John Charles, Leeds 1950s

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I had a couple of John Charles figures for ages, and couldn't decide what to do with them. I've never been one for keeping figures in their boxes, but these looked so great in their 'World Greats' box set.

Eventually, tho, I decided to get them out, and do a couple of Leeds kits.

I'm glad that I did! 

This is the kit that Charles set Leeds' record for number of goals in one season- it still stands today.

Stay tuned for the other John Charles repaint!

Distin, Everton

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I've done this Everton kit quite a few times now!

Here, a lookalike figure was requested to make Sylvain Distin.

Think I've mentioned it in a previous post, but this is another example of a name in white being requested on the base. 

Here's a pic of the real Distin:

Rollo, Bath City

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I do love getting orders like this one! 

Before this, I had never heard of Jim Rollo, and couldn't have told you what kit Bath City wore. Now I can tell you that this was the kit they were promoted in!

(I can also tell you about the away kit- pics soon!)

As I understand it, Rollo is a bit of a local legend- a quick look at his Wiki page shows that he has nearly 500 games for Bath under his belt! 

Here he is, celebrating promotion:

And here's his twitter response to a picture of this figure:

The fabled triple whammy; a favourite, a retweet, and a reply! It's also nice to see that the other favourite and retweet are from the guy that bought the 2 Rollo figures!

Waddle, Sheffield Wednesday

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As I mentioned a while back, the Sheffield Wednesday Cantona that I put on ebay led to further enquiries... and sales.

While Corinthian did make a Wednesday Waddle, the customer requested this kit, as worn in the UEFA Cup in the early 90s. 

The main difference between this and and any other Wednesday figure produced is the location of the Sanderson logo (in place of the O in the sponsor)

I can't even find a picture of the shirt online! I had to watch Youtube videos to see what it was like!

Carrick, Spurs

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Michael Carrick, in his Spurs days here. 

This was part of a series of Spurs figures that was, until recently, my biggest ever order.

Here's a pic to compare it to:

Valdez, Olympiakos

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Here's another Olympiakos repaint! Haedo Valdez.

As with many of the Greek Superleague figures I've done, I had to use a lookalike figure.

It was worth a RT and a  Favourite on twitter from Valdez himself.

Blind, Man U

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Here's a figure that I did especially for ebay.

I had a figure that I thought resembled Daley Blind enough to take a punt on making this, and it sold first time I listed it.

Here's a pic of him, so you can look at it and say... "Yeah, it sort of looks like him!"

He is a little less beardy in this pic!

Gilmour, Toronto Maple Leafs

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Here's my first Ice Hockey figure! It was sent to me all the way from Canada!

It was actually already wearing a Maple Leafs kit (or should I say uniform?!) but this white kit is what was requested.

The player, just in case you're interested is Doug Gilmour.

Chiellini, Juventus

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The first order that I've posted to Italy!

Luis Suarez's favourite appetiser during the World Cup, in the kit of his club side Juventus. 

I had to use a lookalike figure, as there was a Microstar version of Chiellini, but not a Prostar.

Here's the kit: