The Energon Pub

by **SPC Airborne** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 6:40 pm

I've been working on him for a few weeks off and on and finally finished him today. He is on Ebay so bid please.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Custom-Blackout-Tra ... dZViewItem

by **Sparky** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 6:42 pm

I dunno if he supposed to be or not...but in your pics both Scorpie and Blackout are gold...maybe the flash your using?? I like the addition of the "4500X" bit.

by **SPC Airborne** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 6:47 pm

They aren't gold, it's the flash. Here's a better pic and a link to my photobucket site.

http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b330/ ... 0Blackout/

News Credits: 1 · by **Sherade** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 7:07 pm

Ohh, another awesome Blackout, nicely done.You should really make him gold. That'd be awesome. "God Blackout"

by **homelessjunkeon** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 8:14 pm

NEW TAKARA RUCKY DIP MAIR IN!

by **SPC Airborne** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 10:51 pm

Got some better pics since the lighting made some of the originals look gold.

You can see all of the pics here:

http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b330/abn...vie%20Blackout/

by **SPC Airborne** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 10:51 pm

homelessjunkeon wrote:NEW TAKARA RUCKY DIP MAIR IN!

huh?

by **SPC Airborne** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 2:33 am

Sherade wrote:Ohh, another awesome Blackout, nicely done.You should really make him gold. That'd be awesome. "God Blackout"

Why Gold?

Website · by **Skullgrin140** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 3:38 am

Nice job! I also like the new silver recolour

Its about time that the movie toys finally got some golden versions.

by **SPC Airborne** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 3:50 am

Skullgrin140 wrote:Nice job! I also like the new silver recolour Its about time that the movie toys finally got some golden versions.

No, he's not gold at all. Never was. That's the lighting making him look gold in the first set of pics.

BTW, ya'll actually want a GOLD one???

by **Toyotus Superion** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 3:54 am

Good job on the paint. Looks cool. Now, if you really want to sell it, you make us a LEADER CLASS version that's more movie accurate. Go on. do it.

by **SPC Airborne** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 11:47 am

Haven't seen a Leader class version.

Is it out in the US?

News Credits: 5 · by **decepticonjon** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 11:48 am

dude that looks great, welcome to the site

News Credits: 1 · by **Sherade** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 12:16 pm

Why we want gold? Because it looks awesome, like those ancient tranformers statues, or that one G1 episode, Golden Lagoon, or somethin' like that.

Mostly cause it's cool.

by **SPC Airborne** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 1:15 pm

Sherade wrote:Why we want gold? Because it looks awesome, like those ancient tranformers statues, or that one G1 episode, Golden Lagoon, or somethin' like that.

Mostly cause it's cool.

I'll look into that!

by **homelessjunkeon** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 4:07 pm

SPC Airborne wrote:BTW, ya'll actually want a GOLD one???

See Takara lucky dip comment above, and google "signed by jesus".

by **SPC Airborne** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:37 pm

About 4 days left on the auction. Hopefully, I'll have another custom to go up around the time it ends.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Custom-Blackout-Tra ... dZViewItem

by **SPC Airborne** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 1:13 pm

2 days left to bid!

News Credits: 1 · by **Sherade** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 1:37 pm

Dude, you ae being ripped off. Take it off, put it back on ebay for $30.00. A custom like that plus the twenty dollar base is woth more than two dollars.

by **SPC Airborne** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 5:08 pm

Sherade wrote:Dude, you ae being ripped off. Take it off, put it back on ebay for $30.00. A custom like that plus the twenty dollar base is woth more than two dollars.

It'll go higher. It has a few ppl watching it so I'm hoping it jumps on the last day. It's up to about $8.50 now. Yes, I'm bummed it isn't higher at the moment. Jin's jumped to $50 within it's first few hours of being listed but Jin is a more well known customizer and I'm still trying to get recognition.

by **SPC Airborne** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 12:11 am

A little over a day left on the auction. I'll have a Robot Replicas Bumblebee custom ready to go up around the time it ends.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Custom-Blackout-Tra ... dZViewItem

by **SPC Airborne** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 1:52 am

Is the music playing in the background of my auction for anyone? It's not playing for me now. I wonder if Ebay took it out?

by **Ramrider** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 6:27 am

I dunno about the music, my speakers aren't plugged in.

I was really confused by the first couple of gold pics. How the hell did that happen? 'Cause I could understand it if everything had a yellowish shade, but the cloth it's standing on is just grey.

Hopefully you'll get the coveted last-minute bidding war; as you say, there's still a day to go. What did you ask as a starting bid? A lot of people put things up at 99 cents, or even one cent, expecting their lot to go through the roof. But the lower the starting price is, the longer it takes to get up to a decent price; if you'd put up a starting price of ten or fifteen dollars, you'd probably actually be higher by now, and at least not making a loss.

by **Tom_Servo** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:03 am

Nicely done. I'm glad to see you getting some action on your auction.
But I have to be true to my grumpy-old self and offer some unsolicited advice for your next project. If you want some nice, neat lettering without all the hassle of doing it by hand, pick up a sheet of rub-on letters from your nearest stationary section. They take some practice, but they look great. Just be sure to put a clear varnish over them or they come right back off.

by **SPC Airborne** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:15 am

Thanks for the info, Tom! I'll try that.

And Ramrider, I started it out at $0.99 to try to get ppl's attention. I'm really starting to believe the pics that make him look gold are what's holding the auction down. If I don't see some serious changes in price later tonight, I'm taking it down and reposting it with no gold-looking pics. And the cloth in the background is actually blue. Freakin' lighting! :MAD: