Well we’ve come a long way since sticking your dick in the vacuum cleaner. Even the pocket pussy is, by today’s standards, a quaint novelty.

When the Real Doll emerged in 1996, manufactured by Abyss Creation in the US, it came as a great shock and an even greater thrill and really seemed to usher us into an era where the sex android was becoming possible. With their realistic silicone skin, actual hair, multiple fully functional orifices, and actual articulated skeletons allowing for anatomically correct positioning, etc, and a wide range of optional attribute, the Real Doll offered new hope that the lonely, socially-awkward and those unsatisfied with human interactions could have functional fulfilling physical relationships, at least with objects. Whether it was to be Rachel, the sophisticated professional or Pris, your basic pleasure model, was just a matter of taste. And $ 5,499 USD.

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