The Energon Pub

News Credits: 26 · Sun Apr 29, 2012 4:23 pm

Well this is disappointing.It makes me NOT want to re-up on my membership

News Credits: 335 · Mon Apr 30, 2012 4:56 am

Called this wo years ago a Botcon 2010. Pretty sure I was talking to CP about it when they put him out.

News Credits: 1082 · Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:35 am

JR's custom that he bought looks far superior. Would like the club's more with the metallic paints, instead of flat paints.

Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:57 am

I like it, and I'm getting it.........

News Credits: 462 · Wed May 02, 2012 12:39 am

For those of you pondering what would make a decent mold for a DoFP Rampage/Protoform X toy, I took some pics of X from his flashback so that we can get a good enough look at him.

X is essentially his lanky Rampage model sans his crab kibble, but he does appear to have some shoulder kibble parts that resemble "wheels" or some kind of round shapes.

(I'm aware that one image is broken. I'll fix it when I can.)

News Credits: 8 · Wed May 02, 2012 12:51 am

Wheeljack35 wrote:Well this is disappointing.It makes me NOT want to re-up on my membership

So you make that call based on a free figure? Puzzling.... #-o

I'll re up for this and the other tasty figures to come..

News Credits: 402 · Updated Oct 21, 2022

I don't know how I feel about this figure. I'll probably keep him as a Classics Depth Charge - I've done odder homages.

News Credits: 3 · Wed May 02, 2012 5:57 am

LiKwid wrote:
Wheeljack35 wrote:Well this is disappointing.It makes me NOT want to re-up on my membership

So you make that call based on a free figure? Puzzling....

I'll re up for this and the other tasty figures to come..

It's not "free", if you did not pay for said subscription to 6 15-page magazines, there would be no figure. Oldest sales trick in the book. at least the Hot Wheels Red Line Club admits to the "free" car never really being free, so I don't see the difference.

If they didn't offer an "incentive" (which it is) then people probably would laugh at the $65 or or $45 you spend for basically a shiny newsletter.

Also they don't use a totally new mold, it's a repaint or repaint/head swap. So really what it costs them to reproduce from the mold with a few minor changes actually doesn't hurt them at all.

I didn't join in 2011 because I did not like Rodimus Sideburn. So I missed a whole year and did not get the G2 Ramjet. So if he does not like what he sees he's smart not to re-up for early-inside information that would only be revealed within a few more days anyway.

Can't blame dude at all for the dislike.

Wed May 02, 2012 2:16 pm

I dislike this figure. Depending on the details of the figure subscription service, I might not be re-upping my membership. If I do, this guy will go on the BST forum as soon as he shows up at my house.

News Credits: 5749 · Mon May 07, 2012 8:58 pm

The official Transformers Collectors' Club has posted Robby Musso's official artwork for next year's membership incentive figure Depthcharge, a redeco of HFTD Terradive. The figure and artwork were shown at the BotCon 2012 TFCC panel, but here's a better look at the artwork.

All new and current members who have an active membership as of March 16th, 2013 will receive DEPTHCHARGE, the Transformers Collectors' Club exclusive membership incentive deluxe figure. DEPTHCHARGE is scheduled to ship Spring 2013. You won't want to miss out on this amazing figure!

Also on tap for later THIS year, the all-new Transformers Figure Subscription Service (TFSS). The service will consist of SIX exclusive figures you can only purchase through the Transformers Collectors' Club.

Mon May 07, 2012 9:38 pm

easy pass,...hands down,...

News Credits: 17 · Mon May 07, 2012 9:45 pm

Sorta Dreamwavey but with less puffiness and panel lines, anyone agree?

Mon May 07, 2012 9:58 pm

This looks pretty decent and I wouldn't mind getting it at all.

However, I think that the Emperor Palpatine/Imperial Shuttle would make a much better Depthcharge. The white version would be very easy to work with and you could probably use the head from a BW Depthcharge. Not to mention it would be closer to the size of the Beast Wars toy too.

News Credits: 8 · Mon May 07, 2012 10:11 pm

Some info on the subscription service would be great..kthanxbye

Cant wait for this fig( well actually I guess I have too ) The rest of the subscription figures look amazing too!

News Credits: 8 · Mon May 07, 2012 10:15 pm

bvzxa wrote:
LiKwid wrote:
Wheeljack35 wrote:Well this is disappointing.It makes me NOT want to re-up on my membership

So you make that call based on a free figure? Puzzling....

I'll re up for this and the other tasty figures to come..

It's not "free", if you did not pay for said subscription to 6 15-page magazines, there would be no figure. Oldest sales trick in the book. at least the Hot Wheels Red Line Club admits to the "free" car never really being free, so I don't see the difference.

If they didn't offer an "incentive" (which it is) then people probably would laugh at the $65 or or $45 you spend for basically a shiny newsletter.

Also they don't use a totally new mold, it's a repaint or repaint/head swap. So really what it costs them to reproduce from the mold with a few minor changes actually doesn't hurt them at all.

I didn't join in 2011 because I did not like Rodimus Sideburn. So I missed a whole year and did not get the G2 Ramjet. So if he does not like what he sees he's smart not to re-up for early-inside information that would only be revealed within a few more days anyway.

Can't blame dude at all for the dislike.

I agree with everything you said. I was merely commenting on the decision to not want re rejoin so he can "avoid" gettting a figure you dont like, just seemed like flawed logic but hey

I've seen the other subscription service figures and believe me..it's worth re uppin..

Mon May 07, 2012 11:29 pm

After two years of truly exceptional free figures, I must admit I am very underwhelmed by this figure. No matter, I will get it regardless...

News Credits: 2 · Tue May 08, 2012 1:10 am

I think we all saw this repaint coming, though I must admit I expected it from Hasbro directly, not the club, especially given the fact that his face already resembles Depth Charge and the dude even comes with a trident. I certainly expected this repaint long before I ever expected Space Case (which is what we got instead).

I'm down for some more Beast Wars love, so bring him on. He'll be my pre-Beast Wars Depth Charge, now all I need is a Starhopper (and a Transwarp Cruiser for X-9 Ravage

).

News Credits: 10 · Tue May 08, 2012 3:50 am

Hold up. I think I found a small loophole. Remember how the subcribtion deadline for Runamuck was extended to around 20th March due to their systems crashing? So, say someone signed up on 18th march this year, and got a Runamuck. So it expires 18th March 2012 and he gets another Depthcharge? :lol:

Dayum, I should have thought of that before i eagerly signed up in January.

Tue May 08, 2012 7:23 am

gavinfuzzy wrote:Hold up. I think I found a small loophole. Remember how the subcribtion deadline for Runamuck was extended to around 20th March due to their systems crashing? So, say someone signed up on 18th march this year, and got a Runamuck. So it expires 18th March 2012 and he gets another Depthcharge?

Dayum, I should have thought of that before i eagerly signed up in January.

They added a month onto my subscription once due to an inconvenience. It doesn't work that way.

Anyway, I'm still not resigning myself to conformity. Y'all are just easily bought.

News Credits: 1 · Tue May 08, 2012 8:23 am

Vicalliose wrote:
gavinfuzzy wrote:Hold up. I think I found a small loophole. Remember how the subcribtion deadline for Runamuck was extended to around 20th March due to their systems crashing? So, say someone signed up on 18th march this year, and got a Runamuck. So it expires 18th March 2012 and he gets another Depthcharge?

Dayum, I should have thought of that before i eagerly signed up in January.

They added a month onto my subscription once due to an inconvenience. It doesn't work that way.

Anyway, I'm still not resigning myself to conformity. Y'all are just easily bought.

Thats right buddy. You're a nonconformist, just like EVERYONE else.

I like the figgure (always had a soft spot for Beast Wars). I'm just dissipointed that, with ALL the possible molds, we don't get a pre-beast wars "Protoform X". We insted get "Circuit" and "Kick Off".

Tue May 08, 2012 8:40 am

Dr. Heavy B wrote:Thats right buddy. You're a nonconformist, just like EVERYONE else.

I'm hardly a "nonconformist" in general, I won't lie. I'm just not tolerant of the club anymore. I was hoping they would die after this year's debacle, but it seems plenty of people are ready to jump back on the bandwagon after they showed off their exclusives. But the transformers fandom in general has a "take what we get" attitude, which is something I really despise. Hell, that attitude it's what's wrong with the world in general from my point of view.

News Credits: 5 · Tue May 08, 2012 11:12 am

I'm in. I'm not a fan of either the mold or Depthcharge but because I enjoy being a member of the Club. I like the little magazine and it's brief flashes of comic story and insight into the history of the brand.

Depthcharge will be stuck with the 10th Anniversary Primel & Megatron, U2.0 Dinobot & Cheetor, and the repaint of Backstop in Rhinox's colors. Seriously, how are there not more Beast Wars Classics figures?

Alpha Weltall wrote:This looks pretty decent and I wouldn't mind getting it at all.

However, I think that the Emperor Palpatine/Imperial Shuttle would make a much better Depthcharge. The white version would be very easy to work with and you could probably use the head from a BW Depthcharge. Not to mention it would be closer to the size of the Beast Wars toy too.

But he's clearly a Jhiaxus waiting to happen. Even the head has the same overly detailed organic look that Jhiaxus had in the G2 comics!

News Credits: 402 · Updated Oct 21, 2022

Vicalliose wrote:
Dr. Heavy B wrote:Thats right buddy. You're a nonconformist, just like EVERYONE else.
I'm hardly a "nonconformist" in general, I won't lie. I'm just not tolerant of the club anymore. I was hoping they would die after this year's debacle, but it seems plenty of people are ready to jump back on the bandwagon after they showed off their exclusives.

It wasn't the exclusives that did it for me. Hell, I was ready to abandon ship this year too after what happened. What changed my mind however was that the first thing Brian Savage did at the Club panel was apologize for it all and give us signs that things are improving. There are questions whether or not they can handle the figure subscription; maybe they can and maybe they can't but I'm going to let them try.

I don't want The Club to die off. It's not because of any real loyalty to them, but if The Club were to go away, then someone else will try to take their plae and we'd have to suffer through years of watching the replacement try to get things going.

News Credits: 3 · Tue May 08, 2012 1:12 pm

I agree with what was said in the podcast, Scourge shoulda been the freebie and this just in the subscription. I'm not a fan of that Laser Prime mold (although I have found my problem with it is much more as Prime than the mold itself...though it's a bit wonky, the repaints have actually come out pretty nice looking) but I have enough interest in Scourge that I would have for sure kept my membership. As it is, I'm leaning toward not renewing. Don't care at all about this fig, I'm starting to lean toward just skipping the one fig I wanted in Breakdown and instead waiting for him as part of a 3rd Party combining Menasor, and Scourge I could probably even live without or have a local order an extra.

Funny how FunPub was talking about "if you think this year's Club figs are something, just wait till you see next year's!" I'm starting to think anytime you hear that, be prepared to be utterly underwhelmed...even without the hype machine trying to pump you up and tell you to hold onto your seat. Despite 7 new figs on tap, I think this next year's offering will be the weakest in years.

News Credits: 129 · Tue May 08, 2012 2:18 pm

Question: Why does anyone who does not own the 2006 BotCon Dawn of Future's Past box-set give a damn about getting this toy?

I mean, good on me. I have a group of figures who will welcome a new addition (after five years since Airrazor). But...why should anyone without that set care about Depthcharge?