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07-14-2018, 10:02 PM | #1 |
Browncoat
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Are there certain figures that you've always loved the sculpt - but hated the paint job? I'm thinking of 1992 Firefly. Night Vulture. Skycreeper. 1994 Stalker.
Any good repainted customs out there using great sculpts that were horribly painted from the factory? |
07-14-2018, 11:59 PM | #2 |
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Skidmark.
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07-15-2018, 01:22 AM | #3 |
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07-15-2018, 01:57 AM | #4 |
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90 Range Viper
90 SAW Viper Incinerators Air Commandos Everything from 92 til the end. There were a few exceptions like the 92 BC Roadblock, the 93 BC Duke.... |
07-15-2018, 06:14 AM | #5 |
Shabba
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I’d have loved a black version of the ROC Storm Shadow with the long coat.
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07-15-2018, 02:42 PM | #6 |
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You beat me to it...one of my all-time favorite vehicles was the Desert Fox, and I loved Skidmark, too, unfortunate code name and all (lol), but I never liked his colors. The new sub figure still look great, and his modern sculpt seems to offset his weird colors somehow...maybe his softer vintage sculpt allowed the colors to gum-up his details. But yeah, great figure, not-so-great colors...
I would add the original Psyche-Out to that list, even though I personally love the figure...I just don't see the practicality of bright-neon green on the battlefield. I mean, I'm sure he's not meant for subterfuge, stealth, or covert ops, but some more muted, militaristic earth tones or cammo would have been nice. His Night Force colors are perfection, but I still love the original, from a purely toy aesthetic point-of-view, if not a realistic military figure. Incidentally, I feel exactly the same way about '88 Lightfoot and that silly helmet...he also greatly benefited from a Night Force makeover. These are the ones that immediately spring to mind when talking about weird colors. I'm sure there are many more that disturb me... (lol)
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07-15-2018, 02:59 PM | #7 |
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Pretty much a ton of characters from the neon color push of the early 90’s, many of which have already been named. For me the one that really stands out is 1986 Sci-Fi. I loved the figure/character, but as I got older his neon green uniform just made no sense. I eventually relegated him to base guard, as that seemed the most logical assignment for him. It’s pretty obvious( and so would he be ) that he won’t be on a jungle, snow, desert, or sniper mission!
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07-15-2018, 07:30 PM | #8 |
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Roadblock V5
I wasn't aware that it was a repaint for V4 as a kid, and certainly didn't know they repainted it again for V13 and V15. None of them really does that great sculpt justice though. |
07-15-2018, 09:45 PM | #9 |
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IMO - Big Ben was the best sculpted figure of the entire line. |
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