South African realistic baby dolls a hit

[James]

South Africans producing and selling realistic baby dolls, called "reborns", for thousands of rand, are battling to keep up with demand for their wares, The Star reported on Thursday.

Doll artist Romie Strydom, based in Hillcrest, KwaZulu-Natal, recently sold a hand-cast silicon lifelike baby doll for R200,000 to a buyer in the United States.

Eva Topham, who imports doll-making kits, said it was difficult to keep up with demand. Since starting her import...read more here: South African realistic baby dolls a hit

[jasong]

And yet nobody wants to buy my ultra-realistic mummified guinea pig collection

[MetalSoup]

That's really creepy. Who would buy something like this?

[MalicE]

no no. I've seen this movie, I know how it ends...

[jasong]

That's really creepy. Who would buy something like this?

Excuse me there's nothing creepy about wanting a surrogate baby to shower upon it the love and affection that you never received as a child, and dress up in your dead grandmother's lace and call 'Sandy' and spoon-feed cereal to and sing to while rocking in a chair and plotting the demise of your childhood nemesis...

[z1oc]

well im going to skip buying one

[C-Bear]

That's really creepy. Who would buy something like this?

According to the report, those ordering the dolls and kits were often adult women, who were either unable to have children or who had lost a child.

Really bad and unhealthy way of dealing with grief, if you ask me.

[korn1]

I should of thought of this

[DCWarhound]

It's probably only something i would buy if i was going to play a prank on someone.

[MetalSoup]

It's probably only something i would buy if i was going to play a prank on someone.

Very expensive prank.