Unconventional Alt Modes for Established Characters

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  1. SPLIT LIP

    SPLIT LIP Be strong enough to be gentle

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    I always thought Optimus could be some other kind of big truck, not just the typical semi with trailer. Something like this:

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    Or my personal favourite, a heavy duty tow truck:

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    Or, tying into his history as a fire truck, something like this:

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    He doesn't always have to just be a plain semi truck.

    Likewise, I always thought a cool alt mode for Megatron would be an A10 Warthog.

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    It's a less conventional jet shape, and heavily armed. I could see the wings folding up into the legs and the jet engines being the shoulders or something.
     
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    I remember you used the heavy tow truck for your fanfic a few years back. It really fit your interpretation of Optimus as a down-to-earth, blue collar, regular guy who steps up when things get serious. And the A-10's an interesting choice - given that it's a giant rotary cannon with a plane built around it, it's about the most Megatron-y plane mode I've heard of. It's definitely an inspired choice.
     
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  3. BattleGurijiba

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    Ha nice! I designed an A-10 Galvatron awhile back but I don’t know where the picture is. The shark mouth was styled like the smug T-Rex. I’ve seen other people say Prime should be a tow truck since it would mean he could help inured autobots, which I don’t think is a bad idea at all either.
     
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    How about a cement mixer truck for Optimus Prime's Alt. Mode. It can't only be Constructicons that can have that mode, his mixer could store his various weapons and he can have an added ability to fire wet cement or blocks of cement towards his enemies.
     
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    What if Megatron turned into this? The missile could be his fusion cannon.
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  6. BattleGurijiba

    BattleGurijiba One Radical Dudicus

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    My Shockwave design is a cement mixer for (mostly) the same reasons
     
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    Veleno Solar Plexus Clown Gliders

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    Grapple

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    Ultra Magnus

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    Powerglide

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    Swindle

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    Devastator

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    SPLIT LIP Be strong enough to be gentle

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    That is a beyond excellent idea.
     
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  9. Novaburnhilde

    Novaburnhilde Destron Enforcer

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    Lots of great ideas in here.

    When one of my nerdy friends and I were bouncing ideas off of each-other we thought it'd be interesting if a modern take on Unicron had his 'true form' be a Cybertronian Dyson sphere whose A.I. overseer became severely corrupted and began indiscriminately consuming stars and the cores of planets to continue powering itself.

    Dyson sphere - Wikipedia.
     
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    Is this legit?
     
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  11. BattleGurijiba

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    Where can I find this?
     
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    xd Accrocate Tell Megatron, 'Let's tango'

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    this is a cool ass idea, and might be a bit more fitting than a giant hungry planet
     
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    How/where do I buy one?
     
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    I guess you’d just have to hunt it down online at this point. The show is from 2015 I think.
     
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    Unicron, would look pretty cool as an airplane. An Antonov An-225 Mriya.
     
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    I'd like too see bumblebee as a small cybertronian fighter jet one that's actually vaguely bee like though stinger blasters insect style wings black striped engine section. Actually do something that links the alt mode to name.

    Smokescreen I'd like to see as greasy beat up muscle car or truck(probably a decepticon) with large exhaust pipes that constantly belches large quantities of smoke into the air when driving.

    Ratchet could be a tow truck since you'know when your car breaks down you call a tow truck not an ambulance. in robot mode he could have all the tools and gadgets necessary to repair autobots(I'm kind of thinking of more a ratchet/wheeljack fusion I think)

    I'm trying to think of some decepticon ones but I'm drawing a blank.
     
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  19. Zentropy

    Zentropy Toys > Fiction

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    I really like these ideas, though I'm strongly in favor of Smokescreen remaining an Autobot. Being a classic car fanatic, I keep an ongoing mental list of "retro" alt modes, and my choice for Smokescreen has been a Mark Donohue AMC Javelin. Give it some race rash and valve wear for the requisite smoke, and you've got your Smokescreen idea.

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    I think Ratchet as a tow truck is brilliant, and is why my go-to Autobot medic has always been Hoist.
     
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    I'm actually thinking shockwave might work well as a microscope/cybertronian tank since that way it'd tie into his scientist role but still give him a formidable alt mode. I mean if perceptor can make it work Shockwave certainly can.
    This'd work great for devastator you can just imagine how destructive he'd be with giant building smashing buzzsaw on his arm but my inner nerd insists on pointing out that's its technically already been used:

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    EDIT: Just checked turns out the picture I snagged from TFwiki is only slightly larger than the toy itself.
     
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