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#### What do dolls (Ayn Rand, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Ludwig Wittgenstein) do?

they are soo expensive. O.O

Posted 4 months ago by a pig | Permalink

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- they say things when you pull the strings on them, thats about it. they mostly just sit there.
  Posted 4 months ago by ☣ elf ☣ | Permalink
- Do they have limited uses? (people selling the dolls claim their dolls to be in excellent condition, never used, etc...)
  Posted 4 months ago by a pig | Permalink
- No, that's just a bit of fun advertisement. They don't lose any of their properties.
  Posted 4 months ago by Not a Princess | Permalink
- If you are lucky, the Rube will offer you a doll in trade. It's never happened to me but I am hopeful.
  Posted 4 months ago by Brib Annie | Permalink
- I got two that way - frequent use of Rubeweed essence is recommended.
  Posted 4 months ago by Not a Princess | Permalink
- Really?! :O Do Rubes still trade dolls? What kind of item did they trade it for?
  Posted 4 months ago by a pig | Permalink
- Mainly just collectables... I focused on trying to get them once I was well-established. Kinda like getting rare cubimals!
  Posted 4 months ago by Scarlet Begonia ♫ | Permalink
- It has been a while since I got my dolls from the Rube - I think it was for high-end tools, possibly a cauldron.
  Posted 4 months ago by Not a Princess | Permalink
- I got my doll less than 2 weeks ago from the Rube in exchange for EHSP :)
  Posted 4 months ago by spotlightgirl | Permalink
- Nearly ten months of play... never offered a doll in trade by the Rube. *sigh*
  Posted 4 months ago by Pascale | Permalink
- I don't often see the Rube, but when I do, I'm still offered mostly crap trades. (Stay thirsty, my friends.)
  Posted 4 months ago by dm | Permalink
- I got my Wittgenstein from the Rube in trade for my cauldron. I've heard other people report full jars of EHSP or fecundity powder, and other fancy tools.
  Most of the time, though, he really does just want to trade junk. :/
  Posted 4 months ago by Tathak | Permalink
- you can improve your rube trades a great deal by dropping any bags of food you are carrying. I have not experimented further, but dropping bags of low level items before you talk to him seems to help a lot. If you don't move, they are locked to you and can be easily picked up again.
  Posted 4 months ago by WalruZ | Permalink
- You can get:
  your value is too rich for me
  from the rube if you don't carry any low end items. I've had the 3 dolls but it took me over 3 months of calling the rube every single chance I got when playing, each game day. I must have had over 1000 rube trades to get there. IT CAN BE DONE!
  He traded me for high end tools and I think a diamond.
  Posted 4 months ago by jiva | Permalink
- I think I may try the bags of high end items for a bit and just wander looking for the Rube. I have tried high end tools, I have tried cubi's but have never been offered the dolls yet...
  Posted 4 months ago by rorschach | Permalink
- Both of my Rube-bestowed dolls were Grand ol Grinder trades. It took many, many times seeing him (thanks to essence) before he offered them to me. Don't give up!
  Posted 4 months ago by TransplantedEntwife | Permalink
- Using essence of rubeweed, I've gotten a full set in the past week:
  <<I'll give you an Ayn Rand Doll for one of your Splendid Spindle. OK?>>
  about 3 hrs ago
  <<I'll give you a Friedrich Nietzsche Doll for one of your Ace of Spades. OK?>>
  yesterday
  <<I'll give you a Ludwig Wittgenstein Doll for one of your Crystalmalizing Chambers. OK?>>
  Jul 29
  Posted 4 months ago by Hed Lin | Permalink
- Dolls have two verbs: Pull string, which causes the doll to "speak" one of several phrases (really just appears as a chat bubble if the doll is outside your inventory, or in local if it's inside your inventory), and Pick up/Drop.
  (While not mentioned in the OP, Glitchmas Yeti works the same as the other three dolls)
  Funny tidbit about the limited uses thing. One of the yeti's phrases is "REQUIRES BATTERIES" and when I first got it, I did start to get worried that it does break at some point (it doesn't).
  Posted 4 months ago by Jus​tin | Permalink
- Ayn has an extra verb. But it's also just a novelty.
  Posted 4 months ago by Red Sauce | Permalink