Today, as usual, I was searching online for airplanes, specifically for one to purchase. As I scrolled briefly through the listings on Facebook Marketplace – we do not expect to find one there, but I keep an eye out, just in case – I crossed a post that both baffled me and kind of freaked me out. It was a listing entitled “SILICONE DOLL”, all caps. Keep in mind, my search criteria are “airplane” with the price range of $1,250-$65,000. So, this doll listing is just suddenly there in the middle of all of these airplanes. And it isn’t an ad. It’s just a regular listing. It makes me think of the lifelike anatomically correct baby dolls I had growing up and which my cousin has always wanted for her own kids to have. But it was made of silicone(?).
I click the listing, because I need to understand more about this $5,500 silicone doll that showed up in my “airplane” search. It is listed as a name brand item – what?!?? Not only does someone make these, but we’re supposed to recognize the name of the creator?? Of course we are. Alejandra Zúñiga. And I looked it up. This is 100% real. Here’s the artist’s site. And here’s her Instagram page. Someone shows her a real baby and she makes a sculpture of that baby, then turns the sculpture into a doll and sells it. Apparently, lots of people do this. Artists. And the dolls weigh the same as the original baby, too.
Anyway, sure enough, this one I crossed is very lifelike and quite freaky. Kind of like wax figures. They just rub in a weird way. Except, this one rubs way worse. Haha. It’s just too real yet not. It even has hair… See for yourself:
If you want to delve a bit further, here’s a detailed Reddit page all about these dolls. Have fun!
Post-a-day 2025
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