Get Your Own Action Figure (In Japan)

derGoldstein writes "Makezine points to a very interesting shop in Akihabara that will make miniature clones of your face. This page contains photos of the process and the results. After the miniature head is printed in 3D it's painted and attached to a doll of your choice. Some of the models they produce beg for an exorcism..."

Re:Wow. Those are realistic.

[AlastairMurray]

I didn't see how much they cost

Article says the cost is 138000 yen (~1750 USD). So not cheap!

Re:Wow. Those are realistic.

[morethanapapercert]

Actually.....Japan has had dolls superior to the western Real Doll for some time now, and yes, many of them offer customisations. (models are almost exclusively Japanese in appearance obviously)

Here's an example of one manufacturer: Unison-Direct [unison-direct.jp]

Being Japan, there are also two trends that we in the west find rather creepy. First is the growing number of men who obsess over their dolls, dressing them up and taking them out on dates, photographing them in ways that makes them seem even more life like and so on. There are several Japanese magazines devoted to the subject. These guys treat their inanimate objects with the sort intense fantasy life that over here would be considered a sign of mental illness....

Even more creepy, even among the Japanese and hence, less talked about is the number of manufacturers who offer "miniature" versions (2/3 scale models of rather women) or straight out child models. To be fair, the child models are usually dolls only and do not have the "love holes" as the trade calls them. I have no doubt though that there are men out there who modify them, probably even enough of them that they have their own forums and swap tips and tricks on how to best perform the "surgery"