The Energon Pub

Whoa! Is Mirage new to you?

Those Frumbles are great!
Good photomenship too!

Cobotron wrote:Whoa! Is Mirage new to you?

Those Frumbles are great!
Good photomenship too!

Yup, got Mirage from our good buddy cramtastic. Super awesome figure.

I'm digging them Renzies, they're a lot of fun.

Thanks, I went ballsy today and posted the pics un-edited.

carytheone wrote:Thanks, I went ballsy today and posted the pics un-edited.

*faints*

Very nice. Are they United or TAV?

Mirage AND Soundwave made the photoshoot!! Awesome

If I had that RIBFIR set, I probably woulda kept him

Yesterday would've been great for a photoshoot up my way, same with today. Abundant sunshine. Drat.

shajaki wrote:Very nice. Are they United or TAV?

Tanks, TAV - peeled those stickers off first thing too.

They still have the tampo con insignia on top of the turret.

@Cram: I thought you'd like seeing ole Mirage in action.

The Tribrodicus Council



Day 1 Haul

Swerve welcomes the new guys.









Yeah I got lazy and didn't feel like transforming those bots again.

Wooooohooooooooo!!!!

carytheone wrote:The Tribrodicus Council

(*bomp*)

Day 1 Haul
*snip*

I still feel like I should get something plasticky too, now..

Also, REFLECTOR!!!!!!!

And that Megatron we talked about!! And Generations Hound and Ravage!!

Dr Va'al wrote:

carytheone wrote:The Tribrodicus Council

(*bomp*)

Day 1 Haul
*snip*

I still feel like I should get something plasticky too, now..

You totally should!! The question is, what?!

Bludgeon, hound and Jazz are cool new additions!

carytheone wrote:

Wow Carry, you definitely went for quality over quantity. These toys are the elite and each of them either has appeared on a best list or will. You have amazing taste. The two I am super jealous of are Hound (especially for that Ravage which is the best G1 Ravage toy out there) and Hubcap. Were these MISC or loose? I ask because I know you like getting them new but we both know the big deals are on loose items. Maybe the con and chase for deals changed your buying habits Can you mention some of the crazy prices? (if you dont want to, its cool) And let us know about the Japanese, did they have other cool stuff?
Can you tell I am excited for you and this hunt? Oh man would I have loved to be there.

Well Will that was just day one...









Buying some loose figures from a super awesome board member has enlightened me to the loose figure awesometasticness.

Everything I got was loose unless it has been shown here in package. With the exception being QT Ironhide, he was new.

Pretty much everything I got was at or below retail. Cash and buying multiple items from the same seller helps get you a little discount. The later in the day on Sunday the lower the prices get but so do the pickens.

The Japanese sellers had some awesome takara and random stuff. But honestly almost every dealer had some great stuff. Your mind would have been blown. My head was spinning.

Here check this:



What is visible here is only a small section of the floor.

Will, PM or email me and I'll happily share a price on anything you see.

talk about wheelin and dealin. noice haul Cary! I so want to go one day to enjoy the experience.

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:experience

That is the correct word and there is nothing I could say that would do an explanation justice.

Awesometasticness?!

I'm glad you guys had an awesome time and I'm sad I missed the experience. Man. So many things. All of the feels.

My TF room (the botcave if you will allow it) has become sort of a dumping ground for stuff. I decided to clean up a bit and setup a new and improved spot to take pictures. I went in with one intention, but came out with something completely different.

I decided to snap a few shots of my new figures; some from Botcon, some from the randomness that is the internet. All shots are straight from the camera with no post processing. I've been feeling like just putting it all out there lately; being exposed, naked, not hiding behind a photo editor. I'm shooting with a "new to me" lens. A fully digital "kit lens" that has a small zoom. I've been wanting to take some close-ups and my go to standard 80mm just doesn't allow close-ups on small subjects. I tried using the full auto settings while adjusting the lighting, that didn't last long. I went straight to full manual settings with manual focus after the camera wanted to hem and haw on taking a picture. Guess I'm just a control freak.

Well anyway, here is a bunch of stuff. I hope you enjoy!

First up, my Botcon souvenir set, Refelctor. I didn't want any of the Botcon exclusives at first, but then I felt an overwhelming need to have something from the Botcon I went to. I've been very happy with these guys and have enjoyed them quite a bit. They just look cool standing at Devastator's feet along with Rumble, Frenzy and Ravage.



I picked up Road Block on a random whim from Amazon on the cheap. He has also become one of Devastator's crew.



The twins and their new friend. Frumbles are fun figures, but I'm not impressed with Ravage. Probably over-hyped; I prefer the MP version. Glad to have him and his green buddy, though.


Speaking of green, here's Hound. The figures from this time frame have yet to disappoint.



It's not easy being green, so why not splash a bunch of garish orange and skull face it up. Why hello Bludgeon!



Decepticons, smepticons. We need some 'Bots on the scene and fast... oh look its Blurr. Don't you have a bar to run somewhere?




Blurr is a cool figure but one of the primary reasons I got him was to power up Perceptor.



Let's get a few more 'Bots out of the way. Next is Red Alert and animated Jazz.



Something about this guy is just off, but I cannot put a finger on it.

Jazz on the other hand is really cool. A fun, sleek almost ninja like warrior. I love the animated aesthetics and I cannot wait to get more. The rabbit hole, I might be falling in it.




One of my favorite Botcon pickups is mini grumpy gills Ironhide. I just love his wee frowny face. Check him with his partner in crime.



Get 'em boys!

Human sacrifice, Autobots and Decepticons living together... mass hysteria! The odd couple, Strafe and Sunspot. I have yet to try and figure out how to pull off the fan combined mode. I'm just happy with them brightening up my shelves for the moment.



And that makes a perfect segue into Decepticon territory. I picked up a classics conehead at the suggestion of a fellow plastic peddler Cobotron. I nabbed Thrust on the last day off of a table of random figures. I was really impressed with the mold and I'm glad I got one. But like most gateway figures, I now want them all....



Tip of the iceberg my friend, just the tip he said....

And last, but certainly not least, my favorite pickup from Botcon - Ratbat. Super cool figure, great paint, awesome articulation and some spectacular weapons storage. I'm not sure if the figure is as awesome as I'm telling myself or if it was just all the trouble I went through to get him.






It's time I invested in some proper flight stands. For the time, he will just use the borrowed figma stand.

That's it for tonight, I hope you enjoyed the trip!

ALL OF THE PICTURES!

Awesome stuff CT1!

Vile and Ratbat?! Aww yeah!

Glad to see you back in the cave. The shots look great!
Interesting, and I don't know if it's just my monitor, but Devs and Roadblock came out looking so yellow. That green is tough to photograph.

Fun trip down memory lane to see your haul again. I was there and got to see Cary's little face light up with excitement with each acquisition. I even nudged and pushed on few.

Glad I could be your spirit coyote on some of that journey.

No some of those pics are off. They look different on the camera to the computer to my phone. I think I'm going to try to do all my pics from here out just in camera.

I needed to adjust the color levels on the camera to kill some of the yellow.

It felt good to be snapping pics again, in didn't realize how much I missed it. I had a different project in mind, but didn't feel like putting in that much effort after cleaning up. I hope to get back in again this weekend.

Push and nudge you did and I appreciate it. It was nice to have a spirit guide though the jungle of plastic.

I wish I would have taken more pics while I was there, but what can you do?

Red Alert is missing a rocket launcher on his shoulder! Just separate the exhaust gun from the intake manifold part and peg it in to his shoulder. Boom.

Sideswipe always looked weird too. Sunstreaker worked well, and I really wish I didn't sell that dang toy now!

Wow, what great shots and figures today in the Cary's room

Logan79 wrote:Wow, what great shots and figures today in the Cary's room

Thanks again! I got in for a while earlier today and was playing with different color backdrops. I was having a can't leave good enough alone moment with my lighting, so I decided to excuse myself and make dinner.

I'll go back after clearing my head and see what happens.

Well I got back in and did some things. I finally did the thing that I've been trying to do, but I also did a little sumpin' else.

To celebrate my good buddy Cram's latest acquistion I decided to take a pic of Jetfire. He and TCracker did some weapon swapping. I guess JF isn't that far removed from the ranks of the seekers after all.


And for my new friend Logan, one of my favorite subjects, Bulkhead.



And a little tease and hint of the other thing I'm working on this weekend

I can almost see myself in Reflector's lens

Protip: Look at Megs eyes, look deeply, a little glowy, no? I'm not sure why I've never thought of this before - laser pointer

Now I just need to find a white or blue laser for the Autobots.