Leeds Trialists: Microstar version!

A while back, I did a blog post about the repaints of some players that had only played on trial for Leeds United, in friendlies or reserve games.

Since then, I have started running out of Leeds Prostar repaints to do, and moved on to Microstars! As my Microstar options started to run out, I thought I might as well do the trialists in that style of figure too!

So, here we have 2 players that went on to become household names playing for Liverpool, in unfamiliar white shirts!

I did them in the same shirts as the Prostar versions, because, I think I'm right in saying, these are the only kits they wore for Leeds!

The only change I made was using Riise's trademark number 6, instead of number 3. My theory is that, he probably wore 3, as I think Leeds were considering him as a left back, rather than midfielder.

Hopefully, at least one of the repaints bears the right shirt number!

Caicedo, City

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I'll be honest; without a quick look at his Wiki page, all I could tell you about Caicedo's Man City career was that he played for them.

At a push, I  might have described him as a 'Powerhouse striker'!

A bit of research revealed that he signed for them in 2008, and scored 8 goals in all competitions that season. He was basically forced out when City went all big time with their signings!

He went on several loan spells before eventually joining Lokomotiv Moscow.

I like this repaint. The details on the front turned out well, and you all know that I favour dark blue or black numbers to white on the back of shirts! Even the name on the base looks clearer than normal for a thin base!

Here's the shirt, from a recent (and very useful) discovery on a Man City fan site:

Gazza, Vivid Imaginations Figure

If you follow my blog or Facebook page with any regularity, you'll know that I have repainted more than my fair share of Spurs figures in recent times!

You'll also know that I enjoy the chance to try something different, in terms of figures!

This one gave me a chance to do both!

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I've only done one Vivid Imaginations Figure before (here, if you want to see it) so I enjoyed this! 

The larger size of the figures makes the finer details easier to do; even applying the transfers is easier!

The hardest part, for some reason, was re-doing the name tag on the base! The decal kept on going wrong, but I got there in the end!

This figure was painted in a different kit than I usually get requested for Gazza; I actually suggested it, because the figure has a very visible collar, which made it suit the 91-93 kit more than the FA Cup final kit I usually get asked for!

Here's Gazza in the kit, as repainted above:

Get in touch if you have and would like a Vivid Imaginations Figure repainted... or even if you don't have one, but like the idea! I may be able to help you source one!!

England, Italia '90...part 2!

I started the Italia '90 England repaints with this post.

Here are the next 3 figures:

I give you Peter Beardsley, Gary Lineker and John Barnes. I couldn't help but post these England repaints in number order!

This was, of course, England's most successful tournament of modern times (considered modern by oldies like me, anyway) and these 3 players featured in England's line-ups fairly heavily.

Of the 3, I think it's fair to say that Lineker had the best tournament; starting every game, and ending up with 4 goals, 2 behind the golden boot winner Schillaci.

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It's probably best that I didn't do a little tournament summary on my last England Italia 90 post, which included Waddle and Pearce!

Here's the kit:

Christmas Present for Leeds?!

Can you imagine if Leeds did come up with a Christmas present like this for their fans?!

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Of course, the transfer window system means he won't be signed in time for Christmas. 

We could do with him too, thanks to Sky and their ridiculous changes to our fixture schedule...

This was actually a present for a young Leeds fan, whose favourite player is Neymar!

For some reason, I couldn't find a picture of him in a Leeds kit...

Here are Lewis Cook and Charlie Taylor, who are both pretty much as good as him anyway:

By the way, in case you wondered, this figure isn't a regular prostar. I think it's a Kodoto, but I'm not certain. Anyone know?!