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Author:  Chief [ Tue Jun 15, 2010 7:07 pm ]
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Ok, so the Prof here is hardly worth mentioning (EDIT: except for the fact that I totally stole the idea from Spin Doctor's JCA Dio story!) , but I do like the "hover-chair" that I came up with:

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Just a Joker Squad head on a SDCC Body - the only work involved was hot-gluing the neck hole. I would have painted his suit - maybe blue or something, but this is my last Destro, so I want to be able to use it for other LBCs as needed.

I was looking for a decent chair for him -- and none of my wheelchairs worked. The Avatar wheelchair is just too small and hella lame. The Playmobil one that I use for my Oracle fig doesn't fit right, and besides - it's hers.

So I was digging through all my crap, then I noticed the chairs scattered around my Terror Drome and got an idea. I have a bunch of extras due to a few eBay lots that I won trying to complete one of my 'Dromes, so I went to work. At first, I was gonna put treads or some type of wheels on the bottom, but that didn't work, so I decided to just make it a hover chair. Glued a clear plastic mix cup underneath so it would sit about 1/4" above the ground, added some paint and a portable "Cerebro" and called it good:

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Still can't believe that Hasbro doesn't have this guy in the "to-do" pipeline yet - hopefully we'll see Chuck sooner rather than later.



Cheers!
Author:  Keenan [ Tue Jun 15, 2010 7:09 pm ]
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That looks awesome. And well worth mentioning. Love the chair.
Author:  Phalanxx [ Tue Jun 15, 2010 7:39 pm ]
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Looking good Dan. Great find with the chair. Works really well for Xaiver's hover chair. The cerebro unit is a great touch that finishes the figure nicely.
Author:  Tanstoys [ Wed Jun 16, 2010 12:39 am ]
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that;s good dan, and yeah the avatar 'chair is small eventhough I used it all I had.
Can you post a pic of cable don't think I've seen him
Author:  gijoey [ Wed Jun 16, 2010 1:51 am ]
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LBC= Cool
Author:  Taliesin Crow [ Wed Jun 16, 2010 3:17 am ]
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WOW I never thought to use that spytroops helmet for cerebro. Definately going to have to steal that now.
Awesome work!
Author:  Kambei [ Wed Jun 16, 2010 4:28 am ]
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Brilliant use of that piece as a hover chair. Nice looking figure as well. I know what you mean about the wheelchairs. I had to do a huge amount of work to the Playmobil one that I used.
Author:  Chief [ Wed Jun 16, 2010 8:45 am ]
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Thanks guys! I'm just glad that I finally have a complete team (well, until that 6-pack comes out, anyway ;) )

Tim - here's Cable (along with Wade and "Bob: Agent of Hydra") - I made him a few months back.


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He's my old Nick Fury custom (after I got some SHIELD agents and built my new one.) The eye-thingy was a pain in the ass, but I like how he turned out.
Author:  Dagger [ Wed Jun 16, 2010 9:01 am ]
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Very nice. Simple, but effective. Did you think of using yellow for the hoverchair? the blue works well, but the hoverchair is yellow in the comics to my knowledge.
Author:  Chief [ Wed Jun 16, 2010 9:11 am ]
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I was going to use yellow for my original idea (I had plans to make it look like the comic version), but have you ever painted with yellow? ;-)

Blue just seemed to fit better for this one - and I had a lot more blue than yellow available.
Author:  Crosshair [ Wed Jun 16, 2010 10:15 am ]
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gijoey wrote:
LBC= Cool


Agreed. I think I'm going to pick up that Joker pack just for the heads. Anyone know much they're running for at TJ Maxx?
Author:  drbindy [ Wed Jun 16, 2010 11:25 am ]
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Isn't that the same recipe Spin used to make John in his JCA dio? Professor X: Origins, starring JFAK075, coming soon to a theater near you.

Very cool LBC though, and it makes me wish I had multiples of that Destro. At some point they have to re-use the mold right? I refuse to pay $20 for more than the one I got, when the cost also goes toward a figure that doesn't help me, with the ancestor dude.

LOVE the hoverchair. I don't have the same source material as you, but you have convinced me to look for something other than Avatar wheelchair for mine.
Author:  Chief [ Wed Jun 16, 2010 11:34 am ]
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drbindy wrote:
Isn't that the same recipe Spin used to make John in his JCA dio? Professor X: Origins, starring JFAK075, coming soon to a theater near you.



Yep, and I totally forgot to give Spinny credit for the idea -- sorry Spin!
Author:  Spin Doctor [ Wed Jun 16, 2010 11:49 am ]
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No worries on the recipie swipe, Chief. Consider it restitution for my unlicensed use of your image and trademark orneriness in that dio.

;)

I love the innovation at work on the Prof's accessories. Not sure why I didn't think of a hoverchair for mine, but you know I'm going there now.
Author:  Tanstoys [ Wed Jun 16, 2010 12:19 pm ]
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thanks Dan for the look at cable, he does look good. I just hope that MU releases a big cool version of him someday soon
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