{"id":44978,"date":"2024-09-04T09:04:09","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T13:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=44978"},"modified":"2026-03-26T15:52:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:52:37","slug":"marvel-legends-custom-the-puppet-master","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2024\/09\/marvel-legends-custom-the-puppet-master\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel Legends custom: The Puppet Master"},"content":{"rendered":"

Someone asked if the creepy, smiling head included with Warlord Professor X<\/a> could be used with the body from Power Rangers<\/i>' Finster to make longtime Fantastic Four villain the Puppet Master<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It's a good idea, to be sure: Puppet Master is bald, like Professor X, and has a creepy face, like that alternate head does. Meanwhile, Finster's job was to sculpt all the monsters the Power Rangers fought, so his costume has an apron and lots of tools for clayworking. It seems like a logical match, no?<\/p>\n

What you have to remember is that while The Lightning Collection<\/i> is in the same scale as Marvel Legends<\/i>, Finster is very short. Has has a large head, and the tops of his ears come up to about eye level<\/a> on a Legends<\/i> toy. So just trading the head would get you something like this:<\/p>\n

\"Professor<\/p>\n

(Yes, we measured the pieces carefully, that's actual size.)<\/p>\n

It already looks a little suspect, but it's even worse when you see him next to other figures:<\/p>\n

\"Puppet\"Mr.<\/center><\/p>\n

There's nothing saying Puppet Master needs to be as tall as the superheroes are, but that's distractingly short. The head might work, but you'd need to find him some new legs as well, and that's not as easy a custom as \"head swap and some paint\" would be.<\/p>\n

<i>And now, some more OAFEry:<\/i><\/H5>