
Short-Order Sam
Body, Legs, Arms: Cobra Commander
Body, Legs, Arms: Cobra Commander
Face: Recondo
Hat: Joseph Colton Mail Away
Cobra Commander’s body happened to look just like a chef’s outfit. I bought a completely sun damaged one on eBay for cheap. For the head, I cut the hat off of Recondo, then sliced the beret off of the mail-away Joseph Colton.
Officer Kelly
Body, Legs, Arms, Head: Gung Ho Marine Dress Blues
Cobra Commander’s body happened to look just like a chef’s outfit. I bought a completely sun damaged one on eBay for cheap. For the head, I cut the hat off of Recondo, then sliced the beret off of the mail-away Joseph Colton.

Officer Kelly
Body, Legs, Arms, Head: Gung Ho Marine Dress Blues
Hat: Riddler from Batman: The Animated
Series
Gung-Ho’s Marine outfit looked close enough to use for a British Bobby outfit. I struggled trying to find or make a helmet, but while I was at work (obsessing about these stupid figures), I noticed my Riddler from the animated series was wearing a derby. And, since he’s slightly bigger than the 3 ¾" Joes, it worked perfectly. I painted one piece of star glitter yellow and glued it on to resemble a helmet.
Head: Steeler
Arms: Airborne I would’ve just used Short Fuze’s whole body, but a buddy of mine had a Short Fuze with a broken thumb, so I gave him the good arms. In return, I stole the arms off of his Airborne. He still doesn’t know it, unless he’s reading this now. In which case, Ben, if you’re reading this, I definitely didn’t steal Airborn’s arms.
Backpack: Breaker (Plus a metal rod
and a plastic piece for the prop)
Tripwire looked perfect, so I just painted him to match Roderick’s color scheme (or the color scheme of a Bomb Pop). I just stuck a piece of metal into Breaker’s tiny backpack, and made a propeller using some piece of plastic I found at the bottom of a bin.
Tripwire looked perfect, so I just painted him to match Roderick’s color scheme (or the color scheme of a Bomb Pop). I just stuck a piece of metal into Breaker’s tiny backpack, and made a propeller using some piece of plastic I found at the bottom of a bin.
Body, Arms, Legs: General Flagg
Head: Frostbite
General Flagg’s body looks big, bulky, and perfect for Frostbite Bailey. I just repainted him to match the color scheme. For a head, I (coincidentally) used Frostbite, since I wanted somebody with a hat on. Since Frostbite Bailey’s face is so red in the game, I wanted to match that color slightly, so I painted the beard red to help capture the color scheme.
General Flagg’s body looks big, bulky, and perfect for Frostbite Bailey. I just repainted him to match the color scheme. For a head, I (coincidentally) used Frostbite, since I wanted somebody with a hat on. Since Frostbite Bailey’s face is so red in the game, I wanted to match that color slightly, so I painted the beard red to help capture the color scheme.
I love that you used Frostbite for the Frostbite game. Also, I'm a huge fan of Tripwire AND repaints, so I'm tempted to use your recipe to make one of the HERO action figures.
ReplyDeleteGreat job!
Please sell these!!!
ReplyDeleteFantastic customs!
ReplyDeleteThese are awesome! Nice work!
ReplyDeleteI'm sitting here thinking, there is another 40 something out there that loves both GI Joe and Atari as much as I do. And suddenly there is peace in the Universe. Well Done, you have absolutely captured the essence of the time when Action Figures ruled everything and when Atari ruled video games. Kudos to You. Thanks for reminding me what it was like back then.
ReplyDeleteKickawesome. Great work.
ReplyDeletekudos. great idea !
ReplyDeleteThese are simply incredible, i'm totally stunned that now I have seen them that some existing company has not already cashed in on the massive retro craze that is around right now.
ReplyDeleteI co-run a retro games website called RetroGameGeeks.co.uk and we were wondering if you would like to be interviewed by us regarding this superb project of yours?
If so please visit the website and use the contact box or forum to message us because a feature / interview on this would be a lovely thing to do.
You are my hero right now, this is fantastic..... Well done!
What, no Lode Runner or Berzerk?
ReplyDeleteGive it time, give it time...
DeleteHa! Berzerk was one that I thought about doing. Not Activision though, so it didn't make the cut.
DeleteBRILLIANT!
ReplyDeleteawesome!!!
ReplyDeletehow did you make the backer cards?
ReplyDeleteI designed them in Photoshop, printed them out on a Xerox Phaser printer (at work), spray mounted them onto heavy cardstock, and cut them out with an Xacto knife and ruler. I used the plastic bubble from a two-pack of Glide dental floss for the blisters.
DeleteOk not all of us are computer smart myself included. How hard would it be to get just the print you have so wonderfully done?
DeleteShoot me an email (my email address is in the contact section) and we can figure something out.
DeleteFrostbite was my all time favorite game for Atari. I would love to add this to my collection. Could you make me one?
ReplyDeleteThese are fucking awesome, can't wait to show these to my fianceé, who is a massive Atari/Activision fan. :D
ReplyDeleteThey are just wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI want!!! Amazing... =)
ReplyDeleteAwesome!!
ReplyDeleteMore please!!!
ReplyDeleteVery tastefully executed. Would love to see these for NES game characters too.
ReplyDeleteyou have to make these, know so many that would buy
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