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Parents often go to any lengths if it means they can make their children happy. There isn’t a bridge they wouldn’t cross or the milestones they wouldn’t surpass. To put it mildly, someone as physically powerless can yield such great power over two fully grown humans is simply astounding and speaks volumes on how amazing evolution is. But, then again, there are times when parents are tied down, say, when kids want merch from certain lesser-known characters like The Last Unicorn or Wall-E or Anastasia or any of those available in the market. There may be a few available but they’re neither cheap nor are good enough for a kid to play with. So, imagine when this 8-year-old daughter asked for 'Labyrinth' dolls to play with. Labyrinth is a 1986 fantasy/adventure movie featuring David Bowie and Jennifer Connolly.

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The request was so specific that it had to do with this one particular scene where Bowie’s character (Jareth, the Goblin King) and Connolly’s character (Sarah) are hand in hand, swaying to a tune at some point during the movie. The market obviously didn’t have any available to meet this particular scene. And this dad certainly didn’t want to disappoint his daughter. So, he did the next best thing, he used his creative skills to conjure them out of whatever things he had at his disposal. To start off, he scoured the internet to figure out what he was dealing with where he found that they were homemade collectors edition dolls and figures, but not good enough for a young girl to play with. So, he did his own versions of them by repurposing Barbie dolls and fashioned them into Jareth and Sarah.

Here's what the dad had to create:

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So he bravely jumped into this venture with hopes of being able to fulfill his daughter's expectation.

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He used the blonde barbie for Sarah's body, and for a little bit of the dress. Then, he got another male doll for the Goblin King Jareth.

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Sarah is a brunette in the movie, the dad had to improvise and so he decided to use the head of this doll for the build.

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Remember the severed head of the first doll? That didn't go to waste entirely. Jareth in the movie is a blonde, so the dad decided to strip the hair to use it for the goblin king's hair.

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After what seemed like weeks of work, the dad managed to fit Sarah's head into the other barbie's body before custom-making the flared finish her dress with a separate piece of cloth. Et voila, here's the young daughter with her Labyrinth dolls, as asked.

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That's not all, he even put up a Youtube tutorial on how he finished the project, from start to finish, which you can find below.

What looked like a minor project turned into a major one for the dad but in the end, it was all for a good cause. Also, this experience goes to show that dads are practically ready to do anything for their little girls, no matter the time or effort.