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( No books of note, not many books at all )

   Dave Van Domelen, not a particularly quoteable week, although I was amused by the gigantic computer in THUNDER Agents that was nonetheless easily tipped over to become a fatal threat.

The other day I tweaked a couple of Pala-Dyne's costumes to finally update them with the new metallic skin and some Going Rogue pieces. And tonight I finally got him into and through an Imperious Task Force, so I could replace his old half-assed Cimeroran outfit with a proper one.
( Here's the new costumes )

( A bunch of older non-shipped books that I have read as CBRs while waiting futilely for them to arrive in hardcopy form. )

   Dave Van Domelen, "You were always going to get killed, sooner or later." - Alpha Trion to Ironhide

I got a spare Energon Tow-Line from a friend years ago, and I set it aside with the intent of someday turning it into the A-Team van. Someday came this week. :) I did initially try it with the dark gray upper of the canonical GMC Vandura, but I decided it looked better black. Unfortunately, some of the area ended up getting lumpy as I corrected stuff, and even buffing back down to the bare plastic didn't fix it. So I arranged the camera angles so as to hide the paint defects...but when the light hits it just right, it looks wrinkled or something. :( The original clear weapon was broken (part of why I got it in trade), but he can carry around Jungle Ironhide's weapons (not shown).

( Robot Mode )( Battle Platform )( Vehicle Mode )

Got a better shot this time, the haze cleared some and I figured out how to use the eyepiece sight to line up the shot by leaving both eyes open. :)



And a cruddy zoom-in:

I've done a scratchbuild, a Robot Heroes, a Classics transforming one, an Attacktix and a TF:A keychain chibi, so I suppose a pony is inevitable. I tried using dye first, but it mottled around the glued spots and then soaked through the gray paint (many many layers of it, in fact, and I'll probably need to retouch the gray again later).
( Various cute views. )
( Robot Heroes Channel approves. )

Stakeout is pretty bad, Crankcase is pretty good. Fortunately, I got Stakeout for $10 on Black Friday (well, Saturday), so I don't feel particularly ripped off.

( Book of Note: Gold Digger X-Mas Special #4 )

   Dave Van Domelen, "D-did I just get saved by LADY GAGA?" - Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man #650

A behind the scenes look at divinity in the ASH Universe. Not a rosterbook, but rather an examination of what defines a god, or what makes one a demon.

Steelshot is good, but saddled with a weak Mini-Con. The other two are Buyer's Remorse. Yep, clearing out some of my review stack this afternoon. :)