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CustomCon is a fictional toy show showcasing the work of several customizers. You will not find these toys in your local toy store.

 

 




The impending Justice League Animated series hasn't slowed Hasbro at all as far as releasing the next wave of Adventures of the DC Universe figures. With the exception of the Kirby 4th World figure this line now seems to be following along the same route of the old Kenner Super Powers line. With what they produced for custom con last year and the batch this year could we see the entire Super Powers line remade in the animated style? It's looking that way so far! What more could a DC fan ask for?


Green Arrow - Green Arrow is the head, torso and arms of the Super Powers Green Arrow. The legs are from that squatty Batman Hasbro keeps giving us. I sanded the details off his hair and made it a flat surface like on the Bruce Wayne head. I used sculpy and redid the tops of his arms to take out the detail and make the blockier like on the Batman figures. The boot cuffs are rubber bands. His Super Powers action feature still works!



BlackCanary - A simple Poison Ivy repaint. I did do some redesign on the hair by taking off some of the "swoops." The jacket is made from an old vinyl banner..



Hawkman - Here's the top half of that squatty Batman. Hawkman uses the head, torso and arms from that Batman. The helmet, wings and legs are from the Super Powers Hawkman. The chest straps are rubber bands. I sill need to paint a chest emblem on the straps.


CaptainMarvel / Shazam - The Big Red Cheese was the Animated X-ray Superman. I pulled off the throwing arm and replaced it with a regular Superman arm (which are actually 2 different sizes). The arm cuffs are sculpy and the sash is a rubber band. The cape is from the first DC Direct Captain Marvel.


Red Tornado - Red Tornado is a Knightwing body, the JLA Red Tornado head and cape. Glove cuffs are vinyl and sculpy and the boot cuffs are a rubber band.




Firestorm - Is a Ninja Robin base. I put sculpy on his arms to make them look blockier and have puffy sleeves. His hair is also sculpy. His smock is more of that vinyl banner.



Atom - is the Batman from the Batman Animated Series Happy Meal toys many moons ago. I'm not totally happy with that head (I really tried shaving off some of that jaw!) But it will do until I find a better head in scale..



Flash II - is the first clear blue Animated Batman Beyond figure. The ear cups are sculpy and wire. All of the silver stuff is sculpy.



Aquaman II - I know what you are thinking... "Didn't Julius submit this figure in LAST years Custom con?" Nope. That wasn't mine; it was my buddy General Zod's. But I stole/borrowed his recipe and made my own with some tweaking. The body, upper arms and legs are a Detective Batman, the lower arms and head are from the Jack In the Box kids meal toy swimming Aquaman figure. His armor is sculpy on the arm and rubber bands on the chest.



Martian Manhunter - Again another figure you may remember from last year from Zod's entries that I have made for my own shelf now. Manhunter uses a Superman body, a Lex Luthor head, with a sculpy brow, the chest straps and boot cuffs are rubber bands.



Cheetah - Cheetah was an Animated Catwoman. Sculpy ears, and her tail is one of the twist ties Hasbro uses to hold things in the packaging.



Classic Robin- a simple repaint with a new sculpy hairdo.



Fire Fly - Was one of the many Crime Squad Batman figures, like a paratrooper one or something. His head is sculpy, his backpack is from the Quick Change Superman, and his hands are from a Creeper figure. His wings are cardboard, the gun is from one of the Zyber 9 figures, and the tube is from one of the twist ties that strap the 12" Dewback to the box.

 

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