While I can't buy right now, I just wanted to stop by and say these look so, SO good! I collect vintage/antique plushies too, but I also have some artist plushies sprinkled in between and I have to say—your plushies have so much character! You have a really unique plushie-making style and I love the variety of characters you can work with! Your restoration work is awesome, too! I'm not sure if I've ever seen plushie-makers here offer restoration work, so it's a super sweet option for folks like me who collect vintage toys. Keep up the great work, dude! I'll totally have to check this out again in the future! c:
I really appreciate your kind words! Thank you so much :) I really enjoy how rewarding restoration is, I'm glad to know there are others in my circle who enjoy it as much as I do. Do you specialize in anything? I'm 1940s-1980s steiff cats & 1980-1990 flat printed plastic eye stuffed animals all the way! My dream holy grail is to own a Rushton rubber face... they're sooo expensive! I do not have 500$+ to spend like that!! Ughh.. even for dirty ruined ones!
Of course! All your work looks lovely! And Steiff cats are super cute! I have a few of them myself. I don't know much about 1980s–1990s toys as they're generally out of my interest range (with the exception of some), but I think a lot of them are super cute and have loads of character! Especially the cartoony plushies from the 1980s. I feel your pain! I love pre-war toys (<1945), but they're very difficult to come across in person and are often out of my price range. I have some, but I'd love more someday! I wish you like with getting a Rushton! Rubber-faced toys of the 1950s–60s are a dime a dozen online and at antique shops (at least where I'm from), so it's crazy that Rushtons in particular are so much money! Maybe someday you'll get lucky—I certainly have before!
So awesome! And that's understandable, I like ones that kind of "fail" at being their described animal or at least have big expression full eyes, cuz the only modern plush that have those sorts of expressive eyes are the cheap ones at carnivals! Talk about a downgrade!
Also your antique stories sound wild I have not even seen a rubber face before in real life... guess ohio was just not into em.. I always tell my friends to look out for them for me! I really want a bright red cat, (obviously not a rushton, the fake look alikes are just as cute!) Which is exactly why my sculpted face dolls even exist aha
I feel you! I have an old beaver plushie who is a very awkwardly shaped beaver, LMAO. The expressive eyes are super cute! They give them a really sweet cartoony look which I think is very fitting for plushies. And I feel that! I have a few 1950s/60s plushies that I believe could have started their lives as carnival plushies at one point (they're made on the cheaper side by 1950s/60s standards) and they're still much better quality than the carnival plushies I see nowadays.
That's crazy! I feel like I see them a lot when I go antiquing. Not Rushtons or anything, but the cheaper, sort of mass-produced ones that came out of the 1950s-60s. I definitely see them much more frequently than anything I personally collect. I hope you can get some more rubber-faced stuff someday! Have you tried looking for them on Etsy? I've bought vintage toys from there before and I've definitely seen some variety. I've never properly looked for rubber-faced toys, but you might have some luck with sellers there!
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While I can't buy right now, I just wanted to stop by and say these look so, SO good! I collect vintage/antique plushies too, but I also have some artist plushies sprinkled in between and I have to say—your plushies have so much character! You have a really unique plushie-making style and I love the variety of characters you can work with! Your restoration work is awesome, too! I'm not sure if I've ever seen plushie-makers here offer restoration work, so it's a super sweet option for folks like me who collect vintage toys. Keep up the great work, dude! I'll totally have to check this out again in the future! c:
1 year, 3 months ago
I really appreciate your kind words! Thank you so much :) I really enjoy how rewarding restoration is, I'm glad to know there are others in my circle who enjoy it as much as I do. Do you specialize in anything? I'm 1940s-1980s steiff cats & 1980-1990 flat printed plastic eye stuffed animals all the way! My dream holy grail is to own a Rushton rubber face... they're sooo expensive! I do not have 500$+ to spend like that!! Ughh.. even for dirty ruined ones!
1 year, 3 months ago Edited 6:45 pm
Of course! All your work looks lovely! And Steiff cats are super cute! I have a few of them myself. I don't know much about 1980s–1990s toys as they're generally out of my interest range (with the exception of some), but I think a lot of them are super cute and have loads of character! Especially the cartoony plushies from the 1980s. I feel your pain! I love pre-war toys (<1945), but they're very difficult to come across in person and are often out of my price range. I have some, but I'd love more someday! I wish you like with getting a Rushton! Rubber-faced toys of the 1950s–60s are a dime a dozen online and at antique shops (at least where I'm from), so it's crazy that Rushtons in particular are so much money! Maybe someday you'll get lucky—I certainly have before!
1 year, 3 months ago
So awesome! And that's understandable, I like ones that kind of "fail" at being their described animal or at least have big expression full eyes, cuz the only modern plush that have those sorts of expressive eyes are the cheap ones at carnivals! Talk about a downgrade!
Also your antique stories sound wild I have not even seen a rubber face before in real life... guess ohio was just not into em.. I always tell my friends to look out for them for me! I really want a bright red cat, (obviously not a rushton, the fake look alikes are just as cute!) Which is exactly why my sculpted face dolls even exist aha
1 year, 3 months ago
I feel you! I have an old beaver plushie who is a very awkwardly shaped beaver, LMAO. The expressive eyes are super cute! They give them a really sweet cartoony look which I think is very fitting for plushies. And I feel that! I have a few 1950s/60s plushies that I believe could have started their lives as carnival plushies at one point (they're made on the cheaper side by 1950s/60s standards) and they're still much better quality than the carnival plushies I see nowadays.
That's crazy! I feel like I see them a lot when I go antiquing. Not Rushtons or anything, but the cheaper, sort of mass-produced ones that came out of the 1950s-60s. I definitely see them much more frequently than anything I personally collect. I hope you can get some more rubber-faced stuff someday! Have you tried looking for them on Etsy? I've bought vintage toys from there before and I've definitely seen some variety. I've never properly looked for rubber-faced toys, but you might have some luck with sellers there!
1 year, 3 months ago