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Palpatine - Darth Sidious Rots

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Star Wars Chancellor Palpatine/ Darth Sidious ROTS Hello again, this time I want to show you the Revenge of the Sith- Chancellor Palpatine custom figure (Office arrest) . Motivation Hasbro released in year 2005 the figure of Palpatine Lightsaber attack. The figure portraits the character in his red robs during his encounter with the jedi masters Mace Windu, Kit Fisto, Agen Kolar and Saesee Tiin. Despite the figure is well sculpted, is less an action figure (due to lack of articulations) and more like a statue with a mechanism that move the arm with the fixed lightsaber that gets actioned when you press the figure downwards (lightsaber attack). This make the figure complete static and more a child toy rather than a collectors piece. Figure review source here: http://www.rebelscum.com/ROTS0535palpatine.asp   Another inconvenient is the paint work: the color selection seems to go more in a pink / pearled rosé direction rather that in the burgu...

Serra Keto custom

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Star Wars Jedi Knight Serra Keto This is my first figure, well actually the 3rd version of the same figure: Serra Keto, who is the Apprentice of Master Jedi  Cin Drallig. This character was created originally for the Revenge of the Sith videogame during Anakin/Darth Vader assault on the Jedi Temple during the execution of the Order 66. Motivation The motivation for creating this figure is essentially the convergence of many reasons: 1. I wanted to discover how to create an action figure from scratch, to gain more insight of the things to take in account. 2. After a research made Blogs and Tutorials in Youtube channels, I realized not to much people have dared to create a figure from scratch. Usually customs are based on paint jobs or minor sculpting adaptations. So accept the challenge. 3. As a Star Wars fan, I wanted to enrich the spectrum of action figures made of the saga, so for me is important bring a character that does not exist in Hasbro Portfolio and...