Mephisto

[Truthone-605]

Got tired of waiting on Hasbro for this one. Cape is modified from the Hood. Body is HOX Xavier. Hands are from Morbius.

Big should out to RDJ Customs for the amazing head sculpt. You can find his other incredible work on Instagram.

[LordVenger]

Wow. That looks great. 

[Atlantis]

Body is just bit too lanky for Mephisto but yeah, this works. And that head is spot on! Great re-use of the Hood's cloak. 

Mephisto is another one of those often-demanded,never delivered figures from Hasbro Legends...they really need to see what the customizing community is doing!

[icematta]

On 9/19/2021 at 1:06 PM, Atlantis said:

Body is just bit too lanky for Mephisto but yeah, this works. And that head is spot on! Great re-use of the Hood's cloak. 

Mephisto is another one of those often-demanded,never delivered figures from Hasbro Legends...they really need to see what the customizing community is doing!

I see it as a hard sell, given the name, look at that new guns policy, imagine sending to stores a figure called Mephisto...

[Atlantis]

On 9/19/2021 at 12:39 PM, icematta said:

I see it as a hard sell, given the name, look at that new guns policy, imagine sending to stores a figure called Mephisto...

I can't go with this. Its an old, stale argument that just doesn't hold up. It reflects more on the fears of others, than actual policy. Until Hasbro specifically says they wont do it, then its on the table. Look no further than the Surtur thats available at stores like Target and others: for years on forums like this, collectors were convinced "devil" or "satan" like figures wouldn't be made, cause they "couldn't" go to retail stores. But Hasbro never ever said anything like this.

Well nothing says "devil" like a big fiery horned demon; if that's ok ( and why wouldnt it be) then the name "mephisto" wont matter. Surtur should have put to bed, once and for all, this notion.  Just because they haven't produced a particular figure yet doesn't mean its somehow forbidden.

[GrtWhiteCustoms]

Amazing work!! I love it!

[MonsterChris]

On 9/19/2021 at 4:39 PM, icematta said:

look at that new guns policy

I missed that.  Where did you learn about a new guns policy?

[MODADDYDODOK]

Yeh I don't understand why he couldn't be made either.. He is a a made up character, based off of a made-up character in folklore.

Also, nice work!

[icematta]

On 9/19/2021 at 4:01 PM, Atlantis said:

I can't go with this. Its an old, stale argument that just doesn't hold up. It reflects more on the fears of others, than actual policy. Until Hasbro specifically says they wont do it, then its on the table. Look no further than the Surtur thats available at stores like Target and others: for years on forums like this, collectors were convinced "devil" or "satan" like figures wouldn't be made, cause they "couldn't" go to retail stores. But Hasbro never ever said anything like this.

Well nothing says "devil" like a big fiery horned demon; if that's ok ( and why wouldnt it be) then the name "mephisto" wont matter. Surtur should have put to bed, once and for all, this notion.  Just because they haven't produced a particular figure yet doesn't mean its somehow forbidden.

You might be right, but just look at all the backfire that crayola got for using three languages in their colors, depends on how Hasbro takes that...

[icematta]

On 9/19/2021 at 7:05 PM, MonsterChris said:

I missed that.  Where did you learn about a new guns policy?

More of a rumor, cuz we are seeing less and less real guns, and in the DC figures not even that, the new Suicide Squad wave has no guns...

[LordVenger]

My understanding is that only Warner brothers has a no guns policy in their action figures and that policy is not new and has been on the books for awhile. 

[LordVenger]

On 9/19/2021 at 9:29 PM, icematta said:

More of a rumor, cuz we are seeing less and less real guns, and in the DC figures not even that, the new Suicide Squad wave has no guns...

See message above. I forgot to quote you there. 

[WeaponXXX]

Really awesome great custom

[Atlantis]

On 9/19/2021 at 6:29 PM, icematta said:

"...More of a rumor, cuz we are seeing less and less real guns, and in the DC figures not even that..."

Rumor. Key word there. And bringing in what DC or whoever may be doing/not doing is not relevant to the topic. We're talking about Marvel and Hasbro.