Golden Age Sandman Playmobil custom. The Mrs. brought home a couple Playmobil figures from the thrift store the other day, and as luck would have it one was wearing a gas mask! As soon as I saw the gas mask I started digging into the bag of random Playmobil accessories and figures I have (wait, you don't have a bag full of miscellaneous Playmobil parts and accessories? I thought everyone did!) to cobble together a reasonable likeness of Wesley Dodds's classic comic book alter ego.
I will eventually need to find a Playmobil figure in all green or a green suit. And a purple cape. But until then this pirate body and red cape closely represent the gaudy colors of the Sandman. Or maybe I can find a more subdued suit in brown and a brown cape, and make him more 'real world' looking. I also need some sort of gas-gun but have yet to come up with anything acceptable from my bag of parts.
This is actually ver. 1.5 of my Sandman Custom. The first version I put together used black and red parts and, while a cool looking version of The Sandman, he is based on no particular appearance of the character in the comics:
Either way, The Sandman is a great Golden Age character and I'm glad to finally be able to make him in Playmobil form, no matter how many versions it takes to get him just right!
One word.....Awesome!
ReplyDeleteI think if I were to ever get any Playmobil figures it would be the early ones. The ones I had as a kid.
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