Look honey, I bought a new hyper-realisitc alien baby! (23 Photos)

OK, maybe I made up the part about the babies being “aliens”. But still, I don’t trust ‘em. These beady eyed little babies were designed primarily as toys for mothers-to-be and kids clothes mannequins which are rapidly gaining popularity among collectors and women who are unable to have kids of their own. Reborn dolls look just like real infants – except for their blank stare and lack of breathing. The level of detail determines their price as some cost only a few hundred dollars while others cost thousands.

Reborns are painted with acrylic and oil paints. First the artist creates the natural skin tone of an infant, and then he draws a unique ornament of veins, capillaries, spots and so on. After that the artist fabricates the texture of the skin with a special varnish. Finally, he carefully implants finest mohair into the doll’s head and mounts two glass eyes.

It is even possible for the manufacturers to make unusual dolls such as the baby gorilla or the little troll doll (as seen below).