I figured I'd show a couple pictures.
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Firstly, I can't really give enough praise for SpartanLover, they were so patient with me and all my questions. I had to be awkward and split the payment into 2 whilst I pushed some numbers around, and that was done right away. They accommodated my requests and even got the factory to give him articulated fingers, which wasn't previously an option for his model. There was a particular beard colour and style I wanted, and I can see the efforts made to fulfil my request. He looks great! He arrived with some slight dark smudges on his chest, but otherwise perfect. Included with him was a nice fluffy white blanket, and a V-neck shirt of a good size to fit him. He's wearing the shirt in the pictures. They even went above and beyond; I could only afford one of the attachments, but to my surprise, I found two inside his weird cardboard coffin. Both variants! Fun times, and this will allow me to elaborate on them both in some detail.
So, worth it to note about me: I am female, 5'4" and a little under 70kg. Jeff is 5'6" and about 54kg. He weighs about 75% of my own bodyweight. A lot of my weight is muscle, I consider myself fairly compact and strong.
Nobody is exaggerating when they say how heavy these are. "Living" weight is different than "dead" weight. A living creature will assist in supporting its own limbs and whatnot, making it easier to lift. I'm sure they'd love to, but these dolls cannot offer us any such assistance. With his new and thus very stiff joints, it's nothing short of a nightmare to move Jeff around because even when I can try and make him use his own legs or arms as counterweights, things get very real very quickly. Let me put it this way, my FitBit went absolutely nuts and not in the fun way. It took me more than an hour to get him up out of the box and onto the foot of the bed, and I opened the bloody box at the foot of the bed.
This will get easier, his joints will become more responsive, and I'll get stronger. But if you are physically impaired, this is a real concern to keep in mind.
On a related note, I've had him for less than 24h and he's spent that time chillin' on my bed. Even though I was very gentle, I think during the course of getting him where he's supposed to be, some weight may have been put on his hand in a weird way and damaged his right thumb joint. His fingers all still work correctly, but his right thumb has no resistance whatsoever and can't grasp. By feeling through the TPE I can assess that the "bone" is still connected to the array inside, but I suspect a bolt may have snapped inside the hinge. Not the worst thing in the world, but a sad warning. The hands definitely need protection, and no matter what you're doing, keep an eye on them! I guess Jeff is a southpaw from now on.
So, wow, the detail on him is incredible. His hands have sculpted folds of flesh and wrinkles in the skin just like my own. His finger joints have wrinkles cut in and you can follow the flow of the skin with your eye in this way. It's absolute artistry. Having never felt TPE before, it's crazy how much like skin it feels. It's the right amount of tension and squish. Touching his skin feels like touching someone who's just been outside for a while, or a partner who's just come back to bed after having gotten up in the middle of the night. A little chilly at first, but they'll warm up soon. I do not find it disconcerting at all, and he seems to hold my body heat pretty well.
He is really nice to cuddle up to. Like, really, really nice. With how his skin feels and the internal skeleton being in the right place, my "lizard brain" was very convinced. If I position his arm just right then he can kinda hold me a bit, and that's nice as hell to do while I scroll through my phone or whatever. To be honest, a convincing cuddle and bed presence is mostly why I wanted him.
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But the head, whoa! Such attention to detail! The eyes are hard to move, but I'll get the hang of it. They did send him with blue eyes instead of green, but I suspect that should be a relatively easy thing to remedy. Silicone is less flexible than TPE, but still quite flexible, and frankly the detail he has is worth the fact that his face is a little harder to the touch than the rest of him. He has punched in hair and it looks great, in my opinion. He even has eyelashes! The styled hair is very nice, and seems in pretty securely.
Alright so, the NSFW elements of him:
The attachments are made from the same TPE as the body. The upshot of this is, it looks in keeping with the rest of him, and it feels nice and squidgey with a more solid core. The effect is pretty convincing, to be honest.
However, for women, using condoms is probably a good idea with TPE attachments because it is a lot more porous than silicone, and harder to keep clean as a result. Also, there's the whole oil and powder business where it comes to maintaining TPE, which to me, sounds like it has the potential to give a person with female bits a nasty UTI. The inside of a vagina is acidic, and I wonder what kind of effect it has on the material. A condom is a pretty good solution for helping to keep the attachments clean. If they made these attachments from silicone rather than TPE, I'd have gone for that in an instant.
- The big one is way too girthy for Regular sized condoms. Like, don't even bother. Snap. Get some Large ones.
- The smaller one is actually a little skinny for Regular sized condoms. It'll fit, but it's a little loose around the tip especially. I get that we're not exactly too concerned with whether or not he can feel what's going on, but, my immersion, you know?
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Once it works though, it, uh... it works. The flexible core rules... just saying.
The smaller one isn't that much smaller, usable length speaking. It's way skinnier though. It has the same problems of trying to fit it in and all that, but to a slightly lesser extent. It's fun! I can see a lot more women being able to use this one with lesser issue. It has a bit more of a flare sculpted into the head and seems overall a little more detailed than the heckin' honker version.
Everyone's tastes are going to be different, but personally I'd have liked the smaller one to be girthier, but shorter.
As for the butt, well... I don't really have the equipment to use it myself, but, he has one. It has sculpted details around the outside, which is attention to detail for sure! I can see why TPE makes for a fantastic material to make stuff that's meant to be penetrated from, it's soft and fleshy and detailed inside. I imagine that'd be pretty nice!
Man... I feel like I've been writing this forever and I'm still not done.
Later, later...!
I'm excited for you because I got my first male doll 6 months ago. When Erik arrived, I was so glad that I didn't choose a heavier doll. Because I honestly wouldn't have been able to lift it. Just be patient with yourself - you'll learn the best way to lift and manoeuvre him with time. I've found through experience that Erik's articulated skeleton hands aren't indestructible. He's had a wire poke through the end of one of his fingers because I accidentally bumped against it with my back as I was trying to snuggle with him. I toss and turn at night so before I go to sleep I protect his hands with old socks. I put knee-high stockings over his hands before putting the socks on. (It stops the socks from roughing up his fingertips.) I'm really glad to hear that you had such a positive experience with Spartan Lover. I was lucky to find a wonderful vendor in my country. (Pleasure Dolls Australia.) Wishing you a blissful honeymoon with Jeff. 
I'm glad Jeff is the perfect Netflix partner for you and doesn't interrupt during the best bits of the show/movie. 
