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Author: | joemichaels70 [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:27 am ] |
Post subject: | How to make a Holographic Cobra Commander USB Drive |
so, I was stymied on what to get a discerning Joe collector for a Secret Santa gift... Well, Top Dollar, it kind of went like this... I saw a picture of an octopus hanging out of a computer... and then: it all started with a little drive. and I mean little... Attachment: usb-drive.gif [ 66.8 KiB | Viewed 40559 times ] I got this little baby on amazon.com. I'm sure by now (2 months later) you can get twice the memory at half the price... note: this picture does not show the little sleeve that was included with the drive that acts as a case -- more on that later... I decided on the Holo CC for a couple reasons -- it looks interesting in it's own right, at least to non-Joe folks, and also I had a couple of them, in case I messed up. which I did. I took a measurement of how far the drive stuck out of my computer to figure out how far into the torso I would have to insert the 'butt' end of the drive. turns out, it was all the way to the waist line. I then took this Dremel bit and carved out all the plastic that was in the way on the torso's back, including making 'slots' in the shoulders. This also meant I had to remove the pegs and of course, the back screw guide. Attachment: dremel-bit.gif [ 47.37 KiB | Viewed 40403 times ] Attachment: dremeled-torso.gif [ 104.92 KiB | Viewed 40311 times ] continues... |
Author: | joemichaels70 [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:52 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: How to make a Holographic Cobra Commander USB Drive |
Finally, everything was dry, done, and ready to go -- I snapped a couple pics and dropped it in the mail! Attachment: Attachment: I learned quite a bit while doing this project, most of all was patience and willingness to macguyver a little -- it didn't come with blueprints! Merry Christmas, folks! Attachment:
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Author: | Dosser [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:56 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: How to make a one-of-a-kind Cobra Commander USB Drive |
Great Work, JM. Very Original. But... Is it Mac Compatible???? |
Author: | joemichaels70 [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:57 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: How to make a Holographic Cobra Commander USB Drive |
sure, brother... what's a 'Mac?' Attachment:
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Author: | Dosser [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:59 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: How to make a one-of-a-kind Cobra Commander USB Drive |
Ask Beav, mebbe he knows It figures that Cobra Commander would only PCs. |
Author: | viperlord [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:11 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: How to make a Holographic Cobra Commander USB Drive |
That is quite possibly the most awesome thing I have ever seen. Thanks for the how to. I am very interested in replicating this! |
Author: | Darko [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:42 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: How to make a Holographic Cobra Commander USB Drive |
Damn, I thought my zippo-lighter USB Drive was cool...that is just endlessly awesome. It would be cool to make one out of a BAT (...maybe one of the internet bats, so as not to ruin a $20 figure). |
Author: | Mkodadek [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 5:38 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: How to make a one-of-a-kind Cobra Commander USB Drive |
Dosser wrote: Ask Beav, mebbe he knows It figures that Cobra Commander would only PCs. Well, since Osama used a lot of macs to help build his terror network you'd think CC would jump on the bandwagon.... I'm pretty sure joes would use PCs though. Awesome work by the way man, cool idea. |
Author: | Viper [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:21 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: How to make a Holographic Cobra Commander USB Drive |
Darko wrote: Damn, I thought my zippo-lighter USB Drive was cool...that is just endlessly awesome. It would be cool to make one out of a BAT (...maybe one of the internet bats, so as not to ruin a $20 figure). Ooh! Make it from an Inferno BAT! Clear red'd be [LASER BLAST]'! Or perhaps a $6 clear Zartan... |
Author: | raptor [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 10:32 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: How to make a Holographic Cobra Commander USB Drive |
That is some serious ingenuity. Not only have I never seen anything like it, I've never even thought about anything like it. Now you've got me thinking about how to turn a V1 Deep Six into an MP3 player... - R |
Author: | MUNDO [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:05 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: How to make a Holographic Cobra Commander USB Drive |
Ha- that's awesome! And so is Raptor's Deep 6 MP3 idea. I'm thinking that a backpack/USB drive mod would work great as well. I might have to try that |
Author: | viperlord [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:07 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: How to make a Holographic Cobra Commander USB Drive |
raptor wrote: That is some serious ingenuity. Not only have I never seen anything like it, I've never even thought about anything like it. Now you've got me thinking about how to turn a V1 Deep Six into an MP3 player... - R The first thing I thought of upon seeing this was gutting my brand new MP3 player and sticking it inside a Joe somehow. A Bio-Viper MP3 player would make me jump up and down with glee. But I don't think my skills are up to that. A USB drive with non-moving parts though. . . |
Author: | joemichaels70 [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:14 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: How to make a Holographic Cobra Commander USB Drive |
i was also going to try to put one inside the mine from the trouble bubble. i had bought one from a guy on ebay, but i think he died (no lie) and i never got it... i was going to use a usb drive with a blinking light... |
Author: | Darko [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 3:31 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: How to make a Holographic Cobra Commander USB Drive |
How about one of those little drones that came with the VvV Night Creeper? |
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