Lunch figure (re)paint
Recently I'm noticing an interesting evolution in PVC figures, where it seems much attention is placed on cutting down painting effort, by designing the figure to break down into single-color…
Bulma figure repaint
This poor knock-off of a Banpresto Bulma holding her Dragonball detector has some interesting detailing so I thought it would be fun to repaint, but the mold quality was quite…
Soviet watch crystal size list
Because this information is nearly impossible to find, I've made a list of Soviet watch glass sizes as far as I've personally replaced and confirmed them as fitting. Without this…
QPosket Maleficent figure
For something completely different, I picked up a cute super-deformed figure of my favorite Disney princess. Hahaha! The QPosket figure is put together rather sloppily and the plastic and mold…
Fixing stuff is fun
There's something very satisfying about taking an old item that was discarded as broken and restoring it to a working condition.
Zim “Pobeba” 2602 movement
Some reference pictures I took while cleaning this poor dirty movement. It has the old-style transmission wheel boss with 2 screws instead of one left-turning screw. It belonged to this…
Izetta figure repaint
The eponymous witch from Izetta, Die Letzte Hexe doesn't fly on a broom, but rather opts for a Lahti L39 anti-tank rifle. This was a cheap prize figure, but because…
A quick look at the Raketa 2623 24-hour movement
I got this non-working 24-hour Raketa; the dial itself is in good condition, but it's missing the second crown to rotate the ring with city names, the glass is broken,…
A quick look at the Poljot 3105 date complication
I acquired a Poljot 3105 (which is basically the famous 3133 chronograph watch without the chronograph part) on which the date never changed, so I had a quick look into…
Kijk met de ogen van een kat
Meester Tony Thielemans deelde deze wijsheid van meester Abe Tadashi: Kijk met de ogen van een kat: in tegenstelling tot een hond die meteen op een bezoeker springt, zal een…