AquaMight wrote:The tails are quite durable just don't hold up over time with rough play.
Ah, so it's a matter of just too much use, not a 'breaks 5 minutes out of the box' sort of thing. Hmm, in that case, if I can find a way to repair the tears it might be worth the effort and I won't have to think about making a new covering. I've always been careful with my things (y'know, except for the detail where I ooak dolls or disassemble broken electronics for parts, and so on). To the point where I still have both a baby doll and a stuffed tortoise that are as old as I am.
She already has a different head... The Evil Overlord initially claimed her, but didn't want the body once the tail turned out to be broken. I had a spare Fashionista body with the same skin tone, so a head swap was done. The Evil Overlord has the Mermaid Fantasy Christie's head on the Fashionsta body, and I have the damaged mermaid body with the Fashionsta head on it for now. It actually looks fairly decent. Y'know, except for the 'battle damage'. XD
My current best idea is to track down that e6000 glue mentioned. Tricky, with no transportation, but if Walmart has it they might have it online. I pretty much have to have everything delivered.
If that doesn't work, based on the feel of the tail itself I'm thinking of looking for one of those kits for casting your own fishing lures, and see if I can use the stuff in it instead to patch the damage, maybe even ooak it a little bit in the process... I mean, the areas where the front splits are wouldn't really be unreasonable areas for some little semi-decorative pelvic fins... But that kind of idea might be overcomplicating it for now.