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One thing to keep in mind about the movie designs is that we know they don't mind one bit if metal just bends in half of its own free will. Just look at what happens to Bumblebee's license plate.

FracturedKoi wrote:One thing to keep in mind about the movie designs is that we know they don't mind one bit if metal just bends in half of its own free will. Just look at what happens to Bumblebee's license plate.

Yeah, it's one hell of a jock strap.

Swerve wrote:

FracturedKoi wrote:One thing to keep in mind about the movie designs is that we know they don't mind one bit if metal just bends in half of its own free will. Just look at what happens to Bumblebee's license plate.

Yeah, it's one hell of a jock strap.

*boing*

FracturedKoi wrote:

Swerve wrote:

FracturedKoi wrote:One thing to keep in mind about the movie designs is that we know they don't mind one bit if metal just bends in half of its own free will. Just look at what happens to Bumblebee's license plate.

Yeah, it's one hell of a jock strap.

*boing*

Welcome, to the wonderful world of Bay realism!

I don't even care if success is had here. I just like the thread, and the possibility.

Another board member and myself are talking about making an Alternators style Laserbeak.

I went to school for engineering, so I know it's possible.

peegoo sounds like a smart one. Take it slow, i'll enjoy every step of the way!

AlienQuiksilver wrote:I don't even care if success is had here. I just like the thread, and the possibility.

Another board member and myself are talking about making an Alternators style Laserbeak.

I went to school for engineering, so I know it's possible.

peegoo sounds like a smart one. Take it slow, i'll enjoy every step of the way!

How about a regular-sized cassette tape for MP Laserbeak?

Auto Bot wrote:

AlienQuiksilver wrote:I don't even care if success is had here. I just like the thread, and the possibility.

Another board member and myself are talking about making an Alternators style Laserbeak.

I went to school for engineering, so I know it's possible.

peegoo sounds like a smart one. Take it slow, i'll enjoy every step of the way!

How about a regular-sized cassette tape for MP Laserbeak?

It would be very cool for obvious reasons, but the idea is quite dated. Why don't we all bust out our Commodore 64 computers while we're at it ... and play asteroids on Atari.



I'll bet that a transformer could be made into a CD or something. Maybe a little thicker, like a 6 pack of CD/RW's? Meh, that would take away from it.

FracturedKoi wrote:One thing to keep in mind about the movie designs is that we know they don't mind one bit if metal just bends in half of its own free will. Just look at what happens to Bumblebee's license plate.

Who says it is metal? It might be some sort of alien material that can bend and do all sorts of things. Since they are alien robots after all, this isnt much of a stretch of the imagination.

Peh.."bay realism", its called "FICTION" its a movie, stuff like that doesnt matter. Get your head out of your ass over it.

Sonray wrote:

FracturedKoi wrote:One thing to keep in mind about the movie designs is that we know they don't mind one bit if metal just bends in half of its own free will. Just look at what happens to Bumblebee's license plate.

Who says it is metal? It might be some sort of alien material that can bend and do all sorts of things. Since they are alien robots after all, this isnt much of a stretch of the imagination.

You mean just like G1?

AlienQuiksilver wrote:I don't even care if success is had here. I just like the thread, and the possibility.

Another board member and myself are talking about making an Alternators style Laserbeak.

I went to school for engineering, so I know it's possible.

peegoo sounds like a smart one. Take it slow, i'll enjoy every step of the way!

That'd be cool. You going to use a car-base or a motorcycle? A car would be an awful big bird lol.

Dead Metal wrote:

Sonray wrote:

FracturedKoi wrote:One thing to keep in mind about the movie designs is that we know they don't mind one bit if metal just bends in half of its own free will. Just look at what happens to Bumblebee's license plate.

Who says it is metal? It might be some sort of alien material that can bend and do all sorts of things. Since they are alien robots after all, this isnt much of a stretch of the imagination.

You mean just like G1?

G1? Whats that?

Sonray wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:

Sonray wrote:

FracturedKoi wrote:One thing to keep in mind about the movie designs is that we know they don't mind one bit if metal just bends in half of its own free will. Just look at what happens to Bumblebee's license plate.

Who says it is metal? It might be some sort of alien material that can bend and do all sorts of things. Since they are alien robots after all, this isnt much of a stretch of the imagination.

You mean just like G1?

G1? Whats that?

OMG, you forgot that?!
I could accept it if you forgot you were maried, to feed you pets and kids, but forgetting G1!

Dead Metal wrote:

Sonray wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:

Sonray wrote:

FracturedKoi wrote:One thing to keep in mind about the movie designs is that we know they don't mind one bit if metal just bends in half of its own free will. Just look at what happens to Bumblebee's license plate.

Who says it is metal? It might be some sort of alien material that can bend and do all sorts of things. Since they are alien robots after all, this isnt much of a stretch of the imagination.

You mean just like G1?

G1? Whats that?

OMG, you forgot that?!
I could accept it if you forgot you were maried, to feed you pets and kids, but forgetting G1!

Married? Hmm....that would explain....Wait whats this silver ring thing on my finge....OH CRAP!

Auto Bot wrote:One thing you should take note of, is that, the front grill forms his abdomen.

Or at least that's the intention of the original design.

The weird thing is, the vertical slats of the grill became horizontal slats in robot mode.

brings up another good point;

how it is that the people who did the movie toy made it so that the grill(witch should be the chest) is the feet. in the movie primes grill goes to the chest. if this is true then primes legs probaly start in the engin compartment and the feet are where the back 4 wheels are. if you did the trasnformation this way it would require less plastic joints to get the "red wheel covers in the lower legs and the wheels in the hip." this would meen the wheels would be seperate from the covers much like how the covers and wheels are seperate from the underarm thingys

Sonray wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:

Sonray wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:

Sonray wrote:

FracturedKoi wrote:One thing to keep in mind about the movie designs is that we know they don't mind one bit if metal just bends in half of its own free will. Just look at what happens to Bumblebee's license plate.

Who says it is metal? It might be some sort of alien material that can bend and do all sorts of things. Since they are alien robots after all, this isnt much of a stretch of the imagination.

You mean just like G1?

G1? Whats that?

OMG, you forgot that?!
I could accept it if you forgot you were maried, to feed you pets and kids, but forgetting G1!

Married? Hmm....that would explain....Wait whats this silver ring thing on my finge....OH CRAP!

FracturedKoi wrote:

AlienQuiksilver wrote:I don't even care if success is had here. I just like the thread, and the possibility.

Another board member and myself are talking about making an Alternators style Laserbeak.

I went to school for engineering, so I know it's possible.

peegoo sounds like a smart one. Take it slow, i'll enjoy every step of the way!

That'd be cool. You going to use a car-base or a motorcycle? A car would be an awful big bird lol.

It's going to be car based. Just think how much bigger Ravage XK8 is compared to how small he was in G1.

This project will take about a year just to fabricate the mock up. After that, necessary modifications will be made and hopefully something awesome will be the end result.

The biggest problem I see, pre-production ... is the strength of the main wing joints. We'll have to use most of the panels on the car to make up the wings, so they're going to be pretty heavy I would imagine.

Hmm ... maybe I'll use hollow "bones" just like a real bird.

AlienQuiksilver wrote:

FracturedKoi wrote:

AlienQuiksilver wrote:I don't even care if success is had here. I just like the thread, and the possibility.

Another board member and myself are talking about making an Alternators style Laserbeak.

I went to school for engineering, so I know it's possible.

peegoo sounds like a smart one. Take it slow, i'll enjoy every step of the way!

That'd be cool. You going to use a car-base or a motorcycle? A car would be an awful big bird lol.

It's going to be car based. Just think how much bigger Ravage XK8 is compared to how small he was in G1.

This project will take about a year just to fabricate the mock up. After that, necessary modifications will be made and hopefully something awesome will be the end result.

The biggest problem I see, pre-production ... is the strength of the main wing joints. We'll have to use most of the panels on the car to make up the wings, so they're going to be pretty heavy I would imagine.

Hmm ... maybe I'll use hollow "bones" just like a real bird.

What car model can possibly transform into a bird? I mean a car model with the necessary shape.

Auto Bot wrote:

AlienQuiksilver wrote:

FracturedKoi wrote:

AlienQuiksilver wrote:I don't even care if success is had here. I just like the thread, and the possibility.

Another board member and myself are talking about making an Alternators style Laserbeak.

I went to school for engineering, so I know it's possible.

peegoo sounds like a smart one. Take it slow, i'll enjoy every step of the way!

That'd be cool. You going to use a car-base or a motorcycle? A car would be an awful big bird lol.

It's going to be car based. Just think how much bigger Ravage XK8 is compared to how small he was in G1.

This project will take about a year just to fabricate the mock up. After that, necessary modifications will be made and hopefully something awesome will be the end result.

The biggest problem I see, pre-production ... is the strength of the main wing joints. We'll have to use most of the panels on the car to make up the wings, so they're going to be pretty heavy I would imagine.

Hmm ... maybe I'll use hollow "bones" just like a real bird.

What car model can possibly transform into a bird? I mean a car model with the necessary shape.

Firebird?

Actually a car with gullwing doors or perhaps if some scissor doors were engineered in such a way to give the appearance of wings, I think it would be a great start on a car based Alternators Laserbeak.

Swerve wrote:

Auto Bot wrote:

AlienQuiksilver wrote:

FracturedKoi wrote:

AlienQuiksilver wrote:I don't even care if success is had here. I just like the thread, and the possibility.

Another board member and myself are talking about making an Alternators style Laserbeak.

I went to school for engineering, so I know it's possible.

peegoo sounds like a smart one. Take it slow, i'll enjoy every step of the way!

That'd be cool. You going to use a car-base or a motorcycle? A car would be an awful big bird lol.

It's going to be car based. Just think how much bigger Ravage XK8 is compared to how small he was in G1.

This project will take about a year just to fabricate the mock up. After that, necessary modifications will be made and hopefully something awesome will be the end result.

The biggest problem I see, pre-production ... is the strength of the main wing joints. We'll have to use most of the panels on the car to make up the wings, so they're going to be pretty heavy I would imagine.

Hmm ... maybe I'll use hollow "bones" just like a real bird.

What car model can possibly transform into a bird? I mean a car model with the necessary shape.

Firebird?

Actually a car with gullwing doors or perhaps if some scissor doors were engineered in such a way to give the appearance of wings, I think it would be a great start on a car based Alternators Laserbeak.

Makes sens.

I'm thinking of the Benz gullwing coupe. The one back in the 70s or 80s. Forgot the car model name.

Auto Bot wrote:

Swerve wrote:

Auto Bot wrote:

AlienQuiksilver wrote:

FracturedKoi wrote:

AlienQuiksilver wrote:I don't even care if success is had here. I just like the thread, and the possibility.

Another board member and myself are talking about making an Alternators style Laserbeak.

I went to school for engineering, so I know it's possible.

peegoo sounds like a smart one. Take it slow, i'll enjoy every step of the way!

That'd be cool. You going to use a car-base or a motorcycle? A car would be an awful big bird lol.

It's going to be car based. Just think how much bigger Ravage XK8 is compared to how small he was in G1.

This project will take about a year just to fabricate the mock up. After that, necessary modifications will be made and hopefully something awesome will be the end result.

The biggest problem I see, pre-production ... is the strength of the main wing joints. We'll have to use most of the panels on the car to make up the wings, so they're going to be pretty heavy I would imagine.

Hmm ... maybe I'll use hollow "bones" just like a real bird.

What car model can possibly transform into a bird? I mean a car model with the necessary shape.

Firebird?

Actually a car with gullwing doors or perhaps if some scissor doors were engineered in such a way to give the appearance of wings, I think it would be a great start on a car based Alternators Laserbeak.

Makes sens.

I'm thinking of the Benz gullwing coupe. The one back in the 70s or 80s. Forgot the car model name.

I didn't think of the 300SL but it could work I suppose. I believe that is the Mercedes you're thinking of although it was produced from the early 50's through the early 60's. It's possible we could be thinking of two different cars. It's the only gullwing Mercedes I could think of off the top of my head.

When I first suggested a car with gullwing doors I honestly thought of Thunderhawk, the gullwing Camaro Matt Trakker had on M.A.S.K. that transformed into a plane.

I also thought of the gullwing DeLorean DMC-12 although the back end of those cars were always kind of the deal breaker for me. They were seriously ugly and it makes you realize that the profile of the car looks like some nasty car design reminiscent of the fuel efficient vehicles of the 70's. It's almost on par with the likes of the hunchback looking Honda, Toyota, or even Ford hatchbacks of that era. The Back to the Future trilogy really did a good job of hiding just how ugly the car was with all the necessary time traveling components, especially to the rear of the car.

Swerve wrote:

Auto Bot wrote:

Swerve wrote:

Auto Bot wrote:

AlienQuiksilver wrote:

FracturedKoi wrote:

AlienQuiksilver wrote:I don't even care if success is had here. I just like the thread, and the possibility.

Another board member and myself are talking about making an Alternators style Laserbeak.

I went to school for engineering, so I know it's possible.

peegoo sounds like a smart one. Take it slow, i'll enjoy every step of the way!

That'd be cool. You going to use a car-base or a motorcycle? A car would be an awful big bird lol.

It's going to be car based. Just think how much bigger Ravage XK8 is compared to how small he was in G1.

This project will take about a year just to fabricate the mock up. After that, necessary modifications will be made and hopefully something awesome will be the end result.

The biggest problem I see, pre-production ... is the strength of the main wing joints. We'll have to use most of the panels on the car to make up the wings, so they're going to be pretty heavy I would imagine.

Hmm ... maybe I'll use hollow "bones" just like a real bird.

What car model can possibly transform into a bird? I mean a car model with the necessary shape.

Firebird?

Actually a car with gullwing doors or perhaps if some scissor doors were engineered in such a way to give the appearance of wings, I think it would be a great start on a car based Alternators Laserbeak.

Makes sens.

I'm thinking of the Benz gullwing coupe. The one back in the 70s or 80s. Forgot the car model name.

I didn't think of the 300SL but it could work I suppose. I believe that is the Mercedes you're thinking of although it was produced from the early 50's through the early 60's. It's possible we could be thinking of two different cars. It's the only gullwing Mercedes I could think of off the top of my head.

When I first suggested a car with gullwing doors I honestly thought of Thunderhawk, the gullwing Camaro Matt Trakker had on M.A.S.K. that transformed into a plane.

I also thought of the gullwing DeLorean DMC-12 although the back end of those cars were always kind of the deal breaker for me. They were seriously ugly and it makes you realize that the profile of the car looks like some nasty car design reminiscent of the fuel efficient vehicles of the 70's. It's almost on par with the likes of the hunchback looking Honda, Toyota, or even Ford hatchbacks of that era. The Back to the Future trilogy really did a good job of hiding just how ugly the car was with all the necessary time traveling components, especially to the rear of the car.

Yup. I was referring to 300SL.

howdy long time no talk
done w/ school so i;ll give yall a little preview of what's coming





what do yall think? gimme some feedback. It's metal in case you guys are wondering. these are more for measurements and are kind of a prototype.

Are those his shoulders your holding?

the bottom image.

What are those?

Did you cut out tin cans for those?

Auto Bot wrote:What are those?

Did you cut out tin cans for those?

he said its metal