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Post by Bandalero on Oct 24, 2012 21:24:57 GMT -5
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Post by PJ on Oct 25, 2012 6:01:25 GMT -5
Actually it's not that bad. And just the other day I was thinking about the Toy Biz WCW Mean Gene's head on Rocardo's body, but thought it would be too small...like his figure in general
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Post by Bandalero on Oct 25, 2012 7:09:46 GMT -5
The head may be passable but the height is completely off - Gene hits Hogan at his eyes when he should be at his chin:
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2012 7:27:39 GMT -5
Is Ricardos figure at the same height as Cole's one?
Bandy, i'll never be tired to tell you that your Hogan is awesome, i LOVE it.
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Post by Bandalero on Oct 25, 2012 7:33:29 GMT -5
Is Ricardos figure at the same height as Cole's one? Bandy, i'll never be tired to tell you that your Hogan is awesome, i LOVE it. Thanks Tarver but that's all "Mean" The1DEAN70 Okerland's creation!
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Post by PJ on Oct 25, 2012 10:25:37 GMT -5
yes he's too tall, but the Toy Biz figure is too short. Maybe the Mattel legs with the TB upper body would be better? Is Ricardos figure at the same height as Cole's one? Bandy, i'll never be tired to tell you that your Hogan is awesome, i LOVE it. Except for the head and rubber ties they use the same parts. So they are the same height.
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Post by Bandalero on Oct 26, 2012 22:59:42 GMT -5
The Four Horsemen are running rampant throughout the NWA. Dusty Rhodes has searched far and wide and has recruited these warriors to his Dream Team for the ultimate battle: WAR GAMES! "The American Dream" Dusty RhodesFirst up, if it looks like you're seeing double or triple it's because I think this Dusty Rhodes is carbon copy of Dean's and Goldust's Dustys 'cept mine has the "DR" on the left hip - credit to Dean for the monogram and neat idea to throw a Jakks green elbow pad over a white Mattel elbow pad for that iconic bionic "look": "The Russian Nightmare" Nikita KoloffI have a love-hate relationiship with this head. Some days it screams Bushwacker Luke and some days I can't believe I have Nikita in my collection. I actually rebuilt this fix-up after selling off my first version and I have Russian nightmares on how much this fix-up actually costs... "The Total Package" Lex LugerFrom Chicago Illinois...Yes you've seen this fix-up already, but he had neon green trunks. But thanks to Apoc ~ the master trunk splitter! ~ These Mr. Perfect trunks give Lex his more iconic Galoob look. Thankfully I do my best NOT to glue the figures back up, so it allows me the opportunity to switch out parts on a whim. Dean did the dremel magic for the head. What I love about this version of Lex is that he's in the same gear he wore for his match with Sting against the Steiners at SuperBrawl '91 - one of my all-time favourite matches: This is a man called Sting!So this was the challenge, you see, kayfabe and all Sting is my all-time favourite wrestler. The head you may recognize is from TheAxehennig's custom Sting which I bought. There's no denying that Axe's painting skills are great, but I was more than a little disappointed when the custom turned out to be a statue, and I spent a lot of money on it. So i wanted to make a fully playable fix-up and got to work on salvaging this figure. Thankfully I came across this reference pic: While not a perfect match, it's the best I could find with the parts Mattel has available right now. Axe painted his skin which kinda works for me because Surfer Sting was tanned, posed certain ways he looks like he has tan-lines, and he stands out next to the many other Terry Funk torsos I've used for other fix-ups. No black Scorpion design on the tights yet - but I have all the faith in Dean's work to be able to pull that decal/tampo off someday. Anyways Naitch and the Horsemen better be ready for a war:
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Post by gps on Oct 26, 2012 23:55:48 GMT -5
I absolutely LOVE the Sting & Luger figures.
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Post by Nivro™ on Oct 27, 2012 0:01:09 GMT -5
Freaking love the new additions. Ive gotta get to work on finishing my Sting and Luger customs. Im just dreading trying to A)Paint Stings face/scorpion and B)being able to afford white boots for Luger
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Post by ckhybrid on Oct 27, 2012 2:04:31 GMT -5
that Sting is awesome, love Dusty too, makes me wish I would have picked up an extra Dusty when it was warming shelves around me for a year
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Post by PJ on Oct 27, 2012 4:57:59 GMT -5
Look great. Especially Luger. Not liking Sting's head choice though. Maybe you could get Dean to dremel out an evolution of Sting head
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2012 6:46:36 GMT -5
Badass! Nicely done.
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Post by marino13 on Oct 27, 2012 7:36:45 GMT -5
The more NWA figures I see the happier I am. Great collection so far Bandy, I'm impressed.
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Post by PJ on Oct 27, 2012 7:48:01 GMT -5
Here's a pic of one that I started to hollow out.
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Post by Bandalero on Oct 27, 2012 9:08:25 GMT -5
I don't know PJ, I'm not completely feeling the Toybiz head. I like the fact that it's open-mouthed for Sting but it's a bit too narrow for me - can we see a pic of the head from the side?
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Post by PJ on Oct 27, 2012 9:11:53 GMT -5
I'm taking my daughter to drama class now, but I will when I get home.
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Post by Cyan on Oct 27, 2012 9:44:03 GMT -5
Seeing that Nikita makes me wish for a Flashback of him. War Games was great!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2012 10:43:44 GMT -5
I like sting, Only thing Im not crazy about is it looks like its only painted up to a certain part on the torso.... looks like on the back theres some mattel skin color showing.
Really glad My Baby blue trunks went to a good use, I was holding onto them for about a year thinkin about making a Face Hercules or anything else that may come up
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Post by PJ on Oct 27, 2012 11:34:41 GMT -5
Well, that sucks I'm at Target and they had an e13 Edge here for weeks that I was going to get today so I could have used that lower body on Sting...and of course now he's gone. I guess Sting will be getting the E16 Slater lower body now. In any case I should be back home in 40 - 50 minutes to take some side pics.
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Post by lando136 on Oct 27, 2012 11:58:57 GMT -5
Dustys dream team looks great, makes me wish mattel would do a NWA line
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