10-08-2019, 11:15 AM | #1 |
Stone Warrior
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A map of the 1987 Technodrome/Neca Diorama
The Technodrome, the final shell shock, the gigantic double decker mobile fortress, the name of this lovely website. We loved it from the very start, so impressive, arrogant, unstopable. Its design is awesome till today.
We have seen so many features in the 1987 original cartoon but I wonder if there is somewhere a “map” or blueprints like its 1990 Technodrome toy counterpart. According to Wikipedia it should contain at least the following: 1987–1996 animated TV series and Archie TMNT Adventures comics versions[citation needed][edit] • 972 rooms[5] • Transdimensional portal. • Eyeball missile launchers • 5 trident-shaped laser cannons: two located at the top of the Technodrome at each side of the eye, two on its sides, and one on its front (occasionally, due to animation errors, they're depicted on other places, usually the rear, or more than 5 are seen)[citation needed] • 2 large laser cannons that can be deployed with multiple eyeball missile racks (seen in The Big Blow Out). • A mounted surveillance eye on the top • A mouser factory (seen in A Thing About Rats). • Three-foot-thick titanium armour[citation needed] • Huge tank treads, used to move the Technodrome across land or underground from each location. • Robot-walker legs that can be used instead of tank treads (seen in The Big Blow Out) • Gigantic saw blades and cutting devices (used in The Big Blow Out to get an energy antenna) • Pedal-power Generator (used in The Big Rip-Off to generate a small amount of power when Technodrome was completely out of power) • Large holding cells • Earthquake machine (used in Return of the Technodrome) • Various drilling mechanisms • Tea- and coffee-making facilities (season 4) • Motor pool area that houses foot bikes and technorovers (see season 1) • Trap Door in the center of the main control room as used in Hot Rodding Teenagers from Dimension X • Starfighter deck housing technowings[citation needed] • Classical Japanese dojo rooms[citation needed] • Balance control (during near the end of Season 3) • Anti-gravitation generators making the technodrome able to hover slightly above the ground (used in Return of the Technodrome") • Disintegrator Unit (season 2, "Enter the Fly") • Escape pods (seen in "The Foot Soldiers Are Revolting") • Relay room (seen in "The Big Break In") • video games (seasons 3 and 4, "The Foot Soldiers Are Revolting") • Engine room (seen in "The Big Break In") • Laundry room (seen in "Dimension X Story") • Two stainless steel clad toilets at either end of the structure with industrial-strength rhino dung collector contraptions. • Bonsai Garden • Indoor Pool & Sauna • A "war room" with various robotic sentries (Season 1) Do you think it is possible to make a map or blueprint of the 1987 Technodrome? Any photos? Finally, after seeing the Technodrome´s diorama (or sort of) that were shown in SDCC 2019 and NYCC 2019 Do you believe Neca will try to do it? I have always thought that the real size for a 1987 acccurate Technodrome should be at least a “bedroom size”, have you ever tried to create one? Thanks for reading and for your comments. |
10-08-2019, 12:34 PM | #2 |
Emperor
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This is a great post.
And yes, I think a blueprint/technical poster of the 'Drome is entirely possible and quite frankly a terrific idea. A basic, white line profile drawing of the drome, labeled as if it were transparent (because I've never been a fan of cut away technical illustrations), and printed on Kraft paper with brown surrounds and blue main image color would be great. |
10-08-2019, 12:59 PM | #3 |
Foot Soldier
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They would be smart to hire artist Anthony Petrie to do it.
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