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The occasional toymaker

ecar3483 — Sat, 12 Sep 2015 12:11:07 GMT

Sorry about the elastic band, it's the only way to hold the toy in position while I take a photo.

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kopenhagen5 — Sat, 12 Sep 2015 12:19:21 GMT

I KNEW the moon was made of cheese..............No one believed me.

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imastawka — Sat, 12 Sep 2015 12:28:38 GMT

Where's the cat and the fiddle, and the little dog laughing to see such fun?

And the dish running away with the spoon?

That aside - it's lovely

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lurker172602 — Sat, 12 Sep 2015 22:07:05 GMT

Did you make that ecar? That's the same type of toy I have that my grandad made for me that I spoke about a while ago. Mine is an acrobat.

Yours is really great. Is it for some special little person?

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ecar3483 — Sun, 13 Sep 2015 02:03:56 GMT

Thanks, Lurker.

I know the acrobat design, I unsuccessfully made three or four of them before I decided to go with this pattern. No matter what I did, I couldn't get them to work, so I went with a simpler idea.

I'm the special little person, ha ha. I make toys to amuse myself.

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bright.ton42 — Sun, 13 Sep 2015 02:36:40 GMT

The little dog laughed to see such fun ...... you've taken me right back to my childhood. It's lovely

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kopenhagen5 — Sun, 13 Sep 2015 04:04:16 GMT

You made it. I'm impressed, such good graphics too.

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baybizz — Sun, 13 Sep 2015 04:08:34 GMT

Very nice toys ecar. I have taken away the elastic band for you.

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icyfroth — Sun, 13 Sep 2015 06:06:07 GMT

That's real cool, ecar

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ecar3483 — Sun, 13 Sep 2015 08:34:15 GMT

That looks fantastic. Thank you.

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ecar3483 — Sun, 13 Sep 2015 09:45:19 GMT

Many, many, many years ago there was a little (I'm not little, I'm 2 foot tall!) bear called Clifford who liked helping his Daddy in the workshop.

Old photo, not a great photo, sorry.

Yes, I made Cliffy, he's hand sewn, with a needle and thread, not a machine.

His clothes are from an op shop. I can sew, but I'm not up to making small (I'm not small!) bear overalls or shirts.

If memory serves, Cliffy must be about 12, now. Where does time go?

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icyfroth — Sun, 13 Sep 2015 09:48:38 GMT

@ecar3483 wrote:
Many, many, many years ago there was a little (I'm not little, I'm 2 foot tall!) bear called Clifford who liked helping his Daddy in the workshop.

Old photo, not a great photo, sorry.
Yes, I made Cliffy, he's hand sewn, with a needle and thread, not a machine.
His clothes are from an op shop. I can sew, but I'm not up to making small (I'm not small!) bear overalls or shirts.

If memory serves, Cliffy must be about 12, now. Where does time go?

good old cliffy,

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ecar3483 — Sun, 13 Sep 2015 13:25:48 GMT

Young Cliffy, showing off his gumboots.

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baybizz — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 22:45:39 GMT

Clifford enhanced - well a bit, anyway

Sorry, best I could do from the original

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lloydslights — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 22:56:34 GMT

Well done, Baybizz.

Ecar, is that a mobile phone in Clifford's pocket? Edited: If so, who did he phone or text?

DEB

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ecar3483 — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 06:05:58 GMT

What a great effect! That looks like it's a tapestry. Wow!

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ecar3483 — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 06:09:34 GMT

No, it;s not a phone. They're his collection of "clickers" that he got from Kinder Surprise eggs. You squeeze them and they go "click", also they have a handy clip on them for keeping on your overalls.

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ecar3483 — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 12:23:20 GMT

I think they're called Jumping Jacks...

Three cut from the same pattern - arms, legs, body shape, and a different paint job each time.

An eskimo, a lion and a babboon.

They're also known as Hampelmann.

They're hanging toys; pull the string and the arms and legs go up and down.

As a variation on the four limb pattern, I made a pair of owls that flap their wings;

And just to prove how clever I am, I made a crank mechanism driven cockatoo that flaps it's wings.

Complete with yellowing varnish. That wasn't deliberate, but at least I know for future reference to use cheap varnish for that "authentic" antique effect.