Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic (Post 853502)

Thanks for the kind words BM. My hands have grown a bit unsteady over the years so I've cooled it with customs for the most part. While it was only a simple repaint, that Rogue is still my favorite custom I've finished. I hope that Hasbro will give me a reason to retire it someday, as despite minimal play, father time is starting to wear her down a bit, and it makes me sad whenever a spot a paint chip or a ding from storage on her.

Had to dig her up, but since you asked...here's Mary as I finally left her.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...d13f3d_c_d.jpg

I swapped out her original arms with those from a Walgreens Emma Frost (which give her jacket a more cropped look, and also have better articulation than Mary's original arms.) Hands are a mix from that Emma and a vintage Widow, and I ditched the oversized katana that came with her for the smaller katana that came with Blade. I had put the heels from Walgreens Emma on her for a while, but they made her hell to stand and pose. They also made her feel a bit too tall for my liking, so I went back to the boots from Punk Storm.

I completely agree with your stance on accessory packs being much needed for Legends. All of the kitbashing that went into making my ideal Mary is proof of that. I've spent so much money on accessories, fodder figures and parts over the years, that I'm sure I would be able to skip a car payment for at least a month or two at this point.

Hasbro should look into the business models that Mattel and McFarlane used to have with their Masters and Halo lines, or the current success of Jazwares Fortnite line if they need some inspiration to give it a shot. Some of those accessory packs (especially the Halo: Reach sets) go for ridiculous amounts of cash on the secondary market, and were impossible to find when they were released due to their popularity with collectors who wanted to outfit their Spartans however they choose. The Masters ones were ingenious, as they often featured headsculpts OR weapons that allowed you to complete looks of certain characters across different incarnations of the show like MotU 200X.

Hasbro has tried to (and failed) to sell us many newer lines of the modular styled action figure, but I don't think that even they realize at times that they are already sitting on a line of (largely) modular figures just ripe for the customizing pitch they want to sell us. They already know there is a mad fever for Legends figures, all they need to do is capitalize. Can you imagine if Hasbro started doing Marvel Legend accessory blind bags? We'd be cursing and spitting at them the entire time, but we'd also be standing in the toy aisle at Target crunching tiny bags for hours wondering if we're getting some fisted or wall crawling hands this time like the plastic crack addicts we are.

Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel (Post 853458)

I remember that stellar custom. It looks as good today as it did when you initially posted pics of it. Can you re-post pics of your Typhoid soft-mod. I'm likely buying another Punk Storm to swap out her combat boots...

Originally Posted by kenm2474 (Post 853512)

Hellboy Dio Completed.
https://i.imgur.com/zuW9Y2z.jpg
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Originally Posted by Dr Kain (Post 853437)

Three Walmarts down and not a single Black Widow in sight. -_-

Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic (Post 853502)

Thanks for the kind words BM. My hands have grown a bit unsteady over the years so I've cooled it with customs for the most part. While it was only a simple repaint, that Rogue is still my favorite custom I've finished. I hope that Hasbro will give me a reason to retire it someday, as despite minimal play, father time is starting to wear her down a bit, and it makes me sad whenever a spot a paint chip or a ding from storage on her.

Had to dig her up, but since you asked...here's Mary as I finally left her.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...d13f3d_c_d.jpg

I swapped out her original arms with those from a Walgreens Emma Frost (which give her jacket a more cropped look, and also have better articulation than Mary's original arms.) Hands are a mix from that Emma and a vintage Widow, and I ditched the oversized katana that came with her for the smaller katana that came with Blade. I had put the heels from Walgreens Emma on her for a while, but they made her hell to stand and pose. They also made her feel a bit too tall for my liking, so I went back to the boots from Punk Storm.

I completely agree with your stance on accessory packs being much needed for Legends. All of the kitbashing that went into making my ideal Mary is proof of that. I've spent so much money on accessories, fodder figures and parts over the years, that I'm sure I would be able to skip a car payment for at least a month or two at this point.

Hasbro should look into the business models that Mattel and McFarlane used to have with their Masters and Halo lines, or the current success of Jazwares Fortnite line if they need some inspiration to give it a shot. Some of those accessory packs (especially the Halo: Reach sets) go for ridiculous amounts of cash on the secondary market, and were impossible to find when they were released due to their popularity with collectors who wanted to outfit their Spartans however they choose. The Masters ones were ingenious, as they often featured headsculpts OR weapons that allowed you to complete looks of certain characters across different incarnations of the show like MotU 200X.

Hasbro has tried to (and failed) to sell us many newer lines of the modular styled action figure, but I don't think that even they realize at times that they are already sitting on a line of (largely) modular figures just ripe for the customizing pitch they want to sell us. They already know there is a mad fever for Legends figures, all they need to do is capitalize. Can you imagine if Hasbro started doing Marvel Legend accessory blind bags? We'd be cursing and spitting at them the entire time, but we'd also be standing in the toy aisle at Target crunching tiny bags for hours wondering if we're getting some fisted or wall crawling hands this time like the plastic crack addicts we are.

Originally Posted by usernamedustin (Post 853510)

An alternative is Gwen Stacey. Her feet look pretty good on the Typhoid Mary legs. I used them for a Lila Cheney custom I did. I think the Gwen Stacey might be cheaper/easier to get than a punk Storm.

EDIT: Here's the pic, so you can see the what the feet look like on the legs.
https://i.postimg.cc/nLvLH033/IMG-3020.jpg

Originally Posted by Phantomcrow (Post 853526)

I think MCUcollector posted a pic on his youtube of them . The Grey Widow in in a split Sidekick with the new Venom Cap exclusive. So they are not in the Legends area. They could be on just about any sidekick in the toy dept. I mean I found the Mcfarlane Multiverse Batman:Metals ( That Devastator figure is a couple pounds of plastic BTW, wow!) sidekick at a wal mart stuck on the back end of the LEGO aisle.

Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel (Post 853378)

The SDCC set is a flat gray, while the Hit Monkey wave is silver (with a luster) and has a 'hairy forearm' paint app peeking out from the top of his gauntlets.

No worries on that being a guess, I double checked B...

Originally Posted by kenm2474 (Post 853627)

Anyone tell me how to post a Video?

Originally Posted by sh002 (Post 853614)

Originally Posted by Harbinger (Post 853637)

Standard Meme Post

Originally Posted by usernamedustin (Post 853648)

You used the wrong disco movie for your "joke"...


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Originally Posted by warmachine6 (Post 853629)

make a youtube account, upload to youtube, share the link on here :)

Originally Posted by kenm2474 (Post 853658)

I know how to Post a Link. I would like the Video to be seen on the Post.