That wraps up another festive week of news. It was fairly quiet this week with mostly silicone releases, which illustrates the industry’s continual shift toward silicone. Although TPE is still a great material, silicone has been trending for a while now among almost every brand. There are many reasons why, such as more innovative potential and realism in silicone, or brands simply trying to compete with each other (and not get left behind). This industry is all about following the trend. Anyway, that wraps up a short week of sex doll news. As always, stay tuned for more highlights next week.
Thoughts on this week’s sex doll news? Comment below!
I love this blog!
Thank you. Glad to hear that you enjoy it. 🙂
Is the new silicone focus due to the high quality of silicone? And also the fact that the price of silicone has decreased? Or is it something else?
Hi Jackson,
I don’t know all the details so I can only guess. Earlier this year (or was it last year?), there was a silicone shortage to the point where several brands including Piper Doll had to stop silicone doll production. Somehow, that resolved itself but silicone prices are supposedly going up, so it’s not because of lower prices.
I think it’s more about jumping on the trend. Silicone brands have innovated a lot lately with realistic painting, skin details, weight reduction, oral structure, etc. and TPE brands want in on it. Every brand wants to be the best and have the most realistic-looking dolls so experimenting with silicone was expected. Currently, silicone has a lot of growth potential while TPE is more limited. Keep in mind, many people still prefer TPE dolls to silicone dolls. This “pursuit of silicone” is something brands want more than the customers. However, silicone probably is the future once it’s perfected. As of now, TPE still has a big advantage in terms of price and softness.
tldr: TPE brands see Silicone brands doing cool stuff so they want to do it too.