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Check out the interview Babeland had with Cal Exotics President & Founder Susan Colvin. Babeland asked questions about where we’ve been, how we got here, and where we’re going next!

Babeland: How have your female customers affected your toy development over time?

Susan: Our female customers’ needs have evolved as technology has changed. In the early days, for example, we tried selling rechargeable vibrators, but learned that they didn’t sell at the retail level.  We saw great potential, but the consumer wasn’t ready for it. We ended up discontinuing the items at a huge loss; it took years for those products to find their audience. We also introduced several other features that are now taken for granted in sex toys:  waterproof, remote control, phthalate-free, and multi-function. 

Also, the internet has proven to be a great educator regarding pleasure products, their uses, and features. Women can now easily access any number of sites that educate and explain the various products that we manufacture. Our complete line includes over 3000 items, so it’s a daunting task to explain the differences without that resource.

Also, we spend months on the road visiting not just our distributors, but also retailers, home party businesses, and E-tailers. The feedback that we receive is invaluable, and we honestly try to incorporate these comments into our products.

Babeland also asked if there was a sex toy on the market today that Cal Exotics wished they had invented. We love Susan’s answer:

Not for one second! Our success is about our own creativity, never about what someone else has done. We find it creates negative energy to waste time trying to emulate rather than innovate. Sure, new companies have sprung up, and existing companies have come up with new and exciting products… those creations define who they are. California Exotic Novelties is all about well-built, easily available products across all price points; we’re driven creatively by the in-house abilities of the great people at our company.

Check out the rest of the interview at http://bit.ly/eY8Ljs

OurSecrets reviewed the Big Honcho and had some great things to say about it:

The Big Honcho sleeve from California Exotics provides unique sensations in a package that makes it easier to use hands-free. The clear material allows you to see what’s going on, and the thick walls distribute pressure rather than allowing it to concentrate in one area. Design-wise, the Big Honcho takes cues from both anal and vaginal masturbators, with a vulva exterior and the tight entry more common among anal masturbators.

The Big Honcho is a conventional semi-realistic masturbator with a few unusual surprises up its (big) sleeve.

Check out the rest of the review on http://oursexsecrets.com/the-big-honcho/

Delta O at venustoytrap.net has a great new review of the L’Amour Passion G.

The L’amour Passion G is another toy from CalExotics rendered in silicone. I was hoping it would work out better than the previous L’amour toy we tried, which was a vibrating cock ring…that looked promising, but way too tight in use. So I was curious. I do really love that this incredibly prolific, well-known company has delved into silicone. So here is the basic info run-down on the L’amour Passion G…

Check our Delta O’s site at VenusToyTrap.net

The Huffington Post has some terrific quotes on love to make your heart flutter — and profess your love to your special someone.

We especially liked the quote from Dr. Seuss: “When you are in love you can’t fall asleep because reality is better than your dreams.”

Check out the Huffingtonpost.com for more of these timeless declarations of love.

Resident sexperts, Ryan and Dr. Jessica, are awaiting your hardest relationship questions on their CalExotics exclusive website Sex Toy and Sexual Wellness blog

Needing some great tips to reheat your sexual chemistry?

Looking for answers to too timid fantasies?

Ryan and Dr. Jessica have been blogging, answering questions — and videoing questions from couples, singles and the inquisitive on all sorts of intimacy and relationship issues.

Check them out for some most have tips and suggestions.

Our friend Violet over at Screaming-Violet.com has a great review on the L’Amour Passion G Vibrator.

This review really says something that is important — how will you know you like something unless you try it.

Best quote: “…it is a damn good vibrator that I am yet to find true fault in.”

Check out her site and all of her amazing reviews online here.

The Journal of Cosmology finally gets to the question of lonely astronaughts: sex in space?

On missions to Mars – which could take up to 2 years for a mission – it’s only a matter of time before people start getting a bit “frisky.”

NASA stays mum on the subject but has sex in space already happened before?

Read about it, make your reservations early.

Mother Nature Network

http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/space/stories/scientist-suggests-study-of-sex-in-space

Dr. Laura Berman has recently been added to the Oprah Winfrey Network – OWN.

Check out this preview from OWN – you go, Dr. Berman!

Jan. 17, 2011 — A study out of Japan is reporting that Japanese young men have more on their minds than you would think.

A recent study carried out by famed sex researcher Kunio Kitamura reveals that 1 in 3 young males are “not interested in sex”, either stated that they “hate” it or were simply not concerned with it. The survey polled 2,693 Japanese men and women between the ages of 16 and 49. Shock!

Read the full story at Kotaku.com/.