

The Maxx is a little-known hero from a little-known comic book by the same
name. In 1995, there was even a short-run cartoon, based on the comic
book, that aired on MTV.
Any-hoo, The Maxx was born
out of fodder figures I had lying around that I had *no* use for.
Legs from a Light-Up Weapons Juggernaut, and torso/head/arms from a Zangief
figure from the Zangief vs. Juggernaut 2-pack. But in the end, the
figure ended up being almost more trouble than it was worth.
At first, I
was just going to perform a simple leg-swap and be on my way. I popped
the legs out of Juggernaut easily enough, but when I removed Zangief's
legs, I ran into some trouble. First, I accidentally stretched his
arm pegs while pulling on the legs. Second, the peg sizes were completely
incompatible, as Juggernaut's pegs were about half the size of Zangief's.
Solution to these problems? Crack the torso.
While inside
the torso, I removed the arm-swinging apparatus from Zangief's arms, and
filled the resulting hole in his back with plumber's putty. I then
heated the arms in the oven, and while the plastic was soft pushed on it
to shorten it to the right size again. I also filled the empty part
of the arm pegs with more plumber's putty, and screwed a sheet metal screw
into the hardened putty to fatten the peg a bit (thanks to Ron
Kenyon for the tip). I also trimmed off the weird, pink vein-things
that were all over his arms, and sanded the arms smooth.
I then lopped of his huge hands behind the wrist-bands, and then scratch-sculpted
The Maxx's excellent spiked hands from Sculpey. That covers the arms.
Now the legs.
First, I transplanted the leg pegs from Zangief's legs onto Juggernaut's
legs so the size would be correct in the new torso (again, many thanks
to Ron for an excellent peg-swapping technique). I then sculpted
The Maxx's large boot-feet over Juggernaut's with Sculpey.
As final measures,
I removed the large mass of hair from Zangief's chest and sanded it smooth.
I also completely sliced off Zangief's lower jaw and nose, and sculpted
the toothy mask over the area with Sculpey. Finally, I sliced Zangief's
mohawk off and sanded the scalp smooth. Once all the parts were completed,
I put the limbs/head back in the torso, and glued the torso back together.
Prime, paint and seal, and
you've got the world's only homeless psychopathic super hero.