The Natural Roy Hobbs with Wonderboy!

[groovycustoms]

This was a custom a did several years ago of Roy Hobbs the Fictional character from the movie The Natural starring Robert Redford, based loosely on the book of the same name. This is one of my all-time favorite sports movies and I wanted to try my hand at making a figure close to the look of the character. The blue paint is actually darker, but the flash makes it look a few shades lighter than it is. I included the Lightning patch and the Wonderboy bat actually has the name Wonderboy on it with the lightning bolt. Also, the bat was a bit darker to about the shade of bleached bone so it was pretty damned close the the one in the movie.

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[steelbus36]

looks cool!

[TheBigToyAuction.com]

Great movie, and great figure! Is the bat permanent, or can it be replaced with "broken bat variant?"

[groovycustoms]

It could be replaced with the broken bat.

[Dez]

That's my fave baseball movie, great work!

[groovycustoms]

Thanks! This is my favorite baseball movie as well.