My buddy Trent is making action figure weapons through Shapeways, and since one of them included a head on stick, I kind of had to get it.  Plus, y'know, my buddy Trent.  I've never bought anything from Shapeways before and so it would be fun to see what that's all about.  (As far as I understand, you can give them 3D models of stuff they download into reality, aka plastic.)

Trent is making a bunch of stuff that enhance your Transformers figures (or any other toy with 5mm pegholes) but not in a way that infringes on their intellectual property.  That's something I can get behind.  This one's called the "5mm MakeShift Weapons Set."  And so there's a car engine flail and some arm claws made out of garbage and, of course, the generic robot head impaled upon a smokestack so as to be used as a hammer.  As you do.

The accessories are "printed" on a to-order basis and mailed to you, and arrive unpainted.  So I painted mine!  It was fun to do, and I got to add lots of dribbling mech fluids.  I was a little worried that the paint would not survive interacting with the figure, but it seems to be resilient enough.  It doesn't scrape or make the accessory too wide for the grip.  So huzzah.

And now my toys can beat each other with heads on sticks, which is a noble goal.