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Tf2 Full-Scale Sentry Gun Lands at Valve Hq

Technabob — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 01:34:48 +0000

Wouldn’t you love to work in an office where they have a sentry gun in the lobby? Well, the guys over at VALVE now join those elite ranks thanks to this full-size Sentry Gun from TF2.

The gun was lovingly assembled by the guys at New Zealand’s extraordinarily talented WETA Workshop (the same WETA that does effects for movies like Lord of the Rings, Avatar and District 9). The gun is based on the Level 1 Sentry Gun from Team Fortress 2, and it actually can detect movement, track from side-to-side, light up and make authentic sounds.

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Unfortunately, it doesn’t actually fire rounds, but I can dream, can’t I? Hopefully, they’ve got a Level 3 model in the works. I want my guided rockets.

[via YouTube]

Weta Halo Xbox 360 Casemod Explodes Onto Ebay

Range — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:14:45 +0000

What you’re looking at is the millionth Xbox 360 to be sold in Australia and New Zealand, and it’s going to be auctioned off for charity.

The customized Xbox 360 was created by Richard Taylor and the Weta Workshop. It features a miniature Master Chief blowing a hole through the side of the console. It’s only appropriate since the Halo franchise and the Xbox brand are pretty inseparable. As a matter of fact, I bought my original Xbox to play Halo, and play it I did.

The console will be auctioned off at eBay in order to raise money for the David Peachey Foundation. Microsoft will match the donation and donate an extra $10,000 to Cure Kids.

[via Born Rich]

Weta Workshop Handmade Rayguns

Technabob — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:33:05 +0000

These prop guns, designed and hand-built by WETA Workshop master model maker David Tremont feature a unique design sensibility inspired by turn of the century science fiction.

Three designs are available (the Goliathon 83 Infinity Beam Projector , Manmelter 3600ZX Sub-Atomic Disintegrator Pistol and the FMOM Industries Wave Disrupter Gun) and each gun will be made in a limited series of only 500 each. They’re made from metal, glass and other materials, and each one weighs in at over 7 pounds, so they’re definitely not cheaply made.

Each raygun comes in a custom distressed, velvet lined tin case with a certificate of authenticity from the artist. Priced at over $600 each, these are for serious sci-fi collectors only.

[via uncrate]