A vinyl doll and a Crazy Glued eye

 

This is Christiane. A well-loved vinyl doll.

She was made by the German company "Schildkrot".

Her right eye is a bit beat up and does not work well. Most of the lashes are gone.

Her left eye is cloudy and stationary. Why?

Her owner's little brother damaged the eye so her owner fixed it with Crazy Glue. Oh oh...Crazy Glue is hard to reverse.

Keen eyes might spot another problem?

Christiane's stuffing is shredded foam. That stuff gets nasty as it ages and needs to be replaced.

Some chew marks on her feet?

Apparently the little brother is the culprit!

The eyes get extracted. These are the bits of her 'good' eye. There is some broken plastic to account for why it was not working. That could be repaired but unfortunately the crazy glued eye was unsalvageable after it extraction. Crazy glue was meant to be permanent!

So I go eyeball shopping.....

These eyes are very compact and not a typical North American doll size. But with some alterations, a domestic pair was made to work.

That is quite the expression!

Her old body is unstitched and used as a pattern for a new body.

Her old body will get folded up and placed inside the stuffing of her new body.

A new body with no more disintegrating foam stuffing. This one has polyester stuffing.