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Wanted to introduce a project I’ve been working on for some time, Kid Terrific!

A little back story. Being into cutesy toys, I have a fondness for the Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends and Superfriends line of toys. Being a big fan of Mr. Terrific, I thought it would be really cool to make a kiddie version using the Friends line.

Originally, I envisioned him cut from the base Captain America figure that came with the 2002 Rescue Motorcycle, because that Cap had a cool motorcycle jacket that seemed particularly moulded for Terry Sloan. And unlike the standard version, Cop Cap didn’t have big gloves to worry about. He seemed so right that I bought the set on closeout at Winners around 2005 and have kept it mint in package on my work table ever since.

Being a fan of flag-bearing heroes, I had the original version of Cap too, buried in a box and similiarly MOC. But last fall I stumbled upon a loose one at Value Village and realized how good he was. The boots! The cowl! With minor alterations like a collar and filling in the stars and stripes (and ditching the wings of course!) he could work well.

Honestly, the gloves drove me nuts for awhile because they were just too big to cut back. Too late I saw a pic of Terry from Sensational Comics #1 with gloves, albeit yellow. In hindsight I’m glad I didn’t go with yellow, but if I’d seen the picture before I painted the gloves red, I totally would have followed that interpretation. And because the gloves are painted (and not flesh tone) I can leave the original skin pigment under the cowl untouched.

In any case, the gloves have grown on me. And yes, the logo is etched into his chest. Once again, one more unofficial Mr. Terrific to fill the void left by DC. Terry forsaken.

(And don’t think I’m not thinking about getting Michael in on the action… Just looking for the right figure…)