Just saw these new pics on TFW2005. To the left is Tomahawk, to the right is Terradive.

Does Tomahawk's head remind you of anyone? Maybe a certain GoBot whose name ends in a single digit number?
No?
I took one look at Tomahawk's Leader-1 head and then Terradive's jet mode and thought "Leader-1 Movie upgrade!" Then went on twitter and saw that even Derrick Wyatt was thinking the same thing, as I'm sure lots of random TF fans were.

So I'm thinking, it's time for me to take the head of one Robot, and put it on the body of another Robot. It's time for Head Swap!

...first you take a head and put it on another's body like if Tomahawk's head was on Terrdive's body, that's a Head swap!


Heeeaaaad Swaaaaaap....
Why the blue? If you don't recall, Leader-1's repaint was a very dark, very nice looking shade of blue,
I think it's nice to break away from all that gray every now and then. That could always be the repaint, right?
I also took away the trident. Seriously, what would Leader-1 do with a trident?

Axer: Quick and dirty

Just saw that 'Axor' is in the Hasbro 'Hunt for the Decepticons' game. He's essentially Movie Lockdown with a new head, but the new head looks pretty cool. Got me thinking about the original ActionMaster Axer it's based on.


How I didn't see the similarities to the Classics Prowl mold is beyond me, so I digibashed something just to satisfy my curiosity.


Considering how quickly and easily this could be done, I may take a stab at this after Botcon. I thought about using Silverstreak, but kind of like him having that light bar. And of course, being coo-coo for two packs, I figured he should keep his cycle partner. Throw in Cybertron Ransak, he already smacks of Axer's motorbike companion. But if you wanted to go for the double homage, recolor that bad boy black like Axer's R.I.D namesake.

(Credit for base toy photos goes to Seibertron.com. Credit for reference pic goes to the Transformers Wiki.)

Omega Doom

With the random Botcon leaks hinting towards us getting a Shattered Glass Ravage and Wheeljack (though I'm hoping it's Slicer, unless the color schemes really are the same, then who gives a crap?) as souvenir figures, it reminds me...
Arg, I still want FunPub to give us Shattered Glass Universe Omega Doom!

C'mon FunPub, give it!
Quick update as of 6/11/10:
I received War for Cybertron Optimus Prime and Bumblebee yesterday and think they're mighty neat! Of course, you know what's going to happen eventually: