The Energon Pub

[RhA]

Schwing!

[Noideaforaname]

"Whoa, you sound exactly like --"
"Megatron, yes I know. Everyone tells me that."

[RoundWave]

"Huh, so bigger really is better."

[Yotsuyasan]

I just randomly decided to take photos of all of my (currently displayed) collection... And thought I'd share! Why? Why not.

There's a bit of third party mixed in... which I usually try to limit to the third party forum... but the majority of this is Has/Tak stuff. So here we go!

We'll start with my Masterpiece Decepticons.



I also have four Masterpiece Autobots... but they're kind of mixed in with other things, so they don't get a separate photo. For example, here's my G1 Optimus Primes, which would include both Masterpiece Optimus Prime molds.



And while we're on the subject of Optimus Primes, here's my other Optimus shelf.



Had to pack away my Robots in Disguise, Armada, Cybertron, Bayverse, and Animated Primes. (Never did get any versions of Energon Prime...) The only other one I have out right now would be the Classics Voyager Oprimus Prime, who is with the rest of the Season One Classics Style Autobots. Here they are, with my Season One Decepticons on the shelf below them.



Hopefully I'll be replacing that Legends Trailbreaker soon with the new Deluxe one... And I've got a third party Gears on the way, so that Autobot shelf can finally represent everyone who arrived on the Arc.

Onto some more Classics style figures... My other pre-movie Classics, with a few other random friends.




Here's the Movie/Season Three shelves. Which reminds me, I forgot to photograph one toy I have out! I do have Classics Grimlock. (He should be with the guys in the last Autobot photo, but he's elsewhere at the moment.) Grimlock of course still has a prominent part in and after the movie, but he also kind of forgot that he could become a robot and spent most of his time just hanging out in Dino-mode. I always thought the Masterpiece one scaled better (as a dinosaur) with the rest of these guys:



The great thing about that shelf is that there should hopefully be plenty of room for a certain two foot tall robot to stand behind them when I get it.

Here's the Decepticons:



Getting close to the end of my Classics style figures... Here's my Decepticon gestalts, hanging out with some Legends class figures to have some fun with scale.



Yeah... There's also a 1/48 scale Macross Valkyrie there... Just hanging out and filling some space until I get the Fansproject Menasor.

But anyway, since that photo had Decepticon Legends figures, here's some Autobot ones.



And two other Legends figures... A second Megatron, with different Reprolabels then the first, randomly hanging out on top of a thermostat:



And a Legends Rodimus, hanging out with a few other Rodimi:



Done with Classics! Here's a few random G1 figures I have out and about. First, on the top shelf of our pantry, along with other random things, is a collection of G1 figures who are mechanical devices:



And then... randomly... Dion! He's sitting over in the left hand corner of this shelf:



The unicorns belong to my girlfriend. I tried to encourage her to have some things on display herself, so that the place didn't seem overwhelmingly me-centric... but I must admit that my toys still vastly outnumber hers. That shelf also has one of my 1/60 scale Valkyries... So, while technically they're not Transformers, here's the rest of 'em!



What? They're vaguely related... They're vehicles that become robots... And... Well... Look at G1 Jetfire, he was a Valkyrie!

(I apologize in advance if Harmony Gold tries to sue this forum.)

Well, that's about it for all of the Transformers (or transforming toys) that I have on display right now! Hope it was of some interest.

[Banjo-Tron]

Nice pics Yotsuyasan! I never thought of displaying the Autobots in their vehicle forms together, it looks great. Also, i hate to disappoint you, but generation trailcutter is diddy in his alt mode. Maybe a bit larger than legends though!

[Banjo-Tron]

*Double Post*

[Banjo-Tron]

*Triple post, the new silk browser is pants*

[Yotsuyasan]

Nice pics Yotsuyasan! I never thought of displaying the Autobots in their vehicle forms together, it looks great. Also, i hate to disappoint you, but generation trailcutter is diddy in his alt mode. Maybe a bit larger than legends though!

Yes, I've not had him in hand yet... but I have seen enough online to know he's on the small side for a Deluxe... And I also don't like the exposed weapons on his vehicle mode, I wish it had a cleaner look to it. But I'm pretty sure he'll still end up in my collection.

As for being in vehicle mode... Well, I do like to switch things up from time to time. I tend to keep things on the same shelf in the same mode, but I will vary what mode they are in from time to time. Just a few days ago, all of the Classics were robots. But I felt like doing some transforming. They're Transformers, after all!

The Optimi have all been vehicles for a while... I may have to do something with that in the near future.

[Evil_the_Nub]

Construct Bots Soundwave's obligatory boombox mode.

[dirk2243]

Shockwaves Lab

[dirk2243]

I'm still playing around with this set up. I'm going to change the back ground and perhaps the lighting quite a bit still.

[dirk2243]

Metroplex: Can I eat him?

Optimus: No

Starscream: (high pitched squeel voice) 15 minute speech on why he shouldn't be eaten.

Metroplex: How bout now?

Optimus: Yes.

[Noideaforaname]

[RAcast]

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They really did a great job with the Protectobots decos, I think. Shame I don't care for Defensor much. I also don't think the Kreon combiner style does justice to how bulky Defensor should be.

In the meantime, I'm looking forward to gestalt wave 3, which hopefully will have Computron! I bought Nosecone the other day, and I really like the little guy. The only issue I have is that they cast his helmet in black rather than orange, but I feel it's a minor (and easily fixed) gripe.

[gema]

One more to go!







My Review
http://blackplasticlife.blogspot.com/2013/08/tfc-av-8b-harrier-ii-project-uranos.html

[MGrotusque]

[RAcast]

Ahhh, I love G2 stuff.

[MGrotusque]

Glad you like the Volt pic.

Can't wait till i get my vintage and Botcon Electro figs in the mail. Got me some ideas for that photo shoot.

[Noideaforaname]

"Which end am I looking at?"

[gema]

Not-Aerialbots assembled!







My Review

http://blackplasticlife.blogspot.com/2013/08/tfc-f-16-falcon-project-uranos.html

[Yotsuyasan]

In this recent post, I mentioned that my Autobot Ark crew was only 1.5 robots away from completion... The .5 part, of course, being upgrading Trailbreaker from his Legends figure to the new Deluxe (but still kind of small, especially in vehicle mode) version...

Well, the third party Gears came last week, and I managed to snag Trailcutterbreaker today... So here it is! My Classis Autobot Ark crew!


Left to Right, Back Row: Hauler, Prowl, Ironhide, Gears, Trailbreaker, Ratchet, Optimus Prime, Huffer
Front Row: Hound, Sideswipe, Bluestreak, Wheeljack, Sunstreaker, Jazz, Windcharger, Brawn, Bumblebee, Mirage, Cliffjumper

[Yotsuyasan]

After my post just the other day with the now complete Autobot Ark crew, I got to thinking... My thought process went something like this:

"That's a decent set of pics I took of those figues in both modes. I know I just photographed my collection the other day... But some were robots, some were vehicles... Some were against black, some were against wood, some were against white... I should do it again, with some standardization!"

So yeah, I did it again... (For the Classics figures, at least.)

Not going to share all of 'em right now, though. (Unless there is some interest.) But I thought I'd share one. For one thing, it has a new acquisition: Sandstorm. For another, it has Grimlock as a robot, which was something of a revelation.

I own a Classics Grimlock, and I do like the toy. But it is rare that I use him. My Grimlock usually stays in Dino-mode, and in that mode, I actually think that the Masterpiece version scales better.

So, my revelation? Although he has to crouch down a bit, the Masterpiece one still seems to fit well with Classics figures even as a robot!

[Banjo-Tron]

Your gif is making me dizzy

Yeah I reckon Masterpiece Grimmy just about gets away with being in scale with classics figures. In some appearances Grimlock is vast, even in robot mode!

[Genocide G2.0]

[robotmel]

Daniel