Geek Crafts

One of the highlights from a Halloween party I attended this past year was a life-size, true to Futurama canon, EtOH fueled Bender being in attendance. Over six feet tall, Bender was skillfully crafted from household items. 

Regretfully, there are not any pictures of the interior of the EtOH cabinet that was custom crafted for this Bender unit.

I can, however, attest that all one needed to do was open the chest compartment, insert an appropriate adult beverage, connect it to the intake hose, and then Bender was able to party on with hands-free operation. Of course, Leela was around to keep an eye on Bender! ‘An eye’ ha…ha…ha…

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Precocious little scamps, aren’t they? These Baby Benders were made by Loefferst (one commissioned by a friend, the other to keep for herself). “Taken straight out of the episode “Lethal Inspection” these lovable little Benders come complete with Mexican beer”. Those beer bottles are life size! These have to be my favorite Futurama amigurumi ever! They took 30 hours, so they’re both full of that emotion I understand is called love.

• Baby Benders on Craftster
• Loefferst’s Profile
• Mostly Nerdy Crochet (blog)
• Infinite Benders Preview
• (Video) “Lethal Inspection” (SPOILERS) clip featuring Baby Bender

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Who’s everyone’s favorite booze guzzling, foul-mouthed, kleptomaniac robot? Well, that’s easy! Bender! I don’t know why we see so many more Bender crafts than any other character from Futurama, but I love them! Coryjo posted her Crocheted Bender on craftster, he’s cute, he’s cuddly, and he’ll do anything to make a buck.

• Crocheted Bender

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Hooks and Needles posted this Futurama inspired Gender Bender Amigurumi on Whip Up. I wish I had words to describe how funny and absolutely genius this Bender doll is! Even people who don’t even watch Futurama were falling out of their chairs laughing when I passed this photo around!

• Futurama Gender Bender

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