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Japanese Man Spends $170K in Hi-Tech Dolls To Shake His Wiimote

Spaceboy — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:43:15 EDT

I read that whatever they're made from rots after too much humping....google 'real doll doctor' and see how nasty these things can get.

Spaceboy

Japanese Man Spends $170K in Hi-Tech Dolls To Shake His Wiimote

Monty — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 11:39:18 EDT

I would be a big fan of this business model if the women that were selling themselves were the ones making these things. But, I suspect it is males in charge of the companies making these sex dolls, and somehow that just does not seem right.

So, do what you can to help society, men .. Make certain you are buying sex dolls that are developed and manufactured by companies owned by women, and then you can feel good and feel good about your purchase.

Monty

Japanese Man Spends $170K in Hi-Tech Dolls To Shake His Wiimote

mikegriffin — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 06:50:15 EDT

@davekaybsc: How do you know??

mikegriffin

Japanese Man Spends $170K in Hi-Tech Dolls To Shake His Wiimote

mikegriffin — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 06:49:04 EDT

If they don't talk I'll take one, or perhaps two.

mikegriffin

Japanese Man Spends $170K in Hi-Tech Dolls To Shake His Wiimote

David Sikes — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 03:43:27 EDT

That's 17k, not 170k

David Sikes

Japanese Man Spends $170K in Hi-Tech Dolls To Shake His Wiimote

Onouris — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 23:53:29 EDT

@xsportseeker:

Well, that's what I came here to say. There's a lot of these in America too.

But meh, you said it, so I can go to bed now.

Onouris

Japanese Man Spends $170K in Hi-Tech Dolls To Shake His Wiimote

chrishoppy — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 21:32:02 EDT

Im pretty sure robotic tentacles will follow suit

chrishoppy

Japanese Man Spends $170K in Hi-Tech Dolls To Shake His Wiimote

2MuchBS — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:43:09 EDT

if you have to buy one of those your really really really sad just tell those women what they want to hear works for me

2MuchBS

Japanese Man Spends $170K in Hi-Tech Dolls To Shake His Wiimote

iFlippy — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 18:42:32 EDT

Lol.

Damn, I knew Chobits was a reality show. *schnaps finger*

iFlippy

Japanese Man Spends $170K in Hi-Tech Dolls To Shake His Wiimote

Michael — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 18:01:13 EDT

@Xenobiologista: And you're a moron if you think you can judge the past based on the present.

Michael

Japanese Man Spends $170K in Hi-Tech Dolls To Shake His Wiimote

Xenobiologista — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 17:47:43 EDT

and Alpacalypse: You're a moron if you think life for the majority of women in Japan (or any East Asian country for that matter) was like The Tale of Prince Genji before the Westerners showed up.

Xenobiologista

Japanese Man Spends $170K in Hi-Tech Dolls To Shake His Wiimote

Xenobiologista — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 17:45:18 EDT

What is it with Asian men and the whole 'perfect' wife thing.

Well, a lot of educated, professional Asian girls are fed up with sexist guys (this is from my own and several friends and acquaintances' experience), a lot of Asian guys have the hots for white celebrities, and a lot of white guys have a "yellow fever" fetish for Asian girls, so that's .75 of the problem solved. All we need to do now is convince white girls that Jet Li, Jackie Chan, and Chow Yun-Fat are the archetype of male sexiness and the world will be full of trans-Pacific looooooooove.

Xenobiologista

Japanese Man Spends $170K in Hi-Tech Dolls To Shake His Wiimote

davekaybsc — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 17:44:34 EDT

@Banmojo

That's exactly why you go to one of the enlightened places with legalized, regulated prostitution. Absolutely nothing to worry about, and the sex will be FAR better than any rubber doll, ever. The only problem is places with "prostitutes make Jesus cry!" laws.

Bunny Ranch, NV FTW!!

davekaybsc

Japanese Man Spends $170K in Hi-Tech Dolls To Shake His Wiimote

xsportseeker — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 16:59:15 EDT

I find it funny how people's prejudice rises to the surface on these topics.
Weirdo's like this guy happen to exist not only in Japan, but in US too you know?
I've seen some show or documentary that had interviews on half a dozen americans which had the same exact hobby as this guy. One of them had like 20+ dolls... and saving to buy a new one.

Now, on the subject: I guess it shouldn't be taboo to have a doll like that... but having hundreds of them, being "afraid" to have a relationship with the oposite sex... well, people may disagree with me, but I see a disease or psychological problem right there.

xsportseeker

Japanese Man Spends $170K in Hi-Tech Dolls To Shake His Wiimote

vidmeister — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 15:12:09 EDT

The gallery is NSFW? Where do you work? A monastery?
I only saw a coupla pix, but it seems android racism is also alive and well in the far east.... no sistahs, and no blondes.

vidmeister

Japanese Man Spends $170K in Hi-Tech Dolls To Shake His Wiimote

phantam — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 13:46:34 EDT

realdoll with the addons FTW

170grand on a real woman would just leave you with a woman or women that want more ...

not to mention if your talking prostition ... this way you dont have a chance of aids

phantam

Japanese Man Spends $170K in Hi-Tech Dolls To Shake His Wiimote

banmojo — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 13:44:18 EDT

Actually, Howard Stern had sex on the air with one of the 'realdoll' creations, and stated that it was likely the best sex he'd ever had. I'm guessing he knows what he's talking about.

Bangkok? Prostitutes? risky sex???

These things are incredible - not only are they pretty freakin' real looking, their private parts feel incredible, they DON'T spread STDs (a MAJOR public health problem - anyone ever heard of a little problem called AIDS??!!>?? Fer freak's sake), and after banging the bejoogin's outta one of these dolls, you can rinse her off and put her back in her storage box.

AWESOME!!!!

banmojo

Japanese Man Spends $170K in Hi-Tech Dolls To Shake His Wiimote

alpacalypse — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 13:27:31 EDT

Actually, the whole sexual repression thing came largely with westernization. Before then, just like almost all Asian countries, sexuality was uncommonly open, although women still occupied different social roles. All of the major obscenity laws in Japan right now came into existence when the victorian-era Europeans and Americans arrived.

alpacalypse

Japanese Man Spends $170K in Hi-Tech Dolls To Shake His Wiimote

davekaybsc — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 13:09:25 EDT

Japan has the "world's oldest profession" just like everywhere else on earth where there are humans. Spend your 170 grand on that. There is NO substitute for the real thing.

davekaybsc

Japanese Man Spends $170K in Hi-Tech Dolls To Shake His Wiimote

mschleisner — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 12:18:41 EDT

If they can make it A.I. sell one to my husband but please make sure she knows how to do dishes,cook do laundry and clean up after him and bathe him. I could use a break, 25 years invested in this marriage and I want the male version. His complaining would be replaced by a few weird sounds, like heaven in a box, ship one my way.

mschleisner

Japanese Man Spends $170K in Hi-Tech Dolls To Shake His Wiimote

mathlabs — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 11:38:38 EDT

www.realdoll.com NSFW

mathlabs

Japanese Man Spends $170K in Hi-Tech Dolls To Shake His Wiimote

StarChaser Tyger — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 11:16:45 EDT

@Papercutninja: While it may be slightly creepy, what exactly is wrong with it? So he's spent a lot of money on something more complicated than a bottle of hand lotion and a spare sock. So? He's (presumably) happy, it's his money, it isn't hurting anyone...

StarChaser Tyger

Japanese Man Spends $170K in Hi-Tech Dolls To Shake His Wiimote

Papercutninja — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 10:34:58 EDT

NOW does anyone think that a repressed society is fine, sexually?

Papercutninja

Japanese Man Spends $170K in Hi-Tech Dolls To Shake His Wiimote

bigTrue — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 10:19:48 EDT

Did anyone else see Audition? I think the sequel is going to involve sex dolls coming to life and cutting his foot off.

What is it with Asian men and the whole 'perfect' wife thing. Get over your outdated, misogynistic traditions and thoughts. Evolution might just occur then.

One more reason I don't understand the far east. Put it in the same box as those screwed up Windows commercials and the entire take on how animated porn is somehow less offensive or dishonorable then filmed.

bigTrue

Japanese Man Spends $170K in Hi-Tech Dolls To Shake His Wiimote

liquidsoapdispenser — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 10:09:25 EDT

He talks to them? Bathes them? At least he got one thing right. The only thing to do with these girls is watch TV with them.

liquidsoapdispenser

Japanese Man Spends $170K in Hi-Tech Dolls To Shake His Wiimote

huygir — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 09:47:17 EDT

Variety... the spice of "life".

huygir

Japanese Man Spends $170K in Hi-Tech Dolls To Shake His Wiimote

sakuraz — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 09:39:31 EDT

Blow up dolls.....only more advanced!

sakuraz

Japanese Man Spends $170K in Hi-Tech Dolls To Shake His Wiimote

pupaboy — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 08:42:32 EDT

Maybe this is why Japan population is contantly shrinking.

pupaboy

Japanese Man Spends $170K in Hi-Tech Dolls To Shake His Wiimote

Bob_Dobbs — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 08:31:43 EDT

Hasn't this guy heard of Thailand? They don't call it Bangkok for nuthin'.

Bob_Dobbs

Japanese Man Spends $170K in Hi-Tech Dolls To Shake His Wiimote

Skeldanqua — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 08:13:31 EDT

I wonder if they'd put an ai in it, then I guess they would cost less over a lifetime than a normal human factory worker.

Skeldanqua

Japanese Man Spends $170K in Hi-Tech Dolls To Shake His Wiimote

svgjjc — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 07:54:30 EDT

Does this surprise anyone watching the disproportionately high level of R&D going into flesh tone and touch response of robots?

This fantasy seems to run deep - have Netflix send out the 1975 version of "Stepford Wives"
[www.imdb.com]

svgjjc

Japanese Man Spends $170K in Hi-Tech Dolls To Shake His Wiimote

TheBugMan — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 07:41:22 EDT

I thought about investing in Abyss Creations about seven years ago. I think this company and the Realdoll folks are going to be the leader in android sex dolls in the future, sex is where it's at. Your wife and husband are going to be humping these in the future.
I have a few toys to keep me occupied between visits from the GF, if I had the cash I'd get one of those.

TheBugMan

Japanese Man Spends $170K in Hi-Tech Dolls To Shake His Wiimote

Chumas — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 07:21:02 EDT

Well, on one hand the legion of silicone zombification is better than having a hundred irratable nipponese harpies all clammoring for their version of Midol and complaining the ingiri doesn't taste right and that they want to dress up in something not so cosplay that night and then want to snuggle, but only if #74 leaves the house, because she has a big ass and isn't friendly.

And on the other hand, he knows what he wants and he's removing himself from the gene pool. Bonus because of that and the fact he's probably never gonna terrorize some poor bathhouse girl recreating his favorite hentai scene involving him, her, creamed corn, tentacles and bukkake.

Chumas