Okay. Sorry. That was dumb.

Anyway, continuing the trend of figures I never much cared for as a kid, I'm going to shock some folks and say I didn't like Footloose at first. I was kind of pissed, actually, that they were rolling out a new Infantry guy so soon after Grunt. Felt like a dis or something. But, as I got older, I came to appreciate the better-detailed, more realistic and highly versatile sculpt on that figure.

I had customized one out of a 25th Lt. Falcon a while back, but I considered that a placeholder once I heard they were coming out with a new Footloose. Needless to say, the desert version from the recentTRU ROC exclusive wasn't quite what I was expecting.

So I set about making myself a new Footloose out of some of the cool new partws the ROC line has given us. Now my old placeholder is on eBay to make room for this guy:

What do you think?

What's the base figure? I was going to do the same but use the TRU 3-pack Grunt but TRU was sold out of them when I went back to grab a set.

Also, the helmet is awesome! Is that a custom job?

I want details because I fully intend to steal this idea if I can

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Damn, that's one sweet custom. Let me know parts OK?

I feel like you do about FL. I got mad Grunt love man. If I wasn't known so much by this nick I'd change it to Grunt.

And besides that, I wanna steal most of the recipe and get an amped up Grunt.

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thats a good footloose, the base figure is the toys r us exclusive pit trooper with a footloose head I beleive

Thanks, guys.

Tan's got the base figure right. TRU exclusive Pit Trooper with the head off the TRU exclusive Footloose and the hands off a Resolute Duke.

The helmet's a Footloose original, boiled and shaped to fit the new head.

The vest is a modified SpyTroops Crosshair accessory and I honestly don't know which ROC figure the backpack came off of. The gun's a Maurauder special with a Chap Mei sling, the launcher was 25th Bazooka's and the removable knife comes from an Eversparkle HQ set.

A little paint was all it took to pull things together.

Glad you dig him.

While I think the desert 5pack is great custom fodder, if it had renditions of the characters like this, it would be selling like wild!

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The into got me angry . . .but the figure made me happy. lol
Another factory looking custom. Sweet.

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Thanks guys.

I forgot to mention on the parts list that the forearms came off a comic pack Rock n Roll. I'm not a gig fan of the gorilla forearms the Pit Trooper came with.

The only thing I think you could add is a knife sheath on his vest so he won't cut himself when he turns his head. I'd get this figure.

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did the footloose head and the pit trooper flesh match or did you have to paint that?If so I think I will buy the set otherwise i think I'll still pass

I like it! A simple custom, but says Footloose all the way. Thanks for sharing, and consider the recipe "borrowed" (I am no thief, so won't "steal" it )

Todd

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Ditto. Great figure on all levels.

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The only painting I had to do on this figure was the tan of the vest, belt, backpack, boots and missile launcher strap.

The flesh colors are all factory.