My Angell-Studio Pumpkin Head is here!

This was quite an ordeal. I had put the final one Mint on Card had in stock on a 6 month layaway along with some hooks for my Dollshes (I can't believe they didn't come with hooks originally! I need more string for Ambrose, who is, at the moment, in pieces. At least I still have Draven together.) I had  - the same week - gotten a shipping notification for my Luts Pumpkin head that I bought on preorder back in October. This one as going out Priority mail. My layaway order was sent out Fed Ex. I was excited to get the shipping notification and then BAM! I realized it was heading to my old Utah address. Cue panicky email to MoC. I didn't hear back from them the next day - which is odd because the'r customer service is really good, so I figured I had sent it to the wrong email, and re-emailed them the same message to their other one. I got a response early the next day saying that they had contacted Fed Ex and had the address corrected. So, yay! I saw it leave Michigan and head to Ohio. Everything was going correctly. I checked it the next day and it was leaving WY! WTF??? Cue another panicky email to MoC. After my package reached North Salt Lake, they once again contacted Fed Ex and corrected the address, and of course, weren't given any explanation how the package was once again incorrectly routed. In a few days, it came rolling in. All was well. My package didn't get opened until last night.

I will start by saying the head is adorable, and since I am such a fan of pumpkin heads, I am happy I have it. But....I do have some complaints. First off, its PLASTIC. Not resin. I thought I was ordering a WS resin head with a face up, per description. The head is in fact, an orange plastic, and not of the highest quality.

There are some cool things happening here. The stem at the top is removable. Its an even thinner plastic, not thrilling, but oh well. It snaps together at the sides, and one of the magnets has already come loose. Not a big deal. Then they have provided you with this handy little neck piece in case you don't want to snap it over your Yo's head (an MSD sized head doesn't work for that configuration. At least not with the doll I tried. His head was too big.) This is really a good idea for the neck piece - more in theory at this point though than actual work-ability. I'll show you in pics. **Dishonorable mention - they also sent a LOUSY cheap plastic battery operated tea light, which was such pathetic quality it barely, barely had any light to it at all. Into the trash it goes**

Here is the head over Lucian's head. (5star Jesse boy) Don't mind the test dress he is wearing. (He's been helping me with a commission project.)

See how cute it is? It totally works, and I think this was probably the idea they had when they created the head to begin with. I just don't really want to use it as a costume piece for one of my other dolls. I want him to be his own character. Now, here the head is using the neck piece on a YoSD body. (5star Aiden body.)

The neck piece is too large for the little neck's circumference. It just doesn't work. It is more correctly sized for an MSD neck, but then we run into this:

The MSD neck is waaaaaay too long for it to work. It looks like E.T. merged with a pumpkin head. It's even weirder in person. But the proportioning is really good. So, my plan at present is to get a cheap MSD boy body and mod the neck down at least a cm, and then it'll work really well. This will definitely be a future project.

Question - if I had known before what I know now, would I still buy the head? Not for the $76 I spent on it. I feel it was a serious over charge, especially considering the one from Luts was closer to $40 (or maybe it was $40. Something like that.) Here is a comparison of those 2 heads. Luts is wonderful quality resin, and has a cool flashing light feature in the head that will last for who knows how long, though the head truly stands on its own. I wish I had bought 2.

Am I happy that I have it? Ummmm....yeah. I reckon so. I intend to enjoy it since I have it. I really do love pumpkin heads. Really, really, love them. So yes, I think I will greatly enjoy the head once I can get him a proper body.

The MLP G3 Spa is open!

That sounds official! It's not really open open, like people who actually have a Fix Up Pony business. I got really lucky at a Flea Market a couple of weeks back, and adopted these guys for $2 each. In the package they seemed like in near perfect shape. Upon opening them, I noticed their hair was definitely in need of some help. It was a beautiful day , so I went outside on the deck for the Pony Spa time.

The worst one in the pony in the bottom right hand corner - Rainbow Flash. I had bought that pony brand new back in the day, but it's been a very long time and not only could I not remember her name, I also didn't remember that she had the super long hair. It was a rat's nest. The other's hair was pretty darn tangled too, but mostly stiff and dried in the "I've been stored away in heat" sort of way. Rainbow Flash also has some slight dinginess to the color and a couple of stains that were hidden under her mane. All of the others aside from the hair issues are in really great shape. Wisteria has a slight head/body difference, but it is very minor.

Here is a close up of Rainbow Flash's hair. I really meant it  when I said it was a rat's nest.

I loaded all their hair up with conditioner, let it sit and then carefully combed out the tangles. The other's went pretty quickly, but Rainbow Flash's took about 20 minutes of careful detangling. I left the conditioner in her hair overnight, but went ahead and rinsed the other one's out. Once they were dried, this is the result!

This is a bad indoor rushed pic of them. I am super pleased! Especially with Sweet Summertime (dark pink pony) and Royal Bouquet (yellow pony.) They turned out absolutely perfect. I had Sweet Summertime before (actually all of these except for Royal Bouquet) and I recall that my original one had the same super thick hair this guy does, only it came out of the package dried and a little frazzled. I didn't this one's to end up so silky! Rainbow Flash's hair still has some frazzles to it, and could use a re-curling. I'm happy though with it for now.

I just bought a lot of ponies off of someone on facebook, so I will be having another spa time soon!