So...It's Been a While....

Indeed! It is currently June 2018! I finally FINALLY have some time to work on this blog...and it's going to be awesome-sauce to the max! We're going to go over EVERYTHING nerdy and Orlando-worthy! From pins, to figures, to plushies, to cons, to movies, to theme parks!
I've been wanting to set up a nerd-tastic blog based around this odd city I call home for a while!

Let's do this!
>:)

Squishable Wood Sheep Review

It's time for another random package review!! YAY!

Horrible editing of address is horrible and stuff...LOL.
Let's open it, and see what's inside!

It's...it's green (and plastic-y!)

OMG!!! What is this cute random thing of cuteness with cute on top?

Tis a Squishable Wood Sheep it is! I LOVE the way this little guy looks (kind of like a very poofy sheep-version of the forest spirit from Princess Mononoke).
He has professional embroidery for all his facial features. Squishible is always excellent when it comes to quality. They even went the extra mile to make his round cheeks out of a completely separate fabric (with embroidery all around!). That is some impressive detail right there!

The leaves on his horns (antlers?) are made out of felt. I'm not normally a big felt fan, but using it sparingly to get little details like this to stand up is perfectly reasonable.

Unfortunately, his right antler leaf somehow got stuck into the seam while the plush was put together. This is probably just a factory error, but I do wish it would stand up like the opposite leaf....

Squishible (being the awesome company that they are), even added some extra embroidered white spots on top of the super-fluffy fabric. This is awesome, and by no means easy. (I know...seeing I used to embroider really difficult fabrics myself)

Overall, the Wood Sheep is super adorable, and will go excellently with my other Squishable friends! THEY'RE SO FLUFFY! I'M GONNA DIE!!!!

4.5 out of 5 stars- Excellent detail and super adorable! My only strife is that one leaf...which was probably just a common mistake made by the plush factory anyway. This stuff happens sometimes...

Kitty says: "The box is too small for sits...but I like the way it smells!"

Right now the Squishable Wood Sheep is out of stock, but they will be getting more back in soon at this link HERE

Review - The Mighty Toothless Build-A-Bear

Today, a mysterious box arrived on my doorstep!

I wonder what it could be.......

(internal screaming)

Ok, for those of you who haven't heard, Build-A-Bear created a Toothless plushie in honor of HTTYD 2 coming out next week. Naturally, I ordered one because it looked cute. Little did I know this was going to become the next big thing (luck that I decided to buy it right away I guess.....). The plush sold within DAYS both online and in stores, and while the Build-A-Bear company has announced on their Facebook that they will have them back in stock by Fall time, the demand for these things have attracted Ebay auctioneers to up the prices triple- some are now being sold at $200!

So is this plushie worth it? Are people making a big deal out of nothing? Do the pictures do him justice? Let's take a look!

First, the negatives:

As you can see, the string used to sew Toothless up is very visible in the back. This can be easily fixed with a trim, but I wish they had used black string to hide it a bit better...

The wings are the biggest complaint I have. They are removable (to put clothing on Toothless), but are very cheaply made. It looks like they would bend easily, and I wish they had gone the extra mile to put some cloth over these "vinyl-like" wings. Speaking of going the extra mile (or lack thereof...)

The flaps on the tail...

...and the side spikes on the face are also made out of this material. I'm fine with them using it for small details (such as his little front claws which are (yes) made out of this stuff too...) but I wish they had used actual cloth for the bigger chunks on the tail and head piece.

Now for the Positives!

As with my prior experience of Build-A-Bear products, the company really shines at making these beautiful embroidered eyes. As you can also see, they decided to add Toothless' awesome scale pattern to the fabric as well. It's the little details like this that I love, and this is easily the nicest, most professional official Toothless plushie I've seen on the market.

Final verdict:

Four stars out of Five

****

I would love to give this plush five stars, but the cheap wings knocked the rating down a peg. If you (or your little ones) love Toothless - this thing is awesome! (and definitely worth your hard earned cash).

I would, however, wait until these plushies become widely available in the Fall. They should cost (at most) around $30, and the ridiculous prices Ebay is selling them at should be ignored. 

I'm very happy to add Toothless to my collection of cute things!

Toothless and Spike will be BDF's (Best Dragon Friends) forever.

On a side note, my kitty gives the box Toothless came in 5 stars!

"It's just my size!"

(My kitty loves boxes....LOL...)

Welcome To Nerdy Orlando!

Do you like Science Fiction? Anime? Cartoons? Super Heroes? Doctor Who? Are you into pop culture conventions? Planning a vacation to Orlando?

Then this is the blog for you!

We will be going over everything...from where to find nerdy stuff and reviews, to events and locations for all those people wanting to have the nerdiest time of their lives! Welcome to Nerdy Orlando!

ok...so the website looks...."blagh" right now.... hopefully it will look nicer soon!