Tommy got all the mail yesterday.
Her new spinelvis arrived. I spent some of the evening disassembling her. Not terribly difficult -- certainly easier than, say, a Gundam model. Alas, she's got the two-part body instead of the three-part, which meant that my needlenose pliers were too short to get a good grip on the spinal half still stuck in...um...I'm sure it's got a name. Somewhere. In Japanese. Let's just say that the flayrod is out askew on't treadle.
Fortunately there's an honest-to-God hardware store downtown, a block or so from the railroad tracks, so I went in for a set of longer flayrod tongs. Er, pliers. Along with a hair dryer to loosen up the plastic, that should be enough to put her back together.
She also received a new set of screwhole plugs, which are apparently meant for the older model dolls and didn't fit particularly well. Fortunately they are soft vinyl, and I am handy with an X-Acto knife, so a little carving got most of the holes filled.
Last was a lime-green wig in a Xena 'do (without the braids). It's surprisingly fetching. And, as
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crantz pointed out, she can now cosplay as Fire or Polaris. Well, Fire, anyway, since she wanders around naked and on fire as often as not. I think there are some matches in the kitchen.
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