Doctor Strange was always one of my favorite comic book characters and the only way I could make a model of him back in the mid ‘60s was to combine parts from several different model kits with a...[See More]

There have been many different versions of Hawkman in the comics. My model is based on the character as he appeared in the mid 1960s. This was my first attempt at converting an existing figure kit...[See More]

Charlton published the first Question story in 1967. Steve Ditko gave hero Vic Sage some unique crime fighting tools, the most distinctive being a blank face mask. All of Sage’s everyday clothing...[See More]

Blue Beetle has a long comic book history, going back to the August 1939 issue of Mystery Men published by Fox. The character appeared in other Fox titles including Big-3, All Top and, naturally,...[See More]

Captain Comet was one of the recurring characters appearing during the early 1950s in DC’s legendary science fiction comic, Strange Adventures. Details and color of the Captain’s costume varied from...[See More]

This is DC’s first Atom, Al Pratt, who was introduced in All-American Comics 19 back in 1940. The Atom was also featured in Flash Comics and was a member of the Justice Society of America appearing...[See More]

In the late 1980s, Hasbro had a line of Nintendo figures posed in action scenes complete with accessories and scenic backgrounds. I was never much a fan of a video games, but when the figures when...[See More]

Back when Toy Biz was producing action figures of Marvel comic book heroes, they were also doing other licensed Marvel products, including kits that allowed kids to cast statues of their favorite...[See More]

I found Soma’s line of 6” Monster Man figures at Woolworth’s in early 1987. Back then I was really into reworking action figures into static display models. I wasn’t trying so much to collect...[See More]

I found Soma’s line of 6” Monster Man figures at Woolworth’s in early 1987. Back then I was really into reworking action figures into static display models. I wasn’t trying so much to collect...[See More]

The European counterpart of Hasbro’s 12” G.I. Joe dolls were made by Politoy and called Action Man. Politoy actually scaled the soldiers down to 3 ¾” action figure size before Hasbro did the same in...[See More]

Back in September and October of 2004, McDonald’s Happy Meal promotion consisted of eight G.I. Joe Valor vs. Venom premiums. There were four action figures – Duke, Snake Eyes, Cobra Commander and...[See More]

The basis of this 1/16 scale figure was a Japanese plastic kit by Marui of a robot called Battler-G. The kit, which dated back to the mid ‘70s, came with alternate parts, including heads and weapon...[See More]

Back in the mid 1980s there was a line of cheap 6” space alien action figures that was widely distributed by several companies. One distributor named Madison carded and sold the figures as Galaxy...[See More]

This is my take on a science fiction criminal pursuit involving a policeman and his “bloodhound”. The figure is one of several polyethylene astronauts originated by Multiple Products Corp. (MPC)...[See More]

This 1/16 scale future soldier is a combination of plastic kit components. The basic figure is one of the Funny Car Drivers from the Aurora 1974 Racing Scenes series. The head came from a Bandai...[See More]

Back in the 1980s, Citadel/Games Workshop made a line of soft plastic figures called “Fighting Fantasy”. I don’t know if the series was generally available in the United States; I certainly don’t...[See More]

The Hooded Menace (my name for the character) is one of eight 2½“ one-piece polyethylene monster figures made by Multiple Products Corp. (MPC) a few decades ago. All I did on this model was sand off...[See More]

The snowman is a plastic Christmas tree ornament from the early 1950s. The original broom stick was shorter and molded solid against the snowman, so I cut it away and replaced it with a proper...[See More]

There have been a few different lines named DARKNESS WARRIORS. Probably the most well known is the series of mini MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE knockoffs by Cyber Kidz International. My armored skeleton...[See More]

Back in 1984, Tomy introduced Starriors as a follow up to their popular line of Zoids. (They even used the same pilot figures.) As with the Zoids, the Starriors came with wind-up motors. However,...[See More]

Back in 1984, Tomy introduced Starriors as a follow up to their popular line of Zoids. (They even used the same pilot figures.) As with the Zoids, the Starriors came with wind-up motors. However,...[See More]

This vignette depicts a female cyborg getting a technical checkup at her home base. She’s actually a 7-piece, snap-together candy premium by Ferrero, the company famous for the “Kinder Surprise”...[See More]

You don’t usually associate the gray aliens with big cities, but I had this fire hydrant charm I’d been trying to use for decades and figured it would clearly establish that these guys were on Earth....[See More]

Alien Visitor number two is a more common “gray” type, and I set him down in New Mexico. The figure was sculpted by Mike Cusanelli who sold it as a resin piece under his early Ridwolf label as “Mars...[See More]

The first of my Alien Visitors was made from two Japanese plastic kits. The head, torso, hands and feet came from one of four “Monster Cyborg” kits made by Imai around 1984. The arms and legs in...[See More]

No, this is not Ant-Man! This is one of seven different figures in the boxed set of "Space Warriors" made by Airfix. All are one-piece polyethylene figures. No modifications were made to this...[See More]

Way back in early July of 1967, the rest of my family went out on some sort of day trip, leaving me home alone. I got the idea that it would be great fun to get a new model done, start to finish,...[See More]

There were a lot of space toys in the 1950s – figures, vehicles and playsets. Undoubtedly, the most bizarre line of outer space creatures was produced by a company named Miller. The figures came in...[See More]

The early 1960s saw a rash of crazy caricature monster kits spearheaded by Hawk’s “Weird-Ohs”. The Marx toy company cashed in on the craze with a bunch of inexpensive, one-piece polyethylene...[See More]