This entire piece could be entitled, “Disappointment.” Not my disappointment with the product, but rather my disappointment in myself. I should be used to it. My mother let me know what a disappointment I was right up until I stopped speaking to her. I am sure her landlord still gets to hear what a disappointment I am. My dad died when I was 17 back in 91′, but I am pretty certain that if the coal miner/truck driver/mechanic/carpenter/electrician knew I was obsessed with action figures, I imagine “disappointment” would be the least caustic of his emotions.
In this instance, the whole experience was disappointing. The first thing that annoyed me was that pretty much as I discovered One12shop.com, they were closing up that business model. The custom Red Hood set I bought was the last one12box they did before changing over to Figuregear.com. Their new model seems to be either we print it ourselves (I don’t own a 3D printer) or they print it and we paint it. Either option is a hard pass from me, which is unfortunate. I was really interested in a lot of their products.
Inside the One12box we get everything we need to make a Red Hood figure, except for the figure. Here’s what it arrives in:
When you flip open the lid, you get a listing of every artist who contributed to the box.
I can honestly say every single item in this box was of the highest quality. Unfortunately, I am not much of a custom guy. I usually don’t go much further than some aftermarket capes/robes, or some weathering. Making something from nothing was frustrating.
I’ve often thought that I spend an absurd amount of time and money on action figures. Then I dipped my toe into the customizing end of the pool.
I thought that, “Hey, this hobby has been around a while, so there have to be plenty of good resources.”
No. There is no place to go and buy 1:12 hands or boots. The common advice I found was “just buy a Mezco Blade figure, and use his hands and feet.”
Um, what? So these people are dropping $80-$120 for feet and hands? Plus whatever else they are buying for their figures? Again, hard pass.
Instead, I went to Aliexpress and bought a knock-off Mezco Punisher. Black boots, black hands. Perfect, right?
Except the bodies aren’t one size fits all either. The Mezco KO hands were too big. I settled on using my Figuarts Batman hands, but even they were fidgetty. I did use the knock-off boots, but it turns out, they are both right feet.
I tore the pants trying to put them on a wrong sized buck. Had to buy a replacement pair off of eBay. The left arm kept popping out of the shoulder. I finally got it to stay in long enough to dress him. Then it came out again. If you’re wondering why in most of the pictures, his left arm is just kinda hanging out, that’s why. I refused to go through the whole process again.
If judged on its own merits, every piece in this kit is amazing. Take a look.
Red Hood’s Arsenal. 
Autorifle 
Pew pew! 
This really is a great head sculpt.
I can’t say that Jason Todd was a favorite of mine. Like most older comic readers, my first introduction to the character involved him boosting the Batmobile’s hubcaps.
Most of his carer as Robin was spent whining. Thankfully, fandom spoke in one unified voice back in 1988 when we told DC, “Yeah, go ahead and kill him off.”
That was it. Close the book. Doneski. At least we thought. During Infinite Crisis, we found out that (*sigh*) Kal-L and Superboy Prime were… (again.. *sigh*) punching the barriers of reality itself until continuity started breaking. And thus, Jason Todd returned, but with a whole new “Red Hood” attitude. Post-New 52/Rebirth? No idea what Jason’s whole story is now.
I figured when I dropped $20 on the Multiverse Red Hood, that I’d be done (just checked, saw he was almost $100 now?). However, the outfit in the one12box really puts this character’s representation up there with my Mezcos. If only his dumb arm wasn’t just hanging there like a flaccid penis.
Enjoy the rest of the pics!
“Here, Joker. This belongs to you.” 
“Go ahead, old man…” 
“…pick it up.”
