Want a place for all of your 3 3/4" action figures to hang out, but don't have much space? Try a mini-cantina!
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Mini Cantina is Live!
Friday, January 6, 2023
Making a Cantina - Part II
The Whole Mess |
The recent minor explosion of retro-styled 3 3/4" figures made me need an excuse to keep buying them. I'd been planning to make a party skiff out of one of the newfangled Hasbro Desert Skiffs, but never got around to it, and they just didn't have enough space. What I wanted was a Kenner Creature Cantina, but it wasn't big enough.
So the Cantina started with a booth. Restaurant booths are deeply and fondly engrained in my memory, but that's a story for another post. I didn't know of a booth big enough to seat four action figures (just the right amount to negotiate passage to Alderann), and set out making one.
The design was simple enough, though I had to print in pieces due to my tiny printer, but the concept worked! A little wider and another half, and the booth would be enough room for four figures.
Hammerhead is suspicious of Party Palpatine |
But the important thing was the bar. A booth isn't much on it's own, it needs a bar to gather 'round. The bar required a new printer. Once that was dialed in, so was the desing. And once that started, it got elaborate. I couldn't leave the bar without lights, or a glow-in-the-dark bartop. Because that is my way.
LEDs in the bar, and tables that glow. |
Add another module for an entrance, and another for small booths (perfect for disposing of pesky bounty-hunters), and the Cantina was done. At least for the first pass. A place for every 3 3/4" action figure to hang out, swap stories, and drown their toy sorrows (and an excuse for me to keep buying Glyos, Super 7 ReAction, Mezco 5 Points, etc.)
But WHY do The Gods Hate Kansas?
But why? (Also this scene doesn't happen in the novel) |
Controlled by aliens? Drunk? You decide! (this scene does happen in the novel) |
Pete, buddy, you might want to workshop this one a bit more |
Monday, January 2, 2023
Making a Cantina - Part 1
Friday, November 25, 2016
Cleocatra Chubz the Cat!
This is what happens when I ignore the blog for ten months. A new custom appears!
Mark Nagata and Jay222 were kind enough to invite us to work on their newest collaboration: Chubz the Cat.
We went all out on this little monster kitty. Probably too much. Custom beadwork, including curtains, custom pillows (with more beadwork) and a custom-built pavilion. It looks pretty great, all told.
She can be yours now, in the Max Toy Co web store!
Monday, February 8, 2016
Thank You!
Thanks also to Boris for the opportunity to collaborate, and for doing all the packing and shipping!
I'm excited for folks to get these in their hands! Thank you again.
Friday, February 5, 2016
Banimon Pseudo-CC is Live!
The custom figures have been going fast, and there are just a few left!
http://banimon.com/shop-html/