Many new images and a small video!

 Hey everyone, it’s been a hot minute, but I’ve got some new images for everyone, and a little video too! These are mainly from Flickr and from a good few hours of searching, it takes a lot to comb through all those photos and accounts but it’s all worth it in the end :)





I’m not sure if these are official but here’s some blueprints!



An experiment with zooming in on the clearest picture I have:



I wondered if his face, since it’s so different, might have come from something akin to a mannequin. Especially since he has hair that isn’t made with yarn, and yet has a small amount of movement. Little guy is definitely an oddity!

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