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| Tex Critter's Show Restoration | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: May 16 2016, 10:24 PM (4,091 Views) | |
| Cavity Sam | May 16 2016, 10:24 PM Post #1 |
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Don't Smoke Crayolas!
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I recently bought a Country Critters show and made a 25+ hour journey with my boyfriend to go pick them up. I'll be documenting their restoration through an off-site blog. At the moment I'm only working on Cal due to how massive, heavy and hard to move these characters are. Link to blog: http://texcritterspizzajamboree.tumblr.com/ We flew from San Diego to Spokane, WA, rented a 16' truck to load them and then drove through WA, OR, and then back to San Diego. The characters are very VERY heavy and took 3-4 people to load them. Their bases are extremely heavy and make them very difficult to move. Unfortunately they are not removable from those bases. Country Cal is 8' tall and his base is 30" wide, to give you an idea of his size. The truck loaded up. ![]() Country Cal loaded in the truck ![]() Me and Foxy Roxy ![]() Tex Critter loaded in the truck ![]() ![]() Tex's head in my lap. ![]() Inside Roxy's base. ![]() Country Cal's tail. ![]() Roxy without her body shells. ![]() Country Cal. His face is covered in some type of wet adhesive that's in his hair, on his eyes, and eyelids. It had dripped onto his shirt and guitar at some point and dried. He's going to need a lot of cleaning. ![]() Inside Tex Critter ![]() And of course, the maintenance manual. There's TONS of info in here about cleaning, running and repairing them, movement lists, etc. I will be scanning it and putting it into a PDF for everyone. ![]() These characters have a lot of movements including eyes up, down, left AND right, body turns/leans, head tilts, head turns, wings, tail movements, moving eyebrows. Even the snake has a lot of movements! Also, since there's some confusion about the puma and snake's names, they are officially Country Cal and Skeeter according to the manual. They are a lot more complicated than the animatronics I'm used to, so it may take me a while to get them running again. They're overwhelming and confusing, but I've only gotten a few good looks at them and I'm hoping to figure it all out when they're out of the truck. |
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| TRANSTAR LEXINGTON | May 20 2016, 07:53 AM Post #21 |
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is yours a prototype or just a different model than the others that you mentioned |
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| Cien | May 20 2016, 10:20 PM Post #22 |
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I really, really love Foxy Roxy so I'm anticipating to see her fixed up most. How on earth do you plan to do her hair? That's gotta be quite a challenge! ;_; |
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| Cavity Sam | May 20 2016, 10:48 PM Post #23 |
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Don't Smoke Crayolas!
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I have her hair! It's currently just sitting on her head, it's not screwed on yet. |
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| pttraefan2 | May 20 2016, 11:16 PM Post #24 |
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Hair and screwed on.... hmmm.... thats not a good mix of words... lol |
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| shammah121 | May 21 2016, 12:02 AM Post #25 |
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I love Roxy too! Cal is my favorite so far though. |
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| Cavity Sam | May 21 2016, 12:39 AM Post #26 |
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Don't Smoke Crayolas!
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Here's my boyfriend wearing Roxy's hair, hahaha.![]() The fiiiiine specimen in the back is the Klunk-lover herself. |
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| Cien | May 21 2016, 12:28 PM Post #27 |
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He's so beautiful... |
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| sonichacker | May 21 2016, 12:49 PM Post #28 |
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Hush. Little. Texy (BTW nice pyjamas) |
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| shammah121 | May 21 2016, 01:01 PM Post #29 |
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WOAH, ROXY MUST HAVE A HUGE HEAD------- Besides maybe a few touch ups, do you actually need to clean her hair? |
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| Cien | May 21 2016, 02:03 PM Post #30 |
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Yeah, this is something I'm wondering as well! It looks like it's frozen into place. |
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| Cavity Sam | May 21 2016, 03:43 PM Post #31 |
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Don't Smoke Crayolas!
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Her hair is made out of a fiberglass shell that screws onto her head shell. The fiberglass has super long fur glued over it. The fur is styled, but was sprayed with something to make it hard so it doesn't move. It also has pink streaks airbrushed in. c: It is a little dusty, but blowing it off with an air compressor is the ideal way to clean it. Also, yes, Roxy is huge and very heavy! I've decided to switch my blog over to Tumblr! http://texcritterspizzajamboree.tumblr.com/ Edited by Cavity Sam, May 21 2016, 08:50 PM.
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| 80sgirl | May 22 2016, 04:04 AM Post #32 |
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Electroidal Animal Doctor
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Try Un-Du to remove the adhesive. It doesn't work with all glues but I have had a lot of luck with it getting off price tags and gooey adhesives without damaging the item. http://www.amazon.com/UnDuProducts-01004-20-Un-Du-Adhesive-Remover-4oz/dp/B003TZQPTS |
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| sonichacker | May 22 2016, 04:13 AM Post #33 |
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If you can't get new mask from AVG will you make new ones? |
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| pttraefan2 | May 23 2016, 10:45 AM Post #34 |
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when i get price tags off i use a hair dryer and a paint scraper |
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| Cavity Sam | May 24 2016, 01:07 AM Post #35 |
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Don't Smoke Crayolas!
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Here's my plans for Cal!
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| Cien | May 24 2016, 01:20 AM Post #36 |
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This looks lovely. Do you plan to work to work on them throughout the summer? |
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| pttraefan2 | May 24 2016, 11:42 AM Post #37 |
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Mac, your art is just too good! |
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| Schmerle | Jul 7 2016, 09:25 PM Post #38 |
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awesome dood
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I DONT NEED IT I DONT NEED IT I DONT NEED IT........ I NEED ITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT |
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| Wolfpack5fan | Oct 14 2016, 11:42 AM Post #39 |
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DA FABULOUS WOLF PACK 5! Cause the wolfman said so, and you don't argue with the wolfman.
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Wow, No One Has Replied To This In A While, But I Hope You Can Restore Them! Also Wat Do You Plan To Do When Your Done? |
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| Cavity Sam | Jan 7 2017, 01:14 AM Post #40 |
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Don't Smoke Crayolas!
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If anyone is interested in my journey to go pick these guys up three states away, I have uploaded a video! It also documents my attempt at saving PTT bots! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwDOg-Qnj6U |
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