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Description
Edit(2/15/2016).
Soooo....Rodney got some updates. The main ones are:
completely rebuilt the arms
filled out the legs
color blocked things a bit better
improved the shoulders and other internal structure in the torso
improved internal structure of the wheelchair
made the wheel chair more of a cross between a wheel chair and a race car
added a fifth wheel in the back to be more accurate to a real athletic wheelchair

About the MOC
Rodney was another "preplanned" MOC for me. I had the concept of a MOC in a wheel chair for a little while before actually building the MOC. However, the concept originally was somewhat different. He originally was going to have four arms, and a more beast like head with a mouth and teeth, his name was going to be "Kumpel" which has one meaning of "friend" or "buddy," and his color scheme was going to be blue, Violet , and black. After purchasing 8494-Ring Of Fire off ebay I simply had to use the parts with the stickers on them, which drastically changed the landscape of this MOC. I lost the four arms and beast-like head but was able to more heavily incorporate the racing influence I wanted him to have, as well as incorporating another concept I had for a while, which was having internal suspension within the MOC's body. I had conceptualized this as being either in the thighs, shins or torso. Seeing as how Rodney is a paraplegic, the torso was the only place this would work. It also made building his torso a lot easier.

Rodney is the third member to my "Liberated Robot Series ." You can also view the individual photos of Rodney, as well as all the other Liberated Robots HERE.

Bio(also updated)
Rodney Dieter was an athletic robot who participated in the robot racing league for years with great success. He won many races and almost seemed programmed to win. No matter what his competitor's tried Rodney and his owners always seemed to be a gigabyte ahead of the competition. That is however, until Rodney got into a terrible crash and was very badly damaged. The extent of the damage was devastating and would have required that Rodney be completely rebuilt. Instead of forgoing the cost to rebuild Rodney, his owners decided to scrap him download and rewrite his software into a new robot. The night before Rodney was scheduled for deletion and scrapped a mysterious gray robot showed up and rebooted him. With the help of another brightly colored robot that was traveling with the gray robot, they helped rebuild Rodney during the night while no humans were around. However, they didn't have the parts necessary to repair him completely and Rodney couldn't walk. They instead used parts from the garage next door to fashion him a makeshift wheel chair, a old device humans used when their lower extremities did not function properly. After fixing Rodney to a point of stability he explained to the other robots that he was going to be deleted and scrapped. When they heard this they immediately made Rodney part of the group and left the Garage.

For a while Rodney was another member of the group. He eventually became accustomed to both life as a fugitive robot, and life in a wheelchair. He even became quite good at maneuvering in a wheelchair. Unfortunately, his time with the group would be limited. One day the group was on the run and they came to a dead end. The other able bodied robots were able to scale the wall. While they were trying to help Rodney over he was hit with an EMP blast that knocked him unconscious. The other robots fell over the wall and were able to escape, but Rodney was apprehended and returned to his owners. Once back in the garage they rebooted him to analyze his new code. When they saw how well he was able to move within the wheelchair they instantly saw that Rodney would make a great spokesperson for disabled individuals. So they build him a new wheel chair gave him a new paint job, and started a new robotic sports league where they used old busted up robots. This gave Rodney an new lease on Life as well as helping other damaged athletic robots get a second chance to perform their functions and not become scrap. Now Rodney continues to play wheelchair sports and continues to help other robots become part of the Disabled Bots League. Meanwhile, the other group of bots that helped him escape his fate remain at large...

Description
Edit(2/15/2016).
Soooo....Rodney got some updates. The main ones are:
completely rebuilt the arms
filled out the legs
color blocked things a bit better
improved the shoulders and other internal structure in the torso
improved internal structure of the wheelchair
made the wheel chair more of a cross between a wheel chair and a race car
added a fifth wheel in the back to be more accurate to a real athletic wheelchair

About the MOC
Rodney was another "preplanned" MOC for me. I had the concept of a MOC in a wheel chair for a little while before actually building the MOC. However, the concept originally was somewhat different. He originally was going to have four arms, and a more beast like head with a mouth and teeth, his name was going to be "Kumpel" which has one meaning of "friend" or "buddy," and his color scheme was going to be blue, Violet , and black. After purchasing 8494-Ring Of Fire off ebay I simply had to use the parts with the stickers on them, which drastically changed the landscape of this MOC. I lost the four arms and beast-like head but was able to more heavily incorporate the racing influence I wanted him to have, as well as incorporating another concept I had for a while, which was having internal suspension within the MOC's body. I had conceptualized this as being either in the thighs, shins or torso. Seeing as how Rodney is a paraplegic, the torso was the only place this would work. It also made building his torso a lot easier.

Rodney is the third member to my "Liberated Robot Series ." You can also view the individual photos of Rodney, as well as all the other Liberated Robots HERE.

Bio(also updated)
Rodney Dieter was an athletic robot who participated in the robot racing league for years with great success. He won many races and almost seemed programmed to win. No matter what his competitor's tried Rodney and his owners always seemed to be a gigabyte ahead of the competition. That is however, until Rodney got into a terrible crash and was very badly damaged. The extent of the damage was devastating and would have required that Rodney be completely rebuilt. Instead of forgoing the cost to rebuild Rodney, his owners decided to scrap him download and rewrite his software into a new robot. The night before Rodney was scheduled for deletion and scrapped a mysterious gray robot showed up and rebooted him. With the help of another brightly colored robot that was traveling with the gray robot, they helped rebuild Rodney during the night while no humans were around. However, they didn't have the parts necessary to repair him completely and Rodney couldn't walk. They instead used parts from the garage next door to fashion him a makeshift wheel chair, a old device humans used when their lower extremities did not function properly. After fixing Rodney to a point of stability he explained to the other robots that he was going to be deleted and scrapped. When they heard this they immediately made Rodney part of the group and left the Garage.

For a while Rodney was another member of the group. He eventually became accustomed to both life as a fugitive robot, and life in a wheelchair. He even became quite good at maneuvering in a wheelchair. Unfortunately, his time with the group would be limited. One day the group was on the run and they came to a dead end. The other able bodied robots were able to scale the wall. While they were trying to help Rodney over he was hit with an EMP blast that knocked him unconscious. The other robots fell over the wall and were able to escape, but Rodney was apprehended and returned to his owners. Once back in the garage they rebooted him to analyze his new code. When they saw how well he was able to move within the wheelchair they instantly saw that Rodney would make a great spokesperson for disabled individuals. So they build him a new wheel chair gave him a new paint job, and started a new robotic sports league where they used old busted up robots. This gave Rodney an new lease on Life as well as helping other damaged athletic robots get a second chance to perform their functions and not become scrap. Now Rodney continues to play wheelchair sports and continues to help other robots become part of the Disabled Bots League. Meanwhile, the other group of bots that helped him escape his fate remain at large...