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  • #611661

    I got this guy in the mail a couple of months ago and just finally unpacked him, I knew he was broken before I got him unwrapped so I stopped.




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    #611662
    dragonmedley
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      Oh, ouch…

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      #611663

      I had started to piece him together before I took thos pics, and here are a few of what I have done so far:




      Now to get some tweezers and continue on.

      #611664

      Did he arrive as a repair job, or did you order him new?

      #611665
      wolflodge100
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        I’m sorry ruffian, it looks like you have a good start on repairing it though 😀

        #611666

        No he was not new, as they have not made this color for some time, but he was in one piece, with an extra globe glued on.

        #611667

        I hate seeing the older figures ship like that. I got that very figure just a little while ago, and he arrived in even worse shape. The shipper did a great job of wrapping him in bubble wrap, but then just popped it into a box barely bigger than the wizard wand didnt add any packing peanuts. I sen’t it to kyrin to fix and she did a fantastic job on it. Good luck with yours. Hope it works out.

        #611668
        Travistie
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          Oh man… I hate to look at him. That’s a real shame. Good luck fixing him.

          #611669

          Oh no, the poor guy. You’re doing a great job at repairing him though! Good luck with all the little pieces!

          #611670

          I’d skip the little pieces, and just get some Apoxie sculpt and use that to fill in. It’s a lot easier and it will help strengthen the breaks. Then all you will need to do is paint match, I will tell you true, the red color on this one is a bear to match.

          Kyrin

          #611671
          Maria
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            You’re doing well repairing him. But why do only unpack something months afetr it reaches you?

            #611672

            No I started to unpack him when he came in and felt the breaks so I jsut stopped until I had time to go through the box and find the pieces.

            I need to get epoxie sculpt, cant find any in canada, I asked Melody for paint to match, I think I am done for mow until I can get some epoxie sculpt.

            #611673

            ruffian wrote:

            No I started to unpack him when he came in and felt the breaks so I jsut stopped until I had time to go through the box and find the pieces.

            I need to get epoxie sculpt, cant find any in canada, I asked Melody for paint to match, I think I am done for mow until I can get some epoxie sculpt.

            I don’t think you can get it from a store….

            Here’s the website:
            http://www.avesstudio.com/Products/Apoxie_Sculpt/apoxie_sculpt.html

            You shouldn’t need more than the 1/4 lb size, and I recommend the regular white.

            I bought the 1 lb size several months ago, and despite the 20+ Windstones I have repaired since, I still have about 3/4 lb left. So considering you “hopefully” won’t need to fix things too often, the smaller amount will do you.

            Surprisingly a little goes a long way. When I mix it, I usually end up with some left over, which is a bummer, but I’ve been making the leftovers into marbles, my son thinks they are great.

            Kyrin

            #611674
            Skigod377
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              I bought the same thing once. It arrived broken. I shipped it off to have it repaired. It came back broken. What a waste of money. These things are too fragile sometimes. Im sorry about your baby. How tragic.

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