Mr. Hooper

Mr. Hooper is my first human character from Sesame Street. I made this figure based off of the scene in Christmas Eve on Sesame Street where Ernie has come into Mr. Hooper's store to swap his rubber duckie for a cigar box that Bert can store his paper clip collection in.

Like the most recent Barack Obama figure that I made, I decided to give Mr. Hooper ears. He also has a head that turns.

The picture at the bottom shows the original Mr. Hooper figure made by Fisher-Price in the 1970's.

Kermit the Frog

I decided it was time to try making Kermit again. I hadn't made him in a while, and now that I bought this new shade of green paint specifically for Kermit, I just had to make a new one!

Big Bird

Here's a new addition to my Sesame Street collection: Big Bird!

Barack Obama version 2

I made another Obama to sell, and this time I thought I would try to give him ears.

As of Nov. 11, this figure is now listed on Ebay!

Barack Obama

Here's the update to yesterday's post. Yes, that's right, it's President-elect Barack Obama! Why? Well, why not! Even though he didn't get my vote, I still thought it might be a fun project to make a figure of him. Wow, a toy of a politician! Isn't that just what every kid wants?

Maybe I should send him to the Obama girls, they're the same age as two of my boys. Hmmm....

In the works...

Here's a new figure that's just underway. As you can see, I'm experimanting with a new head style. Last night while I was trying to go to sleep, I was thinking, "Why don't I try making a more human shaped head? It's possible isn't it?" So today I decided to try it, and here's how it's turning out so far.

I'm also trying a new idea for the neck. For this figure, the neck is actually a separate piece that goes down about a quarter inch into the body, where it is glued in place, and about a half inch up into the head. A large hole is drilled up through the body with a smaller hole going through the neck. A screw goes up through the body and connects to the head so that the head won't fall off, but will still have the ability to turn. So far I am really liking the result!

I think I will add arms to this figure, but I thought that for a change I would post some pictures of a figure in an earlier stage.

Who is it going to be? Wait and see!

Nathanael

My son Nathanael just had his 10th birthday yesterday, and I thought I should make him a special figure of himself! Too bad he was already asleep by the time I was finished! Oh well, late birthday presents are okay too aren't they? They must be, because Nathanael was very pleased to see this little guy this morning.

Anyway, here he is, all ready for school with his backpack on. This is also a figure that has the ability to turn it's head.

Mayor McCheese

Ah yes, another Mayor Mc Cheese! If you look back through some of the earlier posts, you can see that he isn't the first that I've made. There's just something about this character that I like. Maybe it's because he's so colorful...or maybe it's because he looks tasty!

Mayor McCheese will be available on Ebay soon!

Elmo

This isn't the first Elmo that I've ever made, but he's the first to have a fuzzy nose! I used a glue gun to hold the nose in place. For the eyes I used wood glue, and then once that dried, I put epoxy over top.

Elmo will be available on Ebay soon!

R2-D2

This is the second R2-D2 that I have made. The first one was based off of his appearance in the Droids cartoon series. This one is based off of the movies. For such a simple looking character, the details were actually really hard to do. Time consuming too!

This figure will soon be available on Ebay for anyone who would like to have him!

Oliver Hardy

Stan's best friend is now finished! Like Stan, Ollie's head is able to turn. I am not completly satisfied with how he turned out (human faces are hard to do!), but he's okay. Ollie is made from ten pieces of wood that are held together by wood glue. So far all of the figures that I have made with extended arms have held together very well, but I don't think I would want to drop them to put them to the test!