{{Short description|Brand of sex dolls}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} thumb|Realdoll exotic dancer The '''Realdoll''' is a life-size sex doll (also considered a mannequin) manufactured by Abyss Creations, LLC in Las Vegas, Nevada, and sold worldwide.<ref name="Worthen2016">{{Cite book |last=Worthen |first=Meredith G. F. |author-link = Meredith G. F. Worthen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TMtTDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA264 |title=Sexual Deviance and Society: A sociological examination |date=10 June 2016 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-59337-9 |pages=264–}}</ref> It has a poseable PVC skeleton with steel joints and silicone flesh.
Abyss Creations is a subsidiary of Realbotix, previously known as Simulacra before its acquisition by Tokens.com.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnet.com/culture/realdoll-sex-robots-with-x-mode-from-abyss-creations-ship-in-september/|title=Hello Harmony: RealDoll sex robots with 'X-Mode' ship in September}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240418830174/en/Tokens.com-Closes-Acquisition-of-Simulacra-Corporation|title=Tokens.com Closes Acquisition of Simulacra Corporation}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240522164903/en/Tokens.com-to-Rebrand-as-Realbotix|title=Tokens.com to Rebrand as Realbotix}}</ref>
==Details and history== The Realdolls are designed to recreate the appearance, texture, and weight of human female and male bodies. 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 clothes, changing wigs or makeup, and even adjusting body temperature by the 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doll Street Journal |url=http://www.realdoll.com/cgi-bin/snav.rd?action=viewnewsletter&volume=200907 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804200602/http://www.realdoll.com/cgi-bin/snav.rd?action=viewnewsletter&volume=200907 |archive-date=4 August 2009}}</ref>
The current incarnation of the female Real doll product was introduced in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Realdoll - The World's Finest Love Realdoll |url=https://www.realdoll.com/ |website=RealDoll}}</ref> 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, offered ten faces and three bodies of females. Another female body is in the development phase.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Doll Forum • View topic - Preview of Body D - digital sculpt |url=https://dollforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=89&t=37588 |website=dollforum.com}}</ref>
Charlie, the first male Real doll, was retired in 2008<ref>{{Cite web |title=Abyss News Page |url=http://www.realdoll.com/cgi-bin/snav.rd?action=viewpage§ion=viewnewsarticle&newsnumberentry=2008051602 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331041052/http://www.realdoll.com/cgi-bin/snav.rd?action=viewpage§ion=viewnewsarticle&newsnumberentry=2008051602 |archive-date=31 March 2012}}</ref> 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,{{when|date=January 2026}} the company also offered customizations such as robotic hip actuators, finger skeletons (instead of the usual wire finger armatures), and computer-controlled speech feedback, but these expensive options are no longer available{{as of when|date=January 2026}}.
==In popular culture== {{In popular culture|date=November 2025}} *A Cyanide & Happiness short, in which Pinocchio exclaims "I want to be a Realdoll!".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pinocchio - Cyanide & Happiness Shorts |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XctyRdaVRWI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/XctyRdaVRWI| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * 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. * Dave Hockey's documentary ''All Dolled Up.'' {{Citation needed|date=February 2025}} * 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.<ref>''Persephone Magazine'', 2011-08-25, [http://persephonemagazine.com/2011/08/real-dolls-guys-and-dolls-and-me/ Real Dolls, "Guys and Dolls," and Me] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223060820/http://persephonemagazine.com/2011/08/real-dolls-guys-and-dolls-and-me/ |date=23 December 2015 }}</ref> * Nick Holt's ''Guys and Dolls'' television documentary<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 May 2007 |title=Guys and Dolls |url=http://www.bluepp.co.uk/portfolio/gh/guys-dolls/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070514080654/http://www.bluepp.co.uk/portfolio/gh/guys-dolls/index.html |archive-date=14 May 2007 }}</ref> for North One Television (renamed "Love Me, Love My Doll"<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 June 2007 |title=BBC America - Love Me, Love My Doll |url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/245/index.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070622210949/http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/245/index.jsp |archive-date=22 June 2007 }}</ref> for broadcast on BBC America) follows the lives of four men who live with Realdolls. * On the ''Family Guy'' episode "Boopa-dee Bappa-dee" the Griffins pose as Realdolls in order to re-enter the United States.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} Additionally in the episode "Take a Letter" Cleveland reveals that a large empty warehouse at the post office is in preparation for the near future when Realdolls are a popular mail-order item. *Realdolls are also referenced in the lyrics of "Lower Your Expectations," a song by Bo Burnham featured in his Netflix-exclusive stand-up comedy special: ''Make Happy''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A brand new, really hot, real doll |url=https://genius.com/9806356/Bo-burnham-lower-your-expectations-if-you-want-love/A-brand-new-really-hot-real-doll |access-date=1 February 2021 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> *RealDolls are mentioned in the lyrics of the song "Crockpot" by an American rock band Slothrust. * Several lifestyle magazines featured reports focusing on people who own Realdolls.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Laslocky |first=Meghan |date=17 December 2005 |title=Just Like a Woman |url=http://www.saltmag.net/display.php?article_id=240&author_id=94 |journal=Salt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927082018/http://www.saltmag.net/display.php?article_id=240&author_id=94 |archive-date=27 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Scott |first=Lisa |date=22 February 2006 |title=Flexible friendship |url=http://www.metro.co.uk/lifestyle/10322-flexible-friendship |journal=Metro |access-date=30 August 2010 |archive-date=5 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105230147/http://www.metro.co.uk/lifestyle/10322-flexible-friendship |url-status=dead }}</ref> * The mainstream film ''Lars and the Real Girl'' features a Realdoll as second main character.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wloszczyna |first=Susan |date=8 October 2007 |title='Lars' star Bianca isn't just your average movie actress |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2007-10-08-lars-bianca_N.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025074603/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2007-10-08-lars-bianca_N.htm |archive-date=25 October 2014 |access-date=15 November 2014 |publisher=USA Today}}</ref> * RealDolls are directly referenced by American band VR SEX in 2024 song “Real Doll Time” and through the corresponding album cover of “Hard Copy” where a male blow-up doll is present.
==See also== * Agalmatophilia * Galatea (mythological statue) * Gynoid * Pygmalion (mythology) * Robot fetishism * Uncanny valley * ''Weird Science'' (film)
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.realdoll.com}} {{Portal bar|Human sexuality}}
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