The shared vision of creativity and fun. You were the only delight in recent times. Still, my experiences have woven a tapestry of complications which have forced me to disappear. I cannot offer a complete explanation for a variety of reasons but I felt obligated to send you a note in an attempt to convey my appreciation. You have had faith. You have made a difference. You have seen the importance.
While my experience has left me drained of my finances and my privacy. Robbed of my creativity, passion, and so many years of my life. I only hope that a spark remains in you all. An idea is immortal. The business at hand. The wasted energy for the invented rules of the system demands one final task of me.
Having recently endured the experience, the ritual of closing down my company, I have removed all aspects of the associated business. Websites, products, and otherwise. I cannot allow this to happen.
I am now powerless but I am, fortunately, not in possession of Toy Soldiers Unite! I am certain that many of you have a variety of opinions regarding my slip into silence. I can ask nothing from you but mutual respect. I wish great happiness for the Toy Soldiers. I always have. There was so much I wanted to give you. So many ideas which were unable to manifest into reality. It has destroyed a very cherished part of me. This chapter is over. This chapter is closed. The universe has swallowed up those opportunities and I am no longer compatible on this frequency.
I search now only for peace and quiet. If things had been different, I would have given you the gift of your very own robot.
It could have been a reality. I do believe that. I am not mad. Only perhaps a creative who has been immersed in the bureaucracy of his own demise for too long.
I must rest now. I thank you for your understanding. Doctor Steel. The relationship did not go well. Here is her initial post in the group:. Look at that, 10 years. I was just a 22 year old kid, obsessed with this musician who was aiming to do so much more than just music. I haven't posted in this group before because I wasn't really on Facebook around the time he was throwing the towel in and we were having some of the biggest blowouts over his decision that our relationship had ever seen.
A huge part of my soul, along with hundreds of other Toy Soldiers', was crushed that day and I never got it back. Before donning the goggles and becoming Doctor Steel, Phineas worked at a toy factory which he was fired from for not conforming to toy-design standards. After finding his true self and ideology, he became Doctor Steel. His plan for world domination included giant robots and propaganda. People interested in joining his fan club could sign up to become a Toy Soldier.
Doctor Steel's manifesto was available on his website in the about section, prior to it being taken down. The website is still accessible using the wayback machine. Well, given that in one of his videos he's seen welding, they probably do do something. In his video interview, "Vision" , he says that he wears the glasses of a blind man as a metaphor. Since many Toy Soldiers are steampunks, a lot of them wear goggles as well. Government Conspiracy : See Ancient Conspiracy above.
Growing Up Sucks : Dr. Steel's other primary motivation, besides revenge. Happy Dance : Dr. Steel jauntily dances at the end of Episode 1 of The Dr. There is also a section on his website where you can make him do several dance moves to some old-timey music. Steel breaks into these dance moves as the helicopter spotlight hits him - and the music from the website begins to play. Harmless Villain : Although having a villainous outer appearance, Dr. Steel's goals are really very positive and even kid-friendly.
He just wants to make the world a better place for himself. Tropes K-N. Kids Rock : "Smokey's Theme". Lab Pet : Dr. Steel has a lab hamster in "The Dr. Steel Show" episodes 1 and 2. The one in episode 1 dies, giving him a moment of grief but only a moment While he's shown as being fond of them as pets, he's apparently not too attached to them either that or he's not very good at naming pets ; the second one seen has the imaginative name "Hamster 65".
Laughably Evil. Laughing Mad : Steel can be heard engaging in a mad laugh near the end of his self-titled song, "Dr. Steel Show , episode 1. Steel enters his lab at the beginning of the show to wild applause, which he reacts humbly to Steel breathes on a creepy toy and brings it to life; it subsequently brings all the other creepy toys to life.
Lotus Position : Dr. Steel assumes this position complete with saffron robes in his video, "The Singularity". Ludd Was Right : Dr. Steel's idea of a perfect world is where everything un-fun is done with automatons. He has already attempted the creation of a robot band, but things went horribly wrong.
At least in miniature He also believed that machines would eventually take over the world. Mad Artist : Undeniably a gifted artist, Steel screams "I'm the greatest creator this world's ever seen! Mad Bomber : Dr. Steel sings about laughing maniacally while setting off explosives.
Mad Doctor : Not sure what he's a doctor of , but he is attended by sexy nurses. The Mad Hatter : "I am crazy. And it's a great load off my mind. Mad Scientist : Duhurrrrrrr. Mad Scientist Laboratory : In the music section of his site. Looks rather charming, too. Steel is preoccupied with the trappings of childhood, obsessed with toys and longing openly for the carefree days of youth.
His personality is often goofy and playful, but then his toys are often dangerous, creepy and makeshift , and his personality can quickly swing to one that is angry, vindictive and violent. Man of Wealth and Taste : When not dressed in his labcoat , Dr. He even has his own personal clothier! Mass Hypnosis : Dr.
Steel uses mind control cookies and subliminal messages. And a particularly mesmerizing "hidden" Positive Affirmation track on a few of his CDs. McDonald's : In one song, Dr. Steel sings that he has a "Ronald McRaygun". Mechanical Evolution : Dr. Steel believed that machines would eventually get so sophisticated that they would develop sentience. And we would screw up the world so much that only they would be fit to continue to survive in it.
Merchandise-Driven : Dr. Steel owned his own toy company, World Domination Toys , and sings about his listeners buying his toys. Also pimps one on one of his videos. Tropes O-R. Obfuscating Insanity : "Hello, my name is Dr. Phineas Waldolf Steel and I'm crazy. At least that's what they tell me. It's a real load off of my mind too. I mean you can get away with pretty much anything if you're bonkers.
It really relieves a lot of pressure and responsibility for me. Steel's PhD is never elaborated on according to him, he is a "doctor of reality engineering" , but he's "displayed" skills in engineering, mathematics, biology, medicine, chemicals Steel claimed that he was forced to give up being Dr. Steel, and everything that went with that name. But in one last act of defiance, he handed ownership of his fan club, Toy Soldiers Unite, to his fans, that they could continue on.
Percussive Maintenance : In The Dr. Steel Show , Episode 3, Dr. Steel's last resort in silencing a broken videophone is to take a giant sledgehammer to it. Pineal Weirdness : Dr. Steel's PSA, "Imagination. Steel played the accordion and was pretty damn cool. Steel refers to them as the "Alien Illuminati", and at times as "The System.
Present Peeking : In "The Dr. Steel Christmas Special", Doctor Steel gets impatient and decides to open some of his presents early. Thank you ever so much. I certainly cannot wait until Christmas. And so Thank you, ever so much. Steel was a former toymaker who, in a fit of rage over being fired for creating drastic designs such as babies with buzzsaws for hands,burned down the factory he worked at and was committed to a psychiatric institution.
The back-story relates that Steel escaped the sanitarium and retreated to a deserted island laboratory, where he became bent on world conquest in order to create a "Utopian Playland" where his toy designs could be enjoyed. As a mad scientist, Steel is obsessed with conspiracy theories, giant robots,baking cupcakes and experimenting with hamsters.
In appearance, Steel draws on the mad scientist archetype, dressing in a white PVC lab coat with comically large black buttons , black PVC gloves, black boots, shaved head, sinister goatee, and antique welder's goggles. When not in his "mad scientist" costume, Steel typically dresses in a very aristocratic neo-Victorian steampunk style, while still retaining his goggles. He has never been seen without the goggles.
Doctor Steel appears in numerous short videos released on his website. One such is a six minute "propaganda" film called Building a Utopian Playland which is also available in DVD form along with a sample CD with music on it, for free simply by contacting Doctor Steel via email. Another is a series called The Dr.
Steel Show, set in his fictitious lab on his fictitious private island. Episode 3, which is the official music video for his song, Back and Forth, which featured video clips sent in by Toy Soldiers, was showcased on MTV's website as a part of their online video series, Steampunk Infiltrates The Mainstream. Steel also releases what he calls "public service announcements" covering philosophical subjects such as transhumanism, freedom of thought, and subjective reality.
Steel, in which Steel himself answers questions asked by Toy Soldiers. In , Joss Whedon released a short musical film online entitled Dr.
Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. A firestorm of controversy quickly erupted as fans of Steel, and Steel himself, noted the similarities between Dr. Steel and Dr. Steel Read-A-Long. This controversy attracted the attention of national media and was reported in Wired magazine, in which Dr.
Horrible co-writer Maurissa Tancharoen responded, "All we have to say on the subject is we've never heard of Dr. Steel before.
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