Custom Ideal Evel Knieval

[BudgetMego]

When I was a kid, aside from Mego, I was a big Evel Knieval fan. Since I got back into the hobby late, I missed alot of stuff. One was the CTVT Evel figure. However, on their site, I saw the "cool guy" head. I recognized this as the Evel head they used. Seeing this, I had to do a figure. I could never replicate the jumpsuit they made, but I remembered the Ideal figure had a simpler one. Got a CTVT white handed body, white bodysuit and boots. They still had his cane. Was going to get an old belt, but thought the buckle would be too small for Mego scale. This shows what I've said on other posts. A good 2d printer can make decent suit accessories. Got a picture from Ebay, printed it to scale and put them on the suit. Attached the V with 3M tape, and glued the front picture of the belt on a simple blue cloth belt I made. From the front, makes a decent 3d effect for display.

[monitor_ep]

That looks exactly how Vintage Mego would have done him, good job.