LEGO MOC Justice Society of America

I was thinking about The Spectre today, probably because of the new James Bond movie, and it dawned on me that I probably had (between all the LEGO and bootlego pieces I have lying around) enough bits and bobs to make an honest to goodness Spectre minifigure.

I returned home from work (because those are the thoughts I have when I am bored at work) and busted out my stash...and as it turns out I was right!

I've posted about my MOC Jay Garrick Flash and my Sandman minfigures before. As for Spectre, I pieced him together from a bootlego Green Arrow hood, a bootlego Loki cape, a LEGO ghost torso and arms, random white legs, a LEGO Toy Story army man's green hands, a random LEGO green crotch, and a LEGO Ninjago skull.

I love The Spectre, and can't believe it took me this long to piece a LEGO version together!

Playmobil Golden Age Sandman

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!

Epic Lego Super Hero Battle Royale!

This epic Lego Super Hero Battle has been a waging work in progress since I acquired the Lex Luthor Mech Suit set for Christmas in 2012. Every time I get (or customize) a Lego Super Hero I add it to the battle. I have yet to add any villains - it's more fun to imagine Lex, in his hubris, thinking he can take them all down on his own.

Currently in battle with Lex are the Superman and Wonder Woman minifigures that came with this set, as well as Batman (from the Catwoman Catcycle City Chase set) Iron Man and Thor each from individual poly-bag releases, a modified Robin from a poly-bag set, Aquaman from the Batboat set, and my custom JSA Sandman and JSA Flash to round out the mix.

Enter Lego Sandman :: A Random Toy Pic

This here is a custom Lego JSA founding member Wesley Dodds - aka the original Golden Age Sandman - that I just put together tonight. Lego savvy readers will note the gas-mask is not Lego! The gas-mask actually came from a Kre-O Cityville Invasion blind bagged figure (Hazmat Henry). I found the Kre-O figures on clearance at Target last night, and today realized I had all the rest of the parts needed to make a pretty swell Sandman minifigure! AW YEAH JSA!