Friday, September 04, 2009

Lucky Buck is Back!

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There seems to be a serious effort to revive the future man of the past, Buck Rogers, judging by this Web site . Just the name "Buck Ro...
Friday, July 24, 2009

Vinyl Impressions Part III

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When I presented Jim Six with his custom action figure, one person who was around to witness it was my friend Kate Becker. It was Kate, in f...
Thursday, July 23, 2009

Vinyl Impressions Part II

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After creating the custom action figure for Jim Six and seeing what a great reaction it got, I became hooked on the satisfaction of making s...
Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Vinyl Impressions

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Creating custom action figures can be exhilarating or exasperating. Some come together quickly with relative ease; others can take months or...
Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Captain Stargood

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I really like this! Kinda like if Gerry Anderson and Seth Green had a love child:
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Friday, July 10, 2009

The Ghost Who Walks!

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"The Ghost Who Walks!" If that tag line doesn't capture the imagination of a six year old, I don't know what will. Just as...
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Monday, July 06, 2009

Meet Doctor Doom!

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Shortly after Playing Mantis released its reproductions of Captain Action and some of his old costumes, it seemed as though a mini-cottage i...
Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Wonder Woman

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Since comic book readership has traditionally been predominantly male, female super heroes were often a tough sell. Not that there weren...
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Sunday, June 28, 2009

Golden Age and Silver Age Green Lantern

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Just like the Silver Age Flash, I first discovered Silver Age Green Lantern not in comic books but on the Aquaman cartoon show where he app...
Friday, June 19, 2009

A Tale of Two Flashes

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Going through my old posts, I realized that I neglected to talk about some of my earliest custom action figures. Although they lack some of ...
Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Saturday Afternoon Matinee

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If my calculations are correct, it was on this day 31 years ago when the summer vacation between my 8th and 9th grade school years began. Th...
Thursday, June 11, 2009

Men Into Spa-aaa-ace!

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Although I read comics from the time before I could read, I didn't seriously collect comics until I was about 12 years old. Among my ear...
Monday, March 23, 2009

Forty Winks: The Perils of Pandora

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In the waning years of the previous century, I found myself in the midst of a group of highly creative individuals who wished to take comic ...
Monday, March 09, 2009

Custom Action Figure - Daniel Craig as James Bond

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When it was announced that Daniel Craig was the new James Bond, I couldn't understand what all the fuss was about. It seemed like every ...