Alternity and Predaking

Probably my last major update/additions for a while. Got and added Alternity Bumblebee & Cliffjumper. I probably won't get the other Alternity figures because to be honest, as cool as they are, they don't compare to the Alternators. The thing I liked about the Alternators is that they feel and for the most part looked like updated versions of Gen 1. The Alternity figures are all cars and most of them weren't in Gen 1. Optimus, Megatron, Starscream, etc. I do really like Bumblebee & Cliffjumper though and hoped that they would blend in with the Alternators since they didn't make Alternators of these characters. It works for the most part, except the scale...

Also finally got the 2010 reissue of Predaking for my collection. Of course the set consist of Divebomb, Headstrong, Rampage, Razorclaw, and Tantrum. This was a significant vacancy in my collection that finally is filled.

More Alternator/Masterpiece additions..

Got and added Masterpiece Starscream. Also added a custom built Alternator Inferno to my collection. I hope to get more info on the custom Inferno from the eBay seller I purchased him from. I can say from the listing that it is a Binaltech Optimus Prime with custom labels that I believe were gotten from Reprolabels. Looks like he has overhead siren lights from a Prowl.

Masterpiece Grimlock

Got and added Masterpiece Grimlock to my collection.

Astrotrain

I finally got and added Astrotrain to my collection. While I was at it, cleaned up my Blitzwing page. Good times!!

Blurr and Kup

Getting Arcee and creating her page last week made me realize I never made pages for the other movie old timers in my collection Blurr and Kup, who have been there for a while. I guess there were many reasons for this; my focus has generally fallen on the earliest releases (like wave 1, etc), as well as not having weapons and accessories for these guys among other things.

Anyway, I created pages for them this morning, and cleaned up some things I noticed were kind of sloppy in my code. Did the same type of code refresh for Arcee and Hot Rod, though their content is the same.

While doing code cleanup, I took another look at the Bumblebee page and was really bothered that the artwork wasn't red to match the toy I have. I knew I had to fix this. After numerous searches with no luck, I saw the only way this was going to happen was if I modified it myself. The problem is, I have no (0) Photoshop skills. The one thing I do know to do, was just because someone showed me a while back. Anyway, I looked for web tutorials, and played with them mostly unsuccessfully for a while. Finally, with trial and error, I was able to do a makeshift change, and it is what is presented at the top of the new Red Bumblebee page. Maybe I will try the techspec at some point, but right now, I am glad to just be done with the main image. It isn't the greatest, but its awesome for me. If anyone can do better, please help!!

**EDIT** Code cleanup for all Autobots whose name starts with A through H....

Arcee

I finally added Arcee to my collection. For many years that didn't seem possible, but thanks to a third-party company who makes "unnamed" customs, it is now possible. I have been looking for a great deal, and finally found an open one for less than half price on eBay.

Lots of updating

Ok, right now I am really into updating my site collection, or at least I have been the past week and a half. Lots of changes. Mostly just cleaning up pages with better code/formatting, but also began updating with additions to my collection that I hadn't gotten in before. This includes Headmaster Brainstorm, Ironhide, Jetfire, Nosecone and Sixshot among others.

Also, I recently went to "Botchs Box Art Archive" and noticed that he had much better box art than what I have been using from previous scans/web images I had found previously. That being the case, I am slowly going to update the pages of each character with his stuff. I already did this with most of my Autobots, and will continue to do so with others as I can. His stuff is really sharp. I highly recommend his site. I don't know how he gets all of this, and at such high quality, but I really appreciate the work.

Hopefully more coming soon as I have time. I might get distracted with holidays and other things going on though.