All parts and accessories: Magma Man (Remco)

The Saga of Crystar: Crystal Warrior was a short-lived toyline produced by Remco in 1982. It was unique because the idea for the line originated with Marvel Comics - they wanted to develop a toyline that they would then promote with a comic book that they would produce. Sadly, the line was not successful, and the comic run came to an end after 11 issues. But this line holds a special place in my heart. I had a number of the toys as a kid, and they were completely awesome. So as I built a collection of the figures, I wanted to do customs with them, along the lines of what would have happened had Remco made better toys and the line had seen some success. Grand Slam and Flash totally talk about this back at the Pit.

Moltar had a number of followers who became Magma Men. But rather than simply army-build the Magma Man figure, I wanted to give each one a unique name and colouration. Tephrax here is meant to represent the figure which came with the Magma Dragon set. That figure was this same sort of mustard yellow, but it was non-articulated, lopsided and really ugly. This custom gives us a dragon rider with the appropriate articulation.