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Ramjet is replacing Thundercracker in Megatron's Crew

I have a few reasons why:
1. I wanted 2 larger Decepticon brutes compared to the smaller Decepticon scouts.

2. I wanted a jet or a bus Decepticon. Thundercracker would have worked but I wanted a different color scheme. I didn't want to just have a silver or black jet. I did also just want a bus to have diversity with the cast.

3. I would have had Transit been the last Decepticon but there are no figures of him and I personally don't think I'll do the character justice with a custom.

4. Color diversity, didn't want to have too many characters have the same color scheme to make them look vastly different, plus adding some unspoken characterization.

So mixing everything together i need a large Decepticon who is white and turns into a jet...then I remembered Ramjet was a thing.

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Work in progress

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Terrorcons | Constructicons

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Age of Extinction Rewrite Lockdown and Shadow Raiders...these will not be physical customs.

Lockdown
Shadow Raider variant A
Shadow Raider variant B


Lore bits:

Lockdown is literally the same from the actual film, except that it's like a Sentinel Prime situation from TfOne where it leads to the Autobot and Decepticon conflict. In this instance it would be the end of the Truce they made at the end of DotM in this Rewrite.

Lockdown would have a new color scheme and the faction logos from his previous hunts. (Logos help with expanding the universe)

Shadow Raiders will come in two variants, they will have the same role from the film but many would get destroyed by the Autobots and Decepticons.

Lockdown and Cemetery Wind would have been the ones to kill Sam, this has Bumblebee losing complete faith in humanity. This turns him into Stinger, so no KSI copy, it's just Bumblebee.


Themes Explored:
This would be an instance of great character writing to show the contrast between Optimus and Bumblebee; with how Bumblebee got lost in darkness and revenge. While Optimus got rid of his bitterness and contempt for humans with the help of Cade.

Yes before you guys comment, Bumblebee is staying as Stinger. It's just more impactful that way to have the first Autobot we see end up turning into a Decepticon and have him stay that way.

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Age of Extinction Rewrite Decepticon Cast/Future Customs...Revised

Megatron
Barricade
Stinger (Formerly *REDACTED*)
Widow
Mohawk
Thundercracker
Ripraw


*Lore stays the same from previous post*

Essentially to make this make sense I've changed events from DoTM and parts of AoE:

-Soundwave killed Dino in Dotm, Que Lived.
-Megatron was spared and a truce was formed.
-Ratchet and All of The Wreckers were hunted down.
-KSI doesn't exist.
-It's just Lockdown and Cemetery Wind hunting down the Autobots and Decepticons. Lockdowns motives remain the same

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Age of Extinction Rewrite Autobot Cast

Optimus Prime
Que
Arcee
Crosshairs
Sideswipe
Hound


Things to make this make more sense:
-Chromia was the one shot, Arcee survived Rotf.
-Arcee was in DoTM.
-Sam is dead.
-Nest still gets shut down and Transformers are seen as a threat, no matter the faction.
-Cade still finds Optimus, Optimus still has his character arc from the Original AOE. It may raise some tension with Megatron...

More posts will be released along with the actual customs.

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Been rethinking my Decepticons, Should I replace Dirtbag for another character?

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Aside from the live action characters this is a side project

Whirl
Rotorstorm
Twin Twist
Guzzle
Impactor

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Cut/Unused Decepticons


Onslaught (No Figure)
Dreadwind (Could be used later on)
Thundercracker (Too expensive to customize)

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