5mmToyhacker: Giant Acroyear SixWing kitbash

Giant Acroyear is one of my fave Micronauts of all time.

InterChangeRobot Mastera 4 is a Transformers Sixwing KO that is made up among other things parts from Sixturbo (the red car) and Sixbuilder (the dumpster truck).

This Micromaster KO is at a larger scale than the original. I saw the head and knew he would make for a cool Giant Acroyear riff.

InterChangeRobot assembled, not terribly exciting with it's too short arms, Optimus Prime body and uninspired stickers. The red rifle was scaled up larger than the other parts and doesn't fit into the robot's fist. The white cycle which was not part of anything and doesn't fit in any where. In the original Sixbuilder the bull dozer fit into the hallow of the chest, not here.

Some initial play. I find it useful to try to build shapes and see what can be developed without drilling. The red car's outer shell was removed revealing the robot body. I used the pre-existing 5mm holes to connect them to Giant Acroyear's body. The Green Dozer needs some drilling.

Detail of the left arm. I drilled 5mm holes into the green dozer, chest of the red inner robot and the left fist and connected them with lose 5mm pegs.

I removed the stickers on the feet without much difficulty. I loathe stickers. I stripped off the wheels on the orange truck and red car. I liked the undercarriage structure of the orange truck. It already had a 5mm port on it's end. It fit snuggly into the foot. The larger red part is from the 2009 Kabaya Toraichenja Robo candy toy. I drilled two 5mm holes to connect it to the other foot and another Micromaster KO part. Without knowing how I would connect them to the rest of the body I knew these were going to be the legs.

I wanted to give this Acroyear a giant sword to make up for the sad little daggers the original american Acroyears were given. This sword comes from Red Falcon.

I will have to figure out another solution for attaching the thighs, too skinny for my taste but they work well in holding the pose. I want my robots to have the ability to bend their legs and point their feet outward.