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[wally2974]

Does anyone know where I can find a fedora hat or better yet a rubbery cast of a fedora for the newer Marvel Legends Spiderman Noir figure?? Why the hell they didn't include a hat with the figure, is beyond me!! I also bought casts of colt revolvers, since he comes with somekind of bogus guns....Hasbro has made a decision to try to NOT include real-world guns with their figures, UNLESS they're essential to a character(like the Punisher)

[packerbacker180]

I don't have the figures in front of me to see if the size is correct, but a DCUC or DC Direct Question was my first thought. ToyBiz Thing hat is probably too big. Would think NECA might have made one at some point. Those might be pricey though. Maybe try searching dollhouse hats on ebay for something? That's how I got the tophat for my Shade custom.

[Idiot Savant]

The Disney release of Indiana Jones (7”?) figure has a great fedora

[wally2974]

Those sound like good suggestions. I don't have that Indiana Jones figure and I don't have the DC Direct Question, so I don't know how the size of their hats might fit Spider-Man Noir's head. I know DCUC Question's hat doesn't come off, so then it would have to be a cast of a head with the hat on it. Then, the head would have to be cut/dremeled off and then it would have to be cast a second time. I don't have any experience with making casts, so that wouldn't be an option. I was hoping someone might just have a cast of something that would fit. Maybe a dollhouse hat might work. I was hoping to find something made out of a rubbery material and not cloth or fabric.

[packerbacker180]

You sure the DCUC Question hat isn't removable? My DCUC stuff is still packed away since we moved but I kind of thought it was a separate piece. You might just have to boil and really really work on it.

Or how about a Rorschach figure?

[packerbacker180]

Welp, I went into my fodder box and found a Question head (and Phantom Stranger), I got the hat off with boiling water and by wedging a pair of needle nose pliers in between the head and hat. I don't have Noir Spidey handy, but the hate is way too small for a Sasquatch wave Deadpool, and I would imagine that is close in scale to Noir, so it looks like it won't fit. I would've sent it to you for just shipping if it did. Sorry, but at least now you know...

Whatabout a WWE figure? They tend to be a little larger. I'm pretty sure a few Bray Wyatt figures came with hats, and they might be reasonably priced. Can't think of someone else off hand, but I'm sure there are.

http://wrestlingsuperstore.com/blackfed ... gures.aspx

[wally2974]

Oh Man! THANKS Packer, for trying to find me a hat that might fit Spider-Man Noir. You would think the Question hat would fit, but most of those heads are made so that the hats fit almost like a bottle cap. So the head isn't completely round, under the hat.
The wrestling figure's hat idea sounds like it would work. I really like the shape of that fedora, in the link, that you attached. I think I may give it a shot and order it. Even if it is a little big, Noir is usually drawn with the hat coming down, pretty far and almost over his eyes. I could always add a little blu tac, to the inside of the hat, to make it sit up a little further on his head.

[packerbacker180]

Good luck! Most modern Legends heads tend to be larger than DCUC, especially male heads. Female heads are a little more close in scale.

[wally2974]

I bit the bullet & went on wrestlingsuperstore.com.....Damn you, Packer! LOL. I started browsing around and finding some other cool stuff that "I had to have". Every collectors famous last words. Hmm, a silver garbage can with a removeable lid. Sure, I'll take 2. I barbed-wire-wrapped baseball bat. COOL! A red baseball cap for my custom President Trump Marvel Legend, to make a "Make America Great Again" hat. Oh, a top hat! That might be helpful, so I add one of those to my cart. A briefcase...yeah, I could use that. Oh, and the reason I came to the website, in the first place...Those black fedoras for my Spider-man Noir Marvel Legend figure. Next Thing I knew, I spent like $40 BUCKS....Dangerous!
Thanks for the suggestion, Packer, but I spent way more than I expected. LOL. I'll check and see if it fits, when they arrive. Then, I'll update with another post.

[packerbacker180]

It's a slippery slope. I usually rationalize it like, if I buy one thing with shipping it's going to cost me $10. BUT, if I order eight things and the total is $40 then I'm only paying $5 per item!