Astrid: Ready To Ship — A Skeptical User’s Unfiltered Take

There’s this whole thing with “ready to ship” sex dolls lately.

It’s everywhere, and Astrid—let me just say it straight—is one of the more aggressively advertised ones. Absolute Sex Dolls keeps popping up in my search results, usually promising fast delivery from their California warehouse. Supposedly, she’ll arrive in 3-7 business days after you order. I’ve seen that claim before.

What They Say (And What They Don’t)

Astrid is supposed to be exactly as pictured: blonde, 172 cm tall (that’s 5 foot 7 for people like me who still think in feet), B-cup, TPE skin. No customizations if you go for the “ready to ship” option. Removable vagina, standing feet, shrugging shoulders—okay—these are features they highlight over and over again. Maybe because people actually care about those details? Or maybe because there isn’t much else to say.

Anyway, here’s what bugged me a little: all these measurements thrown at you like they’re selling a car or something. Bust: 35 inches. Underbust: 26 inches. Waist: 22.8 inches (not even going to round that?). Hips: 33.8 inches. And then there are the hole depths—vagina and anus at 6.7 inches each, mouth at 5.1 inches—which feels oddly clinical when you see it written out like that.

The Fast Delivery Pitch (I’m Not Convinced)

Here’s where I get slightly annoyed—the whole “she will arrive in 3-7 business days after your order is placed” bit gets repeated on every page like some kind of mantra for impatient buyers who can’t wait two weeks for shipping from China or wherever these things usually come from.

But let’s be honest… how many times have you ordered something “in stock” only to watch tracking updates stall somewhere between L.A. and your front porch? Maybe I’ve just been burned too often by online shopping promises but—I don’t know—I never fully trust those shipping estimates anymore.

The No-Customization Trap

This part really got under my skin: If you want Astrid fast, she comes as-is—no changes allowed whatsoever. Like her face? Good; hope you don’t wish she had brown eyes instead of blue or whatever detail matters most to you personally.

It almost feels like they’re banking on a certain type of buyer who doesn’t care about personalization and just wants… instant gratification? There’s nothing wrong with that per se—it just doesn’t fit everyone (definitely not me). If you do want customization apparently there’s some other link buried on the site (“pleaseclick here”—yes, all one word) which leads off into another rabbit hole of options and longer wait times.

Actually Handling One (Sort Of)

I haven’t owned Astrid specifically—but I did check out a similar model at a friend’s place once (awkward story for another time). The weight is no joke; these things are heavy—84 lbs according to the listing—and lugging one around isn’t fun or sexy or anything close to effortless.

The steel skeleton with movable joints is fine until it creaks weirdly when you try posing her arms… hmm—not sure if that was supposed to happen but it did make me wonder about long-term durability.

Why Even Bother With Ready-To-Ship?

Maybe this is just my bias talking but—I keep circling back to this question: Who really needs their doll delivered that fast? Is it worth sacrificing any sense of choice just so she shows up within the week? For some people maybe yes; for others definitely not.

Absolute Sex Dolls seems pretty confident about their California warehouse setup though—they mention it every chance they get (“This doll is stored in our California warehouse…”). If quick delivery matters more than getting exactly what you want down to eye color or hairstyle… okay then, maybe Astrid is your best bet.

Something That Surprised Me

Weirdly enough… holding one of these dolls makes everything feel less abstract than scrolling through product shots online ever could—the TPE material has this strange coldness when first touched but warms up quickly against your hand (I didn’t expect that). It didn’t feel cheap either; more uncanny than anything else.

Not sure if that counts as a selling point or not—it depends on how much realism freaks you out versus attracts you, I guess.

A Tangent About Naming

One last thing before I forget—the name “Astrid.” It sounds oddly Scandinavian for something made in Asia and shipped out of California warehouses by American retailers chasing SEO traffic with phrases like absolute sex dolls sprinkled everywhere on their pages…

Maybe names don’t matter much in the end but—I always find myself wondering who picks them and why none ever sound quite real enough?

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That’s probably enough rambling for now; honestly there are still things I’m skeptical about here but hey—that's kind of my default setting lately anyway