Hey everyone. Regardless of what you may think of the Robocop reboot coming out to theaters today, there’s no denying that it’s bringing a lot of deserved attention back to the original film. It’s one of my absolute all time favorite movies, and I wanted to celebrate Robocop Week here on Mint Condition Customs the best way I know how: by making a custom figure of course! So here I present Night Fighter Robocop! I’ve gone through and taken the NECA Night Fighter Robocop, and modified it to look much more like the vintage Night Fighter Robocop from the Robocop and the Ultra Police toy line by Kenner, complete with an interchangeable minigun arm! And just because this is Robocop Week doesn’t mean I won’t do more Robocop customs in the future. Be sure to check out the official page for this custom to see the full photo set and description for how it was made. This custom Night Fighter Robocop is also currently for sale on eBay. If you want, just click the picture below to take you to the auction. If you know someone who might be interested, feel free to pass the link along to them. Thanks for looking!
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I love that NECA saw fit to release an homage to the vintage Night Fighter Robocop from the Robocop and the Ultra Police toy line from Kenner. Still, I found it a tad disappointing that, most likely due to budgetary reasons, they couldn’t fully make him resemble the original figure. I’ve been wanting to do this for a while, and with the release of the new Robocop movie this week, I figured it was time. I went through and painted all the metallic blue highlights on the figure, as well as painting the face up, and painting the visor red. Using some fodder, I fashioned a futuristic looking minigun and attached it to his arm. I also made it detachable, so it can still be interchanged with his other two hands (Auto-9 pistol holding hand, and the data spike hand). And of course the figure still glows in the dark, fully rounding out the homage to the vintage Night Fighter Robocop. Because only in the 80’s did “Night Fighter” mean “glowing bright green”. So now Robocop is ready to bust up some creeps in the dead of night. I’d buy that for a dollar!
Yesterday we lost a member of the NECA family. Craig Windrix, brother of NECA sculptor Kyle Windrix lost his battle to cancer. Many of you might have already known about this situation, and knew that NECA immortalized Craig as an action figure, with his own likeness put onto a Colonial Marine for their Aliens toy line. It’s one of those things that proves just how amazing NECA is. Craig will surely be remembered by his loved ones, and thanks to NECA we can all have Craig on our toy shelves living on and continuing to fight. If you have your own photo of the Aliens Sgt. Craig Windrix figure you’d like to share, send it to NECA via Facebook or Twitter with the hashtag “#windrix”.
To go along with the great Robocop figures they’re producing, Threezero has given us a look at their upcoming 1/6 scale 2014 Robocop ED-209 figure. This is a teaser of the painted prototype, as well as several work in progress images they’ve posted. I’ve got no idea if the new Robocop reboot will be good, but I do know a good looking action figure when I see it, and this is most definitely it. No telling on price just yet. They’ve said they’ll reveal that closer to release.
A few days ago, Hong Kong based toy company Threezero posted images of their upcoming 2014 Robocop 1/6 scale V1 and V3 figures. V1 is the first version of Robocop we’ll see in the movie, with his silver chrome look, and V3 is the all black version we’ve seen in most of the promotional material. Whatever your feelings on the Robocop reboot are, you have to admit these look like amazing figures.
NECA just revealed a new image on their Twitter account for Monkey Monday. They posted a picture showing off the paint master prototype for their upcoming Planet of the Apes Dr. Zaius action figure. For those who don’t know, the line of figures will be in the same 7″ scale most of the NECA figures are in, and will feature the standard amount of articulation expected from them.
The other day an image of the NECA Predators Series 11 figures was shown off on the official NECA Twitter account. The picture revealed packaged samples of the Series 11 figures, which is set to include Thermal Vision Dutch, Battle Armor Lost Predator, and the Wasp Predator from the Dead End short film. NECA Predators Series 11 is set to be released before the end of 2013, so be on the lookout.
Catch up on the NECA Predators figures by getting Series 10 (the Kenner inspired wave) on Amazon or Ebay right now.
*** Head on over to my Ebay Auctions to see what’s available this week, or commission me if you’d like your very own custom action figure like this one. ***
“Everyone knows when you’re implanted with an alien egg, your days are numbered. But sometimes the ‘pregnancy’ goes wrong. The hatchling doesn’t end up growing right, and as a result ends up mutating the human host, giving them giant boils and a growth on their back that vaguely resembles an alien egg. This is a result of the hatchling trying, fighting to get out and live until eventually it ends up bursting forth out of the host’s back ready to attack the first living thing it sees!”
Remember the Aliens Arcade Game from 1990? It throws all kinds of crazy things your way, including this guy, the Chestburster Mutant. A human mutant/zombie thing that had the hatchling come out of its back and attack you. Crazy stuff. My goal was to pay homage to the game sprite, but also make it a bit more realistic looking. I took the upper body of a NECA Left 4 Dead Smoker, and the lower body of a NECA Predator Dutch. The giant back growth is an alien egg accessory from an Alien Resurrection Ripley figure, and the chestburster is from an Alien Resurrection Call figure. The egg was attached to the figure, and I cut up the shirt on the Smoker figure to fit over the egg and to look tattered. I sculpted on the head and arms to give him more growths and boils. The chestburster was repainted and can fit in the egg and be removed. It also has a bendable wire installed in it so it can bend forward inside the egg to appear as if it’s lunging at its victim. Then I painted the figure, using dry brushing to bring out the sculpt and trying to bring in elements from the game sprite, with lots of blood spatters randomly all over him. Then I just added some glossy clear coat for that wet, gross look and now the Chestburster Mutant is ready to take down anything in his way!
NECA just can’t seem to help themselves when it comes to doing classic NES inspired variants of their most iconic characters. First they came out with their SDCC exclusive NES Jason Voorhees, then they just came out with their NES Freddy Krueger, and now NECA has just revealed their all new classic video game 8 bit inspired NES Robocop action figure. Like Freddy and Jason, this new NES Robocop will come in box packaging made to resemble the case the old NES video game came in. NECA even went so far as to include their Reel Toys and NECA logos on the box in the places where, on the original game packaging, it was the Data East and Nintendo logos. The fact that NECA goes that far, to make their logos resemble the old ones is just icing to someone like me who really appreciates good graphics work on packaging.
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Hey there. As many of you may know, my custom Kenner inspired Aliens figures of Sgt. Apone and the Bull Alien Xenomorph are for auction on eBay. Well, today is the last day for bidding if you’re interested in doing so. Both auctions end in about 8.5 hours, roughly around 9:30 PM CST. If you are interested in bidding on either the custom Sgt. Apone or the custom Bull Alien figures, just click the pictures below to take you to the corresponding auctions. If you know someone who might be interested, please pass the link along. Thanks!
To go along with the great Robocop figures they’re producing, Threezero has given us a look at their upcoming 1/6 scale 2014 Robocop ED-209 figure. This is a teaser of the painted prototype, as well as several work in progress images they’ve posted. I’ve got no idea if the new Robocop reboot will be good, but I do know a good looking action figure when I see it, and this is most definitely it. No telling on price just yet. They’ve said they’ll reveal that closer to release.
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NECA just can’t seem to help themselves when it comes to doing classic NES inspired variants of their most iconic characters. First they came out with their 
