Head: Star Wars; Power Of The Jedi Bespin Security Guard
Torso, Arms and Legs: 25th Torpedo
Pistol: Can't remember which 25th figure I got this with...
Knife: Indiana Jones KOTS Mutt Williams


Edward Leialoha, Birthplace: Aiea, Hawaii... I always thought Torpedo was supposed to be either Filipino or Polynesian. Either way this figure's original head was pretty generic. I wanted to go with something that didn't look anything like any of the other Joes.

I just watched the first two cartoon miniseries and you could tell Torpedo was just lumped into the "other; non-white" category as far as his skin tone was concerned. Same with his features. And accent. He could have been some surfer from California, or Fez from That 70's Show.

The Bespin Security Guard head had the right mix of Asian qualities I was looking for, without being too specific to any one geographic area, so I attacked it with a Dremel and sand paper and stuck it on. Done.

I had about 6 of these guys lying around so I also did the same thing to another one and stuck it on the blue Comic Pack Snake-Eyes body, I'll post that one soon, in theory.

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