COUP D'ETAT GI Joe ARAH Vintage Cobra custom figure

This is Coup D'Etat, a custom I did about 5 or 6 years ago and just made pics lately. Coup D'Etat is a Range Viper that got stranded in a forgotten war in Central America, and guess what, he managed to get "elected" Presidente. His survival skills were so high, that he realised the only way to stay alive was to rise to the top and rule over all the country. Nobody knwos what happened with the rest of his squad, or which Range Viper he was, but he has now forsaken Cobra and he looks to create his own evil empire. His weapons are real gold plated, to have emergency fortune always at hand. In a lot came a damaged Range Viper head, that cried for something cool to do with him. And so it came about.

Amok Dreadnok Cobra custom figure GI Joe Hasbro 25th

This is Amok, a new Cobra dreadnok. I got the Roadblock 25th figure, which I thought was awful, and hence I customized him. I felt more Dreadnoks were needed, and at the same time I had a spare bike to repair, so was born Amok. 

"A Dreadnok with the urge of running around, recklessly, without objective nor reason, if you see him in your backmirror, run!"

Dino Hunter GI Joe custom figure

This is Dino Hunter, a figure heavily inspired by Chad and Matthew's Jurassic Park line of customs (if I remember well, this was about 5 years ago). I liked very much the concept hence I did it with a few spare parts I had. The whole dino idea, even if a bit absurd, I dig it quite a bit, and would have loved that all Jurassic Park figures would have had Joe size and articulation.

Miles Mayhem GI Joe Cobra version custom figure MASK Kenner Venom

And here is another in my line of MASK figures turned to 25th. Pity only Trakker managed it to make it officially. Was asked to do this, if for my collection probably I will do it on vintage o-ring bodies. I made a cast of the helmet so I would always be able to do this :) . Luckily there exists the Destro ROC base figure, which is just great for Miles Mayhem. The collector who wanted didn't want him fat, so it was easier this way. All the concentration went into the MASK, and sculpting, moulding, casting, then sanding to make it fit, was complex. Did a controller for him as he always seems to be controlling something at a distance :) .

Mirage Omar Shadow Strikers custom figure GI Joe ARAH style

Here is another custom figure I made some time ago :) . He is Mirage Omar, an interesting character that appeared in the very short lived "Shadow Strikers" series, a sort of MASK toyline with clear vehicles. I saw very much GI Joe potential in it, (the enemy is called "Dr Viper", and his organization, the "Evaders", you cannot get much more GI Joe than this). Sadly there was only a pilot episode. Some of the designs are very interesting.

So I chose Mirage Omar, the coolest and most different. He is an ex-terrorist that has turned to good hero ways. Like MASK, I think this would have been super cool in Joe version, hence customizing is the only way to turn :) .

If you are interested, you can see the only episode here;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhnhrCOVEjM&t=2s&ab_channel=VHSLegacy

             

 

Arumakan GI Joe ARAH custom figure

 

Here is Arumakan; a sort of south east asian Sumatran mercenary expert in gliders, having two gliders, one for silent attacks, and another jet one for powerful ground attacks. Sort of my hands went free on this one, but I am very happy with how he turned out. Name comes from the glider which was a paper plane.