Sizemore77 Best of the 80s Customs

Sizemore77 · **Joined:** Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:35 pm

2DARK2C wrote:

yup thats a lot! i have only mod the upper, then add an existing well articulated lower. i have a baggy with taken out pins, but i have been using only old plastic sprue for pins and melting my own "rivet" on the ends.

That sounds interesting. I would actually like to hear more about that process as pegs are hard to come by.

Spin Doctor · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

I missed the whole Robotech thing, but I remember my younger brother had a lot of the M.A.S.K. stuff ad I was impressed with the converting vehicles and mountain playset.

I actually remember most of the characters you've done here and the likeesses feel dead on.

Sizemore77 · **Joined:** Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:35 pm

Spin Doctor wrote:

I missed the whole Robotech thing, but I remember my younger brother had a lot of the M.A.S.K. stuff ad I was impressed with the converting vehicles and mountain playset.

I actually remember most of the characters you've done here and the likeesses feel dead on.

Thanks. Honestly, I wasn't that into Robotech as a kid and didn't have the toys in the 80s but these looked so good minus the lack of elbow articulation that I couldn't pass on them.

MASK I loved as a kid and had lots of the toys.

Sizemore77 · **Joined:** Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:35 pm

If you are an 80s kid then you know it was the greatest time to be a kid and it is mostly due to Reagan deregulating children's programming allowing for what became basically 30 minute toy commercials disguised as cartoons and it was glorious!

Once I had the Reagan head sculpt I knew this picture had to be taken with all the customs that are part of my 80s project.

President Reagan

2DARK2C · **Joined:** Mon Oct 07, 2013 3:59 pm **Location:** MS

so cool.

2DARK2C · **Joined:** Mon Oct 07, 2013 3:59 pm **Location:** MS

re sprues as pins i sent you a pm last night with an overview. it got way more detailed than i thought it would so i made a couple and took step by step pics that i will get edited and make a dedicated post.

Sizemore77 · **Joined:** Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:35 pm

2DARK2C wrote:

re sprues as pins i sent you a pm last night with an overview. it got way more detailed than i thought it would so i made a couple and took step by step pics that i will get edited and make a dedicated post.

Thanks! That was extremely informative. I love learning new customizing tricks like that.

Sizemore77 · **Joined:** Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:35 pm

More Robotech as I continue to add elbow articulation...

Roy Fokker

Claudia Grant

kowalski · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

Sizemore77 wrote:

If you are an 80s kid then you know it was the greatest time to be a kid and it is mostly due to Reagan deregulating children's programming allowing for what became basically 30 minute toy commercials disguised as cartoons and it was glorious!

This is one of my favorite cocktail party factoids ("Did you know infomercials and toy-based cartoons were both the result of the same Reagan-era deregulation?") and now I'm wondering if Billy Mays and Ron Popeil will be joining the crew any time soon.

Awesome work, as always!

Sizemore77 · **Joined:** Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:35 pm

kowalski wrote:

Sizemore77 wrote:

If you are an 80s kid then you know it was the greatest time to be a kid and it is mostly due to Reagan deregulating children's programming allowing for what became basically 30 minute toy commercials disguised as cartoons and it was glorious!

This is one of my favorite cocktail party factoids ("Did you know infomercials and toy-based cartoons were both the result of the same Reagan-era deregulation?") and now I'm wondering if Billy Mays and Ron Popeil will be joining the crew any time soon.

Awesome work, as always!

I did not know that about infomercials but that explains their explosion on tv during the 80s.

Sizemore77 · **Joined:** Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:35 pm

Max and Miriya Sterling from Robotech

Max

Miriya

Sizemore77 · **Joined:** Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:35 pm

Ben Dixon

Vermillion Squadron

Finishing up Robotech with a group shot

2DARK2C · **Joined:** Mon Oct 07, 2013 3:59 pm **Location:** MS

Another really good group shot.

Sizemore77 · **Joined:** Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:35 pm

One of my all-time favorite movies not only from the 80s but ever was Lethal Weapon, so I knew I wanted to add these two to the project.

Riggs and Murtaugh from Lethal Weapon

2DARK2C · **Joined:** Mon Oct 07, 2013 3:59 pm **Location:** MS

perfection!

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