The Energon Pub

[RAcast]

Spikes, studs and motorcycles? Yes, please
However... I'm not too keen on the animated hot rod -esque weapon

It's Energon Arcee redux. She's a size class bigger and the weapon is STILL too big for her.

[Rhinox23]

Where's Huffer? I don't see him anywhere.

I went through the lab game again to get a screenshot of Huffer.

Also, this should connect to the video of the Predacons escaping the lab: http://beasthunters.transformers.com/en_US/research. I'm not sure if this will work though.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Where's Huffer? I don't see him anywhere.

I went through the lab game again to get a screenshot of Huffer.

Also, this should connect to the video of the Predacons escaping the lab: http://beasthunters.transformers.com/en_US/research. I'm not sure if this will work though.

Beast Hunters Huffer, my fluffy read end. That's PCC Huffer there. Taking the lazy way out, Hasbro?

[GuyIncognito]

I still can't believe how bad Ripclaw's colour scheme is. She looks like a test production shot. It's like the designers were having a big argument over whether they should pick fire dragon colours or poison dragon colours and some boss rolled on by and told them to do both.

The color scheme is my favorite thing about that figure. Why does it have to conform to some old fantasy trope like "dragons must be either fire, poison, or ice and have corresponding colors?"

[Handels-Messerschmitt]

The color scheme is my favorite thing about that figure. Why does it have to conform to some old fantasy trope like "dragons must be either fire, poison, or ice and have corresponding colors?"

I'm not saying that it must, I'm saying that it looks like the designers couldn't decide on what it should look like. It's just weird to me that they would pick bold red, orange, green and blue in equal measure. It doesn't even really look like brightly coloured lizards/birds/frogs because it doesn't have a pattern, it just has parts in different colours. Something so simple as only being put together a bit more coherently would work wonders. It could make the choice of colours work.

[Evil Eye]

If you don't like the colour scheme, just break out the airbrush, paints and brushes and get painting. That's what the customizations forum is for after all!

[Sabrblade]

Silly transfans, Ripclaw's element is obviously "magic". Pure, untapped, energy-based magic in its raw form.

[Handels-Messerschmitt]

If you don't like the colour scheme, just break out the airbrush, paints and brushes and get painting. That's what the customizations forum is for after all!

That's true. If I felt like getting into serious repainting, I certainly wouldn't mind starting with Ripclaw. The mold looks alright.

[Sabrblade]

Guys, we saw in hand images of Ripclaw that show her colors to be darker than the stock photography:

[PrymeStriker]

It's still an ugly green instead of the apparent dark grey we were teased with. Coloring issue with the camera or not, it looks much better.

[GuyIncognito]

It doesn't even really look like brightly coloured lizards/birds/frogs because it doesn't have a pattern, it just has parts in different colours.

It's not a lizard, a bird, or a frog. It's a robot, created by alien robots. I don't think the evil alien robot designers were worried about it blending into the forest canopy to hide from predators.

[Sabrblade]

It's still an ugly green instead of the apparent dark grey we were teased with. Coloring issue with the camera or not, it looks much better.

Hotlinked pics from TFormers don't work.

[Handels-Messerschmitt]

It's not a lizard, a bird, or a frog. It's a robot, created by alien robots. I don't think the evil alien robot designers were worried about it blending into the forest canopy to hide from predators.

It's a toy designed by humans to appeal to humans. The other predacons don't display quite the same mess of colours, anyway, so the logic that it's meant to be alien doesn't apply very well.

Just look at Windrazor for a figure that uses four colours very well. Granted, the dirty white is more neutral, but the other colours are certainly bold. They work because they're put where they work instead of just all over.

[felinafullstop]

Rippersnapper looks like he has DepthCharge's head....from beast wars.

[The Grim King]

Said it before and I'll say it again, as much as I like this show and dislike the fact this season is it's "last"; If I don't get me some Grimlock I'm gonna be rather pissed with the whole series.

[Henry921]

Beast Hunters Huffer, my fluffy read end. That's PCC Huffer there. Taking the lazy way out, Hasbro?

Considering nearly a third of the Beast Hunters line are retools of earlier PRID figures, and we're already seeing redecoes of the new figures in the line, I'd say Hasbro got lazy a while ago.

To be fair, Hasbro has shown us a bunch of new fan favorite molds for Generations... maybe they're investing more effort there, where the figures don't have a TV show to help carry sales.

[bluecatcinema]

I've completed most of the mini-games on the new site... except for the code lock. It said the code is somewhere else. A little help?

[felinafullstop]

Said it before and I'll say it again, as much as I like this show and dislike the fact this season is it's "last"; If I don't get me some Grimlock I'm gonna be rather pissed with the whole series.

This SERIES isn't ending ...PRIME is ending. I just hope that it's not BOTCHED like the turn from BEAST WARS -> BEAST MACHINES.

They are going to continue the aligned continuity story, we just don't know how. I really hope they break away from Prime's group, and let us know what is going on with the others. Dinobots, Magnus and the others who REMAINED on Cybertron. I'd love to know what happened to Prowl after he was injured at Tripticon station. There are so many OTHER stories during the aligned continuity. PRIME/BEAST HUNTERS is just one of those.

We just have to wait and see...

[Sabrblade]

I'd love to know what happened to Prowl after he was injured at Tripticon station.

He... he left the planet with Prime's crew aboard the Ark and remained a key player in the Autobots' missions on both Velocitron and Junkion. You haven't read Exiles?

[stocky]

Ha, I get it, because "Vertebreak" sounds like "Vertebrate", and he's a bad guy, so he would break stuff. I love puns in names.

Probably involves breaking your spine, yes.

Transformers characters don't have anywhere near enough terrible puns in their names as it is. I'm glad to see someone at Hasbro is remedying this.

So, we've got Waves 3 and 4 revealed... my guess is we get the retools/redecos of Lazerback (again) and Ripclaw to fill out the numbers in Wave 5. Doesn't look like we're getting any deluxe scale Dinobots, I'm sad to say.

Still, plenty of bad guys to work with, which is always a plus in my book. I'll probably get Arcee so I can have all the revealed Autobots, but I'll need to see it in person before I'm absolutely sure. They didn't bother to make her nearly as distinct as the retools of Bumblebee, Wheeljack, and Ratchet.

Unfortunately you are giving Hasbro too much credit on this one. VERTEBREAKER was actually the name of one of the demon characters from Todd McFarlane's Spawn comics. I wonder how HE would feel about Hasbro's use of the name Vertebreak...

[Sodan-1]

Repaint or not, I want as many Predacons as Hasbro is willing to put out, so I'll certainly be picking up Vertebreak.

I know we haven't yet seen her bike mode, but Arcee just doesn't look to have a significant enough of a difference from the RiD version to warrant a purchase in my opinion. But I could be proven wrong.

I don't collect Cyberverse figures, but I will be in the case of the Terrorcons. If they released these figures in the deluxe scale then I'd be set up for a major trouser crisis.

The wallpapers are cool and appreciated. Thanks.

[ishigoto]

"The most honorable warrior among the Predacons, Grimwing seeks glory through chivalrous combat with a worthy foe!" Dinobot...is that you?

[Henry921]

"The most honorable warrior among the Predacons, Grimwing seeks glory through chivalrous combat with a worthy foe!" Dinobot...is that you?

And also kinda Dreadwing. It's not uncommon for the baddies to have one 'noble warrior' type who occasionally flirts with switching sides.

But as far as Dinobot goes, the retooling of Beast Hunters Ratchet has that covered.

[Sabrblade]

"The most honorable warrior among the Predacons, Grimwing seeks glory through chivalrous combat with a worthy foe!" Dinobot...is that you?

And also kinda Dreadwing. It's not uncommon for the baddies to have one 'noble warrior' type who occasionally flirts with switching sides.

I dunno, "chivalrous" doesn't seem very Dinobot-like or Dreadwing-like to me.

Dinobot was more into Bushido-type honor than chivalry (that was Silverbolt's schtick).

And Dreadwing was willing to blow up Bulkhead in an underhanded booby trap. His brand of honor was more about loyalty and respect towards his master, as well as self-honesty.

"Chivalrous" wouldn't really fit for either of them, but there are admittedly some elements shared across all brands of honor.