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Hi
Desert Strike was always one of favourite stories and as a kid I always wanted a Gibli fighter figure to take on my Z force. Well now I've got one!!
My first 3.75" custom is simply one of the new Indiana Jones figures which I picked up from my local Woolworths this week with a few added extras and a Gibli symbol added to his clothing...
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Now that's cracking - I've been waiting on a Gibli custom for ages!
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I need to get myself half a dozen of these boys. Please send details.

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thats awesome! simple but perfect

man what I would give to get Desert Strike colored
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Hi
Thanks for the comments.... the original figure is by Hasbro and was £6.99 in my local Woolies (my local Toymaster has them too) I used the Sallah figure but I've also got the Cairo Swordsman (potential "Whispering one") and the "Monkey Man" (the spy from "Raiders...") I'm using the Monkey Man parts for a former Gibli fighter now in the employ of Cobra... (might have him as a brother/son/cousin of Major Maddi out for revenge on Action Force!!) At the min he's very much a WIP - planning to add a Gibli symbol around the Cobra emblem and I might swap his arms for the ones from the Monkey Man.
Comments always welcomed...
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Awesome! I cant believe how good that came out, was it a simple head switch? with the cape, I really really like this. Simple but soo effective, I wish hasbro would do simple things like this

Love it hes out for revenge and joined cobra to do it
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Yep the head was pretty easy to swap (I just had to dremel out the inside of the head a bit... the ball on the "monkey man's" neck post is a bit smaller than the cobra trooper's and without the slight modification it sits a bit high on his neck) took about 5 mins to do!! I was planning to see if I can swap the arms over too (so that they match the cloak thing) - make it look like he's wearing a long sleeved robe over his Cobra uniform but I agree he does look pretty good as he is.
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still try it though, Im curious to see how it will look
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Sorry, did you say £6.99 for a 3 3/4" figure???
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