Starsky and Hutch customs?

[david_b]

I totally agree on the leather coats issue.. I was looking at a few different toy lines last year for a nice worn-looking brown leather for Starsky, even the Bratz line, but nothing I liked came up.

Ah well.., something for me to engage in when I'm back in the States this Christmas.

david_b

[david_b]

We have one set of Starsky and Hutch we customized in terms of jackets.

We put a beat up WWII brown bomber jacket on Starsky from some in scale line of figures that I cannot remember, and we got a letterman jacket from Jakks's Frank Stallone figure from their Rocky line for Hutch.

They look pretty ok for a quick and dirty custom job.

Yep.. that's the one I'm probably looking for. I believe I asked you about it a year ago.

david_b

[Emgee]

Guys! You need to check these great looking figures out. Don't know who the guy is but he does some very good custom work. This is how I wanted the figures to look as a kid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeoXIjOGtAw

[JediJaida]

The sneakers on Starsky are too big; you can see it when the camera pans around to the back.

Other than that, they are pretty cool figures.

[MIB41]

Here's a pic from my collection I posted a few months back. I had this spare pseudo-worn leather jacket that was part of an auction lot I won. Don't know what it's origin is though. It's not a Fonize jacket (no slit in the back) and there are no tags inside of it. I just know it works real well on him. Really captures the look.

[Cosmicman]

That jacket on Starsky is perfect!!!!! Throw on a pair of CTVT's blue tennis shoes and you got him down to a "T"

[Cosmicman]

Well the episode you are referring to with the vampire was in season 2 with John Saxton.

The 1 and only regular season 1 episode that he wore the sweater on was the one with Jan Smithers, who played "Bailey" on WKRP in Cincinnati. This is, after the pilot movie where he wore it also.

I had to break out my DVDs. Thanks!!

[MysteryWho]

One of the first things I did when I got the Starsky and Hutch figures was try to find new outfits that looked like the ones on the show. Huggy Bear is great, you just add a John Boy hat. Chopper's threads are easy to replace with something cooler, like a shirt from Bratz and some generic Mego jeans. He also looks good in Fonzie boots. Dobey should be on a fat body, but otherwise he's fine. The big problem is the boys and their guns. I eventually settled on a plaid John Boy shirt for Hutch (although it really should be blue plaid) after trying a number of scale jackets. Starsky looks pretty good in the AJ scramble cycle outfit and the AJ gun is correct. Then came Hutch's gun. It took years before I happened on a scale .44 with a dollar store army guy. It looks about right and it's perfect for a Dirty Harry custom!
P.S. Can we see a pic of the black jean Huggy Bear outfit Palitoy?

[david_b]

Here's a pic from my collection I posted a few months back. I had this spare pseudo-worn leather jacket that was part of an auction lot I won. Don't know what it's origin is though. It's not a Fonize jacket (no slit in the back) and there are no tags inside of it. I just know it works real well on him. Really captures the look.

http://megomuseum.com/mmgallery/file...skyHutchAA.jpg

Yep.., THAT'S the coat I'm looking for. I'd gladly pay a NICE sum of $$ for it if any's got one to offer..

david_b

[jds1911a1]

The mego torino goes for a mint and the scale is way off (Not as bad as the batmobile but worse than the rookies cruiser from LJN)
for a proper scale Odds are you'd need to look for a large size Rc car body kit or even a Nascar model kit of a 74-76 torino (it was a common car in nascar back then) or someone who sculpts in PVC could make one. It might cost more than a mego one too

[Cosmicman]

The mego torino goes for a mint and the scale is way off (Not as bad as the batmobile but worse than the rookies cruiser from LJN)
for a proper scale Odds are you'd need to look for a large size Rc car body kit or even a Nascar model kit of a 74-76 torino (it was a common car in nascar back then) or someone who sculpts in PVC could make one. It might cost more than a mego one too

Does anybody know a scale car that looks like a Tornio I can buy or get somewhere? The painting is no issue, I can fix that. Just finding something that is big and the right size......

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

They look so much better with the leather jackets.

[MysteryWho]

I dunno if somebody mentioned this elsewhere, but doesn't the Big Lebowski Bridges' character wear a very Starsky-esque sweater? Sweet...