With the help of this forum and TFmaster's leg guide, I have almost finished my first transformers bash. I decided to make my own ultimate version of Alternator Prime using both the hasbro and the takara versions and also extending the legs and moving the seats off the arms.
All I have left to do is paint the thighs all silver, paint leg covers a lighter blue to match, and I have a KO robotmasters prime gun for him. The mods are pretty simple, The leg extension makes him 1/2 inch taller and now I can use the hip plate without it making him look short. And the seats were the most annoying things when I first got the toy, but they are very easy to fix.
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