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Complete with baby wrinkles, heavy heads and that matted, post-nap baby hair, the dolls - known as "reborns" - all but breathe.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Zosia Bielski 2011
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Even so, they're nothing like "reborns" Take alook at these!
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After looking at another of her dolls and the corresponding description, it seems like she “reborns” them by taking existing purchased dolls and touching them up.
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Infocult: Information, Culture, Policy, Education: Attack of the reborns: love video from the uncanny valley
Information, Culture, Policy, Education: Attack of the reborns: love video from the uncanny valley 2008
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It's a spooky, sad, cruel show, following several people through their acquisition ("birthing") of new or first dolls ("reborns," "babies").
Information, Culture, Policy, Education: Creepy doll documentary from Channel Four, My Fake Baby 2008
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Information, Culture, Policy, Education: Attack of the reborns: love video from the uncanny valley 2008
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Attack of the reborns: love video from the uncanny valley
Information, Culture, Policy, Education: Attack of the reborns: love video from the uncanny valley 2008
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And what's more even the reborns from the top artist are still affordable to collectors.
Information, Culture, Policy, Education: Reborn baby dolls: nursery of the uncanny valley 2007
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Dolls; the ooaks, silicones, and reborns are decorations in my house.
Information, Culture, Policy, Education: Reborn baby dolls: nursery of the uncanny valley 2007
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Aside from collectors most of them women, reborns are sometimes used in nursing homes with dementia patients.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Zosia Bielski 2011
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“A growing number of women in Britain have become fascinated with lifelike baby dolls known as Reborns. These dolls have beating hearts; they are dressed like real babies and even have their diapers changed, as their “moms�? take them on outings and cuddle with them.�?
The New York Times, Cops, Belles, Murderers and Moms, by Bill Carter, September 21, 2008
September 21, 2008