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04-13-2014, 10:26 PM | #1 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Jacksonville Florida
Posts: 322
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With all the JoeCon news going on, made me hunt down a Banzai-Tron custom I did sometime last year.
Wrote bio as I was working on him, Which took as long as making the figure I think. Banzai-Tron's Motto: "Transformation for obscurity is cowardice." No one is quite sure what Banzai-Tron is anymore. Believed to be the only Transformer to have shed his Alternate mode just by will. Even though he still relies on a spark, believes he is no longer a Transformer but the next tier in his evolution as a robotic samurai. Banzai-tron has always been in the businesses of selling the parts of the unfortunate ones that have fallen before him. Takes great pride in his skill of dismantling with surgical precision but Still enjoys seeing the damage his Ion Cleaver can do. Not everyone he dismantles is for profit, some are for practice. He is Always improving his technique at Crystaluction,(the art of knowing the weak points in the body ). The fact Banzai-Tron no longer transforms, he still capable of mass-shifting (the ability to change size Depending on the surroundings) with a light amount Of shape shifting ability. Possibly do to him never using Nucleon, (The Action Master Fuel source). Also has superb structural integrity, increased strength and speed. Banzai-Tron has no friends. Believes friends can be messier than dismantling a human but has formed An alliance with Razor-Sharp for Eons. Razor-Sharp has more modes than a Cybertronain Warrior Shank. Always finding ways to be more sufficient at tearing down whatever Banzai-Tron puts in front of him. Learning that there is big profit to be made from the sell and trade of organic parts, both made their Way to Earth and now has affiliation with Cobra and their crossover with some of the Decepticons. Banzai-Tron has felt the presents of Bludgeon's Spark here on Earth where he is highly anticipating a nice friendly sparing session. Problem is Banzai-Tron has no idea what friendly means! Ever,scene I saw the Bludgeon convention figure, I thought it would be cool to see a what a repaint of him turned into a Banzaitron would look like! Above pic has Razor Sharp attached to back. Razor Sharp was a Transformer also. Robotic Crab to weapon was it alt modes (pictured below but not transformed) For all that don't know, "The Hunt for Decepticon" Transformer line, Bludgeon was repainted into Banzaitron. Both were tanks. Earlier G1 versions of them had some similarities like Samurai but toys were different, Bludgeon was a Pretender And Banziatron was an Action Master, he was about the size of a G.I Joe I think, lil taller. So when I started the doing the research for making him, I decided to try bring all the different versions of the toy, comic, and box/card art into the look of him and just not repaint a Budo figure. As you can tell from the parts used (listed down lower) only a few parts of Budo I ended up using. Part list Head------- base of 25th chrome Viper head w/ MU Ghost Rider face on one side and on the other side added Kreo parts for teeth. Helmet----- Silver Samurai (movie) Torso------ CCommander (movie) Arms------- Budo (add plastic parts) upper legs- Snake Eyes (2nd movie) lower legs- Iron Man (with swivel ankle joints) I wanted to use Wraith legs but none was on hand Webgear is made from Transformer parts The Face changes by rotating head and reversing the helmet. I put a LED put in the head for the eyes to light up (not working now but will update when fix) found older pic of led on (cropped at earlier time to hide wires) (Pic Above) Stand------ routed out and added Decepticon logo from toy (Pic Below) All weapon modes (corner lower right inserted pic is Razor Sharps alt mode) Below is a pic of somewhat of a tank made out Banzai-Trons webgear. More like a cannon holder thingy majiggy thing Anyway If you made it this far in the tread, Thanks for checking him out! Also thanks to phantro for camera tips
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04-13-2014, 10:42 PM | #2 |
G.I. Joe/ Autobot liaison
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Texas
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Blew me away!
This is beautiful and I love the story. The play value for this is immense, the customization craftsmanship is very well thought out , well executed and I applaud you standing sir. Bravo!! |
04-13-2014, 11:44 PM | #3 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Denver, Colorado
Posts: 278
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Unbelievable!!!!!!!! Best Kuztom to date!!!!!!!! Cobraaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!
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04-14-2014, 12:06 AM | #4 |
Tiger Force member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Here with my boy , Jacob , and Mama:)
Posts: 5,374
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Amazing and super awesome!! Love this one
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04-14-2014, 10:08 PM | #5 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Jacksonville Florida
Posts: 322
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Thanks all
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04-14-2014, 10:17 PM | #6 |
All That Remains
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Southern CT
Posts: 2,089
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Wow! Wow! Wow!
That is sweet. Great figure. |
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