hey tfw members and radicons so there are alot of tf universe figs at my local family dollar there pretty low priced but they are not universe there just repackeged energon and cybertron toys well since there alot and are pretty cheap I figured I buy some if you could use them for some cool repaint or custom or for parts for making other custom figures any ideas for these figures are welcome if you already made a custom with any of thses figures please post a link so I can check it out. so any way heres are the figures energon storm jet from the superion barricade from the bruticus steamhammer from the constructicons sharkticon cybertron lugnutz backstomp
I used an extra Steamhammer's leg hinges (from the side of his legs in bot mode) to create a hinged section for the wings on my Universe Scourge custom I just put up a couple days back. It has some nice parts that can be used or you can just do a simple repaint of it. Energon Barricade can be used to do a Mixmaster for a custom Devastator or you can use the bot itself and add on other parts to create a new character (or repaint it). The bot mode can lend itself to many different customs, you just have to think a bit outside the box. Energon Stormjet is what got me into customizing. A couple of years ago, I saw a cool custom that Viagra Prime did over at TFans with this mold--he did some minor mods and repainted it as Cyclonus (check the galleries here also--it's in there). It really got me motivated to actually start doing something. So if you want to do a custom Cyclonus or maybe do this to complement Universe Cyclonus (this could be his "armada"), then that could work. It's all up to you, man. When KB Toys had these around Christmas last year, I got extras of Barricade and Steamhammer when they had some buy one, get one free sale or something--I remember I got 'em cheap (for like $5 or less each--regular price was $10 or more).