[Yeet]

Another great batch!

[Steel Brigade]

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Originally Posted by Hit & Run

I agree, really like them! Leatherneck & Hot Seat are two guys that I’ve been trying to put together for a while now and I never was able to figure out the formula. Really like what you did with them.
Love the Flashback too. i haven’t used WW2 parts for customs yet so decent to see how people are starting to incorporate them.

Cool! I hope these builds inspire you to complete yours!

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Originally Posted by Itchweed

Oh wow these are great. “One” is always a favorite of mine since I love the obscure. Leatherhead and Boomer are awesome too buddy. Great bios too!

Glad you like them bro! You know how I love bringing the obscure back to life with Marauders! I thought making a new version of ONE was an appropriate place to start so we can see about making another 100 figures lol!

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Originally Posted by Yeet

Another great batch!

Always appreciate the Yeet seal of approval!

[Jeezyp1]

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Originally Posted by Steel Brigade

#103 MONGREL (K9 TRAINER VERSION - based on GI JOE ARAH "Mutt" )
Marauder Task Force
K9 Trainer Version/Version 2
Origin: USA
Season: 6

I love it when Marauders have their "Geared-Up" figure offerings at that great price, and I ESPECIALLY love it when the figures they offer are as creative as this one! I would not have though to make Mutt in this way, and as you know, I did his '93 version already, so I didn't have plans to do another version of him at this time. Yet when I saw this inspired bash I grabbed him on that first run!!

*I am not a fan of using the classic "Trooper" head (even though it has the "mustache") on the body's that show the new plastic skin tone. I see many customizers do this but I do not like the look of the mismatching skin tones (the only one that matched so far is the newly painted head that came with their NCO Duke/NF Falcon which looks great)... but this is why you will never see me use it, (unless I can cover the skin tone with gear) even if the option is a more appropriate look for the character. I liked the build on the "Jungle Recon/Recondo" homage they had as well. but there was too many mismatching tones on the figure for me (as good as it was.) This is just my personal preference, so I changed out the "Trooper" head on the "K9 Trainer" with a WWII "Logan" head as that homages Mutt's 2005 look.

MONGREL is now on board the Mobile Command Center as the lead K9 Trainer, training both long-standing (like LONGARM) & new recruits with security dogs along with his K9 JAEGER. The powerful duo go through both protect and attack operations for when the Mobile Commander Center is at bay and the extra security is needed, as well as internal & external parameter checks!

Nice! Do you have a dio story with these characters. I Want to do something similar myself

[Steel Brigade]

^ No Dio Story I'm afraid, for now it's just what you see here!

[kuh_rupht]

Another great set! I’ve been waiting to see a Hotseat Marauder. Yours is a perfect build that I may need to use

[Steel Brigade]

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Originally Posted by kuh_rupht

Another great set! I’ve been waiting to see a Hotseat Marauder. Yours is a perfect build that I may need to use

^^^AW YEAH! I hope you do bud! That's the "Hank" head with white hair underneath the helmet btw!

[AF80sFAN]

Great figures, really liking "One", I was wanting to change my Action Force 2 Para using WW2 parts and this has shown me the way to do it.

[Steel Brigade]

^^^ Thanks! Glad I could help with inspiring your future Paratrooper!

[shakka85]

Nice figure customs, man! The One figure and your Leatherhead stand out, as I haven't seen customs of either before (at least not to my recollection). Boomer, Mongrel and Sapper all well done, too, but the others are... well, outside the box thinking, which I like to see! Thanks for sharing!

-Todd
Shakka85

[Steel Brigade]

^^^ Thanks Shakka85 you know you always inspire!

NEW RECRUITS!!!
#106 CHASE (ARGENTINIAN PILOT VERSION - based on Argen 7 "Glenda")
Strong Arm
Origin: Argentina
Season: 4

Glenda was on my immediate shortlist of characters when I started building my version of Argen 7 and even before that when I was just going to make her a part of my MTF Universe when the "Strato-Ops" female body became available. But I kept pushing her off until recently as I knew I required the silver waist/hips piece to make her the way I wanted, then much to my amazement, Marauder's delivered exactly what I wanted and even added some nice touches right before I finally pulled the trigger on her! I honestly think this might be their best offered "Geared Up" figure yet, I love what they did here and it fit right in line with what I was planning on doing with her anyway. I kept what they did & just added a couple things to complete my vision...AWESOME!

CORPORAL CHASE is the 2nd in command of Strong Arm. She acts as both their lead communications officer and also shares piloting duties (often as lead pilot) when using their Strong Arm Copter. Her father died while serving and she joined the Argentine Air force after completing school. During one heavy ground strike her life was saved by COMMANDER THRUSH, since then she has formed a strong bond with him that she considers a heartfelt devotion, and yet, he sees her more as a comrade in arms due to his professional & aloof nature. She has a habit of putting herself in danger and can be very reckless, and yet still seems more level headed than most of the strong personalities on the team! She is currently co-testing the new jetpack technology "acquired" by Strong Arm.