Bob Gibbons, 60, is known to other doll collectors as the "Hugh Hefner of the fantasy sex doll community. Although Bob only lives in a small bungalow, his friends call it the "physical doll mansion". The father of two is a mechanical engineer who enjoys having afternoon tea with his dolls, posing them for photos and dressing them up in sexy clothes. So far, he has spent £100,000 (about $112,000) on his collection and even transformed a long-legged doll so they can ballroom dance together.
The World's Largest Doll Collection
With a total collection of 240 dolls, Bob is by far the player with the largest collection of physical dolls in the world, the previous record holder being a Japanese man with 100 dolls. His love affair with physical dolls began ten years ago when he purchased a mannequin. He was obsessed with humanoid toys, but the simple construction didn't satisfy him and he searched for something more realistic, and the rise of the Internet led him to physical dolls. Surprisingly, Bob's wife, Liz, encouraged him in this strange hobby. Bob says, "My wife helped me choose my first doll in 2007, which cost £2,500 (about $2,800) and we named it Beverly. It was a silicone doll from a second-hand market and that's where my collection started." Bob now buys a physical doll every other week, there are Japanese, European and American, Chinese, involving Irontech Doll and many other brands, the price ranges from a few dozen pounds to 10,000 pounds, the most expensive of which exceeds 10,000 pounds. In addition there are many inflatable dolls, cheaper, the price are under five hundred pounds.
Fetish Of Decorative Dolls
His spending on physical dolls is not limited to buying dolls; the couple also often buys clothes, wigs and cosmetics to decorate their physical dolls. Bob said, "I've spent tens of thousands of pounds just buying dolls, plus probably another £10,000 on clothes, wigs, cosmetics and jewelry." Although some of Bob's dolls strike provocative poses and wear very playful clothes, he claims he has never used them. He said, "A lot of doll owners have sex with their teen sex doll, but I've never had that kind of interest." He would dress the dolls in sexy clothes, but that was only for posting on forums for others to enjoy, and his personal preference was for European and American 60s style clothing. He dresses up and takes pictures of his dolls as a hobby, similar to designing model cars, even as he is starting to learn to make some dolls, spending a month every so often making dolls from doll parts and mannequins, and has sold some of his work for a significant price. Bob has used a bendable, articulated structure of metal skeleton, plus shoes that can be rolled, to create a solid doll that can dance. The clothes they buy out there need to be altered because the proportions of the dolls' bodies are often quite specific and normal clothes may not be available or may not show their beauty.
Every Sex Doll Is Family
He treats these dolls like real people, talking to them, giving them things to do like play the piano or read, and insisting that they wear seat belts to make sure they are safe while driving. His favorite thing to do is to take the dolls out and walk them around town and watch people's reactions because they look so realistic to others. Bob says, "When Liz and I drive out with the SHEDOLL, we often sit in the car and eat, and people are always staring at us and wondering why the woman we're with isn't eating anything! They must think we're rude. It's fun to see the confused looks on their faces." He says that when he was a child he was interested in how things worked, and so were the dolls. He was intrigued by the idea of making something that was extremely similar to a person and making them as realistic as possible. And female dolls are more creative and have more room to dress up than male dolls, prompting him to take great pleasure in letting his collection of dolls take over the two-bedroom bungalow he shares with his wife, Liz, and even take over their bedroom. You can find a doll in every nook and cranny of Bob's home, which could be the kitchen, the bathroom, the living room or the bedroom. To an outsider, he is so used to having these dolls around that he sometimes forgets they are not real people. Even though the dolls take up a lot of Bob's time, his wife Liz doesn't mind his strange hobby. "People may think I'm crazy, but I have nothing against dolls and there's nothing wrong with them; it's a hobby Bob and I share." She says, "It's not about sex, we just like dressing them up, it's like having life-size Barbies!"
Everyone is an individual in society, and everyone is free to live in this world. Let's not let too many external presences bind our hearts to the point where it's hard for us to be happy again. Just like a physical doll, without it, many people have to endure infinite loneliness and isolation, put up with their partner's odd temperament, take up many unrelated responsibilities, and have a hard time dealing with anything. But if you have a doll, all your problems will be solved. Buying physical dolls is not a social failing. Everyone lives equally in this world, and the group is the same. There is no difference between a loser and a success, everything is reasonable, it's all about your needs. If you need a skinny sex doll, whether it is a success or a failure, you can always find relief from it and you will find that life's misfortunes seem far away from you.
