The Energon Pub

by **RAcast** » Mon May 06, 2013 9:54 am

84forever wrote:I was actually considering passing on this because of that stupid battle truck mode. But I can salvage this mess... I plan on throwing the canopy straight into the trash as soon as I get it. My Trailbreaker is going to be a pick-up truck. His projector will be hacked off and replaced with a G1 projector that will be pegged directly into the back of his head in robot mode only. Next, I'm going to paint his face black, and his visor blue. Then I'm going to wait for someone to design him a gun arm using Shapeways.

Why not just hack off the ends of the guns?

by **SJ21** » Mon May 06, 2013 10:32 am

I'm excited for both of these guys. Both look great.

News Credits: 1 · by **Sodan-1** » Mon May 06, 2013 2:04 pm

RAcast wrote:Why not just hack off the ends of the guns?

Genius! And paint the stubs to look like spotlights.

That Hoist remold can't be legit. It's far too amazing.

by **RAcast** » Mon May 06, 2013 2:07 pm

Sodan-1 wrote:
RAcast wrote:Why not just hack off the ends of the guns?

Genius! And paint the stubs to look like spotlights.

That Hoist remold can't be legit. It's far too amazing.

It's certainly a lot less work than 84's plan. :lol:

It also doesn't include throwing things away. :shock:

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Mon May 06, 2013 2:16 pm

Sodan-1 wrote:That Hoist remold can't be legit. It's far too amazing.

It came from the TFCC magazine itself, so it's legit.

by **1984forever** » Mon May 06, 2013 8:43 pm

RAcast wrote:
Sodan-1 wrote:
RAcast wrote:Why not just hack off the ends of the guns?

Genius! And paint the stubs to look like spotlights.

That Hoist remold can't be legit. It's far too amazing.

It's certainly a lot less work than 84's plan. It also doesn't include throwing things away.

Hmmm, little spotlights... It's a good idea, but I don't like that radar thingy sticking out on the top in vehicle mode. Removing it would leave a gaping hole in Trailbreaker's roof. Plus, Hasbro put all these 5mm holes all over for no reason. It reminds me of the ports Neo and crew had all over their bodies that they used to jack into the Matrix! Getting rid of that canopy gets rid of a lot of nonsense IMO.

by **RAcast** » Mon May 06, 2013 8:52 pm

84forever wrote:Hmmm, little spotlights... It's a good idea, but I don't like that radar thingy sticking out on the top in vehicle mode.

Is it really that big of a deal? I mean, it makes -sense- for Trailbreaker to have access to his gimmick in altmode.

Removing it would leave a gaping hole in Trailbreaker's roof.

Removing it would leave a gaping hole in the roof? But that's what you said your last post that you were planning to do! :lol:

"His projector will be hacked off..."

Plus, Hasbro put all these 5mm holes all over for no reason.

They're barely visible and hardly "all over."

http://www.seibertron.com/events/fullsize.php?event_id=277&size=1&image=28

It reminds me of the ports Neo and crew had all over their bodies that they used to jack into the Matrix! Getting rid of that canopy gets rid of a lot of nonsense IMO.

I can't disagree on that point completely, but then you've got a Trailbreaker that looks like Ironhide.

by **1984forever** » Tue May 07, 2013 5:54 am

If I remove the back roof cover, then I also eliminate the hole that resulted from taking his radar/projector off. Or maybe I'll just use Sodan-1s roof headlights idea, keep the cover on and just cover the hole with styrene.