So I have a slight issue.. I got a
rice ball plushie from Kumori07 or 08. I think it was in 07. And after Sakuracon 2010 I felt it needed cleaning. Apparently one of my friends took the plushie and dunked it a few times in detergent without removing the good 30 pins that had accumulated on it from the past anime conventions...
I had to let the thing sit out and dry for a good 3 days before I could even touch it - there was so much detergent in it >< Most of the pins are intact and still good, with some ... brown discolorings that look like rust? The worst is one of my oldest pins from Sakura08, a Tidus 2" pin that's very faded and covered in rust spots... Another is an Allen .5" pin that's very faded now (from kumori09). Most of the rust damage is on the top, from pins made of a metal that would rust... I have no idea what the brown marks on the pins are from.. They showed up on the pins after it all dried.
Here's a few pictures of the damage on the
plushie. My question is
who made these plushies? I hope to find them at Sakura or this year's Kumori and show them the plushie and ask if there's A) anyway I can save the plushie, and B) buy a new one. I would like to get in contact with them sooner so I could get a plushie sooner...
From what I can tell, they're made of felt with the design sewn in by a machine. Filled with pillow fluff~ It's about 3" thick and about 5" wide.
