I honestly don't understand why people think of Birdo as a guy while clearly it's a girl that has a crush on Yoshi. Cute though.

Most people think Birdo is guy because thats what Nintendo told everyone. "The original manual for Super Mario Bros. 2 asserts that Birdo is a boy who believes that he is a girl, and would rather be referred to as "Birdetta""

And more recently in Captain Sunshine they decided to center a who subplot around it. "Birdo's reason to come to Mimin Island is to become popular with all the boys, but is arrested by Mappo after walking in the women's restroom, uncertain of Birdo's gender. Birdo claims that Nick is his/her boyfriend after Nick "proves" she/he is "female" and releases him/her from prison. Birdo lives in the "Cute House" on a separated part of the Island. The interior consists of mostly pink colored furniture, ribbons, and eggs. The game continues the recurring controversy around Birdo's gender, where she claims to be female and that Nick is her boyfriend but she has a male voice."

Thank you. Yeah theres been all kinda of explanations, but in America, I guess they're making birdo's gender "unknown" haha

Cool, how are you going to get the buttons made? Are you going to order them, or get a machine and make them yourself?

I'm thinking of saving up and buying my own machine. I looove buttons and would love to make them myself. :)

Cool, as a guy who owns 4 button machines, I can say it is totally worth it if you love buttons, and especially if you can create art for them yourself.

Let me know if you need any advice on where to buy them from, or what size to get, or anything like that.

Actually, I'd love info on where to get button machines and prices and whatnot. I've seen them go for $20 and $200 so obviously theres something im missing

Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner, I don't check on here often.

At dinner I told you that "Dr Dons Buttons" on ebay would be the best place to look, but I can't find any auctions by them anymore.

Also in my re-researching this, I found a new button maker that might be worth looking into, as it features modular parts, so you can get one machine and then buy new moulds to make a entirely different size or even shape of button without having to buy an entirely new machine. That is this machine http://buttonmaker.asc365.com
The draw back I see is that it seems to be different size than almost every other button maker on the market and so parts could only be purchased from that company and would cost more.


So my main recommendation would be for something just like this
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-1-4-Stnd-Size-BUTTON-MAKER-MACHINE-PUNCH-500-PARTS-/370678732285?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item564e2c95fd
Machine + 500 parts + circle punch
(you want a punch, not a cutter, I learned the hard way that spinning circle cutters suck)


Other Resources

Dr. Dons Buttons website
http://www.buttonsonline.com/machines.html


Good seller of button parts
http://stores.ebay.com/politicsstinks