Heavy/Scratch: Transmetal Rubber Ducky "Ducklaw"

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  1. DJsCustoms

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    "Thought to be destroyed, the Transmetal driver merely caused a transwarp explosion on itself and was flung years into the past...Into the hands of a pre-transmetal Megatron. Realizing the recent Dinobot clone failed for not having an alternate form, Megatron began to create a new predacon from waspinator's scrap and a fragment of starscream's spark.

    With inferno's sabotage on Tarantulas' programming, the emerged Predacon was twice as loyal to Megatron...but half the size he ought to be. Ducklaw was ready to enforce Predacon Rule on the Maximals!"

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    This was a fun project that went all the way back to my first "Scrapformers" custom. It went through a ton of revisions, including going from bright neon yellow to being a transmetal instead.


    - Like all transmetals it has a third "Vehicle" mode of a hovercraft. There was also a fighterjet transformation planned instead, but it looked too goofy.
    - Unlike any transmetal, it includes two actual GUNS that can be held in the hands. Yes, I know. A transmetal with a gun, Hasbro would have never allowed that! *Cough*Rampage*cough*
    - Sadly, due to the unique hands, there are no pegholes for the guns. They are held in both beast&vehicle mode by friction.
    - The backpack thruster flips up/down using a twist-tie rope to hold it in place. The inside of the top thruster can have the hunting rifle plug into it securely while the duck head/robot legs can pin the machine-pistol between them in many ways without issue.
    - Most of the figure came from Beast Machines Scavenger, as it was originally a way of making that toy fit in with Beast Wars. Could be an alternate name for the predacon, frankly.


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    That is awesome! Love the back story and duck mode.
     
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    Love it!!
     
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    shiftypenguin Fancy-Pantsless Dancer

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    Ha! So cool! Nicely done!
     
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    Darth Convoy Well-Known Fan of Needlenose & Skullgrin

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    yessssssssss. This tickles my happy place.
     
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    Quack. Quack