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by **BillyBadAss** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 5:57 am

Bored at work..

I was looking at Optimus and thought he needed a few touch-ups as far as paint apps (which is the least of it's problems).

These are the touch-ups I accomplished:
- silver smoke stacks
- silver shoulder trim
- silver upper leg trim
- silver kneepads

SILVER!! SILVER!! SILVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I totally forgot to paint the yellow of his helmet silver.

SILVER!!!!!

*ahem*

Here's a few pics

.billy

by **ptitvite** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 9:33 am

I did the same with mine

I also added silver to replace the yellow on his helmet and the front grill is also silver.

by **Primus_feather** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:03 pm

Dont for get the Sigil on his shoulder.

by **piranacon** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:52 pm

the first pic shouts, "has anyone seenmy contact lenses"

thats one crazy figure, to think they made that guy instead of the classics cosmos

by **TENIME_art** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 4:46 pm

I pulled the "Action Tab" and all the gears out, and superglued the mid torso to the top torso. Yay! No more stupid punching gimmick!!

by **Ramrider** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 6:52 pm

All the sexy paint apps in the world couldn't save that fig, I'm afraid; I've passed on picking up that two-pack several times. I don't hate the robot mode so much (except for the goggles, of course)... but the truck mode is horrendous. It looks like... a folded-up robot.

by **TENIME_art** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 2:51 am

I honestly only bought it because I'm obsessed with all things Optimus, and there's no way in hell I can pass him up as a red-gray-blue Semi-Truck cab - no matter how ishishy it looks.

by **BillyBadAss** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 6:16 am

TENIME_art wrote:I pulled the "Action Tab" and all the gears out, and superglued the mid torso to the top torso. Yay! No more stupid punching gimmick!!

Yes!! I want to do that as well.

Ramrider wrote:All the sexy paint apps in the world couldn't save that fig, I'm afraid; I've passed on picking up that two-pack several times. I don't hate the robot mode so much (except for the goggles, of course)... but the truck mode is horrendous. It looks like... a folded-up robot.

I do not blame you..

There is a mod out there that fixes the legs so that it telescopes.
I just can't find it..?

TENIME_art wrote:I honestly only bought it because I'm obsessed with all things Optimus, and there's no way in hell I can pass him up as a red-gray-blue Semi-Truck cab - no matter how ishishy it looks.

Same here. We did get a nice Megatron as well - although the figure could use some elbows..

.billy

by **ptitvite** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:06 am

TENIME_art wrote:I pulled the "Action Tab" and all the gears out, and superglued the mid torso to the top torso. Yay! No more stupid punching gimmick!!

I plan on doing the same. Truck mode is useless. I got this Prime for his G1 looks. I plan on keeping the 'action tab' 'cause It holds his gun when not holding it with his 'hand'. Needed to cut down 1 mm of that black plastic to be able to attach the gun to it.