So I had all my little tupperwares of disassembled bots out last night. I was looking over the Skids figure I'm going to turn into Perceptor and decided to try for some new forearms. I tried some Ricochet arms out and they fit well. The awesome part though was the little holes that perfectly fit the G1 mircoscope knobs that go on his forearms. THAT is why I love kitbashing. Well, that and Hasbro's inability to meet my every toy need.

I think I'm going to completely redo the way Perceptor fits together. I have two Skids repaints already (Ratchet and Ironhide) and I'm thinking he needs a different overall look in the torso. I doubt he'll be able to transform directly back into vehicle mode, but I don't care so much about that. I wouldn't dare transform any of my kitbashes - the paint scrapes would kill me.