1. They're in Las Vegas. Sometimes they pay to fly models in to shoot with, but a lot of them are local showgirls, strippers, pornstars, professional dominatrixes, playboy bunnies, etc. They don't have a monopoly on IRL inflation, they're just in one of the best places to find new models in the event that one leaves.
Imagine Koa decided to stop working with Maxgrowth or Demora split with her husband. Most inflation creators aren't living somewhere where they can just find a new model in a week.
2. They're incredibly hard on piracy. Trading is illegal so I'm not saying they shouldn't be, but their policy very quickly went from "if you trade clips you can't buy any more" to "if you trade clips we'll refuse to make your requests, even if someone else wants that request" to today, where "we only make requests for registered members of our private forum."
3. "OOH MY SKIN IS STRETCHING!!! 500 times" is the most common request on the forums. People aren't requesting Shakespeare, they're asking for model + type of inflation + emotion. Some people put a bit more story into their ideas, but most don't.
Put yourself in the models shoes for a moment. If you're given a script with no lines and the only thing you knew was your character is supposed to feel uncomfortable for 15 minutes, what would you say?
4. Sure >77715, they could outsource digital special effects, but between Out of Control Barnyard Feast and Transformation and The Magic Christmas Candle they didn't have a sfx makeup artist and outsourced that job to Taylor, and sometimes the models themselves.
Most of the animal transformation videos from that time are just models wearing halloween masks and animal pajamas because nobody knew how to apply face prosthetics or hair.
There was a plan to bring in a digital vfx person but that didn't work out and the next two experienced vfx inflation creators who would be a good fit are one woman companies (MissaX, Ludella).
5. What
>>77726 said. Most creators buy their props from Roanyer, but almost every company that makes silicone prosthetics comes from one manufacturer in China that will make anything you want in silicone if you have the money.
This butt of theirs is being commissioned right now as a wearable item. Softmary started selling inflatable Z cups because Madz used them for inflation videos and if we can get the new butt in her hands I wouldn't be surprised if they started selling an inflatable version.
The problem is even though a lot of creators would probably benefit from that, the manufacturers don't believe enough people will buy it to offset the cost of making the mold so the current estimate is over $2000.
If they see enough of their customer base (crossdressers, female maskers, sex toys, sex dolls, inflation creators) would buy that sort of thing, the price comes down and it becomes a something that anyone can buy for a slightly more reasonable amount of money.
And if these manufacturers make something, list it for sale, a creator buys one, and we immediately pirate their videos so they can't make enough to buy a second when the first one breaks, the factory workers in China say, "we aren't going to keep making these since inflation fans don't like our big butts props very much" and instead of quality content we get women screaming and flailing around in big blue trash bags.
There are a few creators who have the skills to make their own props, a limitless supply of models to work with, and enough years doing this to replace TMC, but the guy at FDD films his penis more than he does women, Mastasia's props are collecting dust in a storage unit, and Bambi Blaze is... well...
We don't talk about what happened to Bambi Blaze.
