Longevity!

Gaijin · Post by **Gaijin** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:46 am

One of my main complaints about my recent TPE doll, was how fragile and seemingly short-lived it was. Modern dolls don't appear to be designed for the long haul. I was always saying to myself: "I've had my Teddy Babe for ten years, and she's held up WAY better than this." (I fully admit that my clumsiness and lack of experience is why I did so poorly with my new doll.)

I realized tonight that due to circumstances and luck, I may have one of the oldest dolls on TDF. Looking over her old unboxing photos, I remembered that I got her in May of 2010. Are there any other Teddy Babes still around from back then?

So, here's some before and after photos of Lucita. Feel free to share your own stories of old Teddy Babes, past and present.

Stewie studmuffin · Post by **Stewie studmuffin** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:38 am

Wow! I have always loved the look of these first generation deluxe Babes.

My Michelle pictured below is pretty old as well. She's a first generation standard and was delivered to forum member blacksmith back in 2006. Since then she has been adopted out at least 4 times and has been with me since 2016. So she has a bit of history to say the least!

While I sometimes wish she was a little bigger, she is not inconvenient at all size wise and I spend time with her every night watching a movie or tv show with her sitting between my legs in the easy chair with her hair resting on my face.
A very nice feeling indeed!

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Mr Franz · Post by **Mr Franz** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:50 am

Never owned a TB, but quickly finding out that plush ladies can be handled a lot rougher than their TPE counterparts. I'm kinda gentle with them anyway though, guess because I owned a TPE lass first.

Missionary · Post by **Missionary** » Sat Jul 31, 2021 5:00 am

Mr. Franz, we love your humor, jokes, artworks, and tiny violin. You said, you never owned a Teddy Babe.
Don't worry, you will never know what you missed until you get one. The skin is identical to your EVO Doll's skin.
The body of a Teddy Babe is much more firm than the EVO Doll. The faces of Teddy Babes are captivating. They do come out of a story book. There is no way to confuse them with TPE or Silicone Babes' faces depicting dead people.

Mr Franz · Post by **Mr Franz** » Sat Jul 31, 2021 6:06 am

Thanks Missionary! Decided against TB for a number of reasons, which I won't get into here. Nothing against them though, just not what I was after. Quite satisfied with my two plush lasses, as well as my TPE gal. Each has a unique, lifelike charm all there own.

danDub · Post by **danDub** » Sat Jul 31, 2021 7:27 am

Gaijin wrote:One of my main complaints about my recent TPE doll, was how fragile and seemingly short-lived it was. Modern dolls don't appear to be designed for the long haul. I was always saying to myself: "I've had my Teddy Babe for ten years, and she's held up WAY better than this." (I fully admit that my clumsiness and lack of experience is why I did so poorly with my new doll.)

I realized tonight that due to circumstances and luck, I may have one of the oldest dolls on TDF. Looking over her old unboxing photos, I remembered that I got her in May of 2010. Are there any other Teddy Babes still around from back then?

So, here's some before and after photos of Lucita. Feel free to share your own stories of old Teddy Babes, past and present.

Depends on the manufacturer, there’s people with real dolls from the early 2000s in good shape still, and people with tpe dolls that don’t dont look like they will be ruined any time soon despite their age, i know with sinodolls silicone dolls i will have a doll that will last way beyond

Teddy babes have good longevity due to their material, still very impressive seeing peoples teddy babes from the early days, still tempted by Alexa if my current plan doesn’t work

Invo · Post by **Invo** » Sat Jul 31, 2021 12:20 pm

I think I might be a rare case where one of our TB's actually started falling apart within a year haha

Last year during quarantine, 8th Wonder apparently had some left over stock of the Original Diana model, like the classic shortstack versions

Shes great, adorable, and has become my girlfriends favorite teddy bear to the point where I'm pretty sure she likes our doll Tyra more than me even lol

That said! I don't know how long Tyra was in storage before we got her. These are TB classics after all, and I think they discontinued them like a decade ago

For whatever reason, Tyra started showing signs of advanced wear after only a few months: holes on her seam lines, stitching coming loose in places, fraying material, etc

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Ended up getting a full sized Cindy after discussing the problem with 8th Wonder, and since then Tyra is officially on Teddy Bear duty to avoid any further damage. Sucks, because she is an aggressively cute doll, but we'd much rather keep her in one piece

Hope our new girl hold up a bit better!

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Juncharted2 · Post by **Juncharted2** » Sat Jul 31, 2021 12:48 pm

Nothing a needle and some thread won't fix. That's what's cool about Teddybabes fabric dolls in comparison to tpe or silicone. They can be stiched back up like no other

Belle226 · Post by **Belle226** » Sat Jul 31, 2021 3:08 pm

I LIKE HER!!!

Invo wrote:I think I might be a rare case where one of our TB's actually started falling apart within a year haha

Last year during quarantine, 8th Wonder apparently had some left over stock of the Original Diana model, like the classic shortstack versions

Shes great, adorable, and has become my girlfriends favorite teddy bear to the point where I'm pretty sure she likes our doll Tyra more than me even lol

That said! I don't know how long Tyra was in storage before we got her. These are TB classics after all, and I think they discontinued them like a decade ago

For whatever reason, Tyra started showing signs of advanced wear after only a few months: holes on her seam lines, stitching coming loose in places, fraying material, etc

20210119_145249.jpg
Ended up getting a full sized Cindy after discussing the problem with 8th Wonder, and since then Tyra is officially on Teddy Bear duty to avoid any further damage. Sucks, because she is an aggressively cute doll, but we'd much rather keep her in one piece

Hope our new girl hold up a bit better!

20210110_012825.jpg

Invo · Post by **Invo** » Sun Aug 01, 2021 1:46 pm

Belle226 wrote:I LIKE HER!!!

Haha, thanks! Glad you do! We'll have to make her and our Cindy model (now named Jessie) their own thread at some point!

Bunnyboybob · Post by **Bunnyboybob** » Sun Aug 01, 2021 3:52 pm

All dolls have got their pros and cons. The main thing is to make sure you enjoy them while you, and they, are here, which compared to the dinosaurs, ain't for long.

Juncharted2 · Post by **Juncharted2** » Sun Aug 01, 2021 4:55 pm

Jonathan+- wrote:All dolls have got their pros and cons. The main thing is to make sure you enjoy them while you, and they, are here, which compared to the dinosaurs, ain't for long.

That's the way to think about it!! Yes

john1972 · Post by **john1972** » Sun Aug 08, 2021 12:10 am

This August 26th 10 years with my katie..

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I will be posting a whole photo shoot of her on her birthday.
This photo is just one of those.
She is in fantastic shape..

Eyeball · Post by **Eyeball** » Sun Aug 15, 2021 8:24 am

After ten years, Leiana's head is a little wobbly, but otherwise she's as sturdy as she ever was. Even her lips are in good shape. We're in it for the long haul.