Sanity check

Maintenance & Repair Maintenance
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I bought a WM170H in Jan 24, and I feel like I need to replace her, but six months seems too soon. EVO, articulated fingers, standing feet.

I’ve been really happy with the doll, my first sex toy of any kind, yet she’s…battle scarred.
-Her entire body is covered with small cuts, abrasions, and punctures.
-Her toe wires are detached, 3/10 fingers are broken, and the skin on her hands is kind of…gritty?
-Her wrist looks cancerous from a bad wrist joint repair (her hand detached).
-Her left shoulder, neck nodding, and left ankle joints are all loose.
-Her right hip is increasingly stiff. Worst of all, her vaginal cavity leaks into her thigh; I repaired it, but two months later, the problem is happening again.

I’ve been kind of rough on her while I figured out standing in heels - she’s had several falls - but all of the cuts, the weird texture on the hands, and most of all the vag leak are kind of baffling.

Repairing her is a lot of work, and it has diminishing returns, as my repairs don’t restore her original look.

So, I keep thinking of replacing her. At a certain point, it makes more sense, given that the whole point is enjoyment of a specific aesthetic (which doesn’t include “scars”). And yet, she’s only six months old, and cost $1800.

Mostly I’m just musing; I know no one can answer this for me. Still, if anyone has any thoughts, or a similar experience, I’d love to hear it.

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I was rough with my first doll too, there is just a learning curve to owning them. Like you, my first doll had taken some serious abuse after 6 months or so. Broken Wire fingers, tearing tpe, and worst of all her ankle completely snapped and I had to weld it back on. My Second doll however, now that I had learned from my mistakes, is still in immaculate condition after 3 years, and Ive used her quite alot. I just got way better at handling and maintaining dolls. I’d say keep experimenting with your first doll until you got a good feel of what they can handle, then get a new one.

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Each doll is a custom one-off. Sometimes the person working on her was paying attention, sometimes they walked off for a smoke at a critical part. I doubt it is anything you did and more the luck of the draw. If you can afford it and it’s important to have a better one, try again - but every time is the same chance at disaster. I don’t mean to sound depressing, most people get gorgeous dolls that last years, you just never know.

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Hi @UnusualOcelot !

I appreciate you talking openly about your frustrations. I think you will find we have all experienced these types of things. Some more than others.

For a first doll, your choice was heavy. That poses additional problems. You are learning to move, dress and otherwise enjoy your new companion and as you now know, dolls don’t help you at all! The extra weight compounds the effort required.

As @GeminiX said, he was rough on his first doll. The fact is, we all were. Accidents can and will happen. You will damage your doll. Not because you don’t care. Not because you aren’t trying to be careful.
You just don’t know what you don’t know!

When you are ready to order your next doll, you can be more confident. You know so much more than you did the first time.

If having 2 or more dolls is an option for you, we have found that having multiple dolls in a rotation minimizes the wear.

Thanks for sharing.

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Well said @GeminiX and @dollface :receipt: There is definitely a learning curve. So true that the doll will not help you manipulate them, sometimes I think they may fight back lol! :rofl: I damaged my first doll within minutes of unboxing on her first bath, tore the heel in the bath tub. There are definitely techniques that will make moving, posing, dressing, washing etc. easier and less likely to result in damage. These are things that will be learned with experience. I agree with GeminiX in that it may be a good idea to perfect these techniques with your current doll before purchasing another.

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Thanks y’all. Your stories confirm my suspicions and I’m glad I’m not the only roughhouser. I’ll keep considering when I should replace this doll.

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I can only agree with whats been said, but also add that caring for them is not just an 'active" thing. Passive care such as keeping them dressed to keep dust / dirt off, having them in PJ’s in bed instead of nude all the time, and keeping them out of strong / direct sunlight will prolong the life of the doll as well.

K

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My story is much the same as those stated here. Harper was my first doll and after three months all her fingers were “jelly” with the wires snapped, I’d left clothes on her which stained her skin black (wears off with use), she’s got scars and small tears in many places, the soles of her feet are a bit of a mess and her left foot had a huge, gaping scar that had to buy liquid (semi-solid) tpe to fill it with (and made a botch job of it) and the tpe in her groin areas is just broken down. Her joints are now mostly loose and floppy too.
But you know what? I love her :heart_eyes:
She’s taught me so much about doll care, handling and moving (and how NOT to do it!) that when I put her up as a freebie giveaway on another forum, I couldn’t bear to part with her when I had a number of responses. So she’s still my number 1 lady despite the others I now have.
The main thing I’ve realised I need to consider is weight. At a slender 5’9” and a nearly 60yr old bod, I don’t find it easy to move and manipulate anything over about 35kg for photos. Harper is just on that upper limit, but my doll, Thea, is almost 40kg and just a bit too much for me (hence my considering selling her despite how much I love her).
So your experience is nothing different to what many of us have already been through. Yes, they need a lot of care and consideration but these girls give us so much pleasure and fun that it’s worth it.

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