We have some cool comic art to share with you today, friends. James Roberts has shared the design sketches that Hayato Sakamoto did for More than Meets the Eye’s Nickel. Nickel is the medic / maintenance Mini-Con who looks after the members of the Decepticon Justice Division, who appears in More than Meets the Eye #39. These sketches show Nickel’s alternate mode, and reveal that she is actually a quadra-changer, in the same sense that Tracks is a triple-changer – her alternate mode can adapt for operations on land, sea, and the air. It’s a really cool insight into the character’s design which we have yet to see in the comics – check it out!
DrOblivian
yeah i always figured to have multiple alt modes and be considered a "insert number here-changer" the modes had to be very distinct from one another.
nickel here seems to just fall into the category of having a single, multi purpose alt mode.
jestermon
Maybe she's made of it or is as small as a Cybertronian nickel.
BScorpinok75
#Nickelneedsatoy
ssg4life
her alt mode cab kinda reminds me of the toad croakers from bucky o'hare, and the sub mode reminds me of the toad double bubble
Railguard
What the?? That's a chick?? Oh now I see it…..sort of. Reminds me more of those guys from the movie the fifth element trying to protect it
Autovolt 127
She's so cute…HNNNGHHH.
I hope toys of her get made…she has a better chance that almost every other member of the DJD.
OriginalFire
Yeah, hopefully MMC will add this to their to do list
RobotKnight95
It's official: Nickel is the most adorable Transformer (alongside Tailgate) I've ever seen. I can't look at any of her modes without going Aww. :3
Also, toy plz Hasbro/3rd party.
Negativedark
So next question is…
Can she powerlink like the Armada Minicons? At the very least any hypothetical toys would need the port to make her a minicon and not a micromaster.
slugslinger2004
She looks great, and this was the first thought in my mind.
AnnoyedRobot
<:3 Awwww.
POSSESSED_DIGIT
Any insight into why her name is "Nickel"?
ZapRowsdower
She looks great! The minicon application is a nice touch – plus we don't get too many subs in TF lore!
3Ps need to make a toy ASAP! It's too bad Hasbro doesn't take more notice or interest in oddball characters like this that aren't named "Bumblebee" or "Optimus".
jestermon
I darkened it up for people with normal human eyes like mine that can't see it.
Veritas Prime
I think either Roberts or Milne said she was a supposed to be a shiny chrome car with light bulb fingers but the Quadra-changer concept looks awesome.
soundwaverulls
What the heck is that? A flying submarine with wheels?!
You know, the more I see of her design, the more I like it just for how bizarre it is. Pity her name is so lame.
Sol Fury
I made it up, but if you want to make it into a thing, go for it!
Yeah, I qualified it by saying "in the style of Tracks", since Tracks doesn't really have the distinct third mode either, but again, a variable configuration.
44 a tear jerker, huh? I'll be counting the days for that one, then.
The13Primes
ok who can I kitbash into this? Swerve maybe idk
Wheeljack_Prime
Toy plz.
Hydra Custom
I don't think she really has 4 distinct modes, since being a triplechanger or such doesn't usually occur by chance in the comics. I assume she has variable configurations for her rocket buggy alt mode.
You guys are going to enjoy issue 44. It was a pleasure working with Sakamoto on it. Try not to cry too much…