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Marvel Legends Juggernat Repaint
I don't know if you noticed, but I have a whole section of this website dedicated to alternate colors for characters in Capcom fighting games. In 1996, Capcom released X-Men…
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Bone Golem miniature
I was at a game shop recently, and finally decided to try my hand at painting tabletop RPG miniatures. The first one I picked up was a Pathfinder Battles figure…
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WWF Sycho Sid Custom Toy
I missed most of Sid Eudy's earlier wrestling career as "Sid Justice," and became acquainted with him when he re-joined the World Wrestling Federation in 1995, initially as the replacement…
Silverhawks Flashback action figure
I loved the Silverhawks cartoon, man. "Partly metal, partly real," the Silverhawks were a bunch of stand-up heroes who underwent an experimental process to turn their bodies into cyborgs in…
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X-Men: Phoenix Saga Space Wolverine by Toy Biz
In 1995, Toy Biz was making Marvel Comics action figures all over the place. Several series of X-Men toys had already come out, a couple of Spider-Man lines, and something…
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WWE Elite Legends DX Army action figures
I don’t talk about collecting wrestling figures a lot, because I don’t collect a lot of wrestling figures. I bought dozens of the old Jakks Pacific “Bone-Crunchin’ Action”-style WWF figures…
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Robot Heroes Energon Unicron Custom Toy
The planet-devouring Unicron was released as one of the adorable two-inch Robot Heroes toys. At the time, Unicron only had one look that I was aware of -- That of…
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Transformers Robot Heroes Shattered Glass Rodimus Custom Toy
The mirror universe of Shattered Glass is one where everything is backwards -- The Autobots are evil, the Decepticons are heroic, and Rodimus leads the Seekers! You can tell he's…
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Transformers Robot Heroes Zaptrap Custom Toy
Before there was The Transformers, there was Diaclone! The toy that would become Shrapnel was originally known as Waruder Kuwagatrer, and converted into a robotic stag beetle. E-Hobby released versions…
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TMNT General Traag custom toy
Image from The Toys Time Forgot General Traag is the leader of Krang's army of Stone Warriors (or "Rock Soldiers") from Dimension X. He's got a pretty straightforward design in…
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Transformers Astro Magnum Custom Toy
Shockwave is unique amongst Transformers characters, because, unlike most of his shape-changing robotic bretheren, he didn't start life as a toy licensed from Takara. He was initially Astro Magnum, a…
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TMNT Sgt. Bananas custom toy
Seargeant Bananas is a master of -- you guessed it -- GORILLA warfare. *rimshot* I don't think he's ever actually appeared in any Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fiction. He was…
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Transformers Robot Heroes Delta Magnus Custom Toy
As part of Takara's Diaclone line, this guy was known as Powered Convoy. I've talked about Powered Convoy, right? I swear I've mentioned Powered Convoy once or twice. Come on,…
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TMNT Baxter Stockman custom toy
One of the coolest things about the 1988 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toy line is just how creative they got. There's mutants of tons of animals -- Turtles, of course,…
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Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Lightning Collecton Goldar custom toy
The Gametop Exclusive release of Goldar from the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Lightning Collection line is a rad six-inch, super-articulated figure. But the "gold" plastic he was cast in was…