This may be the most ambitious toy photo spread I've ever done - so large, it's split into three parts. After having gotten Sky Lynx, and tapping into my interest in the NASA Space Shuttle that's been retired for a while, I scratch-built a few add-ons to make him look like the real Shuttle, which you'll see here. And rather than talk about it more, I shall pass it on to the Autobot Lieutenant Commander himself, as he guides you to
2020: A Sky Lynx Odyssey.
[Part 1]
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"Salutations, ladies and chaps. I am Sky Lynx, Lieutenant Commander of the Autobot Third Air Strike Division. Now, you may have been misinformed of a rumor that the United States Government had retired NASA's Space Shuttle program in 2011. I am here to inform you that I
refused to recognize that premature declaration. After all, as the most magnificent and superior of all Autobots and still in my prime, retirement is the furthest from my concerns."
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"Now here is my standard form in alernate mode: my sleek shuttle orbiter coupled with a crawler transporter that can double as a supplementary carrier bay. This is aerospace-dynamic perfection at its finest, but some self-described space travel 'purists' would consider my design 'incomplete' to represent Earth's classic space shuttle. In that case..."
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"Not that I require the aid of booster rockets or an additional fuel tank, but I must say, these additional modules do suit me fine."
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"Please note that these rockets and the tank do not complete me.
I am the one that makes
them look good."
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"There is no question as to which is my best side.
All my sides are best!"
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"Following NASA's tradition set down by test craft
Enterprise, and active orbiters
Columbia,
Challenger,
Discovery,
Atlantis, and
Endeavour, I have accepted a customized name to emblazon my fuselage. And you don't get a moniker more fitting than this."
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"Now, just a few final systems verifications, and I should be prepared for launch."
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"And now, on my way to the launch pad."
(Background image: movie poster to
2001: A Space Odyssey.)
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"A long trek to the launch site in the pre-dawn hours...."
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"And ignition!"
[Continued in Part 2, next post....]
