Shortly after the release of Jurassic World, I made a custom figure of Owen Grady from a World War Z Gerry Lane figure. I originally used the head from the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1 Star-Lord, which doesn't really resemble Chris Pratt. I replaced that with a head from a Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Star-Lord, and also repainted the shirt darker. The vest is from Black Series Han Solo. The rifle is from movie Jonah Hex, with the scope from a Madame Hydra machine gun. Hasbro eventually made an official Owen Grady figure and now Mattel has made figures of Owen and Claire for the new movie, but they're in the 3 3/4 inch scale. I wanted to make a 6 inch scale Owen to match the bigger Blue figure from the first movie, but I really like how the new Mattel figures look and am hoping to get a few.

A journalist friend very kindly offered to take my customs of Owen and Blue to the Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom junket in Shanghai, and brought back great photos of Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard reacting to the custom. It's kinda tricky in situations like this, because typically the publicists panic about it and swoop in to stop photos but the actors themselves are usually pretty cool and in many cases, showing them something like a custom figure helps break the ice a little before the interview. Director Juan Antonio Bayona wanted to take a selfie with Blue, and I love the resulting photo. Always grateful to friends with better press access than I have!