Head: '93 Leatherneck
Torso: '93 Iceberg
Arms: '90 Sub-Zero
Waist: '93 Leatherneck
Legs: '90 Rampart


Leatherneck is one of those characters I've always liked, but also always sort of forgot about. I never really cared for his original figure, and while the Battle Corps mold was really cool, even with the giraffe pants, it would have been nice to have seen a version in green camo.

I've made a few Leatherneck customs over the years and even have a few more pieced together. This one is strange in that he wasn't originally intended to be Leatherneck until the very last minute. While the figure was being pieced together, he was supposed to be a new version of Dusty that would have been inspired by the look of Special Forces operators in Afghanistan. However, as soon as the figure was painted I placed a Dusty head on him...and hated the look. I didn't care for it at all! I wasn't sure if it was the head or the body I hated, so I swapped a Leatherneck head onto it, and found he looked so much better.
I see this figure working well in a number of different environments and not just as a desert or jungle trooper.

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