Gears of War Locust gets busted

Gears of War 2 arrives in stores today, and what better way to get swept up in the tide of launch hype than to drop an unreasonable amount of money on a merchandising tie-in? For gamers with heavy wallets and disconcertingly normal home décor, TriForce Sales today announced that it has completed...

Gears of War 2 arrives in stores today, and what better way to get swept up in the tide of launch hype than to drop an unreasonable amount of money on a merchandising tie-in? For gamers with heavy wallets and disconcertingly normal home décor, TriForce Sales today announced that it has completed work on a solution just for them.

The Gears of War Locust Drone bust is a life-size design maquette of the game's gruesome alien shock troopers. The drone maquette is sure to brighten any home by forever watching inhabitants with sunken, beady yellow eyes, while the receding gum line and lack of proper lips showcase poor dental hygiene sure to prove an interesting conversation starter among guests.

To ensure every detail from the porcine nose to the sickly pale skin was loving rendered with painstaking accuracy, TriForce enlisted Epic Games art director Chris Perna to sculpt the bust, whereas special-effects creator Jordu Schell handled the painting. The 1:1 scale maquette stands 19" tall and weighs a whopping 15 pounds. The $549.99 price of the piece is equally whopping, and deranged Martha Stewart types should begin receiving them in the first quarter of 2009.

Those looking for more replica schwag from the game might be interested in TriForce's replica Lancer Assault Rifle from the game. Not to be confused with the NECA Lancer replica included in Amazon.com's Gears of War 2 bundle, the TriForce rifle weighs 15 pounds and clocks in at a hefty $949.99.

238 Comments

  • tlow0678

    Posted Nov 15, 2008 6:14 pm PT

    lol gamespot u make me laugh with your clever writings

  • HD360gamer

    Posted Nov 15, 2008 5:49 pm PT

    oh shut up u guys. none of u can buy this nor get if from mommy and daddy

  • kriptonzz

    Posted Nov 11, 2008 9:51 pm PT

    I got the NECA one, it's pretty good, once I slipped some tin foil in the battery connector.

  • HeroicNmaster

    Posted Nov 11, 2008 12:25 pm PT

    that would be good for Halloween its a bit scarier than a pumpkin

  • Shipangi

    Posted Nov 10, 2008 10:19 pm PT

    sweet

  • deadclown1

    Posted Nov 10, 2008 7:14 pm PT

    well it is expensive but honestly i expected it to cost more anyway love gears of war looking forward to getting to gears of war 2 even tho im still stuck on general raam on the first one

  • berga52

    Posted Nov 10, 2008 6:31 pm PT

    You could get 9 games for that price.

  • Sauron2

    Posted Nov 10, 2008 6:31 pm PT

    Of course! its PERFECT for the way the economy is

  • Chief_Kuuni

    Posted Nov 10, 2008 2:09 pm PT

    wow, that's about all I can say to that. big money for some nice stuff

  • bulletwaster

    Posted Nov 10, 2008 1:20 pm PT

    what's with the hate? This is pretty bad-ass.

  • xxxkinkykevxxx

    Posted Nov 10, 2008 12:03 pm PT

    they wounder why the game econemy is going to pot, cos the waste too much time and money on rubish like this, spend the time and money on a new game instead we would much prefer that

  • MajorBrian

    Posted Nov 10, 2008 10:30 am PT

    Why on earth would someone pay that much money for this thing? If you have that much money give me $60 so I can buy the game! Im poor

  • jazilla

    Posted Nov 10, 2008 9:12 am PT

    Even if I had this kind of money to spend on something this pointless, there are a ton of other pointless items that I would spend the money on before this.

  • sgt-hawkins

    Posted Nov 10, 2008 9:02 am PT

    How to fail
    1 get a bunch of money(at least 9000 gold)
    2 buy this 3 ????
    4 profit

  • shadowblade99

    Posted Nov 10, 2008 8:27 am PT

    Wow, for those of us that have tons of money in these economical troubles....

  • cooldude03

    Posted Nov 10, 2008 8:27 am PT

    If I could just waste it on totally awesome useless stuff I'd definitely get this.

  • KingWallace9

    Posted Nov 10, 2008 6:45 am PT

    The lancer was kinda a cool idea, but this? What the hell.

  • Almighty-mints

    Posted Nov 10, 2008 5:50 am PT

    Yeah personal COG tags would be pretty cool
    But this thing is rediculous

  • jmartin1016

    Posted Nov 10, 2008 5:46 am PT

    TroForce should make personalilzed COG Tags. I'd buy one.

  • Gadeos

    Posted Nov 10, 2008 5:16 am PT

    Hope right now I had to afford both this drone bust and the lancer... awesome work

  • dido85

    Posted Nov 10, 2008 4:22 am PT

    they should make a wretch.. It could be like a creepy teddy bear or something and you could sleep hugging the thing or give to your girlfriend (if you need a getaway strategy)!!

  • anon525

    Posted Nov 10, 2008 3:20 am PT

    It looks like they're high quality resin models which is why they're so expensive. For a comparison of prices with other resin models check out http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/ (note that the forgeworld models come unpainted, and they're in pounds not dollars).

  • RonTorque

    Posted Nov 10, 2008 1:39 am PT

    WOW,that's big,expensive and ugly...lol
    Just kiddin.
    Looks awesome but it's a way too expensive.
    Looks nice though.

  • noirsake

    Posted Nov 9, 2008 11:24 pm PT

    now why would I want to pay $550 on something that looks exactly like my ex-girlfriend?

  • Jonnyd108

    Posted Nov 9, 2008 10:11 pm PT

    They're expensive cuz they are probably not mass produced. Less quantity = more expensive to make

  • HappyBB

    Posted Nov 9, 2008 8:58 pm PT

    what's point of this? Showing off!? This is unwise!!

  • Skindofthedred

    Posted Nov 9, 2008 8:38 pm PT

    Make a 1:1 scale of the enitre thing. and charge the same price. then i bet it would sell.
    Or even better, make it a costume.
    I also like the idea of hollowing out the head so you can wear just the mask and run around naked with it on =)

  • NoseWeed619

    Posted Nov 9, 2008 7:22 pm PT

    WTF! Why would they price these things at such high prices. It doesn't make much sense.

  • TongLong

    Posted Nov 9, 2008 6:34 pm PT

    That would look nice on top of someone's Christmas tree.

  • Drz4tobate

    Posted Nov 9, 2008 5:59 pm PT

    Sure it does!! but too much money!!

  • WalkinRobot

    Posted Nov 9, 2008 5:29 pm PT

    that thing looks scary, I wont buy it to brighten my home

  • T070Y

    Posted Nov 9, 2008 5:23 pm PT

    laaame article. boooring!!
    who cares about this, nobody is goin to buy this

  • CATERBIRD

    Posted Nov 9, 2008 5:06 pm PT

    man, thats alot for a bust, even more lancer, how big is the bust man, thats wayy too much!

  • PotatoSandWitch

    Posted Nov 9, 2008 4:59 pm PT

    all they need to say is what it is and the price. look at that four paragraph wallotext.

  • KickinIt_ftw

    Posted Nov 9, 2008 4:36 pm PT

    @DataDream:

    "What??? A 1:1 scale "Life Size Replica" - is... only 19" tall???"

    The sculpture is the bust of the Locust drone, not the entire body. It's 1:1 scale.

  • tobkinator

    Posted Nov 9, 2008 4:26 pm PT

    Skorge looked like a tranny

  • fooltoast

    Posted Nov 9, 2008 4:23 pm PT

    only cool if you can hollow it out, and wear it while running nude through the streets

  • aduttyfoot

    Posted Nov 9, 2008 3:30 pm PT

    on amazon there are a bunch of people who bought the lancer assault rifle for the whopping 139 dollars and are now complaining because they have to use a paperclip to put in between the battery so the darn thing will work. not sure why you would waste 139 dollars on something like that, or even 549dollars on this bust.

  • stevo_360

    Posted Nov 9, 2008 11:42 am PT

    I sort of want to buy that.

  • ascalon94

    Posted Nov 9, 2008 11:05 am PT

    does anyone think Skorge looks like a Predator?

  • jeffgordonfan24

    Posted Nov 9, 2008 10:23 am PT

    Man! I should've dressed up like that! Then everyone would think I'm my brother!

  • THA-TODD-BEAST

    Posted Nov 9, 2008 10:08 am PT

    I absolutely can't stand the news article titles Gamespot chooses. They should just cut out the ridiculous puns and tell us what the article is actually about before we click it to see what the hell they're referring to.

  • 73X

    Posted Nov 9, 2008 9:51 am PT

    If it was a Skorge bust I'd definitely buy one.

  • lightwarrior179

    Posted Nov 9, 2008 9:40 am PT

    Now who would buy that if the Halloween is already over?

  • normsta

    Posted Nov 9, 2008 8:55 am PT

    Yeah... sad, sad, sad...

  • -WHATTHEDUECE-

    Posted Nov 9, 2008 8:35 am PT

    when reading the title i honestly thought some guy dressed up like a Locust and held up a liquor store... or something.

  • xTheExploited

    Posted Nov 9, 2008 8:22 am PT

    @DataDream its just the head, which would be pretty big. if it where the whole body it would cost a few thousand.

  • otanikun

    Posted Nov 9, 2008 7:37 am PT

    That would make a great halloween decoration but only and idiot is going to buy something that costs an ungodly amount of money; sure nobody needs alot of things but this?
    Purely for fans only and like it says, "Heavy wallets"
    That goes for both items for sale, nearly 1G for a replica rifle?, unthinkable.

  • Fergy33WF

    Posted Nov 9, 2008 7:32 am PT

    @DataDream - If you go to the product page of the website it looks like it is a replica of just the head so 19" would seem right. I'd imagine that an entire body would cost a small fortune to produce/buy!

  • DataDream

    Posted Nov 9, 2008 7:20 am PT

    What??? A 1:1 scale "Life Size Replica" - is...

    only 19" tall???

    LMAO - um yeah the Locust just got allot less formidable to me. I mean now I think Fenix needs a curb stomp ability like in DeadSpace cuz that's pretty much all he has to do is step on these guys.

    Maybe that's a typo and it's supposed to be 79" which would be over 6'?

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