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More Tech Troopers: Recreating iconic images from the life of Bill Gates

By // December 20, 2012, 7:56 AM PST

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  • Tech Troopers Bill Gates gallery, Part II

    In September 2012, I created the Tech Troopers: Recreating iconic images from the life of Bill Gates gallery. I finally got around to putting together part two of this fun series, and the friendly folks at TechRepublic agreed to publish it.

    So, without further ado, here is the second installment of my Geekend series in which I use Star Wars action figures to recreate iconic images from the life of Gates.

    Image created by Greg Shultz for TechRepublic.

  • The Tandy 2000

    This image was inspired by a 1984 advertisement that featured Bill sitting in front of a Tandy 2000 computer running Windows 1.0. The Tandy 2000 featured a 80186 processor and a full color monitor and retailed for a mere $2,999.

    Image created by Greg Shultz for TechRepublic.

  • Hard Drive

    This Tech Trooper image depicts the cover of a 1993 book titled Hard Drive, which provides readers with a fascinating look into the rise of this tyrannical genius.

    Image created by Greg Shultz for TechRepublic.

  • Bill gets pied

    This image was inspired by a February 1998 event in which Bill Gates was a entering a Flemish government building in Flanders to attend a meeting with government officials when a man jumped out and hit Bill in the face with a pie. The attack was caught on film by a news crew covering the event.

    Image created by Greg Shultz for TechRepublic.

  • The Sun workstation

    This image was inspired by a funny commercial for Internet Explorer in which Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer drive around town while listening to the song “Da Da Da (I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha)” by the German band Trio. Along the way, they pick up an old Sun Sparc workstation from the trash and throw it in the back seat of the car. (The ad is a spin-off of a classic Volkswagen commercial.)

    Image created by Greg Shultz for TechRepublic.

  • The Windows 95 launch event

    This Tech Trooper image was inspired by the Windows 95 launch event on August 24, 1995. Bill Gates stood on stage in front of a huge start button as the Rolling Stones song "Start Me Up" played in the background before he began speaking.

    Image created by Greg Shultz for TechRepublic.

  • A 2007 Visual Studio advertisement

    This image was inspired by a 2007 advertisement for Visual Studio and the Beginner Developer Learning Center that featured a young Bill Gates.

    Image created by Greg Shultz for TechRepublic.

  • The Windows Vista launch

    Bill Gates was very enthusiastic about the Vista operating system as he stood in front of the glossy Start orb at a launch event. As we all know, Vista turned out to be a tremendous blunder.

    Image created by Greg Shultz for TechRepublic.

Tech Troopers Bill Gates gallery, Part II

In September 2012, I created the Tech Troopers: Recreating iconic images from the life of Bill Gates gallery. I finally got around to putting together part two of this fun series, and the friendly folks at TechRepublic agreed to publish it.

So, without further ado, here is the second installment of my Geekend series in which I use Star Wars action figures to recreate iconic images from the life of Gates.

Image created by Greg Shultz for TechRepublic.

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By Greg Shultz

Greg Shultz is a freelance Technical Writer. Previously, he has worked as Documentation Specialist in the software industry, a Technical Support Specialist in educational industry, and a Technical Journalist in the computer publishing industry.