This is the Bender page.  I began making Bender before a horrible car accident I was in.  A fractured pelvis put me out of comission for a while.  A year and a half later, I finally completed the most famous cartoon robot of all time, the Bender! >>>   This is Bender, in his full sized all metal constructed glory.  This is a true sculpture as opposed to the other bots I have created.  I like to put at least two or three points of articulation on a robot for posing and general looks.  But Bender works just fine as a static work.  Part of the design (and Benders' TV persona) includes the ability to hold a bottle of beer and a giant steel cigar.

A close up of Bender's cigar.  It is made of forged stainless tubing, then painted to look like burning tobacco.

Just who is this Bender guy? Just in case you've been living under a rock your whole life Bender is the main supporting role in the television series 'Futurama'.  Futurama begins as Philip J. Fry makes a pizza delivery to a bogus call and accidentally (or not) falls into a cryogenic chamber.  He is woken up in the year 3000 and has no idea where he is.  Clamoring about for a phone booth (which he found out is actually a suicide booth) he bumps into an alcoholic obnoxious robot named Bender.  The friendship starts here and seems to never end.  Throughout the series, Benders personality far surpasses most of the humans portrayed in the show.  Apparenty in the future, robots are fueled by alcohol so Bender is drinking a beer most of the time.  His penchant for cigars, prostitutes, foul langauge and kleptomania makes for quite an amusing character.  He has gone through hallucinogenic upgrades, been used as a brewery, been a robotic wrestler, and seems to really have no real reason to be working at the Planet Express cargo company, but has been given titles of "ships cook" and sales associate.  He is also known to have deep desires to be a folk singer and a chef. He was built in Mexico. His serial number, 2716057, is expressible as the sum of two cubes.  He has a twin brother "Flexo", discernable only by Benders lack of a soul patch chin beard (also known as the "douche tag").

Bender shows his current beer, Yuengling Lager, a favorite of the Philadelphia area robots.  Soon to have a bottle of "Benderbraü".

 

Bender's upshot.  Looks like he's about to tell a (bad) joke.		When not storing liquor in there, Bender likes to keep whatever valuables he has recently snatched.  Right now it's empty, but later I will put some fake gold and money in there.
Yes, that is Bender's shiny metal ass.  You know what to do.		Top view of Bender.  It's a face you know you can't trust.

These are the newer shots featuring Benders new visor clip-ons I made.  Now his emotions can shine.

A robot with emotions.... who woulda thought?

More photos and story to come, this page was made in 5 minutes while keeping the chair warm.