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Share Fun Times With Someone Special

fungible — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 15:12:16 -0800

My Twinn: The one-of-a-kind doll created to look like the special child in your life.™

By: jazon

jazon — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 15:34:29 -0800

My Twinn is a Colorado based company. They ran into a bunch of trouble a couple Christmas's ago after they outsourced production to China because they couldn't get the holiday orders shipped back by Dec 25.

By: PurplePorpoise

PurplePorpoise — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 15:43:14 -0800

<Shudder> - First prostitots, now Realdoll(s)^TM for tots. Metafilter - lets make a line of S&M gear for the toddler market before anyone else does. Domtots and Subtots?

By: fire&wings

fire&wings — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 15:45:26 -0800

Why do Americans have an obsession with turning their children into freaky, terrifying zombies? This site is right up there with Jon Benet Ramsay and that stomach churning beauty contest site that was posted here recently. It's horrible. These dolls are clearly targeted at anxious mothers who are looking for something mute and legal for their husbands to occupy themselves with.

By: LittleMissCranky

LittleMissCranky — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 15:56:29 -0800

Heh. This company was (is?) owned by the father of a friend I had growing up. The family had a bunch of kids, each of whom had several "twinns." It was really, really creepy going over to their house.

By: Leon

Leon — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 16:15:25 -0800

If you think that's disturbing, try searching ebay for "reborn".

By: blendor

blendor — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 16:18:47 -0800

Do these work as voodoo dolls, too?

By: PurplePorpoise

PurplePorpoise — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 16:19:10 -0800

fire&wings - the worst thing for me about that "cherubic" photo site was the categories - 13-18 months. Months. iirc At first I thought it was years... Scultped eyebrows on an infant?! I didn't even think infants had eyebrows...

By: bigbigdog

bigbigdog — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 16:39:41 -0800

"I swear Mom, I didn't do it! It was THE DOLL!!"

By: zoodoo

zoodoo — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 17:45:34 -0800

Wow. That is pretty weird and freaky. I'd be scared to go to my friend's house if he had a bunch of look-a-like dolls lying all over the house.

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 18:04:26 -0800

The poseable husky puppy is cute.

By: Jon-o

Jon-o — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 18:05:29 -0800

So, what's next? Does this mean that narcissists can now get RealDolls made to look like them?

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 18:31:13 -0800

I'm surprised they aren't offering RealChildrenDolls. Shudder.

By: Item

Item — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 18:32:52 -0800

From jazon's link: Greenwood Village, CO-based doll cataloger My Twinn shut down operations less than a week before Christmas, leaving some customers without holiday merchandise. The eight-year-old company specialized in creating dolls personalized to resemble "the special child in your life." So what happened? One problem, according to My Twinn spokesperson Dave Ligget, was unexpected delays in shipping its products from China, where all of the dolls were manufactured and assembled. In addition, according to the company's Website, "For the past two years we have tried to satisfy several millions of dollars in lingering obligations arising from the 2001 holiday season and the tragic events of September 11th." For holiday 2001, Ligget says, My Twinn had sent out 4 million-5 million prospecting catalogs scheduled for in-home delivery on Sept. 10. The company lost millions in anticipated revenue that year and was never able to recoup those losses. Wow. What fucking balls - blaming your company's ineptness on 9/11.

By: cerebus19

cerebus19 — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 19:33:57 -0800

It now appears to be owned by eToys Direct. Check out the copyright notice at the bottom of every page.

By: lorrer

lorrer — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 19:37:42 -0800

If I had one of those as a child I would have nightmares that it had eaten my soul. Then I would have pretended it was my friend. "Kid sister, kid sister... kid sister and me!" It would be fun to play "children of the corn" with these dolls or make a stop-motion film.

By: stevil

stevil — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 10:16:56 -0800

This product/company is at least 7 years old; maybe it's never been posted on MeFi before, but how could that be? It's old news. Creepy, yes, but old as well.

By: StickyCarpet

StickyCarpet — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 12:17:11 -0800

...maybe it's never been posted on MeFi before, but how could that be?

By: teferi

teferi — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 08:27:19 -0800

My evil twin, that weathered friend...