The Energon Pub

robotmel wrote::D
Im on a mission...

Im in need of a Deluxe sized figure, a car/vehicle, with an orange and yellow deco, but with a modern aesthetic that could stand-in for Targetmaster Sureshot...

BOOM!

A lick of paint or preferably a head swap adding a spare Targetmaster from a Battle in Space set! Lovely!

Speaking of Sureshot. Not the greatest mould ever, or the best paint job, but it'll do for now

I'll paint the head one day...

Arctorro wrote:Speaking of Sureshot. Not the greatest mould ever, or the best paint job, but it'll do for now

I'll paint the head one day...

Awesome stuff Arctorro, which Targetmaster gun is that?

Since Hasbro believed that a tiny lackluster Deluxe was sufficient for Generations Shockwave, I use a Takara Superlink Lazerwave for SW on my Neo G1 shelf.

robotmel wrote:
Awesome stuff Arctorro, which Targetmaster gun is that?

Thanks!

It's Mastershooter Collectibles Shooter Master 3-Pack - Automated Robots (Crusaders). I use the other 2 with FoC Sideswipe as Pointblank and Generations Orion Pax as Crosshairs. Hopefully something better will be made one day.

I'm contemplating Protectobots Evac Squad Hotspot as Hosehead (or Cab if you rather).

Wolfman Jake wrote:I'm contemplating Protectobots Evac Squad Hotspot as Hosehead (or Cab if you rather).

A few folks have done exactly that, having even customized a visor out his eyes to complete the look.

Sabrblade wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:I'm contemplating Protectobots Evac Squad Hotspot as Hosehead (or Cab if you rather).

A few folks have done exactly that, having even customized a visor out his eyes to complete the look.

I might pass on making any permanent mods to the mold, but good to know I'm not the only one that sees the repurposing potential. Seriously, it's about the only reason to pick up that set at this point.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:I'm contemplating Protectobots Evac Squad Hotspot as Hosehead (or Cab if you rather).

A few folks have done exactly that, having even customized a visor out his eyes to complete the look.

I might pass on making any permanent mods to the mold, but good to know I'm not the only one that sees the repurposing potential. Seriously, it's about the only reason to pick up that set at this point.

That, or to use him and Blades as Fire Chief and Fly-Up (whom the toys resemble more, anyway).

Sabrblade wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:I'm contemplating Protectobots Evac Squad Hotspot as Hosehead (or Cab if you rather).

A few folks have done exactly that, having even customized a visor out his eyes to complete the look.

I might pass on making any permanent mods to the mold, but good to know I'm not the only one that sees the repurposing potential. Seriously, it's about the only reason to pick up that set at this point.

That, or to use him and Blades as Fire Chief and Fly-Up (whom the toys resemble more, anyway).

Ah. I'm not that familiar at all with the Operation Combination characters. That's a sly little reference for Hasbro. The resemblance to Fire Chief is almost perfect! It's too bad they didn't use the remolded head from GDO Hotspot

Wolfman Jake wrote:Ah. I'm not that familiar at all with the Operation Combination characters.

Who is? Their fiction barely went into them as characters.

Now if we could only figure out good repurposes for the Protectobots Emergency Response set, who, unlike the Protectobots Evac Squad, do not resemble their counter parts from the Guard City team from Operation Combination.

Wolfman Jake wrote:Now if we could only figure out good repurposes for the Protectobots Emergency Response set, who, unlike the Protectobots Evac Squad, do not resemble their counter parts from the Guard City team from Operation Combination.

Groove, however does resemble this Groove, who in turn resembles Glide.

Sabrblade wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:Now if we could only figure out good repurposes for the Protectobots Emergency Response set, who, unlike the Protectobots Evac Squad, do not resemble their counter parts from the Guard City team from Operation Combination.

Groove, however does resemble this Groove, who in turn resembles Glide.

Glide works pretty well. Another obscure Operation Combination character. I like it! Not sure if I'm going to shell out the bucks for a repaint of TF Prime Legion Arcce without finding repurposes for Streetwise and First Aid in the same set, though.

Found an inspired use of Cybertron Deluxe Landmine...

Neo-Classics Targetmaster Sureshot!

Even his alt mode works!




Might look to doing a head swap with Classics Sideswipe or just splodge a bit of black paint on his noggin!

Any and every Swindle in existance as a member of the Swindle family- in my demented headcanon, Swindle refers not simply to an individual but to an enormous criminal family of racketeers, smugglers and con men (and occasionally women) who all happen to have the same name ("Swindle" is actually the family name- only they know their "true" names). The G1 character is simply the best-known member of the family. They operate under different guises, running a variety of business ranging from arms-dealing to bet-fixing to industrial sabotage (the troubles with filming DoTM was a Swindle's fault). Some will take radically unusual guises to decrease the likelihood of their cover being blown, including red sports cars with chest cannons and mental impairments (which are of course clever ruses) and even a Mini-con one time. Every Swindle in every known universe is a part of this multidimensional criminal clan, and any identity they have that suggests otherwise is false information. There are even reports that some Swindles have changed their identities entirely and aren't even called Swindle at all. You too could have a Swindle in your home! They could be anyone! They could be you! They could be me! They could even be them!

TL;DR, this is an excuse for me to buy all the toys named Swindle, as A: I love the name, B: toys named Swindle tend to have a habit of being awesome, and C: the idea of an interdimensional family of gangsters taking advantage of the multi-continuity nature of the franchise is hilarious. It actually started after I acquired FP Swindle, and then realized I still had the (rather awesome) Movieverse Swindle, and also the Minicon that comes with Armada Starscream.

(For the record, Prime Knock Out is totally a Swindle. The vanity, the enthusiasm for automobiles and mechanical parts, his less than trustworthy nature...A dead giveaway I tell you!)

robotmel wrote::D
Found an inspired use of Cybertron Deluxe Landmine...

Neo-Classics Targetmaster Sureshot!

Even his alt mode works!




Might look to doing a head swap with Classics Sideswipe or just splodge a bit of black paint on his noggin!

*Compares with pic of G1 Sureshot*



That is seriously one of the most inventive alternate modes I've ever seen! And the head sculpts are extremely close as is(barring the brown head), but it's not that out of place. And a lot of the design elements match pretty well as is(roof lights!). Overall, totally awesome find .

Sabrblade wrote:

That had occurred to me as a source of inspiation (although I haven't actually read the comics they're from).

In any case, one can never have too many Swindles.

Delta Magnus wrote:That had occurred to me as a source of inspiation (although I haven't actually read the comics they're from).

Text story, actually.

Delta Magnus wrote:Any and every Swindle in existance as a member of the Swindle family- in my demented headcanon, Swindle refers not simply to an individual but to an enormous criminal family of racketeers, smugglers and con men (and occasionally women) who all happen to have the same name ("Swindle" is actually the family name- only they know their "true" names). The G1 character is simply the best-known member of the family. They operate under different guises, running a variety of business ranging from arms-dealing to bet-fixing to industrial sabotage (the troubles with filming DoTM was a Swindle's fault). Some will take radically unusual guises to decrease the likelihood of their cover being blown, including red sports cars with chest cannons and mental impairments (which are of course clever ruses) and even a Mini-con one time. Every Swindle in every known universe is a part of this multidimensional criminal clan, and any identity they have that suggests otherwise is false information. There are even reports that some Swindles have changed their identities entirely and aren't even called Swindle at all. You too could have a Swindle in your home! They could be anyone! They could be you! They could be me! They could even be them!

TL;DR, this is an excuse for me to buy all the toys named Swindle, as A: I love the name, B: toys named Swindle tend to have a habit of being awesome, and C: the idea of an interdimensional family of gangsters taking advantage of the multi-continuity nature of the franchise is hilarious. It actually started after I acquired FP Swindle, and then realized I still had the (rather awesome) Movieverse Swindle, and also the Minicon that comes with Armada Starscream.

(For the record, Prime Knock Out is totally a Swindle. The vanity, the enthusiasm for automobiles and mechanical parts, his less than trustworthy nature...A dead giveaway I tell you!)

If this causes my OCD to kick in and make me buy more Swindles I'm going to disguise myself as a robot with Humvee parts and stalk you relentlessly! That is a far more awesome attempt to justify impulse buys than anything I can come up with.

I sometimes find myself in the mindset that when a new figure/line/repaint is announced and is available to me, I should buy it now and keep it stored until a repurpose comes to mind!

For instance, despite owning Classics Sideswipe I still bought FoC Sideswipe, not to create a seperate FoC shelf as I display my collection as a whole and dont like to duplicate characters, but knowing there are still many, many characters yet to be released (if ever?) then thats where I check in storage for a similar match!

Nothing is set in stone as such when it comes to repurposing of course. I am currently using Beast Hunters Deluxe Bulkhead as my Brawn but thinking I might swap him for Prime Deluxe Seargeant Kup, with a touch of orange paint on his chest?

My repurposing is nothing special, basically shifting characters from various continuities to my IDW influenced version of "G1"
ROTF Lockdown as IDW Lockdown
Arms Micron Wildrider as "G1" Wildrider (now he's confirmed not part of Menasor)
Prime/Arms Micron Vehicons as Lockdown's Titan Hunters (also IDW).
WFC Soundwave as "G1" Cybertronian Soundwave

While the colours are wrong i see Energon Divebomb as Banzai-tron.
Defence Hot Shot as Ruckus
Cybertron Starscream as Jhiaxus

I was repurposing this guy as Classics Motormaster, non-combining of course, but with the new Combiner Wars release this bot is going back in storage I guess...

Other than the Decepticon insignia and different alt-mode, RiD Steeljaw could pass as Noble.