Between
2006 and 2008, I made tons of custom figures, mostly Masters Of The
Universe and WWF Hasbros. Some came out pretty good, some, not so much.
But I was turning them out three or four at a time. I hope to get back
to it someday when I have the time, most of these will get reworked. I
have a list a mile long of figures I planned on making, broken down into
separate series by year and card color. I started designing the
cardbacks as well, I'll post those when I find the files.
WWF Hasbro - Shawn Michaels (prototpye)
Based
on the prototype figure that was shown in the iconic Undertake Em All
ad in the WWF magazine in the early 90s. I fantasized about having that
figure and when he came out, he had a different body. If I find the
time, I'll go back at some point and repaint his red spots in their
accurate locations.
WWF Hasbro - Macho Man Randy Savage
It
would have been impossible to cover all of Macho Man's signature
outfits, but with four figures, you'd expect a little more diversity. I
always wanted one with no shades, and wearing a full bodysuit instead of
his trunks. Macho Man #4 came close but he was wearing a coat so he was
no good to play with.
WWF Hasbro - King Mabel
The
line ended before the infamous orange card series was released, which
would have given us Men On A Mission. Long before the prototype artwork
was leaked online, I figured they would have used the regular big man
body type, but I went in a slightly different direction.
WWF Hasbro - Triple H
Most
of the custom Hasbros I made were to complete the series, but I also
started getting into current superstars (current back then). Pictures
don't do it justice but this one came out amazing, from the sculpted
beard and elbow pads to the sanded down hair and boots.
WWF Hasbro - Mankind
Of
course we finally got Mankind in the second series of WWE Retros, but
long before then, I turned a Hacksaw into Mankind. I'm still kinda mad
the Retro had the white shirt instead of his original attire. I really
wanted to use a Nasty Boy Jerry Saggs figure, but he's a little harder
to come by.
WWF Hasbro - Stone Cold Steve Austin
Again,
we got him in the second series of WWE Retros, and he was awesome, but
where was his vest? It's funny that they used the same basic figure
sculpt that I used for mine ten years earlier. I still can't believe I
deconstructed a Razor Ramon for this one.
WWF Hasbro - Kane
Sticking
with the theme here, another figure released in series 2 of the Retros,
Kane. This was one of my very first customs and first time sculpting
with his mask. I must say, the Retro version of Kane is phenomenal and I
wouldn't even display mine next to him, if I had him out of package to
display that is. Still searching.
WWF Hasbro - Adam Bomb
When
I first saw the green card series in a WWF magazine article, I think I
got my first erection. Or maybe that was from Sunny. But I never so much
as saw any one of those green card figures in person. I now own Adam
Bomb but before I had him, I made his final WWF outfit when he turned
face. So no, don't worry, that is not an Adam Bomb figure under the
paint job.
WWF Hasbro - Kama
He
may not have been the best in the ring, but man did he look cool. I
always wanted his action figure but we never got this version of The
Supreme Fighting Machine in any line of WWF figures. I kind of regret
doing this to a Papa Shango figure now, he wasn't worth quite as much
then.
WWF Hasbro - Lex Luger
At
the time, there was speculation Lex Luger in his american gear would
have been included in the orange card series which I would have loved to
own. Call me crazy but I liked Lex, so I had to make him in his
american ring gear. A simple repaint but lots of detail make this a
really professional looking figure.
WWF Hasbro - Henry O Godwin
This
was probably one of my most heavily customized figures, using two
different bodies and tons of sculpting. It came out looking a little
rough and I should have sculpted the pockets on his overalls but his hat
and hair came out great. Always hated the HOG but I would have loved to
have his Hasbro back then.
WWF Hasbro - Sgt Slaughter
And
here's the other two halves of the Henry Godwin figure, making up Sgt
Slaughter's final ring attire back when he was teaming with Hacksaw Jim
Duggan. I loved the original Sarge Hasbro figure but was confused
because he no longer wore that outfit. It took a lot longer to produce
figures back then.
WWF Hasbro - Aldo 'Man O War' Montoya
He
was ridiculously corny and short lived, so he never got a figure, but
Aldo Montoya would have fit in perfectly in the Hasbro line. His jock
strap looking mask came out a little rough and should have been a bit
smaller but overall, a pretty cool figure.
WWF Hasbro - Justin Hawk Bradshaw
He
went on to be just Bradshaw of the Acolytes, then JBL, but his first
gimmick was a cowboy. Had Hasbro kept making WWF figures, still mad at
them for losing the contract, we surely would have gotten this
forgettable character. His sculpted vest and chest are a little lumpy
but other than that, not a bad figure.
WWF Hasbro - Damian Demento
He
wasn't with the company long enough to get his own figure which is a
shame. He was crazy and entertaining as hell and he'll be forever
remembered for losing to the Undertaker on the very first Raw. I planned
on making his entrance gear but unfortunately never got around to it.
Pretty sure I still have the piece I planned on using.
WWF Hasbro - Jean Pierre Lafitte
He
looks like a pirate because he is. This gimmick would have made an
amazing Hasbro figure, they didn't really make many bad ones. His mesh
top took hours to paint but came out pretty good. I also sculpted his
headband, hair and bandana as that was once the Berzerker with his
helmet.
WWF Hasbro - NWO Hollywood Hulk Hogan
I
had a few bear hug Hogans sitting around and figured, why not? Just a
simple repaint and a sculpted bandana but he came out pretty good, this
was an earlier custom and one of my first times doing small writing.
WWF Hasbro - Dean Douglas
He
came in a little late in the New Generation era to get a Hasbro figure
but had they not lost the license, we surely would have gotten Shane
Douglas as the Dean. Just a repaint with a detailed crest. I wasn't good
enough to sculpt his face unfortunately so he looks suspiciously like
Rick Martel dressed in Dean Douglas ring gear.
WWF Hasbro - Paul Bearer
And
this is why I didn't sculpt any other faces. I started to get better
later on and would have tried the Deadman's manager again eventually. I
would have sculpted the tie and mustache rather than paint them on and
maybe touched up the flower a bit as well. Man this one is bad.
WWF Hasbro - Vader
As
just a basic repaint, it's a shame Hasbro didn't continue the line,
Vader would have been a simple head sculpt. I used Bam Bam Bigelow and
didn't even have to do any head swapping. Vader never had quite the
impact in WWF as he did in WCW but when he first came in, he was a
beast.
WWF Hasbro - Bastion Booger
I
know, I know, I should have used the big man body for the overly obese
Bastion Booger, a figure we would have gotten in the orange card series.
But the Demolition figures had the same S&M looking strappy thing
and it was too perfect to pass up. If I ever redo him, I'll put him on
the right body. We'll call mine the Slim Fast Bastion Booger and he'll
come with a treadmill.
WWF Hasbro - Savio Vega
Again,
he came in a little late in the game to be immortalized in Hasbro
plastic. He never made much of an impact but I was on a mission to make
every New Generation superstar there was. Simple repaint with a sanded
down head sculpt rather than using clay to build it up. I also sanded
down the Sgt Slaughter pointed finger.
WWF Hasbro - purple Undertaker
In
the second assortment of the rumored Orange Card Series, we would have
gotten a purple Undertaker with no hat. He would have had a new head
sculpt as well but as my first Hasbro custom, I kept it as simple as
possible and just sanded off his hat and added his missing tattoos. We
finally got him in Retro series 1 but he still had the hat.
WWF Hasbro - Hunter Hearst Helmsley
I
hated this figure before I even started it. I knew the boring outfit
would be way too plain for a custom. I sanded down the face and sculpted
the hair into a ponytail but it looked nothing like Hunter. We got him,
sort of, in Retro series 2 but it was Triple H and not Mr Helmsley, and
he had the stupid jumping action, still better than mine.
WWF Hasbro - Hakushi (incomplete)
One
of the coolest characters to come out of the New Generation. His body
ink, his theme song, his in-ring style. WWF just had no clue what to do
with him, and probably wouldn't have known what to do with his figure.
All those symbols up and down his body took forever, they probably would
have left those out like Undertaker's tattoos. He still needs some more
body art and clay on the sides of his head.
WWF Hasbro - Blake Beverly (incomplete)
Back
in the early days of the line, we almost got a Beverly Brothers tag
team pack. But for some reason, never did. I have a feeling they would
have been in the third set which never happened, and then they left the
company before their singles versions were ever put in production. I
stopped partway through sculpting his head.
WWF Hasbro - Razor Ramon (incomplete)
The
Razor Ramon figure was always one of my favorites, and not just because
Razor was. I still love that figure, despite the fact that I don't
think Razor ever wore that specific color combination. One problem, he
couldn't do the Razor's Edge. Problem solved. Plus I gave him his actual
red ring gear. But I never quite finished the figure.
WWF Hasbro - Brutus Beefcake (incomplete)
The
Barber left the company before his Mega Maniacs variant was released in
series 9. Pretty sure no one cared but I made the figure anyway, before
I even knew he was slated for the line. I used his version #1 mold
though and sculpted the protective mask he wore, it looks like Hasbro
was not going to do the mask. Sculpted it, but never painted it.
WWF Hasbro - Jimmy Hart (incomplete)
The
Hasbro line never saw the inclusion of managers, which means we missed
out on a lot of cool figures. Jimmy Hart would have been awesome in any
one of his crazy outfits. Unfortunately, my incomplete DiBiase repaint
looks like the Million Dollar Man bought the Mouth Of The South's
jacket.
WWF Hasbro - Ted DiBiase (incomplete)
There
he is, back in his own million dollar jacket. I did this repaint for a
friend who was a big DiBiase fan but never quite finished his silver
suit. Easily one of the worst action moves of all time, only topped by
the stupid jumpers. Let's just hope this move doesn't find its way into
the Retro line like the jumpers did.
WWF Hasbro - The Barbarian (incomplete)
Rumor
has it, he was slated for the original series 2, but by the time they
got around to making it, all those wrestlers were gone from the company.
So we never got a Barbarian despite getting a Warlord, awesome figure
by the way. So with a head swap and lots of sculpting, I started my own
Barbarian but never got around to finishing him.
WWF Hasbro - Tugboat (incomplete)
And
another one from that rumored series 2 set of figures. By the time the
second series was released, Tugboat became Typhoon and saw his modified
figure come out in series 3. He should have a Big Bossman lower half and
a Typhoon upper half it turns out, but I didn't know that at the time,
and I figured a broken Akeem would work just fine.
WWF Hasbros (incomplete in early stages)
Jake The Snake Roberts in his 1996 return to the ring gear, he would have had a shirt.
Jim the Anvil Neidhart in his Hart Foundation attire on Bret's body, his head is way too small.
The Mountie in his ring gear without his jacket and hat, I would have attached arms.
Jeff Jarrett with no paint at all, just his sculpted shades on a Mr Perfect head.
For the Mountie, did you sand off the strap across his chest AND all of the jacket that was below his beltline? I've been wondering how to make a ring gear version of him.
ReplyDeleteYes, you got it! It took a lot of sanding.
Deletethat was buttcheeks
ReplyDeletethanks for the support buddy, glad you enjoyed :)
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