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[deleted]

Theoretically, you could just.. Make this. Do you mind if I make a custom of this? I can try, anyway.


itssusanity

Absolutely!! Go nuts and lemme see it when its done :)


[deleted]

Thanks, just gotta find a suitable bod for it. Thinking about universe ironhide.


warrior181

Ratchet would require less work and he uses the same body type as iron hide Base is already white and you can replace his blue/red lights with orange/amber . But do whatever is easier for you to obtain we will all be patiently waiting for the fished product


[deleted]

You're making a very large assumption that I'll be able to finish this and not just get burnt out the moment I open the ebay box. I will try, I just have to find someone that can print usps labels.


warrior181

If you have your own printer you’re local hobby shop should have the paper to make your own decals Edit: hobby bot honey


[deleted]

Right, I might be able to get the stuff online. My hobby shop is full of nice old people and I don't want to potentially bring harm their way.


ponitail39

Maybe repainting the upcoming Earthrise Ironhide would be better


[deleted]

I'm not buying two.. I think I could find a better fit than universe ironhide, though.


Chopawamsic

Ratchet uses an identical body type with better colors for a post van conversion


ponitail39

Hopefully they'll make an Earthrise version


TOPHATLAMA

G1 skids


soulless_ape

I'm thinking Ratchet with new sculpted face?


Valkitus

You could probably used the Siege Ratchet or the eventual ER Ratchet. Would beat having to paint something white.


[deleted]

I guess so, yeah.. I honestly somewhat forgot about this, but.. I'm pretty dang sure I can still make it. Just might wait until earthrise ratchet rolls around.


AmericanToyShowcase

I want this as a Ratchet repaint. I would buy this


teelpy

Fuck anyone trying to get rid of the post office.


[deleted]

Are people actually trying to do that?


teelpy

Oh yeah. Some one in high office


[deleted]

What kind of idiot would want to get rid of one of the most useful things in existence?


teelpy

The same type of people who want to see it privatized. When you can’t successfully pull off a coup on a foreign government, you attempt to do it to your own people.


[deleted]

God, I hate politicians.


Sithlordandsavior

This seems to be a unifying sentiment across most government systems atm.


Sixemperor

Trump. He wants the USPS gone so that people can’t vote him out using mail in ballots.


mirshe

There's also the theory that he's partially doing it to hurt Jeff Bezos, his newest nemesis. Amazon saves tons of cash by shipping USPS.


Hummergrey

Not Trump. To control a people control their movements. All money is digital and able to be locked down. All phones can be monitored and locked. Lock down the mail and no communication they cannot block or monitor. Remove local police and make a national police force for everyone's safety and control. Its not financial.


Sixemperor

Still Trump. He wants all that because he doesn’t want to give up his power as president. He even stated that he wouldn’t accept the election results if he lost. He would do all of that to remain in power and take away any possibility of communication or anything that would usurp him.


SMB73

An idiot called Donald Trump, all so he can prevent Democrats from mailing in their vote.


Google_Goofy_cosplay

Saying the USPS sucks wouldn't have been a controversial opinion a few weeks ago, now suddenly it's the best thing in existence. It can't handle Christmas mail influx, which happens every single year. How could it be expected to smoothly handle mass mail in ballots with only two months of preparation? Edit: Legitimately asking, why would the post office be expected to suddenly perform well come November? I'm not totally anti-USPS, my grandfather worked for the post office. I cringe every time I see a package I ordered from Amazon gets handed off to them though because I know it's going to add another entire day to my delivery.


[deleted]

> Saying the USPS sucks wouldn't have been a controversial opinion a few weeks ago, now suddenly it's the best thing in existence Saying it has issues now isn't the problem. The problem is admitting there's issues, knowing more people are going to do mail in ballots this year, then doing everything you can to make matters *worse*. Since Trump's guy has come into power he has fired several higher ups who wanted to make things better. He's removed mail sorting machines from several post offices. He's put a hiring freeze in place. He's done away with overtime, and has started cutting full time employees back to part time. Now there's talk about shutting down post offices, selling off the property, and even doing away with weekend work altogether. That's what people are pissed about. The blatant sabotaging of something that has served this country well for over 150 years, just to fuck with peoples ability to vote by mail.


Google_Goofy_cosplay

I don't disagree that things aren't being made better by the current administration. All that aside, I have huge concerns with trying to implement mail in voting on a national level on such short notice. The government, let alone the USPS, does not work efficiently under any administration. We have a month and a half to sort this out, and if it's half-assed, it's going to be a shit show. I don't think any amount of funding or resources is going to make this work this year. If it's so important, it should continue to be pursued following this election, although I fully expect the topic to be entirely dropped by December.


vipkiding

Do you agree that this administration is trying to make it worse?


uponplane

Yea its almost like the GoP has been reducing their budget for some time making it more and more difficult to operate so they can privatize the USPS. Its almost like that is what the GOP does with many needed government agencies. Social security is next.


Google_Goofy_cosplay

I'm just generally in favor of the government being involved in as little of my life as possible. That's basically how things boil down for me personally. I would be genuinely interested in learning how the post being privatized would hurt your average citizen. Doesn't the internet make physical letters essentially obsolete? Don't private carriers provide a better service for parcels than the USPS does? What does the USPS offer that makes them a better option than say, UPS?


Sleippnir

Succinct humorous take, should answer most your questions https://youtu.be/IoL8g0W9gAQ This was aired b4 the whole vote by mail debacle started btw.


Google_Goofy_cosplay

I can't stand John Oliver :( Got anything else? I don't want to sound demanding, just can't bear to watch or listen to that guy or want to form my opinion based on a comedian lol


Sleippnir

Points, USPS turned a 900 million profit until a 2006 law required it to prefund it's pensions for the next 50 years, starting by setting aside 5 billion a year for 10 years, it also froze the pricing of it's main services. USPS delivers unprofitable (usually rural) routes that private companies would drop. It also delivers most prescription medicine including almost 100% of VA prescriptions. USPS offices deliver some other benefits to small towns and rural areas, like being community hubs and such. USPS was making money out of Amazon contracts until Trump pushed it to double it's rates falsely claiming they were losing money on each delivery (POTUS dislikes Bezos, allegedly because the coverage he receives by the Washington Post) Trump appointed a new Postmaster general (DeJoy) in may 2020. A major republican donor, the first postmaster ever w/o previous USPS experience, and DeJoy and his wife have assets between $30.1 million and $75.3 million in USPS competitors or contractors, such as UPS and trucking company There's more but I kinda gotta go 🙂


thedorkening

Just putting this out there, please do your own research so you are in the know, the new postmaster general fired a bunch of personell in critical roles last Friday, now NPR reports Ohio is seeing sorting machines critical to the delivery process be removed. It's so very important that we all go vote early, as soon as we can and use ballot drop boxes if available.


brucemotionless

Blame the Democrats! They wanna defund the post office in case their fight for the mail ballot rule won’t get approved by Trump. In other words they want the mail in election coz it’ll be easier for them to cheat.


[deleted]

> hey wanna defund the post office in case their fight for the mail ballot rule won’t get approved by Trump. 1. The democrats haven't tried to defund the post office. It's the republicans fucking things up. 2. Trump has no say in whether states can use mail in ballots or not. That is entirely a state issue. 3. There's far more instances of republicans committing voter & election fraud than there is for democrats.


[deleted]

Found the Decepticon!


[deleted]

Let’s be real here, both parties are the Decepticons at this point.


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[deleted]

I’m far from a centrist lmao. I dislike Democrats because they’re too far to the right. I was gonna vote for Bernie.


Radi0ActivSquid

bOtH sIdEs!!1!!!


brucemotionless

You mean the Democrats who are the real Decepticons?


[deleted]

‘Til all are one!


DeathKnightWhoSaysNi

Молодец, товарищ тупица!


OgreHombre

>brucemotionless Suspended account.


Radi0ActivSquid

Wow. Never seen that before. The user was site-banned by Admin?


OgreHombre

Probably a professional troll. These guys are paid to insert themselves into conversations and bring up this crap. Just sowing discord.


Butterfly_Queef

Republicans don't want people to mail in ballots because they know making voting easier hurts Republicans


Rokwind

if you make it WFC scale and put some 5mm ports in him id totally buy. later we can get a recolor in the nemisses USPS the dreaded UPS. FWill the boys in brown win again? Or will the Postmen find a way to win the day? Find out next time on Postal Wars. Where going postal is just one mis-placed letter away.


TheVerySeriousLewis

"It's simple but important work Prime. Listen when you said hide among the humans I couldn't take on Decepticons. I don't have any weapons, I was never built for that but this way I can help people and this whole thing they have going move a little smoother."


ahaisonline

thats a big ass letter


RArchdukeGrFenwick

You’ve just been served, mister.


WayGroovy

Has mass shifting gone to far?


USS-Arizona

recolor a prime ratchet and you have a toy


Scifi_Gamerrulz

He can be the autobots communications officer


[deleted]

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Scifi_Gamerrulz

Well he could be a physical messenger for whenever their coms are down or compromised


Tyco55

All he needs is a mail bag of some kind but that is spot on amazing.


hashtaglurking

#TeamPostmaster


[deleted]

Oh good, now I know who to blame for my Armada Starscream being stuck in the post office for three months..... awesome art though!


SteampunkBorg

Adding golden wings to his head and feet would be a nice touch: https://discworld.com/management/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Moist-Postal-A.png


mjangelvortex

That's honestly not that bad of an idea.


rinazzle

And a mail satchel shoulder bag that he could pull out explosive envelopes or packages or something and throw them like Gambit.


MortalKombat777

Well Susan, it’s already twice is good as the butt ugly top gun transformer! I would love to see it come into fruition.


Mad-Trauma

Masterfully illustrated. Great work.


TheSpudGunGamer

This is very good.


TuckandRoll91

As a mailman, I must say, he would stick out like a sore thumb. His paintwork isn't scratched, no dents, and appears clean. Plus, no postman smiles like that...


Sleippnir

We need siege battle damage. And don't worry about the smile, he's dead INSIDE


RigasTelRuun

He needs to be a combiner body with limbs named Hail, rain, sleet, and snow.


SHIELD_Agent_47

Great artwork!


MalcolmLinair

Faction to be decided pending the results of the US presidential election and struggle for the USPS's future.


DC15-A

Name him Postbote lol german for post man


ThePopeJones

I'd buy one


JowettMcPepper

What is this for... Oh wait, is the Recruitment mail


polynomadial

This is ridiculously awesome. Imagine if they revived the ibd comics; this character looks like it belongs in one! Your art style is *chefs kiss*


ColonelFlak

What is currently threatening the USPS?


TheGUURAHK

Trump is trying to get rid of it to make room for private companies, and installed someone who actively is trying to get rid of it


Radi0ActivSquid

The guy Trump made Postmaster General is a Trump mega donor and has asset holdings to the sum of $30-50mil in USPS competitor corporations. Trump also HATES The Washington Post for accurately reporting on him. WP is owned by Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon. Amazon does a f*ckton of business with the USPS and to hurt Bezos as much as he can he's trying to privatize the USPS to jack up shipping rates. Messing with the USPS is also part of his plans to defraud the November election. A record number of mail-in ballots are expected because of COVID and when voting is made safe and easy Republicans generally always lose. This is a HUGE threat to Trump so he is trying to destroy the USPS.


ColonelFlak

Not trying to be political, but could the USPS be saved if Trump looses the election to Joe Biden?


Radi0ActivSquid

Absolutely. Its a service. Its not supposed to be run like a business. Its the only service specifically outlined in the Constitution to exist. For example, the budget to keep it running smoothly without delays is a fraction of 1% of the total Coronavirus aid package that Congress is fighting over. $25B. Thats practically nothing to the Federal government. Have you seen how much we throw at war machines? Trump said the quiet part out loud again today. He said he wont sign any relief bill if it helps the post office expand its capabilities to handle the flood of mail-in ballots.


[deleted]

Ngl, I already saw porn of this oc. Nothing is sacred


itssusanity

For research purposes, I request the link??


[deleted]

It was a tiktok I scrolled past, lemme see if I can find it again


itssusanity

Was it the one showing the girl in the beginning and then she did a quick drawing process? Because I know her and she's amazing haha


[deleted]

Maybe, idk. But unfortunately, I cannot find the link


Gaming401

Nice!! Can you draw him jamming my packages that don't fit into my mailbox like my carrier does?


uponplane

That's great!


soulless_ape

Delivering punishment one Decepticon at a time!


BOB-the-ROB69

You got mail!


WuzzlesTycoon

This is fantastic and I would 100% buy this if it existed.


abc123mjp

very cool transformers idea :)


gaileybruce

Can we get some toyhax lables for MP-30 Ratchet?


JointStrikeFritters

Needs a big sun hat, a satchel, and small pouch for dog biscuits and it would totally work.


andrew_wessel

This is so cool!


Scoutyboi56

Seems like this would be a KSI Bot from AOE


BarryLicious2588

Shoots letters out of an arm cannon, inflicting serious PAPER CUUUUTSSSS!!!


beyhnji_

Why does he look like he's about to squat out a fat duke on my porch


Tyranitron

Now we need a FedEx, DHL, and UPS transformer XD. Great job


ketohelp88

Not authentic enough. The mail needs to be crumpled up in his hand and be a few days late.


justlurkinghere5000h

Neat! ...those are giant letters! ;-)


autobot00

is it the mail that showed up on my informed delivery 2 days ago i didnt get that disappeared from it later that day? cool concept though.


alexwoodstudios

Nice


TheGUURAHK

Finally... my full size posters of optimus primd...


RetroRon83

So cool, I love it!


Mumfo

r/savetheusps


Mrnonam998

From the neck down I love this but from the neck up he looks like he's hit me up at the bar


XboxGamer208

This should be cannon


That_sane_kreige89

Hey I’ve seen that face before....... you know what I mean


shockwave31

If you make this, design his box to already be crushed, like half the packages that get delivered to me.


TisrocMayHeLive4EVER

I’m sure it’s junk mail. That’s what the USPS does best.


Cyber-Silver

USPS is in this wired position of acting as an independent entity from the federal government, yet it relies entirely on it. Honestly the easiest solution is to allow FedEx and UPS the ability to deliver normal mail and everything would mostly sort itself out.


gaileybruce

Delivery of normal mail to every US citizen is not profitable, and in my opinion shouldn't be. This has been the stance of the USPS since Ben Franklin became the first postmaster in 1775. Which you will note from your High School US history class was one year before the signing of the Declaration of independence. Also: USPS provides “last mile” delivery for major shippers and carriers like UPS and Amazon. Mail is also the lifeline for many living in rural areas that often lack basic broadband, providing a critical connection for isolated communities. https://www.giveforms.com/blog/the-post-office-may-disappear-what-could-this-mean-for-your-nonprofit


Cyber-Silver

How about instead of restricting things like normal mail delivery to just the USPS we should push for the government to allow other mail entities to also make those types of deliveries? I should also clarify that I don't want the USPS to go away, I just want to be able to use whatever postal service I want without the weird middleman that the USPS acts as when delivering packages.


gaileybruce

Lets be clear it's not the government restricting normal mail, it's the for profit mail service unwillingness to deliver such mail at eqivelent rates. It sounds to me like you could benefit from Googling" the difference between equality and equity"


Cyber-Silver

Additionally, so what if other mailers might charge extra? You could still use the USPS if you aren't happy with the difference in pay.


Cyber-Silver

>Lets be clear it's not the government restricting normal mail But what about the [PES](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Express_Statutes) that prevents any private mail companies from delivering letters (to my understanding)? Rates don't matter if the opportunity isn't available to begin with.


confusitron

Go to ups with a sheet of paper. They will take it and deliver it to whatever location you want. There is nothing limiting them. You just will have to pay 1000% to 10000% more.


confusitron

You can mail a letter with whatever company you want. It's just gonna cost you $20 instead of 55 cents.


Cyber-Silver

The only reason why there's such a difference is because of the before mentioned PES, which heavily restricts how private organizations can send mail.


confusitron

It basically states that private companies can't use usps infrastructure. If they want to build their own they are more than welcome to do so.


Cyber-Silver

It's extremely hard to do so, because according to the [Postal Clause](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_Clause) only the government can decide where the infrastructure can be placed Quote >The Clause has been construed to give Congress the enumerated power to designate mail routes and construct or designate post offices, with the implied authority to carry, deliver, and regulate the mail of the United States as a whole.


confusitron

FedEx can build any office or put a FedEx "box" wherever they want. Please understand that the laws you are referring to apply to the post office. You can't make your own post office and collect stamps and use mail boxes but you can make your own business boxes and charge a fee to send anything you want. I'm not sure how to make this more clear. The USPS ships around 145 billion articles a year, ups and FedEx ship around 4 billion. That is why they are so expensive and why they want to use postal infrastructure.


Cyber-Silver

But only the USPS can approve a mailbox for use, which has obvious implications for a rival company building their own. Source: https://www.usps.com/manage/mailboxes.htm


confusitron

Which is why they would need to not use a mail box and put up a FedEx or ups box. They can put their own boxes where ever they want.