My thoughts:

 

1/ Your repaint is tasty-gorgeous.

2/ Binaltech Skids was great (G1 stickers)

3/ The "Blaster" repaint in Japan should have been THIS character (exactly the same colours):

 

http://www.xybertoys.com/catalog/images/tf...lust03_fig2.jpg

 

http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/Crosscut_(Autobot)

Very cool job.

Personally, I love alt Skids & wish the figure was re-painted into the obvious choices: Ironhide &/or Ratchet. I agree that the flames sucked, but the mold was PERFECT as a G1 homage. The flames are extremely easy to remove with rubbing alcohol and elbow grease.

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(Stickers from Repro)

Personally, I love alt Skids & wish the figure was re-painted into the obvious choices: Ironhide &/or Ratchet. I agree that the flames sucked, but the mold was PERFECT as a G1 homage. The flames are extremely easy to remove with rubbing alcohol and elbow grease.

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(Stickers from Repro)

 

I agree, Skids is a great homage to his original. A little alcohol and a rag and he's perfect! I was even able to leave in a couple red stripes to break up the blue a bit.

 

I don't necessarily agree with the repaint part though. I'd have liked to see those guys done up as a Caravan or something.

Yea, I know, Caravans aren't "cool", but then neither were their original Vanette alt modes.

 

While Ironhide would work, a Scion is just too darn small to be a proper ambulance.

 

I've seen a few KB's of both and Skids does make for a good bot mode of those guys though!

I'm a G1 Skids fan, and a G2 TFs fan...I guess I'm the only one who finds Alt Skids to be absolutely perfect the way he is.

sorry my cam sucks, and close ups are impossible, well the are crappy anyways

FTR, I don't mind the slighty goofy paintjob, it's the shape of the actual vehicle I dislike. Which isn't HasTak's fault of course, it's Toyota's.

I'd like to see Ironhide as Toyota Hiace.

 

http://www.pentagon-toyota.co.uk/toyota_as...a_Hiace_Van.gif

Is there any way to get the window tinting removed off of Skids?

Is there any way to get the window tinting removed off of Skids?

 

yeah, i just used a q-tip, and some alcohol. it gets rid of the word skids, but not the stupid tint, at least not alll of it.

 

i am just going to do a translucent red over it

Is there any way to get the window tinting removed off of Skids?

 

yeah, i just used a q-tip, and some alcohol. it gets rid of the word skids, but not the stupid tint, at least not alll of it.

 

i am just going to do a translucent red over it

 

nail polish remover and cotten balls/q-tips will do it. it's difficult and time consuming but it works. i did it for the ratchet i'm working on.

 

and for the record: Skids vehicle is lame (imo) as is his head. but the bot mode is great! prime is the worst alt. :tftongue