Wednesday, March 16, 2011

MCKENZIE MCKUSTOMS PRESENTS-LADY LUCK!




Hey Gang, Don't know if you remember my World's Greatest Golden Age Heroes line from awhile back (The Face, The Owl) Here is the third addition, and in honor of Saint Patricks Day She just happens to be, Lady Luck! LL is an original McKenzie McKustoms creation featuring handmade dress, gauntlets, cape, green veil, and features re-painted CTVT shoes, and Wyatt Earp hat. The Head is Breyer, and the body is CTVT. Hope you like Her, and Happy St. Patty's to you and yours!

*For those not familar with the character here is a brief backstory from ComicVine..

In 1940, Will Eisner produced a special comic book section that was designed as an insert for Sunday newspapers around the country. The 16 pages of material consisted of an eight page Spirit story by Will Eisner, a four page Lady Luck story, initially by Dick French and Charles Mazoujian, and a four page Magician called Mr. Mystic. The green-clad heroine was later drawn by Nick Cardy, then taken over by Klaus Nordling, who became best known of her artists.

The character was part of the newspaper strip section until 1946, when it was eliminated as the section dropped to eight pages.The stories were reprinted by Quality Comics in the pages of SMASH COMICS and LADY LUCK COMICS until 1950. Since then, a few collector's editions have reprinted samples of the material.







Saturday, February 26, 2011

THE MUMMY PHARAOH STRIKES!




THE MUMMY PHARAOH by McKenzie McKustoms, on Flickr

This figure was dreamed up by my two young nephews. I asked them to come up with an original character for their very own Mego custom, and this is the creepy character theY cooked up. The skeleton body is by CTVT Toys, Everything else is by Myself (bandaging wrap, gold skull emblem, sword, cloth cape, kilt, and the sculpted, hand painted head dress.) This is a pic of the figure loose, I will be posting pictures of the figure in his custom packaging shortly. This is another proud product of McKenzie McKustoms.

Friday, February 25, 2011

BAT LASH AND SCALPHUNTER ARE HERE!

Hey Gang, It's been a minute since I've posted a new custom, so I decided to unveil two of my latest creations that will be part of My DC Comics Western Collection, Bat-Lash, and Scalphunter! Hope You likey


SCALPHUNTER AND BAT LASH by McKenzie McKustoms, on Flickr

Scalphunter is McKenzie McKustom's first addition to our upcoming DC Comics Western line of custom Mego style figures. Scalphunter is built on an EMCE body, and features a modified CTVT pleather shirt, cloth pants, and repro moccasins. the leather leggings, belt, knife, medicine pouch, headsculpt, and paint job is by your truly.

He's a real dandy with the ladies, and real handy with His shootin' iron! This is McKenzie McKustom's second addition to our upcoming DC Comics Western line of custom Mego style figures. Bat Lash is built on an EMCE body, and features a modified CTVT white shirt, vest, belt, gun belt, and pistol. The pants are vintage Mego, from The Wizard Of Oz line, and the boots are painted CTVT boots.The shirt cuffs (with cuff links), neck scarf, and the head is a re-sculpted/painted Trek Kirk head by yours truly. The cherry on the sundae is Bat Lash's famous flower, adorning his white Cast-A-Way cowboy hat. Hope you like Him

More pics of these customs can be found on my blog and Flickr page, just click below! Thanks for looking
-Will

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Sunday, November 7, 2010

MCKENZIE MCKUSTOMS PRESENTS-SUPERGIRL

SUPERGIRL AND THE LEGION



I had been wanting to produce a female Mego custom for quite some time now. I tried various Mego-like figures and nothing seemed to work to my specifications. As I often do when in a jam, I looked to the work of fellow Mego customizers I admire for inspiration. I found the solution to my problems in Mego's backyard. In Mego produced a fully articulated female action figure, Dinah-Mite. Dinah is cute, blond, and able to strike many a superheroic pose so, Bullseye! SG's entire outfit is modeled after late/great artist Michael Turner's version of The Maiden Of Might. handmade by myself, with the exception of the boots, which are modified Breyer Girl boots, and the Supergirl chest logo, courtesy of Doc Mego. I also banged out a custom card for SG, enclosed in Cast-A-Way Toy's Super Clamshell packaging. I hope ya' like Her :) I have a few more female Mego's planned, Stay tuned friends...
MM SUPERGIRL LOOSE

MM SUPERGIRL CAPE DETAIL
MM SUPERGIRL IN PACKAGE
MM SUPERGIRL BACKER CARD FOR CUSTOM FIGURE

Thursday, November 4, 2010

MCKENZIE MCKUSTOMS PRESENTS-THE FACE

MM THE FACE CARDED
Hey Folks, Just wanted to share with you McKenzie McKustom's first figure from a new line of customs I currently have on the bench..The Line, World's Greatest Golden Age Heroes, the character..The Face! For those of you unfamiliar with this golden oldy, check out some pics from the comics below... I'm really having fun with this line, can't wait to show you the rest of the gang!

THE FACE #2 - PAGE 1

THE FACE PANEL1



Tuesday, November 2, 2010

MCKENZIE MCKUSTOMS PRESENTS-THE WORLD'S GREATEST LAWMEN!

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you My second line of custom Mego style action figures (After the 'Heroes' line, and before The Creature Commandos) The World's Greatest Lawmen! I'm a big fan of B-Westerns, and Western Comics, so I decided to bang out some custom figures of some of my favorite characters just for fun. The line-up consists of Red Ryder (Star of TV, Film, Radio, and his very own comic), Billy The Kid (Based on the Charlton Comics version of The Kid), Red Mask (real life Western star Tim Holt's comic book alter ego), The Durango Kid (B-Western Icon, and comic book cowboy, played by the great- Charles Starret), And last , but certainly not least, That daring, and resourceful masked man, The Lone Ranger! Each figure features custom outfits, weaponry. and custom card art. The super clamshell packaging is by Cast-A-Way Toys. Hope you like em' Buckaroo's :)
MM WORLDS GREATEST LAWMEN ACTION FIGURES



MM WORLDS GREATEST LAWMEN ROLL CALL


MM LONE RANGER CARDED
MM BILLY THE KID CARDED

MM RED MASK-CUSTOM FIGURE CARDED

MM THE DUANGO KID-CUSTOM FIGURE CARDED

MM RED RYDER-CARDED

Friday, October 29, 2010

MCKENZIE MCKUSTOMS PRESENTS-THE CREATURE COMMANDOS!



Hey guys! Just wanted to introduce some new customs of mine in honor of Halloween...Straight from the strange days of DC Comics past, and the pages of Weird War Tales, I present..the Creature Commandos! The first two figures in my series are Velcro(the Vampire), and Taylor (the Frankenstein Monster). I plan on working on the rest of the team soon, for now I hope you enjoy the mock-up's I've posted of the characters. The card is by yours truly, along with all custom figure work. Enjoy, and Happy Halloween!