FEMALE MANDO with SPEEDERBOARD

Dad has been working on a series of female Mandalorians for a while now.  This is the first in the series that he has completed so far.  Dad created this figure with a casted torso he bought from customizer Stocos28.  The arms and legs came from a G.I. Joes Scarlett figure and Dad tried to keep the paint scheme of the original figure as well as on the speederboard that he got from a Clone Wars Quinlan Vos action figure.  He finished the figure off with the cape from a Vintage General Grievous figure turned inside out.  The Mando helmet was the one included with the Clone Wars Mace Windu glued together and filled in to make a full head that was fitted with a Dremmel.  I gave Dad a hard time when he was making her, but I'm really glad he stuck to his guns because I really love the way she came out in the end.

 FEMALE MANDO with SPEEDERBOARD

created by Darth Daddy

 

Dad's Female Mando with Speederboard was featured on the front page of Imperial Shipyards.

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RebelForce Radio: March 15, 2013

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Bonnie Burton joins RebelForce Radio to discuss all the latest Star Wars news in their latest.  In the wake of this weeks big announcements from Lucasfilm postponing "Detours" and sealing the fate of "Star Wars: The Clone Wars", Jason & Jimmy Mac are joined by Bonnie Burton to break down all the news. What is the future, if any, for "The Clone Wars"? How should fans react to the show winding down? And where is the Star Wars saga heading from here? We provide insight and analysis for all the top stories from The Galaxy Far, Far Away, including all the latest Sequel news and rumors, another autographed book giveaway, and Billy Dee!

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CAFN: Episode 51 - State of Collecting Episode II

CAFN: Episode 51 - State of Collecting Episode II

Episode 51 of Custom Action Figure News is now loaded for your listening pleasure. It was absolutey a blast to listen to Paul Harrison from Jeditemplearchives.com and Dan Curto from Curtoburns.com talk about the current state of Star Wars collecting. Altough, they ran out of time, they did cover most of the outline which you can find, along with show notes, here.

http://www.jeditemplearchives.com/

http://www.curtoburns.com/

Go here to listen to the Custom Action
Figure News podcast: 

 http://www.imperialshipyards.net/cafnpage.html

If there is anything you would like them to feature on a future podcast be sure to let them know at:

chad.cafnpodcast@yahoo.com

tamer@imperialshipyards.net

James Arnold Taylor Interviewed on RebelForce Radio

Following the announcement from Lucasfilm marking the end of The Clone Wars, and fresh off his USO tour of Japan, actor James Arnold Taylor (Obi-Wan Kenobi) joins RebelForce Radio's Jimmy Mac. In this revealing conversation, James talks about what the show has meant to him as both a professional and a fan. Thank you James Arnold Taylor for being OUR Obi-Wan for the better part of the past decade.

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Star Wars Vehicle Custom: Speeder Bike Repaint

RebelForce Radio: "Declassified" and "Save the Clone Wars"

CLONE WARS: DECLASSIFIED: 520 - "The Wrong Jedi"

Star Wars: The Clone Wars reaches a climax with the trial of Ahsoka Tano in The Wrong Jedi. Wrongly accused for a crime she did not commit, Ahsoka finds herself on the verge of losing her freedom, and possibly more. What brought this once-promising Jedi padawan to such a moment of great despair? And what is the future of The Clone Wars...If any? Joining Jimmy Mac to discuss the fate of Ahsoka in this Season Five finale roundtable are RFR favorites, film director Kyle Newman (Fanboys) and Emmy-nominated artist Paul Bateman.

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RebelForce Radio's Special Report: SAVE THE CLONE WARS

We're huge fans of the Clone Wars television show here at Customs for the Kid.  Clone Wars was my generation's Star Wars the same way the Original Trilogy was my dad's.  Watching the Clone Wars has been a tradition in our house ever since I was 4 years old and the show had a lot to do with the creation of this blog.  Who knows if I would have been as into Star Wars if it wasn't for my weekly dose of Star Wars.  I remember when my Dad took me to see the theatrical release in the theater.  Please do whatever you can to keep this show going.  This show was a HUGE part of my childhood and I really need to know what happened to Rex and Darth Maul.  I'm really happy with the news yesterday that there is still more to come, but I'd really like to see the show continue into the vents of Order 66.SAVE THE CLONE WARS! 

Keep sending those letters to Bob Iger...It's more important now than ever! 

Walt Disney Studios
500 S Buena Vista St
Burbank, CA 91521
Attn: Bob Iger

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CONTEST COMMITMENTS

Even though we are hard at work here at home promoting the "Smuggler's Gambit" Custom Action Figure Contest with RebelForce Radio, we have some good friends over at Yakface.com and ImperialShipyards.net who are hosting a contest of their own, a Star Wars Episode VII Customizing Challenge to be exact.  We figured since we are judging our own contest and we can't submit entries that Customs for the Kid should definitely support others in the community by participating in our friend's event in the meantime.  

Here are the entries we threw together.  Just background characters. Although, if there is one thing that can be said about Star Wars, it is that the background characters even have great tales told about them along the way.  Here are our characters, but their stories are still a work in progress.

STAR WARS EPISODE VII 

CUSTOMIZING CHALLENGE ENTRIES

by Customs for the Kid

PACITHHIP

by Darth Daddy

This custom was inspired by a custom made by our good friend Luke Sprywalker....

"PACITHHIP"

by Luke Sprywalker

Zabrak

by Darth Daddy

Twi'lek

by Elias

Our submissions were featured on the front page of Imperial Shipyards.

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