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GI Joe Universe

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Recipes

Firefly: repaint of Night Creeper with weapons from various (walkie talkie was from comic-pack Breaker)

Destro: slight carving mod to the head and then repaint of Dr. Mindbender from Valor vs Venom. Weapons case was stocked with various weapons from Lanard Corps figures + some Valor vs Venom. The case itself came as part of a Dollar General find with a military plane (plane custom not done yet)

Cobra Commander Sigma 6: head=Alley Viper 2, arms and chest = Sand Viper, legs = Sand Scorpion, hips and skirt = Dusty. Cape was fabric, everything repainted. The mini-figure is not a custom, came from Sigma 6 2.5" Hiss tank. I have a shield in-process but didn't make the deadline.

Lt Stone: all parts from Lanard Corps product except cybernetic arm from a BAT.

New Torpedo: my LBC of the lot: Lanard Corps detailing paint only.

Shipwreck: various Lanard Corps parts. Head was originally bald with a short mustache and beard. Additional hair and hat were added with super sculpey. Gun is from Pirate Expedition figure.

Cutter: head from Dollar General figure with a ball cap (came with the aforementioned plane), arms torso upper legs = televiper, hips = Ace, lower legs = Dusty

Ripcord: head and helmet = Ace, hips + torso = Snake Eyes, arms = Sgt Stalker, legs = televiper, all from Valor vs Venom

Low Light: all Lanard Corps product except for visor which is super sculpey. Runner up for LBC.

Jinx: head, torso, hips, skirt = Kamakura; knives and backpack from two different Storm Shadows; arms and legs from Baroness

Beachhead: all parts from Lanard Corps product Dial Tone: head, > arms, legs = Sgt Stalker; torso, backpack, earpiece, shoulder pad = televiper; hips = Hi-Tech, gun = Lanard Corps weapon

Alpine: head = molded from same head as my custom Cutter; all other parts from Lanard Corps figures.

Flint: arms = \televiper; all other parts = Sgt Stalker. Gun modified to shotgun from a miscellaneous Valor vs Venom character.

General Hawk: Helmet: modified Sand Viper. Head = Hawk, comic book 3-pack. arms = Ace. everything else = Sgt Stalker

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