Planet of the Exo-Apes

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Planet of the Exo-Apes

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I was monkeying around with some Exo-Force parts, and came up with an idea for a new bot, which soon became a vig. 8)

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I find these parts interesting, so I also came up with an Exo-Scorpion bot:
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What, no metal trees? :wink:

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Re: Planet of the Exo-Apes

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lol, they do look like monkeys.

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Awesome Apes (and awesome alliteration :roll:). Them apes has powerf'l arms, they do. I'll comment on the scorpion when it's public.

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Post by DARKspawn »

I love the vignette (big fan of the original film myself) but the Scorpion is brilliant. Fantastic use of elements that would normally be considered pretty limited in their use ;)
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Post by Lord Felix »

Nice Apes, and nice job! I really like this creation. Original, and you use some of the most un-desirable (at least to me) minifigures, and make them look very desirable!
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Post by ZIGGY! »

That's really cool, and really creative! I like that ape-vig, besides those apes the look of it is really cool. The scorpion is also interesting.

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Post by Prince Imdol »

Really cool AND creative. It looks creepy and at the same time cool!

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Very creative! The apes look alot like gorrillas to me, with the massive forearms. As far as the scoprion goes...yikes!
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Hey Nelson, I love these! I would never have thought to connect the legs like this. They really do look like apes and, of course, the scorpion is awesome too.

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You LEGO Maniac! You built yet another cool MOC! Ah, darn you! Darn you to Mega Bloks!


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Very awesome scorpion, Sir Nelson. Great color scheme, and very interesting construction.

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Post by Tanotrooper »

hmm... that scorpion in brown might be good to make a scorpion from Runescape...

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Awesome. There both the scorpian and the apes are great.

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Post by Ninja-Knight »

Great job, I really like it.
These remind of the "bad-guys" in Spyro 2.
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