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01-07-2015, 12:34 PM | #1 |
Cobra Soldier
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 68
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I wasn't quite sure where to put this... not exactly vintage Joe toys... not exactly a custom... not a Kre-o built item... so Mods, if it needs to be moved, please do!
Here's my custom Construx Terrordrome! It came out to be nearly the same dimensions as a real Terrordrome, though I hadn't planned that. The Firebat launch silo raises and lowers the Firebat by a winch/string, though the silo doors do not automatically open along with that. One the lower level of a real Terrordrome are 2 gun bays, and I've recreated those. There's a bay for the elevator handle and I've recreated that as a bay with the winch along with it being the 'powerplant' of the Terrordrome. There's also a stockade bay in this version. The real Terrordrome has one empty bay but in place of that I have a bay with a staircase leading to the top level. Finally the real Terrordrome has 3 vehicle bays/refueling stations. I've made 2 bays like that with a third bay being a multi-purpose bay for vehicle or troop storage. A couple shots of the front/top: The Firebat launch silo: top/firebat: The front: Front door open: This bay I left 'empty' to be multi-purpose: vehicle/weapon or troop storage/deployment Missile system can be stored and launched from the front bay: Or could hold a few SNAKE/Serpent Armors: Or Armors and BATs: Or a squad of Vipers: The front with the doors open for the multi-purpse bay and the 2 vehicle refueling/ammo stations: The bays and stations filled up with vehicles and troops: Vehicle Bay 1: Perhaps a vehicle station with fuel and ammo isn't the best design, but probably fits in with Cobra design logic of the '80s!: Vehicle Bay 2: Stairs Bay: This bay also includes a rack to store a few BATs on: The Stockade: Gun Bay 1: Gun Bay 2: The Elevator room/Powerplant: 13, 34, 36, 49 Full view of the 'back' with the doors for the Powerplant and both Gun Stations open: |
01-07-2015, 12:36 PM | #2 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Marseille
Posts: 198
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Excellent Work !
It's a great rendition and you can even do it biger if you want Great idea |
01-07-2015, 12:39 PM | #3 |
Crimson Nerd
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Virginia
Posts: 12,579
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Very cool!
Do they still make Construx? I used to have a fair chunk of them as a kid, but this is on a whole different level! (and definitely has parts that my old Construx didn't). |
01-07-2015, 12:42 PM | #4 |
Cobra Soldier
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 68
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No, they don't make them anymore. But there was a relaunch of Construx in the mid/late 90s... that might be where some of the different parts come from. |
01-07-2015, 12:43 PM | #5 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Louisville, Ky
Posts: 2,810
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Double awesome for making your own TR...with a vintage building line. I use to love constructs, they made some great bases for my Joes, Heman, Transformers, etc.
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01-07-2015, 12:45 PM | #6 |
Controlled Substance
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Florida
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Wow! I haven't seen construx in years!! I had the ones with the electric motor&a crane! Loved it!! I made a suttle out of mine,lol. Where they're at now? Some landfill in Ohio im sure
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01-07-2015, 01:32 PM | #7 |
Marauder Ruben
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Chicago
Posts: 3,937
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The fact that this was thought of and executed is amazing. The time and patience and planning, that went into this shows. Great job man !
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01-07-2015, 02:04 PM | #8 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Iowa
Posts: 4,439
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That is some nice engineering you got going on there.
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01-07-2015, 02:29 PM | #9 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Vancouver Canada
Posts: 2,877
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This is very cool. Really great work.
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01-07-2015, 05:28 PM | #10 |
Cobra Soldier
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 68
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Thanks for all the comments guys!
Thanks, there were several little bits I had to try different ways and figure out a way to work them with what Construx can do. Thanks again! I loved Construx and GI Joe as a kid and had always wanted a Terrordrome, but never got one. So designs similar to the Terrordrome were something I attempted quite often even back in the '80s. But I finally decided to really go all out on making one as much like the real thing as possible ... It's more than I could've done in the '80s thanks to pictures on the web actually showing me what a TD was really all like. I had never seen one in person back in the day. |
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