HOME | DD

Description
Beetom

Large, grasshopper-like insects that first appeared in Nintendo's 1994 Super Metroid Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) video game. Not unlike Metroids, Beetoms are life energy leeches. Utilizing its powerful hind legs, a Beetom will leap onto any organism that gets too close, and, once fastened, feed until either its host is dead or the insect is forcefully removed.

Materials:
Newsprint, Kleenex, white/hot glue, wire twist ties, and acrylic paint.

Dimensions*:
(* The numbers given are approximations, as the dimensions of this figure can vary depending on how the back legs are positioned.)
2.0 cm/0.8 in. x 3.1 cm/1.2 in. (highest point x widest point)

Articulation:
Eight points in the back legs (hip, double-jointed knees, and ankles).

Time:
About half a day on November 6, 2008.

Description
Beetom

Large, grasshopper-like insects that first appeared in Nintendo's 1994 Super Metroid Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) video game. Not unlike Metroids, Beetoms are life energy leeches. Utilizing its powerful hind legs, a Beetom will leap onto any organism that gets too close, and, once fastened, feed until either its host is dead or the insect is forcefully removed.

Materials:
Newsprint, Kleenex, white/hot glue, wire twist ties, and acrylic paint.

Dimensions*:
(* The numbers given are approximations, as the dimensions of this figure can vary depending on how the back legs are positioned.)
2.0 cm/0.8 in. x 3.1 cm/1.2 in. (highest point x widest point)

Articulation:
Eight points in the back legs (hip, double-jointed knees, and ankles).

Time:
About half a day on November 6, 2008.