This box of bits has just arrived.
The big head needs it's eye fixed.
Interestingly it is the identical head to the one who just got eye transplants last week!
But, I don't know of any potential eye donors currently so I will have to actually fix the eye.
The smaller head has a neck plug crusted with gooey and hardened rubber. It once had a magic skin body that disintegrated long ago. Her arms were vinyl attached to the magic skin so they survived.
She needs a new body.
First the baby....out comes the eye.
The pivoting piece that contains the iris has come out of it's pivot rests.
The outer flesh coloured shell is missing chunks. That partof the shell is made of plastic.
Here is the eyeball deconstructed.
Here is the eye with the plastic part rebuilt with epoxy and some paint to freshen things up.
Back goes the eye........
Then back to the smaller head....
It was fortunate I happened to have a spare magic skin body that was sturdy......so she goes home like this......
Your favorite childhood doll or toy has just been found stuffed away in a box in the basement? It is cracked and dirty and your family urges you to throw it out. But it is full of memories and despite its many flaws, you just cannot discard it. Doll doctors and restoration artists can help. Many of the saddest dolls and toys can be restored. I restore dolls from my home base in Ontario. Wintertime however, finds me packing up a few projects and fleeing to Florida to work in the sunshine!
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