{"id":8163,"date":"2013-05-31T13:58:42","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T18:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=8163"},"modified":"2013-05-31T13:58:42","modified_gmt":"2013-05-31T18:58:42","slug":"halo-toy-custom-mega-bloks-repair-bay-and-ops-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=8163","title":{"rendered":"Halo Toy Custom: Mega Bloks Repair Bay and Ops Tower"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the final custom from my custom craze weekend. And it’s a biggie!<\/p>\n

Taking the Sabre’s bay parts form the Countdown set (with exception to the green bloks that I used to make the Lookout Tower that I posted yesterday), I did a total reconfig. I paid special attention to make sure each level of the tower was accessible by stairs or ladders.<\/p>\n

Here’s what I came up with:<\/p>\n

Like I said, it’s a biggie! Standing 5 stories tall, it makes use of all those structural girders. I have to say it’s pretty strong too. I can easily pick it up by the side and it holds together VERY well.
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\nSome orthogonal views.
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\n<\/a>Close -up of the back of the tower showing the stair and ladder access.\"UNSC
\n<\/a>Front view below showing another set of stairs and a ladder. The ladder has two uses. Not only is it access to the third floor, but also makes it easy to get on top of a vehicle for repairs. (Note the Mantis in pics later in this article)\"UNSC
\n<\/a>The side room from the ops room is detachable in case you want a more flat area. Oh and yes, I did not change the ops room at all, with one exception. I moved the door frame to the other side.
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\n<\/a>And now for some shots in action with figures and a Mantis! I happened to be lucky enough to get the Mantis to fit in the first three levels without having to increase any of the levels height.
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\n<\/a><\/a>Below a Spartan climbs up a ladder to talk with a technician.
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\n<\/a>Showing more of the rear view with figures.\u00a0
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\n<\/a><\/a>Below a marine climbs a ladder. Is he going higher in the tower or is he going to work on the Mantis? You decide!
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\n<\/a><\/a>And finally, here are all of the customs I made over the past weekend, with the Halo 4 Warthog also pictured.\"All
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I don’t often make customs, so this weekend was a LOT of fun for me and a way to be creative. I do have one last custom that I’m planning on making. This will be a UNSC Broadsword. It will be made from the Sabre parts from the Countdown set as well as the Shortsword set. Yes, it’s going to go against my normal one set rule…<\/p>\n

So what do you think of this tower? What I like most is it’s accessibility from floor to floor, not to mention it’s HUGE!<\/p>\n

-Sal<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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