I got the minitank awhile back with Thunder, and while I love both the vehicle and the figure, I never thought it felt right that Thunder got such a dinky vehicle after getting the original "Slugger" back in the ARAH days.

Soo..... I had this Commando Force tank from the last KayBee Toys sale... was originally green with a really bad paint job. Decided to retool it to become a Slugger II: Arctic Slugger. Ended up painting it white, then painted the black camo over it, then painted it white again to mute the black camo a bit. Added weapon, drilled the main cannon (it was blunted), added decals, and added the Gobots Powersuit as a sort of flying recon sled.

Arctic Thunder was made from a Storm Shadow with legs from an Attack on Pit Duke, all painted white,
then used the head, helmet, and armor from Thunder.

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that's sweet, nice paint apps and the stickers, It looks like you'd buy in the store, very neat tank too with the opening up and all, good job....

I like it.

How about a few shot of just Thunder?

Go Bots armor... HA! Awesome...

This is fantastic, but why stop there. With a few more modifications it could be a Fort America that doesn't suck.

I would continue it by putting seats and workstations in it, maybe a few areas to store guns - making it a perfect little mini base.

Great work.

- R

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Cool. The only thing that bothers me is the cannon itself (too big), but that's just my opinion. Otherwise it's a great custom!

Tim 121RVC

I agree with Raptor and Tim. The cannon is laughably huge and the inside is bare when so many things could fill up that space, ammo for one, a computer/targeting station for two. I really like what you've done so far but with a few more tweaks it could be something really special.

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I like the sprayed over camo effect and the GoBots Mech is a cool touch.

Thanks all!

When work slows down let me get back to that... forgot
I didn't shoot one!

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Nice. But yeah we need some pics of Thunder on his own.

Agreed on the solo pics of Thunder, but I have to say that the base vehicle is pretty cool, too. My son got one last year for Christmas. The plastic is a bit fragile (the turrent broke off on the third day) but the inside yields tons of potential.

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Here we go: Arctic Thunder:









As with the original Slugger, the "mini" machine gun is removeable, and becomes
his handgun.

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Wow - love the camo technique on the Slugger - I'll definitely have to try that. And a cool idea using that vehicle as an update. I'm gonna have to try and find one now.

Thunder is just awesome - great parts choices for an arctic theme.

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