Princess Leia

[Cosmicman]

I know I said was done making Star Wars figures after the frustration I went through with that damn Boba Fett figure that is never going to get off the backburner.

I found this Princess Leia Pez head in a junk shop. I stripped it down and reconstructed the back of her head and bottom of her neck with sculpty and paint to fit the body.
I created the white suit and the boots are Dr. Mego.
I currently have a blaster I'm working on to stick in her hands.

This is the only picture I have of her so far. The hood to the suit actually goes up like it did one or two times in the movies.

Yes, all of he Star Wars customs are mine. The R2D2 is just a "fill in" until I can find something more sizable for Mego. Right now that's all I got.

[Operation:Mego]

That is awesome! Glad to see you're still making Star Wars customs! Mego was so stupid when they said no to making SW figures; they would be rich!

[Cosmicman]

That is awesome! Glad to see you're still making Star Wars customs! Mego was so stupid when they said no to making SW figures; they would be rich!

Exactly! That's what started this whole argument with me and my friend. He asked me to make him a Darth Vader custom said he would pay me a hundred bucks. I told him I was the wrong person to ask and he insisted I could do it.
He said, "Mego would still be on the map if they would have worked out a deal with Star Wars back then."

So, after studying many of the great custom makers on here and looking at their Darth Vaders I finally created one. I sold it to him and I loved the idea so much I made another one and soon I did a C3P0, Yoda, Chewbacca and Darth Sidius.
My latest Princess Leia was because I have decided that I'm going to try and make the original cast (popular).
I gave up for awhile while working on a Boba Fett and I gave it away to somebody on here to finish (or throw out).
I still have another Boba Fett in the making. I get frustrated sometimes.
I just finished a Obe-1 head sculpt. So, who knows.

Thanks for being my only fan on here. Good to have someone to talk to besides people on other boards. Peace.

[Operation:Mego]

So now I know your origin story.....interesting.... Awesome. Can't wait to see how the others come out (especially Fett). Good luck! And:

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[GlobalObserver]

If MEGO had made SW figures, Chewbacca would probably have been given squatting Hulk legs that would have made him look shorter than Yoda.

[Cosmicman]

If MEGO had made SW figures, Chewbacca would probably have been given squatting Hulk legs that would have made him look shorter than Yoda.

Yeah, no doubt! Mego would have taken the cheap way out and really ****ed it up. My Chewy took several scrap bodies made into one. First, I had to make my Chewbacca body. I used a Famous Covers female body (adding sculpty around chest and arms). The legs are male Famous covers after positioning a new hip I made by playing with various plastic objects in my junk box combined with sculpty. He sat on the back burner for awhile. The hybrid was hard but I wanted him tall wise and skinny so I can add tons of brown fur to make him look bulky with fur.