DocNewborn
Well-Known Member
Hello all,
This is my very first post here, but the site comes highly recommended by my nephew.
I'm a huge fan of the Star Tours ride at the Disney Parks. I frequently contribute to EndorExpress.net, and a couple of years ago I authored a 17-page article on the history of the attraction which ran in Star Wars Insider magazine (and was also translated into French for the foreign language version.)
While poring over pics of the newly updated queue at the Anaheim version of the ride, I spotted a droid who used to run around on a little train track. His name is allegedly LGB, and the new pics confirmed an old suspicion of mine...
His body is an old 'Starriors' toy playset!
And as luck would have it, I already own two of that toy, procured as a possible Cobra base for a GIJoe 'Weather Dominator' diorama. So now I want to recreate this droid, life size!
But I'm at a loss as to the other items they used to make LGB. The head is tantalizingly familiar, but I can't place it. The 'arms' resemble model rocket legs or chair legs, but I'm not sure about those, either.
Can anyone identify any other parts used by the Imagineers to kitbash this little guy together?
Thanks!
Alex
(LGB photo by Paul Hruby, Starriors photo found online)
This is my very first post here, but the site comes highly recommended by my nephew.
I'm a huge fan of the Star Tours ride at the Disney Parks. I frequently contribute to EndorExpress.net, and a couple of years ago I authored a 17-page article on the history of the attraction which ran in Star Wars Insider magazine (and was also translated into French for the foreign language version.)
While poring over pics of the newly updated queue at the Anaheim version of the ride, I spotted a droid who used to run around on a little train track. His name is allegedly LGB, and the new pics confirmed an old suspicion of mine...
His body is an old 'Starriors' toy playset!
And as luck would have it, I already own two of that toy, procured as a possible Cobra base for a GIJoe 'Weather Dominator' diorama. So now I want to recreate this droid, life size!
But I'm at a loss as to the other items they used to make LGB. The head is tantalizingly familiar, but I can't place it. The 'arms' resemble model rocket legs or chair legs, but I'm not sure about those, either.
Can anyone identify any other parts used by the Imagineers to kitbash this little guy together?
Thanks!
Alex
(LGB photo by Paul Hruby, Starriors photo found online)