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I'm sure episode seven will focus on a little known Jedi survivor of the Clone Wars the indestructible experiment 626 and his padawan Lilo. They are of course assisted by the smuggler Rocket Raccoon and his towering sidekick Groot. Naturally they'll be joined by nameless kid (true identity to be revealed in episode nine) wearing mismatched Mandalorian armor and his two droids C-3PO and R2-D2. Frankly, I'm more frightened of the prospect of "It's a Small Universe" ride with singing Ewoks, Wookies, and Gungans.

Congratulations jcastick. Now I have a firing squad to oversee. Maybe I'll spare one or two on the basis that I was in the top five.

I'm hoping for something like this: Captain America/Nick Fury Jr. Modern Rachel Grey/Indestructible Hulk X-Force Forge/Troop Builder X-Factor Forge/ Troop Builder or substitute Modern and Classic Falcon for Forge TRU tie in wave Heavy Duty Iron Man with black and yellow armor under the armor/Spider-Man Thor (Twin Swords version)/Captain Marvel Modern Beast/Warbird Iron Fist (White)/Modern Rogue That gets almost all of the required updates except for another Wolverine as well as some updates and a couple of new characters. It also ties in with the push on value added packs where it is possible to get several looks/characters with just a few parts swaps.

With the possibility of a future Dire Wraith army builder I'm hoping that it would come with Torpedo and have Turbo (Mickey Musashi) as the variant.

Well, to everyone that has been following the OtR story on a daily basis I'm sorry to say that this is going to be the last entry for a while. Yeah, I know that I've posted WIPs of three more characters. Unfortunately I had an idea for another character, James, and until I have his custom completed I'm going to wait to post anything else. On the bright side I've ordered/pre-ordered the needed parts so it shouldn't take more than a couple of weeks. Wendy: Wonderful Wiccan of the West When Ruby opened her eyes she believed that the spell hadn't worked since she was still standing in a forest. However when the trees turned to look at her she quickly realized that she was no longer in the Enchanted Forest of light. As she was preparing to run a woman dressed in green and wearing a golden helm emerged from the inside of one of the trees and asked why they had invaded her kingdom. Ruby quickly apologized and told here that they had been trying to reach the Kingdom of the west to find help in their fight against the Drug Lord of Oz. The woman told them that she was Wendy the Wiccan of the West and that they had indeed reached the Western Kingdom however she also knew that Erika had taken control to the Northern Kingdom in the name of the Drug Lord and she couldn't just trust them. Instead they would have to prove their worth by defeating the Drug Lord's Sinister Scientist in the Southern Kingdom in order to win the Western Kingdom's support. To make sure that they accomplished this goal she would send her most faithful servant, James, to watch them.

@ TENIME_art I'll consider it. I had guards on both sides and belts to cover up how miss matched the waists are but it made them seem overdone and defeated the use of the slipper feet. Patricia: Elvin Priestess of the East After passing through the village the group ended up at the remains of a great castle. Erika explained that the ruins used to be the home of the Wicked Witch of the East until a young girl dropped a house on her. Just past the castle they entered an enchanted forest. As they continued inward Toby pointed out that they were surrounded by wildlife but everything seemed frightened of them. At that moment the Priestess seemed to step out of a beam of sunlight and told them that was because the forest was the only safe place left in the East and that the little group of outsiders were invading it. While she knew of their mission there was very little that she could do for them other than give them a safe place to rest for the night. While they were disappointed they graciously accepted her offer. The next morning the Priestess bid them farewell, however on a whim Ruby offered to return the ruby slippers that her Grandmother had taken from the Witch. Patricia told her no, that while the ruby slippers were indeed powerful the true power of the East was contained within her own silver shoes. Still because Ruby had made the offer to return the slippers the Priestess gave her a magical gift. By closing her eyes and saying the name of the Kingdom she wished to travel too the shoes would transport her there. However the spell was only powerful enough to transport four people and was limited to the kingdoms of Oz. Ruby thanked the Priestess, took Erika's hand and Toby's paw, closed her eyes, and wished to travel to the Western Kingdom.

Goblin Guards Frick and Frack The group circled the poppy field. As they approached the road once again Erika held Ruby back explaining that they would have to walk along the verge since all roads, no matter which direction you traveled led to the Emerald City. As they continued to travel they had to face another Axe Man and Scarecrow before they approached a small, decimated village. Small-dismembered skeletons were strewn about the central square where a giant pot had collapsed into the ashes of a dead fire. Ruby asked if she was looking at the remains of the Lollypop Guild and Erika corrected her saying that it was the remains of the Lollipop Cannibals. They had been transformed by the dark magic and they had ended up eating each other nearly into extinction. When the two nastiest most ruthless cannibals were left the Drug-Lord transformed them into Goblins and made them his personal guards. They still hate each other and would gladly kill and eat the other given half the chance but their fear of the Drug Lord keeps them in line and ever ready for trouble. Erika gathered a handful of arm bones and suggested that Ruby should do the same since the only sure way to stop them was to stab them with one of the bones at which point they would revert back to their original form allowing them to be taken down with conventional weaponry. Or at least weaken on of them enough that the other will attack and make a meal of the injured one. Frick: the calm, cold, and calculating goblin Frack: the angry, hungry, and unpredictable goblin

Aluminum Axe Man As the trio continued to avoid the Axe Man Ruby pulled her pistol and put three rounds into him. Other than leaving a couple of holes in him they didn't seem to bother him at all, other than to make Ruby his primary target. Much like the Scarecrow before him all he could do was mutter a few words. In his case it was "Hearts, need more hearts." Erika quickly snuck up behind him and dropped a grenade into his armor behind his head and yelled, "run" before ducking behind a tree. Ruby and Toby were barely able to find cover before he exploded. As they were getting up and dusting themselves off the parts started dragging themselves back together. As they headed back toward the road Erika continued her story of how the former guardians had been corrupted. The original Scarecrow's magical existence was a creation of his hat, much the same way as the tales of Frosty the Snowman in the real world. The Drug Lord had the hat cut into pieces and then they were stitched to the skin of his dead soldiers bringing them back to life as zombies forever searching for brains. Much the same thing had been done to the Tin Woodsman to form an army of metal men with a craving for hearts. Ruby asked about the Cowardly Lion and Erika paled. She then explained that his semi-demise had been at her own hands. The Drug Lord then skinned him and placed the skin upon his throne where the Lion can still be heard moaning in never ending pain. As they approached a great field of poppies Erika pulled Ruby aside telling her that rather than facing the Drug Lord they should first head East, to receive the blessings of the Good Elvin Priestess of Oz.

@ Monte, I haven't even started to get "sick" yet. Erika North: Mercenary Gunrunner of the North Once the Scarecrow was down the one doing the shooting walked up as though nothing was out of the ordinary and put another round in its head. The armored individual then turned to Ruby and held out her hand saying "Hi, I'm Erika North; gunrunner, mercenary, and former ruler of the Northlands. Now we'd better move before ugly there has time to heal." As the group continued on its way Erika filled Ruby in on the disturbing changes that had happened in Oz since its new masters took over. Nearly all of Oz's magic was now siphoned into the Emerald city to power the inter-dimensional gateway between Oz and Earth. While the good kingdoms of the East and West hadn't yet fallen those of the North and South had. The world's new master had pulled Erika through the gateway and had given her the kingdom of the North to rule over. However, she wasn't overly impressed with Oz and really didn't like being someone else's lackey, so she had used what power she could gather to summon the world's chosen hero. As they had been talking they hadn't noticed that they had strayed into the forest and if not for Toby's warning they'd have lost more than their way.

@ Fujis & Aapje Thanks for the compliments and the fun is just beginning. Scarecrow It didn't take long for Ruby and Toby to reach a wheat field where all the crows seemed to be saying, "run" instead of "caw". A figure slowly shambled out of the field, looked at Ruby and said, "Brains, need brains." Ruby knew that the Scarecrow from her Grandmother's story had wanted a brain but something just didn't feel right. She stepped forward to offer to help the creature only to have Toby grab her coat and pull her back before the sound of rapid gunfire filled the air.

Maybe I missed something but the only gun I could see in the pictures was a slightly re-sculpted Thompson Sub-Machine Gun (Tommy Gun) in front of Mr. Fixit's second look/torso.

While I'm starting to get Wolverine burnout I have to have that Space Wolverine. From a custom stand point alone the gold armor parts are a must have but it looks like the space helmet is likely going to be transparent and is meant to fit onto the armor over the short mask. I guess the big question, however, should be if the Gaijin 3 Wolverine has two left feet like Akuma.

Detective Tobias "Toby" Shepherd Detective Shepherd was rather disoriented when he woke up, however when he noticed Detective Grace he quickly stumbled over and asked if she was injured. He didn't even notice his own condition until Ruby pointed her gun at him and told him to back off. He quickly tucked his tail and stepped back only to suddenly realize that he had a tail. A closet furry he was overjoyed at his transformation and sever minutes of chasing his own tail ensued. Even Ruby had to sit down and laugh at the spectacle of a dog running in circles yelling, "I'm a dog, I'm a dog, I'm a dog". After Toby had calmed down a bit with nothing better to do they set off South down the yellow brick, it was painted and not made of gold she checked, road just as Dorothy had.

Over the Rainbow A new designer drug known as Over the Rainbow, OtR, or Other and more potent than heroin was hitting the streets all over the country almost simultaneously. Considered a national emergency all drug enforcement agencies rushed to find the source or sources and shut them down. Two detectives, Ruby Grace and her partner Tobias Shepherd, believed that they'd found the Denver source in a warehouse. However during the raid things went massively wrong and the end result was a massive explosion that left both of the detectives unconscious but mostly uninjured. Detective Ruby Grace When Detective Grace awoke she found herself in a twisted version of the fantasy world of Oz. She recognized her surroundings from the tales her Grandmother, Dorothy Gale, had prattled on about during her last days suffering from dementia. She was even wearing her Grandmother's ruby slippers but no amount of clicking her heels and wishing could return her to Denver. Not that it mattered, other than being impractical for walking long distances; she still had her pistol and extra clips. Besides, other than having to deal with a witch or two, flying monkeys, and laughable wildlife what did she have to fear? At least that's what she thought until a large white wolf appeared and asked her if she was injured.

@monte I told you when I'm in a funny mood some of my best ideas come to light. @jcastick Thanks. File Name: Briar Rose Original Story: Sleeping Beauty At birth Briar Rose was given everything she could ever need by twelve of the thirteen Wise Women of her father's kingdom and a curse by the thirteenth Wise Woman. Once the terms of the curse were completed Briar Rose found the same gifts that made her a perfect princess also made her a perfect warrior. After meeting a few of the other Femme Fatales she decided Happily Ever After wasn't worth having if it was limited just to a select few, to that end she had her curse breaker mace forged. The mace could break any curse by taking only a single drop of blood. Curse makers, however, are not so lucky.

For now this group is limited to four members in order to emulate a Femme Fatale's box set. In this case consisting of Snow White, Rose Red, Cinderella, and Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty). There is already an official Lil' Red so that is why she didn't make the set, plus I've always preferred the wolf to Red anyway. As for the Little Mermaid that one will have to wait until there is a good fish tail base thought I do have plans for a Gorgon figure in the works. Moving on to Snow White, there are two separate and unrelated stories where the princess is named Snow White. In Snow White and Rose Red there is a single evil dwarf that turned a prince into a bear. During the winter the bear would live with the sisters and their mother but during the summer he had to guard his remaining treasure from the dwarf. Eventually the dwarf is vanquished, the bear is transformed back into a prince and he marries Snow White. His younger brother then marries Rose Red and they move the sister's elderly mother into the castle where they all live happily ever after. Or so the story went until the sisters got bored with the whole domestic bliss thing and went looking for adventure with the Femme Fatales. The Over the Rainbow stuff that I've posted was just my rough notes and advanced works in progress. The story will actually begin with my next set of customs.

File Name: Cinderella Original Story: Cinderella There is true evil in the world, and after living with it most of her life Cinderella has the ability to recognize its aura on sight. By day she is the perfect princess but when darkness falls the Glass Slipper Assassin looses the frilly dress and takes up her weapons to deal justice to the evil that often hides in plain sight.

Yep, you're right Snowman of Hook Mountain and Snowmeow really need to be made. Just looking at these made me realize just what you could do with those two down in the canyon once the streams start to freeze up and there's snow on the ground. I'm thinking I may have to give you a list of the mates that I have just so you can take more "Epic Shots". If nothing else, considering you're a DC geek, I may have to bring some of them along the next time we get together for a shoot. If nothing else it'll prove how much we need the DC line to return.

File Name: Rose Red Original Story: Rose Red and Snow White Outgoing and nature loving Rose Red is the more adventurous of the two sisters. Even though she is still the perfect loving daughter and wife she is no longer willing to take crap from anyone. If you cross her, or her loved ones you're likely to loose a lot more than a bit of beard.

File Name: Snow White Original Story: Rose Red and Snow White Snow White would prefer the domestic life and to tend to the traditional wifely duties, however; since her prince charming is a werebear she often finds herself out in the forest dealing with poachers, huntsmen, and evil dwarves. She is so good at dealing out justice when she dons her mask and takes up her axe she is better known as The Executioner.

Codename: Rex Classification: Snake-Man Rex is the largest and most intimidating of all the snake-men however he is the most docile and, despite having fangs, is completely non-poisonous. If given the choice he wouldn't leave the base. Still the intimidation factor alone is enough to send him out into the field even if, so far, we've only been able to convince him to use a sonic stunner as his primary weapon.

Codename: Gaze Classification: Snake-Man Gaze is the both the comedian of the group and the most dangerous. He has worked the hardest to fit in with the other aliens of A51. He does most of the speaking for the group since he knows the most signs. He has embraced long-range weapons especially heavy rocket launchers and rocket propelled grenades. Basically the bigger the bang the more Gaze likes it. However his outgoing nature often hides two disturbing facts. The first is that his venom is the most poisonous, being related to the Earth cobra and the second is the fact that he has the ability to hypnotically control most humans that look him in the eyes. We're still not sure how that works considering he isn't able to give direct commands but the best guess is, since he has spent more time around people, he has been able to hone his skills at manipulating pheromones to a greater degree. However it should also be noted that Agent 13 doesn't seem to be affected by his abilities.

Codename: Thorn Classification: Snake-Man Thorn is still resistant to the idea of using long-range weapons though he has upgraded his armor several times to allow him to rapidly get in close to a target in order to go hand to fang. Though he has fangs his poison his more in common with a komodo dragon though the poison can be injected from his fangs or horns. Of all the Snake-Men he's the most likely to break cover or turn on the rest of the group.

Codename: Overbite Classification: Snake-Man Calling this group Snake-Men isn't exactly proper as they have more in common with lizards but Lizard or Reptile-Men just doesn't roll of the tongue as well. Not that it matters since none of them have the ability to speak human languages. Instead their preferred form of communication is in scent and thermal signals. They have been able to learn a basic form of sign language to communicate with the rest of the A51 population. Overbite is the smallest member of the group but he is also the most cunning and performed the function of leader until they were placed under Agent 13's control. Like all the Snakes he relies primarily on his armor for protection and his venom, in his case the closest Earth analog would be rattlesnake venom, for attacks. However he was also the first to start using long-range weapons that we provided. Since starting his training he has become proficient with the rail-gun sniper rifle.

The legs are from Age of X Basilisk/Cyclops and the feet are from Spirit Box Set The Octopus.