Emperor Zurg's New Clothes - adding a Toy Story 2-style skirt to the Lightyear Zurg model - finished 4/30/22

[Murdoch17]

I just bought the Zurg Battle (set 76831) recently. I didn't like the legs, as the look from Toy Story 2 / Buzz Lightyear of Star Command design for Emperor Zurg was (in my honest opinion) much better and more iconic.

Here we see the finished model. Zurg has an orange 2 x 2 "boat stud" in trans-orange on the bottom for his rocket pod feet that you can't see in this shot.

"...and then a little mini-fig shouted 'He's got no pants on!' Emperor Zurg suddenly realized the tiny mini-fig was right, and than the he has been tricked by Buzz Lightyear. So, Zurg re-atomized the poor fig into a compressed cylindrical pile of ash with his finger laser and declared it "No Pants for Emperor's Day."

This is the ending scene from "Emperor Zurg's New Clothes", a popular bed time story for children on Planet Z. (As far as we know, no minifigs were actually re-atomized making this shot.)

In actuality, this is a behind-the-scenes look at how Zurg is assembled.

All the parts needed to remake the legged Zurg from Lightyear into Emperor Zurg with skirt as seen in Toy Story 2*. (NOTE:  The old-style round 2x2 Light bluish gray tile should have the printed "Z" Zurg logo from 2010's Construct-A-Zurg.)

*TS2-film accurate Ion Blaster not included, as I couldn't figure out a design for the tri-barrel that was in scale.

The purple cheese slopes and printed tile go above the wheel arch used on the front of Zurg, while the extra 2x2 plate round goes where the Mixel ball-joint connectors went as the original hips.

You can download the free LDD file for the skirt model in completed form here from Bricksafe.

(Side note: If you thought I said "Zurg" a lot in this post, you're right: I said it twelve times including this last one!)

Enjoy the MOD, and comments, questions, and complaints welcome!

Edited April 30, 2022 by Murdoch17

[icm]

I was wondering when someone would do this! Are you able to post pics of the complete real life build yet?

[Murdoch17]

15 minutes ago, icm said:

I was wondering when someone would do this! Are you able to post pics of the complete real life build yet?

Thanks for asking @icm! When the final 10 parts arrive from Bricklink, then yes, I will. (I ordered them yesterday, but the invoice hasn't been posted yet to pay for it.)

[Murdoch17]

On 4/25/2022 at 3:12 PM, icm said:

I was wondering when someone would do this! Are you able to post pics of the complete real life build yet?

As requested by @icm, here is the completed TS2-styled Zurg, seen with two Zyclops.

...and upgraded Zurg all by himself.

The first post has been modified as well. Thoughts everyone?

[icm]

Ah yes, that's the real Zurg.  The real Zurg wears a kilt, not trousers.