G.I. Joe Classified Series Customs and Kitbashes

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Just a quick overview of my custom G.I. Joe figures and kitbashes.
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@SethHMG 7 ай бұрын

These are excellent. Gridiron makes some great weapons and gear It’d be pricey but making the crew of space marines from Aliens would look sick.

@CollectorExpress 7 ай бұрын

Thank you very much Yeah Gridiron makes some incredible stuff. I've been eyeing their kit for Sgt Slaughter. Oh and the Space Marines would be very cool.

@wilfredofigueroa2452 Жыл бұрын

Awesome setup 😁👍❤️💯

@LatinBostonH8ter79 Жыл бұрын

This just gave me some new ideas for extra parts left over from other kit-bashes. Also picked up a Dremel tool to take things further..

@CollectorExpress 2 жыл бұрын

The HD version will hopefully be up soon. KZfaq is taking longer than normal to process the HD version of the video.

@domenicvavala5646 2 жыл бұрын

These customs look magnificent and a good way to fill out your Joe shelf. Awesome work my friend!!!

@CollectorExpress 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you my friend... right now it's the best way to fill out your Joe shelf. I checked out my Amazon preorder there are only two upcoming Joes and four Cobras one of which is a troop builder.

@JamarNicholas 5 ай бұрын

Incredible work!

@CollectorExpress 5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much 🙂

@teslasuperdestinations Жыл бұрын

masterful . . . they look company made

@CollectorExpress Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@wolverinesnikkt 2 жыл бұрын

Love the kitbashing job!

@CollectorExpress 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much 🙂👍

@donsawyer4521 2 жыл бұрын

The team look great!

@CollectorExpress 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much 🙂👍

@miklawson211 2 ай бұрын

Some good figures. I wish some of thos figures you used were easier to obtain in the UK

@smyers9052 Жыл бұрын

Well done man, these are lovely

@CollectorExpress Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much 🙂👍

@devildog1989 2 ай бұрын

I like the marvel comics look for Gung Ho. He looks like hes actually going on patrol in the woods/jungles, though to be honest, id still prefer he had a skivy shirt and a flak on

@DavidMoore-eu3jv Жыл бұрын

They look great!

@CollectorExpress Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@somarriba333 2 жыл бұрын

Man! These are REALLY nice!

@CollectorExpress Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@peggy_zero_Dad 2 жыл бұрын

Yo! This is a great looking squad.👏🏻

@CollectorExpress 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙂👍

@peggy_zero_Dad 2 жыл бұрын

@@CollectorExpress kitbashing is some of my favourite stuff to do & this is a great example of how cool it can be when done right!🙋🏼‍♂️

@jimmylouis4584 2 жыл бұрын

Your sgt slaughter kitbash and the generic soldiers I love the ideas I’m gonna use them to make my general Colton

@davidr8389 Жыл бұрын

Your customs look really great.

@CollectorExpress Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much 🙂👍

@dwoncrawford5823 Жыл бұрын

The marvel legends Shang chi from hobgoblin baf wave makes a perfect kick quick to add to your joe team.

@CollectorExpress Жыл бұрын

Cool, I've seen some really cool Quick Kick customs using the comic Shang-Chi figure.

@narceron360 Жыл бұрын

Your paint apps are awesome.

@CollectorExpress Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much 🙂 👍

@ChattanoogaEd 5 ай бұрын

Great job!!! Thanks a ton

@CollectorExpress 5 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙂

@eduardomndz1181 Жыл бұрын

Buenos customs 😎👍

@MakoSucks Жыл бұрын

I don't collect Joes, but when you showed the two Scarlet figures, I couldn't tell which was the custom. Great work! Actually outside of recognizing Old Man Hawkeye, Luke Cage, and Netflix Punisher, I'd have never noticed they were customs, these things look so cohesive and good!

@marcusgreene8434 Жыл бұрын

In my Eric Cartman voice "Sweet!"

@ryansargent661 2 жыл бұрын

I like these a lot. I’m working on some customs, mostly of characters I don’t think Hasbro will get to. Using some of the same techniques. I’m currently just finishing a V1 Style Rock & Roll (Hoping Hasbro recently announced version is V2) A V1 Zap, a Red Jackal (Minor Destro repaint and parts swap), an Alexander McCullen(Destro’s son) Darklon, General Hawk, and a couple others that I haven’t assigned any identities yet. Also working on adding parts to The Ram cycles to make personal bikes for Breaker and Rock & Roll. I’m moving slow because most of my supplies are packed because I’m moving soon(I’ve been saying it for like a year but housing markets crazy right now) Loving all the ideas and insight you provide, thank you.

@Ttaft 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome customs!

@CollectorExpress 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@twistedsyncapation413 Жыл бұрын

These look so good mate 👍

@CollectorExpress Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much 🙂 👍

@rickdavis32 Жыл бұрын

The oldman hawkeye character looks like claymore great work.

@HAVOK586 2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad I somehow managed to catch this when I did. I'm new to your channel and this was incredible! They all look so cool! I especially like the Lara Croft lookalike and the ones that used the heads for Luke Cage and old man Hawkeye

@CollectorExpress 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the channel 🙂👍And thank you very much. Those are some of my favorites as well.

@NeptuneKnives 2 жыл бұрын

He also has a Sunday stream with a few other people all customizing same time its so cool

@corneliussmithgijoe702 Жыл бұрын

I really love what you did with those custom figures , Hasbro needs to put some packs of Joe’s out so the GIJOE team will be able to have a fair fight against cobra..... your custom are bad ass .

@CollectorExpress Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Hasbro really does need to start pumping out some Joes, but they keep announcing more and more Cobra troop builders and other Cobra members... they all look awesome, but the Joes are so outnumbered... LOL

@jonkane1312 2 жыл бұрын

Man these are some superb customs! Great job…..

@dmvdream-shootintheish...5266 Жыл бұрын

They look good A++

@CollectorExpress Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much 🙂

@chrisabcdef3908 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic collection and work.

@CollectorExpress Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@Michijere77 3 ай бұрын

Awesome. I missed some details of what you said. It would be cool to have a list. Good stuff tho.

@helloagain3226 2 жыл бұрын

Great work, your roadblocks look especially good.

@CollectorExpress 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much 🙂👍

@roclockdown3987 Жыл бұрын

These look awesome! I did a similar one with Gung Ho and the Sgt Slaughter accessories. Love the Mac from Predator. Might have to try that one!

@CollectorExpress Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much 🙂👍 I was really pleased with how well the one that looks like Mac turned out. I wasn't even going for that, but when I finished it I was like.. huh that looks like... sweet 😂

@MADMONEYMAN5000 Жыл бұрын

I've been thinking about using some of my Overwatch figures to fill out my GI Joe and Cobra rosters

@CollectorExpress Жыл бұрын

Those should work out great for custom Joes and Cobras.

@Cages_Customs Жыл бұрын

Hiw did you remove the vest from Breaker? Also how do you take the butterfly joints out of the bodies? Great video love all your customs.👍😎

@CollectorExpress Жыл бұрын

To remove the vest I heat and popped the arms off and heated the vest slid the vest off. For the butterfly joints. Getting the butterfly joints out is pretty easy just a heat and pop. Getting them back in took a little dremel work. I used a round grinding bit to enlarge the bottom peg hole just enough where I could reheat the butterfly joints to pop them back in with the help of a small flathead screwdriver. And thank you so much!

@leyenda6149 Жыл бұрын

What recipe do you think would make a great classic looking, cartoon accurate Cobra Commander (I'm guessing whatever part i used would need a fair amount of sanding down & sculptwork). Thank you!

@CollectorExpress Жыл бұрын

Sculpt wise, the Crimson Guard figure's body looks a lot like Cobra Commander. Then take the helmet off the Classified Commander and use an cobra officer's helmet. You could also use the officer's arms and legs.

@Tsensabaugh5 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome customs. No Snake Eyes?

@CollectorExpress 2 жыл бұрын

I don't have any custom G.I. Joe Classified Series Snake Eyes figures those have been great as they are. But before the Classified Series started I did make a Marvel Legends style Snake Eyes that I display with my SHIELD Agents.

@Tsensabaugh5 2 жыл бұрын

@@CollectorExpress I bet it looks awesome. Keep up the good work.

@numunky Жыл бұрын

Awesome customs! I’m so inspired to make my own characters now after watching your videos. I’m just clueless about how you swapped the lower bodies on the 2 female figures. Is it easy to do? Thanks.

@CollectorExpress Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! And that is awesome that it's inspired you to make your own characters. It's really fun to kitbash and customize your own characters. Oh, and I wish they would make the waist on all of the Joes like on those female figures. With those two I was about to use a blow dryer to heat the parts and pop the waist off, and both has the same size ball joints.

@numunky Жыл бұрын

@@CollectorExpress I have very little experience with kitbashing marvel legends. If this is similar, I’m excited. Going to get some extra figures just for customising now. Thank you for the amazing content btw. Looking forward to all your videos in the future.

@whiskeytangofoxtrot2 Жыл бұрын

Question, do Marvel Legends figures heads go onto G.I. Joe Classified bodies? Or does this depend on the ball joint?

@CollectorExpress Жыл бұрын

It really depends on the figure and the heads. Hasbro for some reason even within Marvel Legends doesn't standardize their ball joint sizes. Also on a lot of the GIJoes the ball pegs are really long. Some of the newer Joes though have shorter ones where Marvel Legends heads look okay without any modification. On the older Joes I've deepened the ball sockets on ML heads with my dremel tool to work on the joe bodies.

@Taikuken Жыл бұрын

did you have to do any extra fitting to get the Luke Cage head onto the roadblock body ?

@CollectorExpress Жыл бұрын

I did have to deepen the socket in the Luke Cage head for it to sit properly.

@Taikuken Жыл бұрын

@@CollectorExpress Thanks for the heads up. No pun intended. I’m gonna need to get a dremmel kit.

@jasoncallair5171 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome customs. What paints you use for them. What brand you use. Like to repaint some of my figures.

@CollectorExpress 2 жыл бұрын

My go to for years was testors model master acrylics, but it's getting hard to find now that it's been discontinued. So I've started using Tamiya and citadel paints both of which needs to be thinned down before painting. I've also started using vallejo which have a great skin tones paint kit.The next brand that I'm going to try is Privateer Press Formula P3 Paint recommended by a friend. On Sunday nights we have a customizing live stream where we work on customs and talk shop if you would like stop by and ask us anything about customizing.

@jasoncallair5171 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much.

@jonkane1312 2 жыл бұрын

@@CollectorExpress Is Collector Express the name of this livestream?

@CollectorExpress 2 жыл бұрын

@@jonkane1312 the live stream is on the Collector Express channel, but the streams are called "Customizing WIP Sunday Live".

@jonkane1312 2 жыл бұрын

@@CollectorExpress Ahh okay thanks

@thesecond7355 Жыл бұрын

Do the marvel legends heads Need modding to fit on classified bodies?

@CollectorExpress Жыл бұрын

Some of the Marvel Legends heads do need the head sockets modified, and some do not. Hasbro doesn't believe in standardizing their ball joint sizes it really depends on the figures.

@LandofMert76 Жыл бұрын

Can you just matte coat over the plastic to add washes? I want to do something to Firefly's flak jacket

@CollectorExpress Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't matte coat it first. If you matte coat before the wash the matte finish will absorb the wash too much. The flak jacket should take a wash as is, and afterwards I would apply a sealer.

@LandofMert76 Жыл бұрын

@@CollectorExpress thanks! I know a wash wouldn't stick to the old o ring figures I attempted it with

@NathanChilds-dr0n3 7 ай бұрын

How can you remove/swap upper torsos from the pelvis?

@CollectorExpress 7 ай бұрын

One the older Classified male figures you can't, but you can swap the rubber waist overlays. You can swap them on the female Classified figures and on some of the newer males like Big Ben, Snowjob, and General Hawk.

@guyverGODZILLAheiseiERA Жыл бұрын

Every time I try to custom the inner socket keeps popping off ( heater and as well as 5 minute BOILING WATER DIP) can you help

@CollectorExpress Жыл бұрын

When you are removing the shoulders from the sockets you need to hold the sockets in place. I use my fingertips to hold onto the sockets when I start to remove the shoulders.

@guyverGODZILLAheiseiERA Жыл бұрын

Much love EXPRESS …. *I’m just waiting for python patrol to swap out TOMMY AND ZAMOT LEGS on the PYTHON VIPER CHEST* Then I’ll crack the pythons to create CRIMSON PYTHON TOMMY AND ZAMOT (held together with epoxy )

@dave52g Жыл бұрын

Were you able to pop the waist ball joint?

@CollectorExpress Жыл бұрын

Only on the female figures. On the male characters you would need to crack the waist piece to separate the ball joint. So I just swap the rubber waist overlay pieces.

@dave52g Жыл бұрын

@@CollectorExpress ok thanks!

@falcon048 Жыл бұрын

How did you pop off the torsos of the female figures?

@CollectorExpress Жыл бұрын

With the female G.I.Joe figures you can just heat the torsos and pop them apart at the torso joints.

@djc5015 Жыл бұрын

Do you do any prep before painting?

@CollectorExpress Жыл бұрын

I do indeed but the amount of prep work varies from the type of painting that I'll be doing. Basic washes and minor paint work just require giving the figure a good wash in hot soapy water. More extensive paint work I sand and clearance joints, and apply a primer to the figure.

@lazylefthand 2 жыл бұрын

Which marvel legend did u get the shoulder harness from?

@CollectorExpress 2 жыл бұрын

It's come with a few different marvel legends figures, but I believe that that one was from the Hydra soldier two pack.

@lazylefthand 2 жыл бұрын

@@CollectorExpress damn that set is expensive now! I ended up getting the jacket from thunderstrike. Gonna paint it black and put it on roadblock with war machines head to make a Blade figure.