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Aug202007
Customized Action Figures
I’m kind of a nerd so i’ve known about this sub-culture for quite a while, no I don’t make my own action-figures at home - I promise! But I do admit I have a pretty extensive collection that i’ve kept since I was a kid and do enjoy perusing the toy aisle with the kids every time we go to Target. In case you have never caught this one out there, there is a very large sub-culture of people who build their favorite characters out of other action figures and/or pieces parts.
A dedicated subculture of craftspeople have been frankensteining, kitbashing, boiling-and-popping, sculpting and painting one-of-a-kind figures for years. Their efforts are bringing to life characters that don’t enjoy enough of a following to justify mass production — think the 1950s Batman foe the Killer Moth — or which, like the Watchmen figures, are tied up by copyright and creative differences.
The results can be pretty neat, some of these folks have talent, i’ll give them that.
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