Atomic Allosaurus and Stalwart Styracosaurus from Trent Troop

Trent Troop is a busy guy - in addition to BMOG he's apparently sitting on some designs for new Battle Beasts-adjacent figures that he's trying out on Shapeways.

Atomic Allosaurus is only on his Tumblr right now, but it's pretty cool.  If you liked Dinosaucers you're probably going "Oh, yes, I like this."  He has an axe hand and is all sorts of awesome.  No release date is known.

Joining him is Stalwart Styracosaurus, also only on Tumblr for now.  He has a mace hand and is similarly really nifty.

Meet Rampager Rex - Shapeways Battle Beast-Compatible Figure

You may know the name "Trent Troop" from various toy projects, including BMOG.  I found out he's been busy on Shapeways, and well, look at a beta project he has up there.

Rampager Rex is, apparently, the result of someone reaching in to my dreams and making something great.  5mm compatible arms means you may be able to plug in various Transformers and BMOG weapons, and the look... just look at it.  It's gorgeous.  It's in "beta" and it's $10.88 right now.  And I don't know if I can go on living without one for much longer.

1SHOT Toys Custom Bubblegum Battle Beast War Pug

I totally missed out on this, but had to share 1SHOT Toys' custom Bubblegum Battle Beast War Pug figure.  It's basically an unpainted white Battle Beasts creature, like the old capsule styles.  A run of 8 were made for $20 per, a bargain.

Click here for more images and details - and bug him to do another run of them.

Review: Elly Font Art Elephant Magnets Overview

While not an action figure as such, I'm trying to see if I can sneak in some handmade figural stuff every 100 FOTDs and this time we're going to look at Elly Font Art. Elly Font Art is an artist currently out of Atlanta, GA and someone I met as a friend-of-a-friend-of-a-friend when I lived in Los Angeles, and we hung out a bit. A few years later Elly is making these fine creations, most of which are hidden through Atlanta and announced on her Twitter account. I've hidden a few in various cities as well (New York and Phoenix so far), and will most likely be bringing some of these with me to San Diego for Comic-Con this year. (I've also kept a few samples, and as a matter of habit I photograph pretty much anything neat that passes through my home.)
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The GodBeast Customs Glyos Grey CyberRhino Head Glyos Accessory

I don't know the exact name of the cybernetic Battle Beasts-esque Rhinoceros head as the package didn't have one, so I'm calling it a CyberRhino head here. As with other releases in this hand-made series, the head was sculpted by Jason Frailey (the guy who sculpted the Armorvor) and was molded by the GodBeast, debuting at C2E2 last month. Most of his heads debut online and are ordered through the October Toys forums, cast in resin so you'll need to be careful with them. Sadly these heads have yet to be cast in PVC, the kind of plastic used for most Glyos figures. If I could, I'd love to invest in getting these cranked out on a larger scale just so I could have more of them.
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New Glyos Armorvor Head: Rhino!

The Godbeast and Jason Frailey collaborated on another awesome custom head for the Armorvor! Debuting at C2E2 this weekend, this Rhino looks, well, awesome.  Our pal Shaun was at the show and picked one up for $15, letting us know it was the last one there.  TGB tends to make more units available in the future, so keep an eye on the October Toys Forums for his waitlists if you're in to such things, which you probably should be.

Review: GodBeast Customs Glyos Green CyberGator Head Glyos Accessory

From the initial lump of clay to the product being in my house, a mere 3 weeks and change went by and I got a CyberGator head of my very own. This head was sculpted by Jason Frailey (the guy who sculpted the Armorvor figure design) as an alternate head for that figure, but as of right now there are no plans to mass-produce it in PVC. The GodBeast, a Glyos fan and amazing maker of toy things, cast the head and is now turning out some high-quality copies of the head, and the neck peg fits pretty perfectly in the Armorvor body as you can see. The catch? It comes unpainted, so if you don't have the equipment, skills, or expertise, it's basically a kit you'll never complete. Unless you're crafty, in which case it's a great (if not cheap) add-on to one of the more fun Glyos releases of the year.
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Custom Battle Beasts Minimates: Vorin as Bighorn Sheep

Nifty!  On eBay right now, you can see a swell Vorin Battle Beasts Minimates Custom Figure which has been painted up to look like the vintage Battle Beasts figure "Bighorn Sheep."  Note the blue fur!  Fantastic.  I was wondering how one of these would look!

It's up for sale right now, so be sure to click over to buy and/or check it out.

Custom: Cassette Man Studios Battle Taa'lon

Cassette Man Studios produces a number of low-run and one-off custom figures, including a recent project based on Glyos bodies with new bird heads.   One of these is Battle Taa'lon (pictured), which recycles some existing parts and paints up the new ones to resemble the Battle Beasts Series 1 Colonel Bird.

The creator is selling these 3-inch action figures at $40 per.

Diamond Select Posts SDCC Battle Beasts Gallery

On the Faces Book, Diamond Select Toys posted a really slick gallery of Vorin vs. Vik, the 2012 Comic-Con exclusives.  To the left, you'll see a delightfully freakish mutation made from mixing the two figures' parts up which begs the question: "Will we get enough parts to cobble together some Wuzzles before 2013 ends?"  Many scientists believe the answer may be "yes."

Surprisingly, this gallery also shows that there's deco UNDER Vorin's armor, and other nice little painted details that I'm going to guess none of us knew were there.  Slick!  Check 'em out.  These may be the first customs from the line.  Maybe.  (You decide.)

Also, some stores will  be selling these outside of the convention like sponsor/employer/advertiser Entertainment Earth, check for pricing and availability.

Digibash: Not-Quite-Custom MOTUC Redeco as Battle Beasts

Your pal and mine Nik pointed me out to this thread on TFW2005, which features some interesting recolors of Masters of the Universe Classics figures as Pirate Leo, Skull Grotess (pictured), and Transformers Pretenders Catilla!

It's totally unrealistic to expect Mattel to make such a thing, but I'd certainly buy the Hell out of it.  Let's all bug ToyGuru!