Peg Bundy----->Helen Norwood

I mentioned a couple of posts ago that I have become

fascinated with LOST Megos and the possibilities for 

customization after reading Scott Adams's blog 

lostmego.blogspot.com

I followed up on a lot of his suggestions

and purchased a Peg Bundy figure from the

'Married With Children" Series at

ClassicTVToys.com

It's kind of difficult to realize that Katey Sagal

was Peggy Bundy before she was Helen Norwood or even

Gemma Teller-Morrow.

BifBangPow! was obviously not going to issue a "Helen"

figure to keep John Locke company, so customizing a Peg Bundy

figure seemed a logical choice.

Peg needs a makeover.....

First to go was the necklace and spandex outfit.

Helen is much more conservative than Peg.

The earrings are molded as part of the head, so they have to stay.

I redressed Peg in a sleeveless denim shirt and tan pants and

brown boots I removed from a Breyer Vet doll. I bought the

Vet figure on Ebay (for cheap), specifically for her clothes and accessories.

(I'll save the lab coat and stethoscope for

 customizing my Jack Shephard figure.)

Next in the transformation of Peg into Helen came the haircut.

Doll hair is more difficult to work with than I realized.

(but then again, I haven't cut a doll's hair since I was five and

took my my frustration from an ugly pixie haircut out on Barbie)

Hair styled as best as I could manage, modifying the hair color

 was next step. Here I am an expert.......I used the snippets of Peg's

 hair that I cut off to test what method would work best for toning 

down the vibrant pinkish red to a more subdued color. A brown Crayola 

marker actually yielded the best result. (I taped over the doll face 

to avoid getting overlap from coloring Peg's roots.)

The result:

I didn't realize that Helen's head is overly large until 

John Locke  joined her for a little smooch time. 

It was a little tricky photographing the two together

 while minimizing the head size differences...