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Published: 2009-08-03 02:02:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 9998; Favourites: 86; Downloads: 0
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This young Autobot graduated from basic training near the top of his squad, earning a reputation as a top-notch scout and the nickname Spottor. After eleven consecutive applications, however, he still hasn't been accepted into the Academy. First he accidentally set the test course on fire, then there were the injuries to the adjudicators... Inevitably his enthusiasm and recklessness gets him into one sort of trouble or another. Nevertheless, Primal seems to see potential in the young bot.-----
Cheetor is a repainted TFA Jazz with a modified head. His boomerang is cut from styrene, and is designed as a bit of an homage to the one wielded by Sokka in Avatar: The Last Airbender.
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if I saw a car like that I would laugh at the owner.
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Okay that answers my long-asked question,thank ya.
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did i miss something about Cheetor being on TFA or is he just people wanted to be on the show.
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If I'm parsing what you were trying to ask there correctly, no, Cheetor never appeared on Transformers Animated, although a more Transtech-inspired version appeared in the Fan Publications comic 'The Stunti-Con Job' a while after I posted this. In short, this custom is simply part of a 'what if' continuity I created myself as an homage to the series and characters.
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I haven't even seen Avatar, but from what I know about Sokka the boomerang is appropriate.
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Not that I don't like how it turned out, but is there any reason that you didn't use Bumblebee? it seems more apropriate I was just wondering.
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Sheesh, if it's not Blurr, it's Bumblebee...
First, Bumbleebee is a horrid little mold to work with, full of springs and hidden pins. Second, that would have made Cheetor the same size as Rattrap. Most importantly, there's no way a compact car is the most appropriate vehicular representation of a cheetah. As an added benefit the proportions of Jazz's robot mode are much, much closer to Cheetor's than Bumblebee would have been.
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That's cool, I was just wondering. Whats next for you?
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I'll actually have some new stuff to show in a couple of weeks, so stay tuned!
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Awesome, can't wait.
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I like that he and Tigatron are mold brothers, but TFA Blurr is so perfect for Cheetor...
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I've explained this before elsewhere, but while Blurr makes sense for TransTech, BM and maybe even TM2 Cheetor, I maintain that Jazz was the best choice for S1 Cheetor, who was shorter and chunkier than his later incarnations. A Cheetor from Blurr would have towered over most of the other Axalon Crew anyway.
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why didnt you use prowl shuriken for the wepon after all the universe cheetor came with almost identical shuriken to prowls and i still tink blurr would have worked
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You know, Beast Machines Cheetor uses curved blades that could be used as boomerangs, was there any inspiration?
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Good catch! I didn't want to go with the scimitars themselves, partly because I already had a few characters with swords, and because they seemed a bit grim for S1 Cheetor. A boomerang, though, was the combination of quirky and lighthearted that I was going for.
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I see, that makes sense.
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ok, i am sooo puuting some of ur customs in my fanfiction. if thats ok with you,of course. but he needs a more vehicular name, like Speedor. and tigatron should be spelled ti-gatron or tie-gatron. airazors name is fine.
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Hey, go right ahead! It's not like I can claim any real ownership over them!
He's Spottor! 'Cause he's a scout, see? And covered in spots? Eh? Eh? Anyway, in my micro-continuity Tigatron renamed himself after the big cat even before getting a beast-mode. He's just that into organics! Needless to say, most of the other Autobots think he's a little bit... off.
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ok, i posted that before i read tigatrons bio. and thanks!
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