The Energon Pub

Yes! this my 3rd rendition of LEGO Snapdragon since the very first one made I about 15 years ago (when I first rekindled my passion with LEGO as an adult)

VERSION 1 (2004)

Back then most of the parts I used came from LEGO sets so I just make do with whatever colors I had.

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More photos here:
http://www1.mocpages.com/moc.php/6853

[B]VERSION 2 (2012)[/B]

Leaps and bound improvement over v1. I was pretty satisfied with the outcome then. I even cloned 2 extra copies of this creation to be displayed in a LEGO exhibition in 2015 .. so visitors can see all 3 modes

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More photos here:
http://www.moc-pages.com/moc.php/341274

On retrospect, I found version 2 to be pretty dated now with a few design glitch

> like protruding robot head on the jet undercarriage
> weak jet nosecone design that tend to detach easily
> shoulders too wide (think "ROTF Leader Class Optimus Prime")
> robot back kibble jutting out at a weird angle.

VERSION 3 (2019)

What meant to be a quick 1 week project , dragged on to about 2 weeks: My overzealousness got the better of me. Part of the long list of to-fix's:

> Every nooks and corners were rebuilt to strengthen weak hinges
> Rounder/more cylindrical arms.
> Nosecone-kibble tucked in more neatly to the robot's back.
> beast head too funny-looking. off with the buck teeth!
> narrower shoulders.

..and of coz... a color scheme closer to his G1 toy version.

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more photos here:
http://alanyuppie.blogspot.com/2019/07/ ... ion-3.html

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Nicely done! Having the tailfins become the dino head was a slick idea

Always love seeing your work with LEGO, especially the story behind this one! Please keep sharing your unique creations

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Nicely done! Having the tailfins become the dino head was a slick idea

Yep. thanks! That's one of my favorite part of the transformation too!

Latebrus-K wrote:Always love seeing your work with LEGO, especially the story behind this one! Please keep sharing your unique creations

I'm currently having of backlogs of 5 yet to be completed LEGO TF, due to lack of VERY specific lego parts ( like Kup's light blue fenders) .

Will complete Broadside by the end of this month.

Video is up folks! part 2 will come sometime next week!