This custom took the longest it's ever taken me to complete a custom, mainly from the time it took to punch and poke holes in the head... for what you ask? for fiber optic lights of course! Yes that's right, those long thin plastic 'poles' that are attached to light up toys, where the light only emits from the very end of the shaft. I sat making holes in my custom to put them in the head to create a light show in the sky scene.
This custom has been long in the works ever since I got one of the 9" on sale and saw the Brother Bear movie for the first time. My hubby and I loved the movie and the Aurora Borealis is something we both want to see, it made my choice to make this vinyl a done deal and I couldn't just paint the aurora borealis, it had to light up! queue the fiber optic lights and it all fell into place. I'm so glad to how it's turned out how I envisioned many months ago.
The fiber optic strands I made holes in the head for and slowly threaded each one in by hand, the ends are bunched up inside the body and hover over a set of battery operated lights. When lit up you can even spy a hidden Mickey!
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