). Betty just kept on going with a question to the 10 year-old: “Oh, you must have fun playing with him, right?” The woman yelled, “HE’S \*\*MY \*\*BABY AND SHE CAN’T HAVE HIM!” Betty and I: :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: So Betty silently rang her up as the customer grew increasingly hostile, and she finally left, bitching the poor 10 year-old out the whole way. > [@miss elizabeth](#): > > A friend of mine is completely afraid of dolls and gets insanely creeped out by them. We watched a documentary about these reborns (and the strange women who have them) and he was dying. At the time, his wife was pregnant, and we thought it would be awesome to get the doctor in on a prank where, after the baby was born and taken to the back to be weighed, it was replaced by one of these dolls, and then handed to him. Unfortunately, the dolls all cost more than we were willing to spend at the time (although, now I regret that…), and it never happened. Anyway, if you;re willing to shell out the cash, i think they present many great prank opportunities. Speaking as a fellow doll-o-phobe, I’d have screamed loud enough to be heard in Colorado, thrown the thing into the wall, and never spoken to you again. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-top-these-creepy-dolls/600376/22 "2011-10-23T03:46:01Z")
I am so friggen creeped out right now. I’m worrying about nightmares. Ugh. Keep getting chills. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-top-these-creepy-dolls/600376/23 "2011-10-23T05:46:32Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > I saw that British show about the Real Girl dolls–you know, the lifelike, hugely expensive sex companions? For 30 seconds I thought, “Hmmm, maybe I should get a lifelike replica of, say, Errol Flynn or Hugh Jackman,” and then I realized the line between that and having the corpse of your murder victim lying around is _very thin_. Your post reminded me of the strange Real Doll concept. So I went to their website to check them out. And I see the company has made advances. They now have something they call Face-X, which means you can get a Real Doll with a set of interchangeable faces. So now you can not only own an artificial person that you can have sex with but you can also remove its face. And I had thought they couldn’t make this whole idea any more disturbing. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-top-these-creepy-dolls/600376/24 "2011-10-23T08:15:33Z")
> [@Ashes\_Ashes](#): > > I’ve never understood the attraction of these dolls. Then again, I’ve never wanted even a real one of my own. Add to that they remind me of memento mori photos… blech. If you’re rich and creepy and your little center-of-the-world infant dies as an infant, of course you’d get a reborn doll to replace it. However, up-sells are the very soul of retail, so the seller can’t let you stop at one. No, real infants grow and change, something the doll can’t do, so either you buy entirely new dolls or you send the current one in to get modified. To grow. Over the course of months and years. Up-selling doesn’t stop there. Electronics aren’t getting any more expensive, so why not go animatronic? Then your doll can move and cry out and laugh and possibly even react as a child would. Adding voice and speech recognition is next, what with Siri paving the way now, and then you have audio-animatronics and, like, -200 to your sanity. At least. And computers are only getting better. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-top-these-creepy-dolls/600376/25 "2011-10-23T20:21:41Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Your post reminded me of the strange Real Doll concept. So I went to their website to check them out. And I see the company has made advances. They now have something they call Face-X, which means you can get a Real Doll with a set of interchangeable faces. So now you can not only own an artificial person that you can have sex with but you can also remove its face. And I had thought they couldn’t make this whole idea any more disturbing. Real Doll had a competitor for a while. Superbabe’s selling point was breast expansion. ---
**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-top-these-creepy-dolls/600376/26 "2011-10-23T20:54:51Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Real Doll had a competitor for a while. Superbabe’s selling point was breast expansion. Breast _expansion_? Do tell. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-top-these-creepy-dolls/600376/27 "2011-10-24T00:06:21Z")
Genuine human souls incorporated into [these dolls](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZWL8WSAETY&feature=related). This doll is really messed up, and begging to be beaten with a baseball bat. [doll](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZWL8WSAETY&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-top-these-creepy-dolls/600376/28 "2011-10-24T00:18:50Z")
This is a friend’s family heirloom, yet unnamed. [needscoffee’ family doll](http://www.flickr.com/photos/46138173@N08/6104476109/in/photostream); not only keeps everyone on guard and wary, but has also helped a young teen become an expert ‘red ryder’ [bb-gun marksperson](http://www.flickr.com/photos/46138173@N08/6107454638/in/photostream/). ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-top-these-creepy-dolls/600376/29 "2011-10-24T00:24:51Z")
oops. The “beat this doll please” link was the wrong one. [doll](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44e-Y08_B-0&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-top-these-creepy-dolls/600376/30 "2011-10-24T00:30:13Z")
Here are some very [lifelike](http://www.flickr.com/photos/46138173@N08/6274260801/) [zombie](http://www.flickr.com/photos/46138173@N08/6274260045/) [dolls](http://www.flickr.com/photos/46138173@N08/6274259199/) from the Halloween costume store today. I could see replacing someone’s “reborn” human doll with one of these for a good laugh. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-top-these-creepy-dolls/600376/31 "2011-10-24T01:03:59Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > oops. The “beat this doll please” link was the wrong one. [doll](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44e-Y08_B-0&feature=related) Thanks for clearing that up. As creepy as that first link was…Velvet and Chrissy rulled my childhood. My dad was a marketing executive for Ideal. I still have one Chrissy (the one whose hair gear wasn’t totally stripped. Baby Laugh A Lot is going to give me nightmares. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-top-these-creepy-dolls/600376/32 "2011-10-24T01:41:47Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > Genuine human souls incorporated into [these dolls](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZWL8WSAETY&feature=related). > > This doll is really messed up, and begging to be beaten with a baseball bat. [doll](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZWL8WSAETY&feature=related) Both links go to the same commercial. I had that doll in the '70’s. Also, those pre-teens look like pole dancers. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-top-these-creepy-dolls/600376/33 "2011-10-24T01:44:09Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > oops. The “beat this doll please” link was the wrong one. [doll](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44e-Y08_B-0&feature=related) Oh. Haha. Hahaha. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahagrjm;al ---
**Author:** ![Bosstrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Bosstrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstrain)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-top-these-creepy-dolls/600376/34 "2011-10-24T01:54:29Z")
> [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](#): > > What, you mean [this one](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:YesterdayandTodayalbumcover.jpg)? 😉 You bastard, no one was ever supposed to know about that, secret agents all over the world went to great lengths to cover this up! [rolls up newspaper] Bad **Prince** , bad :D! Just for that, I retaliate with [this](http://infocult.typepad.com/infocult/2008/06/uncanny-dolls-in-russia.html)! The first one’s creepier after you’ve seen the second, though neither as creepy as the beatles poster…😃 ---
**Author:** ![sangfroid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@sangfroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sangfroid)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-top-these-creepy-dolls/600376/35 "2011-10-24T03:13:53Z")
Vermont’s own [Beth Robinson](http://www.strangedolls.net/ooak.html) does some pretty creepy work. Business seems good - she’s stopped taking commissioned work at the moment. “Eyeteeth” is just…disturbing. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-top-these-creepy-dolls/600376/36 "2011-10-25T01:18:27Z")
> [@miss\_elizabeth](#): > > Breast _expansion_? > > Do tell. They’re silicone. The Superbabe company got a special request for a doll with inflatable breasts and figured, “Why not?” Google says that one video produced by the company still exists online but one needs to be a member of the host site to view it. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-top-these-creepy-dolls/600376/37 "2011-10-27T15:45:29Z")
> [@miss\_elizabeth](#): > > Breast _expansion_? > > Do tell. Now I have to ask, did any other Dopers have [Growing Up Skipper](http://www.adsavvy.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/skipper-copy.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-top-these-creepy-dolls/600376/38 "2011-10-27T17:54:03Z")
Mrs. Cliffy did. For years I assumes her recollections of that doll were the fevered misrememberings of an adult about her childhood fancies. Nope. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![TheBori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@TheBori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBori)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-top-these-creepy-dolls/600376/39 "2011-10-28T04:58:42Z")
My wife is a clinical educator at a local pediatric hospital. As part of new nurse training, they practice medical procedure on an infant “doll”. Inserting IV’s, taking blood pressures, that sort of thing. Well, my wife needed the nurses to practice inserting a catheter, but the dolls were not…um…configured for that procedure…so there I was, in my garage running a power drill into the crotch of an infant. Glad the cops didn’t drive by. It was a little creepy, even for me. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-top-these-creepy-dolls/600376/40 "2011-10-28T05:09:39Z")
They couldn’t find a doll with plumbing? I had a baby boy doll who could pee. His name was Charlie. One of my brothers colored his hair blue. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-top-these-creepy-dolls/600376.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-top-these-creepy-dolls/600376.md?page=3)