u/Puzzleheaded-Bed8615

This is my DSSA needs a good name, all suggestions welcome. Theme is sky or water, I like water and rain is my favorite weather.

My comfort dragon is not named. It’s a gender neutral maybe leaning towards a male, and I think water or sky would be fitting, I love water a lot, and rain is my favorite weather.

All suggestions welcome!

Sewed a cape for Puff my Douglas puffin.

It is my own design, wasn’t expecting anyone to see it, and decided to show the whole process. I spent a lot of effort on it and took days to make. Although I not have sell plan, I don’t want my drawing public and claimed as someone else’s art and design and sold, so I try make watermark, please ignore it and enjoy the instructions, for free.

I attach photo too of how my turn out real life. It fit for mine plushie nine different animals because it’s highly adjustable. Mine make small because hard find small gears big gears make small plushie look bad and no secure so I choose small make but you can scale and make big for any plushie. Vest base have scoop in back to allow small plushie tails but enough surface sew patch on.

I tried naming this one Chichi after my retired plush to honor it. The older Chichi though is still very loved and feels too much like a replacement. The old chichi was sort of gender neutral, a wild republic tapir. This doggy is similar size and color so I tried, but it doesn’t feel right.

I was going for a non gender, or a masculine female (dressed in black gear nothing pink or frilly, isn’t my style), but I am going to name this dog Lorenzo, Enzo for short. Based on the name’s meaning, its connection to a place I love well, and ties to a movie series I like, I think this is a suitable name.

I have not yet decided if Lorenzo “Enzo” will be male or female or ungendered.

Anyways meet Lorenzo.

He says hi to all your ESSA/DSSA!

This is a Labrador pitbull cross. Ideas for names? I don’t know if I want boy or girl maybe a masculine girl personality type.

I was thinking Letty (from fast and furious movie) or Kovu (means scar from lion king), any other suggestions I like to hear too.

Personality is protective and kind and loves cuddles but quick to fight others who are unkind (that is if it did have personality I know it doesn’t).

I got this Adventure Force desperado and it fails to shoot the promised 60 feet. It has a nasty floppy arc and I’m only 5 feet from the door. What do I do? I don’t know how to return it or if it’s a me problem.

EDIT: I HAVE GOTTEN A REFUND. I ordered two of them and only this was defective and I believe as others pointed out, a lemon. Since I wasn’t required to return it after refund I am hoping someone knows what I can do with it, if it will ever be able to fix?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Nerf/s/vJkaZy3P33

Link to more details of the hand placement above

I painted my blaster. Sanded it, then used cheap acrylic (only shiny silver I could find was from dollar store) and finished it with Rustoleum clear coat which was so smelly I probably didn’t do a great cover job.

The trigger and spring loader are both original color green. The other parts are matched green paint.

Made it about a year ago, but only recently discover this community hope it’s allowed to put here to show off.

Hello

I seek advice because I am somewhat beginner blaster hobbyist.

I have nerf guns that use Elite 2.0 darts. They are simple pistol style with spot to manually shoot two darts (not magazines or machine type)

I also have Xshot pistol simple SKINS set. It is the type in the attached photo.

Both brands of blasters came with their own darts.

I also got two additional dart packages. One is an Adventure force pack of 200 universal darts. The second set I got is an Xshot pack in the second photo.

My question is, can I use the Xshot, Elite 2.0 and the Adventure force set of 200 on Walmart all interchangeably in my blasters?

Thanks for any advice :)

Have had for years but never take it out because of awkward shape, now find cat harness holds. Prefer realistic animal but this one very good cuddles and texture.

My Douglas Fu Siamese cat I was told looks more like a dog than a cat. Now I’m questioning if he looks weird if he isn’t immediately recognized as a cat to other people. He’s my emotional support plushie and I’m a little devastated to think others see him as a not cat. What animal do you think he looks like?

This is Axl. He could do with more variety of gear. Any ideas what I could make or get for him? He has one vest with a few tiny fidget toys strung on string tied to the main back ring. He doesn’t fit well in boots, but he has a nice neck. I’m kind of happy how he looks but sometimes wonder if I should have an alternative option for him.

This is Axl. He’s one of my favorites, and he is Tuff and Fluff brand dog plushie. His fur is delightfully silky and one directional that is lovely to pet, and he’s extremely durable (fabric is reinforced with a mesh backing).

I got him and a purple triceratops named Violet from the same brand, they replaced two dinosaurs (a blue triceratops and green stegosaurus) I had as a child that were given away when I was four years old and missed ever since.

I’d love to see some of your plushies that were a happy unexpected replacement, or even your Essa in general :)

My other favorite plushies are:

Nimba (Douglas Cuddle Toy Klaus Belgian Malinois)

Slava (Douglas Cuddle Toy Fu Siamese cat)

Violet/Izzy (Fluff and Tuff dog plushie purple triceratops)

Shadow (Wild Republic cuddlekins black panther)

Pepa (WWF 15 cm red fox)

Bongo (Jellycat tiny Livi leopard)

Reggie (Jellycat Derrick bulldog)

I have found that after over a decade the Jellycat become very clumpy haired, slightly oily no matter how many baths the texture changes, while the Wild Republic after few months of daily use gets matted and feels dryer burnt despite being acquired new and never exposed to heat. The Fluff and Tuff and Douglas Cuddle Toys retain original fur texture the best.

Hello,
I have the Douglas Sinclair model of Aussie dog, it was shedding hairs. It is over ten years old since I got it and I don’t think it should still be shedding. I decided to shave the hairs half the length for a better sensory experience, but they still shed. If I run my fingers along it and stroke tufts of hair there’s always a bunch of hairs that drift off into my hands.

Anyone else with this issue?

Is it my plush just old? I was a child when I got it so I can’t remember if it was this way all the time, but it is now.

Is it because the hairs are long?

Are the hairs glued and are break down glue? Douglas are supposed to last long time.

Pic for attention, not my photo I couldn’t get good photo of mine in the dark.

This is Nimba, a Douglas Cuddle Toys Mali. She is there for me after having to retire my real service dog too soon.

Her texture is excellent. She’s super cute. Doesn’t overheat my hands. I’d say I haven’t bonded as well as with other plushies cause she kind of reminds me of what I lost, but talking about her, sharing about her, and bringing her out helps our connection.