Trying to pamper the Zebra Brothers - need help

[Dreamer]

Um, I'm not sure if to put this here or on the Dollhouse, but since these aren't dolls...

So I'm a fan of a now forgotten cartoon named Hero 108. After all this years, I've been lucky enough to find figures of my favourite characters of that show, the Zebra Brothers

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Sadly, my figures have a few mistakes that I'd like to fix

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The poor things can't even stand up, but that isn't my biggest concern about them (they look like 'mmmm, delicious eraser!')

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The white one has got a poorly sealed back, and I think I'll need to sand a bit his small leg. It looks worse than in the photo

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The black one looks worse. He's got this ugly gap between his mane and his head, and looks like he's balding! And he's got a sloppy paintjob on his mane and some glue residue on his ear

By the way, they look so lifeless... isn't possible to make them a bit cuter?

I know this forum's speciality is ponies and not figures, but I don't know another place to ask this. Thank you very much for your attention

[kaoskat]

I'm going to kick this to art, because I think they may be able to help you better.

[Griffin]

Those are some cute characters, actually! Sadly I'm at loss for ideas... If you want to make them look cuter and more accurate to the show, I think repainting the eyes could do wonders. The white one looks rather sarcastic in the ref pic, adding the eye lid might help making the figurine look a bit more accurate. Good luck.

[ZennaBug]

I've never heard of the cartoon, but I like the looks of those characters.  Could you maybe weight them down a bit so they don't flop onto their faces like that?  A careful repaint or touch-up would probably help bring them back to life a bit too.