Hey everyone. I know, I know, it’s definitely different from my usual custom action figure subject matter. However, when I was contacted by a groom to be, wanting his friends’ likenesses put on Avengers bodies as a gift for being in his wedding, I couldn’t resist. I loved the sentimentality, and it was nice doing something different. Not only that, but some time after, I was contacted by one of the former groomsmen who wanted to get the groom his own Avengers custom action figure, with him as Nick Fury! Again, I couldn’t resist. It made sense to complete the set, as it were. If nothing else, this project certainly helped me hone my hair sculpting skills. If you want to check out the full photo gallery, complete with a full description on how each custom was made, CLICK HERE or the photo below. And be sure to check out the Youtube video I made for these, which has exclusive WIP (work in progress) photos! And if this is your first time here, do check out the Custom Action Figure Archive, where you can see every single custom action figure I’ve made up to this point. Thanks for looking, and remember that Mint Condition Customs is where toys become Interactive Art!
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Don’t forget to check out the video I made for these custom action figures near the bottom of the page to see some exclusive WIP (work in progress) photos!
This set of custom action figures was a commission from a groom to be who wanted to give these to his groomsmen as gifts. He and his friends are Marvel fans, so he requested that I recreate their likenesses as members of the Avengers. The new Hulk head came from a wrestler figure, whose name I forget, but he looks like a 19th century strong man. I had to shave his mustache, and sculpt an entire head of hair over his bald head. The new Cap head started out as a DST Angel head. I pushed the hairline up some and gave him a new hairdo. The new Thor head came from a TNA Eric Young, with sculpted beard and resculpted hair. The new Iron Man head came from a Stargate Teal’c. I removed the forehead symbol, gave him a mustache, and hollowed out an Iron Man head, cut out the face plate, and stuffed the new head inside, so you could see his face.
Some time after this, I was contacted by one of the former groomsmen wanting to get the aforementioned groom his own Avengers custom action figure. Since all the other spots were taken, he felt it was appropriate to turn him into Nick Fury. His head started out as a TNA Sonjay Dutt. I sculpted on his beard, resculpted the hair, and gave him an eyepatch. It’s maybe a bit of a weird set of custom action figures, but I enjoyed doing something different and I really liked the sentiment behind it. If nothing else, I certainly honed my hair sculpting skills!
I know a lot of fans have been having trouble finding the Marvel Legends Iron Man Mark 42 and Movie Iron Patriot figures at retail, and have understandable been getting frustrated since they’re both needed to complete the Build-A-Figure Iron Monger figure. Well fret no more. Amazon has both figures right now, and at retail price or less, and both eligible for free shipping! I hope this helps out all those out there wanting to complete their Iron Monger, or just add to their Iron Man figure collection.
Hey everybody. I’m introducing a new sporadic feature here on Mint Condition Customs. Whenever a great deal pops up on Amazon, or BBTS, or Entertainment Earth, you’ll know about it right here. Today, I’ve found two amazing deals on Amazon. That’s the reason it will be sporadic, because there’s no telling when these great deals will pop up.
Apparently the Hasbro Marvel Legends movie Avengers figures have leaked, and thanks to xmeteorz of TheFwoosh forums, we have new images of the Walmart exclusive figures!
Most of these were already revealed as prototypes at conventions within the last year, however here we get a peek at a not yet revealed figure: Movie Hulk! That’s right, it looks as if Hasbro is making a Hulk figure based on his appearance in the Avengers movie in Marvel Legends style. He looks pretty big in package. They even had to fold his arms and squat his legs just to get him to fit in the package.
Hasbro stated that these figures will be released either before or during the release of the Avengers movie on Blu-ray/DVD. Some of these 6″ figures feature the new style of rocker ankles Hasbro has been implementing, such as the movie Hulk figure. However, Iron Man seems to be a repack from the previous Walmart exclusive Iron Man 2 6″ figure wave. Each figure comes with a display stand.
In addition, images of the cardbacks can be seen, showing the cross-sells!
Continue reading the story and see all 21 new images of the figures after the jump!
Marvelousnews is reporting that people are finding the second wave of Hasbro’s new Marvel Legends in stores right now. So far, reports only indicate them being found at places such as Walmart. This is really unexpected, considering wave 1 is just now hitting retail and most people are still trying to find it. For anyone who budgets their action figure monthly intake, this will be some bad news.
I’m doing something different this time with the review. I want to get through the entire first wave of the new Marvel Legends, and to do so I’m going to do review a few figures at a time. Don’t worry, I won’t skimp on any details, I just felt like consolidating. Unfortunately, I’ve only been able to find variant cases of the figures, so my Iron Man figure here is the blue stealth variant. The sculpt is the exact same though, so so the review should help you regardless of which version you find. So, are the new Marvel Legends figures worth all the hype?
Last week I posted several images from the UK Toy Fair showing off Hasbro’s Avengers toys. Included in that was the Hellicarrier. The image was very small and could hardly be made out. But now, it seems as if IGN has gotten a hold of a hi-res image of Hasbro’s upcoming 3ft long S.H.I.E.L.D. Hellicarrier for their Avengers movie toy line. It comes with a Captain America figure and features 4 firing projectile deck cannons. Still no word on price but that should hopefully be revealed next weekend during the New York Toy Fair.
Toys R’ Us Canada has started taking pre-orders for a number of upcoming Avengers toys from Hasbro including the new Quinjet. As exciting as the preorders are themselves, a bonus to having them is that we now have better quality images than the ones that leaked out last week at the UK Toy Fair.
Thanks to MarvelousNews we have confirmations as well as verbal descriptions and photos of the new Avengers Movie based Quinjet and a new 3 feet long Shield Hellicarrier toy. Thanks to Dark Horse who posted the following information over on The Red Shadows message board.
Hey everybody. I’m introducing a new sporadic feature here on Mint Condition Customs. Whenever a great deal pops up on 
Apparently the Hasbro Marvel Legends movie Avengers figures have leaked, and thanks to xmeteorz of 
Last week I posted 
