Custom Action Figures

Still busy setting up the basement, but lookit what I found! I was into action figures as well as comics back in the mid-90's, and in those pre-internet (for me) days, I turned my creative bent towards those characters that the toy companies hadn't yet produced. One of my earlier pieces was done while watching the Broncos bomb the playoffs, and I turned my attention to making my Toy Biz Psycho Man action figure look like a gold armored Iron Man:

I made dozens more over the next few years, including this Amazo, customized from a Drax the Destroyer figure:

Doctor Fate, made from a Toy Biz Adam Warlock:

Most of my DC figures were made to fit in with Mattel's largely-reviled "Total Justice" line. Black Manta here is a TJ Batman with his head forever encased in a putty shell:

Similarly, a TJ Superman begat Ultraman:

In some cases a manufactured figure was close, but needed tweaking. Thus, Heroes Reborn Iron Man got a makeover.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

I think I made something like 30 of these. Wanna see more?