The Energon Pub

This is my first time customizing a toy that is NOT an Alternator. A few of you may know me from other boards, but I figured I'd sign up over here too.

For those of you that are new to my customs, you can check out my photobucket account here:

http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a178/Squall42080/

So, now that you a little about me...

I present to you, my first non-Alternator custom. Movie Hotshot. I had the intention to turn this extra '08 Movie Bumblebee into a movie accurate version, however, after seeing 101 customs (that were all awesome) I figured it was pointless to throw another out there.

So, here's alternate mode:















And here's bot mode. I painted the robot parts with a color called Fire Pepper Red. The paint is very strong and resiliant, as I have transformed this guy at least 50 times by now.

I thought the color fit Hotshot. No blackwash ...but I did highlight some areas with Testor's gloss red. I detailed some other areas with a combination of black, silver, and gold.

The helmet was created with a lego space man visor, and is held in place by two eyeglass repair kit screws. It is able to move up and down.















I'm anxious to hear what everyone thinks...during the movie I kept picturing Bumblebee as a cross of G1 Bumblebee and Armada Hotshot...and thats where I got the idea.

So...for those of you that don't like Hotshot...you can think of this as Allspark Bumblebee...hahaha

Taking a look at the pics, I realize now that you can see the license plate numbers through the red paint. The flash must have brought that out, cause you can't see it in person. Weird.[/url]

Ahaha ok that's pretty neat

Wow dude, you brought some originality to the game. Thats great, especially the visor. I think blue'd be a better car color, but It still looks great. Even sponsor stickers.
It'd do good to add more of a custom head, but I ain't complanin'!
Nice all-round.

while my thoughts on any and all things movie related are made clear in my sig....


I do love that red you used. who makes the paint?

Nice Hotshot rocks. Nice touch with the visor

Welcome to the site...

WARNING: SEIBERTRON CONTAINS NUTS!

And now he's on e-Bay!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250153230591

Sweet!
Love the matalic red.

Squall42080 wrote:And now he's on e-Bay!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250153230591

Dude...5 bucks is WAAAAAAAY too cheap. The toy alone, without any mods, is worth more than that.

A custom job like this is at least worth 20 bucks.

Its cool!

Its not always about the money. Sometimes you gotta have faith in your work. In the back of my mind I know it'll go over $5. (In fact right now its at $19)

And it'll hopefully make some movie fan or armada fan happy.

(and I'll get the money to pay for the Bumblebees I bought myself at least)

Thanks for looking out for me though! Made me feel good here at Seibertron!

Sweet... nearly up to twenty bucks, and still nearly six days to go! Nicely done, lad - bring on Thursday and the last-minute bidding war!

He looks great! Awesome job, and welcome aboard!

Hey, as said before, errific and awsome job there. I really like the way that red stands out. Total killer job on it.

well there's something you don't see every day... quite the epic piece of work, there.

Ramrider wrote:Sweet... nearly up to twenty bucks, and still nearly six days to go! Nicely done, lad - bring on Thursday and the last-minute bidding war!

I wish someone would bid on my custom ratchet. 12 watchers and zero bids...cheap asses.

Sonray wrote:

Ramrider wrote:Sweet... nearly up to twenty bucks, and still nearly six days to go! Nicely done, lad - bring on Thursday and the last-minute bidding war!

I wish someone would bid on my custom ratchet. 12 watchers and zero bids...cheap asses.

I'm sorry, it's just the way you wrote it.

Sonray wrote:I wish someone would bid on my custom ratchet. 12 watchers and zero bids...cheap asses.

What did your auction end at?

Squall42080 wrote:

Sonray wrote:I wish someone would bid on my custom ratchet. 12 watchers and zero bids...cheap asses.

What did your auction end at?

£40, the asking price.

Next time im gonna set the asking price at like £1 and have a reserve. Hopefully they will get addicted to bidding and jack the end price right up.

My next re-paint will be worth alot more anyway, since its something the fans really want, nobody has done it properly and hasbro refuse to make it themselves.

Damn, the robot mode looks sweet. And now it's up to $55!

Looks amazing Squall42080, great work