When the designer brought this fiberglass hippo seat to my house in Bangkok (it is nice to mention, his wife is a hippo collector too), he warned me not to lean in the direction of the head, as it tilts very easily. But with pets, children and guests... what can one do? So of course, his nose got a little bit damaged after some time. Then we heard, we were going to move. I decided to contact the store to see if they could fix it up. I received a complicated story about it being painted with special car paint, and a guy not answering his phone, and a shop being rather far away, so if they could arrange for it... but it could take several months. Of course, by that time, I did not have several months anymore, so it was shipped, chipped nose and all. To have the hippo repainted here in the US, will costs about four times as much as a whole new hippo would cost. So I have decided to be a bit creative. For the time being, his scratch is being covered by a very nice car sticker. Complimented by some matching stickers on the side of his butt. I am sure some day, we will move to a place where paint jobs are not breaking the bank. Till then, colorful butterfly stickers will have to do.
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