Something different for today! I’ve had a recent desire to
get back into a childhood hobby of mine: Marvel Legends! With the march
of time, the toy line of Marvel figures has changed hands from Toy
Biz to Hasbro and there’s been many improvements in how these toys
are made. With that said, I found a bunch of heavily discounted Marvel Legends
figures, many of them X-Men related, and on a whim, I snapped them up
with one goal: make custom MC2 Marvel Legends figures! Here’s my first attempt, making the leader of
the Uncanny X-People; Jubilee as she appears in the MC2.
To start off with, I had purchased the X-Men ’97 series
Jubilee figure which has a great head sculpt and detailing. Normally Jubilee
figures portray her rocking her iconic 90’s clothing with the blue gloves, rolled
up yellow jacket, pink shirt and blue shorts, but the figure here reflects her
costume change from seen at the end of X-Men ‘97’s first season. Fortunately,
I also picked up the Husk figure from the Nemesis Build-A-Figure series,
which has the now-classic Generation X red body suit I needed. I learned
as a kid that hot water and Marvel Legends don’t mix, and thus with a ‘boil
and pop’ I hit what I thought was my first stumbling block.
Oh no! Are the heads not interchangeable? Turns out the pegs
are designed the same, and with a little adjustment I was able to swap them
over. Some blue tack was required as one head socket was bigger than the other.
The boil and pop let me take Jubilee’s coat and arms out and re-place
them on the Husk figure’s torso.
The second problem, and again it was very minor, was the
hands. Jubilee in the MC2 wears yellow gloves, the 90’s version had blue
gloves and neither of these figures had either. Enter the Age of Apocalypse Rogue
figure which was part of the Colossus Build-A-Figure series. Marked down
a ridiculous 80%, I got this and several others in a bundle very cheap. And she
has yellow gloves. Everything came together and all is right with the world,
folks!
Anyway, I’m extremely happy with how this turned out and how
easily the parts came together. I’m looking forward to making more in the (MC2)
future so stay tuned!
Until I figure out how to paint figures, manufacture my own
accessories and make my own dollies, I remain
frogoat