Day 15
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| Author: | OreoBuilder [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 4:19 pm ] |
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Day 15 See you in Summer 2018! |
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| Author: | OreoBuilder [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 4:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Retro Toy Chest: No Joe Edition by PHX Customs |
Project: No Joe! The Corps, American Defense, Sgt Rock, Bronze Bombers, US Forces, Ninja Strike Force, Commando Force, there were several 3.75’’ toy lines that competed with GI Joe in the 80s and 90s. We all had at least one figure like that in our childhood collections. Most of us have had that feeling of disappointment when we ask for GI Joes for our birthday only to open a Corps figure given to us by a well-meaning Grandparent. Bucky and Oreobuilder have been talking about making customs based on these lines ever since we started our first Resurgence project in 2014. We opened that can of worms with last year’s ‘’Retro Toy Chest II’’ project when the whole PHX gang made some customs based on these characters. That gave us the momentum to continue with our project. This time, HypnoHustler joins us. He has demonstrated his love for these lines by making several kick-butt customs of various Remco figures. We will revisit a couple of those customs as well as show off a bunch of new ones. The first step was to scour the web for good reference pictures. That is easier said than done. There are a few sites that have character lists with pictures, but none are exhaustive, so we were always finding figures that were not on one site or another. We started by making a master list of all the characters we could find. We each picked our favorites and went from there. Over the next two weeks, we’ll show off what we came up with. With that, we present Retro Toy Chest 3-Project: No Joe! Enjoy and happy Custom Celebration XII! Bucky, DanoftheDead, Dusty79 and Oreobuilder. Special Guest Star Hypnohustler Day 1 - American Defense from Remco  ''American Defense... the very name strikes terror into the hearts of the enemies of freedom! American Defense... the elite secret troop of specialized fighters in Defense of Freedom! American Defense... headed by the Super Eight Attack Squad... America's best Defense!'' - Taken from back of 1986 packaging. American Defense was a line of 3 ¾’’ military toys sold exclusively at Kmart in the eighties. The line started with Galoob’s A-Team molds and Remco grew it from there. It was later produced by different companies and ended up in dollar stores and discount outlets. Similar to GI Joe, it included a wide variety of colorful characters. However, without a cartoon, comic or any marketing to back it up, the line rode GI Joe’s coattails for a while and then disappeared. Deadblow by bucky       Dead Blow, or at least this incarnation of him, is based off the Remco figure from the Desert Patrol line, which i believe is an offshoot of American Defense. The Desert Patrol line up consisted of 6 figures: Dead Blow, Major Reckoning, Radar Tech, Colonel Striker, Black Thunder and Sgt. Sand Blaster. The line came out in 1990, and may or may not have been trying to capitalize on the Gulf War. Parts: I honestly don't remember, except the arms are from 50th Dusty. The lower legs I think are from DG Shipwreck. Trenchcoat by HypnoHustler      Trenchcoat is another part of the S.I.T. subline, and the closest thing to a major villain I've found in any of the Remco lines. He's dedicated to the domination of the free world, hating freedom, and rocking purple striped deep V shirts. My version of him is definitely based on the cardback art for him more than the figure. The figure shared the same torso as Spike, Forst Trooper, Airman Package, and others, while the card art was more unique. Head: PoC Storm Rider with JvC Wild Bill hat Upper Torso: Marvel Universe Ant-Man Lower Torso: 25th Cobra Trooper Arms: Paris Pursuit Snake-Eyes Legs: RoC Flash with swapped feet Coat: Avengers Nick Fury Spike aka Heavy Metal by Hypno Hustler      Like a lot of Remco figures, Spike was released under more than one name with no actual changes to the figure. I've never been able to find a bio for him, but based on his appearance he's your basic 80s punk/biker villain. Since the original figure had a magenta sport coat I leaned a bit more on the punk end of it, a disgruntled New Waver perhaps. My interpretation is mostly based on the look he had on the card art with the more complex boots and wristbands. Head: Retaliation Joe Colton with an MU Ares mohawk and a mask made from a 25th Snow Serpent head and Marauder goggles Torso: Temple Guardian Snake-Eyes Arms: 25th Ripper (single card) Legs: Neo-Viper American Defense Defender by Oreobuilder       ''Tactical Genius, supremely adaptable, American know-how at its best!'' Defender was one of the original 8 American Defense figures. Numbered AD-1, he was available in two different color schemes – green and tan. Since that pretty much makes Defender the American Defense equivalent of Grunt, my favorite GI Joe character and I had previously made the green version, ''Tan Defender'' was the first custom I put on my list for this project. Parts-wise, I changed a few elements from my green custom to use some of my fodder rather than trying to find the exact same parts. These small changes give this figure its own identity. Head: 25th Airborne Torso, arms: Retaliation Kwinn Legs: Poc Steel Brigade Harness: Marauder Helmet: 50th Dusty |
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| Author: | OreoBuilder [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 4:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Retro Toy Chest: No Joe Edition by PHX Customs |
Day 2: American Defense from Remco ''American Defense... the very name strikes terror into the hearts of the enemies of freedom! American Defense... the elite secret troop of specialized fighters in Defense of Freedom! American Defense... headed by the Super Eight Attack Squad... America's best Defense!'' - Taken from back of 1986 packaging. American Defense was a line of 3 ¾’’ military toys sold exclusively at Kmart in the eighties. The line started with Galoob’s A-Team molds and Remco grew it from there. It was later produced by different companies and ended up in dollar stores and discount outlets. Similar to GI Joe, it included a wide variety of colorful characters. However, without a cartoon, comic or any marketing to back it up, the line rode GI Joe’s coattails for a while and then disappeared. Forest Green by bucky      I remember this guy. I saw alot of him hanging on pegs at KB Toys. Part of the S.I.T. subline, Forest Green was an attempt of camo that actually is kind of intriguing and the same time silly. When looking all over the net I re-discovered him and jotted him down in my notebook, to keep in mind as to how to pull it off. Do I bring him into the 21st century and give him a gillie suit? That seemed like the easy way out, and didn't quite pay homage to the original like I wanted. While shopping the dollhouse section last winter for a basket for Max Axe (the Garbage Pail Kid seen in last year's Retro Toy Chest), I stumbled across a 2-in-1. A basket with fake plants in it. I trimmed them up, and they worked for the vision I had. Parts: DG Duke Helmet Roc Duke Head Cpt America armor Data Viper Thighs Lady Jaye Lower legs Arms Unknown Claw by HypnoHustler      Claw had actually been in the works far prior to this project, originally intended for the Knock-Offs Group Project on JoeCustoms. The figure stalled out when I couldn't find Claws I liked. Eventually a thrift store Transformer came to the rescue and I finished him up. The only photo of a Claw cardback I've ever found is nearly illegible, so all I know about him is that he has the strength of 12 men and is apparently a robot with a demolition specialty. Head: Captain America Dark Threat Hydra Soldier Torso: Silver Centurion Iron Man Upper Arms: Rise of Cobra Accelerator Suit figure Lower Arms: Star Wars with Beast Machines Jetstorm claws Upper Legs: 25th Serpentor Lower Legs: Iron Man 2 Comic Whiplash American Defense Corporal Crusher by Oreobuilder       Corporal Crusher was part of Remco’s US Forces line. His card art depicted him as a wrestler-type wearing championship belt and tights. His toy shared parts with several other American Defense figures and his look was more military. I based my custom on the toy. Character-wise, Crusher seems to be Remco’s Big Brawler/Sgt Slaughter mash-up. As such, he carries a big gun and a sword and can probably take on an entire battalion on his own. Head, torso, arms: Retaliation Roadblock Legs: 50th Iron Grenadier |
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| Author: | OreoBuilder [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 4:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Retro Toy Chest: No Joe Edition by PHX Customs |
Day 3: Bronze Bombers from Olmec  ''Fearlessly, the mighty U.S. 369th Infantry led the nation's greatest Black Army into battle. They fought in WWI and WWII and they never lost. There have been no warriors their equal until today! Today, we have the Bronze Bombers™! Today they defend the country against P.S.B. enemy squad. These highly skilled combatants stand for justice and they never lose!" – From 1988 card back The Bronze Bombers was a short-lived toy line produced by Olmec. Two "waves" were produced. The first one, released in 1988, consisted of a dozen different figures and 2 small vehicles. The figures had similar molds to Galoob's A-Team figures from the early '80s and were of lesser quality. In 1997, Olmec acquired several GI Joe molds from Hasbro and produced a 12 figure boxset consisting of recolored vehicle drivers like Motor-Viper, Skidmark, Darklon and Strato-Viper. A year later, Olmec filled for bankrupcy and Bronze Bombers line disappeared. Bronze Bombers Crazeblaze by DanoftheDead    Of all the Bronze Bombers badguys I did, this one I'm the happiest with. He required some real design and part finding, and I think he's one of the more accurate updated Darklon (or Darklon-based) figures I've seen around. I had never noticed that Crazeblaze's shoulders are swapped from Darklon's until I started pulling this together. Purple and tan-gold aren't the easiest colors to work with, so I happy the results were so smooth here. I had major frustrations with the rest of the team, and was happy to have one come out even better than I expected. Parts: Club Darklon Headcast, Darklon Gun Iron Grenadier - Chest Armor, Gauntlet James McCullen XXIV - Shoulder Armror Cobra Commander v43 - Arms Neo-Viper v9 - Torso Firefly v22 - Legs Bronze Bombers Sure Fire by Oreobuilder      The original Sure Fire figure shared the same parts as Shakka Johnson. Since I have a custom of that character, I repeated the recipe here, used a different head and painted him the proper colors. Like my other ''1988'' Bronze Bombers customs, I used mostly 25th parts to convey the retro feel of the figure. Head: ROC Repeater Torso, upper arms: 25th Duke Lower arms, legs: 25th Hawk Bronze Bombers Kaboom (Marc Walters) by Oreobuilder       For Kaboom, I started by building him in parts that were already mostly blue. His build is straight forward and I used mostly 25th parts to convey the retro feel of the figure. To go with his name, I made him an explosives expert and gave him appropriate accessories. Head: ROC Ripcord Torso: 25th Viper: Arms: DG Cobra Commander Upper legs: 25th Hawk Lower legs: ROC Pit Commando |
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| Author: | OreoBuilder [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 4:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Retro Toy Chest: No Joe Edition by PHX Customs |
Day 4: Bronze Bombers from Olmec ''Fearlessly, the mighty U.S. 369th Infantry led the nation's greatest Black Army into battle. They fought in WWI and WWII and they never lost. There have been no warriors their equal until today! Today, we have the Bronze Bombers™! Today they defend the country against P.S.B. enemy squad. These highly skilled combatants stand for justice and they never lose!" – From 1988 card back The Bronze Bombers was a short-lived toy line produced by Olmec. Two "waves" were produced. The first one, released in 1988, consisted of a dozen different figures and 2 small vehicles. The figures had similar molds to Galoob's A-Team figures from the early '80s and were of lesser quality. In 1997, Olmec acquired several GI Joe molds from Hasbro and produced a 12 figure boxset consisting of recolored vehicle drivers like Motor-Viper, Skidmark, Darklon and Strato-Viper. A year later, Olmec filled for bankrupcy and Bronze Bombers line disappeared. Bronze Bombers Firebomb by DanoftheDead    This was a nightmare. I spent so much time splicing the DC torso to a Joe body to retain articulation, and then the hoses and rest of the build made a lot of that pointless. I tore this guy up trying to make it all work, then struggled with the primer and orange paint job. I had such high hopes for him, but he just didn't come out as clean as I'd have like. Parts: DC Multiverse Mr. Freeze - Upper Armor Hazard Viper - Waist, Legs, Arms Secto-Viper - Head Techno-Viper - Canister Backpack MU Colossus - Feet Iron-Man - Hands Flame Throwers - The Force Awakens/Captain America The First Avenger, LEGO hoses Bronze Bombers Cool Breeze by Oreobuilder      The 1988 line generally included figures that were a bit more generic (that had less flair) than the 1997 ones, but there were a couple of exceptions. One of these was Cool Breeze. Labelled as an enemy of the Bronze Bombers, Cool Breeze was clad in a stark white retro-space uniform and helmet. This is what inspired me to make this custom. I used mostly 25th parts that were already white to convey the retro feel of the figure and cut down on painting. Head: HACKS Torso: 25th Shipwreck Arms: ROC Storm Shadow Upper legs: 25th Storm Shadow Lower legs: 25th Red Star Helmet: ROC Accelerator Suit Duke Shortburst by Oreobuilder      For this project, I looked at all the figures in the pack as candidates for customs. I made Roughshot for Custom Celebration 2017, so I figured that I would keep going. Eventually, I want to make all twelve figures from the pack. For Shortburst, I used the same parts recipe as for Roughshot since the originals were both repaints of Strato-Viper. I added some bronze accents that were not on the original figure. These accents are included in all my current and future Bronze Bombers customs as a way of tying them all together. Parts: Head: Star Wars Finn Everything else: ROC Air Viper |
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| Author: | OreoBuilder [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 4:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Retro Toy Chest: No Joe Edition by PHX Customs |
Day 5: Sgt Rock from Remco  ''At the battle of Three Stripes Hill, Private Frank Rock gained a field promotion to sergeant and became the man all the other Easy Joes looked to for leadership. It was Sgt. Rock who forged Easy Company into the legendary fighting unit it became, fighting its way through Sicily, Italy, France, Belgium, Holland and ultimately, Germany.'' – From Comicvine.com Loosely based on the D.C. comics series, Sgt. Rock toys were produced by Remco in 1981-82. The 3 3/4" product line included figures, vehicles and playsets. Sgt Rock was the only named character in the first series. Other figures were simply known by their specialty like Ranger, Gunner, etc. A year later, Remco created a new enemy for the toy series. These consisted of repainted Sgt. Rock toys and featured a logo of a yellow snake. Apparently, "The Bad Guys" were enemies of Sgt. Rock, G.I. Joe, M.A.S.H. and "all mini action soldiers". Some Sgt. Rock accessories and vehicles would later be repainted and reused by Remco for their American Defense series. Sgt Rock Gunner by Oreobuilder      I made a Sgt Rock custom for Custom Celebration XI. I have been planning to add more characters to the ranks. Gunner proved to be different enough with his cap and rolled up sleeves to make him interesting. Parts-wise, he is still very close to my recipe for Sgt Rock, but I really like the cohesive uniforms for the team. Head, hat: Marauder MTF Torso, legs: RoC Pit Commando Vest: 50th Spirit Upper arms: 25th Mutt Lower arms: 25th Shipwreck Hands: DG Duke Sgt Rock Hawk by Oreobuilder       I made a Bad Guy custom of Snake for Custom Celebration XI. Now, I’m adding to the enemy ranks with Hawk. I reworked my parts recipe compared to Snake to be more in line with the other figures and I also changed the gold helmet and boots to tan to make the color scheme a bit more grounded. The 25th Duke head is not my favorite, but it is one of the only heads that can fit that Captain America helmet. Head: 25th Duke Helmet: Captain America Torso: 50th Falcon Legs: 25th Snake Eyes Arms: PoC Snake Eyes Vest: 30th Stalker Weapon: PoC Steel Brigade Sgt Rock Raider by Oreobuilder       Since I was expanding the ranks of my Sgt Rock team with Gunner, I decided to add another member to the team while I was at it. Looking through the options, I liked the Green Beret. I used the same recipe as my Sgt Rock figure except for the head and beret. The standard uniform look of the team makes these customs into 4’’ versions of green army men, which is an aspect that I really enjoy. Head, beret: 50th Falcon Torso, arms, legs: RoC Pit Commando Vest: BBTS Spirit Weapon: DG Duke Sgt Rock Raider (repaint) by Oreobuilder      After making the original all-green version of Raider, I found pictures of the camoflage version online. I really liked the colors, so I scraped together the parts to build it. I did not deviate from my established recipe. The original figures all shared the same construction, so I wanted my versions to do the same. However, I gave him a different head so that he could be a different character. Parts: Head: ROC Sgt Stone Harness: 50th Dusty Everything else: ROC Pit Commando Sgt Rock Machine Gun Nest Playset by Oreobuilder         The Sgt Rock line included some vehicles and playsets. I made modern version of the River Commando playset for Custom Celebration XI. At the time, I also had my eye on the Machine Gun Nest. I had an old The Corps playset that fit the bill nicely, I added a bit of paint and modified it to fit a GI Joe machine gun and that was that. This is a 5-minute custom. Sandbags: The Corps Playset Machine gun: Retaliation Roadblock Collect them all! 
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| Author: | OreoBuilder [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 4:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Retro Toy Chest: No Joe Edition by PHX Customs |
Day 6: American Defense ''American Defense... the very name strikes terror into the hearts of the enemies of freedom! American Defense... the elite secret troop of specialized fighters in Defense of Freedom! American Defense... headed by the Super Eight Attack Squad... America's best Defense!'' - Taken from back of 1986 packaging. American Defense was a line of 3 ¾’’ military toys sold exclusively at Kmart in the eighties. The line started with Galoob’s A-Team molds and Remco grew it from there. It was later produced by different companies and ended up in dollar stores and discount outlets. Similar to GI Joe, it included a wide variety of colorful characters. However, without a cartoon, comic or any marketing to back it up, the line rode GI Joe’s coattails for a while and then disappeared. American Defense Captain Impermeable by bucky      Captain Impermeable is a Remco US Forces figure, released around 86-87. One of my last minute additions to the project, Captain Impermeable (what a name) came about only because I stumbled upon the headgear in a fodder box. I looked at it for a bit, and realized it would make a great update. a couple coats of spraypaint later, and the Captain was born. Parts: TRU military line helmet Data Viper American Defense Captain Combat by Hypno Hustler      Very obviously inspired by Gung-Ho, Captain Combat was part of the American Defense line. He was a fun figure to put together. The chain belt is just a fun piece. While squinting at pictures of the original figure online to paint the chest tattoo, I realized he had something on his arms too. After comparing the card art and various pictures, I realized he had a heart tattoo on his bicep. Honestly I'm surprised Hasbro never had a character with one, its such a classic tattoo design, but finding out Captain Combat had one definitely made me like him more. Head, Torso: Marvel Universe Drax Upper Arms: 25th Nemesis Enforcer Lower Arms: Marvel Universe X-Force Wolverine Legs: RoC Snake-Eyes American Defense Frogman by Oreobuilder      The diver was a super simple custom to make. I had a spare AOCI Wetsuit. Since the colors are so close, I started there. Even though he is completely painted, he remains completely poseable. Head: 50th Dusty Torso, arms, legs: 25th Wetsuit Mask, backpack, fins: 25th Torpedo |
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| Author: | OreoBuilder [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 4:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Retro Toy Chest: No Joe Edition by PHX Customs |
Day 7: The Corps  Created and produced by Lanard Toys, “the Corps!” is the toy line that has had the longest lifespan and that has been the best seller of all the various GI Joe knock-offs. The first figures were produced in 1986 and are still sold in various stores. John Eagle by bucky       John Eagle is one of the more frequently repainted CORPS figures from the late 80's/90's/00's. They got alot of use out of that mold, and he seemed like a legit bad ***, his early bio read that he is trained in martial arts and a veteran of many long range reconnaissance missions, and a former Special Forces Green Beret. For this incarnation, I went with the look from the John Eagle figure I owned, which I think is his original color scheme as well. Parts: Head: Kwinn Hat: raginspoon Upper body and arms: 50th trooper Hands: kwinn Legs: 50th Trooper Avalanche by bucky       Avalanche was a figure I used alot. Another medic always seemed to be needed in my battles. Plus, he was skier and a medic. The snow outfit is great, and lends itself easily to a modern interpretation. He was at the top of my list this go around, much as Tiger Claw was last year in Retro Toy Chest 2. Tactical Profile: Specializes in top secret close range combat tactics and technology. Dossier: Graduated at the top of his Marine Combat Training class. Developed advanced combat body armor and battle field equipment. Parts: Low Light Head MTF Vest Snow Job Body Dr. Mindbender FunPub collar Red Raven by bucky      From YoJoe.com: Note that the cover art has a G.I.Joe-like "explosion" behind the characters. In addition, the filecards include the exact text from the back of G.I.Joe figures - "Clip and Save for your... Files". While the cardbacks pictured above were purchased in South America, the figures were produced in China. It's likely that these figures were sold in the United States at some point, because the card text is all in English. Bad English, however - "Those Guys From the Other Galaxy"???? I've seen pictures of this line many a times, but there isn't alot of info outside of what YoJoe.com lists that tells me more. The entire line has awesome looking characters in it and Red Raven is the one I chose to represent the Power Commandos. Parts: Head: unknown Rest: MTF |
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| Author: | OreoBuilder [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 4:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Retro Toy Chest: No Joe Edition by PHX Customs |
Day 8: American Defense ''American Defense... the very name strikes terror into the hearts of the enemies of freedom! American Defense... the elite secret troop of specialized fighters in Defense of Freedom! American Defense... headed by the Super Eight Attack Squad... America's best Defense!'' - Taken from back of 1986 packaging. American Defense was a line of 3 ¾’’ military toys sold exclusively at Kmart in the eighties. The line started with Galoob’s A-Team molds and Remco grew it from there. It was later produced by different companies and ended up in dollar stores and discount outlets. Similar to GI Joe, it included a wide variety of colorful characters. However, without a cartoon, comic or any marketing to back it up, the line rode GI Joe’s coattails for a while and then disappeared. ***FLASHBACK to 2017***American Defense Underground by HypnoHustler      US Forces Protector by Oreobuilder      Part of Remco’s US Forces line, Protector was a straight repaint of Defender, one of the original 8 American Defense figures. Numbered US-3, he is the US Forces equivalent of Grunt, my favorite GI Joe character. Since I already made both versions of Defender, I figured, why not make the ''third''’. The way I see it, this is the same character wearing his urban camouflage uniform. For parts, I replicated my previous recipe. For colors, I toned down the blue a bit, but kept the yellow to add some pop. Head: DG Duke Torso, arms: Retaliation Kwinn Legs: Poc Steel Brigade Harness: Marauder Helmet: 50th Dusty American Defense Black Belt by Oreobuilder       "Silent weapons & night combat expert trained in stealth by a Ninja master'' Black Belt was one of the original 8 American Defense figures. Numbered AD-4, he was one of two martial arts experts on the team (Karate King was the other). When I started putting this custom together, I was surprised at how well this figure could be updated with existing parts. The Renegades Storm Shadow head is an almost perfect match for the original figure’s hooded look and the rest of the parts fell in place almost immediately after that. Head: 50th Storm Shadow Torso, upper arms: RoC Snake Eyes Legs: RoC Cobra Commander Feet: 25th Storm Shadow Lower arms: 25th Flint Hands: retaliation Storm Shadow Belt: PoC Snake Eyes with 25th Storm Shadow added bits American Defense Ramrod by Oreobuider      "Behind the lines infiltration specialist, enemies in awe of his incredible strength!'' Ramrod was one of the original 8 American Defense figures. Numbered AD-5, he was the bare-chested Rambo type. Ramrod seems to have had several variants back in the day. Some had all green pants, others had camouflage, and others had green pants with painted light green thigh pads. I decided to go with the camouflage pattern as it made the figure more interesting in my opinion. Head, torso, upper arms: 30th Spirit Lower arms: 25th Flint Hands: RoC Pit Commando Legs: RoC Duke |
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| Author: | OreoBuilder [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 4:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Retro Toy Chest: No Joe Edition by PHX Customs |
Day 9: American Defense from Remco ''American Defense... the very name strikes terror into the hearts of the enemies of freedom! American Defense... the elite secret troop of specialized fighters in Defense of Freedom! American Defense... headed by the Super Eight Attack Squad... America's best Defense!'' - Taken from back of 1986 packaging. American Defense was a line of 3 ¾’’ military toys sold exclusively at Kmart in the eighties. The line started with Galoob’s A-Team molds and Remco grew it from there. It was later produced by different companies and ended up in dollar stores and discount outlets. Similar to GI Joe, it included a wide variety of colorful characters. However, without a cartoon, comic or any marketing to back it up, the line rode GI Joe’s coattails for a while and then disappeared. American Defense Colonel Striker by bucky      Another Remco figure from the sub line "Deseert Patrol", Colonel Striker is an odd visual. When you look at the art on the back of the packages, he appears to have some rolled up sleeves, where as the actual figure has some out of place straight black arms coming from under his button up shirt. Not sure what the deal was with that, but it makes for an interesting visual. I translated the look as best I could, and am pleased with the results I got. Parts: Duke head with Sculpted hair Kwinn torso Snake Eyes forearms Lt. Falcon bbts legs American Defense Wolfman by HypnoHustler         Wolfman is precisely that. Part of the S.I.T. subline the original figure had a head with two faces, one of which was usually hidden under his helmet. This allowed him to "transform" into a werewolf, much like Man-E-Faces from He-Man. I have a soft spot for a good gimmick, and I've been doing a lot of work lately with interchangeable parts, so Wolfman jumped out to me as a chance to explore that further. His filecard is pure cheesy goodness, even stating that he "makes the SIT team's fight for freedom RUFF RUFF RUFF." How they managed to avoid a SIT pun I have no idea. Heads: Man of Steel Zod and Wolverine Orgins Sabretooth, modded Torso and upper arms: 25th Viper Lower arms: RoC Hawk and Clone Wars Chewbacca Legs: 25th Dusty Ninja Strike Force Samurai Hero by Oreobuilder      Remco produced many different lines using the same molds during the '80s and '90s. One of the more obscure was Ninja Strike Force. The whole line consisted of only 6 figures. Samurai Hero was interesting to make as a custom as it was another way of using the Budo head. I changed the build a little from the original. The biggest change was the boots. I went with ninja style wrapping instead of jackboots. I felt it worked better for this figure. Also, I added the arms bands and hand wrapping as well. I figure this can be Samurai Hero's training look rather than his battle outfit. Head: Retaliation Budo Torso, upper arms: PoC Zartan Lower arms: 30th Gnaw Hands: Resolute Storm Shadow Legs: DG Storm Shadow |
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| Author: | OreoBuilder [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 4:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Retro Toy Chest: No Joe Edition by PHX Customs |
Day 10: American Defense from Remco ''American Defense... the very name strikes terror into the hearts of the enemies of freedom! American Defense... the elite secret troop of specialized fighters in Defense of Freedom! American Defense... headed by the Super Eight Attack Squad... America's best Defense!'' - Taken from back of 1986 packaging. American Defense was a line of 3 ¾’’ military toys sold exclusively at Kmart in the eighties. The line started with Galoob’s A-Team molds and Remco grew it from there. It was later produced by different companies and ended up in dollar stores and discount outlets. Similar to GI Joe, it included a wide variety of colorful characters. However, without a cartoon, comic or any marketing to back it up, the line rode GI Joe’s coattails for a while and then disappeared. ***FLASHBACK to 2015*** American Defense Slugger by HypnoHustler      American Defense The Fish by HypnoHustler       The Fish is the S.I.T. team's frogman, presumably Swamp Man's arch-nemesis. An Aqua-Nut for freedom according to his filecard, I wasn't sold on him until I started piecing him together. You wouldn't think black, 2 shades of blue, and neon green would play well together, but I quite liked it when all was said and done. I appreciate that the design is flexible enough to work in either land or water as well. All the removable gear on this figure is inspired by the original figure, so that versatility has always been there. Head: Star Wars Jodo Kast Torso and Arms: RoC Breaker Legs: RoC Hawk Prof Slanders (Kaido from Bikin) by bucky      Made back in 1990 by the manufacturer "Bikin" from Belgium, "Mission Kaido" is a G.I. Joe-like themed action figure toyline. This toyline was short lived and sold only in a few European countries, most if not all came with a sonic weapons sound making backpack of some sort. I'm not 100% certain, but I think the line, or some of it, was sold in the states under a different name. While researching the figure, I came across another (named Zorgev, but different color scheme) that I know I received as an Xmas present in 93-94. Parts: Poc Spirit head MTF body American Defense Mac Tough by Oreobuilder      ''Raw guts, gumption and common sense make him one of America’s best!'' Mac Tough was the second of the original 8 American Defense team members, numbered AD-2. Remco repainted Mac Tough a few times to make different characters. Among them was Commando Hank, which Bucky had previously made a custom of. When I built my custom, I wanted to use different parts to give Mac Tough his own look and identity, so I started with a large body Roadblock as a base. That instantly set him apart. Parts Head, helmet: DG Duke Torso, arms: retaliation Roadblock Legs: 30th BBTS Red Dog Holster: 25th Steeler Weapon: Resolute Cobra Trooper |
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| Author: | OreoBuilder [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 4:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Retro Toy Chest: No Joe Edition by PHX Customs |
Day 11: Bronze Bombers from Olmec ''Fearlessly, the mighty U.S. 369th Infantry led the nation's greatest Black Army into battle. They fought in WWI and WWII and they never lost. There have been no warriors their equal until today! Today, we have the Bronze Bombers™! Today they defend the country against P.S.B. enemy squad. These highly skilled combatants stand for justice and they never lose!" – From 1988 card back The Bronze Bombers was a short-lived toy line produced by Olmec. Two "waves" were produced. The first one, released in 1988, consisted of a dozen different figures and 2 small vehicles. The figures had similar molds to Galoob's A-Team figures from the early '80s and were of lesser quality. In 1997, Olmec acquired several GI Joe molds from Hasbro and produced a 12 figure boxset consisting of recolored vehicle drivers like Motor-Viper, Skidmark, Darklon and Strato-Viper. A year later, Olmec filled for bankrupcy and Bronze Bombers line disappeared. Bronze Bombers Backdraft by DanoftheDead    A pretty simple custom, I went with a sprayed red base coat but got my brands mixed up and the base coat was thicker and tackier than what I usually use. Tried to cover it up with some Krylon, which mostly worked, but would have been happier if I just did it right the first time. Did some minor adjustments to the placement of his colors but managed to convince myself to stick with the original Christmas color scheme, though I was tempted to leave off that bright green. Parts: Air-Viper v5 - Figure Star Wars: The Force Awakens FlameTrooper - Backpack and Flamethrower Bronze Bombers Krunch by Oreobuilder      Krunch was one of the Bronze Bombers that I looked at making for PHX Customs’ Retro Toy Chest in 2017. I settled on different figures for the project, but kept all the other Bronze Bombers in mind for future customs. Since I had all the parts I needed in my fodder bins, I assembled him anyway and put him aside until I had some spare time to get him painted. Head: Star Wars Torso, arms: 30th Stalker Vest: RoC Pit Commando Legs: RoC Snake Eyes Bronze Bombers Suppressor X by Oreobuilder      Suppressor X was a one-day custom. I tried to build him with only black parts so I only had the tan details and the bronze highlights (that are a common feature on all my Bronze Bombers) left to do. Head: Marauder MTF Torso, upper arms, lower legs: RoC Neo Viper Lower arms: RoC Snake Eyes Upper legs: RoC Ripcord |
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| Author: | OreoBuilder [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 4:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Retro Toy Chest: No Joe Edition by PHX Customs |
Day 12: American Defense from Remco ''American Defense... the very name strikes terror into the hearts of the enemies of freedom! American Defense... the elite secret troop of specialized fighters in Defense of Freedom! American Defense... headed by the Super Eight Attack Squad... America's best Defense!'' - Taken from back of 1986 packaging. American Defense was a line of 3 ¾’’ military toys sold exclusively at Kmart in the eighties. The line started with Galoob’s A-Team molds and Remco grew it from there. It was later produced by different companies and ended up in dollar stores and discount outlets. Similar to GI Joe, it included a wide variety of colorful characters. However, without a cartoon, comic or any marketing to back it up, the line rode GI Joe’s coattails for a while and then disappeared. American Defense Touchdown by HypnoHustler       Kids like sports and kids like army men. Hasbro knew that, Remco presumably realized it once they saw Hasbro do it. Either way, it's how we got that gridiron grenadier, Touchdown. I like his simple look, and he was an excellent use of some larger fodder. Head: Playmakers Peyton Manning Torso, Arms, and Upper Legs: 50th Bazooka Lower Legs: Renegades Roadblock Toymax M P.A.C.T. Crimson Eye by bucky       I had stumbled across the picture of this guy, saved it, figured out his name and made him. While doing the write ups, I dug a bit deeper and found out this blurb: "This 8 man team was assembled to maintain world peace, and more importantly, stop the catastrophic activities of the world's most menacing criminals - Shatter Force. Since each member is a top crime fighting specialist and technical expert, the world can rest easy when Global Force arrives on the scene of any would-be disaster!" I'd assumed he was a bad guy, and a member of Shatter Force. However, it turns out he's a good guy from England. Parts: Low Light head 30th Viper Body MTF harness American Defense Sky Fighter by Oreobuilder       "Drops from above with the fury of streak of lightning and rolling thunder!'' Sky Fighter was one of the original 8 American Defense figures. Numbered AD-6, he was the paratrooper or pilot on the team. The parts recipe for him was straight forward. The Retaliation Data Viper body is perfect to make customs of pilots, so I used it as is. To create the breathing unit, I turned to PTE’s Navy SEAL re-breather. I removed the hoses and made a hole on the front to plug in the mask. All in all, it was a simple custom, but I’m quite happy with the result. Head: Retaliation Kwinn Torso, arms, legs: Retaliation Data Viper Helmet, mask: 50th Blowtorch Breathing Unit: PTE (modified) |
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| Author: | OreoBuilder [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 4:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Retro Toy Chest: No Joe Edition by PHX Customs |
Day 13: Bronze Bombers from Olmec ''Fearlessly, the mighty U.S. 369th Infantry led the nation's greatest Black Army into battle. They fought in WWI and WWII and they never lost. There have been no warriors their equal until today! Today, we have the Bronze Bombers™! Today they defend the country against P.S.B. enemy squad. These highly skilled combatants stand for justice and they never lose!" – From 1988 card back The Bronze Bombers was a short-lived toy line produced by Olmec. Two "waves" were produced. The first one, released in 1988, consisted of a dozen different figures and 2 small vehicles. The figures had similar molds to Galoob's A-Team figures from the early '80s and were of lesser quality. In 1997, Olmec acquired several GI Joe molds from Hasbro and produced a 12 figure boxset consisting of recolored vehicle drivers like Motor-Viper, Skidmark, Darklon and Strato-Viper. A year later, Olmec filled for bankruptcy and Bronze Bombers line disappeared. Bronze Bombers Scorch by DanoftheDead    I originally planned on making Scorch into and army builder, intending to make a set of these, but painting that bright green over dark colors convinced me otherwise... and ultimately I'm happy I stuck to the original designs/concepts/characters as best as I could. Nothing too fancy here, other than having to be patient with all the layers it took to get the green on. Parts: Nitro-Viper v2 Dr. Link Talbot - Grenade Launcher Bronze Bombers No Flak by Oreobuilder       No Flak was one of the Bronze Bombers that I looked at making for PHX Customs’ Retro Toy Chest in 2017. I settled on different figures for the project, but kept all the other Bronze Bombers in mind for future customs. Since I had all the parts I needed in my fodder bins, I assembled him anyway and put him aside until I had some spare time to get him painted. I went back and forth on the head and ended up using one with a buzzcut to make it as close to the original figure as possible. Head: Renegades Red Dog Torso, arms: 30th Stalker Vest: RoC Pit Commando Legs: RoC Snake Eyes Bronze Bombers Justice by Oreobuilder       For this project, I looked at all the figures in the 12-pack as candidates for customs. I made Roughshot a while ago, now I’m adding Justice. Eventually, I want to make all twelve figures from the pack. I added some bronze accents that were not on the original figure. These accents are included in all my current and future Bronze Bombers customs as a way of tying them all together. Head: HACKS Torso: ROC Neo Viper Right upper arm, left lower arm: ROC Storm Shadow Left upper arm: 25th Zartan Right lower arm: 25th Torpedo Right Hand: 25th Flint Left hand: 25th Barbecue Upper legs: 25th HISS Driver Lower legs: 25th Crimson Guard |
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| Author: | OreoBuilder [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 4:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Retro Toy Chest: No Joe Edition by PHX Customs |
Day 14: American Defense from Remco ''American Defense... the very name strikes terror into the hearts of the enemies of freedom! American Defense... the elite secret troop of specialized fighters in Defense of Freedom! American Defense... headed by the Super Eight Attack Squad... America's best Defense!'' - Taken from back of 1986 packaging. American Defense was a line of 3 ¾’’ military toys sold exclusively at Kmart in the eighties. The line started with Galoob’s A-Team molds and Remco grew it from there. It was later produced by different companies and ended up in dollar stores and discount outlets. Similar to GI Joe, it included a wide variety of colorful characters. However, without a cartoon, comic or any marketing to back it up, the line rode GI Joe’s coattails for a while and then disappeared. American Defense Zooks by bucky       I remember seeing Zooks as a kid on the shelves at KB Toys or K Mart. I couldn't find much on him, other than he was part of the American Defense line, probably some others from Remco as well. He was a very easy figure to put together. I deviated slightly from the standard uniform, but not the colors. Parts: Dusty 30th with Tripwire helmet Dusty 30th Torso, arms and Lower legs Pit Trooper Thighs MTF Harness ***FLASHBACK to 2017*** American Defense Fake Out by Hypno Hustler      American Defense Bush Fighter by Oreobuilder      "Jungle warfare soldier… the deeper and the darker… the better!'' Bush Fighter was one of the original 8 American Defense figures. Numbered AD-7, he was the jungle soldier, American Defense’s version of Recondo. The original figure had rippled thigh pads (like many other American Defense figures). I dropped this detail on my custom since they were covered up by camouflage paint. Head: Retaliation Kwinn Hat: PoC Recondo Torso: 25th Shipwreck Legs: 50th Lady Jaye Upper arms: RoC Monkey Wrench Lower arms: 25th Flint Hands: Star Wars Harness: PoC Duke American Defense TACAL by Oreobuilder         The TACAL – Tactical Assault Craft Amphibious Lander – was one of a only a handful of vehicles produced for the American Defense line. It was released in 1986 with the first line of figures. For my custom, I had a spare True Heroes Wave Runner Jet Ski. I have previously used this small vehicle to make a custom Cobra craft and later a Joe watercraft. It is a fun little vehicle and offers up something that the Joe line does not have. The base vehicle is very similar to the American Defense TACAL, so I did not modify it. I simply painted it in the right colors. All: True Heroes Wave Runner Jet Ski |
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