Marvel Reborn: Marvel Universe

Customs by

Luke Thompson

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Annex: Give yourself points if you actually know who he is. Give yourself more points if you share my view that he's an underused character with a lot of potential, and not "that Iron Man wanna-be introduced in Spider-Man." The base figure was actually very close to Annex, so this custom wasn't too difficult, and I think it turned out fairly well. To my knowledge, I'm the only one who's actually made an Annex figure, and I'm not entirely sure if that's good or bad.
Originally a Captain Commando, I added a Captain Terror (Speed Racer) head, with the head scope from War Machine to finish the job. His gun was from Cable 3, and his jet pack came from a Robocop Alpha Command figure. It still has the swing-wing feature. :)

Constrictor: Another character I absolutely had to have, I sat down one day and hammered him out while watching Biker Mice From Mars videos. Funny how the mind remembers things like that...
The assassin with the adamantium coils was a cheap dollar-store ninja figure, with a George Clooney Batman head, and tentacles from Omega Red. On a side note, Clooney's Batman figures have that trademark smirk captured beautifully, and with a simple ear trim, work well for just about any cowled character who needs that look (see my Living Laser custom).

Cyber: Why in the name of Stan Lee has this guy never had a figure? He was easily one of the most important X-Villains who never got a toy. Heck, he's the only man Wolverine has ever admitted to being afraid of! Honestly, I still refuse to believe he's dead... Do we honestly believe that a guy like Cyber can be killed by a psychopath ripping off his skin? I highly doubt it... and I, for one, would love to see his comeback bout.
Ninja Sabretooth used to have Cyber's legs and torso, Omega used to have his head, and those massive arms used to belong to Battle Brigade Colossus.

Power Man: Yes, I know he's been done before, but that one just didn't work for me, so I did what any good customizer does in those cases: I made my own. He looks great standing next to Iron Fist (who I never made a custom of because I did like his figure). This figure nicely shows off his late- 90's Heroes For Hire costume.
More of an amalgamation than many of my other customs, Power Man's legs used to belong to Apocalypse (Age of Apocalypse version), His torso is Venom's (Marvel vs Capcom, I believe, although I know the mold was used about a dozen times), his arms were Quark's (X-Force), and the head used to be Falcon's (Avengers animated line). The chain belt was from a Ninja Wolverine accessory.

Taskmaster: I blame this one on overconfidence and impatience. After reading the Taskmaster mini, I HAD to have figure of his new costume. Realizing that it would likely be years before Toy Biz got around to it, I poked around the fodder box to see what I could find. What I came up with is much more armored than the actual suit, but most of the right highlights are there. He's still a little short, but it's something I can live with.
Taskmaster was a really funky Wolverine figure. I lopped off his hands and replaced them with ones from an Ambush Shadow figure (Kenner). His head is greatly modified from Dreadknight, and crowned with a hood from a Star Wars robe. his weapons are Ambush Shadow's pistol, Ninja Psylocke's sword, and the energy shield is a disk from Beast Machines Nightscream.

Toad: I'll admit this customs nothing special but... WHAT THE HECK IS THAT MARVEL LEGENDS THING ALL ABOUT?!?! Honestly, we finally get a Toad figure, and it turns out he's more in scale to Famous Covers than any other line we've ever seen from Toy Biz! I'd never be able to forgive myself if I added that oversized crud to my collection, so I made my own. At some point, I'll likely make a better one, but for the moment, this one looks pretty good cowering behind Magneto.
Toad is a Tarzan figure (from the Trendmasters line), with a head from Bob (Reboot).