Tinkers Toys - Pet kennel

After my previous blog, a certain person who owns a little store of a kinky nature snet me this, as a sort of comparison to the previous review. So here we go.

Quality

So, first up, its a hexagon that appears to be made of what might be marble. Would certainly look good in a stately home. When someone climbs in, some metal bars appear to seal the person in and make sure they behave. Lastly theres a small grey hexagon at the back of it on the inside, and a grey border on the outside.

And.. That appears to be it. You can't change the pose, the colour of the kennel or bars.. You get the sub locked in, and they stay there in that hands and knees pose till you decide to let them out.

Function

If no ones inside, you get two options. Capture or Get In. Both require RLV to work, or you can merely right click and go to sit to Get In without force sit.

One someone is on, the captor gets a few menu options. First is Eject, which does as the naem suggests, then theres Take key, the RLV menu, and the Timer.

The timer is simple, turn it on, add or remove time, it runs down, they get out.

The RLV menu, once you turn RLV on, has the basics. You can stop them seeing location, accessing inventory, etc, the usual options. Somehow this broke my normal relay, so had to switch to a differant one for tests. Otherwise works as expected.

And.. again, thats it

Scores

Quality - No customization, one pose. Looks fancy, but lack of options hurts it - 6/10
Function - Lock it, maybe RLV restrict. Thats it. - 5/10
Price - Its 125 linden. Cheap I suppose, but not much to it either. 6/10


This is by no means a bad device, its mod/copy at least, so plenty can be lain around and you can retexture it if you know how and want a differant look. You can recolour it but.. that doesn't look so good. In comparison, the THinkKink one (copy), is 299 linden, gives a lot of colour options, some poses, has a more detailed look (and is mesh).. Its worth the extra bit.

And now I may actually have a store blacklist me, yay!

ThinkKink Pet pod

I'm not dead! Just sometimes feels like it. RL is a bitch.

Quality

First up - Its MESH! Don't buy if you're old fashioned and are on those crappy non-mesh enabled viewers.

Its.. a pet carrycage, the type you'd keep a dog in I feel. Although a great deal larger, with nice little windows cut out so the sub gets some light and of course the wire mesh locking door.

In terms of appearance editing, you start with beige. Moving in via the >Devie then Chameleon menu however lets you choose between a grand total of 9 colours. Baby Blue, Baby Pink, Banana, Beige, Grape, Grey, Lime, Melon and Orange.

There are 5 poses built in, Attract, Feed, Lay, Panic, and Snooze. Each one has a little message that accompanies it, and Feed also rezzes a good bowl in the cage. When locked, two padlocks also appear.

Function

Your very first option is Open Door. When you do this, a new option also appears, graboid, with Close Door appearing where Open was before. The graboid has soem fancy settings.. You can set its range of course, and try to have it grab someone,b ut you can also set its Accuracy. Turn this down and it seems the victim can 'dodge' the grab.

Under >Device you get the meat of the pod. first up, in caps, is >TRAPMODE, in here you can obviously turn on whether or not it grabs people by itself. You can also adjust what RLV settings are applied, including chat muting and deafening (Stopping you speak, and stopping you hear), IM blocking (NO!), whether it auto locks or not, and Forceview, which forces your camera to a specific place.

Next in the device menu is options. Some basic stuff, turn RLV on or off, adjust language, etc. theres Hide button, which hides the TK logo above the cages door, Chameleon, mentioned above in Quality,  Access, again self explainitory, lets you adjust who can access the toy.

Then theres Clr Wanted, which clears all 'outstanding warrents' as the machine puts it. From how I understood it, if you hit this while someone is logged off, it will nto regrab them when they log back in, and other such things.

Back on the Main Menu, we have timer next. In here you can of course adjust how long the person inside is locked for. You can also adjust the penalty (which increases the timer if the captive touches the pod or leaves mouselook when its forced), or turn it off, as well. Under settings you can put on some fancy timer things. P. Normal is your basic timer, tells you how long is left. P. Excluded shows the original timer, then the penalty time seperatly. Count Up reverses teh way the timer works, starting from 0 and going up to whatever the duration the timer is set for. Random does any of the above.

You can also set E.Eject, which boots the captive out when the timer is done. Handy for traps.

Lastly on the Main Menu is >>> Get, which gives you some items. You can get the TK manual, some help NCs, a paddle, some cuffs, a whip, the store LM and of coruse a toy of an intimate nature.

On all menus is -Cancel-, which closes the menu.

Once your victim climbs in, a lot mor emenus appear, first of which is pose, covered above. Both the victim and the captor get access to the Perfect Pose menu, something covered in a previous blog, that ultimately lets you adjust wher eyou are int he pod, and affects all the pods in SL for your avatar. Saves your Avatars data server side.

Theres also >Avatar. In here you can adjust the RLV settings, strip your captive, force them into mouselook and mess with the arousal menu, which lets you sexually toy with them. Tad explicit for me to go into too much detail, I want to keep a G rating, but I will say it supports Xcite.

Other stuff

Like all TKs toys now, its copy! So you can put up an entire kennels worth if you like.

I was wearing the DStech latex puppy gear along with the MB latex surrender catsuit in this shoot. The other model was Lyra, a friend of mine whos also on DA.

Scores
Quality -  Looks pretty nice, some decent poses and colour options - 7/10
Function - Does a lot, everything it needs to and then a little - 9/10
Price - 299 linden - 8/10

Smooching Serpents Caged Fetish

This is a new bed just recently created by Eve Light of Smooching serpents Its pretty.. big.

Quality

First up the bed seems to be made of latex, a plus right off the bat.  It also has a built in vacbed however.. All but two of the vacbed settings have a gasmask latched on, that cannot be removed by any means bar the two poses mentioned before. From the people I've shown it to and my own opinion, this is kinda not good. An option to remove would be amazing.

It also has 11 different colours for the bed frame, a stand off to the side of the bed with a selection of some "toys". It has a large selection of poses, with several for solo (separated into boy and girl menus) and a half ton of couples ones, and even a selection for a party of three. Been a bed, and this been SL, most of the poses are sex based of course.

In the couples menu, certain other props become available, including a Throne, a Cross, pillory, bench and a throne, pretty much a complete dungeon.

It also has Ambiance, which well.. Lets say it needs some work for people on the highest settings, especially for the HotWinter option (See the bright white picture).

The Good - Customisable, lots of poses, latex
The bad - Unremovable Gasmask, ambiance on high settings is glaring

Function

As always, top left to bottom right. Very First option is "START" Hitting this pulls the sheet off the bed, resses the stand with the toys to the side and as it suggests, gets everything started. Two poseballs also rez next to the stand, from which you can click the toys to receive a copy to use.

The next option is ".VACUUM", in here you of course access the Vacbed. You can select one of 6 poses for solo, as well as adjust the breath coming out of that gasmask. Couples has another 6, alongside the breath ones.

Following this is "SOLO", in here you can choose from the poses mentioned earlier. After that is "COUPLES". In this menu you can find the most poses overall, as well as the bondage furniture such as the Cross and Throne. Then there is "3 SOME", which is more limited unfortunately.. Then we come to "RLV". In here you can capture up to 3 victims, as well as get a relay out of it, and of course a help NC.

Next up is "CAGE", which of course has a few RLV restrictions of its own, including no touch. The cage is actually separate to the bed, with its own menus. You can of course open and close the door, have the cage go away and adjust who can access the cage (Owner, group, public).

Then we have the sadly high graphic unfriendly "Ambiance", followed by "*DESIGN", both of which I covered earlier. Then we have "*STOP", which puts the bed back to its default state, puts away all the props and I believe unlocks anyone on it.

Lastly there is Options. In here we have "ResetChains" which does as the name suggests, resetting the chains going from a victims cuffs to the bed. Hitting "BallUsers" changes who can use the poseballs, specifically between ALL and GROUP. "MenuUsers" does the same, only it also includes an OWNER only option. You can adjust the, dump and save the position of some of the poseballs I believe with the next three options, then adjust the Height with the next. You can also Dump and/or Save the beds props (such as the toy stand I think) with the next two options.

Lastly you can turn Chat info on or off and Shut down the bed. Shut down brings you to another menu that lets you Reset the positions and menus, Restart the bed and also check the config card. Otherwise you can just hit the shut down option within this menu which turns all the scripts and such off. You can turn it back on by touching it again.

Other Info

Its copyable , No mod or trans.


Scores

Quality - 7/10, would be higher but.. For the price most would pay for this, letting us remove the gasmask is not much to ask
Function - 8/10, Can't complaint much, letting 3 people on the extra furniture might be nice.

Price

5999 linden. High? Low? That's down to you.

Inactivty + Reason (Auction)

So yeah, I have been working on a few things to review (To the people who sent me things, please be patient!)

To help my blog in part though, mostly the money side, I'll be well.. Aucitoning myself off as a sub for a currently undecided period of time. Obviously limits will need to be taken into account.

So if you're interested in owned a latex loving, struggling nutjob for a period of time, contact me in world and I'll send you any information you may need.

The auction should be sometime in the near future, and will most likely be at HBC.

Aria.

Ame's BDSM toys - Resin Box

New review, new store.


Qualty

It starts out as a glass box, with a black rusted frame around it. Above and below are rusted metal boords held in place. Theres also a small rubbery lined hole up there for attachments, specifcally a funnel and/or breathing tube.

Inside the box itself are some more of these rubber line holes for certain.. Other things that would aid in keeping the victim alive. I think your imaginations can guess what. Theres also an option to add a certain toy for even more fun. Lastly theres a small leash ring set at the back, and a small red button on the bottom of the outer frame.

The box is called the resin box however, and the main part for the RP of it all comes from there. Put a sub in, make sure shes held tightly in her bonds, then fill it up with the greenish resin to keep her preserved.. The breathing tueb and other attachments are optional, but a suffocating sub is only fun to people into breathplay and snuff.

Function

Quite a ot of options are within it.. the first is "Piss!". It works with the funnel attachment and well.. I'll let you figure it out. It has a timer, which is something I still say should be mandatory these days. Under presevre there are a few options.. Funnel pulls out a funnel and the breathing tube as well. You can also choose Breath to just get the tube. Theres a pump for feeding your victim with what we'll call Watersports and a little extra for those that like it. Turning this one also makes teh funnel and tube appear.

You can also turn on the Resin here, having ti slowly fill the box. You cna freely stop it at any point in its filling, or choose to reverse the flow and have it pour out, again with you able to stop it at any level.

Next theres a vibrator. Self explainitory again. Quite a lot of options in the menu for tormenting your victim with though. "Find Victim" comes up next, which searches for people with open relays. Release and lock do as you;d expect, as does strip. Lastly there is the Owners menu and help. Help giving an NC of course.

In the owner menu you can adjust the position of the person inside, turn on auto capture, auto strip and auto lock and adjust the range it seeks people out within.

Extra stuff

When I bought this, it had no scatology stuff in it, its developed since then into one. Still getting a fair review, just don't wnat people suddenly thinking I'm into that stuff!

Also I did this review in public, partially out of boredom, partially for something differant to do. The place was HBC on myanimo if anyoen wants to check it out.

Scores

Quality - 6/10
Function - 7/10
Price - 300 linden - 6/10

RF - Mesh Wrap-o-matic

A new release! Yes I know its another product from RF, but what can I say? They do good stuff.

This one also conviently covers both types of restraint, worn and furniture.

Quality

The new design is quite streamlined. Been mesh it can look brilliant with a low prim count, which always helps. One siude has two small boxes, one been a control box the other containing scissors. The other has its name written in yellow letters going down it.

The machine itself is quite simple, but nice to look at. Its a darkish gray. with a red platform where the captive (or product if you prefer) stands during the wrapping procedure. The actual wrap comes off a small yellow roller that climbs up the machine as it cocoons its victim. The new animation for wrapping is much smoother than the original, and looks significantly better. Katie also informed me she had adjusted it to it will detect avatr height soemwhat, meaning we shouldn't get issues of the cocoon going half way up our heads, or ending down around our waist.

The animations are quite nice as well, Up to your waist or so you struggle to keep your balance, then yoru arms get pinned to your sides from then on up.

The cocoon itself is very nice. Katie called it "latex palletwrap", and it works well. Shiny, tight and in a literal ton of colours, you can't go wrong with it. Unlike the former cocoon that required an invisi prim (which don't work with lighting and shadows on), this one uses an alpha, and furthe rmore lets you hop around, whiel the other left you too rigid to move much. Been rigged mesh of course, it flexes with you as well, making it even better.

Oh and for those that want duct tape, try some of the gray colours, they come out *very* similar.

When fully wrapped, you get a male or female option, another nice addition for those male subs out there.

On one thing - Sometimes the unrigged collar will disapear below your neck. If this happens, in more recent viewers anyway, go into your inventory, right click the wrappings and hit edit. It will let you move it from there without issue.

The cocoon also works well as a trap for heroines for that kinda RP, thanks to Etherea for posing with me again for a pic (bottom left if it isn't obvious)

The good - Shiny, mesh rigged means tight, tons of colour, TAPE
The bad - the cocoon can seem a little bulky at times, you may need to edit the cocoon to see the collar.

Function
 
The main function of this device is obvious, wrap up someone before they know whats happening. It has two modes, Manual and auto. In manual mode you can freely choose to grab someone and force them on, strip them, wrap them and of course choose the colour. You can also change colour mid wrap, which is handy if you chose the wrong oen I suppose.

Once wrapped, if you change the colour of the wrappings on the machien and regrab the packaged captive, the wrappings will change colour without needing to cut them free or run them through the machine again.

Automatic is differant, it nabs the victim as they walk past, strips em and wraps em up all in one swift move. Unfortunatly you can't set it to auto and not strip, but at least we have manual for that.

You can change who can access the machine as well, whetehr just you, the owner, a group or anyone. You can also turn onr andom colour. When random is on, it will change colour when it nabs someone and wrap em up in it. While doing this, you cannot change the colour yourself however and must turn it off to change your snugly wrapped victims colours.

The escape mini-game is the same as it was before. Get some scissors, attach em and get to work. You have to touch the unrigged collar of the cocoon to access the menu. If the captive touches it, they get a message with a hint on the combo the person needs to do to free you. I won;t post the combinaton here. Watching in despair as you don't get freed is half the fun!

The owner also gets a pair of super scissors, which can function as normal ones or, by clicking the collar then the scissors, cut it off automatically without playing the game.


The good - Options to do it manually or auto, simple to use.
The bad - auto always stripping without option to turn off

 
Scores

Quality - 9/10
Function - 7/10
Price - 1350 1000 linden

Katie lowered the price!

Again I refrain from scoring price and leave that open to you guys, as I just don't know.

P.S

Lately some people seem to think demanding I review things is good fun. I would love to review stuff that everyone wants me to, but that just can't happen as things stand. Yes I can ask for free copies, though it rubs me the wrong way to do that to sellers, but demanding I actually go out and spend thousands of linden to please you alone is not fair.

In short, stop it or rather send me the item or the money for it. In the meantime I'll continue to review stuff that I actually own or have been sent.

Skrylian Engineering - Bodysack

A new store that seems to have just started on the marketplace. And if their first item is any indication, one to watch.

Quality

First off, its mesh, but unrigged. This makes it very easyt o resize still, but does mean it doesn't flex with the body unfortunatly, which lets face it, a sleepsack/bodybinder/etc would do.. Unless its got boning anyway.

I get a more PVC than latex feel from this item,though its shiny all the same, and thats what counts. The texture is good for a first time, though it could use a little extra work, for example when you zoom in, it gets VERY blurry, which is normal for fairly lwo res textures. Still, quite nice. See the pic next to this for what I mean.

This one uses a hands bound to side style, which might make you think at first your hips and waist are a bit wider than they should be, but it works. It also seems to be quite baggy, as opposed to real tight. It has three poses built in; standing, face down and face up. Standing bugs me slightly, as the foot shape at the bottom is en pointe at all times.

You can adjust it to have a zip at front, back or not at all.

The good - Shiny, somewhat original (SL wise) design
The bad - Shape seems off, low res texture

Function

First option you get is Public, simple tick box. Pressing this will make anyone and everyone able to use the restraint. In the RLV menu you can enable or diasble some basic restrictions, specifically Touch, inventory and TP. No IM block, which is good.

You can lock next, self explanitory. When locked all three RLV options are automatically enabled, and cannot be disabled. Others can offer you TPs though. Next up is "About" which takes you to teh store page. Presumably this is more for other people as opposed to the girl wrapped up.

Pose is next. You can turn on standing, face down, face up or None. Regardless of which you choose, you CANNOT move, which is a bit of a shame. It doesn't look tight enough to stop wriggling.

Lastly is Zipper, which lets you put it on the back, front of none at all.

The good news is, according to the manual (I actually read one for a change!) that a timer is planned, btu sadly not yet included.

The good - Simple menus, does what it needs to
The bad - Not been able to move, no timer (yet)

Scores

Quality -6/10
Function - 5/10
Price - 350 linden - 6/10

See it here - https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/SE-Bodysack/3529120

Extra stuff

I'd like to see a rigged version of this sometime. It could really be great if it was skintight

Extra stuff 2

Had a few ask how I do scores. Long story short its how I feel the restraitn matches its price in the end. Function wise for example, no timer is an instant loss of 2 points. Figure the rest out for yourselves please.