Wuffs arrive, one by mail, one by bicycle

[altivo]

Here's the new adoptee about to be rescued from his shipping box:



And after he had a few minutes to decompress, here he is with a couple of his new packmates:



I'll get the entire muttley pack together for a candid shot later. The new guy is a Wild Republic Natural Poses wolf (30 in.) and is now the biggest wolf I have, slightly larger than the Cuddlekins guy. I love his huge paws. [Edit: Here's the whole pack in one plushpile.]

And in other action, Roth and Hiller (the real one) arrive in Westvale by bicycle to exchange notes with Sergeant Rufus.

Today's installment here.

Cumulative word count: 30127 (now three days ahead of schedule)

Comments

[songdogmi.livejournal.com]

The new one is quite the sweetie. I'm glad he survived the long journey in that little box and seems to be getting along so well with the rest of the pack.

So now you're three days ahead... which means I would be only a week behind in reading it, but I'm actually a week and a half behind. *selfbap* The first week was fun reading; I just get distracted easily. I will get back to it.

[altivo]

Well, as someone else has pointed out, the pacing is a bit uneven. I've laid in a lot of background that may not stay. Mostly that was because I needed to get the stages of the passenger run set in my mind. Things are picking up in the last three or four installments, though. Something for everyone, I hope. (Well, maybe not the porn romance fans, but lots of puzzles and threats are appearing.)

[schnee]

Lovely wolves, all of them. :) (And huskies, too.)

[altivo]

Yeah, the huskies pose as wolves so well that some of the sellers are calling them wolves. It's pretty clear to me which are which, though.

[hrrunka]

That's a fine bundle of fluff there. ;)

[altivo]

And all of them cuddly too, though I admit I favor the big guys. One of them has a voice, which unfortunately is quite human. When squeezed she says "I'm Wilhelmina Wolf, think only good thoughts." The next squeeze produces a very unrealistic human rendition of a howl. I'd much prefer a real wolf or even a dog howl.

[hrrunka]

Hmmm... I've managed to keep my plush collection voice-free. I think one of the oldest has the now-silent remains of a growl-box inside it, but it hasn't growled in half a century, so it's probably safe to assume it'll remain silent now.

[altivo]

(Sorry for the tardy response, notification got buried in my mailbox.)

I love those old growlboxes. I used to offer them as an option when I made custom teddy bears back in the 80s. Probably still have one or two lying around somewhere. I agree about the modern voice boxes and digital playback devices. I don't think much of them at all. Wilhelmina Wolf was a gift, though, and I suppose someday her batteries will go dead though she's been around for at least twelve years now and is still going "loud." I do have a palm sized pony and a similar sheep that produce digitally captured horse and sheep sounds when squeezed, but they are novelty items rather than anything I'd consider to be serious plush. Mechanical noisemakers, such as bells or squeaks I don't mind so much.

[hrrunka]

About the one thing worse than the pre-recorded digital ones are the ones that get recorded in-store...

[altivo]

I take it you mean the kind that might be recorded by a passing ill-mannered teen? Yeah, I can imagine.

My sister had a lion plush back in the 60s with one of those pull string voices. I remember it said things like "I'll step on you," and "Raaar! Oooh! I scared myself." That was sort of amusing at least, and it was more a cartoon character looking critter than realistic.