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Fan Creations / Re: Super Mario custom figures

« Last post by djcos25 on October 15, 2023, 06:42:23 PM »

Been in a bit of a lull period but knocked out a few more customs recently.

First is Foreman Spike from the SMB movie. I used a He-Man: Masters of the Universe Fisto figure and repainted the beard. Funny enough, the body I used was a Lou Albano figure. I'm still working on the tags for the hat and shirt.

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Mario Chat / Re: Shigeru Miyamoto's "The Super Mario Bros. Movie"

« Last post by BronzeHeart92 on October 05, 2023, 10:33:06 AM »

Illumination certainly knew what they were doing, wouldn't you agree?

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Forum Games / Re: Let's count to a million FOR REAL

« Last post by Lakitu on September 08, 2023, 04:09:53 AM »

2793.

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Fan Creations / Re: Super Mario custom figures

« Last post by DeadAwake on September 05, 2023, 12:20:39 AM »

That bob-omb is a pretty cool idea.  I hope the source toys aren't collectibles in their own right, though.  Who knows?  Maybe there is even a TOMY Forums out there, where people make drumming dogs using parts from Mario characters. 😛

The best commercially available bob-omb that I know of was filled with sugar.

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Forum Games / Re: Let's count to a million FOR REAL

« Last post by DeadAwake on September 05, 2023, 12:16:41 AM »

No take.  Only 2792.

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Fan Creations / Re: Super Mario custom figures

« Last post by djcos25 on September 04, 2023, 08:03:18 PM »

Here are a few more that I just finished in the past few weeks.

- SMB1 Mario
- Flying Luigi
- The oddly colored Luigi from the 1986 anime movie "Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach!"

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Fan Creations / Re: Super Mario custom figures

« Last post by djcos25 on September 04, 2023, 07:58:51 PM »

I was in a bit of a lull period but I knocked a few more customs recently.

I saw someone in a Facebook group do this and wanted to give it a try. I made a Bob-omb from the 1993 movie. I used a "Da Bomb" windup toy as the base, and swapped the feet with a TOMY dog windup. The key is from a Bob-omb K'nex figure. The only problem I ran into was the screw on the dog windup was stripped. I had to pry it open, and all the pieces fell out. I put it together the best I could, but it stopped working. So its done, it just doesn't walk right now. Luckily the windup toys are cheap and I will give it another go soon.

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Forum Games / Re: Let's count to a million FOR REAL

« Last post by Lakitu on August 15, 2023, 04:59:05 AM »

2791 dawg.

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Latest News / Re: New Mario games announced for Nintendo Switch

« Last post by DeadAwake on July 24, 2023, 02:08:08 AM »

Movement appears to be still based on the 8 directions allowed by the control pad: N, NW, W, SW, S, SE, E, NE. This is in contrast to the 3DS remakes…

I noticed this, too, and immediately pined for the N64- or GameCube-era joysticks with octogonal ranges.

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Fan Creations / Re: Super Mario custom figures

« Last post by DeadAwake on July 24, 2023, 02:03:47 AM »

The custom touches are nice.  I thought the detached vacuum pack was a Tamagotchi at first.