Post #155559 by sneakyjack on Thu, Apr 28, 2005 3:06 PM

So the deed is done
for about 35 dollars and about 2 hours of time.

I'll try to post pics but heres what I learned:

Those things are very stuffed - like lots of cotton like substance!
They stink when you cut em - wear glasses and a bandana - glasses for flyin stuff and bandana to cover up the stink. - It smelled like when the dentist drills teeth - I used a Dremel that worked well.
The hole needs to be big enough to for the bulb too! - so cut small and go bigger slowly.
be careful if holding the tail - its sorta flimisy or easy to break.
A trick that helped me was putting the fish on Bubble wrap to keep it safe as well as stable.
Overall it was easy and sorta fun after seeing the final product.

My 11 inch puffer cost $28 with shipping. Bulbs were 1$ for 4 different colors ( i chose red on this one - but hope to make another one or two to use the blue and green bulbs). the cord was $4.

Good fun try it. - I'll see if I can post up the pics - but it looks like the one in the link bought for $35 at a swap meet with the gold chain.