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How I did it – Part 1
I am finally done working on my latest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles custom set! Someone who saw some of the work in progress I’ve posted on Facebook told me he’d like to give it a try. He asked me if I could guide him through the process. I gladly accepted and thought I could share…
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Needle Files
I often need to sand a little something…To make a smooth surface rougher so the paint will stick better, to make a seam (mold line) disappear on a vintage toy, to smooth a 3D printed piece or refine a sculpt, etc. Most of the sanding can be done with sanding paper. It’s easy to find,…
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Upcoming Sales Series: first one tomorrow night – all torsos on sale from dusk… till dawn!
True to our name, we are planning an overnight sale (from sundown to sunup, or dusk ’till dawn) for the night of Sunday February 27th to Monday February 28th, 2022 (Eastern Standard Time / UTC -5). That’s tomorrow night already! We are planning do have these sales periodically, offering different accessories at a 15% discount.…
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Dusky Valentine Sale
The DTDS February Newsletter Happy Saint Penitent Day! Hello unrepentant ones, We have a Valentine’s Day Sale coming up on February 14th! If you use coupon code [brokenheart] at checkout, you’ll get 14% off your entire order before shipping. The only limitations for this coupon is that it won’t work with other coupons, or on…
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Handy Hand Drill
A few weeks ago I got myself a new tool. A nice little hand drill and plenty of small and tiny drill bits. Thanks for reading! Always feel free to comment or ask questions! We are here to help and learn along the way!
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Odds and Ends and Super Glue
Brett and Paris won’t be too happy about this post, but I gotta make myself interesting Haha Here’s how you can build things from scratch.
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Winners of the Ciao 2021 DTDS contest!
Hi everyone! So we drew the three numbers at 2PM on January 1st to see who would win the three numbers. It was exciting for us because we were remembering each order and happy when each name came up! Here are the three bundles that we raffled off: Here are the three winners in order:…
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Ciao 2021 DTDS contest
Only a few days left in 2021, and we want to thank everybody for their support – yet again. I know we say it often, but we mean it! We are very grateful to be able to work at something we love and enjoy. We also appreciate the contact it gives us with fellow customizers…
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Custom Mirage Mikey
Some weeks ago, I painted a black and white Raphael loosely inspired by the early Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics. It was a cool project but I wanted to do better… Back in the day, before the movies, even before the cartoon and the toys, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird’s creation was a dark and…