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