Archive for January, 2010
A Custom Year Review
Posted by kingphilbert | Filed under Customs
A semi belated happy new year to any visitors I may have or have had. I started this blog in August and knew my attention wouldn’t be ultimately focused within, but with the onset of 2010 I am hoping that will change. To kick off this new year I present to you a look back at customs completed and presented in 2009 prior to the post below featuring my What if…Snake-Eyes, one of my last, and most well received of the year. As always, check out the Customs section to see more pics, or if you don’t want to read the article.
Skull Buster
The Range Viper was in the tail end of my time as a child playing with GI Joe figures, but the leader of the this group of Cobra wilderness troopers didn’t come about until sometime later as Joe and Co. had gone to the sideline of childhood memories. When I was finally introduced to this character in the DD World War 3 storyline that closed out the mythos that began in 1983 with the original A Real American Hero comic from Marvel he was a lone wolf living off the land overtaken by his own insanity. Looking back at the action figure released in 2002 he was a garish metallic purple repaint of the original Range Viper. Not overly attractive. As for my modern interpretation of Skull Buster my goal was to keep him in line with the modern Range Viper hinting ever so slightly to the original figure while giving him an edge and distinction that allows him to standout from the rest.
Roadblock
The difference between adding a few minor tweaks to an existing figure as opposed to a full blown custom can still make a huge difference. One item that is highly anticipated in the new year are Resolute figures. A few that have already seen some level of production have leaked into market places such as ebay. One in particular was the Resolute Roadblock. When will we see these figures at retail still remains to be seen, but this holiday season we were treated to a RoC exclusive Roadblock using the very mold of the Resolute figure minus his accessories. We also saw the new Cobra security agent Night Adder made with the same mold (more…)
