The Energon Pub

News Credits: 8 · by **Jin Saotome** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 12:07 am

Drumroll if you will! After what, weeks, a month maybe, my Leader Class Prime is finally finished. I had one hell of a time opening him up because I was determined to swap the yellow LED eyes out for a blue one. Turns out there was this metal pin that was covered in plastic keeping him together. Once that was tapped out, Prime opened up like an middle-aged-rock star on a psychiatrist's couch. I created his sword from the clear orange plastic of a 22 bullet ammo case. This stuff is STRONG, took me a whole to dremel it out, I think it’s solid acrylic. Click Prime's link for the info on how it attaches and such tho! Optimus Prime

Now for Starscream! A pilot of an F-22 Raptor emailed me and asked if I would consider making SS look like a real Raptor as they’re gray, not tan. Low and behold the gray paint job makes him look WAY cooler IMO. I hate missile fingers so I ended up making removable, fully poseable arms this time around. Did you know a Xevoz balljoint will fit up into SS’s empty shoulder socket perfectly? Now you can swap his arms out easily with anything using those! Check SS’ link for the complete write up of what I made the arms from and more! Starscream

by **jimsloth** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:27 pm

finally a movie starscream worth owning! I never thought it would happen, but I'm not surprised you're the one to do it.

by **wldchld0783_338** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 9:51 am

lovin these fig Jin, but as good as that screamer looks, I like the sandy colored one better for some reason. Maybe someday you'll make one with the arms like this in that color too. Id love to see how to would look.