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Sunday, September 11, 2011

"CUSTOMS FOR THE KID": An Introduction to My Collection



A few times I have been asked if I was a Star Wars toy collector as well as a customizer. When people who asked found out that I collect Star Wars figures as well as make them, they asked to see pictures of my collection. This video shows my bedroom and some of the Phantom Menace action figures that I set up in the living room over the weekend. I will create a separate page for this video and I will add videos to the collection page as I begin to showcase the other parts of my collection.



"CUSTOMS FOR THE KID":
An Introduction to My
Collection




IN THE NEWS


The first video installment of an introduction to my Star Wars action figure collection was featured on the front page of Imperial Shipyards.





Saturday, September 10, 2011

COLD WEATHER KEL DOR FEMALE JEDI



This is a variation of my Kel Dor Jedi. I just added a few accessories to the action figure so I could use her in a cold weather environment too. I also used the CW Cold Weather Plo Koon head as a second head sculpt to use with the figure I originally created. I took the mask and hood for the figure as well. The chest plate from the Bultar Swan Comic Pack action figure helps accentuate her femininity.



COLD WEATHER
KEL DOR
FEMALE JEDI













ORIGINAL POST


Kel Dor Female Jedi




My Kel Dor Female Jedi featured on the front page of Imperial Shipyards.



Thursday, September 8, 2011

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

CUSTOMIZER SPOTLIGHT #15: OMAR RIVERA

The latest customizer we'd like to introduce you all to is 31 year old customizer, Omar Rivera from Puerto Rico. When this husband and father of two isn't busy making his awesome Star Wars action figures, he works as an art and history teacher and as a pastor as well. Dad first saw his customs on ebay when Omar had three stunning Padme Amidala action figures that were just incredible to set eyes upon. We didn't have any money at the time, so somebody else won the figures and let's just say that the somebody who is out there is one lucky individual. Fortunately, the following week we did have money when Omar posted 3 new figures up on ebay and they were really cool ones that one wouldn't want to pass up on. Omar openly states that customizing action figures is one of his passions and his passion is definitely visible in his work. Omar told us that he has created over 100 customs to date. So here are the three Star Wars custom action figures created by Star Wars customizer, Omar Rivera that you can find in my collection. Enjoy!



Khaleen Hentz
by Omar Rivera







She even comes with the baby. Unfortunately we didn't see this cool looking Quinlan Vos up for bid.


Khaleen Hentz was once a Separatist agent sent by Count Dooku to spy on Quinlan Vos, as a mole in his spy network. She later turned to the Galactic Republic and became the wife of Vos and the mother of his child.



K'Kruhk "Dark Times"
created by Omar Rivera






K'Kruhk was a male Whiphid Jedi who lived from around the end of the Galactic Republic to the time of the One Sith and the Second Imperial Civil War. The apprentice of Lilit Twoseas, K'Kruhk survived his Master's death during the Yinchorri Uprising and went on to serve with distinction in the Clone Wars. A disastrous loss of life at Teyr led K'Kruhk to question his cause, and he joined a dissident movement on Ruul. Betrayal by one of his own, however, caused him to reaffirm his absolute loyalty to the Republic and the Jedi High Council, and he would go on to serve on Saleucami in the final weeks of the Outer Rim Sieges.

Despite countless brushes with death, K'Kruhk survived both the Clone Wars and the Great Jedi Purge, living to see the demise of the Galactic Empire and the return of the Jedi, albeit while in hiding from the agents of Darth Vader. Only when Luke Skywalker's New Jedi Order was well-established and the last elements of Palpatine's Empire destroyed did the Whiphid finally emerge from hiding.

Some period after the Yuuzhan Vong War, K'Kruhk joined the New Jedi Order and was still active even past the rise of Darth Krayt, serving as a member of the Jedi High Council, and taking a leading role in the Jedi resistance to the ascendant Sith. K'Kruhk's efforts were integral in forging an alliance between the Jedi, the Galactic Alliance Remnant and the Fel Empire. With the death of T'ra Saa at Taivas, K'Kruhk became the oldest and most experienced of the surviving Jedi, and participated in the alliance's final assault on the Sith-held Coruscant.

Following the deaths of Darth Krayt and Roan Fel, K'Kruhk became one of the three Triumvirs of the restored Galactic Alliance.



Thisspiasian Jedi
created by Omar Rivera









To go to Omar Rivera's ebay store click below:

http://myworld.ebay.com/albalindaalba?ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:US:1181




IN THE NEWS



Our "Customizer Spotlight" post on Omar Rivera was featured on
Ed Johnson Presents: STAR WARS The Clone Chronicles (Webcomics & SW News)



Articulated Knees for Your Hondo Ohnaka

If you toss your Hondo Ohnaka into a pot of boiling water with a Shahan Alama action figure for about 5 minutes, you can pop the two figures apart at the waist and give Hondo, Sahahan Alama's legs giving him the articulated knees that we all wish he had. We didn't paint our legs because we were ok with the way he looked, but you could always paint yours. Just be sure you use parent supervision whenever using boiling water.



Hondo Ohnaka
with Articulated Knees

Hasbro's CW Hondo Ohnaka on the left and Dad's modified Hondo Ohnaka with articulted knees on the right.