The Last Poster Wins! [v21]

[Neo Emolga]

Because that's totally convenient. Let me just plan a what eight hour drive with the time, money, and car I don't have.

*begins to cry hysterically*

Well, both the dragon mascot costume and the butterfly wings were two separate orders that were shipped all the way from flippin' China. Had it not been for the internet, there's no way I would have found and acquired this stuff. Honestly, I would have preferred to buy American, but it's next to impossible.

When I first got it, the dragon mascot costume needed serious work and heavy adjustments. It was a mess and I instantly regretted getting it at first. I almost returned it because it was in pretty bad shape, but when I heard it was more than $100 to send it back, I decided to bring it back home and I managed to salvage it by making a lot of big tweaks, adjustments, and fixes to it. As for the butterfly wings, the guys I talked to on Alibaba were pretty good and did exactly what I wanted. The only problem there is the fan wires tend to get ripped out easily and I've had to use both wirecutters, screw drivers, and a soldering iron to fix these constant mishaps. It also meant a trip to Home Depot just to get the wire to battery clip ends. It's been pesky, but I'd hate to just give up on these things.

It was fun to try to see if I could make them work together, but it's one of those cases where just because I can doesn't mean I should. It's a lot of trouble and too often, trying to run the wires to the butterfly wings through the dragon costume to reach the battery pack I wear around my waist tugs the wires too hard and they get ripped out. It's possible to make them work together, but the chances of it resulting in a mishap are too high. That's exactly what happened Halloween night and I couldn't fix it at the bar without the screwdrivers I had back home.

Wearing the wings fully inflated is fun though, especially outside. They're huge and you really feel like you could just jump into the air and ride the wind with them. :)