A stellar job, as always, Dave! If Kenner had had you 45 years ago, they'd still be around today. He'll look great standing by the Emperor in your army. Thanks for all your amazing and inspiring work!
@grotgrusson5124
2 жыл бұрын
Wow, wow, wow! That "simple" cape just elevated the skinniest villain in the entire galaxy to a whole new level. Now I have to make one my own.
@lostonwallace1396
2 жыл бұрын
A bit of Batman trivia that very few fans probably know about: While working with DC Comics Licensing over the years as an illustrator, I learned from various DC Comics editors that the cuts at the bottom of Batman's cape are referred to as "scallops" or "scallop cuts." DC also calls those three pointy bits sticking off the back of each of Batman's gloves "scallops" as well. It's a small bit of trivia, but I thought that you might find that interesting, Dave. :) A nice video! I really enjoy seeing you make modifications on these old figures.
@HasseBasseBingBong
2 жыл бұрын
Impressive! Most impressive!! Seriously, what a great upgrade! Now I'm imagining the same upgrade to the Tusken Raider, Lando Calrissian, Bespin Leia and the Hoth Stormtrooper.
@BrynSmith76
2 жыл бұрын
Bespin Leia would be interesting
@grotgrusson5124
2 жыл бұрын
The printed pattern in the fabric thoe... Guess you have to screen print or something like that, and thats not easy to do your self at home.
@HasseBasseBingBong
2 жыл бұрын
@@grotgrusson5124 I meant more a screen accurate one, like the one on the card photo.
@grotgrusson5124
2 жыл бұрын
@@HasseBasseBingBong I see =)
@subtwo2418
2 жыл бұрын
The end result next to the original cape is amazing, way more impactful, I need a cape for my old cape less Vader figure I’ve had for 40 years, and this is the way to go, top work Dave 😎👌🏼
@Portal2099
2 жыл бұрын
This is great! Darth looks bigger and more imposing now too!
@Heavymetalrille
2 жыл бұрын
Thumbs up for this! Vader looks more menacing and powerful, even a bit bigger, as he should be. He stands out and above the rest when his cape looks like that instead of a wet cat draped over his body. Well done, this is most certainly an effective and good looking improvement!
@Beedo_Sookcool
2 жыл бұрын
Very cool! Thank you! I did something similar many years ago, but couldn't get hold of toy-knit back then, so I used some black taffeta scraps left over from a Grim Reaper costume I made.
@bee-beargaming
2 жыл бұрын
Great mod to the figure looks way better
@asantemoitt133
2 жыл бұрын
I love how you crossed the streams. A Kenner Super Powered Darth Vader. Bravo!
@shoestringscifi
2 жыл бұрын
What a tremendous upgrade! Although Kenner Darth Vader is awesome and iconic, it's also one of my least favorite action figures from that line, because he is too skinny. This cape and skirt combo help to make him look a lot more imposing. Great job!!
@mattbartels781
2 жыл бұрын
Came here to say pretty much the exact same things. I'll just give yours a like instead.
@thetiggr78
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome upgrade! Now I know how I'll fix my broken vinyl caped Darth. Thank you Dave!
@sithcarebear1
2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant upgrade Dave! It really is surprising that Kenner never did something like this. I was thinking about the skirt and was wondering if you could design it more like the neck on the cape with a paperclip sown inside that was shaped to clip around the waist leaving a small opening in the front so you can actually wrap it around the belt leaving the buckle exposed. It should hang the way you want it to as well. The way you did it works beautifully but I was just thinking about that clip design and was curious if that might be an option for the skirt as well. Thank you for another fantastic customization, good sir. 👊😎🔥
@Robert_Westwood
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. I did one of these for my Kenner Vader over 20 years ago, using cloth from a worn out black T-shirt. Because, like you stated, Vader was never given an upgrade.
@DavidSmith-vw5eg
2 жыл бұрын
Oh now I know what to do with my extra vaders! Thanks Dave
@SQLJedi
2 жыл бұрын
That cape and skirt look fantastic. Great job Dave. keep up the great work.
@Phantasia_Workshop
2 жыл бұрын
That’s a dramatic improvement
@brianartillery
2 жыл бұрын
I agree about Darth Vader not being upgraded. I always thought that his figure was a bit too skinny, and not quite tall enough. Vader's cape is long enough to brush the floor - his entry in part IV (or Star Wars, as we oldies know it), shows this well. Great update, Dave, it looks 100% better than the original. It makes Darth Vader actually look menacing.
@Tim-57
2 жыл бұрын
Hey Dave Great tutorial and it looks 100% better than the original cape.
@captainmotion4524
2 жыл бұрын
What a transformation!! fantastic job yet again
@ReynoldsReviews
2 жыл бұрын
Well what a difference Dave!!! To say it’s the same figure underneath it’s completely transformed! Another stellar custom Dave 👏👏👏👏
@toypolloi
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. A good cape makes all the difference.
@thecraftydm
2 жыл бұрын
Amazing how much better he looks. Great job!
@michaelsherman3544
2 жыл бұрын
This is a very refreshing take on that figure - I always wondered why they never updated it. Removable helmet version? Soft goods? Makes total sense. In my humble opinion, if Kenner were to have added a skirt and cape for the ROJ line, they would have done it all pretty much like they did on Squid Head.
@sneakyskunk1
2 жыл бұрын
Impressive.....most impressive.
@brandonbacklund865
Жыл бұрын
Holy Moley Batman! That looks fantastic! As always I'm awed by your Photoshop skills in equal measure to your modding skills. Great work!
@toypolloi
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@carlo2384
2 жыл бұрын
Holy smokes! Now I know what my next customizing project will be. Many thanks!
@michaelgordon3552
2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant as always. Would love to see a more accurate saber paired with this Vader as well! 👍
@eltenda
2 жыл бұрын
Great update for a classic figure!
@malcr2325
2 жыл бұрын
After your treatment he looks a lot better than the original! Almost a totally new figure.
@TheUncleRuckus
2 жыл бұрын
If you wad the paper up into a ball, then flatten it back out it will make the paper easier to form. 👍👍
@lukedougan7908
Жыл бұрын
That is an excellent!replacement 👍🙌👏
@jsnsk101
2 жыл бұрын
Darth Vader wears a skirt! Cant wait for Broken Vader to see this video
@zarnistastudios
2 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic upgrade and they totally could have (and should have) done that. Especially in the Jedi line. Time to get to work!
@banzaibobA7V
2 жыл бұрын
Wow. What a huge difference. I always though those vinyl capes were kind of naff. Your version looks amazing!
@willybeeproductions9357
2 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid I always wanted my Vader figure to look screen accurate, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Princess Leia & the Tusken Raider figures as well. The vinyl capes just didn't cut it. Same with the Empire line of figures as well. They made great strides with the ROTJ line, but never fixed the older figures. Excellent job Dave! I may have to do this using your pattern for my uncarded Vader...perhaps do my own mods for Leia as well...Always a great watch my friend! We all love what you do! Could use some more new music tracks for your "working" scenes though!
@DougPalumbo
2 жыл бұрын
Way better than the vintage! Nice job!
@Danelectro_56-U2
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome, Dave! This looks amazing! 👌
@dazgreensmoker669
7 ай бұрын
I can't get bat vader out of my head 😂
@darryllharden9141
2 жыл бұрын
A very good and simple custom,It will be great if you did other vintage customs that look the part and blend in well along with your original collections
@davidgregory3207
2 жыл бұрын
Will definitely be making this for my Vader for sure. Great upgrade/video. Thanks!
@paulszklennik8784
2 жыл бұрын
Simple, but brilliant! I think I'm gonna use this for my Darth Vader retro and Moff Gideon figures.
@mikesmith2718
2 жыл бұрын
Bought and printed now to find my toyknit fabric . Thanks for these awesome customs .
@toypolloi
2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure
@paulparker1360
2 жыл бұрын
once again, absolutely stellar...!
@francoisregis2155
2 жыл бұрын
Wow great work it sure give Vader an all new look
@LogicBlaster
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome tutorial! Vader looks so much cooler with the cloth cape. Nicely done!👍
@toypolloi
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🤗
@Fnordathoth
2 жыл бұрын
Looks really good Dave, well done! Love it!
@Marcos_Mzg403
2 жыл бұрын
Wow that's an awesome upgrade for the vintage figure!! It puts it on another level! With your permission but I have to upgrade mine! congratulations for the video!
@oddball_monkey
2 жыл бұрын
Looks amazing. Now you just need a chain like effect across the cap to close the top part of the cape. But looks absolutely amazing. The Force is strong with this one.
@martynshaw8395
2 жыл бұрын
Just a bit of gold chain on the collar and sorted brilliant job
@jonnywiseman9283
2 жыл бұрын
Far better. Fantastic video. As how DV should've been.
@unclemattsworkbench6667
2 жыл бұрын
Glad to see you have gotten to this. I recall a conversation we had years ago about this very thing. I thought you might go with the bat man cape as a base and I'm glad you did, it looks fantastic.
@BrynSmith76
2 жыл бұрын
Excellent job, it's like you've brought 80's parent and grandparents homemade cloaks for their children's/grandchildren's figures to Kenner in 1983 and got the official fabric.
@MonstersOfTheUniverse
2 жыл бұрын
The skirt part is actually the bottom of a tunic. So it wouldn’t be enclosed at the waist. More off to the front of the hips. But this was great!!
@rumblehat4357
2 жыл бұрын
Yup, and that tunic was originally over his shoulder/chest armor, but for some reason they changed it to under for TESB and ROTJ.
@TreadwellJay
2 жыл бұрын
Well done as always! I agree it's something Kenner should have done and since it wouldn't have required new tooling, would have been cost effective. Might I suggest making the cape with the other side of the material facing out? His cape has a wee bit of a sheen.
@Wisconsin_Local_139_Crane_Guy
2 жыл бұрын
Love your upgrade man! Love watching your videos man!
@johnnyk3445
2 жыл бұрын
Looks great Dave! I will try making one myself. Thank you
@GermanNightmare1976
2 жыл бұрын
That's a difference between day and night -- or should I say dark and light? Great job, as always, Dave. I will never grow tired of your work and videos!
@jeffreybaxter6722
2 жыл бұрын
It's really a long vest that goes up under his shoulder armor and hangs past his knees.
@christopherperez5545
2 жыл бұрын
Great work. I want to try that with other versions of Darth Vader.
@chrispybee
2 жыл бұрын
Outstanding job Dave. It just looks so good. It’s a shame Kenner never thought about this.
@michaelcolebrook858
2 жыл бұрын
You did an amazing job!
@bendorwin5785
2 жыл бұрын
Was always surprised that after the release of Jedi that Kenner never did an updated Vader with removable helmet and a lightsaber as a proper accessory.
@paulbickley7962
2 жыл бұрын
That looks amazing 👏
@brianmoss3038
2 жыл бұрын
Great job
@nickfrancis
2 жыл бұрын
The material would've been perfect for Jedi Luke's cape and hood, the black color too.🤔👍🏾
@campbellruleV1kiwiGI
5 ай бұрын
Beautifully done mate
@toypolloi
5 ай бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@TheTWRModeller
2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic job, there. I took a vintage Vader figure and not only modified the right arm with a Han Solo hand, but I also sculpted the skirt on along with the codpiece in Sculpey clay and used a modern Hasbro Vader cape. If you like, I can find you a photograph of said-custom figure of mine; how's that?
@mr.everything6635
2 жыл бұрын
Love this so much amazing work done great look!!
@toypolloi
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@johnfaulk7775
2 жыл бұрын
Masterful!!!
@genustoby
2 жыл бұрын
that looks awesome!👏i'm going to have a go at this
@marcusthompson9527
2 жыл бұрын
Would be cool to see a custom Bespin Luke with telescope lightsaber in the arm.
@dansoloskywalkerproduction4329
2 жыл бұрын
I seen the kenner custom Cape for Darth Vader on eBay I'm grateful reproductions are the thing for kenner star action figures
@Bill.Connor
2 жыл бұрын
That looks amazing and basing the cape on a Kenner toy is brilliant! Fantastic work.
@dantooine4279
2 жыл бұрын
RE: the Batman shape cape - The concept Vader had a similar bat wing bottom edge to his prototype cape (Ralph McQuarrie). So could be something to do if you wanted a concept Vader? I've also seen blue paint added to parts of the armour which really pops and looks awesome.
@jonboldrey5339
2 жыл бұрын
Black electrical tape is a nice vinyl match. Iv bn wanting do some like that
@loganjorgensen
2 жыл бұрын
That's a nice looking cape. ;) I still laugh at how precious people got about the original vinyl capes like that infamous Jawa. The vinyl approach was just too stiff and made for collar flair that put the 70s to shame lol.
@rumblehat4357
2 жыл бұрын
I have fond memories of those capes, but they tore at the armholes, and made it really awkward to sit the figures down.
@yunoyuluvit
2 жыл бұрын
I had thought about doing something like this, but with a narrower, collarless version of the vinyl cape pattern, to make a robe instead of a skirt, with a custom belt to make it more like the costume. This version looks good though and maybe more Kenner-like. Hoth trooper fabric skirts would be a nice upgrade.
@Steve-wo7gt
2 жыл бұрын
Great video and the new cape looks amazing! Can you imagine if Kenner did the opposite and gave Batman and Superman the original Darth Vader style cape instead? How dumb would that have looked? 😆😆😆
@darthethan1995
2 жыл бұрын
If you’re thinking of updating the skirt, I have an idea. Have it clamp on his waist with the paper clip.
@galenkelly4859
2 жыл бұрын
I finally got a "new" retro vader figure and it's not bad but like I did before your cape looks sh I much better. One thing that hasboro did was make it way too thin. The original picture of the new release looked like it was thicker material and it wasn't at all. Your version made s lot more sense.
@dantravis4483
2 жыл бұрын
Great Dave, had Kenner done the much hoped for “removable Helmet” version for TPOTF /Jedi line this cloth up grade would be the cherry on top….although Stan Solo isn’t keen on suggestions for figures to do, I seem to remember there was chat of a RH Vader….maybe he’ll adopt the cloth cape and skirt. Though perhaps not the clip, could be hard to produce in large numbers? 👍👍
@BrynSmith76
2 жыл бұрын
Depending on how many paper clips he has.
@grahampeat6945
2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic, I already have some black toy knit so that’s my next day off project sorted, thanks again for all the work you put into everything👍
@korydoe4813
2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! I wish I could sew
@toypolloi
2 жыл бұрын
You can learn. It's not so hard for something like this.
@korydoe4813
2 жыл бұрын
@@toypolloi I use to dabble a little about 20 years ago, my grandmother was an avid stitcher, maybe I'll give it a go again, cheers!
@lazer-ape
2 жыл бұрын
As far as Im concerned I would have been fine with leaving a batman cape on vader 😂. It certainly brought a degree of flare to old vader thats for sure.
@jlr1569
Жыл бұрын
@toypalloi -- its a brilliant effort. but for my taste, its too 'batman' like, in the way it looks like the same as the batman cape you showed or even the lando cape. it does not 'hang' down, but spreads horizontally. if there was a cloth version that 'drooped' more like the original vinyl cape and as in the movie. in the movie, it hangs downward somewhat + flows more. perhaps a less stiff/rigid cloth material? love watching all of your repairs and customs. cheers!
@stephentaylor7555
2 жыл бұрын
Something I have thought about for years- looks fabulous! 👍 I most certainly am going to do this as well, Thank you!
@boblowes
2 жыл бұрын
It is a shame they never updated Vader. Like most of Kenner's figures from the first movies, the sculpt of his helmet isn't entirely accurate, and considering the level of quality they were able to achieve by the time they were putting out Return of the Jedi figures, they could have really nailed Vader. Like a lot of the vinyl-caped figures, my Darth Vader became capeless fairly quickly, so I pinched the cloak off Squid-Head, though obviously it's completely the wrong colour - so it's nice to be able to go back & fix this. One thing I would say though, is that the vinyl cape for Vader isn't really representative of his cape at all. It's much closer to the inner robes he wears UNDER his cape/cloak (it's not a skirt, so much as it is a long, loose armless coat) and I wonder what a piece of very thin cloth cut to a similar pattern as the vinyl cape (without the doubled over collar) and THEN a long cloak would look like on the figure? The Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jawa, Princess Leia and Tusken Raider figures all have similar problems with their capes/cloaks, in that they're not really representative of what they characters wear in the films at all. Leia has a hooded cloak. The Jawa has a hooded cloak with sleeves, as does Obi-Wan. I'm not really sure what the Tusken Raider capes were actually like in the film, but it seemed more like a coat than anything else.
@dwaynec7542
2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! Adding this to my list of projects straightaway. Might I suggest doing the same with a vintage 12” scale Vader? Also, massive thanks for posting a video where my name will eternally be associated with a Kenner Darth Vader figure. Nine-year-old me would be gobsmacked!
@thetworoos
2 жыл бұрын
What a great upgrade! I wish Kenner had done this. I hope we see you do a similar treatment for Obi-wan, tusken raider, and maybe a few others soon!
@crank51gaming33
2 жыл бұрын
really helpful video
@thebigdb1
2 жыл бұрын
And a little ironic fun fact here after watching this video... but the sword mechanism in Penguin's umbrella accessory in the Super Power's line reuse the lightsaber gimmick down to the mold that they used in Obi-Wan, farm boy tatooine Luke, and Darth Vader. So I find it ironic and amusing and not that unbelievable then you can use Batman's tape and it would work. Need a little outcome here and I do agree that he looks much better.
@chubtoons
2 жыл бұрын
A suggestion: it’s a lot quicker if you make only half the pattern and then fold the fabric before cutting.
@GreyHulk2156
2 жыл бұрын
What an improvement! You might have finally encouraged me to take up sewing. ;P I always thought, even as a kid, that the Palitoy/Kenner Darth Vader's cape "looked a bit rubbish". :)
@itsygamingpg3d483
2 жыл бұрын
Cool
@NicoYacuzzi
2 жыл бұрын
That looks amazing. Great work, as always
@MichaelJShaffer
2 жыл бұрын
Lovely work, Dave. I made an inner and outer cloth cape for Vader a few years ago. I'm going to give your version a try now, too. It looks great.
@DcFelixxx
2 жыл бұрын
nice!
@djgeorge1469
2 жыл бұрын
Another tweak they could have done is replace the right arm with a gripping hand and add a red hand held lightsaber
@channelwoodgrange
2 жыл бұрын
2:28 - The Caped Cruvader! Custom! Only 499.95!
@TripleXmodder
2 жыл бұрын
No no. Vader does not have a “Skirt” he does have a tunic that hangs from his shoulders. But another fun video.
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