I considered some other photographs for the challenge, and here were two that brought back warm memories for me. They involve modifications to toys!
Princess wanted her pickaxe to look like a diamond one
This modification was done by my daughter, who is positively obsessed with Minecraft, and wanted this foam toy made by ThinkGeek to look more upgraded. If you click through the photo to see the image at Flickr, you’ll find the description to find out how she did it; she wrote it up herself.
Now, I take full responsibility for the next obsession and modification.
I was a fan of the Real Ghostbusters series back in the ’80s, and I brought home a DVD collection of the Season 1 episodes. Boy fell in love with all of it immediately, especially the Slimer character. (He’s based on a ghost from the original movie, made cute and loveable for young viewers.) Since the show’s characters often refer to him as “the little spud”, I figured that modifying a Mr. Potato Head to look like Slimer would be a snap, and it was.
I simply took a spare body part (modern versions of the toy no longer use real potatoes) and spray painted it fluorescent green. The arms and mouth are already that green color. As you might guess from the photo, he loved it.
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5 thoughts on “Weekly Photo Challenge Bonus: Toy Modifications”
Matt has a good idea that I’d thought of but haven’t taken initiative on yet. I think I will contact Hasbro, show them the photo, and see what happens.
Since it has been documented here, you can prove the date, although the flip side is that one might now regard the idea as being in the public domain. Still, there’s no harm in seeing where this takes you—I’d love for your idea to be realized.
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February 3, 2014 at 13:09
You should contact the Potato Head people and pitch the idea of a Slimer version to them. That’s genius!!
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February 3, 2014 at 18:11
Thanks, Matt!
That’s a good idea– it’d probably be as easy for them as it was for me, and they’d probably have improvements, too.
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February 3, 2014 at 23:58
The Slimer is very cute!
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February 4, 2014 at 00:01
Oh hiya Jack… thanks for stopping by!
Matt has a good idea that I’d thought of but haven’t taken initiative on yet. I think I will contact Hasbro, show them the photo, and see what happens.
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February 4, 2014 at 03:43
Since it has been documented here, you can prove the date, although the flip side is that one might now regard the idea as being in the public domain. Still, there’s no harm in seeing where this takes you—I’d love for your idea to be realized.
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