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Published: 2010-12-18 06:55:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 2466; Favourites: 48; Downloads: 0
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jasonbot.com/?p=2358So, Dave and I were talking about Tron and Star Wars action figures, and the following happened:6:40:11 PM ME: so i opened my white light cycle
6:40:14 PM ME: and it's awesome
6:40:21 PM ME: but i had two thoughts
6:40:39 PM ME: 1) white light cycle would match ackbar's white uniform
6:40:42 PM ME: or
6:41:12 PM ME: 2) blue lights would match a blue mon calamari, but i would have to put the mon cal head on a tron body w/ blue lights
6:41:16 PM ME: ._.
6:41:18 PM ME: just sayin
6:41:35 PM DAVE: lol
6:41:37 PM DAVE: oh man
6:41:46 PM DAVE: you ponder that some more
6:41:47 PM DAVE: or DRAW IT
6:41:52 PM DAVE: and put it on your sketch blog
6:42:04 PM DAVE: TRON CALAMARI
6:42:06 PM DAVE: omg
6:42:13 PM DAVE: i basically just gave you that for free
6:42:15 PM ME: O_O
6:42:18 PM ME: NICEAnd thus was born a custom figure created from Star Wars action figure Ibtisam (info /figure ) and Tron: Legacy action figure Sam Flynn (info ).
I'm not an experienced customizer by any means, so this was a pretty basic head and arm swap. First, I used the boil-and-pop method to remove the relevant body parts from the original figures. Ibtisam's forearms plugged right into Sam Flynn's elbows, but as a result the custom's arms are a bit short. The socket in Ibtisam's head was too big, so I bummed some Epoxy putty off of Hammers to partially fill in the socket, and then used the superglue method to make the ball joint fit tightly. Aaand then I drew this:
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So, for those of you keeping track at home:
- I have purchased Tron: Legacy toys.
- I have made a custom Tron Calamari figure.
- I have drawn dorky fan-art of Tron Calamari.
- I am listening to the Tron: Legacy soundtrack at home, in my car, and at work.
- I have been flipping through the pages of the Tron: Legacy artbook.
- I have not seen the movie yet...
- ... but have tickets for a 3D IMAX screening on Saturday morning.
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Comments: 16
I really love your Tron Calamari! A few of my Star Wars figures invaded G.I. Joe and it looks like yours conquered the Tron universe!
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lol Very cool concept. And well executed as well.
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The concept is cute, hilarious and brilliant, and the execution even more so. Well done!
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thank you, that's terribly kind!
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where did you get your tron legacy toys? D:
this is pretty awesome, by the way
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tron legacy toys from TRU.
thank you, glad you like it!
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thank you, and you're welcome
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This is pretty cool and definately appeals to my inner geek. Also I learned the hard way that listening to a sound track before seeing the movie/playing the game is sometimes a bad idea.
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hey, glad you dig it!
as for listening to soundtracks early--what could go wrong?
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There are two distinct possibilities. The first is that one of the original tracks for the movie/game, specifically what they put into the credits, may have lyrics detailing story events or something like that. A recent example of this is in Ponyo, unless I'm mistaken. Of course less specifically it may just give away the mood for certain events. The second is the opposite that after listening to the music you form your own distorted image of what will happen which leaves you expecting something that won't happen. Of course that one might just be me.
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