#micromasters

"Woah... you're beautiful!"

G1 Micromasters Battle Squad arrived today & a Taiwan Dreadwind (Buster) bootleg.

Some more of the Nucleon era for G1 I was toying with.

Big emphasis on advertising toys: the Triggercons, Triggerbots, Action Master Vehicles, and Pretender Vehicles in particular.

Also wanted to emphasize the difference in Energon and Nucleon, something the older official material never really offered (not that it had to). Energon burns up faster when used in rapid succession or the robot overexerts themselves, while Nucleon stays charged 100% far longer, roughly a couple of months before it starts to dwindle, giving the Autobots more of an advantage.

The second in command and original founder of the hot rod patrol, many years ago he figured out something humanity would figure out for itself much later, that fire decals look awesome, he defines the hot rod patrol's sense of style

Greaser is the oldest member of the hot rod patrol, and is completely loyal to their leader big daddy, he sees her as his true sucessor, having turned his style into an ideology and a way of life, the hot rod patrol believes authority must be tested at all times if it's fit to lead, tough interestingly greaser doesn't seem all that willing to question big daddy's authority at all, a contradiction born from coming from a slightly older era? Or maybe he just has a soft spot for her.

Either way they lead the team with an "anything goes in the name of freedom" philosophy, they're mostly hands free but when they need to get their hands dirty Greaser is there to lift the weights and beat up other guys who think they can rub big daddy's paint He's also the team's field mechanic, though the team works for the wreckers they can't always rely on their expertise, so greaser is there to pick up the slack

sunrunner design for @emperor-kumquat

Synching with Minicons has always been viewed as a valuable skill. Having a Minico usually means having an incredibly powerful weapon ally at some bot's disposal. However, Synching is a VERY rare ability.

When it was still believed Micromasters and Cold Constructs were non sentient drones, an idea was proposed, modify certain drones to be able to be able to carry smaller units. On ANY OTHER KIND of Cybertronian, this would be very inhumane, as the mods necessary are invasive, painful, and EXTREMELY dangerous. On an unfeeling drone? Go nuts.

This attitude unfortunately returned when the Predacons did. Hundreds of CCs "inlisted" to get the Mod.

The Mod for the Deployer itself is simple. Just remove the part from wherever you want to store the Micromaster, then replace them with connectors, pseudo stasis field generators, and rewire fuel line so the Micromaster gets some of the Deployers energon.

The Mod for Micromasters however is much worse.most of them cant even transform without outside help anymore. And that's the least horrible side effect. Autoscout cant speak, ??? Can't move. The list goes on!