Gears of War - Lancer from Amazon, or make your own

I doubt there's anyone reading this who hasn't seen the Lancer for sale on Amazon. $139.99 and it comes with Gears of War 2, or for an extra ten dollars you can get the Gears of War 2 Limited Edition. It's pre-order, though, and not coming out until Nov 7th.

I found this article on Digg, though, at http://www.bitburo.net/game-consoles/microsoft-xbox/make-your-own-gears-of-war-lancer/ and I plan to make my own. It looks a helluva lot better, and I'll probably have it done before November (.. probably ..). Anyone ever do anything like this before? Tips, pictures?

Anyone planning on buying Amazon's Lancer? $140 just seems steep to me.

I'd love to have the replica, but Im not shelling out $140.

Im getting the Limited Edition, so its good enough for me.

I'd love to have the replica, but Im not shelling out $140.

Im getting the Limited Edition, so its good enough for me.

Matt-4542

Try making the Nerf Lancer and we can compare results afterwards. =P