The Box Factory

[Stan Alda]

[i]"I wanna go to the box factory. Yay, boxes!
-Ralph Wiggum, [u]The Simpsons: Road Rage[/u][/i]

I finally learned how to map things to boxes using GIMP. Needless to say, I decided to have a little fun and make a set based on using boxes of various kinds as monsters. No fusing them together to make a giant box golem (although that would be pretty cool), no support cards. But they're not ordinary boxes! They're [size="7"][font="Impact"][u][i][b]Strongboxes![/b][/i][/u][/font][/size] ...well, all except 1.

All of them are Union Monsters that capitalize on the old Union Monsters' protective effects--at the expense of the equipped monster not being able to attack. They're meant--like my old Supernova Remnants--to be a temporary defense. But beware; as Union monsters, they all have very long lores.


[i]Wooden Not-So-Strongbox[/i]
[img]http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/2619/190391z.jpg[/img]
EARTH
Level 3
Plant/Union
Once per turn, during your Main Phase, if you control this card on the field, you can equip it to 1 monster on your side of the field as an Equip Spell Card, OR unequip the Union equipment and Special Summon this card in face-up Attack Position. While equipped to a monster by this card's effect, you cannot declare an attack with the equipped monster or activate its effect(s). (1 monster can only be equipped with 1 Union Monster at a time. If the equipped monster is destroyed by a Spell, Trap, or monster effect, or as a result of battle, destroy this card instead.)
0/1500

[i]Reinforced Steel Strongbox[/i]
[img]http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/8205/190391l.jpg[/img]
Level 5
Once per turn, during your Main Phase, if you control this card on the field, you can equip it to 1 monster on your side of the field as an Equip Spell Card, OR unequip the Union equipment and Special Summon this card in face-up Attack Position. While equipped to a monster by this card's effect, increase the DEF of the equipped monster by 750. You cannot declare an attack with the equipped monster or activate its effect(s). (1 monster can only be equipped with 1 Union Monster at a time. If the equipped monster is destroyed by a Spell, Trap, or monster effect, or as a result of battle, place 1 Spell Counter on this card. If this card has 3 Spell Counters on it, and the equipped monster would be destroyed by a Spell, Trap, or monster effect, or as a result of battle, destroy this monster instead.)
0/1800

[i]Composite Material Strongbox[/i]
[img]http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/4109/190391.jpg[/img]
EARTH
Level 6
Rock/Fusion/Union
"Wooden Not-So-Strongbox" + "Reinforced Steel Strongbox"
Once per turn, during your Main Phase, if you control this card on the field, you can equip it to 1 monster on your side of the field as an Equip Spell Card, OR unequip the Union equipment and Special Summon this card in face-up Attack Position. While equipped to a monster by this card's effect, increase the DEF of the equipped monster by 1000. You cannot declare an attack with the equipped monster. (1 monster can only be equipped with 1 Union Monster at a time. If the equipped monster is destroyed by a Spell, Trap, or monster effect, or as a result of battle, place 1 Spell Counter on this card. If this card has 3 Spell Counters on it, and the equipped monster would be destroyed by a Spell, Trap, or monster effect, or as a result of battle, destroy this monster instead.)
0/2200

[i]Combination-Protected Strongbox
[/i][img]http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/2901/190391e.jpg[/img]
EARTH
Level 7
Machine/Union
Once per turn, during your Main Phase, if you control this card on the field, you can equip it to 1 monster on the field as an Equip Spell Card, OR unequip the Union equipment and Special Summon this card in face-up Attack Position. When you equip this card to a monster, call a number from 1 to 6. During each of the controller of the equipped monster's Standby Phases, roll a 6-sided die; if the die result is the same as the called number, destroy this monster. While equipped to a monster by this card's effect, the controller of the equipped monster cannot declare an attack with the equipped monster or activate its effect(s). (1 monster can only be equipped with 1 Union Monster at a time. If the equipped monster would be destroyed by a Spell, Trap, or monster effect, negate that effect. If the equipped monster would be destroyed as a result of battle, negate the attack.)
0/2600

[i]Electric Zapper Strongbox[/i]
[img]http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/6665/190391p.jpg[/img]
LIGHT
Level 5
Thunder/Union
Once per turn, during your Main Phase, if you control this card on the field, you can equip it to 1 monster on your side of the field as an Equip Spell Card, OR unequip the Union equipment and Special Summon this card in face-up Attack Position. While equipped to a monster by this card's effect, you cannot declare an attack with the equipped monster or activate its effect(s). (1 monster can only be equipped with 1 Union Monster at a time. If the equipped monster would be destroyed as a result of battle, destroy the attacking monster and this card instead. If the equipped monster would be destroyed by a Spell, Trap, or monster effect, destroy this monster instead.)
0/1900

[i]Corrosion-Proof Strongbox[/i]
[img]http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/1258/190391d.jpg[/img]
Once per turn, during your Main Phase, if you control this card on the field, you can equip it to 1 monster on your side of the field as an Equip Spell Card, OR unequip the Union equipment and Special Summon this card in face-up Attack Position. While equipped to a monster by this card's effect, you cannot declare an attack with the equipped monster or activate its effect(s). (1 monster can only be equipped with 1 Union Monster at a time. If the equipped monster would be destroyed by a Dissolver Effect, negate the Dissolver Effect. If the equipped monster is destroyed by a Spell, Trap, or monster effect, or as a result of battle, destroy this card instead.)
0/1900

[font="Impact"][size="7"][u][i][b]But wait! There's more![/b][/i][/u][/size][/font]

I also saved the raw plates (the surfaces of each cube) and use them as tileable backgrounds--and now you can too!

[i]Wooden Not-So-Strongbox Plate[/i]
[IMG]http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff443/El_Almhjbat_Wahd/Box%20Factory/woodennot-so-strongboxplate.jpg[/IMG]

[i]Reinforced Steel Strongbox Plate[/i]
[IMG]http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff443/El_Almhjbat_Wahd/Box%20Factory/ReinforcedPlate.jpg[/IMG]

[i]Composite Material Strongbox Plate[/i]
[IMG]http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff443/El_Almhjbat_Wahd/Box%20Factory/CompositeStrongboxPlate.jpg[/IMG]

[i]Combination-Protected Strongbox Plate[/i]
[IMG]http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff443/El_Almhjbat_Wahd/Box%20Factory/SecurityHall.jpg[/IMG]

[i]Electric Zapper Strongbox Plate[/i]
[IMG]http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff443/El_Almhjbat_Wahd/Box%20Factory/ElectricStrongboxPlate.jpg[/IMG]

[i]Corrosion-Proof Strongbox Plate[/i]
[IMG]http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff443/El_Almhjbat_Wahd/Box%20Factory/Corrosion-ProofStrongboxPlate.jpg[/IMG]