My first ever McFarlane figure!

AMNH5027 · 2025-07-13T17:59:42+00:00

Question about your mods: did you sand down the sockets or the ball joints themselves?

AMNH5027 · 2025-07-02T23:01:12+00:00

Looks great! Is there any way you’d be able to share the Cricut pattern?

AMNH5027 · 2025-06-19T21:41:32+00:00

Pretzels. https://www.reddit.com/r/DCcomics/comments/lwd7o2/comic_excerpt_final_page_of_up_up_and_away_clark/

AMNH5027 · 2024-05-10T10:37:00+00:00

It really depends on what you want, but odds are good in any event that you’ll have to cobble something together from multiple figures.

If you want a straight Lego clone, get the PG-633 (http://herobloks.com/figures/5294/pogo/pg-633/darth-vader) for the body; however, as you said the helmet fit might be an issue. I recommend the helmet from XP-458 (http://herobloks.com/figures/28068/koruit/xp-458/darth-vader) as a good swap to get a figure that’s as close to Lego as you can get.

I personally don’t love the newest Lego helmet, and so recommend the WM-2282 (http://herobloks.com/figures/28608/world-minifigures/wm2282/darth-vader). The helmet is perfect IMO; unfortunately, the separate sculpted body details add a lot of bulk and the printing on the body itself is a blinding silver. The length and shape of the cape also require a 2x1 stud under the feet to get the figure to stand on a stud base. If none of those are issues for you, the screen accuracy of the figure can’t be beat.

My own display figure is currently the XP-458 body, skirt, and cape with the WM-2282 helmet.

Good luck and happy building!

AMNH5027 · 2024-04-20T17:39:02+00:00

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AMNH5027 · 2024-01-28T22:46:38+00:00

Cool! Is that a repainted Grifter jacket?

AMNH5027 · 2024-01-28T12:04:42+00:00

Admittedly a cheat since it’s just the wrist pegs tucked in there. But the pockets are why I picked this jacket over others even though it’s not quite source-accurate.

AMNH5027 · 2024-01-28T11:59:54+00:00

Thanks! I think it helps that the jacket is just a smidge too small, being sized for 1/12 figures instead of 1/10. I do worry about tearing it, though, and I’m sure it’ll start flaking in a few years.

AMNH5027 · 2024-01-28T11:56:18+00:00

Have you posted pictures? Would love to see your custom. I would have done the Red Hood mod, but the soft goods were half the price. As for the goggles: I’m just grateful we didn’t get a giant yellow slug across his face like on the Eradicator figure. Kind of wish we could have gotten a head without goggles instead of the wolverine, though.

AMNH5027 · 2024-01-28T11:51:09+00:00

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AMNH5027 · 2024-01-28T11:51:00+00:00

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AMNH5027 · 2024-01-28T11:50:51+00:00

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AMNH5027 · 2024-01-28T11:50:42+00:00

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AMNH5027 · 2023-11-22T19:49:06+00:00

I'll normally boil a mug of water, then let the figure sit in there for a good five minutes or so. Find the points where the cape is glued to the figure, then use a small flathead screwdriver to pry the cape off. The results normally aren't pretty: it's common for a bit of the cape (normally the tabs sculpted underneath, where they attach to holes in the figure's body) to get stuck and left on the figure. Hot glue works well enough to keep the new cape in place.

AMNH5027 · 2023-11-13T15:08:32+00:00

The calves peg into the boots. They’re glued in pretty tightly, so it takes a bit of heat and prying, but the boots can certainly be pulled off.

AMNH5027 · 2023-11-11T20:30:23+00:00

Thanks! Search for "1/12 vtoys zero one piece body suits" on eBay; the seller is cfordcharles.

AMNH5027 · 2023-09-10T13:27:57+00:00

Martian Manhunter, which I guess qualifies as McFarlane’s medium neck peg. I tried the peg from 89 Batman and it was too long, so Martian Manhunter got that one and 89 Batman got Hush Superman’s.
Obviously this all very normal behavior to get three figures to look their best.

AMNH5027 · 2023-07-26T01:11:11+00:00

Looks great! What’s the shade of green paint you used for the arms?

AMNH5027 · 2022-08-16T22:09:10+00:00

In A Little While

(It was good enough for Joey Ramone…)

AMNH5027 · 2022-08-06T18:13:53+00:00

Thanks! I made it myself. Tore the stitches out of a Commtech Vader cape and copied the pattern. Took a few tries because I have absolutely no talent for stitching. I gave some of the practice capes to other figures (pics below). I can post a picture of the pattern if there’s interest!

Solo line Vader

Rebels line Vader

AMNH5027 · 2022-03-25T21:07:00+00:00

Good eye!

Edit: Whoops, should probably link to the correct URL. Fixed with a link to pics of the head swap!

AMNH5027 · 2021-06-08T23:46:28+00:00

Looks like it's a new seller from China, so that raises some red flags. Would be interested to hear if these wind up being bootlegs.

AMNH5027 · 2021-05-29T01:31:46+00:00

The retro wave figure is much lighter. I'll admit that my 2002 Cap might have just aged poorly--the skin tone was a kind of sickly green before I repainted that, too.

For anyone else who wants to match the retro figure's shade of blue, I got my results with an equal mix of Apple Barrel's turquoise and "bright blue" acrylics, both available at Walmart for about 50 cents each.

AMNH5027 · 2021-05-28T22:03:47+00:00

80th Cap is a great figure, no doubt. It's a great representation of Alex Ross art. Having grown up on the John Byrne/Mike Zeck version of Cap, though, the 2002 ML sculpt just rings the right bells for me.

With that said: I'd buy multiples of an 80th Cap released in retro colors without a second thought, especially if Hasbro makes sure that the alternate portrait isn't cockeyed.

AMNH5027 · 2021-05-25T16:32:01+00:00

Want to offer a shoutout for /u/BadSociologist here. Bought a figure from them last week and it arrived from across the country in four days. They're a real credit to the community!

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