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I've been fortunate enough to find a group of bead sprite fanatics like me in a little place called The Bead-Sprites Forum, and this group has one member whose pieces are making him stand out from the regular crowd

Doctor Octoroc has made some cute mini 3D versions of our favorite Nintendo consoles, as well as a few life size models as well, all using fused beads to craft them. Anyone who has tried to work with fused beads knows that making 3D pieces is hard because either the beads won't fit together in the end, or the darn pieces just break during construction.

Doc has made a life size Game Boy, Wii plus remote, and a GameCube so far. He's also made a mini-NES, SNES, N64 and GameCube. 

Check out the gallery for all the 3D bead Nintendo consoles.


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Tragic Hero's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/30/2008 21:47
Tragic Hero
THATS WHAT SHE SAID!

Seriously though, those are pretty awesome. I like the WiiMote.
JDUB X's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/30/2008 21:55
JDUB X
Disc goes Where?
NihonTiger90's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/30/2008 21:59
NihonTiger90
Holy crap, wow... some people have a lot of skill and time on their hands! And that's not a bad thing! :)
wannabepunktony's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/30/2008 22:07
wannabepunktony
AWESOME!
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/30/2008 22:27
Jonathan Holmes
Very nice. It make a me happy.
Neonie's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/30/2008 22:40
Neonie
That is just epic.
RitualNet's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/30/2008 22:50
RitualNet
So, these are those Hama beads, that you iron on one side to "stick" them together?
Pepillou2's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/30/2008 23:37
Pepillou2
ZOMG do freaking want
MonkeyKombat's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 00:07
MonkeyKombat
SWEET!!
Orionsaint's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 00:48
Orionsaint
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 10:58
Mxyzptlk
Color me impressed.
A Humble Mr Perfect's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 12:17
A Humble Mr Perfect
@ritualnet:
They are actually aqua dots.
Now my two hobbies: videogames and roofies blend together. :)
It'll keep my dog from eating it.
MissHinasaki's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 12:53
MissHinasaki
Wow, life size gamecube is impressive. Is it solid beads?
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