Cuddle Clones. NEVER AGAIN (updated):

(Update Below)
I'm too upset to even type right now. 

Ok,  Update.  The above is a picture of what they sent and on the right a photoshopped image I made of what they should have done to it.  I'm all ready to stick this thing back in the mail and then I keep thinking... "This photoshopped image.. It's so clear.  Maybe if I call these people and send them the photoshopped image showing the changes that need to be made, then they'll fix it.  How can they screw it up even worse????  Then I remembered my luck in life with everything I put faith in and everything I get my hopes over. I'm so used to getting the short straw with everything I do, I have absolutely no ability to be hopeful.  None.
 I knew they'd only attempt to fix it once and after that, I wouldn't be able to get a refund after I get it back a second time. So I have to send it back and gamble the whole $200 on them not getting it right a second time. I absolutely have no faith in anything.  Nope.  They'd screw it up. I know I can do just about anything when it comes to art, so I figured I could fix it.  I haven't dyed fabric before, or worked in soft sculpturing much.  
I decided that the people at the factory weren't going to screw up my Clone of Cricket any further. Plus I didn't think they'd take the time to do the soft sculpting to her bottom jaw and whole muzzle that had to be done.  Just retouch the paint.  So I first ordered fabric dye from Ebay, not knowing much about dying fabrics myself.  I don't do much of that. I looked up the best brands of dyes.  I ordered two colors, (Black and Russet) but impatient and fearing I'd not bought the right thing, I went to Michael's craft store and found some there. I bought black, brown, and orange. (to make the rust color shadowing under Cricket's eyes.) I bought the longest needles they had which still weren't long enough.  I then went to Walmart and found an even longer pack of needles. So two packs of needles and two sets of paints.  (sigh)  And the whole time I keep thinking,  "I shouldn't have to even DO THIS!!!!"  I paid these people over $200 bucks to do what I'm having to do my damn self! So I get home and I sit there for 2 1/2 hours taking stitches from the inside of the ear down to the mouth then back up to the inside of the ears pulling the muzzle inward. I pulled that big fat bag of a bottom muzzle under her mouth that looked like a pelican in and rounded her muzzle tighter to have that little mouse face Cricket has.  I also took a stitch up under the eye and pulled that down to the corner of the jaw to level it out where they attached her left eye higher than the right one..  You're basically doing plastic surgery on a plush animal.  Nip and tuck here and there til it's correct. I used the photoshopped image I made to go by, and I think I got it pretty spot on.  It's actually very easy to do.  I used the dye and thinned it down with water so I didn't go too dark and took my time.  I did the rust under the eyes, and then I shaded the black on the mouth and muzzle, between the mouth and nose. I darkened her eye brow whiskers, and gave it Cricket's signature church-mouse smile. I just took my time but it was so easy, which left me even more pissed because I paid this company over $200 and they could've easily done this. There is no excuse in the way they left that plush.   It was simple to get this dog to look EXACTLY like Cricket in the face and they couldn't even do this.  No.  I had to. That's the part that sucks.  They do the body, they get her color wrong (which I've said I could live with) Cricket's an ashy light silvery grey with cream undertones.  This plush is like a peachy orange and white.  Her back should be darker black (which I may still have to try and shade darker myself) .  But they sent a completely unfinished face sculpt. Very little painting to it at all. I basically had to do around 30% of the work to get this clone to look like my dog, but I paid THEM $200+.  (shaking my head)   So the morale to this story is.....C'mon say it with me. 

If you want something done right....you have to do it yourself.
Here is a picture below of the before and the after. (I also brushed out her fur a little more too) Now you tell me which one looks like my dog. 

 Now....she looks like my Cricket... and it only cost me $200 for the opportunity to paint it. (eye-roll)