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What if Tony Stark had been a Victorian gentleman who transformed himself into Iron Man at the turn of the 20th century? His superhero alter ego might look something like the 11-inch-high monster glued together by fanboy/sculptor Jonathan Kriscak.

“I love the idea of steampunk where everything is grittier and more ‘rough cut,’” Packrat Studios boss Kuriscak told Wired.com in an e-mail. “I wanted to throw Iron Man into that time period so he looked as if he’d been created in 1910.”

Kuriscak frankensteined the sculpture together with chest and upper arms from an NFL Cletus action figure. Pistons on the arms were taken from a Transformers toy, while the arms themselves come courtesy of a robotic Hulk figure.

“I also did a lot of sculpting with sheet plastic,” says Kuriscak, who’s selling his steampunk Iron Man on eBay. “The light feature within the chest flickers and gives off a fire-burning effect as if it’s fueled by fire and steam power.”

Kuriscak, who last year produced a set of Nazi Star Wars action figures, says he’s already started work on the next installment of his Marvel Comics-meets-steampunk series: Thor.