You can call me/us Roman. We're a plural system, and this is our POSIC+ sideblog!
A bit about us: we're bodily an adult, a mixed origin system, and while we are POSIC we don't consider ourselves to be objectum because we're aroace/fictosexual outside of our in system relationships
No specific DNI just be nice and know that we block freely
Our favorite objects in general are plushies, compact mirrors, blankets, and journals, though we believe all objects have some form of sentience :)
We also don't communicate verbally with our companions, moreso through feelings and concepts
Our specific companion introductions are under the cut!!
A bit of a late introduction but this is Skylar (He/him) he joined us the last week of December. His hobbies include j-fashion, sewing, computer programming, collecting sanrio merch and watching anime. He's the brother to Merlin my purple bab frog ^.^
HELP I deleted the draft on accident so now I have to start over
Ahem
Recently I got some older Build a Bears off of eBay and decided to restore them!
Elmo is from the 2004 Sesame Street collab and stands at 19" tall!
Winter is from the A Friend Fur All Seasons 2007 collection and is 14"
Under the cut is the whole process I went through both for posterity and in case anyone wanted a step by step guide on restoring build a bears :)
Here are there before pictures!! They didn't smell bad which was a pleasant surprise; Winter did have a bit of an "old basement" smell but that came off in the wash so they both smelled a bit like soap
As you can see they're not in bad shape, just well loved over the last 17-20 years
First order of business was to unstuff them so they didn't get waterlogged in the wash! I used my seam ripper on their back stitches and found their original hearts, find a friend ID tags, and Elmo had a sound chip in him!
I wish I had a way to restore the sound chip, but since it's literally 20 years old I'll settle for keeping it as a memento
Ta da! Fluffless!
As for the washing process, I did a gentle cycle with a deep fill and All Free and Clear detergent
Insert the funny spin cycle photo
The drying process had a bit of trial and error: I eventually put them on the shoe rack so they wouldn't bang around in the wash (Elmo has big plastic eyes so this posed a very loud issue)
I set it to a 50 minute timed dry on the lowest heat setting and checked on them every ten minutes or so. I also found that you have to rotate them on the shoe rack so they dry evenly
Winter was dryer than Elmo a lot quicker, but after they were both only a little damp I took them out and got to brushing
I cleaned a wire dog brush and went against the grain until they were super fluffy again!
As you can see Elmo had a lot more debris than Winter!
After this I hung them up on hangers so they could dry the rest of the way overnight
The next day it was off to build a bear! I actually work there so my experience/process will likely be a bit different than the average person, but I'll still let you know both what I did and what you would likely do!
I added a sound chip to Winter and placed both their original hearts and a new one in them so they could be extra loved!
After they were stuffed (I like mine pretty firm), I closed them up with a ladder stitch and a kiss!
And there they are!! Fully restored build a bear friends. This was such a fun process and I'd honestly love to try it again with new friends sometime!
And here they are at their big brother BeeGee's birthday party. I guess it's their birthday now too!!
