Dismantling/disposing of your doll

Broven · Post by **Broven** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 5:45 pm

I'm going to jump on the "donate her" bandwagon. Dolls can be so expensive, and out of reach for a lot of people... You could really make someone's day.

CF · Post by CF » Fri Mar 30, 2018 5:46 pm

Also consider the BUY & SELL forum, viewforum.php?f=77

Many people will give a used doll a loving home!

jokerisalive · Post by **jokerisalive** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 5:49 pm

id wrap her in saran wrap to preserve her somewhat and hold her together......til death do us part. might seem a little weird but thats me lol.

fxrs789 · Post by **fxrs789** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 6:45 pm

scsc wrote:
fxrs789 wrote:
scsc wrote:I wonder if it's possible to strip all the TPE away so that you're left with just the skeleton. If you polish it / spray paint it, bolt on some custom attachments, etc, it could make a cool halloween decoration or something.
I did exactly that. See my "Boneless" thread....
Neat! What did you end up doing with the skeleton?

I still have it. It looks like a baby terminator.

Fantastic Plastic · Post by **Fantastic Plastic** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 6:56 pm

My bootleg 140 Maxine will probably last my lifetime.
I’ve repaired her from what others would have considered irreparable at least twice over by now.
The TPE she’s made from is extremely easy to work with, has no smell and doesn’t require oiling.
Hands down the easiest TPE I’ve ever worked with.
It’s like my soldering iron is a magic wand to her.

orchido · Post by **orchido** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 8:45 pm

LDF wrote:I suggest donation.

Otherwise, what's wrong with digging a hole and burying your doll?

Maybe a discreet grave stone...

I 2nd the donation idea.That always makes some fellow human go happy and stiff

Digging down 6 ft is really a lot of HARD work, even if you have a Bobcat.

Some people take their pets to Pet Cemetery, and not like in the movie (book), they extremely seldom come back.
I don't know if a Pet Cemetery plot for a large animal is any cheaper than a regular human burial spot?

Sailing over the waters and dumping it in the deepest spot of the lake/ocean will take care of the "problem" just for a little while, but as far as I know, TPE & Silicone takes a very, very, very long time to biodegrade. It'll just end up floating in the Pacific garbage patch some day, and that one is already really, really big! No need to feed the "monster" anymore, so please don't do it.

Post by **TripleA** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 10:03 pm

CC and I have vowed to stay together forever. When I become old and tathered, he will simply cuddle me. And when he dies we are planning to both be cremated and our ashes mixed and distributed across our property. We will only have to find a home for Roxie and Kayla.

SynthetikReality95 · Post by **SynthetikReality95** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 10:19 pm

Probably with digging a grave, is, if you don't own some secluded property, or live near some thick woods, ya kinda can't. What's someone's first assumption if they see you, driving or walking by? People are nosy. You'll suddenly have 5 police cars surround you and they'll come out guns drawn.

At least with the viking funeral, whether by water or just a funeral pyre on land, all they see is a controlled fire... so the FD might get called, and you might be fined. But the cops likely won't be responding code 3 to a homicide call.

What, donating is more rational than a glorious funeral pyre? Well, yeah, obviously. But they're more than just dolls to me, they'd get the same respect i'd give a "real" dead friend.

ZannyDanger · Post by **ZannyDanger** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 10:37 pm

If any of my girls ever become damaged beyond all hope, i'd probably end up buying replacement bodies so that they can continue being ''healthy''. I would probably give the old body away for free, or just the shipping costs. As long as she keeps the same face, i think i could change her body without too much turmoil. Like a snake shedding it's old skin, i think a doll becoming too damaged doesn't have to mean the end of her. She could be reborn and continue to exist in a new body and maybe even a different one if you want. Like us humans, maybe she just gained/lost a few pounds over the years.

I have to say i like the idea of giving them away if it ever comes to that. I think it would be great to know that they are still out there somewhere, in a good home with someone who cares for and appreciates them. Even more so if it means someone who didn't have the means to buy a new doll ends up discovering the joy that they can bring into one's life as a result.

ZD

Fantastic Plastic · Post by **Fantastic Plastic** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 10:50 pm

In Maxine’s case damage just opened the door to major modifications.

So now she’s truly one of a kind.

Stewie studmuffin · Post by **Stewie studmuffin** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 11:12 pm

I could never dismantle or dispose of any of my dolls no matter how badly they have deteriorated as I'm just too attached to them.

I guess I'll just have to get a huge roll of duct tape and do the best that I can. :drinking:

GDP2000 · Post by **GDP2000** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 11:22 pm

Donation is a nice thing to do but experiments would be fun.

I'd see about cutting the TPE off the skeleton and then rebuilding it with a fabric body. Layers of foam and padding with layers of skin. See about designing it for ease of care too.

Post by **winterwarBo** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 11:23 pm

Janie will be cremated with me. I left instructions with my brother and my boss. The other two I would love to see adopted to people that can't afford a doll but want one.

SynthetikReality95 · Post by **SynthetikReality95** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 11:27 pm

Stewie studmuffin wrote:I could never dismantle or dispose of any of my dolls no matter how badly they have deteriorated as I'm just too attached to them.
I guess I'll just have to get a huge roll of duct tape and do the best that I can.

Lol I see it now. The year is 2218, the US has long been collapsed, Canada does an archaeological expedition into the ruins down the east coast to see what life was like... they reach Virginia.

At one house, everything nearby is ruins and skeletons, until they find the one pretty girl left, a perfectly preserved TPE mummy, under a complete wrapping of heavy duty duct-tape, save for a hole left open at the crotch area. The skeleton nearby sits near her, despite being a skeleton, he's obviously grinning

Stewie studmuffin · Post by **Stewie studmuffin** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 11:54 pm

SynthetikReality95 wrote:
Stewie studmuffin wrote:I could never dismantle or dispose of any of my dolls no matter how badly they have deteriorated as I'm just too attached to them.
I guess I'll just have to get a huge roll of duct tape and do the best that I can.
Lol I see it now. The year is 2218, the US has long been collapsed, Canada does an archaeological expedition into the ruins down the east coast to see what life was like... they reach Virginia.

At one house, everything nearby is ruins and skeletons, until they find the one pretty girl left, a perfectly preserved TPE mummy, under a complete wrapping of heavy duty duct-tape, save for a hole left open at the crotch area. The skeleton nearby sits near her, despite being a skeleton, he's obviously grinning

Yep, that's exactly what they will find. :haha4: