Few builders in the LEGO community are as prolific and full of surprises as Australian artist Shannon Sproule, whose work we’ve admired since the site’s early years. During the fall of this year, Shannon focused on building “Z-Bots” – retro robots in bright colors inspired by the toy line of the early ’90s, many of which were donated to the Creations for Charity auction. For his latest build, Shannon sticks with the retro robots while bringing in a Zoids-inspired wind-up look for a new type of toy he calls the Strydor.

The Strydor comes in grey Scavenger,  yellow Searcher, and white and blue Rescue varieties (swap the red for trans orange and the latter would make a great Ice Planet mech!).

While they don’t actually wind-up, they sure look like they would, thanks to those 4+ set legs. I can practically hear the motors whirring!