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It’s Time Again, To Vote for the Custom of the Month!

Posted by CAPT. GRID-IRON on Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

It’s that time again, time to vote from the best of the best customs submitted to The Terror Drome this month. For August we have eight entries, Astro Viper by Headman, Tele-Viper by Bad Sociologist, Snake Eyes by SVantley, Female Vipers by Protoxero, Cobra La Royal Guard by Heretic, “Cartoon” Airtight by Airtight, Airtight by Hawk MMS, and Psyche Out by Letal!

A big thanks to Hunter Artworks for sponsoring the contest.

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Airtight by Airtight, Final Custom of the Week Honoree for August!

Posted by CAPT. GRID-IRON on Sunday, August 29th, 2010

Wrapping up our Custom of the Week Honoree’s for August, is this fantastic “Cartoon accurate” style Airtight by member Airtight. Here is what Airtight had to say about the project,

“Unlike many other customizers, I am not a fan of strictly adhering to every single pointless detail of the original figure’s design, and I instead enjoy the challenge of using newer parts and unique designs coupled with familiar color schemes to achieve a solid look with a new and much more modern-looking “skin”. Hope you guys enjoy him and I’d love to hear your feedback.”

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Airtight by Hawk MMS, Our second Custom of the Week Honoree!

Posted by CAPT. GRID-IRON on Thursday, August 26th, 2010

This weeks second Custom of the Week honoree is Airtight, by Hawk MMS. This is some of the best custom work in the 12-inch scale we have seen in a long time. And not only that Hawk MMS has been gracious enough to write a little story to go along with the figure. Here is an excerpt!

“Bringing in Airtight has improved over all Joe training in the NBC realm. Joe’s are taking their atropine kits a little more serious these days. Serious enough that is, except when Airtight is replacing the tear gas in the gas chamber with laughing gas or bombing a Joe bivouc site with an unscheduled gas mask drill @ 0230. He is not the most orthodox NBC trooper out there but, he is the gutsiest. Right now that is what I need.”

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Female Tele-Viper By Bad Sociologist, Custom of The Week Honoree!

Posted by CAPT. GRID-IRON on Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

This weeks first Custom of The Week honoree, is a Female Tele-Viper by Bad Sociologist. This figure is painted with flawless precision, and looks like it came straight from the factory. I know many of us would give our left leg to have Hasbro release a figure like this. Here is what Bad Sociologist had to say about it:

“I built a new female TV using the head and torso from Trigate and I decided to have some fun with the extra parts…”

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Astro Viper by Headman, Custom of the Week Honoree!

Posted by CAPT. GRID-IRON on Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

This custom is great work on so many levels. From ingenious use of parts, to the fantastic paint scheme, to the use of vintage Astro Viper gear, that seems to flawlessly fit right in on this custom. Special thanks to Headman for sharing it with us!

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Custom of the Week Honoree, Cobra La Royal Guard by Heretic!

Posted by CAPT. GRID-IRON on Sunday, August 15th, 2010

This weeks first Custom of the Week honoree is Cobra La Royal Guard by Heretic. This fantastic figure is a modern era representation of a cult classic. The detail is unique, and the paint application is flawless! Special thanks to Heretic for sharing it with us.