FROM LEMON TO LEMONADE - THE BLACK SERIES 3.75" "ENDOR HAN SOLO"

We can't deny that when we first heard that Hasbro planned to release a repack of the Endor Han Solo in The Black Series Wal-mart exclusive line, a few unfavorable words might have been said in their direction.  Immediately, we thought the company was unloading all their warehouse overstock at an exorbitant cost to their consumers.  Now, while that certainly could still be the case in this instance, we did our best to take a bad situation and still make the most of it. Truth be told, using this action figure for customizing fodder helped us add a few characters to our collection that we had always really wanted and his release ended up becoming a blessing in disguise.

We used the camouflage jacket from Han Solo to make the jackets for both Atheloe and Ownellco. We shortened all the legs and arms of the figure to create the body for Rycar Ryjerd.  These were all much desired characters we wanted to add to our Mos Eisley Cantina display. 

We were even able to articulate our Force Awakens Han Solo action figure by using the arms and upper torso of the Endor figure.

All in all, we sheepishly admit that we are really happy this figure was released after all.  Without his release we would have missed out on four figures we have really grown to love seeing on our collection shelves.

Click on the pictures of the custom action figures below to learn more about each creation.

STAR WARS EPISODE IV:

A NEW HOPE

ATHELOE aka THE COLONEL

RYCAR RYJERD

OWNELLCO

STAR WARS EPISODE VII:
THE FORCE AWAKENS

Super-Articulated Han Solo

SKILL LEVEL: ADVANCED

PULPY FICTION ADDED TO "CUSTOMS I WISH I OWNED"

"BOBA FETT"

created by Pulpy Fiction

Pulpy Fiction from Brantford, Ontario has a signature style when it comes to customizing his 6" Star Wars custom action figures. His work looks as if it just jumped off the page of a beautiful comic book. He is remarkably skilled. This is an artist you will want to watch. Not only can he paint his awesome creations with great precision but he can create tailor made soft goods to dress them in. His sculpts of Chewbacca and Boba Fett are just jaw dropping and his photos look like they could adorn the cover of an old pulp novel. If his future projects look as eye catching as these figures, we have one very cool journey ahead of us.   He still has many projects on the way, and I mean MANY.

PULPY FICTION

"CHEWBACCA"

created by Pulpy Fiction

LINKS for PULPY FICTION: 

Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/pulpy.fiction.7/about

 

PULPY FICTION Blog:
http://pulpyfiction.blogspot.com/

 

On Figure Realm:
http://www.figurerealm.com/viewcustomfigures.php?op=4&id=4975

JACKOFTRADZE CUSTOMIZER SPOTLIGHT: UPDATED

JACKOFTRADZE is a professional Toy Designer who has been working in the industry for over 10 years designing real toy products! He has been a very committed 1/18th scale Star Wars collector since 1991! He collected when no one cared about Star Wars and has been with the line ever since. He recently created a blog and as you read his blog you get the unique perspective of a Toy Designer and a Collector. He has been an active eBay member for over 10 years and for over 4 of those years he has been creating custom figures to enhance his collection. He has a lot of cool customs and insights to share that I think you will enjoy.

Since our previous Customizer Spotlight on JACKOFTRADZE, we have acquired several more Star Wars custom action figures and we decided to use the slideshow format to showcase them all just so we could save on space. Check out the newest JACKOFTRADZE additions to my collection!

JACKOFTRADZE CUSTOMIZER SPOTLIGHT:
UPDATE

Click the graphics below to check out JACKOFTRADZE's blog & his Sunday night auctions on ebay.

JACKOFTRADZE "Jedi Master Count Dooku" featured on Action Figure Customs. Click image above to read the article.