I know, I know, that took forever. I bet some of you don't even remember that we made a Figment dragon rocker. But we did, and it looked like this:
We later donated it to Give Kids The World, where it lives in a playroom on property.
(Life Goal Achievement: UNLOCKED.)
(Life Goal Achievement: UNLOCKED.)
Since we put so much work into it - and enough of you expressed interest - John and I've been working to make a printable template to sell on Etsy, just like we did for our AT-AT. To do that we had to build another rocker, though; our Figgy was a little too small, and the template wasn't perfect.
So John took our original rough paper templates, scanned them, smoothed out the imperfections in Illustrator, and up-sized everything by about 15%. He also simplified the design a bit, to make assembly easier. Then we began the tedious task of making another dragon rocker from scratch, and photographing the whole process for the instruction manual.
This time I used a different color scheme to show you can also make this a more generic-style dragon; it doesn't have to be Figment:
This would be super cute for medieval or fantasy themes, or even dinosaurs if you take the wings and horns off (Stegosaurus, anyone? :D) I'm also hoping someone makes one in pink, because how cute would a pink dragon be.
The only noticeable difference construction-wise is this new design only
uses 2 layers of MDF for the body instead of 3. That makes construction
much easier, while still being just as strong and cute.
Well, maybe not so cute from THIS angle, but all rockers look weird head-on. :D
Also like the AT-AT rocker, we've formatted the template so you can print it on your home computer; you just tape the pages together and cut everything out. As for difficulty level, if you're comfortable with a jigsaw and a power drill, then this is in your skill set.
The step-by-step instructions are filled with pictures and diagrams, and are written at a beginner's level. (I can say that because *I* understood them well enough to write them.) If you hit a snag, though, John's e-mail address is right there in the download, and he's great at walking people through trouble-shooting.
Right! That's enough sales pitch. If you'd like the template and instructions - all 39 pages of them - then you can grab the digital download in my Etsy shop for $20.
But wait, there's more!
Maybe building your own dragon rocker is a little too daunting right now, but you still want one.
Well, as circumstances would have it, we happen to have ANOTHER dragon rocker we don't plan to keep. This one. So, er... any of you want it?
UPDATE: It was really hard to choose, gang, so in the end I narrowed down my top picks and then had a random number generator do the rest. And the odds were in Noreen Kelly's favor! So please shoot me an e-mail, Noreen, and we'll arrange a time for you to pick up your new dragon. :)
