Customs are in the air!

My list of customs which I was working on over Xmas has extended into doing a few things I've been putting off for ages, namely sorting out the eyes on a 3.75" Rita Repulsa (if you haven't seen the film Coraline I highly recommend it, but her eyes were originally very reminiscent), and X-23, who I decided I didn't want an X-Force version of, nor a masked version (I really should have left the mask). Anyway, painting eyes is extremely painful, but I got there eventually:

I also painted on what I consider to be missing paint applications from Generations Gears:

I mentioned N'kantu last month, but I did a Werewolf by Night as well (I used a Voolvif Monn head for him). My Howling Commandos are coming on well!

I picked up a Legends Buzzsaw, I think he's pretty good. I like the idea of having all my cassette-bots having the same alt mode like they should do. I'm reluctant to replace my old custom though.

I finished my custom Bane and received my Azrael Batman from Chinabay who was apparently still produced, just not officially released. I'm really glad to have these two in 3.75" scale.

I also finally painted my Punch/Counterpunch set from Shapeways that I ordered about 3 or 4 years ago.

And not to be forgotten I sorted out the eyes on my Infinite 3.75" Wasp, they had rather missed when applying the iris. She goes very nicely with the 6" Legends version I bought. (I had decided to pass but then realised that she does go giant in Avengers:EMH, and so really I was duty bound to get her.

It goes on though, I upgrade my custom Groot with a comic Legends Starlord figure. He's not naked anymore!

So a busy spell of customs for me. I'm working on one last project then I'm hanging up my brush for a little bit until some custom parts arrive.

Whilst out shopping I saw that Tracy Island from the new Thunderbirds line was reduced to £50, I have to admit I was rather tempted. I think Thunderbirds is the one thing I used to like as a kid (not including things like Thomas the tank engine and Postman Pat!), that I've not bought any modern versions of so this was a bit of a strange awakening. I still have a set of Blue Peter instructions on how to make your own island! After a bit of research I decided to pass on the island but get the 'supersize' version of TB2 and 4. According to the UK toy fair, a TB3 is coming this year (and hopefully TB1 at some point). I haven't opened it yet though.

I have opened Ultra Magnus though, so glad I replaced my Fansproject kit version. Here he is for some MTMTE goodness:

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There has been a crazy amount of Transformers leaks recently so the news and reveals from the New York Toy Fair weren't as exciting, but I'm really looking forward to Chromedome and Mindwipe, as well as Powermaster Optimus Prime (Ginrai for my collection) and Fortress Maximus. We will be getting a deluxe Brainstorm from the new Blurr, so am hopeful we will see Highbrow and Weirdwolf in time. We are rumoured to be getting Getaway from Chromedome which is also really exciting (I really don't know why he appeals to me so much). Kickback is also rumoured to complete the Insecticons which is awesome if true. In terms of non-animal alt modes, Highbrow, Broadside and Overlord are the only characters left on my most wanted list. The first two seem quite likely, Overlord doesn't seem like that much of a stretch.