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All my dolls, 12/15/2012, part 3: at work
Dec. 17th, 2012 07:53 amLittle peoples and such keeping me company in my office.( Read more... )
Dec. 17th, 2012
Seriously jonesing for a crapper
Dec. 17th, 2012 08:51 amSometimes I conceive of a desire a certain thing, but I can't see an immediate [or even future] use for it. I then postpone the acquisition to see if I really, really want it later. If I'm not interested in a few weeks/months/years, I won't get the thing. If I'm still hankering after the thing several weeks/months/years later, I usually get it.
Such was the case with my 1:6 scale door and electric wheelchairs, which I recently procured because my interest in them remained strong over a few years.
I was going to ignore my equally strong interests in a 1:6 scale fireplace and toilet, but then I discovered Mini Chair's fireplace. And then my mind would not stop telling me that my dolls needed somewhere to shit.
Okay! Fine! I'll get a toilet! Sheesh! Stop bothering me!
Problem is, as I have mentioned before, 1:6 scale toilets tend to be undersized. Barbie toilets are probably more like 1:7 or 1:8 scale even. Here's a Barbie Glam Bathroom set looking rather minuscule. The toilet also has a huge flower in relief on the seat cover, something I have never seen in real life.
Even stuff for action figures [which tends to be a bit larger than playscale playline stuff] still comes up short. [Har har. See what I did there?] For example, a few years back, Loading Toys made a dirty toilet with wads of hundred dollar bills, which I presume was attempting to duplicate some famous movie scene involving a money toilet. Not only was it ridiculously priced for mediocre quality, it was also rather small. Here's a review on OSW.
This miniature prank squirting toilet has been tested by others and shown to be about the right size, however. This Sour Flush candy package might also work. This toilet-shaped bank has also been suggested as an option, but it has that unrealistic blue base. [Interesting how they're all for sale at stupid.com...]
In other options, there's a toilet-shaped tabletop vacuum that a Flickr user has confirmed as in-scale. Unfortunately, there's a large brown thing [looks like a pile of caramel] in the bowl, and I'm not sure if it's removable.
Further bulletins as shit happens.
Such was the case with my 1:6 scale door and electric wheelchairs, which I recently procured because my interest in them remained strong over a few years.
I was going to ignore my equally strong interests in a 1:6 scale fireplace and toilet, but then I discovered Mini Chair's fireplace. And then my mind would not stop telling me that my dolls needed somewhere to shit.
Okay! Fine! I'll get a toilet! Sheesh! Stop bothering me!
Problem is, as I have mentioned before, 1:6 scale toilets tend to be undersized. Barbie toilets are probably more like 1:7 or 1:8 scale even. Here's a Barbie Glam Bathroom set looking rather minuscule. The toilet also has a huge flower in relief on the seat cover, something I have never seen in real life.
Even stuff for action figures [which tends to be a bit larger than playscale playline stuff] still comes up short. [Har har. See what I did there?] For example, a few years back, Loading Toys made a dirty toilet with wads of hundred dollar bills, which I presume was attempting to duplicate some famous movie scene involving a money toilet. Not only was it ridiculously priced for mediocre quality, it was also rather small. Here's a review on OSW.
This miniature prank squirting toilet has been tested by others and shown to be about the right size, however. This Sour Flush candy package might also work. This toilet-shaped bank has also been suggested as an option, but it has that unrealistic blue base. [Interesting how they're all for sale at stupid.com...]
In other options, there's a toilet-shaped tabletop vacuum that a Flickr user has confirmed as in-scale. Unfortunately, there's a large brown thing [looks like a pile of caramel] in the bowl, and I'm not sure if it's removable.
Further bulletins as shit happens.
More thoughts on 1:6 scale sets
Dec. 17th, 2012 11:47 amNow that I'm staring at my entire inventory of 1:6 scale sets, I see a few more pieces to get rid of:
As much as I enjoy the ease and cheapness of making bookshelves from cardboard and hot glue, I think it's time to invest in a bookcase that does not noticeably sag beneath the weight of a 1:6 scale mug. :p
EDIT: Just scored a bamboo drawer organizer with adjustable dividers for <$11.00 to serve as a substantial bookcase! Woo hoo! Sure beats paying $49.00 + s/h for one from Mini-Chair!
- Light blue counter thing [after removal of accessories].
- White plastic desk and chair [after removal of accessories].
- Bookshelf in bottom row of second photo [after removal of accessories].
As much as I enjoy the ease and cheapness of making bookshelves from cardboard and hot glue, I think it's time to invest in a bookcase that does not noticeably sag beneath the weight of a 1:6 scale mug. :p
EDIT: Just scored a bamboo drawer organizer with adjustable dividers for <$11.00 to serve as a substantial bookcase! Woo hoo! Sure beats paying $49.00 + s/h for one from Mini-Chair!
For the truly infuriating zombie wannabe
Dec. 17th, 2012 02:05 pmFirst things first...all these references to zombies you've been seeing refer to the denizens in my future saga entitled Zombieville. Many of the denizens have a degenerative condition called spontaneous disintegration [spondis], which causes their body parts to drop off and which may be arrested only through a diet of at least 50% fresh human brains. People with spondis tend to refer to themselves as PWS, but the public calls them zombies. As Burlington, Vermont has the highest concentration of PWS in the country, its nickname is Zombieville...hence the saga's title.
Anyway, there's a truly infuriating minority of abnormals [the PWS' term for people who do not have spondis :p ] who wish that they had spondis themselves. Unfortunately, their idea of spondis comes from the pop culture image of zombies, so there's a lot of shambling, bleeding and "Braaaaaaaains!" involved, which has very little to do with the actual daily lives of PWS.
Abnormals who are wannabes fetishize PWS in all the ways you can imagine. Some dress up as PWS, with canes, fake blood and cans of pork brains. Some collect zombie memorabilia...and that's where these little zombie figurines by Zombie Planet, 1 to 1.5 inches tall [6 to 8 inches in 1:6 scale] come in. For just a few bucks, I can furnish a wannabe with an obsession!
EDIT: Apparently there's a whole tabletop gaming subgenre of zombie figs...This review provides details of several makers' zombies.
Anyway, there's a truly infuriating minority of abnormals [the PWS' term for people who do not have spondis :p ] who wish that they had spondis themselves. Unfortunately, their idea of spondis comes from the pop culture image of zombies, so there's a lot of shambling, bleeding and "Braaaaaaaains!" involved, which has very little to do with the actual daily lives of PWS.
Abnormals who are wannabes fetishize PWS in all the ways you can imagine. Some dress up as PWS, with canes, fake blood and cans of pork brains. Some collect zombie memorabilia...and that's where these little zombie figurines by Zombie Planet, 1 to 1.5 inches tall [6 to 8 inches in 1:6 scale] come in. For just a few bucks, I can furnish a wannabe with an obsession!
EDIT: Apparently there's a whole tabletop gaming subgenre of zombie figs...This review provides details of several makers' zombies.
Welcome, Anna!
Dec. 17th, 2012 09:41 pmAnna came today! Thrilling pictures of her pretty box and extremely color-coordinated default state below, followed by the beginnings of her customization. If anyone wants the neutral Jolyne head + outfit + extra hands, send me a message, and we'll work something out. ( Read more... )
Is there any interest in seeing the first three episodes in an aborted 1:6 scale melodrama, The Pink Squad, written [and crappily photoed] nearly a decade ago?
It was my earliest scripted photostory series [as opposed to my earlier, pictures-only attempt], and it contains many of the characters and themes that we know and love today:
DISCLAIMER: If I do post this story, please note that it contains humor that I thought was funny back then, but which now strikes me as blatantly racist, sexist or transphobic. That's the main reason I've refrained from making it public again.
On second thought, maybe I'll just summarize it or something. There are some cool, engaging, humorous, well-developed aspects to it, but it's also a glaring example of How Not to Write People with Marginalized Identities.
Or maybe there's no rehabilitating a bigoted piece of personal history, as fascinating as I find it for reasons of historical creativity. Arrrrgh, I dunno.
EDIT: Fuck it. Discretion is the better part of valor. No Pink Squad for you.
P.S. Earlier I wondered if Baozha started me on my pink hair kick. Uhhhhhhh, nope. I place all the blame at the feet of the Pink Squad.
It was my earliest scripted photostory series [as opposed to my earlier, pictures-only attempt], and it contains many of the characters and themes that we know and love today:
- Female protagonists
- Queer characters
- Trans characters
- Disabled characters
- Characters of color
- Vermonters
- Kinky sex
- Horny robots
- Mad science
- An amazing amount of sarcasm
- PINK HAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111eleventy
DISCLAIMER: If I do post this story, please note that it contains humor that I thought was funny back then, but which now strikes me as blatantly racist, sexist or transphobic. That's the main reason I've refrained from making it public again.
On second thought, maybe I'll just summarize it or something. There are some cool, engaging, humorous, well-developed aspects to it, but it's also a glaring example of How Not to Write People with Marginalized Identities.
Or maybe there's no rehabilitating a bigoted piece of personal history, as fascinating as I find it for reasons of historical creativity. Arrrrgh, I dunno.
EDIT: Fuck it. Discretion is the better part of valor. No Pink Squad for you.
P.S. Earlier I wondered if Baozha started me on my pink hair kick. Uhhhhhhh, nope. I place all the blame at the feet of the Pink Squad.