Transformers... and GoBots!

I got Skyfall over the weekend, huzzah!

He’s mighty neat, a lot less orange in color than I thought he was going to be. I’m presuming this was tweaked after Botcon, because even the live samples they had at the con didn’t look this red. The only real problem I have is the gold face, but without a remolded head, there was only so much they could have done. I’ll be sculpting my own head for this guy once they have a mass release and I can pick up an extra so I can make Skyfall go from this:

To this:

More GoBots! A work in Progress, here are some pics of what I’ve gotten done on Rest-Q so far. He’s still pretty rough, I just laid on a coat of white paint and need to touch up the areas the tape didn’t protect. Lots of painting still required because I’d like for him to have some more ambulance decals. Most importantly, that face is getting a mask! More pics to come!

GoBot revamp: Turbo

I’ve been severely ignoring what’s supposed to be the GoBots portion of this blog, which is sad because every time I see a new Classics/Universe mold, I can think of at least two or three GoBots that could be made from it. Same thing for some of the Armada, Energon and Cybertron molds.
I’m torn most of the time, I seriously want to sit down and kitbash some GoBots out of some of my extras, but man, I just don’t have the time. So I digibash. This was one I did for Turbo, although I’m not a huge fan of the Autovolt mold (a little more articulation would be great, but hey, they did a pretty good job with the mold overall) but I like the somewhat bulky feel it gives. If I were to revamp Turbo, I’d like him to be a little bigger and beefier than he was before, and the Autovolt mold lends itself to that a lot nicer I think than what’s currently available.
Images are property of the super talented Remy, visit his incredible collection at www.tfkenkon.com.

It's all got to go somewhere...

I've been debating for a long time whether or not it'd be worth my while to do all my yakking about Transformers and GoBots in my main blog or start a separate one dedicated just to those mechanical wonders I love to blather on and on about. Guess the decision was pretty obvious eh? This will be where I toss all my random Transformer and GoBot related thoughts. My first thought in this blog is:
Botcon '09 being held in California. Crud. Guess I won't be attending this year barring me tripping over a treasure chest filled with gold. But that's okay, I can't say i've ever really been in the spirit of the whole 'Botcon' experience. I'm more in the mindset of 'Gimme my exclusives so I can leave and go have fun elsewhere." Meh, it's a shoddy attitude, so sue me. Doesn't make me any less excited about the exclusives though, I'm having fun scanning through the message boards and reading the speculation amongst the fans. I look forward to seeing them revealed and faxing (ugh, really FunPub, can we join the grand age of online registration?) my order in.

Anywho, next post I'll torture the unsuspecting public with my customs. Bed time for me.