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  • mego73
    Printed paperboard Tiger
    • Aug 1, 2003
    • 6690

    Book 'em Danno, Aloha...

    I like Hawaii Five O but not in the same way as say... Star Trek. But when I started to collect and enjoy 5-0 on DVD everytime McGarrett was in a blue suit, I thought "That reminds me of a Clark Kent Secret ID suit". Anytime he would pop up in that blue suit I would be reminded of the Clark Kent suit and it put the bug in my ear to do his custom. And why not? It's a great 1970's crime drama and a missed oportunity for Mego or LJN. So, it was time to get crackin on McGarrett.

    Some time ago, I posted a work in progress for Steve McGarrett from Hawaii Five O. It was built up on a resin Thor head. It looked good but wasn't where I wanted it to be. So, I started to take the head off to do some more work on it and...

    The cured sculpy hair pulled off and fell apart.

    Try as I might, I couldn't seem to recreate the hair in the same way I did that first time around and also the head just didn't have the features I wanted McGarrett to have.

    When Jack Lord Started Hawaii Five O he was 48 years old although he played younger. I thought Thor looked too young at the outset but when I added stuff he ended up looking too old.

    So I got a three other heads from DaveMC that I thought I could use as a good base head for McGarrett.

    I ended up using his John Wayne head and gave him more brow, hair, chin and jawline. And while I am not totally satisfied (hey, someday I just might try to scrape up some talent and do a head from scratch) I think it looks good and Mego.

    I gave him an AJ gun put him on a card (with the bubble taped only to one edge so I can remove him).

    Hope some get a chuckle about having Mego reuse the VW van mold for a Hawaii Five O toy



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  • megoscott
    Founding Partner
    • Nov 17, 2006
    • 8710

    #2
    Da na na na naaaa Da na na na naaaa

    That's very cool! I agree on the blue suit---great TV image.
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    • The Kryptonite Kid
      Museum Gunslinger
      • Oct 15, 2007
      • 1230

      #3
      Awesome! I always love it when a customizer bases a custom on a tv series, or movie, that isn't done to death. I can totally see Mego putting out a Hawaii Five O line, and this custom proves just how cool it would be if they did. Great job on the headsculpt, and the blue suit and great backer card really make him pop And hey, I love the idea of the van and copter Would love to see you take on the remaining Five-O lineup. Great work! -Will
      NO SIR, I DIDN'T SEE YOU PLAYING WITH YOUR DOLLS AGAIN.



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      • The-Demon
        New Member
        • Apr 1, 2008
        • 10

        #4
        That's awesome!

        Are you going to do the other four you have on the card display?

        It would be neat to see you make Wo Fat.

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        • Brown Bear
          Still Old School
          • Feb 14, 2008
          • 7057

          #5
          Really Cool.
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          • fallensaviour
            Talkative Member
            • Aug 28, 2006
            • 5620

            #6
            Awesome I love Hawaii 5-0!!!
            I must have a Mc garrett are going to do more heads???
            “When you say “It’s hard”, it actually means “I’m not strong enough to fight for it”. Stop saying its hard. Think positive!”

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            • bagmonster
              Registered Lurker
              • Apr 13, 2002
              • 801

              #7
              Fabulous. That is great!

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              • mego73
                Printed paperboard Tiger
                • Aug 1, 2003
                • 6690

                #8
                You know, I have had back luck with the one piece molds I have done. I molded the master head with the RTV silicon using a plastic cup to hold the silicon (head set in the middle of the bottom). I cut the cup off and demolded the head and got one pretty good head. The next head I did showed that some of the brow in the mold broke off.

                I might try to mold the head again and try to do a 2 piece mold to retain the undercutting details. But I haven't had this trouble in the past when I was molding my Koenig head and such. The molds I did then held out longer.

                But long story short, I have to but more silicon and plastic to make new heads. So I might wait until I do another head unless a few want a McGarrett head.

                About doing the other characters? I hadn't thought about it too much but I might try.
                Last edited by mego73; Apr 7, '08, 9:28 PM.

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                • SlipperyLilSuckers
                  MeGoing
                  • May 14, 2003
                  • 9031

                  #9
                  Fantastic. Great paint job. Wonderful looking figure and card!

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                  • Man of Action
                    Persistent Member
                    • Oct 26, 2006
                    • 1075

                    #10
                    Hey Mike..that turned out great..

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                    • Meule
                      Verbose Member
                      • Nov 14, 2004
                      • 28720

                      #11
                      Never saw the show, but I like what I'm seeing here
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                      • Dave Mc
                        Administrator
                        • Oct 20, 2002
                        • 17827

                        #12
                        Man, I don't even recognize that Wayne head under there. Nice work. Looks like him to me. Sure, it's not DEAD ON, but looks like him in a very Megoy way. Mego sculpts were never really dead on.

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                        • Megospidey
                          Museum Webslinger
                          • Jul 26, 2006
                          • 5305

                          #13
                          super cool custom of a super cool character - he turned out great!

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                          • YANOULI
                            Part-Time Timelord
                            • Jan 9, 2006
                            • 2209

                            #14
                            There is a seller on ebay ( wantedyou ) that recently did a Jack Lord head in 12".
                            I'm not if she's listed it yet but it looked good from the pictures she sent me.

                            By the way, nice figure.
                            Last edited by YANOULI; Apr 9, '08, 7:49 AM.
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                            • jessica
                              fortune favors the bold
                              • Nov 5, 2007
                              • 4587

                              #15
                              Wow. I love it! You should do the rest of the characters.
                              Those who look outside dream. Those who look within awake.
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                              To do list:
                              1:6 boots for Mathilda, 1:1 Romulan Commander outfit, Ursus helmet; Cornelius appliance
                              1:9 scale ape's new suit for Cornelius;

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