Matthew Ashcroft

@syndication.bsky.social

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Made music. Builds #gunpla. Increasingly morphing into a Luddite. syndication.bandcamp.com https://youtube.com/@syndicationbuilds?feature=shared

SS86 Bumblebee, Earthrise Smokescreen, Earthrise Bluestreak and Kingdom Huffer, all with minor custom paintwork (and a new head in Bumblebee's case) for better resemblance to the cartoon.
The torso of the Real Grade Sazabi model kit, complete with metal inner frame (the original one broke!)
Myself pulling a face of real anguish whilst sat in the garden melting
A human sized Zaku bazooka from Gundam in the shop window of Rerun
Transformers G1 Retro deluxe Seaspray, in a half crouched firing pose. My copy has some eyes (courtesy of a Gundam sticker sheet) and painted faceplate vents, for a mostly but not entirely cartoon look
Age of the Primes Deluxe Swerve, a small white and red robot, equipped with the My First Blaster accessory from the Blokees Wheels Swerve car model.
The Transformers Pointblank (in red and light blue) Crosshairs (in red and navy blue) and Sureshot (in bright yellow and orange) all posed in a row with their targetmaster weapons raised.
A mii of 80s television monstrosity Mr. Blobby on Tomodachi Life for Nintendo Switch, asking me how many people on the island I think are secretly a Tory.
The screaming wall face thing from Pink Floyd's The Wall
A BBC News update by Chris Mason that reads: Labour's backbench parliamentary committee blocked from seeing PM, BBC understands The group asked to see him, as it is their job to represent the views of backbenchers - but No 10 refused. The committee is made up of around half a dozen MPs and some peers, elected by the Parliamentary Labour Party. It usually meets weekly with the prime minister when he is in Westminster.
An Aiwa tape deck playing 'Left to My Own Devices' by Pet Shop Boys. The track is playing fine, then abruptly changes into a muddy back masked version of 'It's Alright' from the other side of the tape.
A Sony PS-X6 turntable playing 'Instant Crush' by Daft Punk.
A mysterious box of musical joy at Macclesfield train station
Generations Selects Star Convoy in the window of Cash Generator St Helens
The torso for my custom Crosshairs from Titans Return Kup - a robot body with a big window in the middle, which I have strategically masked to recreate the window of the original Crosshairs toy. Also deliberately frosted up the window with topcoat, because I didn't want the front of the vehicle mode to be as obvious without removing the transparent plastic entirely
A titan master painted in black, with a yellow torso and blue face
The Rich Evans sitting on the couch with a bottle of wine meme
The Titans Return Kup figure, disassembled and primed in off-white and dark grey. The piece are sat on a Quality Street lid, on the horrifying mess I call a desk
Legacy Lio Convoy, a predominantly red and white robot who turns into a weirdly realistic white lion, in robot mode. The lion mane has been painted metallic gold, and the face is currently under 20 layers of masking tape because of that.
A bunch of pieces from the Legacy Lio Convoy figure, covered in masking tape and with a freshly painted gold mane.
The original Beast Wars Neo Big Convoy figure in its wooly mammoth mode.
A black Rega Planar 1 turntable with clear lid, sat atop the original brown box packaging, accompanied by the instruction booklet, reference belt upgrade in packaging and Carbon Pro stylus upgrade, also in packaging.
MPG Optimus Prime Style Gen, a red blue and silver robot with a semi truck chest. He is equipped with a black shoulder mounted gun, a black sci fi blaster in his right hand, and a silver and orange blade in his left, with a shield affixed to his left arm. He is standing on a wooden table in the sun.
A figure of Sideswipe from Transformers, a red, white and black robot with a white cannon on his left shoulder, a silver gun in his right hand.
The MPG Optimus Prime Style Gen figure, a red and blue robot armed with a shoulder mounted rifle, orange axe instead of a right hand, and a sword in place of his left, with a silver shield mounted on the arm.
The front of the O2 Apollo concert venue, with a large LED sign that reads TONIGHT - DAVID BYRNE
A Rega Planar 1 turntable in matte black finish, with a black felt mat on a resin platter in the centre. The tonearm is equipped with a Rega Carbon stylus. The phono outs are visible at the bottom.
A screencap from the Homestar Runner sbemail where Strong Bad gives Strong Sad a ton of caffeine. The text on screen reads: - erratic - violent - really funny to watch The characters are all in a field - Strong Sad, the round grey guy, is about to slap the heck out of Coach Z, the skinny green guy with a backwards purple cap. Strong Bad, the masked wrestleman, is taking notes in the background.
A Airbus A400M military plane with four front propellors on the wings, in the cloudy skies of St Helens for some reason.
Sandstorm, the bright orange robot with black legs and forearms, is on the left, and Blaster, the red and grey robot with a yellow tape deck door for a chest, is on the right. They now have bright white faces a la the original cartoon (or toy in Sandstorm's case), because the gunmetal originally used drove me insane.
The Transformers Legacy versions of Laserbeak and Buzzsaw, two identical robotic birds (Laserbeak is mainly red, Buzzsaw is mainly yellow) in this photo, they're using the jetpacks from the newer toys of the pair, as it turns out they clip in with no trouble. The jetpacks add some nice vents and missiles to the siege/legacy molds.
A leaflet for Reform UK, torn into tiny tiny pieces because I'm not a big fan
The CD sleeve for 'Second Nature: An Electroacoustic Pastoral' by Ultra-Red. The main image is a digitally edited photo of woodland with a boombox in the bottom right. The album name is in a white bar underneath.
The vinyl sleeve for Sly and Robbie’s ‘The Sting’ from 1986. A photo of two men, one with a pair of drumsticks in his hand facing to the side, and the other with a bass guitar in his hand facing outwards. The name of the band and album are in a yellow box at the top, and there’s a Tower Records sale sticker for $8.99 at the top.
A screenshot of the end screen of Quake 64, with the player character standing in the middle of a dark cavern, with red lighting on the walls. The text reads: “Congratulations and well done! You have beaten the hideous Shub-Niggurath, and her hundreds of ugly changelings and monsters. You have proven that your skill and your cunning are greater than all the powers of Quake. You are the master now. Id Software salutes you.” For maximum accuracy, a CRT filter is on, as are the OG texture filters and no antialiasing. To put it bluntly, it’s not the prettiest looking thing.
A screenshot of the video game Quake II: The Reckoning, showing a 90s 3D video game. The enviroment is a brown brutalist building, with pipes emerging from a cylindrical structure in the centre, and two walkways either side flank a body of green water. The sky is cloudy and firey orange.
Studio Series 86 Windcharger, a robot guy with a grey body and red limbs, with black windows on the legs. He’s holding a small gun in his right hand. His head is basically a small box. That’s rough. I forgot to spin the wheels on his arms to face the back as well. Oops!
Blokees Wheels Megatron - a large silver and black sci-fi tank, with the front treads out to the sides, and the back treads more recessed into the body of the tank itself. Armaments include a tank cannon, red light thingy on the bottom side, and a three barrel rocket launcher. Blimey.
Blokees Wheels Lost Light Rodimus, a variant of the usually orange and yellow futuristic sports car in predominantly purple, with a large light blue spoiler and silver exhausts covering the back wheels. There is a very small central window in the centre.
Blokees Wheels Prowl, a black and white sci-fi police car, with a large central cockpit (three centre windows across the top, and three small ones either side) and some large exhausts jutting out of the back. He has a small police badge on his side, which feels a bit out of place on a vehicle this unearthly.
Blokees Wheels Mirage - a blue futuristic formula 1 race car with white and red accents. He has his name written on the side of the car, which is one way to identify yourself to law enforcement.
Blokees Wheels Gears, a small blue and red futuristic pick up truck with a roll cage-type thing covering the back. There is a spare wheel on the back of the vehicle, facing upwards. The cockpit of the car is open
Blokees Wheels Swindle, a yellow Jeep with a purple car hood, with a mounted laser cannon on the back.
Siyang Culture Metroplex in his futuristic city mode, populated by Blokees Wheels in the different areas - Scamper is emerging from the black ramp in his chest, whilst Hound and Swerve are situated in the bays made from his legs. Optimus is just hanging out.
Blokees Wheels Optimus Prime, a red and blue semi truck with white stripes. And a blue spoiler, because why not?
Blokees Wheels Hound - a dark green military jeep with a mounted gun on the rear.
Scamper, a black six wheeled sports car with silver accents and two red guns on his roof.
Blokees Wheels Runamuck, a black/dark grey sports car with red window. A lot of sharp edges and gaps. He looks a bit like he’s mid-Transformation
Me and my dog, Griff (Yorkshire terrier/Shih-Tzu cross)
Blokees Wheels Drag Strip - a six wheel formula 1 car in gold with purple details and windshield. Very pointy looking.
Blokees Wheels Swerve, a small red and white futuristic pick up truck equipped with ‘my first blaster’ - a fisher price esque gun from the IDW comics.
A display box containing 12 orange and white Blokees wheels blind boxes, arranged in rows of 4. A render at the top of the box shows off each style, from semi truck to jeep to sports cars to tanks
The (likely) broken connection piece on my third party Metroplex transformer. There was a screw in there… once.
The packaging of Transformers Unite Warriors Bruticus, with a large illustration of the decepticon combiner on the front, razing a city as you’d expect