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Buzzinator Buzz Lightyear-terminator T-800 custom designer toy *exclusive*

27 Apr

buzzinator

 

So here he is, finally. My “Buzzinator”  Terminator T-800 edition custom toy is now featured on Gizmodo! The model number stands for Cyberdyne Systems model 101 (the original Terminator model from Hollywood) and the SR stands for “Space Ranger” which is Buzz Lightyear’s monicker. The Cyberdyne Systems logos on my “Buzzinator” are custom made, as are the other graphics. Galavanting through the cosmos has taken its toll on poor old Buzzinator but he will find the one they call “lightyear” and TERMINATE him.  Update: Apparently the Director of Toy Story 3 Lee Unkrich likes my Buzzinator. He retweeted the link. Cool!

His backpack is removable. It houses a custom made nuclear power source. I have yet to take pictures of it. I will soon.  

Enjoy!  

  

  

  

  

 

This toy is a private commission. It is for sale in very limited numbers as well. If you wish to contact me in reference to one of my custom pieces, or for any other reason, just follow me on twitter or send me a message on facebook. I take great care with my work and spend a lot of time getting it precisely as it should be. :) I also care about people and will try to get back to you as soon as is humanly possible. If you would like to hire me to create a custom design for you, the same applies. Cheers!

 
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Buzz Lightyear: Terminator T-800 edition or “Buzzinator”

22 Apr

This is an exclusive sneak-peak of my latest project.

Buzz lightyear has been galavanting through space for too long. Skynet has assumed control of the blogosphere, websites, Pixar, near Earth orbit and the “intertubes”.

Skynet has been increasing thier research into human pop culture, history and events. Recently they discovered another threat to thier existence. Buzz Lightyear, hero of the Pixar universe. (whatever that means to them)

So, in good form as they are well known to do, they began gaming this percieved threat. Skynet has a new and advanced prototype Space Ranger commanded and controlled by a freshly minted Terminator series T-800-SR. Unfortunately, this T-800-SR (Space Ranger edition) was lost in orbit and has been dilligently searching for Buzz Lightyear for decades. The year is 2134.

Here is an exclusive sneak-peak at what the new Cyberdyne Systems model 101-SR (Space Ranger edition) looks like. After floating aimlessly in orbit, in search of the “mythical” Lightyear, his protocol behavioral program hit a time limit and he has re-entered Earths atmosphere…landing in my back yard of course…And at  night, no less.

I captured a few images of him, since I presented no threat and was just minding my own business. this is just the first of those images.

T-800-SR

T-800-SR

 
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Take a virtual tour of the latest Virginia Class submarine…

20 Apr

Tour the USS New Mexico. This is a very well done interactive tour. Sure looks different than the inside of a Trident SSBN (Ballistic Missile Submarine *Nuclear*).  Especially the control room and main navigation. Look at all those flat screens!

virginia-control-room

virginia-control-room

This is, by far, the most advanced attack submarine ever constructed. There are even some rumored technologies on this class of  boat that are revolutionary.  I won’t touch on them here, but do yourself a favor and Google the speculation if you must.

Some statistics of the war machine from the Federation of American Scientists: (old article BTW, but still relevant) It is interesting to note that much of the speculation about this class was true and well researched.

Wiki

The Virginia class (or SSN-774 class) of attack submarines are U.S. submarines designed for a broad spectrum of open-ocean and littoral missions. They were designed as a less expensive alternative to the Cold War era designed Seawolf-class attack submarines, and they are slated to replace the aging Los Angeles class submarines, seventeen of which (from a total of 62) have already been decommissioned. Read the rest of this entry »

 
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Rocket launcher, made of “awesome”.

14 Apr

So, I constructed this javelin-style rocket launcher with a few spare parts and some imagination. I thought you people might like to see it. I mean, who doesn’t need one of these? Just don’t go outside with it because SWAT might attack your house from a Federal or local agency… MMMmmmK?

rocket launcher

rocket launcher

I also have a few other views of it if you would like to see the whole thing, then go HERE

Otherwise, here is a closeup of the control module. super-badass right? Again, I must stress that this thing should never be taken outside your home…er…MY home.

launcher sighting system, rocket launcher sight

launcher sighting system

The missile actually looks like i has a legitimate seeker-head built into the nosecone just like a real smart-weapon.

seeker head module

seeker head for guidance

 
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Star Wars pinup-girl/propaganda posters lure naive’ young men into a life of service with the empire.

09 Apr
Star Wars propaganda poster by Feng Zhu

Star Wars propaganda poster by Feng Zhu

Via Geekologie.

Excerpt: There’s nothing sexier than a drawing of a hot girl, amirite? Wrong. That was a test and you failed you little hentai-loving horndog, you. Your shame aside, this is a little gallery of Star Wars pin-up/Galactic Empire propaganda posters as imagined by illustrator Feng Zhu. Because nothing makes men want to join a fighting force like pictures of hot girls…

In my humble opinion, these are fairly innocuous and fun. I wonder if something like this would fly with the Rebel Alliance though. I thought they were more evolved on the topic of equality for women. Although, I haven’t ever seen a female combat pilot in the alliance. I would, of course, love to see one. especially if she looks anything like this scout trooper.

Further, would Princess amadinejad or whatever her name is approve of this type of imagery? Because I sure do. I think the brunette is the hottest one of all.

 
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Jester from J6x2.com has some really fun sketches…

06 Apr

I was looking through some of the great work of JESTER form J6x2 and came accross these fun sketches. I really like his sharp, cartoon style.

Apart from the drawing stuff, I emailed JESTER  to see if he had any tips for me as far as creating custom molds. I really want to start creating my own original characters as well as make custom model pieces.

Within 5 minutes he had sent me some links to check out. Here is what he sent…

Read the rest of this entry »

 
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“War-E” the modded Wall-E.

05 Apr

I first decided to create this War-E after my son accidentally broke it. I never throw toys away but rather, I prefer to put them and thier associated contents into bins for later possible creations. Creating individual works from toys is rewarding as well. My son broke this toy by snapping the head off. I tried about 3 different glues to mend it but had no luck. Then, after watching Wall-E for the hundredth time, I realized what an annoying, clingy little wuss he was. I mean seriously, there was this gender reversal where Eve was the badass and Wall-E was a pathetic, emasculated twit. They say that is part of his charm but I found it irritating.

I wanted to re-imagine Wall-E as a hard-boiled combat robot. Period. You don’t survive on a ruined planet without a little bit of chutzpah, right?

War-E

I re-used his old eye from the salvaged head. Dissasembled it and rewired it. Yes, it does light up blue still when he makes noises.

War-E miniguns

I outfitted him with dual General Electric GAU-17/A machine guns. Also known as M134 gatling guns or “miniguns” with a rate of fire of 6,000 rounds per minute. Or in this case, 12,000 RPM. An infra-red searchlight/laser designator is also fitted and modified from the original head. War-E can reload his own ammunition from a stored cache in his chest where his garbage cubes used to be stored. Less garbage, more ammo.

War-E 3/4 view from above.

War-E 3/4 view from above.

Instead of cleaning up the planet alone and in vain, War-E can deliver an epic ass-kicking to any potential invader.

Dual weilded GAU series "miniguns" ready for action.

War-E rear view

War-E is equipped with a laser scanning system that detects movement from all sides, so don’t try to sneak up on him from behind!

 
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Modded Nerf Longshot. Set phasers to…AWESOME!

06 Feb

This modded Nerf Longshot was a creation I came up with after watching too many movies that have awesome looking prop guns in them. I just couldn’t help myself. :)

Nerf Longshot

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It took me quite some time to finish the paint on this little hand cannon. I think it was worth my time. The results are quite good in my opinion.

Nerf Longshot

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I decided to take a few shots from different angles so you could get an idea of  the full look of this project.

nerf longshot rear

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Here are a couple of closeups…This one is of the breach.

Nerf longshot breech

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nerf longshot detail

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Here is a closeup of the scope.

nerf longshot scope

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And lastly, here is the nerf Maverick pistol that accompanies the longshot rifle.

nerf maverick pistol

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All said, I am pretty happy with th way these look. Stay tuned for the rocket launcher. :P

 
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Modded Hasbro millennium falcon featured on Gizmodo and wired geekdad blog.

31 Jan

Well, I know I have not been updating my site very much but I decided it was definitely time to start posting things here. I made a post on gizmodo in 2008 detailing the project that I took on for my son. It is a Hasbro millennium falcon That I bought at WalMart for about 150 dollars (way too much money for the original HASBRO toy i might add).

Here is what it looks like originally. Kind of lame if you ask me.

http://www.starwars.com/img/vault/collecting/20080709b/falcon_bg.jpg

http://www.starwars.com/img/vault/collecting/20080709b/falcon_bg.jpg

I quickly decided that the Chinese manufactured toy was way too clean and not realistic enough for my son. This is AMERICA RIGHT?! It just does not look like the “real” spacecraft AT ALL.  So I decided to tear apart some other toys, brutally rip the sensors out of them, add those sensors to my son’s millennium falcon…re-wire them with some cheap Chinese stuff and make a way better and much more “badass” millennium falcon for him. Then I decided to paint it like the models used in the movies. You can’t just have a cool toy that costs this much and not mod it…right? I am an artist, so that part was kind of fun! :) That’s what I call “sticki’n it to THE MAN!!!!”

The part I was mentioning about the sensors is pretty cool…you can clap your hands or make another annoying or loud noise and the lights will come on. Or, I also installed an infra-red sensor that detects changes in the light conditions. If you turn a light on or off in the room, it activates the LED lights that I drilled into the hull of the ship. It’s pretty damn neat if you ask me. :)

Anyway, it was featured on GIZMODO.COM and since then, I have still been modding toys from all kinds of stores. Some things I mod from stuff I find at the goodwill store here in town. I will be posting these toys here, on my website to inspire you to do the same. Creatively modifying toys that are boring and homogenized crapola is a culture jammming effort that we should all aspire to. MAKE THEM BETTER! Nobody wants to play with unrealistic junk.

Click on the images to enlarge them…

millennium falcon

millennium falcon taken apart

millennium falcon underside1

millennium falcon inside detail parked underside 1

millennium falcon outside parked han solo

millennium falcon interior detail zoom out with dish included 2

So anyway, check out the original GIZMODO post. This project was very fun. I will have even more toy modded toys here soon. And, a rocket launcher I made from some

very special parts I found. :)

 
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Bush/Obama morph…

13 Sep

Here is a really well-done morph of Bush to Obama. The middle one is freakin’ me out man!.

Bush Obama Morph

Bush Obama Morph

 
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Hello from Peter Clute

11 Aug

Welcome to my new site. I am just now getting everything set up. This will be where I spout off my intrinsically worthless opinions and challenge common sense in a terrible way. Perhaps it’s a ruse, perhaps it’s not.

You decide.

 
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