holy creative use of putty, batman!

The ever-fabulous Scott Rogers is interviewed in Wired's look at user-modified custom figures:

If you're like most people, you're aching for a Batman action figure carved with the sharp angles and noir feel of the masked vigilante's 1939 debut. Or a Rorschach or Comedian doll ripped from the pages of the classic 1980s graphic novel Watchmen -- slated for big-screen treatment in 2009, but still nowhere to be found on toy shelves.

Fortunately, what Mattel and DC Comics withhold, a thriving custom action-figure underground provides.