#rubber faced plush

[555bunnies]

Never buy a 6 decades old stuffed animal filled with dirt… best mistake of my life

(Images of her irl + full story under the cut)

I’ve wanted a rubber faced doll ever since I discovered them back when I was in middle school. Their cute, slightly creepy appearance and interesting faces have always inspired and intrigued me. However, I had never had the chance to own one until now. Heck, before getting Rosy, I had never even seen one irl! I had only seen images of them online so I didn’t have any idea what to expect. How did their fabric and rubber faces feel? She wasn’t one of the famous Rushton star creation toys but that was fine with me since she was one of the cutest ones I had ever seen.

When she arrived, I opened the box and upon seeing her I flinched. Idk !! It’s kinda jarring seeing one of these creatures irl for the first time, I picked her up and upon further inspection she was EXTREMELY dusty/dirty. The listing did NOT show this or say anything warning about it in the description. Here is what she looked like upon arrival. The clean spot on her face in the second photo is where I passed my finger.

It was terrible, I knew she needed a nice wash. I thought maybe she was just a bit dusty… oh boy was I wrong. I decided to unstitch the seam on her back and remove the stuffing, this was the single most important step of the process because nothing could’ve prepared me for what happened next. THIS was what was inside when I opened her up:

Up until now, I still have no idea what this stuff was or is but she was totally full of it. Perhaps whatever was inside her had totally decomposed, but I don’t know what or how this could’ve happened. It was like DIRT or sand, or something. It was dark and very thin in texture. One of my friends said it looked like human ashes, which I hope was not the case. I doubt it though, since it was even lodged into her ears (her ears are hollow inside), while it’s possible that she could’ve been tampered with because the stitches on the back of her head were extremely sloppy and visible, some other images of these bunnies sometimes had similar stitching. It could’ve been anything really. Obviously I used a mask and gloves while removing this. I even made sure to turn her body totally inside out to make sure ALL of it was gone.

After that, I proceeded to give her a nice hand wash and brushed out her fur. You may notice a patch of it is missing near her arm but that was always there, it just wasn’t visible in the first image but the listing photos did show this. Then I set her to air dry on a hanger. I would recommend against this though since I believe her mid section was slightly stained by it when her pink back fur was pressed against the white on the front. The next day after I got home from school she was dry. I went out and got some new stuffing for her and stitched her back up. Here she is nice and new with a few other plush friends ! I decided to give her a little bow too.

Overall I’m super happy with how this restoration turned out, Rosy is absolutely perfect now! She is everything I could’ve wanted in a rubber faced doll. I’m still getting used to her presence but she makes me very happy and I feel like I did her a great service by restoring her and giving her a new loving home ^_^

[jaxyza]

dazai but rushton bear??? 😭

[cherrydoll39]

Parte de mi colección

[ebayandme]

Vintage Brown BEAR Rubber Nose Plush Made in JAPAN Straw Stuffed

[movedmovedgonegone]

sorry for never posting here! here's a drawing of my new mascot, binky! he's a rock afire sona too :D

[og-orange-side]

little fredbear what crimes will he commit?

[babicinel]

Babicinel & her pink transformation dolls (1992)

[foundwithlove]

[bmpmp3]

i love that clay face bear thing thats been going on for the past few years (?) its such a neat and decently cost effective way to customize plushes, such a cool creative outlet, and ALSO you get to steal the rushton company's swag

[kathegoose]

um what if the mimic the mimick like um found the original tiger like the umm the david's tiger and and and

(unrelated but i just gotta tell you that my sister walked in my room to ask for a glue stick and i told her that i ate them all and she believed it)

[yassssifiedhistory]

I love these

(Pictures from ebay)

[jaxyza]

💖

[cherrydoll39]

[ebayandme]

[ratman669]

may 2nd, 1974

made in kidpix

+ some silly doodles of rocket

[mothratzz]

HI , I made this clay face plush for my friend birthday

Its inspired by vintage rubber face dolls, I sculpted the face with air-dry clay and painted it with acrylics

It was such a fun project ! I think I will make this plushies on commission if your interested in getting one

I think I'll make another this week and put it on Etsy