The Energon Pub

News Credits: 25 · by **Ironhidensh** » Wed May 13, 2015 12:30 pm

I like this thread. It makes me smile with warm memories of "the hunt". Enjoy while you can, I believe you have stated you have a bundle of joy on the way? The hunting days are limited my friend.

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Wed May 13, 2015 12:32 pm

Ironhidensh wrote:I like this thread. It makes me smile with warm memories of "the hunt". Enjoy while you can, I believe you have stated you have a bundle of joy on the way? The hunting days are limited my friend.

Haha, yes I have a little girl coming end of August.

by **RAcast** » Wed May 13, 2015 2:28 pm

Man, you have the most interesting thrift/junk stores up there. Around where I live, there's never anything so relevant.

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Wed May 13, 2015 3:11 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Ironhidensh wrote:I like this thread. It makes me smile with warm memories of "the hunt". Enjoy while you can, I believe you have stated you have a bundle of joy on the way? The hunting days are limited my friend.

Haha, yes I have a little girl coming end of August.

There not over WJ, you just have to adapt. I take my girls with me.

News Credits: 3 · by **prjkt** » Wed May 13, 2015 4:48 pm

Cobotron wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Ironhidensh wrote:I like this thread. It makes me smile with warm memories of "the hunt". Enjoy while you can, I believe you have stated you have a bundle of joy on the way? The hunting days are limited my friend.

Haha, yes I have a little girl coming end of August.

There not over WJ, you just have to adapt. I take my girls with me.

a "one for you, one for me" type trip I'm guessing?

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Wed May 13, 2015 7:01 pm

prjkt wrote:
Cobotron wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Ironhidensh wrote:I like this thread. It makes me smile with warm memories of "the hunt". Enjoy while you can, I believe you have stated you have a bundle of joy on the way? The hunting days are limited my friend.

Haha, yes I have a little girl coming end of August.

There not over WJ, you just have to adapt. I take my girls with me.

a "one for you, one for me" type trip I'm guessing?

Not necessarily. The advantage is they have no interest in robots. Although a $3 poly bag MLP can put out a fire quick! :lol:

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Thu May 14, 2015 9:27 pm

While I dont encourage buying KOs of toys currently available (it kinda defeats the purpose of hunting for good deals for me and I simply wouldnt be able to sleep well), I dont mind getting KOs of toys that are outright impossible for me to get like Liokaiser. And KOs of G1 combiners are an easy and cheap way for me to get some accessories (like fists and such) for the actual G1 toys I find in my hunts.

I once went to my Chinatown in hope of finding some but it seemed there were none, so I bought some G1 combiner KOs off sir toys at what I thought were decent prices.

But dammit, today I go to chinatown to get some bbq porc and what do I find in a gift shop:

ARGH! At the very least I would have saved on shipping for that Liokaiser. I wouldn't have picked up that Menasor though, it looks all kinds of weird. I might go back and get it if ever I find his loose G1 components locally though (but fat chance of that).

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Thu May 14, 2015 9:41 pm

See, I feel like that Menasor is SO stupid it's kinda worth it. :shock:

He's half Computron. :lol:

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Sat May 16, 2015 5:23 pm

Another fun hunt today. I first went to a flee market that looks like a bunch of junk toppled one on top of the other. But I did find some TFs :

Can anyone tell me what that big bipedal tank drone is by the way?

The only one I was interested in was Groove simply because I have G1 Hotspot and First Aid and it would be fun to compare him to the two Combiner Wars versions we are getting. But I didn't want to pay 8$ for such a junky version (he looked really beat up. Instead I went to Toysrus for the a more upscale hunt and was glad to see Offroad and Breakdown available. Here<s a trick I wanted to share, when you see a certain discount one week advertised in the flyer ask for a raincheck even if the figure you want isn't out yet. ike that when it comes out (like with these two), you can get them at the reduced rate

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News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Thu May 28, 2015 6:10 pm

Cobotron was surprised when I said all the toysrus stores I go to in Quebec, Canada, have a whole row (one side of it) for transformers. I thought that was the case everywhere. I took a pic to show what it looks like. There is even a side wall dedicated to tfs outside of the designated row.

And Walmart had some pretty great offering today too. I wouldnt post big retailers here but to give an idea of this aspect of the hunt and because Walmart today had a bunch of new stuff that was never there before, I thought it was appropriate.

And Winners (TJ Maxx in Canada) had the very first Gen Acid Storm I had ever seen in Quebec.

And now here is the stuff you are more accustomed to see. At the second hand place I found Crossover Transformers Hulk, Deluxe Optimus Prime from DOTM and some kind of ROTF MEgatron. Maybe a fast action battler?

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Thu May 28, 2015 6:51 pm

Will, I think that green tank you are asking about is an old Bandai toy from the same line as that yellow VW robot in the same picture. If not the same line, the same era. They may have been Machine Robo. (thats what GoBots were called in Japan, right?)

Concerning your TRU shot - No major retailer in Omaha, or Council Bluffs, Iowa (neighboring city) has that much Transformers inventory at any given time. Not for the 3 years I've lived here. I haven't seen that many Transformers on a shelf since Bush was President. :lol:

News Credits: 118 · by **megatronus** » Thu May 28, 2015 7:11 pm

Willy, I am jealous. Your Transformers assortments are better than at TRU Times Square...

I still haven't seen any Wave 2 Stunticons!!! :-(

News Credits: 10 · by **Arctorro** » Fri May 29, 2015 7:32 am

megatronus wrote:Willy, I am jealous. Your Transformers assortments are better than at TRU Times Square...

I still haven't seen any Wave 2 Stunticons!!!

Sounds exactly like my area, not even worth going there atm.

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 8:14 pm

Found Generations Tailgate and Skrapnel at Winners (what TJ Maxx is called in Canada) for 5.00$ cdn.

I took Tailgate because I was curious of the mold and didnt want to pay 12$cdn for Windcharger who comes without a targetmaster.

by **Moosey** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 8:19 pm

I realize that I'm referencing an older post, but god dang, that Quebec TRU makes me jealous! Here in Illinois, all places have a TINY section for TF's that's pretty much just Thrilling 30 Pegwarmers (mainly Mini-Con assault team) and AOE stuff.

by **Optimum Supreme** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 9:32 pm

Cobotron wrote:Will, I think that green tank you are asking about is an old Bandai toy from the same line as that yellow VW robot in the same picture. If not the same line, the same era. They may have been Machine Robo. (thats what GoBots were called in Japan, right?)

Yeah, it's a Super Gobot. Destroyer to be exact.
http://www.tfu.info/Gobots/Renegades/De ... troyer.htm

The VW Super Gobot is Bug Bite, whose name's been repurposed into a white (w/purple highlights) evil Bumblebee redeco in more recent times.

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 4:30 pm

Hell of a hunt today! There was a retro expo and I splurged on some G1 and beast wars. Got some deals, overpaid on some but in the end, I payed about 5$ US for each toy.

Here are some pics of he place and what I found:

I got to transform that Magnus I had some fun. Dont need to own him now that I played with him. That is some geniusly simple design.
I was very lucky to find the minibots at 5$ each. One person was selling them 15$ a piece just a few steps away. I have never found them so cheap, considering I dont have to spend on shipping or any other costs. I took Powerglide, Cosmos and Warpath (didnt care for brawn or any other).

I also got some fun beast wars stuff. Nothing is complete but the prices were all cheap so I figured why not. Cobotron would be proud.

And I bought these two at 15$ a piece. This is where its not the best deal. Could have done better, but I was really curious about Blitzwing. I might sell him for cost since I am not too impressed (especially the robot mode) but I love this Crocodile! Can't wait to put lord Zarack on him and give him a noggin

I also got a gobot train (I love trains) and a deluxe insecticons. While I do not recommend G1 collecting for all, I do recommend anyone get their hands on these and the other Bandai G1 toys when you see them since they are the only toys which will never be reissued due to licensing reasons.

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 4:50 pm

Oh Will, I'm so proud of you.
That's awesome. You said they are not complete, but they're not far from it. The 2 basics don't have any accessories. Scarem's chrome looks good. Bare with me here as I'm having temporary lose of name memory. I don't think wolf guy had ant accessories either, and iguana dude (Iguanus?) had one rocket that shot out of his mouth.

Sorry, just checked wolf guy. His tail becomes his sword. Well still pretty good.

Great haul all the way around! ;)^

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 4:56 pm

Cobotron wrote:
Oh Will, I'm so proud of you.
That's awesome. You said they are not complete, but they're not far from it. The 2 basics don't have any accessories. Scarem's chrome looks good. Bare with me here as I'm having temporary lose of name memory. I don't think wolf guy had ant accessories either, and iguana dude (Iguanus?) had one rocket that shot out of his mouth.

Sorry, just checked wolf guy. His tail becomes his sword. Well still pretty good.

Great haul all the way around!

They cost me 5$ cdn each (about 4$US) so even without accessories I think I did ok. I jut wanted to have some fun. And Scarem is missing 2 of his little insect legs so he isnt complete. But his chrome does look really good. I dont know who that little crab is but he has a super sweet robot mode.

And Cobotron, I almost shed a tear when you said you were proud. That's what all sons hope to hear.

News Credits: 10 · by **Arctorro** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 6:59 pm

william-james88 wrote:I dont know who that little crab is but he has a super sweet robot mode.

Razorclaw

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Thu Jun 11, 2015 6:57 pm

I didnt care for that AOE leader prime. I didnt pick him up at 60$, I wont pick him up at 20$. But I did buy Leader Grimlock for TWICE what he is costing at Winners. I would have never guessed they would show up here and at only 20$ (and I just realized, its a year later since release or just about).

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Sat Jun 13, 2015 3:24 pm

Friday are usually my hunting days. And this one was long, going to 4 stores that are at most 10 mins away from oneanother.

Firstly Winners:

I found more Skrapnels for a friend and even found that supposedly ultra rare MLP doll Kanrabat was talking about. Fo a fraction of a second I considered buying it for the sake of having a rare toy but then I remembered that this is not he kind of guy I am and that this would be better for someone who really wants one. Also, I remembered I am not an 8 year old girl.

Then TRU:

I couldnt resist taking this pic. I will post it in the leader thread for fun.

Walmart:

Man, walmart is on the ball. Terrible prices so I didnt buy anything but its good to know all these toys are in canada and we are getting every new release as it comes out:

Thrift shop:

I had a lot of fun here. It's crazy the stuff you'll find for such low prices.
Like a Furby, some nintendo guns, a bumblebee mask and a bag of beat up transformers.

I can spot ratchet, but I have no clue who the other fellow is, probably not a transformer.

But this is the best part. Not transformers related but definitely 80s related. I found some turtles:

And the butts of 2 of them said 1988 (the year I was born by the way). At 2.99, I couldn't resist buying the bag, these were it's contents:

by **MGrotusque** » Sat Jun 13, 2015 4:05 pm

If you stumble across a HotSpot buy it and if you're willing to ship it to me i'll buy it from ya.

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Sat Jun 13, 2015 4:12 pm

MGrotusque wrote:If you stumble across a HotSpot buy it and if you're willing to ship it to me i'll buy it from ya.

Your in vancouver, I suggest you wait till walmart has him. Shipping him even within canada would be at least 15$. So that's at least 50$ + tax for a hotspot (maybe more), not too great a deal.