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June 06, 2007
mechapanda
Behold mechapanda. He and my miniBlythe are going to be arch-enemies and have fierce battles.
He's from the Mechani-Panda pattern in The Cute Book, which the nice folks at Aranzi Aronzo sent me. I love this book. One of the first Japanese craft books I ever bought was an Aranzi Aronzo book, but this one has the significant advantage of being in English. For the patterns, this isn't actually that much of an improvement, since the picture-patterns are so well done in both books. I would say the main bonuses are that I can now read the crazy captions, and that copies are available without going to/ordering from Japan. The mechani-panda looked like one of the harder patterns, and it was quite fiddly to do. I added the laser eyes, made the blinky panel lights colorful instead of gray, and made the arms poseable so he could be more threatening, but he is otherwise to spec. Took a few nights of handsewing in front of the TV. I think I'll try a simpler one next, like the cute frog, or the cute bunny, or the kidnapper.
Posted under Toys (cat and kid) at June 6, 2007 11:07 PM
Comments
i bet he beats blythe up [sorry blythe]
Posted by: lisa s at June 7, 2007 01:03 AM
Very cute!
Posted by: Emma at June 7, 2007 08:16 PM
Total love! Who would possibly think that a robot-panda hybrid would be a good idea? And yet, it is!
Posted by: Cynthia at June 8, 2007 04:51 PM
oooo, make the kidnapper and use pipe cleaners to stuff his arms and legs. I've made about half of the stuffies from that book, including about 5 cats, and love them all. My favorite though is the squirrel!
Posted by: dawn at June 9, 2007 12:00 PM
I am just dying to see some photos of the battles. They will be epic, I'm sure.
Posted by: falwyn at June 10, 2007 01:46 AM