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The Big Red Cheese, the original Captain Marvel. Mattel retro head repianted to have a classic Mego skin tone. Costume is made basically like the previous Lt. Marvel. The black dashes down the front of the boots is printed out from Photoshop and cut into a narrow strip, then glued on.
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Master of Fowl Play
What a difference skin tone makes, terrific figure--The Capt. Marvel.
Last edited by PNGwynne; Aug 7, '22 at 10:18 AM.
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The head really suffers from the anemic skin tone it originally had. The detail is much better and sharper than it appears to be on first sight. It's a solid sculpt.Originally Posted by PNGwynne
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Nice figure. Definitely reminds me of the early comics.
Master of Fowl Play
I know what you--I used tan dye to tint some of my Mattel heads and it really brought out the detail.
WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.
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Ah, good, that tells me the dye works on the Mattel heads. I'd definitely rather dye than paint the heads; keeping the paint smooth is a big challenge.
Trek or Treat
Holy moly that came out great, nice job.
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He looks really good!
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Very nice.
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Mary Marvel and Captain Marvel, Jr. Mary uses a modified Dorothy head and standard Mego female body. Junior uses an old Mego Lion Rock 6" body and a modded Aqualad head from Classic TV Toys. Almost forgot the decos on his cape when I went to take pics.
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