Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Mermaid & Phoenix



A damned easy custom project. Like I've mentioned before, I was disappointed that the Girls in Uniform line petered out before hitting more characters. I once saw a Japanese fan do a simple head-swap to make his own Mai/Change Phoenix, since her Earth Defense Uniform is the same as Sayaka's. I thought it was a really cool idea, but they used Megumi/Blue Dolphin's head, which I didn't think it quite matched Mai. So, I used a different head that I think better resembles Mai for mine. I held off on posting this because I thought people would think it's lame to talk about a custom that's just a head-swap, but this is my blog and I want to do what I want to do. Anyway, it's nice to have both Lady Soldiers represented.

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  1. Looks great. Which head did you end up using?

    Oh yeah, and ofcourse you have the LP of the Changeman Music Collection, but I can't tell what the figures are on top of. A book?

    I never really got into the Girls in Uniform figures. A friend of mine bought me a box of them as a gift (he claims he got the box for $8ish on clearance). The Megumi figure is just incredible. I love the pose, the shorter hair look, and the blue outfit. The others...meh, I gave them away as freebies with high-ticket ebay items I sold later on.

    The only Girls in Uniform figure I would love, love to own is Tsuruhime in her ninja outfit. I never really felt motivated enough to get the normal-clothed version of her. Sadly a custom of that is pretty hard to pull off. > <

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    1. Thanks. I ended up using one of them Ultraman versions of the Girls in Uniform line.

      Heh, the figures are standing on the insert of the LP. (When I posted the Changeman Ranger Keys, I had the same set-up, but for the Song Collection LP.)

      While the Girls in Uniform are a bit too cutesy looking for my liking, I still like it when they do new merchandise for old shows, and I always like when a toy is of the hero out of costume, so...I was sadly sucked in by the line.

      It's funny you mention Tsuruhime, because I was just watching some Kakuranger and thinking how I would have bought a Girls in Uniform of her if she was in her ninja outfit and NOT that insane hippie/grungy outfit she wears.

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