Here is my entry for the 2014 ISY Birthday Challenge. The theme was the ULTIMATE Action Figure so I decided to do one of my top favorite Star Wars characters from my favorite Star Wars film. This is the ULTIMATE "Empire Strikes Back" Han Solo.
This ultimate Han Solo features a light-up mini figure stand, Han Solo frozen in Carbonite block, many different configuration possibilities and 16 accessories.
Han's trousers are from the VC Bespin Han and feature ball-hinged hips. The lower legs are from the LC Cloud City Wing Guard and have been painted to match. His Hoth trousers are parted from the SL Hoth Han and the upper legs are from a G I Joe FireFly giving this incarnation ball jointed hips. The original plastic skirt was cut away and a Quinlan Vos soft goods skirt was added and painted to match giving the newly hinged hips freedom to move. Han's shirt was taken from a POTJ Bespin Han. An elongated neck-peg cast was added and the hollow torso was filled with a soft Smooth-On plastic and arm and waist peg receivers are molded in. His Hoth coat, also taken from the SL Hoth Han has been modified with a neck peg cast to receive a regular head.
Han is ready to fight off Mynock above. His arms are from the VC Bespin Han giving him full pose-ability and his removable jacket is again from the POTJ Bespin Han. The Hoth Han head from the Saga Legends line has been hollowed out to snugly fit the modified neck peg.
Ready to do some repairs to the Falcon, Han is outfitted with a VC Echo Base coat and arms. The arm's original shoulder pegs have been removed by slicing one side of it's holding shaft and new ones are added from a cast of the SL Hoth arms, standardizing the pegs to the other arms. A tiny dot of Gorilla Glue is added to the holding shaft and it's as good as new.
The lighted base casts an amber glow on poor Han as he is being frozen in Carbonite. The base is a Home Depot drain filled with an amber/clear resin and lit with a puck light. Han sports yet another pair of arms borrowed from a VC ANH Han. His gun belt is removed and a filler belt is added. The belt is from an LC Jeremoch Colton hollowed to fit and painted to match. The Carbonite Han is from the POTF collection. The face has been re-sculpted with Fix-It and a back has been added to the block. It's been entirely re-painted for a more accurate look.
This figure kit's 16 accessories round Solo out. They include:
Folded Down Hood
Snow Goggles
Neckerchief
Hoth Binoculars
Hoth Scanner
Welding Mask
Welding Goggles
Welding Torch
Breather Mask
2 Mynock
Gun Belt
Filler Belt
Blaster
Hand Cuffs
Arm Shackles
This guys got a lot more combinations by using different legs and torsos, jackets and gear! This is what I'd like to see Hasbro put out as a standard.
Unfortunately I didn't get to finish his Hoth hat and hood that were going to be two separate removable pieces. Also the Han in Carbonite was going to get lights as well but I just didn't have time. This is my final entry. I hope you all like him!
