UPDATE FROM OCTOBER 9th 2022
Photobuckets being greedy basterds, I changed the image links to Hostingpics. Then Hostingpics died. Then my old computer died, eating so many of my archives, losing the original pictures forever. So, I took new pictures with the newest Earthrise Doubledealer and the old T-30 version as comparisons. Note that I added some teammates to my T-30. Plus both the T-30 and the Er Doubledealers have been upgraded with Reprolabels.
Enjoy the updated pictures!
I'm not a big fan of G1. Often, the toys are ugly and not so fun. However, they do have some really great toys. One being Doubledealer. He's a brick, but lots of fun and I just love triple changers. Especially the ones with a beast mode.
When they announced an update for Doubledealer in the Generations line, I was exited... only to be disapointed by that Blitzwing repaint. I still bought it but I wished for more. Something more G1 accurate.
Then, I decided to make my own.
I got a second Cybertron Defence Red Alert because he's the base for my modern Doubledealer. It already have a great robot mode and a great vehicle mode. All I needed to do was to pull a bird mode out of the thing. With just a minimum of modding and an extensive (but admitedly sloppy) paint job, here it is:
Cybertron Double Dealer!
Here's the robot mode with and without, all of his accessories:The head came from the Kreo set Transformers Sideswipe.
As for the accessories, the obvious huge missile and it's bullet, two PCC minicons as perfect stand-ins for Knock and Scar, the eagle's claws (from DotM deluxe Lazerbeak) and the original weapon that is part of the vehicle mode (and part of another mode as well. Guess which one it is?) Finally, the cyberkey who is also a gun. Why? Because.
The vehicle mode whithout accessories. Due to the wings underneath, it does not roll and it dosent stay flat to the ground. A small price to pay for that awesome bird mode I pull off.
Just before showing off the bird mode, just look at that handy storage space for the bird's claws!
First, the minicons must leave for the bird mode. The giant missile must be gone also. finally, a severe mistransformation or the original toy plus mods at the right places equal awesome:
Kinda more like a griffin dontcha think?
With gun-tail!
My custom is now a proud member of my collection!
I hope you enjoyed!