Dolls

[Unorthodox]

Enter at your own risk, I think I found the most creepy doll related pics ever. 

http://www.ufunk.net/en/photos/street-apes-jakarta/

[Buster's Uncle]

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[Buster's Uncle]

Back to the sewing room...

[Bertilak]

It is a literal army of dolls...

[Buster's Uncle]

Naw - only Joan and her page are in the army; the rest are civilians.

[Unorthodox]

 

[Unorthodox]

Out shopping for Talia's Christmas. 

I know Mylochka's talked about repainting Monster High Dolls, but the new Fairy Tale High dolls are probably a better target for that kind of thing.

They are essentially Monster High, only "not creepy". 

Not that creepy is a problem for Talia. 

I also saw the creepiest dolls in a retail store. 

http://www.mystixx.com/

2 faced dolls...I'm not sure how you flip the faces, turn the wig around or what, but 1 normal face, one monster face. 

They had vampires and shape changers, but it was the zombies that were just WRONG. 

(Caveat, I have not actually watched this)

Mystixx Zombies Kalani, Talin & Sive Review

[Mylochka]

I saw the Fairy Tale High dolls the last time I was at Wally-World and facepalmed appropriately.  If only I had waited!  I bought used Monster High dolls a while back.  Just haven't felt well enough to work on them yet....

[Rusty Edge]

I also saw the creepiest dolls in a retail store. 

http://www.mystixx.com/

2 faced dolls...I'm not sure how you flip the faces, turn the wig around or what, but 1 normal face, one monster face. 

They had vampires and shape changers, but it was the zombies that were just WRONG. 

Oh. I looked at the site. They're two-faced in a god Janus kind of way. Just turn the head around backwards while holding on to the wig. The wigs pop on and off, so you can change them.

[Rusty Edge]

I was on my semi-annual antiquing trip and discretely took a few pictures.

[Buster's Uncle]

Where's this?  I'll give Mylochka a heads-up.

[Rusty Edge]

They were seen in various antique malls in Pennsylvania.

#1 is supposed to be an Amish child.

Clowns have a certain creepiness because they are disguised, so they are probably up to no god, or they are hiding from the law.  Clown dolls have a certain compounding effect.

I have a new theory about Cupies. They are actually imps. This one is striking an "Elf on the Shelf" pose.


You know how some primitive culture believed that a picture or photo could steal your soul?
I think that's part of the creep factor. Sometimes dolls look like trapped pieces of a person's soul. Maybe they switched bodies...

[Rusty Edge]

Okay. The Enterprise looks weird cruising below the doll shelves.

[Buster's Uncle]

Good to know.  -And agreed that clowns are "probably up to no god".

Some manner of homunculi are present in the mythology of virtually all cultures - interesting intersection with dolls and the Uncanny Valley effect, I think.

[Rusty Edge]

Grrrr. Feel free to point out my errors.

There were more dolls, I just tried to get the standouts.

I missed one. This was supposed to be an effigy of a university Chancellor, as I recall. They probably did want to steal his soul.