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AT-AT walker made from scrap computer parts

Cory Doctorow at 4:16 am Tue, Feb 8, 2011

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Etsy seller TGNsmith's $450, 12-inch AT-AT walker sculpture was built out of recycled computer junk. It's not posable (the joints are welded), but it betrays its origins in delightful ways: "The main body is composed of power supply boxes from old computers, the head from floppy drive housings, legs and feet from various scrap metal. The entire piece has been welded together using the MIG welding process." The bullet scars were simulated by attacking the piece with an arc welder.

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I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

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  • MikeKStar

    Nicely done. My only criticism is the feet don’t look quite right. Compare here: http://www.theforce.net/swtc/Pix/chron/footstep.jpg

  • lectroid

    Bullet scars?

    Surely they mean blaster scars. No empire or rebel ship is equipped with anything so primitive as ballistic weaponry.

  • Anonymous

    Those blast points are too accurate for an arc welder. Only Imperial stormtroopers are that precise.

  • Editz

    Start making them out of glazed clay and you have yourself a 21st century garden gnome.

  • gandalf23

    The maker has a full size ED-209 statue he made from scrap in his backyard. How cool! I hope to do similar things in my backyard someday.

  • Alvis

    Pet peeve: in-browser image resizing