Hey everyone. Wanted to give you some updates on how everything went.

Surgery went really well. The doctor was originally going to use a heart pump and take my heart “offline” to do the bypass, but ended up doing it without that. Just opened me up, moved the artery he wanted, and was done. I am told it took about three hours. They had a EKG hooked up to me during that time and my ejection fraction (how well you heart pumps out blood) jumped to 45, Normal range is 50-70 so with medications and healing I should get into that range.

Bad side. With the surgery my doctor said that my body is out of wack for blood sugar now. I have Type II and it was manageable, but now it is spiking well over 200 (really not good) and so I am on two types of insulin to try and get it back in line. Does this freak me out? Yes, more than I can express. Diabetes killed my sister and now I have this. He did say that things should go back as I heal and I should be able to get off of the insulin, but until that happens I am shaken to the core with this.

I am sore, and it will take six weeks for the breastbone to heal. I now have steel wire holding it together (no, not enough to hang a magnet from – don’t ask how I know) and then once it is healed there will be physical therapy. I am also going to be seeing an endocrinologist to get the sugars under control and hopefully in the next few months I can be fully on the road to recovery and health.

I plan on getting a workout bench once I am allowed and getting back into weights. It’s been too many years and I am out of shape so that by the end of the year I can have a workout setup to get myself back to where I used to be.

Thank you all for the support through this, It has meant a lot to me. I’m going to get back to modeling as I can. Right now just being sore and not being allowed to lift anything slows down everything I do.

New list is out.

Also, since this will all be closing at the end of February it seems appropriate to have a closing sale.

So from now until the website goes away and we are all over on MMF I am having a sale – 40% off, just use the code SHUTDOWN2026

Next week is surgery so I probably will not be checking in for a while. I hope you are all doing well and I want you to know I am rooting for you and care about you.

Mark

Just a reminder that over on my Zazzle store you can pick up a mug that shows your favorite mech, vehicle, or even your favorite creator.

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I want to wish all of you a very merry Christmas as we celebrate the birth of our Lord and savior, Jesus Christ.

I will not go on and on about my faith with you, but I will say that whether you believe or not I hope that God blesses you in the coming year and showers you with his love and blessings and keeps you close to him through whatever troubles you may encounter.

Bless all of you and thank you for everything you have done for me and my family.

Mark

Hey Guys,

I am almost finished with the January model and it will be posted up here and also on MMF. So, if you want to move over there early I will be launching the Tribes section near the end of the month and uploading the Goliath over there at the same time.

Here is how the Goliath is looking so far. I am setting it up so that the Lance Leader will still have multiple leg poses by having the body fit into the legs.

The website here will stay active until the end of February and I will have a February model set up to be released at the beginning of the month as well. But I am hoping you will all move over before the end of the month when this site will shut off the store features. I will probably redirect the URL to MMF since I will be posting there in the Tribes page.

Please understand that once the shop site closes, there will be no further access available. To be able to do that would mean that I would have to renew it for around $700 and have it around for another year and that just isn’t financially feasible.

So please make sure you download your models before then.

Thanks

Mark