00:00The past 10 years, I think we've raised close to $300,000.
00:05for the charities around Australia and the world.
00:10Former tradie Doug Marr, a lifelong sci-fi and video game tragic.
00:15Who's turned a hobby into a lasting legacy for charity.
00:20I'm a lecturer with Brady.
00:21Nowadays, I'm not a sparky anymore.
00:23I work as a gentleman.
00:25In a corporate space.
00:27The thing is, I like building things.
00:28And for me, building things is...
00:30That's how I relax.
00:32What got me to cosplay though, that was...
00:35It was essentially my kids.
00:37My son was about four, my daughter was about six years old.
00:40And they wanted to go down to Supernova down in Sydney.
00:43I've got a pretty heavy...
00:45So if I want to build something, I want to build it good.
00:49And I just couldn't...
00:50Except that the stuff that I bought at the shop was...
00:53I knew it could be better.
00:55Hey, boy.
00:57What are you doing out here all by yourself?
00:59You lose your owner, buddy.
01:00Using the Fallout universe, it's one of the best vehicles for it.
01:04Because...
01:05It's wild, it's wacky.
01:06You've got so many areas that you can actually...
01:08You can source from, but again...
01:10You can be so creative with it as well.
01:15What kind of model is that?
01:18It's the T-60.
01:20I can't imagine getting to put on one of those every day.
01:22First time I put on PR armor, it was one of the...
01:25Self-aggressive feelings ever.
01:26It was awesome.
01:27No word of lie.
01:28It is brilliant.
01:30Besides the fact that you're standing around about seven and a half foot high,
01:34their designs...
01:35So that you're very, very mobile as well.
01:37So I designed and I built up a heel and toe...
01:40And the thing was, when you walk with those things, because they've got these massive...
01:45Springs at the front, the sound effect.
01:47So you're seven and a half foot high.
01:50And you have to stride.
01:51You've got to really move.
01:53You can't sort of pitter-patter around.
01:55And this sound.
01:56Ka-chum, ka-chum, ka-chum, ka-chum.
01:58All that together.
02:00It is awesome.
02:05For the TV show, I was asked to build the T60 Power.
02:10For the season two premiere at the end of Sydney.
02:13And that was awesome.
02:14That was a...
02:15That was a really, really...
02:16Yeah, that was a really awesome moment that was.
02:20I was able to take my son down, because he was helping me build it as well.
02:23Everything I build is around.
02:25And a charity aspect.
02:26So five knock creations like we've been the past 10 years.
02:30I think we've raised close to $300,000 for the charity.
02:35Around Australia and the world.
02:37I've always wanted to...
02:40I've always wanted to help people.
02:42Yeah.
02:43I was always trying to find a way how I could help people.
02:45And I also wanted to be able to be a role model for my children to show that.
02:50It's better to give than it is to take.
02:51And if you have the ability to give, then to give.
02:55And if you don't have the ability to give, then it doesn't make you a bad person.
02:59I mean, three years...
03:00Three years ago, I had a massive, massive stroke.
03:02Killed me dead.
03:03They brought me back.
03:04Three mastermind.
03:05Learned how to walk again.
03:07And six months to learn how to talk again.
03:08Very, very humbling experience.
03:11But I had a lot of help around me.
03:13So for me, I wanted to be able to...
03:15The fallout universe is not so much about...
03:20The destruction is about what you're going to do after the fallout.
03:24How do you...
03:25How do you link with the fallout?
03:26How do you build with the fallout?
03:28So I want to be able to...
03:30Leave behind a legacy that my kids will be able to look back and say,
03:32Hey, look what that did.
03:33Maybe I can do that as well.
03:35Maybe I can do that as well.
03:36Maybe I can do that as well.
03:40Okie dokie.
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