Official Figure Pic One-Shot Thread

Sgt301

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My youngest daughter loves to paint and when I asked her about blending colors she offered to paint Trooper Joe for me. She nailed the shades of the trousers and shirt perfectly. The patches and badge were done with the printer and super glue. The color of the head sculpt is too dark and I plan on getting another lighter one from marauders. I actually might have it packed away in the spare parts bin 🤔
 

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Thanks, I really didn’t expect her to match the paint so well. After thinking about it I’m going to get her to try matching the neck color to the face instead of buying another head from MTF. I have my eye on a 1/18 2010 Ford Crown crown vic for the next phase.
 

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1/18 Custom Female Helicopter Pilot.

Her flight vest is a Chinese kit I got from ebay. The rest is a mix of Marauders, Star Wars, and Joytoy.
 

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Very cool looking pilot. I would love to see figures like this on a toy aisle en masse.
 

YautjaClanLeader

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Very cool looking pilot. I would love to see figures like this on a toy aisle en masse.
I'm telling you - if I could start a successful 1/18 figure line with vehicles and make bank, I would do it. But sadly - it's such a unrealistic and unreliable source of income. It's a very niche market for a commodity that's only desired by a very select few. These days most of the vehicles and figures out there are so overinflated in price.

For example. A 1/18 F-18 or F-16 is worth anywhere between $800-$2000.

Back in the early 2000s those would have sold anywhere between $45-65 in retail value.

The only modern 1/18 vehicle that's produced/sold anymore is the Wayward Goat MARV or the Joytoy 1/18 Crazy SUV and ATV.

Anything else are old releases or stuff no longer in mainstream retail circulation. You are forced into the secondary market for any vehicles in 1/18.

Now the JoyToy stuff is way more affordable than it used to be. A single carded figure now typically runs about $20-30. Vehicles can be pricey, but that's the market.
 
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Planet Green Valley fig?
Boris Ping figure, with a custom painted head from eBay. They ship from China and are a little slow arriving but I’ve ordered 4 or 5 and they always arrive and always look professional. Probably some prisoners who used to be artists before they were labeled as dissidents 😉
 
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