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Seen too many Bumblebees? Try Movie Hotshot!

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Seen too many Bumblebees? Try Movie Hotshot!

Postby Squall42080 » Wed Aug 08, 2007 10:48 pm

This is my first time customizing a toy that is NOT an Alternator.

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:

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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.

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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.
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Postby TM dak » Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:36 pm

not bad! I like it!
"Dammit. why is it that you "get" my sketches and Hasbro can't?"

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Postby Retread » Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:36 pm

I'd decided to leave the hood stripes on my Bee repaint, but I might rethink that. I really like what you've done with the hood scoop. The visor is a nice touch too.

Cool to see the homages coming. Any more planned?
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Postby Pun-3X » Thu Aug 09, 2007 12:29 am

I like him. I plan to do something completely different when I get one, but I love the idea. It works great. :)
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Postby Skullgrin140 » Thu Aug 09, 2007 3:39 am

Bravo! :D
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Postby jimsloth » Thu Aug 09, 2007 7:33 am

so much better than armada hotshot. I love the visor. and I love how dark the red turned out.

Now are you going to make armada megs out of brawl? I saw the leader version of him they're coming out with even has the barrel that raps around the side of his waist.
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Postby TM TM2 Dinobot » Thu Aug 09, 2007 1:25 pm

I can buy him a whole lot easier as Hotshot then I can as Bumblebee. I almost wished they had called him Hot Shot in the movie, it fits so well.
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Postby Ramrider » Thu Aug 09, 2007 5:48 pm

That's actually really cool. I love that red, too. 8)
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Postby Squall42080 » Thu Aug 09, 2007 8:40 pm

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Postby keeblezak » Fri Aug 10, 2007 9:19 am

so how many people have cried herasy for this yet? :lol: and wow, are you going to be making any more AEC figures into movie toys?
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Postby Ninjagazz » Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:01 am

yep he definatley works as hotshot, nice job
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Postby Squall42080 » Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:50 pm

keeblezak wrote:so how many people have cried herasy for this yet? :lol: and wow, are you going to be making any more AEC figures into movie toys?


Probably! Although I probably won't use such a rare toy next time!

Stay tuned, cause I'm gonna post a Nemesis Prime next! (he's kind of a universal character now...but he got his start in Armada)
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Postby TM Rawhide » Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:14 am

Looking very good. I see you've switched from alts to the movie figs to make your Armada hommages.

And just as with the alts, this is very VERY good. I love the red. Visor looks a bit off as I would imagine visors would look very different in the movie (didn't BB actually have some sort of visor in the movie), but other then that, I absolutely love this one.
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Postby rhinox555 » Thu Aug 23, 2007 2:01 pm

Beautifull bash.
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Postby Ramrider » Sat Aug 25, 2007 9:37 am

$76 dollars - nice profit! Congratulations! :D
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