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The Headmaster makes for a great hand puppet.

It keeps Blitzwing from getting lonely, but I don’t know how much more of it Bumblebee can take…

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The recent repaint of classics Mirage into movie Fracture classics Crasher was very successful in the collector community.

Perhaps a little too successful.

Reasoning that it worked for Mirage, HasTak execs decided that fans must like gender bended repaints.

And so it was that Trixie taught us the real truth behind hood chests…

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Happy Inauguration Day, fellow Americans!

In Soviet Ratchet, robot transform you!

This came from a conversation with my fiancee. We were talking about how Ratchet’s magnets aren’t exactly show accurate, and she said they looked kind of like sickles. Then I noticed how his helmet looks like an ushanka with the flaps folded down.

After that, this repaint was inevitable.

No, I am not a communist. I just thought this would make for a fun post in celebration of Socialist Super President’s first day in office.

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While watching the first three episodes of g1 the other day, I came across something disturbing…

Hmm… Perhaps I should change the title of this post to Hound in Spike.

Why?

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“Hi! I’m Bumblebee and I’m a choking hazard.”

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Step 6: (Don’t just) Paint it Black!

If you’ve been following along, you’ve got an awesome fully flaming flail and fixed your Swoop, but you might be asking, how can I make him even better?

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Step 5: Save Our Swoop!

Today’s step fixes a problem on Swoop that may not be obvious at first. Even though Swoop is so thinly built, he’s tough and flexible. Unfortunately, that flexibility combines with a problem in the mold to make a Swoop that (if not fixed) will eventually develop stress marks.

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Step 4: Your MACE! Ooh, burn!

Now that the parts have all been cut, here’s the easy part- Asskicker, assemble!

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Step 3: The Less Hard Part

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Step 2: The Hard Part

No. Bad Sunstreaker. Not a joke for you.

This step was almost named “The Pain in the Ass”, but that would’ve just been worse…

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