The credit belongs to the Lord, I thank Him for doing these with my hands.

The Rhino vehicle came with Bruce Sato and another version of Matt Trakker. I think I liked the Rhino version of Trakker better than the Thunderhawk version as a kid, and I still do. I think it may be my favorite of this project at this point.

Matt uses parts from about 5 joe figures and 1 wolverine figure, plus accessories from 2 more joes. The Mask actually didn't come with the neck flair, so had to greenstuff that, as well as the thigh pads, belt buckle, hair, and lower torso armor. Dremmeled/sanded/greenstuffed the tunnel rat upper leg to remove the leg straps and pouch.

I want to thank all the guys who helped me out getting the parts for this project. The mask items in this post came from (best I remember) joe grizzly and jay, thanks fellas.

MATT TRAKKER














Next up, BRUCE SATO
He uses parts from 6 joe figures and 1 Indiana jones figure, green stuff for the chest armor, side and back straps, side pouch and straps, forearm padding, boot tubing on the lower legs and feet, knee pads, and belt. Dremmeled/sanded/greenstuffed the pouches on the breaker upper leg. The lower torso retains articulation (the straps and lower armor is not attached to the lower torso, the leg with the pouch also can move. The paraviper knees had 4 pads and the cartoon Bruce had 3, so I dremmeled/sanded the paraviper pads off and greenstuffed the 3 back on.

















Here is a mock up of a custom card along with a vintage scott and t-bob card, NOT A FINAL PRODUCT, just a mock up.










Recipes:

Matt Trakker RHINO Version
head-dollar general duke with greenstuffed hair
torso-breaker/joe trooper type
arms and hand-25th general hawk
upper legs and knees (I think)-tunnel rat
lower legs-wolverine
feet-dollar general shipwreck
torso armor-zartan modified by cutting and greenstuff
belt-roc snake eyes vs.44
lower torso armor, hair, thigh pads, belt buckle-greenstuff

Bruce Sato
head-krexx
torso and upper legs-breaker type
upper arms-lift ticket
lower arms-general hawk
hands-Indiana jones line
knees-paraviper with greenstuff padding
lower legs-storm shadow/training snake eyes type with greenstuff tubing
feet-flash with greenstuff tubing
torso armor, belt, side and back straps, lower arm padding, knee pads, lower legs tubing, feet tubing, collar, side pouch and straps-greenstuff

Bruce looks great, Matt the head is so cool, that'd be a great head to have cast.

Thanks! I think I went a little overboard with pics

Those are top-notch customs. While I'm not super crazy about the new era Joes any longer, I'd buy these guys up in a heartbeat! Amazing customs. I'd love to get a chance to set up some MASK dios with them.

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Thanks! I hear you, I'd like to do that too, been wanting to figure out the thing that holds and powers the masks.

very cool .

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