Venturesome DIY'er building Futurama's Bender

Futurama fans (and Bender freaks in particular) may need to be sitting down when viewing this one, as we're fairly certain you'll be at least somewhat blown away by what lies ahead. On a whimsical request from a friend, a pioneering lad set out to not only create a lifelike rendition of Bender, but to "give it a brain" and make it brew beer (saywha?). Judging by his other endeavors, this won't go down as the first alcohol-related project he's undertaken, but he's well on his way to creating what's sure to be a fanboy's dream. The creature is being constructed with an assortment of MDF, glue, polystyrene balls, fiberglass, paint, and all sorts of electronic internals, and while it's not quite complete as of this writing, feel free to bookmark the read link and tag along as the process unfolds.

[mcarter00 @ Aug 9th 2007 8:03AM]

Someone has already done this, saw it in maximum pc once.

[Joe @ Aug 9th 2007 11:13AM]

http://www.asciimation.co.nz/bender/brain.jpg looks like a bomb

[eh @ Aug 9th 2007 10:57AM]

that was a simple case, and didn't brew beer. this one brews benderbrau! big difference

[I LOVE THE CAPS LOCK KEY @ Aug 9th 2007 11:53AM]

Yes and it was much better than the Engadget posted hack job.

http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/bender/

[Guy- @ Aug 9th 2007 8:07AM]

That thing is awesome and terrifying at the same time.

[L. Cyphre @ Aug 9th 2007 8:21AM]

I, for one, welco...

Oh hell, we're screwed.

[strider_mt2k @ Aug 9th 2007 9:03AM]

Will it bend?

[Alexander @ Aug 9th 2007 9:08AM]

Of course it can... 32 degrees, 30 degrees, 31 degrees...

[Clayj @ Aug 9th 2007 9:30AM]

You didn't see the episode where they brew beer inside of Bender? Classic.

[Phour ZwanZig @ Aug 9th 2007 11:17AM]

Yeah, Its gunna have a lil of his Natural Robot Flavoring..

[Cory @ Aug 9th 2007 11:44AM]

I hope it's a lager so I can take it to a ball game.

[Dan @ Aug 9th 2007 9:56AM]

Remember him.

[Peter @ Aug 9th 2007 10:56AM]

Bender, Futurama AND a VIC20 all in the same article. I think I need to change my pants.

[Alex @ Aug 9th 2007 10:56AM]

I'll go build my own Bender, with blackjack... and hookers!

[Clark H. @ Aug 9th 2007 2:43PM]

Oh-aw-well... screw the blackjack... and the Bender... yeah...

[Aaron @ Aug 9th 2007 11:05AM]

The beer thing is because in at least one episode in the show, Bender brewed beer in his body, and 'gave birth' to them at the end of the episode. Sounds cool.

[tkn0spdr @ Aug 9th 2007 11:07AM]

I guess we'll all be biting shiny metal ass soon.

[Wes @ Aug 9th 2007 12:21PM]

I was going to build a real Bender, but Dolomite is hard to come by.

[dudeInAmerica @ Aug 9th 2007 11:31PM]

Congratulations on your promotion..... to GOD!

[PJK @ Aug 10th 2007 4:57AM]

He had me when I saw he makes Benders antennae light up. Priceless.

[The ZeroCorpse @ Aug 12th 2007 7:40PM]

I think we should ALL pitch in $1 to some Japanese robotics firm and convince them to make a line of Bender robots.

Then we should hide our valuables.