TOLLBOOTH!

My buddy challenged me to make Tollbooth as he hadn't been done before and I think I pulled it off... I promised Hawkeye mine wouldn't look like one of the Village People and then I decided to to take a page out of Xhairs' book and make him all green-bleeding Army true.

The Army Corps of Engineers website was a big help to me in getting a handle on what my 'verse's representation of Tollbooth should be. Hence the unit patch I tried to get to look believable.







look at his filecard, he should have looked (at least) like one of the original 13 in straight-up green:

I like the more military look to him. The only thing I'd like to see is the hardhat repainted: maybe a rust color? (Instead of the original orange, though that might work too.)

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Perfect update, it captures the essence of the original with none of the disco fever.

I don't think I've ever seen a custom Tollbooth. Cool idea, although I feel he needs more orange.

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I think he needs a vest.

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His face isn't ugly enough.

I've always liked Tollbooth, it's nice to see him get some 25th love.

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Thanks, folks! Neverminding the vest (why does he need one?), it's cool y'all can actually see Tollbooth there, I know I disguised him pretty well... i.e. took him OFF the Village People roster.

bc he's freakin Tollbooth, that's why he needs the vest. and he doesn't need to get camouflaged up into anything. i mean come on his "accessory" are a giant bridge-
tossing (NOT laying...freaking TOSSING!) vehicle and a sledge hammer. what's he doing that he has to blend into stuff? nothing. b/c he's Tollbooth, that's why. don't make him toss his bridge on you.

besides with the white helmet, he looks more like hardtop or someone who'd help him out with the Defiant.

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I like it. It doesn't scream "Tollbooth" to me, but it works. Personally, I loved the original figure and never got a Village People vibe from him. He looked more to me like the hard-workin', hard-drinkin', hard-fightin' sort of chap who'd swagger into the room, say, "Just tell me where you want a bridge and you got yer bridge." I think it was the smug look on his face, coupled with the cocked to the side hardhat. Add to that that he was the first figure I got who seemed larger than any of the other figures, and he just seemed like a barrel-chested blow-hard who got the job done. He was always one of my favorite characters, and still is to this day.

I like the Han head, TBs hard hat being crooked always suggested he was bit cocky and Han is definitely cocky so there you go. He needs a vest or at least a better tool belt.
Military hard hats have alot of options in color though i don't know if there is any rhyme or reason to those color changes. Most of ours out at the bomb dump where white, but the CE guys usually had a red or a yellow one.

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I see nothing of Toolbooth in that figure. He's a camo dude with a hard hat. I think the vest would add alot of making him harken back to the original figure.

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HA! Excellent sir nice custom and I really appreciate seeing him.

man i love it and nice to see you took a page out of my book

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I was playing with a bridge layer here just a couple of hours ago and was thinking about this.

There is actually a vehicle in real life that the Bridge layer is based off of. I don't think it is ment to toss it. Rather lays it down. It was used around WW II and through Korea if I am not mistaken.