Alt mode revamps

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  1. Primeultra

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    Correction

    Original Hotrod was a futuristic Earth sports car from the point of view of the early 70s

    I would like to see Bumblebee, Cliffjumper,Bumper and Hubcap out of these

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    And if not maybe Rumble and Frenzy

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    I could also see this as a new Exo-Suit for Spike and Danny

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  2. cartoonsforever

    cartoonsforever Wreck the past, rule your future

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  3. Primeultra

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    It’s the Batmobile for real

    anyway The first 3

    Slingshot : Open-air Roadster - 3 Wheel Motorcycle | Polaris
    I’ve been dying to buy one of these, I have seen some easy converts and with the right decals it really does look like a Batmobile....I seen a few on the road and they’re pretty gorgeous and they even come with Tops which I would assume are optional

    That three wheel motorcycle I posted I’m not exactly sure what it is
     
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    Thank you for correction.

    I've actually seen those three wheeled motorcycles used by cops in my neighborhood. I think they exist as an alternative to typical bikes.
     
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    Generally I support any kind of alt mode revamp where the size/shape/function is analogous. Obviously if the story is set after 1984 and well into the 2020s it make sense for characters to not be using their old Generation 1 toy alt modes as such vehicles would be exceedingly rare today outside of a vintage car exhibition. The same also applies to the season 3 characters who had retro futuristic (or Cybertronian, its unclear) alt modes such as Hot Rod or Arcee.

    As for specific examples: Ironhide as some macho ass pickup like his Movie self or some kind of Hummer-like vehicle make sense, as his old '80 vanette is quite silly.
     
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    No its pretty clear

    there are far to many similarities with real world concept cars from the 60s to the 80s for it to be a Coincidence

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    It’s obvious that they were used as inspiration for those characters alt modes

    Even the toy instructions for Blurr label his altmode as a “Futuristic car“

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  8. AJthecybermon64

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    I imagine the g1 minibots using shorten vehicles (and yes their a real thing just look it up)

    Kup as a 1957 chevrolet 3100 pickup truck

    Crosshairs (G1) using a 2003 GMC sierra 1500, crosshairs robot mode has the bed of the truck as the arms and the feet of the robot out of the hood as the top half of the robot mode is by the back window of the truck folded to make the top half of the chest and the rest make the bottom half and waste
     
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    Which vehicle would you pick for a Hot-Shot revamp?

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    Toyota GT 86


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    Porsche GT4

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    Mazda FRX 7

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    Yamaha FZS

    (So have suggested a bike for Bumblebee, so I thought why not Hot-Shot? He's supposed to be the youngest and shortest member of the main cast for my story.)
     
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    Hmm I want to make knock out a military vehicle to fit the decepticons military motif but I don’t know what; anyone got ideas?
     
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    That's tricky. What set him apart from other Decepticons in Prime was that he was a sleek land vehicle and I believe that should be maintained. This was the best light APC I could find in a brief Internet search:
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    My Knockout is a Stunticon and transforms into this:
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    He has the personality from Prime but alt mode from the Movie toy.
     
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    The Toyota seems like the best fit to me.
     
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    I'd make Optimus an International Lonestar semi truck. Not really a revamp given that he's been a longnose plenty of times, but it's a slick truck.
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    The Seekers would all be RQ-170 Sentinels if we're going for Autobot Car-sized Seekers, with guys like Lugnut taking the A-10 Warthog alt mode. If the drone mode doesn't work for Seekers, then I'd give them a smaller jet mode like Nitro Zeus's Saab Gripen
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    Soundwave would be a swarm of Cybertronic vermin that combined into a single wraith-like robot, while Megatron would be a quad-changer, going from a five-headed, many-tentacled hydra-squid to an RID01-style jet and a hover tank based on Marauder Megatron's tank mode.
     
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    this picture made me think, what would the other titans transform into if they didn’t transform into cities?
     
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    I'd do them all as Cybertronic warships with bestial robot modes (so more Trypticon, less Fort Max).
     
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    Decepticon alt modes:

    flatline: military hearse (yes they’re a thing)
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    soundwave: communications truck
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    Barricade: police apc
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    Thicc Arcee.
     
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    I love the idea of Ironhide as a red Hummer or some other rugged red SUV.
     
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    I had an idea to make Nitro Zeus an A10 Thunderbolt so he could use more vehicle parts in robot mode. The engines would go on his back and the wings would form his leg armor.
     
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