ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected

Cris Rose just sent us these photos of his piece for the Humans Beware: I.W.G. Rocketworld Custom Show. No, it’s not Runcible on a scooter. Yes, it’s still completely awesome. Here it is in Cris’ words and visuals:

Vespbear was your typical robot bear, waging way against the Human Resistance force just like a good robot bear should. One evening, after a long and satisfying day crushing the skulls of men, he was on his final patrol when a group of fiendishly devious humans lead him into a minefield… Blown apart and with his head caved in, he was able to drag himself out of the dangerzone before going offline.

On re-initialisation, he found that he had been rebuilt with the help of an old Vespa and had been give an external robobrain with upgraded visual sensors! Vespbear the recon unit was born, hell bent on scoping out enemy positions and minefields and making sure this could never happen to another proud robot warrior. Just don’t send him up stairs.

You can see Cris’ custom and those of 80+ other artists when the show kicks off at Rocketworld in San Francisco on April 10th.