Bomber-based puffers in HighLife

[AwesomeFace]

I noticed how bombers in HighLife could be positioned close together to form puffers and was wondering how much you could do with this.
Here's one example of a tub puffer made from three bombers

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x = 43, y = 52, rule = B36/S23
14bo2b2o$14bo4bo$14bo4bo$11b5o$14bobo$15b5o$11bo4bo9bo$11bo4bo7bo3bo$
3bo2b2o4b2o2bo$3bo4bo14bo5bo$3bo4bo$5o13bo5bo3bo$3bobo12bo7bo$4b5o9bo$
o4bo$o4bo5b3o$b2o2bo$19bo$17b2o2bo$17bo2bo$9bo8b2o$7bo3bo7bo3bo4b2o$
23bo4b2o$6bo5bo10b3o$23bo2bo$7bo3bo13bo$9bo3$36b2o$32bo3b2o$31bobo$24b
o5bo2bo$23b2o6b2o$22b2ob2o$21bo4bo$20bo6b2o$19b2o5b2o10b2o$18b2o6bo10b
obo$20bo4bo5bo4b2obo$20b2ob2o6bo4b2obo$22b2o7bo5b3obo$22bo15bo2bo$42bo
$38b2obo$27b3o8bo2bo$38b3o$25bobobobo$25bo5bo$25bobobobo2$27b3o!

Could it be possible to make a breeder from these? Probably not.

[thunk]

Could it be possible to make a breeder from these? Probably not.

Certainly.

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#C replicator breeder
#C David I. Bell, 1994
x = 41, y = 37, rule = B36/S23
bb3o$bobbo$o3bo$obbo$3o6$33bo$32b3o$31b3obo$30boobb3o$29boo3boo$28b3o
bboo$29bob3o6bo$30b3o7bo$31bo8bo5$36b3o$35bo3bo$35bo3bo$35bo3bo$36b3o
5$34b3o$33bobbo$32bo3bo$32bobbo$32b3o!

Or, by anchoring the replicators, a quadratic breeder:

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#C p192 sideways rake gun
#C Dean Hickerson, 1994
x = 100, y = 104, rule = B36/S23
5b2o$6bo$6bobo89b2o$7b2o89bo$96bobo$96b2o4$o$3o$3bo$2b2o7$29b3o$28bo$
28bo$28bo9$20b2o$21b2o$18bob2o$18b3o$19bo$57b3o$57bo2bo$57bo3bo$58bo2b
o$59b3o10$62bo$62bo$62bo$59b3o7$36b3o$35bo3bo$35bo4bo$35bo2bo2bo11bo$
36bo4bo10b3o$37bo3bo9b2obo$38b3o9b2o$51b2o33$4b2o$5bo$2b3o$2bo!

[muzik]

I "found" a blinker puffer, left.


And this really weird pattern on the right:

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x = 62, y = 38, rule = B36/S23
7b3o$6bo3bo$6bo4bo$6bo2bo2bo$7bo4bo$8bo3bo$3o6b3o3$17b3o$16bo3bo$16bo
4bo$16bo2bo2bo$17bo4bo$18bo3bo$19b3o24b3o$45bo3bo$45bo4bo$45bo2bo2bo$
16bo29bo4bo$16bo30bo3bo$16bo22b3o6b3o4$56b3o$55bo3bo$55bo4bo$55bo2bo2b
o$56bo4bo$57bo3bo$58b3o4$55bo$55bo$55bo!