Yoda's Hut Diorama (4 inch scale) by The Budget Jedi

Yakface.com Custom Action Figure Contests

Another Yakfinities Customizing Challenge has just wrapped up, and they announced some cool Hasbro prizes in the Order 66 Survivors Roundup Report. Head to the forums and check it out!

Yakface.com is kicking off the new year with another fun Yakfinities Customizing Challenge – Bounty Hunters! Yakface forum members have already started strong with several entries submitted, and we’ll be accepting submissions through March 31. For more details,click here.

IMPERIAL SHIPYARDS - STAR WARS 6" CHALLENGE

ImperialShipyards.net recently posted up a new customizing contest and this one is pretty simple.  To enter, you just need to create a "Star Wars themed" custom figure in the six inch scale line. Click here to see the full details and get started!

"BATTLE FOR ENDOR" CHARAL action figure created by CUSTOMS FOR THE KID

Our first custom action figure post for 2015.  Even though it is our first post of the year, this action figure was actually made in 2014.

For my 5 year old nephew's birthday 2 years ago, we gave him the entire Star Wars video library complete with all the films, The Clone Wars TV episodes, and the old Ewok movies that were made for television when I was a little kid. When my nephew began to watch some of the content that we gave him, he started with the "The Battle for Endor" movie. He loved the movie so much that he watched it 3-4 times a day for weeks on end.

When we visited his house on vacation, we brought him the Vintage Wicket and Star Tours Teek action figures, as well as, the Ewok Battle Pack that was exclusive to Toys R' Us. While we were visiting for the week, he saw us make custom action figures for the blog and was really impressed with our ability to make our own toys. So much so, that he asked if we could make a Noa and a Cindel for him last Christmas. 

He really liked what we made him, so this holiday, he asked for some of the baddies from the same film. We thought it would be fun if we made him a Charal action figure.  To do so, we used the body from a G.I. Joe Baroness action figure, and used green stuff to sculpt on her armor and necklace.  Originally, I wanted to do an original head sculpt, but due to time constraints and a heavy work load, I had to utilize the Black Series Mara Jade head to finish the custom in time for the holidays.  I just gave the head a simple repaint.  The hardest part was creating the soft goods and the feather cape that she wears. The dress and cape I took from the Black Series Luminara Unduli action figure and sewed in a red liner from some spare fabric I had left over from my Mother Talzin custom action figure.  It was the first time I ever did feather work, but I was pretty happy with how she turned out.

My favorite part of the project was the crow that Elias sculpted out of Green Stuff. Since Charal frequently uses her red gemstone ring to transform herself into a crow, we thought it would be fun to include the crow as part of the gift too.

My nephew absolutely loved the new addition to his "Battle for Endor" action figure collection.

"BATTLE FOR ENDOR" CHARAL action figure 

created by Customs for the Kid

CHARAL as a CROW

created by Elias

 Complete with a red ring.

NOA BRIQUALON & CINDEL TOWANI

created by Customs for the Kid

Our Charal action figure was featured on the front page of Imperial Shipyards.

CUSTOMS FOR THE KID: 2014 - YEAR IN REVIEW

Happy New Year, everyone!

Well, another year ahead of us.  But before moving forward, it is always fun to take a look back, and see what we accomplished in 2014.

Now the first thing Customs for the Kid noticed were that we didn't make as many figures as we did in previous years.  It was more a year of quality over quantity. The customs we created were the usual fare, easy customs that are great for a beginner customizer to try out, through to more advanced figures for seasoned veterans to tackle.  All skill levels were available to attempt.

We made mostly Clone Wars action figures.  It was our way of saying goodbye to one of our favorite TV shows.  We modified a few Rebels figures and filled in our Jabba's Palace a bit too.  We included a picture of our "Battle for Endor" Charal action figure in the video because she was made in 2014. She hasn't been posted on the blog yet, but she'll get the full treatment very soon.

Last year, we also saw our blog and Star Wars customizing grow in popularity. Dad scored a gig over at The Star Wars Underworld showcasing Star Wars custom action figure artists from all over the world once a week.  In December of last year, Customs for the Kid  had the most traffic that it's ever had in a single month. What really amazed us though was how Darth Daddy's Google+ page is now averaging over a million views a month! Just another wonderful year, and Customs for the Kid hopes to share many more with you all in the years ahead.

CUSTOMS FOR THE KID: 2014 - YEAR IN REVIEW
Star Wars Custom Action Figures created by Darth Daddy & Elias

Here's looking forward to an awesome 2015!