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Old 07-21-2012, 10:36 AM   #1
Mega-Prime 316
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Mega-Prime 316's METROPLEX

Hey guys!
I was sitting around looking at my collection awhile ago and was wishing that the G1 Metroplex that I had was not such a brick figure. We all know that it has virtually no articulation what so ever. Then I looked at my Cybertron Metroplex. He had some pretty good articulation, but didn't really look very much like the G1 version at all. So I got to thinking what would a figure look like if I blended these 2 base figures into one.

Primarily it would need to be G1-esque, and still keep the 3 transformations. The base mode, the mobile land assault mode, and of course Metroplex robot mode! So after looking and planning, I found one of each of the Metroplex, one on Ebay the other on kijiji. Both were missing parts, but once I started blending them together, I was able to exchange some "left over" parts and mod them into the missing parts. For example the shin guards are the outter halves of the G1 shoulders.

I also thought that I should try to make Metroplex's little buddies aswell. So I took Cybertron Clocker and repainted him into Scammper and I found an old Hotwheels tank and repainted it into Slammer. I didn't find a good sub for Sixgun.

So anyway enough rambling. Here are some pics I took!
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