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I was in the local BJ's and I saw a black convertible (top-down) Dodge Viper Alternator and I instantly thought of Dead End. The scale was a little larger, but the model was much more detailed than the traditional Binaltechs. It looked beautiful and I instantly thought of alerting the kitbashers out here. The car is $30-ish, though. A bit expensive for something to take apart.

Pictures will come later, but here's the deal: I took the FAB of Concept Bumblebee, and painted him black (and all hidden robot parts were drybrushed silver or gold). I now find myself in a quandry - namely, what to call him? Should I call him Movie Stepper? Name him after a Micromaster? Or make him a new character, something like "Blacktop" or "Shadowstreak" or sommat... As I said, pictures later, but I also might ask if I should do some fancy paint stuffs to the body panels...

Bio: Black Ravage was created at the end of the Energon Wars when the Grand Black Hole appeared. The surviving Battle and Command Ravage Terrorcons were literally super-condensed in the black hole into this one, single form. Just as an infinite number of monkeys could eventually write all the works of Shakespeare, given the time, so the near infinite number of Ravages have created an incredibly intelligent and powerful single form. Black Ravage has allied himself with Noisemaze (Sideways) and Soundwave in their efforts to acquire the planet force. Secretly, however, he wishes to use the planet force for himself, to resurrect his true master... Unicron. Weapons and abi…

Does anybody know where I can find black rubber rings/washers/wheels that are the same size as the gray plastic wheels (circled in red) on ROTF Leader class Megatron? The reason I ask is that when he is in his alternate mode, he won't slide across smooth surfaces. Plus, black rubber rings/washers/wheels will blend in with his black tank treads.

What's an easy way to do this? I can't do it by hand. Maybe a really thin black wash?

the baddest villain in the TF movie needs a make over. here he is before: and here he is after... here's the stupid thing, i didnt take pics of his chopper mode cause my digicam's all busted up. chopper pics will be up soon. :) more pics and writeup here: http://rateegcreations.x.am thanks folks! :)

A black and gold repaint of Bluestreak, my first and favorite G1.A version fit for Knight Rider, or something else cheesy from the 80s.Stickers from ReproLabels.com View the Custom Gallery Here

This is one of the first if not the first time I decided to work on a character because I liked the mold of the custom-to-be first. That is, I love this evac mold, and blades was the closest G1 character I could think of. Then, the name Blades got me thinking about the swords. ;) View the Custom Gallery Here oh and I know hasbro is releasing this as a classics 2.0 I started this a while back before I new ;( View the full article

This is a commissioned Blast Off / AKA FansProject Explorer, painted with more detail. View the Custom Gallery Here

I recently purchased from ebay a mib blast punch optimus, and I have had nothing but problems with it since. Having frequented this forum for a number of months, I recognized that this is probably the only place to go to for advanced Transformer repair, so if anyone could help me, I would be incredibly appreciative. Problem: In the middle of transforming him (the step involving pumping the shoulder), a sharp sound emanated from within the toy's left arm. After this, the gear system located within the upper arm still functioned- however the small gear located within the elbow no longer turned. This caused the lowerarm cover to no longer spin when the shoulder pad or s…