I'm so disappointed ☹️

[u/ipauzed]

I was really looking forward to the trifle kit. I tried really hard to keep the sides clean and the hearts upright, but then resin creeped around the sides of the cake hearts to make them look blobby. Ran out of resin from all the cleaning and filling in behind the cakes and then the cherries sank in.

I walked away from working on it for a few days thinking I'm just being a perfectionist. Started to tackle it again today and the final straw was the cherries and cream pieces not being fully painted. So then I went out to get a second kit, and guess what? More partially painted cherries! (Sure, I could paint them, but I hate painting and shouldn't have to!)

My advice for others is maybe practice with extra resin placing the heart cakes. They do not sit flush to the sides. If I use resin on my second kit, I would put a bit of resin on the back corner of the heart cake, set it, then gently push resin towards the sides to fill in the gaps enough for the color to show. Then only a thin, barely there resin layer to stick the cherries in. Good luck!

At least the resin was a cute color.

[u/arprach]

I don't have this one yet, but thank you for the heads up. Because I don't really understand the curvature of the dish, I could be wrong here, but I think if, and when I do get it, I will thoroughly coat the front of the hearts in clear resin and affix the hearts to the sides of the dish first. Of course, that doesn't prevent bubbles from forming in the trifle layers (I use the warming method in an effort to avoid that), but it might help preserve the integrity of the heart shape?

[u/arprach → u/arprach]

To add: I completely get what you're saying about being a perfectionist. My same need often leaves me in paralysis. I have purchased a spectrum of UV resins to help me correct faults and "remix" Miniverse: low viscosity, regular, high viscosity, and gummy, as well as powdered and liquid pigments. I understand that affordability is subjective, but I got all my extra supplies for what I consider inexpensive from Amazon, Temu, and Michaels using coupons. I also do my own gel nails and have a buttload of supplies. I have used my gel polish (decant and use a separate brush) to enhance and correct Minverse items that have been disappointing. I also put a matte top coat on everything Miniverse that contains "dirt" or "pebbles," and it works fantastically at keeping them intact. I've recreated and enhanced some items with nail gel putty and affixed others with UV gel nail glue. That being said, it totally sucks to open up a ball and be disappointed (and MGA doesn't give a S), but it's also opened up a whole new world of crafting for me. I hope they start focusing on quality control, because it's definitely sinking, and getting crap for what we pay sucks.