Matt Jaycox Customs

Creature from the Black Lagoon: This figure was made to replicate the figure AHI made of the Creature back in 1973. He was made on a Tomland body with AHI legs. I got the head from Lou Melograna. Then I started laying strips of epoxy putty on the body, and pressing dimples into it to simulate reptilian flesh. When it dried, I spray painted the whole thing a base coat of black. Then I higlighted it with light green while the black was still damp. Finally, I finished the highlights off with some bright flourescent yellow. I masked off the areas to be sprayed using paper napkins. The card art was meant to mimic the cards made by AHI for the World Famous Super Monsters! line they did. They were Kresge style and used the "World Famous" slogan to echo Mego's own "World's Greatest..." I changed the card art slighty by giving it my own logo. using new images for the monsters on the front of the card (borrowed from Aurora model kit boxes) and retyped all of the lettering (God I love Photoshop 5.0). I also made the blister with a top layer that is removable so he can easily be removed from the card.

Dr. Jekyll as Mister Hyde: With this monster, I tried to get the look of Frederic March in the 1931 version of the famous story by Robert Louis Stevenson. The suit jacket is from the Wizard of Oz, as are the shirt and vest. I sewed the balck pants onto the shirt and vest after discarding the striped pants and bow-tie. I sewed the watch fob to the front and made the red silk tie with a rhinestone for the jewel. The cape was sewn with a grey lining just to vary the color scheme of my monsters (and grey was a common color for lining an opera cape). The hands are pirated from an Imperial (ca. 1986) Wolf man figure. The head was originally a mego head. I cut the top of the head off, used Epoxy to resculpt the scalp. I then cut out the teeth and re-sculpted them. I then made the hair from brown faux shag fur which I glued to his head and cut short. A good paint job can hide alot. No one to date has correctly pegged the base head I used. Answer? (hcnop). Card art was once again made to mimic the AHI monster line.

Bride of Frankenstein Playset: This playset is simply a converted Aurora re-issue model set. It was made by Polar Lights (get it?) (a division of that great company, Playing Mantis). Sorry about the graininess of the photo. A photographer I am not (scanner boy, that's me). Instead of using the plastic brackets that come with the model set, I cut a few strips of leather and attached Velcro to them, and then attached them to the lab table as restraints. So now I can basically strap any monster to the table that I want. The Bride's head is straight from the kit and was given a Mego style neck using Epoxy putty. I wrapped bandages around her arms and sewed the gown that goes over her. Frankie is quite happy. Little does he know the disappointment he is soon in for....

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