5mo ago

My submission for R. R. Slugger’s Mechtropolis community build event

The theme was essentially Lego City, but with mechs and a focus on their power source. I decided to take this prompt and put mechs in the most mundane and impractical City environment possible: office work.

Working mechs need their cup of coffee/motor oil to keep them energized

Being a mech doesn’t make pencil-pushing or working on spreadsheets any more exciting. The computer, of course, is powered by cute animal pictures.

This mechanized mop bucket is powered by… er.. the messes it cleans up.

Mech Corp.’s CEO gives the quarterly reports. His levitating bow tie is powered by money, and the design is meant to evoke Baron Harkonnen’s or Emperor Palpatine’s life support systems.

I realize I did push the definition of “mech” a bit throughout, but I wanted to go for the absurd.

3 comments

Nice aesthetic!

great work, I really like the parts usage. especially the appendages on the shit swabber: beehive plunger, industrial strength poop knife, and the unique tan croc tail as mop head are fantastic! keep it up 👍
- Thank you! I think those part usages that you mentioned all came from when I had dumped out my parts bin for uncommon parts that are large and/or rarely used. The croc tail in particular scaled nicely and was already a separate piece since I had used the body in a Star Wars MOC. Nice Part Usage is one of my favorite parts of MOCs and sets — there are a lot more NPUs in this post if you look closely, like a basketball hoop on the coffee pot, the white robot’s handlebar speedo, the Bionicle desk chair, and the pith hat toilet.