Write-ups for our custom action figures and how-to tutorials
In AFP’s Border Patrol, we scour active eBay auctions for customized action figure that you won’t want to let slip by!
Marvel Legends Styled Bruce Lee – this looks like a relatively simple recipe, but MADDOG’s execution is impeccable – ends on Nov 01, 2009 19:08:56 PST
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As a customizer myself, I’m not usually one to hit eBay looking for custom action figures. But every once in a while, a truly exceptional piece gets put up for sale.
This one is a Batman from the Arkham Asylum
Batman is made in the DC Universe style standing 6 inches tall with 26 points of articulation. His unique costume in the video game was painstakingly recreated in remarkable detail. You might not see it in the photographs but he even has that unique texture all over his suit. It also features a new accurate head professionally sculpted from scratch. Even after the extensive full body sculpting, this figure is still fully poseable.
When I got Marvel Universe Secret Wars Series 2, Magneto was one of my wanted characters, so I was disappointed that Hasbro opted to use the Daredevil / Bullseye body from way back in the first series of Marvel Universe figures. That body is plagued by a really short torso, and any superhero-sized character will be too short when using it.
Luckily, Magneto has one feature that is going to make this really easy to fix – his big wide belt. Here’s how to do it.
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As action figure collectors, we’re into small, plastic playthings – but for a lot of collectors I know, the love of toys began with a love of the characters. So when I came across the My Paper Heroes site, I was instantly taken in – here’s a collector who has created Marvel characters using color printouts and tape! The initial set of figures are mostly X-Men-related, and luckily for me these are some of my favorite characters.
The coolest thing about it is that the site also provides PDF downloads for each of the designs so you can make your own paper heroes. I can’t wait to give it a shot.
Let me start by saying that I normally don’t take action figures outside to take pictures of them. I do love seeing outdoor shots, but it’s just a lot of trouble to get them set up, and I would rue the day that one of my neighbors catches me doing so. But for this custom Marvel Legends Zabu, I was compelled.
You may remember GrownNerd’s entry in CustomCon 22, Savage Land Face-Off Zabu & Ultra-raptor. If you haven’t seen that, you’ve got to check it out. What you may not know is that the Zabu in that CustomCon entry is the *second* Zabu he made. When he posted the recipe for Zabu on his customs thread at TheFwoosh.com, he revealed that he wasn’t happy with the first. I suggested that I take the first one off his hands because it was such a piece of crap, and shortly thereafter, I had this beauty in my hands. Never underestimate the power of sarcasm coupled with suggestion!
