Category Archives: Customizing

Artwork, Customizing, Site News

Customizer Mega Spotlight

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Those of you active in our customizing forums have likely been keeping up on the great work of our forum members, but with all the Toy Fair news in recent weeks, even I sometimes do the unthinkable… I miss some great custom updates from our forum community contributors…

So without further delay, customizing legend Incom has recently created some fantastic custom figures are part of a commission project – I’m certainly envious of his Rachi Sitra Twi’lek custom, and I expect many of you will be too after you take a closer look.

After that, be sure to check out how Evilivo has restored a busted up X-Wing fighter, including sculpting the R2-D2 into the socket – just amazing work!

Forumite Customjedi also has created something that seems like a complete no-brainer (and easy money!) for Hasbro… a C-3PO using the superior Build-A-Droid sculpt.  Why the heck hasn’t Hasbro made this yet?

Last but not least, tokiravensky has made a fun take on Han Solo following the events of Return of the Jedi… along with some other cool works definitely worth checking out.

Artwork, Collecting News, Customizing, Podcasts/Streaming

Forest Village Set Podcast March 13

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Our good friends at Imperialshipyards.net will be hosting a podcast with Twelfth Parsec, the folks who are working to deliver the upcoming Ewok village playsets.  Click the image above for more details, and you can even submit questions you would like discussed during the podcast on March 13.

You can also participate in their campaign to get this project up and running here.

Artwork, Contests/Giveaways, Customizing

Make Your Own Custom Rebels Figure!

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Following Hasbro’s presentation at Toy Fair that had a heavy Star Wars: Rebels presence, we felt this would be a great time to kick off a joint “Rebels” customizing event with our good friends at Imperialshipyards.

Want to know more?  You’re damn right you do!  Head on over to the forums for all the details!

Artwork, Collecting News, Customizing, Site News

Hasbro to Address Oversized Helmets?

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Anyone who knows me at all in this hobby knows that I’ve been promoting for Hasbro to address what I feel is a major issue with their Phase 2 clone troopers… oversized buckets…  including creating a tutorial for customizers, if they so choose to modify their figures.

After a few Q&A’s with Hasbro, with them indicating that they are unaware of aesthetic issues, our friend Paul at Jedi Temple Archives brought with him to Toy Fair a custom clone trooper I assembled, alongside one of Hasbro’s stock figures and showed Derryl DePriest the size discrepancy… and Derryl’s reaction is one that you should read… this could mean great things on the horizon if you’re unhappy with the clone helmets… so head on over to Jedi Temple Archives for the report!

Collecting News, Customizing

When Hasbro hands you birds…

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Each year, I become more and more disappointed with Hasbro’s neglect toward playsets and dioramas – and while there’s hope on the horizon with 3rd parties getting into the mix, I recently caved in and bought some Angry Bird sets to see if the pieces could be used for anything in the 3.75″ scale.

The results may be a bit mixed, but I’m satisfied enough to keep the pieces I did purchase – for a closer look to see if this is something that may be helpful in your scene building efforts, head to the forums.