Thompson x2, Leeds

A couple of Microstar repaints here: Alan Thompson in the home kits from his two seasons at Leeds:

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The top one was for my own collection, because I had already done the kit worn by the bottom one on a prostar... for my own collection. You can see that here, if you wish!

No major differences between the two kits; just shirt numbers, and slight differences to the yellow and blue trim!

Here are the kits!

Larsson, Feyenoord

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One of my regulars, who I've been mainly doing Celtic figures for, is also, understandably, a big Henrik Larsson fan!

Because of this, he is also embarking upon a mission to get a Larsson figure done in the kits of all of his previous clubs.

This is one from before his Celtic days; Feyenoord's away colours in the mid 90s.

Larsson played for Feyenoord immediately before he signed for Celtic. He got 42 goals in 149 games for the Dutch club in all competitions.

England, Euro '96

One of the problems that companies have when producing merchandise ahead of tournaments, is predicting the correct squad.

Corinthian got most of England's Euro '96 players, but one collector came to me with the task of filling in the gaps. So...

Here are:

Sol Campbell:

Phil Neville:

And Gareth Southgate:

You can understand the first 2 being missed, as neither played in the tournament, and if I remember rightly, Campbell sneaked into the squad at the last minute anyway.

Perhaps a little more surprising is the omission of Southgate who went on to play every game in the tournament... I forget how it ended for him...

I enjoyed painting these; I had so many in the original Euro '96 kit when I first started collecting, that I enjoyed the challenge of trying to make mine better than the originals! It was nice to have a go at the infamous grey strip too!

One thing I particularly like about these (and I may have mentioned this before about other repaints) is having a spot on shirt number/name font!!

Here are the kits to compare them to:

Cudicini x2, Spurs

Another couple of Cudicinis for my most prolific customer!

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Not sure if you can really tell from the picture, but the top picture has a sort of speckly blue pattern that I enjoyed painting!

The microstar is also pretty neat, in my own opinion!

 

Robinho, Man City

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Here's Robinho in Man City colours.

I don't really have much to say about the repaint to be honest, so this is gonna be one where I do stats from his City career!

He arrived at the Etihad from Real Madrid for around £32 million, and had a pretty good first season; his 14 goals making him City's top scorer.

His second season was full of injury problems though, which resulted in him falling down the pecking order, and eventually seeking a transfer.

I was going to say his has been a career that didn't really live up to its potential... then I saw on Wiki that he has 99 caps for Brazil, so what do I know?! That said, he is currently playing for Gangzhou!

Oh, and back to the repaint... I like the boots!