Ginga Custom pt.8

The first customs of 2016! Wohoo! And it's a double! This time, my victims are Batto and Hyena!

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I specifically looked for a Labrador retriever figure for painting Batto. Hyena on the other hand was very much so an unplanned custom. I bought a small bag full of toys at a flea market and there was a couple of Dalmatian dogs I didn't really plan on using for anything. While I was waiting for the paint on Batto to dry, I took a closer look at one of the Dalmatians and tried to think of a character it would be suitable for. Hyena for some reason was the only floppy eared dog with a collar I could think of at the moment. So that's how he came to be!

The first coat on Hyena turned out a little bit too greenish and Batto was too blue and the color was not dark enough. I repainted both of them twice, which didn't turn out to be such a good decision regarding Batto. I'm sad to say, that Batto is the first one out of my customs, that I'm not happy about the end result. I used black paint for the markings around Batto's eyes at first, but the black didn't stand out at all and just faded in with the rest of the coat. So I tried a few things to make it work before giving up and deciding to use dark blue instead and even that doesn't look very good. Batto's scars were also a real pain in the butt to paint. Looking at reference pictures now, I realize I didn't give Hyena brown eyes! Another failure!

Flea market findings 4

For a change, here's a picture post of my latest treasure findings from various second hand stores. These are my personal highlight of my lootings. So many lovely  toys! <3

It's risky to buy used puzzles, because there's usually always that one piece missing, but I got lucky three times! I found a super cute 60 pieced My Little Pony puzzle (1989, Holland) in excellent condition and two Moomin puzzles!  The smaller one has 20 wooden pieces (1992) and the other has 140 (made in West Germany). I find those animated dolls very creepy.

My google search is telling me this thing is called Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus Groom and Glam Styling Head Brietta. It's really big and I like the details on it, like the wings and the necklace. I'm thinking it would be really fun to customize this thing!

G1 My Little Ponies Blossom -82 (Italy), Tickle -84 and a McDonald's pony from 1999. As far as my research can tell me the purple saddle and the white hat originally belong to something called Pretty Parlor playset.

Monster High Create-a-Monster Ice girl with Blob girl's wig & dress and also the mermaid tail from Siren Add-on pack. I forgot to add the Blob girl's dress in the first picture so I put it there on the side when I tried the fin on the Ice girl now with another CAM wig on, just to see how it looks.

Nyx? She-Spawn? I'm not really sure what the first character is supposed to be called, all I know is, she has skulls for breasts and that's good enough for me!  The tiny dinosaur reminds me so much of Masashi Tanaka's Gon, but I doubt it's really him, it has no markings besides "made in china". I'll probably donate Luigi to a friend because I don't really care for Mario Bros. I was so happy to find classic Ash Ketchum in this good condition and a very good price!

Schleich Spinosaurus 2007, the paint is a little worn out on the tip of the tail and the upper jaw. I've always admired the Schleich dinosaurs, but never actually bought one before now. The T.Rex (Early Learning Centre, Watford, England) is nice and big, I was mainly thinking about repainting this one as well.

Schleich's Bayala/Arelan bear riding Torak  figure. I can't remember anymore which one I found first, the bear without the rider or with the rider? The funny thing is, I found these in two separate stores that were right next to each other. Don't care much for the rider, but the bears look awesome!

Bought a small bag filled with small toy animals and these foxes stood out from the rest. The small one is your regular china animal, but I've never seen a fox before just the standard farm animals, so that's what makes it special for me. The two big ones are made by Procon (2006).

Action Man Urban Mission's Robot dog (2000). I was really disappointed that there wasn't much more information about this thing. It's big and cool looking! Being a robot makes it very unique from all other toy dogs. Henceforth you shall be named Terminator dog (because of the red eye)!

Kiara plush from the Lion King and a brand new Gomamon plush with its tag still intact albeit a little faded! Oh, and a chibiesque Taichi!

Maggie!! Finally! Now I'm only missing Lisa! I'm so happy! :D Also got  a Pumba and Simba for my small PEZ dispenser collection.

Finally, we have the one who everybody love to hate: Jar Jar Binks! I think I already own the smaller one from before. Actually, no I  don't. I just checked. The bigger Jar Jar has a suction cup on the backside and that hole in his tongue, so I'm guessing it's meant to be holding something? Like a toothbrush maybe?

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I feel more like making a big smile

Little did I know, that I'd be getting much more than I bargained for when I walked into a toy store looking for something Star Wars to buy. I was about to leave the store after paying for my items, when the cashier asked if I play Pokémon. Hesitatingly I answered yes (because in my mind, I was wondering why the heck is she asking me that) and she handed over this most beautiful coupon I've ever seen in my life. A download code for a level 100 Mew. Thank you BR-Lelut!

For the entire way home to my 3DS I was sure the code wouldn't work, I can't have this sort of luck, but it did work! It actually worked! After nearly 20 years I got myself a legitimate Mew. Sure, I have used the glitch in Blue and Yellow version to get a Mew before (who hasn't?), but this is something else!!

Too bad that I still don't have the last badge in my Pokémon Y, so Mew won't actually obey me if I were to use it in a battle. Oh well, all I can do until then I stuff that cute little face full of Poké Puffs! X3

It's so damn cute!