My combiner crazy friend had an idea. A mad idea. He bought a used CW Cyclonus and he challenged me to make a VERY specific combiner.
Because CW toys are now overpriced and "impossible" to find, we had no choice but to order from AliExpress, a quatuor of KO CW Vortex to sacrifice.
Their plastics feel cheap in hand, but are solid enough to be playable.
While waiting for them to arrive, we chanced upon 1 scrap CW Silverbolt and 3 scrap CW deluxes for basically free, plus one used CW deluxe for cheap at my local geek store. After thinking about it, we changed the whole concept of his custom combiner.
But what about the Fake-copters? It would be a shame to waste them.
Luckily, I had a spare scrap CW Cyclonus in my archives.
So I did the usual. Combining the parts of the scrap CW Cyclonus and Silverbolt, swapping the heads, and repainting.
So here's the mercenary team,
Bonusicons! The only customisation on the copters was to add some
over them and to drill some gun ports on the sides of the propeller.
As for the spaceship, I also added some Reprolabels leftovers.
In person, there's no yellow on the wings. Must be a flash thing.
I had on hand a pair of TR Windblade's swords. So I gave them to Greedycus. That rectangle peg on the side of the blades fit perfectly inside the slot just under Greedycus's hand. They peg in solidly this way!
I forgot the landing gear.
Bot mode:
And the big guy mode:
People will recognize the head of the original BW Tigerclaw. The head was perfect for a combiner. Plus I just had to shave the mushroom peg a bit for that head to fit!
The fakes CW pegs works wonderfully on the original torso.
So, what do you guys think of this quick custom?
And how about the REAL big project? I'm still waiting for some Chinese 3D printed hands to come. So, stay tuned!