Doing regular updates on an inflation site is a little harder than a normal porn site. The props make it more complicated than just stripping your clothes off and looking pretty for a camera. You might be onto something with that no-dialogue idea, though.

Mastasia only rarely and only recently has put any dialogue in their videos. They also don't have any inflation, unfortunately, which must make it a little easier for them to film. They have only done expansion on TWO occasions, and it was off camera both times. Their props aren't 100% realistic, but they're as close as you can get and are good enough to suspend disbelief, plus the gals are pretty. I've been a member since the days when they were just a bunch of poser animations--I think the owner is a true expansion fan and the whole "Mastasia" world is like a whole fictional alternate universe that everything on the site is based around, even the bizarre giant boob fashions they wear. Lactation in every video, for those who are into that.

Farang Ding Dong creeps me out a little. I assume all the girls are over 18, but so many of them look like teenagers it's a little unsettling--especially in the cock-sucking videos. I haven't subscribed since the days when they literally appeared to be using air-balloons for boobs, but it appears the props are better now (flesh toned water balloons with nipples, I think?). There's no inflation. It's kind of like a third-world country version of Mastasia, though FDD has been around a longer.

M Taylor charges by the video instead of offering a subscription, so she can put out videos whenever the hell she wants to with no complaints from anybody. If you're really an inflation addict and want the complete library of inflation works of M Taylor, however, paying per video is going to be pretty expensive. I'm a little disappointed that some of the recent videos have been posted without a trailer or even a working preview gallery of images--that was one of the things I liked about that site. The props are kind of cheap looking especially the butt effects. In Delilah's last video they used a single balloon; looked like she had one giant butt cheek. The B-movie type growth camera tricks help make up for the cheap props a little, in the videos where she chooses to do them. The acting is hit and miss, but she brings in some surprising names, I'm guessing due to her ties to the porn community. I was like OMFG Daphne Rosen in a B.E. video!

Growth Dreams... I try to be fair and positive but I'm sorry I just don't like this site. I don't know what bad blood M Taylor has with them, but I have to agree that their B.E. videos are crap. The props are cheap, the effects are cheap, the acting is bad, and every video is literally an exact copy of all the videos before it except with a different actress. They are basically everything that people falsely accuse Bambi's site of being.

Which brings me back from my tangent and on to the topic of this thread. The two biggest things (besides her tits) that I would point to as worth the price of admission versus other sites would have to be that she has the most realistic body inflation props that actually expand in real time, and she delivers on her commitment to keep making her props better. Also, Bambi is a true inflation fetishist--with the exception of the unseen mysterious owner of Mastasia and the Farang Ding Dong guy, I can't say that for any other live action inflation site. For those folks tossing around malicious words like "scam" and "illegal," all I can say is what you see is what you get. There are multiple preview pics displayed for every video on the site and although about two or three years ago they attempted to adhere to a weekly update schedule, there is really no official update schedule posted as a condition of membership. I don't see how that is either a scam or illegal, especially when anybody with functioning eyeballs can scroll down the update history and see how often the site gets updated before they subscribe. What you also get is the full library of all videos to date plus picture galleries from back when they used to do those. If M Taylor had a similar library of inflation videos, you'd have to pay a ton of money to buy them all. When the updates aren't happening fast enough for your tastes, there is nothing to stop you from canceling and coming back later as some folks suggested. Their credit card processor is a little flaky and requires you to enter some code from when you first subscribed, but if you lose your code just send her admin an email or post in the site issues forum and they'll take care of it. Also, updating regularly alone isn't enough to make a site good. I've had memberships at many sites that updated regularly, but only one in every three or four updates was ever really worth the price of admission for my personal tastes (cough... BE Story Club...cough). Bambi's always trying to improve her stuff and is always looking for suggestions from visitors. Her props are top notch--as close to real balloon boobs as you can get--and keep getting better (even lactating now...no idea how the hell you make a balloon inflate with air AND lactate like a fire hose but somehow they did it), her effects are improving, and I think her team is learning as they go along. Most of her old videos were basically 10 minute first-person monologues that looked like they were filmed in one take. I've never done any acting but to me that sounds pretty hard to do, and I do think her acting has suffered as a result. I think the introduction of multiple takes and more video editing will actually help improve the acting and dialogue--and as Mixmaster suggested maybe some Mastasia-style silent movies would be a good experiment. Personally, I'd like to see the outtakes and blooper reels make a comeback as filler between updates, or just some normal stuff like dancing to music while her boobs inflate or something. She also gets a lot of flack for the way she moderates her free site, but any site that actively moderates it's forums is going to have to bring down the mod hammer on a lot of people, especially a forum that bans anything even remotely child-related do to crazy restraints by their ISP or something. Also, one site she hosts that gets some comments but probably not nearly as much applause as it truly deserves is Expansion Comics. A couple weeks ago I think they had their first late update, EVER (only by like a day or two), and almost every single comic is worth the price of admission, and some of them (like Tekweapon's stuff) is worth more than price of admission IMHO.

That's probably about as fair an assessment as I can give for all of the live action inflation paysites I've ever joined. Solely my own opinions, of course. YMMV.

Sorry for the lack of paragraphs. I was in a hurry (supposed to be studying right now).

Wren

That is really good advice, Wren. I don't need regular content updates so much as just great content, and I was unaware that there was any from Bambi's site available to sample online. Generally I love text stories, but videos are great too. A video with a story would be even better.

Hey Wren, I hope I'm not being stupid or annoying, but are you the Wren that used to run Wren Spot?

bellylovingprincess wrote:

Hey Wren, I hope I'm not being stupid or annoying, but are you the Wren that used to run Wren Spot?

No worries. That's me.

Wren

Well it's good to finally hear both sides of the story.
I think once the green screen and new props are done I might think about joining again, depending on the outcome. They should offer a lot more variety in the videos. Or if there was an option to download videos on a per-video basis, like how the dvd option is, but just download instead of shipping it. I'm worried about joining one site and then the other site has a video thats more interesting.

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No worries. That's me. Smile Wren

Okay, can I just geek out a little bit? I loved your site!! When I was just understanding this preference of ours a long time ago, before I knew there were other people like me, I remember finding your site and just being relieved that I wasn't "weird" or alone. So, you know, thanks for providing that place for me. It meant a lot.

I must say that this community is pretty cool. I've seen posts from Inflate 123, Bambi Blaze, now Wren...I'm sure a bunch of other people who I'd gush over if I matched their SN to their work. That's what I love about this community is that it is so accessible in a lot of ways. There's a feeling of genuineness to it, for me.

Also, I am sorry if my thread started any conflicts. I just wanted to see how people liked the Bambi Blaze website, is all...

bellylovingprincess wrote:

Quote: No worries. That's me. Smile Wren Okay, can I just geek out a little bit? I loved your site!! When I was just understanding this preference of ours a long time ago, before I knew there were other people like me, I remember finding your site and just being relieved that I wasn't "weird" or alone. So, you know, thanks for providing that place for me. It meant a lot. I must say that this community is pretty cool. I've seen posts from Inflate 123, Bambi Blaze, now Wren...I'm sure a bunch of other people who I'd gush over if I matched their SN to their work. That's what I love about this community is that it is so accessible in a lot of ways. There's a feeling of genuineness to it, for me. Also, I am sorry if my thread started any conflicts. I just wanted to see how people liked the Bambi Blaze website, is all...

I'm glad I could help. Don't forget the host of this whole forum, L.V. Kane and this great site that he's kept up and running for so long. His stories are some of my favorites, too.

Wren

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I'm glad I could help. Smile Don't forget the host of this whole forum, L.V. Kane and this great site that he's kept up and running for so long. His stories are some of my favorites, too. Wren

Agreed! This website was also an important resource. It looks so different now than it did back in the day that it's hard to believe that it's the same one! Sigh...Nostalgia.

bellylovingprincess wrote:

I'm sure a bunch of other people who I'd gush over if I matched their SN to their work.

Sievert pokes his head in from time to time, under the name Seritaph. Also, Big Horse is Fukureruba (sp?).

I'm here, too! =D

-Crickets chirping-

.....

~A

I like Bambi's sites, but I'm too poor to be paying for things that aren't really "essential," if you follow. That said, I get by with the occasional free tit-bit (this site's like a magnet for bad puns, haha) she'll put out here and there. Now that Bambi's posting trailers and what not on youtube and dailymotion, it's gotten even better for people like me!

Bambi rocks!

I think that's pretty steep for some bad quality videos.

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Gl0bSl0b wrote:

Well it's good to finally hear both sides of the story. I think once the green screen and new props are done I might think about joining again, depending on the outcome. They should offer a lot more variety in the videos. Or if there was an option to download videos on a per-video basis, like how the dvd option is, but just download instead of shipping it. I'm worried about joining one site and then the other site has a video thats more interesting.

We'll be posting some new "test trailers" soon from some of our current content (which will include inflation/expansion) that will have special effects included from the new GS software. These will be at Youtube, Dailymotion, and on the free pages of my sites.

Our "3" new props coming out are ones that have never before been seen (like the inflating with lactating), and I'm really excited about these too.

Wren, thanks for your fair assessment. I've seen content created by everyone that you've mentioned and I think what you've said is on the mark. Inflation/expansion is one of my fetishes too and I like to purchase content from other creators for 'my kink' and to help support more future content being created for our community. I especially like Mastasia for the huge boobs, the lactation, and their girls are HOT.

Hi Gl0bSl0b, a handful of others have asked me if I plan to offer my movies for purchase as a single download. I may do this down the road with some brand new exclusive content we're in the process of producing, but I'm on the fence about it because I want my members to feel they're getting a fair price for the content especially considering we have close to 150 movies in the member's section with both sites combined.

bellylovingprincess wrote:

Quote: No worries. That's me. Smile Wren Okay, can I just geek out a little bit? I loved your site!! When I was just understanding this preference of ours a long time ago, before I knew there were other people like me, I remember finding your site and just being relieved that I wasn't "weird" or alone. So, you know, thanks for providing that place for me. It meant a lot. I must say that this community is pretty cool. I've seen posts from Inflate 123, Bambi Blaze, now Wren...I'm sure a bunch of other people who I'd gush over if I matched their SN to their work. That's what I love about this community is that it is so accessible in a lot of ways. There's a feeling of genuineness to it, for me.

For REAL. Inflate123, LVKane, Wren, Sketch (where are you?) are the people who told me that this wasn't wierd, just a different taste when I was a teen. Then I learned about the Raphaelites (sic) and knew the female body was just as fashionable as the clothes they wore.

And Bambi, you were the first. Big group hug (if you can fit yourself in there)! This community is awesome, and brings the whole scene to a much more acceptable light.

Wren wrote:

Farang Ding Dong creeps me out a little. I assume all the girls are over 18, but so many of them look like teenagers it's a little unsettling--especially in the cock-sucking videos. I haven't subscribed since the days when they literally appeared to be using air-balloons for boobs, but it appears the props are better now (flesh toned water balloons with nipples, I think?). There's no inflation. It's kind of like a third-world country version of Mastasia, though FDD has been around a longer. Wren

I second the FDD comments. Farang is Thai for "foreigner". I'll leave it to the rest of you to figure out what the title means.

When I went to there a few years ago, they handed me a pamphlet advising against child porn right off the plane. Whether that tactic is effective, who knows, but it didn't give me a good impression.

My guess is that he's some old dude living it up in Thailand milking the exchange rate (even now) by exploiting the huge prostitution trade over there. I'd rather watch gay porn than support that, frankly. You can even see it in their faces! (cringe)