The Energon Pub

[Mach]

check this out: http://www.actoys.net/bbs/read.php?tid-421756.html

[Blurrz]

It's the figure all you Exclusive maniacs, Gentei maniacs, and Takara maniacs have been waiting for! It's Gentai Ghost Starscream! Redrom over at ACToys.net was kind enough to open up the figure and take a handful of pictures of it. We get some comparisons in box and out of box, but mostly just zoom-ins of Ghost Starscream in alternate mode. You can check out the picture below. Be wary of the last one, it may break you.











You can check out the original post here. Ghost Starscream is an exclusive to Million Publishing - you can check out their website here. For those who have been living under rocks the past few months, there's pre-orders at sponsors BigBadToyStore, RobotKingdom, and TFSource.

Keep it at Seibertron.com, for the fastest Transformers news on the net!

[Mkall]

seXXXy

[JRFitzpatrick7]

Be wary of the last one, it may break you.

s'all good, it's in that box because he's about to ship it to my house! Where I will pour the box out onto my bed and roll around naked, rubbing seekers on my face.

[Torneira]

I object your honor! This is just another sleazy way to make me skip this month rent and spend it all out on this guy... Too bad they didn't add a photo of him in robotmode though.
Wonder if they ever will bring out a golden repaint or even black & grey repaint?

[Blurrz]

I object your honor! This is just another sleazy way to make me skip this month rent and spend it all out on this guy...

Oh please.. there's so many other Transformers, old or new, that can do the same to your month's rent! Give in to the shiny, clear merchandise! Bwahahaahahaha

[Mach]

Oh please.. there's so many other Transformers, old or new, that can do the same to your month's rent! Give in to the shiny, clear merchandise! Bwahahaahahaha

Yeah, All Hail Clear Plastics!!!

How gorgeous when they stand together!!!

[City Commander]

Be wary of the last one, it may break you.

s'all good, it's in that box because he's about to ship it to my house! Where I will pour the box out onto my bed and roll around naked, rubbing seekers on my face.

+1 internets

[DevastaTTor]

Again, love it. Can't get to TFSource soon enough.

[SJ21]

That is a cool looking figure. I can't justify the kind of money they are asking for another version of a figure I already have.

[Counterpunch]

Man...that looks like delicious candy.

I wonder...

[Razorclaw0000]

Money shot?

[Prime Evil]

1 self bought Xmas present for me...check!

[Diem]

Meh. I'll never understand Seekerlust.

[Counterpunch]

This toy gets hung from my ceiling.

Big Fun.

[Prime Evil]

This toy gets hung from my ceiling.

Big Fun.

He should be the top ornament on your Xmas tree!! Like a shiny shiny bright star!!

[Convotron]

Very cool to see the toy in and out of the packaging!

This and Electro Disruptor Ligier are the only two clear version figures that make sense on a conceptual level to me so that gives these figures bonus points in my book.

I'm curious...I've read in the past that clear plastics are more brittle. Does anyone know if modern plastic technology has nullified that weakness?

[Naked Magnus]

OK, I seriously do not intend to be condescending, but I am having trouble understanding the appeal of these transparent versions. Don't get me wrong, I have amassed a crap ton of transformers myself and am addicted to this plastic crack.

This and Electro Disruptor Ligier are the only two clear version figures that make sense on a conceptual level to me so that gives these figures bonus points in my book.

I can sorta see the appeal with these two figures as Mirage could turn invisible and Starscream was a ghost, but clear Optimus/Convoy? What is the appeal there?

[Screamfleet]

Really going to have to debate if I'll need this guy.

[Kibble]

OK, I seriously do not intend to be condescending, but I am having trouble understanding the appeal of these transparent versions. Don't get me wrong, I have amassed a crap ton of transformers myself and am addicted to this plastic crack.

IMO they just look cool...I don't find them worth the price, however. But if they were near retail prices, I'd be all over them.

[Convotron]

OK, I seriously do not intend to be condescending, but I am having trouble understanding the appeal of these transparent versions. Don't get me wrong, I have amassed a crap ton of transformers myself and am addicted to this plastic crack.

This and Electro Disruptor Ligier are the only two clear version figures that make sense on a conceptual level to me so that gives these figures bonus points in my book.

I can sorta see the appeal with these two figures as Mirage could turn invisible and Starscream was a ghost, but clear Optimus/Convoy? What is the appeal there?

I think a large part of the appeal is the rarity of transparent plastic figures. They're usually limited release figures so the whole "only so many of these are made" appeal is certainly hefty for collectors who must have every version of particular characters.

I personally think clear figures are neat but not neat enough to make them worth their high pricing. Now if a clear figure had internal mechanisms to show off like the inner frames of Master Grade and Perfect Grade Gundam model kits, then I can really see some value in the figure to have in my collection aside from the rarity factor.

Like I said earlier, Ghost Starscream and ED Ligier work for me due to the reasoning behind the fiction of the characters but all the other clear version figures just seem to be straight up ploys for inflating prices.

[Mach]

Japanese blogger 生存者 has posted the new images of Gentei Ghost Starscream. These new images are included the robot mode of Ghost Starscream.











To check out Ghost Starscream alternate mode images, refer to our previos news here: http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... eam/17433/

To view all images from 生存者, click here: http://ameblo.jp/transform123/entry-10401571869.html

[Rated X]

Nice...put it out in the USA for $12.99. It's only plastic...not gold.

And yes Im sure the mold will be used plenty more times as long as it can be marketable. We just gotta clean out the bad apples in the Hasbro marketing dept. It's too bad the fans cant elect the Hasbro president. Maybe then we can see Thrust, Dirge, and a Rain Maker 3 pack right in your local Wal-Mart.

[Geekee1]

This figure is one of the only pre-orders that survived my purging. Very excited to get him soon.

[Blurrz]

Damn. Those last 2 pictures broke me.