#retrofits

HMS Curacoa (Retrofit) and HMS Ardent (Retrofit)

SN Sovetskaya Belorussiya from Early Summer Invitation; IJN Mikasa from Medal Shop Exchange; USS San Juan from Merits Exchange

Just a reminder to not believe everything you read in the fandom! Weird rumors get started all the time. This kid on Instagram just commented that this strange Dolli Dimples retrofit is the Dolli that Captain Slappy owns, and that he retrofitted her back into Dolli, which couldn't be farther from the truth. (It's not even possible, since this character, while using Dolli's mask as a base, isn't on a Dolli body!) I know Slappy personally, and I can tell you the story behind Dolli's acquisition.

Slappy's Dolli came directly from the Tully Road location years and years ago, where she had been in storage for many years after she was decommissioned by order of corporate. (Please please PLEASE don't harass anyone at that store for any hand-outs; any historical objects like that are long gone since the store has gone through many remodels since then.) The tech at the time (who I believe has since retired) had held onto her for reasons unknown rather than getting rid of her as directed, and so he sold her to Slappy when it was time for her to be removed from the store entirely. She was never in the possession of anyone else, nor was she ever retrofitted.

This story wasn't exactly public knowledge, but Slappy's alright with me sharing it now that he's not really in the fandom anymore and doesn't care who knows. The retrofitted character in the picture is allegedly in storage somewhere in Canada, but I don't know the details behind that, nor is it any of my business, to be fair.

(However, fun fact: The Jasper that Slappy used to own DID used to be retrofitted! He was once Banjo Billy of Banjo Billy's Pizza! He no longer owns this bot, though, and I'm not sure who owns the bot now.)

It's SO important to be cautious where you source your information from in this fandom. People get things wrong when they don't know the whole story. I myself have probably stated some historical inaccuracies on this blog, to be perfectly honest. I do my very best to do a full investigation on what I post to make sure I'm giving the most accurate details as possible, but there'll still be things that slip through the cracks. Do your own research, come to your own conclusions, but just don't trust random people at their word when it comes to things like this.

Went to Jungle Jim’s today and saw these. Elvis from Showbiz Pizza and I’m not sure where the cereal ones were from, but thought they were neat as well.