If you follow my Twitter or Facebook, you will know how big of a geek I have been about Disney’s TRON: Legacy. A lot of people have faint memories regarding the original TRON and one of the memories that stand out the most is the infamous Light Cycles. Well, it was only a matter of time before someone created a pretty awesome motorcycle helmet themed after the movie. Parisian motorcycle helmet designer, Les Ateliers Ruby has created a limited edition TRON themed open faced motorcycle helmet feature the every iconic blue and white circuit board graphics. These “Ruby & TRON” helmets aren’t for sale yet, but there is speculation that these helmets will go for a pretty penny. Most likely over $1,500.00+. Yikes! I really dig the old school design of the helmet and it would look freakin’ bad ass if you are a “Cafe Racer” enthusiast.
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Where to buy: Boutique Ruby
WOW! After a less than spectacular release of a X-Men 2 Wolverine (movie version) inspired motorcycle suit, Universal Designs Replicas has released a small teaser image of their newest project, the Iron Man Mark V “Suit Case Suit” leather motorcycle suit inspired from Iron Man 2. When I first heard about this project, I was a bit skeptical considering they were planning to replicate a metal suit into leather. Well, considering this is just a teaser image, I think they did a pretty awesome job.
Devised from the latest advances in armor deployment technology, Tony Stark’s Mark V Armor is vastly more portable than his traditional Iron Man hardware… and now Universal Designs is bringing the Mark V to life as an officially licensed, ‘wearable’ form molded leather motorcycle suit.
We’re going to make the impossible… POSSIBLE!
Sure, the details on the motorcycle suit is pale in comparison to the Mark V suit in the movie, but what UDR was able to do to transer the the original conceptual art to a leather motorcycle suit is epic! I really doubt that the arc reactor on the motorcycle suit will glow like in the picture, but it would be pretty genius if it did. Expect UDR’s Mark V motorcycle suit to drop at the end of the year and expect it to cost you an arm and a leg.
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Back in July, the crew at Universal Design Replicas created a pretty cool leather motorcycle suit crafted to look like Batman’s suit in The Dark Knight. For 2010, Universal Design has created a leather motorcycle suit in the design of Wolverine’s outfit from X-Men 2. Considering the epic nature of Bryan Singer’s last X-Men movie, I can’t help but be a bit unimpressed by Universal Design’s newest creation. Don’t get me the wrong. I have complete faith that UDR’s motorcycle suit is both brilliant in function and craftsmanship, but the the less than spectacular faded orange on black didn’t look that great in the movie and in return, not as great as a motorcycle suit. If I saw someone zoom by in the Dark Knight suit, I would definitely be in awe of the epic-ness of that rider, but if I saw the Wolverine suit, I might think… “whadda douche…”
On that note, great things are on the horizons for UDR as they are feverishly designing and fabricating a leather replica of Tony Stark’s Mark V Iron Man suit (yes… the bitchin’ suit case suit from the Monaco scene from Iron Man 2) in time to release with the premiere of Iron Man 2 in May. I’m hopin’ for the best.
BTW, that Wolvie suit is making the guy’s head look really really small… unless he does have a small dome. Than I’m sorry…
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Dennis “D-Man” Vazquez of Pit Stop Motorsports designed and fabricated a custom Predator motorcycle. Built off a 2007 Suzuki Hayabusa, this crotch rocket got all the fixin’s to become an ultimate Predator bike. Every inch of this bike screams Predator as D-Man puts some amazing custom fabrications on the Hayabusa such as a un-masked Predator’s face for the fairing, custom detailed gas tank, and more. Nothing was left out of this amazing bike. The Predator’s signature weapons such as the plasma caster (shoulder cannon), medikit, and shuriken were incorporated into this bike. It even has Predator’s trophies of one of his prized kills on the side of the fairing. The bloody skull is still attached to its spinal cord and smothered in brain matter and flesh. The Predator motorbike is definitely amazing and gruesome. Great job to the D-Man and the Pit Stop Motorsports team.
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The geeks at
Universal Designs has created a leather motorcycle jacket and accessories based on the batsuit from The Dark Knight.
The set includes a jacket, pants, gloves and boots.
Some of the features of the suit are:
- Strong Cordura Mesh Base with Heavy-duty 4 way stretch Spandex
inserts.
- Removable CE Approved Body Armor in both Jacket and Pants
- Highly detailed, removable lightweight interior lining.
- Form Molded Leather and Kevlar Armor Sectons.
- Made from Quality Tanned Cow Hides
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