*twitch*

Some things in this world never should have been. Much like eBay. Sure sure it is great to be able to go to a place that is easy to navigate and find items that you want. Even if you CAN be outbid at the very last second... But that is another post.

Hello, my name is Cat and I'm an eBay junkie. *group* HI CAT!

I thought that I had kicked that particular habit. Sure sure I logged on last x-mas time to get something for that special someone. But that is how it should be. Not searching every night and bidding on things that you really do not need. Which brings me to my current state. Yay for mass quantities!

I mean who really needs eight Reiver Demons?!!! *cough* ME THAT'S WHO! Damn multiple bids... But that was eons ago. I kicked the habit! I cured myself.

...That is until recently. I've been on an Invader Zim kick as of late. Bought the entire series on DVD with the extras and the little house box set thing (still hasn't arrived and I'm getting upset...) and also the Mega Gir figure. Twelve inches of insanity. Complete with removeable dog disguise. So I got that the other day. Glee! I franticly open the shipping box. Sweet! Original box unopened! High five to self. *opens box* And I remove my prize. Which was a wee bit fustrating because of the restraints holding Gir and the suit in place, those blasted twisty ties. So I unzip the suit after popping Gir's arms into their sockets and pop his antenna in place and proceed to slide the body into the suit, I removed the antenna so it didn't get damaged and tried to slide the head in. Hmm... Tried to slide the head in. Hmmm... Tried to force the head in. HMMMMM Well maybe the head has to go in first... *takes Gir out and puts the head in first* there!. Now let's put the body in. Hmm... Let's try to put the body in. Hmmm. This isn't working... *takes Gir out and puts the body in first again* Hmmm.

I guess the suit is Virgin.

HAR HAR HAR!

*tries to squeeze the head a bit to put it in the costume* Hmmm *stretches costume over head.... almost... allllllmost....ALLLLLLLMOST!*

>failure<

*insert manical sobbing noises here for a while*

So I ended up messing the plastic zipper up, the teeth seperated on one side and the zipper part came off that side, but I got it back on.

Went back to work, looking forward to my collectable when I got home.

Hopped on the internet after another half hour of failure and sobbing and searched the threads for a solution. Finally coming across quite a few where the head has to be popped off and then inserted seperately from the body then pressed back together. Got the hot water running and held Gir under the stream, letting the water flow over the plastic. Making sure to turn it so it all got evenly distrubited. *tug tug tug POP!* Super duper! It came off nice and neat. Just a little ballsocket joint. Very keen. I slipped the head into place and slid the body down where it needed to be. Pressed the body back onto the head. Slow even pressure. Just a little more..... and.....





*breaky!*



AUDIBLE GASP!

The plastic on the top of the torso where the neck shaft is tore inward, leaving a very icky hole!


Now... To alert as a spoiler... Naughty words flowed from my mouth.


I believe they went along the lines of...


FUCKINGSHITGODDAMNSHITFUCKCOCKHEAD CENSORED!!! CENSORED!!! FUCKINGSONOFABITCH!


RAWR RAWR RAWR etc etc

Resulting in a fit of rage where the decapitated Gir in the dog disguise went sailing through the air, down the stairs and into the granite chimney where it bounced with a very unsatisfactory *poink* and landed in a heap.

After a few minutes I got my resolve back. Went down and got Gir. Inspected the damage. And sobbed softly to myself *not really but it helps the story out :-p *

So, with the broken neck and the crack of doom in the top of the torso what is a guy to do?

SOLUTION!

Epoxy that bitch shut!

To which I did the very next day! Yay epoxy! Now to be sure, I really haven't used epoxy all that much in my life. Being a polyester kind of kitty instead. But it is really simple. You mix that shit up and do it to it. With different types of applications for different solutions... But this one was very easy. Some adhesive filler, some epoxy, some activator, some mixy mixy and spready spready and VIOLA! Like something out of Ronco

SET IT AND FORGET IT!

Turned out pretty good. Picked it up today after letting the epoxy set up completely. Not letting it get the best of me I ran hot water over the head socket hole and it popped into place. The epoxy held quite nicely.

As for the dog disguise. GIR DOESN'T NEED A DAMN DISGUISE! I stuffed it full of old *clean* socks so I have a plushie now. Super! I didn't sand or paint the epoxy on Gir's neck but you can't really see it unless you look really closely. And if you do that... WHY ARE YOU IN MY ROOM! Heh.

So hopefully my DVD set will come Monday. I also bought season one of Puppets Who Kill which is a funny Canadian show that I only saw one episode one time but it was really funny. But I am trying to ween myself off eBay once again. It is a horrible mistress. Always tempting you back with the promise of toys and fanciful items to fill your chest cavity with (since no self respecting eBay-er has a heart, there is a certain void that needs to be filled with random objects :-p )

But at any rate, there is something to read. Plushie dog disguise Gir is in the box. Broken epoxy neck of doom Gir is on my desk. Whoop die do!




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posted by Suicide at 8:58 PM