Her arms hide it from the front, but she does look feminine in person. 

She's so pretty. 

His shoulders are a bit too 'boxy', but overall, I'm happy. 

Lesson learned:  When you create an animated monster mud prop, always leave yourself an access panel to re-set the gears and reattach the wires.  Storage plays hell with wooden gears.

Pics below the fold. 

A camera crew showed up at my house this morning and asked if they could take some video of our house for the 5 o'clock news. They wanted to interview my wife, but she had just woken up from a nap and wasn't feeling up to it.

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