The Energon Pub

by **alanyap** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 5:07 am

Oh boy I'm glad I finally put a closure to this. As this MOC (and his accompanying subMOCs minions , Sixgun ,Scamper and Slammer) took me bout 3 months to complete.

My Metroplex is an fairly articulated transformer ,turning into a mobile battle station and a base.

MOBILE BATTLE STATION

8 wheels is not enough . I have to implement 2 more hidden wheels at the center of the vehicle for me to roll it back and forth without scraping the surface.

One notable transformation step is 2 of the back wheels detaches and folded up to for the back mounted cannons in robot mode.

ROBOT MODE

BASE MODE

The above shows how the chest unfolds to form the helipad, and the right arm is shifted to the back to form the tower.

sixguns various components /guns can be connected to the base mode to weaponize it.

For complete set of photos and also transformation steps , do check out my blog link below. thanks =)

Alanyuppie's LEGO Transformers: LEGO Metroplex: Part 1 of 3: Mobile Battle Station

News Credits: 19 · by **Carnivius_Prime** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 12:33 pm

Lego Transformers aren't my thing but damn this looks so well designed and true to the character. Very impressed.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Sun Aug 30, 2015 8:15 am

Holy carp.

by **Zeek99g** » Sun Aug 30, 2015 9:20 am

Wow! That is amazing!

by **UltraMarginal** » Mon Aug 31, 2015 12:23 am

that there, is some spectacular work. How much time did you spend designing and building this! :BOWDOWN:

by **Yotsuyasan** » Mon Aug 31, 2015 4:41 am

This is awesome. I had to go check out your blog to confirm a few things... You mentioned here "components of Six-Gun," but shared no photos that showed if Six-Gun himself could be built...

Alas, seems you were less successful with Scamper. Not to take away from your awesome accomplishment, but it is a bit disappointing that he doesn't have his own robot mode, instead just becoming an alternate torso to connect to Six-Gun componants. I am guessing it was just a matter of what you could make at that scale that works, but to me Six-Gun and Scamper should be separate characters.

(Slammer also being an extra Six-Gun torso, though, I just see as a bonus, since I don't worry about Slammer needing to transform in the first place!)

Any gripes about Scamper aside... awesome job! I love it!