Saturday, July 31, 2010

Stalker

Stalker is a bad ass. That's all, just a bad ass.

Even with a HOF body, Stalker was still a bad ass, just an unarticulated bad ass. Rescuing his noggin to a Super Articulated body, he is a better bad ass! Skin tones don't match up exactly, but I did the best I could!

Starduster

Starduster got his introduction to the GI Joe fan base through a very unusual source - Action Stars cereal! After choking down a couple boxes of sugary goodness, a kid could send in the box tops or whatever and get his own exclusive Starduster figure. Yummy cavity-building goodness!

I always liked the Starduster character and only decided on creating a 1/6th version after finding this jet-pack thingy at a recent Joelanta show. I decided that the jet pack would make a great JUMP Mk2.

The head sculpt actually came from an exclusive WW1 pilot figure. Works for me!

Chuckles & Faces

The Joe Team's top two undercover agents - Chuckles & Faces.

I actually used the head sculpt for Hi-Tech as Chuckles. Chuckles is a much more needed character. I actually like the scowl as a contrast to his code-name.

Faces is actually the head sculpt from the Faces figure. Decent head sculpt. The body was one of those sculpted shirt deals - lame. I switched the head over to a Hasbro Super Articulated body. Much better!

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Cutter

Always loved the WHALE from the 3 3/4" line. The original 3 3/4" Cutter was pretty cool, but didn't have any ears! Poor dude! I used a 21st Century Toys head sculpt for this guy. Worked out pretty good. I've tried to use primarily Hasbro head sculpts, but have added a few from other companies to fill in the ranks. Stay tuned!

Sgt Savage

The only good thing from the GI Joe: Sgt Savage line - the head from the 1/6th version! Trapped on a hideous HOF body style, the Sarge was forced into non-articulation hell. Finally freed to a standard modern muscle body, the Sarge gets a new lease on life. Acting as the team drill sergeant, the Sarge doesn't take crap from anyone!

Tunnel Rat

I really need to find a pair of sculpted gloved hands and do a hand swap with Tunnel Rat. That would work so much better than the painted hands. Decent job by Hasbro with the head sculpt. i never understood why a guy that has generally been portrayed as crawling around in tunnels, caves and sewers would carry a huge gun like the original 3 3/4" version did. Wouldn't he really need compact weapons? Makes sense to me!

Heavy Duty

I used the original Heavy Duty head sculpt for this guy. He's got a Super Articulated body and a mini-gun. What else does he need?