Gator-Done

One of my favorite Fuzors (I know I know, all the Fuzors are my 'favorite') was Terragator, I thought he had one of the most interesting, not to mention terrifying combinations of animals. I mean seriously, can you imagine the damage a gator protected by a giant armored shell could do if they occurred naturally in the wild? Of course I always had an issue with the fact that he was so tiny, so to make myself feel better I've digibashed a vehicle version of him onto deluxe Cybertron Defense Hotshot. It's a surprisingly accurate mold for him, the only thing I think would make it perfect is a row of spikes along the middle in vehicle mode.

Credit for base images goes to Seibertron.com

Generations Silverbolt

I was a little torn turning Silverbolt into a vehicle because I love his Fuzor form so much-but when push comes to shove I think the Thunderwing mold works best for him. I'm sad the mold isn't a little bigger (I've always thought he should have been a Voyager), but as far as looks I think he works quite nicely.

  

Credit for base images goes to Seibertron.com

More Botcon Bashes

I've been on a kick with turning old Botcon guys into vehicles, my next victim-Onyx Primal. I used the Cyclonus mold, partially because it's just a swell mold, but also to stick it to the people who swore it could never be used as a base for anyone else because of the "ears".
Anywho, because he's a Primal/Prime, I gave him a Prime head, it amuses me.

For pics of these digibashed on a card, feel free to check out my Deviantart account!
Credit for base images goes to Seibertron.com

Bar-Bearic

For absolutely no reason other than having a small stockpile of extra Classics Kups sitting around, I started looking for some characters that would fit these wonderful molds.

First up is Barbearian/Grizzly-1. I was torn on this guy because I think he’d work upgraded to both the Generaions Kup or Universe Dropshot mold. I like how massive Dropshot is-it suits a big burly bear and Barbearian is already packing a small arsenal even in his Beast mold, so it would make sense. But on the other hand, the generations Kup mold really gives that “bear” impression both in truck and robot mode. Tough call. In the end I decided to just digibash them both!

For pics of these digibashed on a card, feel free to check out my Deviantart account!
Credit for base images goes to Seibertron.com

Generations Skids and Screech

Jeezum, I've been gone long enough to have a baby!
In that time a ridiculous number of Generations figures have popped up and been begging for new paintjobs! I saw the new mold for Skids pop up and remembered how much I wanted a Generations version of the Million Publishers Skids/Screech two pack that came out a couple of years ago. At the time the best match was Classics Ironhide, but with a new Skids rearing its head, the time has never been better to revisit and update that old digibash with some newness.

The coolest news is that Generations Crosscut has been announced, complete with a new head to match the original. It makes want repaints of these figures into an exclusive two pack all the more.

For pics of these digibashed on a card, feel free to check out my Deviantart account!

Shadow in the Sky

Though I've admitted that Torca is my overall favorite Fuzor from Beast Wars, SkyShadow comes in at a razor thin second. I've always loved the design, the combination of beasts, and the dark scheming traitor his bio describes him as. It really makes him a great overall character, and I kind of wish there had been some fiction that focused on him. Clearly someone at Hasbro was a fan as well seeing as how his color scheme pops up on Powerglide in the Wal-Mart "Ultimate Gift Set"! He's the second Fuzor to see a bot/vehicle mode after Quickstrike, and I certainly hope the trend continues!



Anywho, I really liked the way he turned out in that set, and noticed that SkyShadow's colors worked just as well on the Ultra sized Powerglide from Generations. Works for me, because I wanted him to be an aerial rival for Torca and close to his size and bulk.

Credit for base images goes to Seibertron.com

Nocturnal bashin'

Even though Noctorro was never my favorite Fuzor, I always had a soft spot for the guy. When I started digibashing Fuzors into generations robot bodies, I couldn't think of anyone better suited than the Tracks mold. The overall build, the wings, too perfect!

Credit for base images goes to Seibertron.com

Shattered Glass Beasties?

With Funpub revealing “Shattered Glass Beast Wars" a couple of weeks ago, I can't say I'm excited. From season 2 onward I was okay with Beast Wars, but was much more entertained by Beast Wars 2 for the most part. The only way FunPub keeps my interest with this go-round is if they give us animals vs vehicles, and I certainly wouldn't mind seeing Prime as a dragon for the first time ever. Give me a repaint of BW 2 Galvatron with a Prime head and I might actually be interested in what I’m pretty certain is going to be an exercise in boredom.

Credit for base images goes to Seibertron.com and RealMonkey.

Electrifying

When classics Kup came out, I didn't think he'd be much use as a base for anyone else-then I got him in hand. I tell you, this mold is deceptively useful and very passable as a number of characters. Gobots Smallfoot, Orion Pax, but particularly, the G2 Laser Rod Electro. I know I know, his alt mode isn't quite the hot rod vehicle the original Electro was, but it's truck like, has the same general body shape, and you paint this baby in gold and detail it and it's pretty solid. Add a new head and an engine to the hood and I think Kup = a pretty dang good Electro. I'll be looking into updating some of the other Laser Rods soon, why not?

Credit for base images goes to Seibertron.com.

Vehicon tank

So there's this TF: Prime game that's slated to come out, and I completely forgot about the images we were shown at Botcon that showcased a tank and helicopter Vehicon. I'm still trying to figure out why Hasbro hasn't recolored the entire line like Vehicons and stuck a Vehicon head on them, people love troop builders! But I digress, just wanted to amuse myself and see how nice the Vehicon colorscheme is when plopped on any mold! A Tank Vehicon, why not?!

Credit to Seibertron.com for the base pics.

GDO Ransack Redux

After messing around with the color matching for my last digibash, started thinking about how funny it is that GDO Powerdive stole Ransack's colors. Turnabout is only fair play, so I tweaked my digibash of GDO Ransack and gave him Powerdive's colors.

 Together again... sure why not?

 Credit for base images goes to Seibertron.com

A friend for GDO Powerdive-Ransack!

I haven't gotten my hands on GDO Powerdive yet (though I have one waiting for me in Boston) and I'm already hoping GDO provides us with another wave of offerings in 2013, particularly Powerdive's partner Ransack. I know the current release of Powerdive *should* be called Ransack (if we're keeping in with homage correctness) but just to keep the pair together, I'd love to see the original Powerdive colorscheme mapped onto the Energon Bulkhead mold. That guy is another one that has 101 repaint possibilities that for some reason have just never been taken advantage of.

 The dynamic duo together again, swap the names and be happy.

 Credit for base images goes to Seibertron.com

Classics Aquasting

Keeping the Fuzors updates rolling, next on the list was Aquasting/Injector. One of the bigger of the Fuzors, I thought the Seaspray mold with the proper colors would look really neat done up in the Aquasting colorscheme.
Bot mode! What I'm enjoying most about this is that it's a simple repaint, no remolding needed to make this mold scream Aquasting.

More to come, I have every intention of tackling every one of these beauties!

Agent Fowler, transform!

After watching the last few episodes of Transformers Prime, I started thinking that as neat as it is that Agent Fowler is one of the more productive humans, I'd love to see them do something more.
I'll come right out with it; I want to see Fowler as a Transformer.
There's a number of ways this could be done storywise, and give us a repaint of Cybertron Evac in the process (love that mold!). Quick examples:
1. Fowler finds himself in a situation similar to Silas, body traumatized in a battle with the cons or something and he's retrofitted into a machine built by the Autobots after discovering a hidden MECH lab.
2.Instead of crippling Agent Fowler forever and trapping him in a machine, let's say the Autobots devise a way to allow Fowler a mental interface with a machine they either built or originally served as a military drone. For the sake of a quick twenty minute episode, let's say the drone gets damaged in a scuffle with the cons and Fowler's consciousness winds up trapped in the machine. "Can the Autobots reverse the effects before they become permanent?"

Anyway, I watched the episode Darkest Hour and felt that Fowler was more productive in that chopper than he was the Dreadwing/Skyquake jet, so a repaint of Cybertron Evac would probably look really neat! It'd have to be blueish gray to match Fowler's suit of course!

I also did one in more of a greenish tint to match the chopper in the episode.

Credit for base images goes to seibertron.com

GoBots: Prime

So for the last few years… ah hell, ever since Classics got rolling, I’ve been wanting to see Hasbro give us molds that could easily double as GoBot homages with some clever repainting and a possible remolding. So far they’ve tossed us the proverbial bone with both a subtle wink/nod (Fracture=Crasher,  Reverb=Dart) and sometimes without saying a word (HFTD Highbrow=Bolt, PCC Searchlight=Twinspin), but I want more.

More specifically, I want Leader-1! I can squint at GDO Swerve and see SmallFoot, but not a single jet TF Hasbro has produced has really worked as a decent palette swap for the Guardian leader.

Until Prime:Dreadwing came along that is.
Okay, so at first glance I didn’t give him much though, he’s the wrong color, he seemed squat in bot mode, head’s all wrong, etc. But then I got him in hand and let me tell you-with a little paint and new head this guy could very well be a good stand in for Leader-1. Dreadwing is only slightly shorter than AM Prime-which completely works as far as the way I always imagined the two leaders. He’s also a little bulky in the torso, but nowhere near as beefy as he appears in the show. Though this bothers a lot of the screen accurate crowd, it works perfectly for me, because I don’t mind Leader-1 having some heft to him.

Behold quickie Digibashing!

And of course, battle mask!

Now granted, it’d be a bit stylized to match the Prime aesthetic, but even if he’s jammed into that continuity, I really think this could pass for Leader-1. It even got my head cranking out ideas for his appearance in the show-visitor from a robotic planet that isn’t Cybertron noticing the threat the Decepticons pose and offers to help stop them before they get too out of hand. Oh the possibilities!

(Credit for base images goes to TCracker on TFW2005!)

Snake-O-Mania

I know this is usually for Transformers related digibashes, but I'm also a fan of Masters of the Universe as well and the most recent Snakemen offerings got my creativity abuzz. I'm awaiting the arrival of my Snakemen two-packs and can't wait to start swapping the heck out of those heads and creating even more snakemen for King Hsss to command! Though there are a ton of common swaps I'm going to do right away (you *have* to plunk a snake head on King Hsss's body and do some Kobra Khan swapping), I'm looking to branch out into a more... unique approach. Attach whatever story you like, Serpent's Ring gone haywire, occult arts manufacturing snake clones, Serpos gone haywire, I don't think it really matters because so many of the Masters and Villains look great when they're sporting scales. Snakemen Digibashes ahoy!

It's funny, even though he doesn't go on sale until next month, I'm already chomping at the bit to get some head swapping and repainting going with him as well.

Torca Time!

"I am able! Just ask Bantor! He was all mandrill until I put a tiger in his tank!"
-Ratchet
Transformers Prime: "Operation Bumblebee - Part 2"

The above quote kicked into overdrive what was for awhile just a passing musing in my head that the Beast Wars Fuzors to be made into classics vehicles.
Not to say this thought is anything new, considering we've already seen Quickstrike pop up in the DOTM line as DarkSteel and SkyShadow in the somewhat under the radar DOTM Powerglide repaint, but now I can't stop digibashing!
First and foremost, my favorite of the Fuzors-Torca!

I've always had a soft spot for these mixed mode Beasties. I was was not a fan of the first season of Beast Wars at all, and only tolerated it towards the end. It was the back of the box previews of the Fuzors and later glimpses of Silverbolt and Quickstrike for the show that really turned me around and made me want to give the show a chance. Despite being thoroughly disgusted by Quickstrike being made into an idiotic cowboy of the flimsiest kind, it didn't keep me from loving the toy. When I saw pics of the upcoming Fuzors, I freaked when I saw Torca-that whale-a-phant would be mine!
Beast Wars has come and gone, but I think the brilliance of the Fuzors' basic designs should be preserved and applied to the current lines. I don't care if you want to call them pre-BW bodies or "Classics" whatever, but these guys were made to be fused (no pun intended) with some Classics molds.

Credit to seibertron.com for the original images.

E-Hobby Shattered Glass Blaster

In light of the most recent teasers about E-Hobby tackling some Shattered Glass VS sets, another digibash! Fingers crossed it's still Music Label Soundwave vs Device Label Blaster-for the sake of some kind of scale correctness in our Classics displays. ML Soundwave was the base for FunPub's SG Soundwave's color scheme, so I'd be fine if he either remained as he is in the white deco or tweaked slightly. The main focus for me is SG Blaster, who I'd really like to see created from Device Label Blaster.

I think it works quite well, no?
(Credit for base image goes to seibertron.com)

*UPDATE* a poster on TFW2005.com pointed out that the E-Hobby promotion is just going to be a comic. Suck. Oh well, I had fun digibashing this anyway.

*UPDATE PART 2* Hydra, a poster on TF boards who actually works for eHobby, has stated that these will not only have toy releases, but will be using the G1 molds. I'm glad these will be seeing plastic form, but a little sad that they're not going with the Music and Device label versions. Hydra did hint that eHobby is looking to start branching out to different molds besides the G1 releases, so fingers crossed for some Classics/Generations goodies in the near future!

POW!

I got Generations Warpath today!
Quit happy with this guy, they managed to perfectly capture the essence of G1 and added that Generations flavor.



We've already seen the instruction scans showing the new head (presumably giving us Hardhead), but so help me there better be a little something like *this* in the works.


C'mon Hasbro, make me happier!

Overloaded

Remember Overload?

He was a nifty little MicroMaster with a minibase.

He was also in Armada.

How can you deny that's little Overload toting around a big 'ole box of destruction?

And yes, the name was applied to a Green Universe Scattorshot repaint... which should have been called Flak.. but that was used for the Botcon repaint... ugh, anyway...

I'd love to see Overload pulled into the Classics-verse line in yet another Two-Pack idea. With Hasbro's trend of scaling up Minibots (i.e Countdown, Movie repainted yellow Mudflap, who's a dead ringer for the Micromaster Erector) I think it'd be pretty neat.