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New PIB 'Spinner' Lexi review

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Greetings All -

I wanted to post a “first Impressions” review of my new PIB “Spinner” beauty - Lexi as Patrick has named her. And since she’s the first one out of the mold and into the public, I feel it’s incumbent upon me to give an honest review. It should be noted that this review was not solicited by PIB, nor did I receive any benefit by doing it. My experience with dolls is probably typical in that I purchased my first beauty about a year and a half ago. Nikki is a 125cm TPE girl from 1amdoll - “Teri”. So, inevitably, my review will focus on the differences and be based on my past, limited, experience.

As others, far more experienced than I, pointed out in Patricks’ “new year, new doll” post about Lexi - she is a fantastic combination of light weight, realism, sexual appeal, and downright porkability. But that’s the technical (?) specifics. I’d like to give you a objective review, so I’ll try not to say ‘feels great’ or 'is beautiful' as those adjectives are purely subjective. So here we go -

Skin Color - Right out of the box Lexi's skin color was much darker than I anticipated. She had almost a purple hue and at first I was concerned. She was VERY cold to the touch - as it is VERY cold here. So I let her warm up to room temp overnight before (un)bending her. The next day she was slightly lighter in color, and I laid her out and baby powdered her. The next day, I did the same. And now her skin color is pretty average caucasian with a nice tan. So this just may be typical of Silicone, I don’t know.

Joints - I really had no idea what to expect having read peoples description of PIB doll skeletons. My TPE doll has ‘joints’ that bend in a specific place, mimicking the human body. Lexi does not. The best way to describe her is to say that Lexi's skeleton is far more ‘fluid’. She is “cast” with bends at the anatomical joints so the skin there look very realistic, I think helping visually compensate for the flexible ‘bones’, so to speak. There is no way she’s going to stand on her own, but as discussed in multiple threads, you really shouldn’t do that anyway. I’ll talk about the more ‘functional’ aspects of this later in the post under ‘posing’.

Fingers - My Lexi has the ‘wire’ option. Her finger wires are FAR and away more substantial than my Nikki’s. Which means they should last alot longer. But also, could potentially poke through easier if you’re not careful. I was amazed at the finger wrinkle detail. Once warmed up, and powdered liberally, her hands feel completely real. Likewise, the finger nails are very well done and look pretty close to a professional manicure job on a human hand.
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Feet - Her feet have the same realistic level of detail, and manicure, as the hands. And I mean down to tendon relief above the top joints, and even ridges simulating veins. Her left foot did however have a couple web toes. Probably just an oversight. The feet are a little smaller than expected given her height. But they are to scale for the ankle and leg diameter. And since she isn’t going to be standing on her own anyway, it’s not an issue, other than finding heels in a size this small….
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Skin details - basic TPE dolls really don’t have much. Lexi has been modeled extremely well, as others from the thread above pointed out. Her hip bones, ribs, shoulders and neck all well done and to scale. There are quite a number of tiny ‘skin tabs’, especially on the hands, that you can take the time with finger clippers to remove. Once powdered, her skin is no longer shiny and has a much greater ‘depth’ to it than TPE, while being nearly as soft to the touch. It is still more ‘firm’ than TPE however, the tradeoff being - (as claimed) FAR more durable.

Neck - When I pulled her out and unwrapped her I was a bit surprised at the length of the ‘neck’. Having only experienced (with great frustration) screw on heads. But after sliding her head on I can see the MANY advantages to doing it this way. You can easily slide the head off and bend the neck around to the angle you want without having to grab ahold of her face / head and mess up eye lashes, makeup or wig. Not to mention, ‘rotating’ the head in photoshoots is WAY easier as it stays where you twist it.

Head - Lexi has a relatively small head and mouth. I’m not sure how Patrick is going to work in an oral option, but I might have to get an oral head to find out. :-) It is quite small, but as someone pointed out in the thread above - he really managed to scale down an adult body (and face) without her looking cartoonish or young. The wrinkles in her lips are quite realistic and it’s interesting that he chose to give her a smile with teeth showing. It’s subjective to say, but I find it makes her look, well, happy and more friendly.
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Eyes - I felt this really needed its own section. Her eyes are quite large in relation to the size of her head. But they are in no way Anime or awkwardly so. I chose the ‘Premium’ eyes and glad that I did since far more or the eyeball is showing than typical. The other convenient feature (of the neck design) is that the back of the eye socket is open to the inside of the head. So you can (and should) remove the head, reach inside, and adjust the eyes that way - from the back. Instead of dorking up her eye lashes, liner and mascara trying to adjust them from the front. I also had the advantage of 'real' hair eyebrows. My personal opinion is, if you're going to be doing photography, then real eyebrows are a terrific advantage. If not, and you're just looking for fun, then probably not worth it. But that's just subjective.

Sexual parts - This pretty much can’t help but be subjective, but I’ll try my best. First off, there was much discussion about the two orifices' locations. I’m not a physician, but I was married for 20 years, and I find that in relation to the TORSO, they have only a slight rearward bias. But, becasue her back is molded arched to such a degree, they appear far more oriented to the rear than they actually are. So put her on her back, raise both legs up, and the ‘front door’ is pretty much right there where you expect it to be. :-) With regard to the backdoor… She has fairly small buns and they are molded ‘spread’ a little - like the breasts. So with her bent over the edge of a bed, for instance, you can push her buns together and it looks very natural, albeit petite. And trust me, you WILL be doing this becasue of the visual movement of both orifices squeezing together and opening, squeezing together and opening. (Oh dear, excuse me a minute…..)

Ok, I’m back :-)

Any reference to the actual feeling of ‘sex’ is purely subjective - and I don’t kiss and tell…. Although, objectively, I can say that the entrance to each orifice is much tighter than you would expect given the ‘visual’ gape. The Labia Majora are much more firm than expected, which I think takes away from the the fun of touching or kissing the area. However, especially with her laying on her side, the firmness makes entry much tighter and realistic, in a (SERIOUSLY) good way. :-)
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Posing - Having done a year and a half of photography with a VERY stiff jointed Nikki - I feel I’m going to have to learn all over again with this beauty. There are advantage and disadvantages I suppose and I know there's a number of threads discussing the differences between tight and loose joint dolls. I haven’t worked with her enough to know all the nuances. So I’ll just point out a few (photography related) things I noticed right off the bat that might be more subtle than usually discussed. If you have her in a sitting position, on a chair for instance, then pick her up and lay her on the floor, her limbs tend to fall in a much more natural way and place. Saving a ton of time unbending, and rebending your stiff jointed model. Although ankles, wrists, fingers and neck still tend to stay where you had placed them. I think it also makes her more easy to pick up - as the arms and legs tend to ‘drape’ over your arms when lifting her. Kind of like picking up a bag of dog food :-), vs a a barbell.

Weight - Lexi at 135cm is a tad lighter than my 125cm TPE Nikki, but Lexi feels much lighter (see Posing above).
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In closing - Patrick did simply an amazing job scaling down a real proportioned woman. I was afraid Lexi might be a waif or elf like - which is not my thing - but she really isn’t. Although she COULD BE if dressed appropriately and that IS your thing. :-) So in short, Lexi is a truly wonderful combination. She's a 'high end' quality doll at a modest price and weight, wrapped in a petite package.

Hope this helps,

Agent D.
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