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Why hyperrealistic reborn dolls are expensive??

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By Jashan sohiPublished 11 months ago 5 min read
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foreign it's a silicon-based hyper-realistic doll but just like a baby it can move its eyes change facial expressions and even breathe hyper realistic baby doll producers like baby Clon spend months hand making convincing look-alikes dolls like these sell for a minimum of 1700 euros the most expensive models can reach upwards of fifteen thousand every last detail from the texture of the skin to the hair on the doll's head is hand crafted these dolls are often collector's items but they're also used in medical settings like Midwifery training and therapy so what makes these baby dolls so lifelike and why are they so expensive in Catalonia Spain Christina Iglesias and a small team of Artisans at baby clone are making some of the world's most realistic and expensive baby dolls realism Christina Drew on her nearly two decades of experience creating hyper realistic effects for zombie and fantasy movies to found baby clone a decade ago also known as Reborn Dolls these dolls have an eerily lifelike quality that allows the company to sell them for top dollar the basic model for baby clone's most popular line newborns starts at just under 2 000 Euros and adding more features can increase the price significantly is but baby clown doesn't just work on human baby dolls they also sell infant versions of beloved characters like E.T or the navi from Avatar creating these lifelike dolls is a four month long process and it all starts with sculpting the Prototype this prototype will be used to create a mold for the final silicon doll standard models already have molds that are reused but any dolls with customizations need to be designed from the ground up today the baby clown team is sculpting its ET doll when finished it'll sell for 1650 euros like most of their dolls this one is being sculpted out of plasticine clay craftspeople perfect the folds on the skin and even the Skin's texture these details are directly transferred onto the mold so it's imperative that every last square millimeter is hyper detailed that's why this step requires the most skill without extreme attention to realism here the subsequent mold is useless foreign the sculpture is destroyed [Music] that's why it's important Eugenie Works carefully as any mistake in the mold means the sculpture will have to be redone is foreign one of the main reasons for baby clown dolls high price point is the Silicon they're made from its medical grade Platinum silicon which is often used in implants and Prosthetics according to Christina this silicon provides the most durability and realism possible that's why the company is willing to spend 300 Euros on Silicon alone for each baby in fact the cost of materials can reach 450 euros per doll Eugenia uses a special formulation for the Silicon mixture to achieve the most realistic looking skin weight and texture this extreme attention to detail accounts for up to 80 of the value of the dolls baby clown sells [Music] over half of the product's price is attributed to the cost of Labor alone once the injection is complete Eugenie lets the Silicon dry for 24 hours he carefully opens the mold to reveal the doll inside thank you [Music] but the molds don't include all the parts of the doll like the hands or feet those are assembled together here joining the body and limbs of the Dolls is the most challenging part of the process is [Music] Artisans carefully remove excess silicon making sure not to cut too deeply and damage the doll's skin the realism of the doll's physical structure hinges on how seamless they can make the joints look once this is accomplished the doll is ready to come to life in the painting and hair Department here craftspeople meticulously work on the Cosmetic details from the texture of the skin to the shine of the nails and the color variation in the mouth various changes in complexion and veining on the body are all painted on foreign until Artisans achieve the desired look many of baby kron's clients as with other Reborn dolls are collectors and enthusiasts however these hyper realistic dolls are also used in other settings such as therapy for grieving parents and medical training like that provided by Michelle beacock the examination that I teach is a specialty Midwifery exam which all students now have to do if as a midwife we need to learn how to do a neonatal examination I feel that we need to do it on a really realistic baby because it's a really really important thing that we're looking at this baby and trying to confirm normality or not so if you're learning normal on a baby doll that doesn't look normal how are you ever going to know normal I think it's really really important that we have dolls like this so that you know it's it's nearly as good as that real life baby in front of you Michelle worked closely with baby Clon to design male and female dolls that are as an atomically accurate as possible including clavicles and pelvic bones they're called Olivia and John because they um they arrived on the day that Olivia Newton-John died and I think our technician was a fan though Olivia and John cost around 11 000 Euros together these dolls offer the most realistic experience Michelle could find on the market and even on this you can see how hard it is to to do the hip exam as opposed to that there's just a lot more realistic students training on a stiffer less accurate doll won't know exactly what to look for until they do their first examination on a real baby that's a huge chance to take when teaching midwives and it's a gamble every time because you're lovely but but no the more realistic the doll the more prepared The Midwives will be to thoroughly assess the health of the baby so basically all babies have what we call suture lines and fontanels little gaps in the scalp basically you can feel there you can feel the suture lines there and there's a bigger Fontana at the front that doesn't normally close till about 18 months the students need to be used to feeling that fontanelle if that was smaller or fused or closed it could indicate that there's a problem with with the brain not being able to grow because of the gaps in the heads not being there but the hyper realism doesn't end at the look and feel of the doll baby clown also offers animatronic dolls priced at just under 5 000 Euros these dolls can mimic breathing suckling and eye movements and for an extra few hundred euros buyers can also add a drink and wet system or eaten poo just as a real baby would start hello baby clone is even experimenting with AI saying it could Foster a more realistic interaction between dull and human it's complicated activities as technology evolves so will lifelike dolls and the uses their customers dream up I just didn't think that I'd ever get a doll like this to teach with and I'm absolutely thrilled that we have so if you think we've gone in my time of teaching from that to that it's just the difference is incredible foreign

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