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Eyes5
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Hello! I'm a professional plushie prototyper for Fangamer. I sometimes sell plushies on https://www.etsy.com/shop/Metroidhat. My website is www.metroidhat.com, where you can see a gallery of my past works. She/Her
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I was tasked with translating Trogdor's very 2D design into a 3D plushie! I prototyped just the head cuz I wanted to experiment with the eyes and eyebrow placement. Is it possible to get that 2D look in a 3D plushie? ...No. No it's not. It's just too weird!
The drawn turnaround art of the Trodor plushie. It shows Trogdor at different angles, plus various notes and schematics for the factory to follow when they make the plushie. Three different angles of the Trogdor plushie prototype head. Three different angles of the Trogdor prototype head. But this time, the eyeballs and eyebrows are oriented like the 2D drawing, all along the top sagittal plane of the head.
November 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Are y'all watching the Undertale 10th anniversary stream? undertale.com/10/ I made the big Toriel up for donation! It is basically a bigger version of the small Toriel plushie available for sale from Fangamer. You can win her if you donate a bunch!
A frontal picture of the big Toriel plushie I made. Her emblem isn't entirely embroidered because it's too big for my embroidery machine, so the white outline is sewn in. A side view of my big Toriel plushie. She was very huggable. A bottom view of the big Toriel plushie, showing her bare bottom. I proposed making bloomers for her at first, but that idea was shot down.
September 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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The Monster Kid plushie is adapted from a plush I made for a personal project. One interesting change is that we used knit instead of sewing fleece together to form stripes. I'm not familiar with the limitations of knit production, so it required some compromises and experimentation to make it work.
My original Monster Kid plushie, sitting in the snow. There's a lot of differences from the official plushie. They're bigger, they have a fleece shirt, their legs are yellow, and their facial features are all hand embroidered and hand appliqued. My Monster Kid plushie prototype before they have their features sewn in. I used pins and paper to position where their mouth, eyes, and nostrils should go. A picture of five curved strips of fabric. When sewn together, they form the stripes on Monster Kid's shirt, which is basically a cone. A drawing for the manufacturers, showing them potential options for Monster Kid's shirt pattern. As it turns out, stripes on manufactured knit can only be formed in straight lines, so we can't form the conical shape with stripes that would best suit Monster Kid's armless body. As a compromise, we made the shirt pattern into two pieces and put seams on the sides.
September 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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The Curly plushie from Fangamer has been revealed! I claim (take) responsibility for most of the creative work that brought him into being. And I wrote about it on my website! For lots of behind-the-scenes photos and insights, check it out here: www.metroidhat.com/ridley/curly...
A banner showing the Curly plushie kinda just lying there. The text says I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY (For the Curly plushie)
August 13, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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I claim partial responsibility for Fangamer's latest travesty. Trucy's Magic """Bag""" is a shorts pattern in essence. Here are some of my prototype pictures and factory instructions.
A picture of my """bag""" prototype dangling by the cinched up drawstring. Instead of the printed stripes and appliqued hearts of the real article, this prototype has a plain blue fabric body. Lace was used at the bottoms instead of ruffled minky. Sure looks scrotal, doesn't it. Here's some early drawn concepts for the factory to follow. They outline a lot of the specifics that go into the """bag"""'s construction. Like what parts should be printed or appliqued, what materials to use, and how the drawstring is to behave. When we moved away from a lace bottom, I made a ruffled edge sample to show how it can be done.
July 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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just want everyone to know that my company, where we have like 401k's and management structure and careers, just released its latest product
July 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Went to the Earthbound USA screening in Vancouver and saw Jazzy and Robbie on the big screen!
Jazzy and Robbie Benson on a big screen doing a live remote Q&A while I'm pointing at them like eeeee
May 25, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Y'all better believe that I've designed/prototyped plushies for some of these upcoming games.
April 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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I prototyped the recently released Jormungandr puppet from Fangamer! Or at least a wacky colored baby version of him.
The first prototype of the Jormungandr puppet. He's tropical orange and raspberry red colored. Plus his tail is a stubby little thing. My hand is inserted in a pouch at his neck which allows me to manipulate his mouth. Another pic of the prototype Jormungandr puppet, showing his open mouth. He only has one set of jaws at this point. Here's a pic of the inner lining of Jormungandr turned inside out. The geometry of his body was challenging to tackle, because the inner lining has to allow for your hand to stick into and has to connect to certain parts of the exterior. It also must allow stuffing to pass through in certain areas, all while keeping in mind that the factory must be able to manufacture the puppet in a logical manner. It felt like I was making two plushies at the same time which were ouroboros'ed inside each other. Proto and production sample of Jormungandr about to make out. You can see a ton of improvements in the production version, like cool blue scaled fabric, mesmerizing safety eyes, and a touch of thread sculpting between the nostrils to bring a bit more dimension to his schnoz.
March 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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My husband's out of town, so there's room on his side of the bed for two chickens to sleep. Is this a bad idea?
February 11, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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The Corrupted Storch plushie from Signalis is available at Fangamer! Despite how simple it looks, it has a deceptively complicated construction. That's because the stripes are actually cones, with each strip of fabric curved slightly differently in order to achieve a soft tapered candy-corn shape.
Four pictures of my Storch plushie prototype. Imagine if you will... a hunched potato body with a tapering, striped carrot head and stumpy striped legs. And it's in light green, pink, and orange candy colors. Because this is a prototype meant to show construction, it doesn't have to be game accurate and I can use whatever colors I want!
January 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Here's the Broken Vessel prototype, from the Hollow Knight game. This plushie presented unique balancing and asymmetry challenges, as I wanted to preserve their hunched, sickly in-game posture. The second picture includes an even earlier prototype, when they had a more tentacle-like body.
Four pictures of the Broken Vessel character plushie. They are a hunched-over jar-headed bug with a cape, curved horns, and a huge bulbous mass of orange infection growing out their head. They have weighted pellets in their body and legs sticking straight out, which greatly help them from tipping over. The earlier version of Broken Vessel is pictured alongside the final prototype for comparison. Instead of a body and cape, their body is simply a kinda stump from which leg-tentacles extrude. Originally, I was instructed to make their body like the Shade plushie, just with more tentacles. I suppose the idea was that it simplified BV's body, so we didn't have to make the whole complicated body and cape. Well, sometimes it's best to do things without any shortcuts. So I went rogue, design-wise, and made the body and cape without further oversight and was like "Here! What do you think??"
January 13, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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BAGS *clap* BAGS *clap* BAGS

Bags I made over the years!
A tote bag made of red fabric and custom printed canvas. The print on it has Mr. Saturns from Earthbound in a number of poses. Like in a 5-stack ladder, hopped up on mushrooms, showing his butt, etc. I drew them and got the fabric printed! There's also a Mr. Saturn plushie I made, hanging out to help sell the photo. A shoulder bag I made with Kirby fabric and an embroidered Samus leaning back, enjoying a tropical drink. A Metroid in a sunhat is hanging out with her. And I got a Fusion Samus keychain as an accessory. This is my current daily bag. Delightfully eclectic! A blue shoulder bag with a Samus helmet applique and embroidered text that says "SEE YOU NEXT MISSION". This was my previous daily bag. I like my personal bags to have piping, as it helps add structure and a bit of class. A beige shoulder bag with green-taupe piping and straps. I embroidered autumn and winter Sawsbucks and Deerlings on it. It was a gift to a friend who loves Pokemon and deer!
December 28, 2024 at 6:49 AM
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Any fans of Hat in Time? Here's my prototype of the official Bow Kid plushie. Obviously she's has some crazy hair, but she's got many other little delightful details. At least, I find them delightful, from a construction standpoint! You can read more about her here www.metroidhat.com/ridley/bowki...
Bow Kid plushie prototype from four different angles. She's a big-eyed girl with dark curly hair held back by a blue ribbon headband, a collared green jacket, and a tiered blue skirt. One of the angles includes an upskirt shot, showing her white panties. Hey, it's not pervy! It's important to include these kinds of angles in the initial photoshoot, in case anyone has a problem with it. Because of course the customer will turn her around immediately and see the panties once Bow Kid is in their hands. The devs indeed wanted her panties changed into purple shorts. You're welcome, for my non-pervy insight.
December 23, 2024 at 6:33 PM
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Once upon a time, I prototyped these Hollow Knight backpack clings. Fangamer still sells them, but we haven't made any more plushies of this size. That's because, even though they're much smaller, they're not proportionally cheaper or easier to produce than a full sized plushie.
Four small plushies from the Hollow Knight series: Wanderer Knight, Grub, Hornet, and Myla. These small plushies are 3.5-4 inches high and have loops of cord for hanging off a backpack.
December 20, 2024 at 5:25 AM
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Here's a series of Pokemon plushies I made oh... 14 years ago! They're one of a kind and feature a lot of fun elements, like polymer sculpted eyes, internal wires, and real feathers.
An Articuno plushie photographed at several different angles. The main body and legs are suede, while the head and tail feathers are blue satin to give them some luster. The chest has a real feather ruff. The eyes, beak, and claws are sculpted and painted. Wire runs through all the limbs and the tail for maximum posing. I still remember some of the techniques I learned from making this birdy, like how to achieve a flat object that has wires running through it. Mamoswine plushie seen from a few different angles. The eyes are sculpted and painted. I was very pleased with the snout; how all the fabrics came together perfectly and the little bit of thread sculpting in the nostrils really brought out the dimension of the nose. I remember being somewhat unhappy with the feet fuzz, because I have a general distaste for leaving raw edges showing. But it worked well here. A Misdreavus plushie seen from four angles. I was so happy with the pattern I created here, at how curvy the shapes are and how balanced the whole plushie is. I mostly used crushed panne, which gives the plushie a mottled sparkle. I found a perfect set of beads in a craft store that was used for the necklace. The eyes and mouth was hand-appliqued fleece plus some needle felting. A Crobat plushie seen from the front and back. The eyes were sculpted and wire runs through the wings. The body was mostly fleece, with the webbing of the wings being suede.
December 18, 2024 at 6:51 PM
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Here is a Jack Frost plushie that I prototyped for Fangamer! www.fangamer.com/collections/... I'm particularly proud of how I managed to make two holes in the hat in a manufacturable way. If you're a plushie maker, you might have some appreciation for how hard 'donut' holes are to make!
A prototype plushie of Jack Frost in three different angles.
December 11, 2024 at 5:12 PM
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I prototyped the official Astrobot plushie from Fangamer! That was about two years ago; more recently, I had heavy involvement with the Kratos version of Astrobot. I didn't prototype this new version, but I oversaw the turnaround art and the sampling process.
My prototype Astrobot plushie from four different angles. The more subtle the shapes, the more difficult they are to achieve in plushie form. Like, the head isn't just a 'circle', and the body isn't just an 'oval', so they required a lot of care. I'm very pleased with my choice of eye fabric, in which the individual sparkles are reminiscent of pixilation. Here's a construction document that I sent to the factory. It shows a piece of blue organza on a marble slab and a soldering iron. I used the soldering iron to cut and seal the edges of the organza, and I'm asking the factory if they are able to do something similar. It turns out that they were not able to do it; they ended up embroidering the edges of the cape. I also instructed them to cut the organza on the diagonal. This detail got missed, which resulted in weak capes for the first run of Astrobot, but it has since been corrected. Here's a construction document for AstroKratos. It's my drawing of all their clothes and how they should be constructed and layered.
December 8, 2024 at 5:09 AM
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For the Dead Space fan who requires plushies, you can buy the Isaac plushie I prototyped from Fangamer! He required a lot more hand sewing, gluing, and raw edges than I usually like to put into a plushie. You can read a longer writeup about his creation here: www.metroidhat.com/ridley/isaac...
Pictures of an Isaac plushie prototype from 3 angles. Seeing his back shot reminded me of a funny story. So, Fangamer released pictures of Isaac several months before he was available to be sold, and some counterfeiters thought they could beat us to the punch by making their own version. The thing is, Fangamer never released pictures of his back, so the thieves didn't know what it looked like. They sold their version which has an empty back!
December 4, 2024 at 5:12 AM
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I made three Wimpod plushies for the sole purpose of referencing these real giant isopods enjoying Doritos.
Three wimpod plushies surrounding a Doritos bag like the ravenous monsters they are. Three giant isopods surrounding a Doritos bag like the ravenous monsters they are.
December 1, 2024 at 7:06 AM
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This is my Specter Knight prototype from Shovel Knight. You can buy him from Symbiote Studios! www.symbiotestudios.com/online-store... He was quite fiddly to make, given all the details in the armor and the exacting shape of the cape.
Four pictures of the Specter Knight plushie prototype at different angles. His armor is brown and he wears a red cape and has a red and black scythe. Very 'Death' coded.
November 29, 2024 at 8:11 AM
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This is Defect from Slay the Spire. Unfortunately, this plushie got cancelled, so it's not available for purchase. Too bad; it had some neat pattern details. Like the three necks and the asymmetrical embroidery on the body that had to be carefully placed to avoid going over any seams.
Four photos of a Defect plushie from Slay the Spire at different angles. Defect has a slab-like head and three necks on a spherical body. Dang, this would've been nice if it got produced. Pattern pieces from Defect's main body, showing how the embroidered areas are positioned.
November 26, 2024 at 6:50 AM
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Pipo is available from Fangamer! www.fangamer.com/collections/... I did the turnaround art for the plushie. But... Uh, we are very likely to sell out, like, today. We didn't expect them to be so popular! Also, Gustavo is newly released. I didn't contribute too much to him except to fix his apron.
A turnaround drawing of the Pipo plushie. It shows the plushie from several angles, including one in which I specify how it should be stuffed. A bundh of written notes explain other details. An alteration document for the Gustavo plushie. A drawing of the plushie is in the top corner, while the other drawings are of it's torso with magenta lines on it explaining where seams should go.
November 25, 2024 at 6:34 PM
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I prototyped the Cerberus plushie that you can buy from Fangamer! He is a chonky boy by necessity, in order to fit all those heads onto his body. He has paw pads and a bum hole. Please enjoy these pictures, including in-progress pics and an earlier version where I gave him too many heads.
Photos of Cerberus from different angles. He's a red 3-headed dog. Each head has a different expression. He also has paw pads and a butthole. A photo of a Cerberus prototype. But... there are 6 heads?? Closeup of Cerberus's paw pads and butthole. Plus, the hand-stitching hole can be seen under one leg, with stuffing sticking out. Two half-made Cerberus snouts. Sometimes I resort to piping black lines instead of embroidering them. In this case, it's to accommodate the teeth and tongues that emerge from the mouth.
November 24, 2024 at 6:45 PM
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I prototyped the Dusa plushie from Hades! The final plushie has much shorter snakes. I only made one prototype and, expecting it to need revisions, I stupidly did not take any construction photos like I usually do. I had to go back and draw my whole wacky process to teach the factory.
Four pictures of my Dusa plushie prototype. She's a disembodied green head girl with snakes coiling around. One snake is holding a feather duster in its mouth. Drawings of the pattern and a photo of Dusa's back, with notes and lines scribbled over them. The pattern often curled back on itself in non-intuitive ways, and I wanted to convey that to the factory. Another photo of Dusa's back, with color-coded pattern pieces to help show how the tail is assembled.
November 22, 2024 at 6:28 PM