Making Classics Constructicons less Emo and other Gestalts

[kup]

Hi,

As many of you know, Hasbro doesn't appear to know what the heck its doing when repainting the Energon Gestalts as G1 tributes. They seem to get two or three right in a set and completely stuff up the other two for no apparent reason.

The Classics Devastator Set (Constructicon Maximus Repaint) came with a spot on colors for the figures that were to become Bonecrusher, Hook (yes, HOOK! ) and Scavenger but for some reason they gave Long Haul and Scrapper some very unConstructicon black and purple emo colors with barely a hint of green to suggest that they were constructicons. With those color schemes, they just didn't look G1 at all.

So I decided to pull apart the four smaller figures limb by limb and reassemble them so that I can approximate G1 Constructicon colors for all figures. I didn't have to do anything with Scavenger because his colors were just fine.

For the original 'out of the box' colors you can check Cliffbee courtesy of Dirge.

Here is my reconfiguration:

Robot Modes:




Construction Vehicle Modes:



Devastator: (The color redistribution doesn't really impact him much)

[Lord_Zed]

A definate improvement, though I still don't care for the mould.

[iceburn]

very nicely done kup!! love the colours

[kup]

Just like the Constructicons, Hasbro made a similar 'ill' judgement when it comes to the Universe Aerialbots.

They are clearly intended to represent G1 characters and they succeeded with Slingshot (Yes! Slingshot ), Air Raid and to a lesser extend Silverbolt. However they completly screwed up Fireflight and Skydive by giving them colors that do not represent their G1 colors. Unfortunately unlike the Classics Constructicons, there is not much here to work with as the colors chosen for these two figures are completly out of place as far as representing the G1 Aerialbot characters.

Despite this major handicap, I tried my best to work with what I had:

Aerialbots Robot mode (Slingshot and Air Raid are fine but the colors of the other two hardly represent their G1 looks in robot mode because both Skydive and Fireflight have dominant reds but best I could do.



Aerialbots Jet mode (Here you can see a more true to G1 color scheme on the odd two but still far from perfect - Slingshot and Air Raid remain pretty good in their default colors)



Superion: (Not much change here in overall look - Need those upgrades )



I could improve Fireflight and Air Raid by using parts from Energon Skyshadow (the original release colors) which thanks to the man by the same name I will be able to do

[kup]

New Devastator Configuration to include more G1 resemblance: (Bulkier, Shoulder crane, elbows and better hands.. well clamps )



This guy would be really awesome if he had a proper G1 face.

[Golden Phoenix]

Bulkier, Shoulder crane, elbows and better hands.. well clamps

Should I clamp him boss?