Comments on: MOTUC Tri-Klops: Custom Figure vs. The Real Thing

By: Its

Its — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:03:59 +0000

Come August, I might get this guy to repplace the one I lost from the 02′ line. Sitting in some box betwen moves. God I hate moving.

The eye on the new version is very distinguished. But the thing I liked about 2002 version is he seemed more lean looking and less overweight (Unemployed Triklops?).

By: John

John — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:45:03 +0000

Thanks for the info. I thought I was missing a cool Masters resource.

By: SpyMagician

SpyMagician — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:59:53 +0000

John:

Ah, when I said repro, I meant the commemorative reproduction MOTU figures Mattel released a few years ago, rather than fan made repros!

Spy

By: Hourman

Hourman — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:40:51 +0000

I solved the “oh no, they’re actually making the character I customized” problem by only customizing figures in lines that aren’t in production any longer. I don’t expect anybody to make a Super Powers Phantom Stranger anytime soon.

By: John

John — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:07:19 +0000

Looks great! Phenominal work. My only question is that you mentioned you used repro parts. Where did you find them at? Is there a site to buy from?

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:52:12 +0000

My buddy customizes a lot of figures and a large chunk of them eventually become reality (most recently the “aqua-camo” Aquaman he did for me last summer. Sometimes he sticks with his custom and other times he’ll use the “official” one. It happened to him with Taskmaster, Ms. Marvel, Tigra, Spider-woman, and Crossbones for example (he mostly worked with ML).
It didn’t really seem to bother him, because usually it would take years before the official figure came out.

By: lee

lee — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:11:57 +0000

I see what you’re saying, and I really like your custom version as well. I think the rivets are something they’ve done on some of the other figures before, like on He-Man’s where they added the rivets where the straps connect to his chest plate. It doesn’t bother me too much, but I see what you’re getting at.
To me, the one that really shows 200x influence is the Hordak figure. Aside from his loin cloth, his MOTUC figure doesn’t look too much different than the Staction.

Anywho, love the site, and I’m loving this line.

By: SpyMagician

SpyMagician — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:41:07 +0000

Ah yes,

The box art. I was looking for a scan of it to compare, as it did cross my mind that some of those elements are from that.

However if you look closely there are still elements the 4H have added that aren’t in the box art.

The small rivets around the collar. And the aforementioned throwing daggers. Also the sword is more an amalgam of the 200X and the toy version as it’s green and not gold and silver like the package.

I did however forget that the box art had a green eye, unlike the actual toy…

But good call, I’ll try to correct my posting.

Spy

By: Lee

Lee — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:54:59 +0000

Actually, the 4H are using the original box art illustrations more as a guide than the figures themselves.
Here’s the original boxart for Tri-clops: http://www.mastersunbound.com/box%20art/box_art_triklops.htm

There you can see the different belt and braiding on his armor. It’s the process they’ve used all along, which is why skeletor has bracers on his calves, but bare feet. The toy was always fully booted

By: jzachery

jzachery — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:30:48 +0000

I run into the problem of getting customs that later get released in JLU. When I buy or make a custom, I try to be rational about it and say “this is a character that they most likely won’t come out with” but they keep coming out with them, LOL. However, on a 50/50 ratio, the customs are sometimes superior. My current Black Vulcan is better than the one announced, as is my Mary Marvel. But their Plastic Man is better than the one I have, so it’s bittersweet.

By: CantinaDan

CantinaDan — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:25:26 +0000

Love your custom, Spy! I also find it interesting how the 4H are incorporating divergent design elements into the MOTUC’s.