The Energon Pub

[Nekoman]

Member D-drive of TFW2005 has posted high resolution images of new UNIVERSE and ANIMATED figures. To see each figure, please click here.

What do you think of HASBRO reissuing older figures that were previously shipped in smaller quantities? Feel free to discuss these developments and stay tuned to Seibertron.com for news as it breaks.

[Autobot032]

Animated:

Blurr is incredible. He's everything I hoped for.

Swindle is just...wow. He's better than expected.

Classics:

Brawn is perfect. Finally, the little bugger gets a figure design that looks good on him. (Although I thought we were going to be getting him in Animated, so I hope this doesn't ruin that chance...)

Bumblebee...is odd. Looks like a mix between Classics, Animated, and G1. To a certain extent, it works, but not enough for me to be impressed.

Cheetor is AWFUL. The Beast Mode head looks really good. They did such a nice job designing it. The Robot Mode head received the same treatment as well. (Kudos Hasbro, very show accurate.) Everything from the neck down is an abomination and shouldn't have been made. Not a chance. *retches*

Cyclonus With Nightstick...DAYUM. He's gonna look so good standing next to my Classics Galvatron. (You can own one or the other without the other. It's like...a rule. Yeah...a rule. )

Inferno looks terrific. Not quite my cup of tea, but he looks intricate and that's just hawt.

Vector Prime and all of the other repaints? (Animated, Classics, etc.) Over. Kill. Please stop. PLEASE.

[Tekka]

I am disappointed that once again Hasbro's publicity shots look so much nicer than the actual on sale figure. The black and purple on their Animated Skywarp are so much nicer than the grey and pink we're getting on the sale model. =(

The grey I can live with but I'd really rather have an actual purple than a Skywarp with pink feet.

What I want to know is, how did the colour scheme get skewed from the original Hasbro idea to grey and pink? Where is the weak link in the chain?

[Nekoman]

Vector Prime and all of the other repaints? (Animated, Classics, etc.) Over. Kill. Please stop. PLEASE.

He was actually a pretty creative little homage to a character I didn‘t know of until recently. He’s The Last Autobot if you didn’t know either.

[Decatron]

I like Cheetor suprisingly, but not that bot mode.

[Chaoslock]

Me not like Slag getting Snarls name... but the figure looks cool!

What's with that grin on Perceptors face?
The Heroes Cheetor looks better than the deluxe, which just looks awful.
Cyclonus looks better and better with each new pic.

[DecepticonRedAlert]

What's with that grin on Perceptors face?

Perceptor has obviously been watching to many of those commercial with smiling Bob in them, lol.

[8 bit]

Man, I was really excited about the news of a Cybertron Scourge repaint, mostly because I missed him the first two times around. But I'm not so sure about those fruity colors; I'll need to see him in person to make a decision.

*EDIT* Robot mode is outstanding though.

[Blurrz]

Your post humors me

Vector Prime and all of the other repaints? (Animated, Classics, etc.) Over. Kill. Please stop. PLEASE.

The genius behind the VP repaint should be thanked. That's a homage to... let's just see... "The Last Autobot", and for others who haven't picked up VP about 2 years ago, this is a blessing. The Scourge repaint is ridiculous. We finally get a homage to an RID character, that well... looks amazing brilliant, and not OVERKILLED.

I really don't see why you couldn't have just said the Blazing Lockdown instead of Animated repaints, etc. Blazing Lockdown finally allows us for a Fallen homage. Which IMO, is awesome to people who've read alot of comics. BTW, Bumblebee is not a repaint, it's a rerelease. Skywarp is also enjoyable. What? Don't like it? C'mon, it's been done a trillion times already, and get damn well used to it. I'm just disappointed that not all of the seekers couldn't have been repainted at the voyager scale.

Onto Classics, and what you say is really irritating. For most people when Classics first came out, Starscream was hard to find. Infact, I never even saw one. With the addition of half of the seekers being Botcon exclusives, this repaint is a blessing. Sure Acid Storm brought me the mold, but it's not the same thing. This Starscream repaint is the biggest blessing of them all. We get a more accurate cartoon version of Starscream, and all you can say is complain about it? What the hell is wrong with you?

Your whining. Over. Kill. Please. Stop. PLEASE.

[Tigertrack]

Hasbro has released some high resolution images of product that many parts of the fandom are really looking forward to getting their hands on.

These images include a slightly color changed deluxe Universe Starscream, Universe Voyagers Predacon Bruticus, and Vector Prime, as well as, 25th Cyclonus, 25th Cheetor, 25th Inferno, Legends Brawn, Beachcomber, and Bumblebee!

From Animated the images show Shockwave, Bumblebee, Skywarp, Blurr, and Swindle.

Finally, the images show in package images of Robot Heroes Perceptor Vs. Hardshell (Bombshell’s new name), Snarl (Slag) Vs. Sharkticon, and Beast Machines Cheetor Vs. Tankor.

Check them out and sing the praises of these Transformers, or discuss their shortcomings by clicking the discuss button.

[It Is Him]

I plan on picking up the non-repaints.

[OPTIMUS MAGNUS]

I want ALL of it. LOVE the Inferno! He looks SOLID. So does the Cyclonus...hell, i'm impressed with it all and cant WAIT!

[Dread_Wing]

I love the look of Cyclonus and Hound (they don't show him but Ravage is cool too). I am very tempted by the legends as well, awesome to see the minibots revamped. Inferno is nice, but I have the G1 version so I will give him a miss. If they find some way to retool him into Grapple, hell yes.

The one that surprises me from that lot is the repaint of Vector Prime. I do not know much about the Last Autobot, but I am not worried. I do not have the mould, and I will be getting him and making him into one mean Decepticon, just gotta find a nice deep red high-gloss paint for the windscreen and 'gems'.

[Sowndwave76]

Hound and Cyclonus are the most impressive to me.
I will get Inferno for sure, and who knows, even though I'm not into the Legends Class figs., who doesn't want a Brawn and Beachcomber?
I may even look into that Vector Prime...

It's interesting to me that Hasbro is releasing another Starscream...
Yeah, I'm gonna say it-
If the '07 Botcon set hadn't been released, this could've been a Ramjet repainted into Dirge.

BUT, I'm really not complaining... Heck, between getting Henkei Thundercracker, Skywarp, and the City Commander set within the next month alone makes this a great time for Transformers!!

[Pyrostrata]

I will be getting almost all of those sooner or later. Cyclonus is #1 on the list for sure...followed by Animated Skywarp and Swindle! They are just lovely. I will get Starscream, simply because it's Starscream...and it's cheaper than the Henkei version.

[Mkall]

Cyclonus = sexy!!
Hound is very nice, I like how they modernized him, and yet somehow have kept him true to his original form
Inferno = Pure Win
Bruticus I'm still undecided on him. I may buckle when I see him.
Vector Prime/Last Autobot is a lovely obscure repaint. I'll probably get him.
I already have a classics bumblebee, so I see no need to get him, but I am still partially interested in Beachcomber and Brawn. I'll make my decisions on those when I see them

As for the Animated and Robot Hero Figs; they look nice, but I'm not collecting those lines.

[Savage]

Cyclonus is amazing, I'll definitely be picking him up. The detailing on Cheetor's beast mode is incredible, and his somewhat scrawny robot mode is growing on me, but WTF is up with his arms? Can we say mistransformation?

[Autobot032]

Your post humors me

Well, at least mine's humorous. Your's on the other hand? Bordering on frenzied. (not a good thing, mind you.)

Vector Prime and all of the other repaints? (Animated, Classics, etc.) Over. Kill. Please stop. PLEASE.

The genius behind the VP repaint should be thanked. That's a homage to... let's just see... "The Last Autobot", and for others who haven't picked up VP about 2 years ago, this is a blessing. The Scourge repaint is ridiculous. We finally get a homage to an RID character, that well... looks amazing brilliant, and not OVERKILLED.

You know who he is. I know who he is, but to kids and casual collectors, he's just more shelf warming fodder. Obscure characters like this one are nothing more than a fanwank. A nice nod, but certainly not necessary.

I really don't see why you couldn't have just said the Blazing Lockdown instead of Animated repaints, etc. Blazing Lockdown finally allows us for a Fallen homage. Which IMO, is awesome to people who've read alot of comics. BTW, Bumblebee is not a repaint, it's a rerelease. Skywarp is also enjoyable. What? Don't like it? C'mon, it's been done a trillion times already, and get damn well used to it. I'm just disappointed that not all of the seekers couldn't have been repainted at the voyager scale.

I really don't see why I have to alter what I have to say to appease you? Oh that's right, I don't have to. Like you said: "get damn well used to it." Your attitude really sucks, but I'm used to *that* when it comes to dealing with people on message boards. Still, you felt compelled for some reason to go off the reservation with my post, so I figured I might as well return the favor.

Anywho. I don't read comics, and not everyone does. I couldn't give two craps about The Fallen. I most certainly don't care about an homage to him. Whoopty friggin' doo, it's DA FALLIN'! If he floats your boat, great. He does absolutely nothing for me, and the fact that it bugs you that I don't like what you like...is pretty pathetic.

Onto Classics, and what you say is really irritating. For most people when Classics first came out, Starscream was hard to find. Infact, I never even saw one. With the addition of half of the seekers being Botcon exclusives, this repaint is a blessing. Sure Acid Storm brought me the mold, but it's not the same thing. This Starscream repaint is the biggest blessing of them all. We get a more accurate cartoon version of Starscream, and all you can say is complain about it? What the hell is wrong with you?

Your whining. Over. Kill. Please. Stop. PLEASE.

I'll ask you the same question...WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?! You seriously need to put yourself in check, because you're going nuts over what I said. I have no idea what your malfunction is, but seriously, go get your bolts tightened.

1.) I'm not a Classics collector. I got rid of my Classics collection. I do, however, own Megatron, Galvatron, will own Cyclonus, and Hound might be worth picking up. the rest? Not so much. Not in my book. In your's? maybe. Not mine. That's the problem, you can't seem to deal with the fact that I don't share your love for your beloved Classics.

2.) I don't care about Classics repaints. I don't like them, I don't collect them, I feel no need to do so. (why this bothers you soooo much that this post of your's needed to be made is beyond me.)

3.) I can complain about anything I want. You obviously can, so I might as well jump on the bandwagon. I didn't know you had the market cornered, cupcake. Just because repaints are a given, doesn't mean I have to be pleased with their existence, and again, the fact that my point of view, aimed at the toys, (not you) bothers you, is INSANE! Yep, repaints will rear their ugly heads in the current TF lines, but this year, so far, is getting out of hand. Universe is chock full of them, with proposed repaints of the new figures already on the drawing board! It's one thing to have them as filler where necessary, but relying on them like they are now, is just ridiculous. All of that time, money, and effort could be put to better use. One repaint? Fine. 2-3? Okay. But last I checked, between Animated and Universe, we're looking at at least 12-15 and then some.

That's not using them as filler, that's a habit Hasbro needs to kick.

If you want Starscream, great. More power to you. If I don't want him, also great, *MY* RIGHT TO NOT WANT IT!

I don't know if you think my opinion is so important that Hasbro will read it and automatically stop making repaints, or what, but this post of your's was totally uncalled for. The tone of the entire post shows you were geared up for a fight, and this was really nothing more than a chance for you to unleash your apparent lack of self control, and it's just one giant piece of flamebait.

It's all of the countless posts like your's that cause the server hard drive(s) to fail, The hardware just can't take the amount of stupid and fail on a constant basis.

You seriously need a cool down period before hitting the submit button. You also need to reexamine your problem with other people's opinions. You don't have to like the opinion, or agree with it, but you have serious problems if you can go batcrap insane over a person not caring about the same TOYS as you do.

[Sledge]

Please stop bitching about repaints. If you can't handle the idea that they will happen A LOT, get out of the hobby. This is clearly the wrong one for you.

[Autobot032]

Please stop bitching about repaints. If you can't handle the idea that they will happen A LOT, get out of the hobby. This is clearly the wrong one for you.

Please stop bitching about bitching. You're just carrying this over from the Magnus opinions thread (which is now dead and should remain that way, it was a trainwreck waiting to happen.)

I can handle the fact that there will be repaints, I just don't have to like it. There *is* a difference.

If you can't deal with the fact that people don't see eye to eye with you (which is apparent, considering this is your second thread to show this absolutely ridiculous side) then quit interacting with the human race, this is clearly a problem for you.

[Tigertrack]

Sledge, Autobot032, Blurzz, you need to cease and desist before more severe measures are taken. We have the site back and immediately we need to jump back into this matter?

Stop now, or you will receive warnings. Thank you.

[Sledge]

Ok, I got no idea where all this is coming from. I've clearly walked into some pre-existing argument, so I'm going to walk away slowly and hope none of the crazies go for my throat.

Isn't this the first time the Vector Prime mold has been released on it's own in the west? Or was it just the Starscream in that pack that never got individually released?

[Mkall]

Isn't this the first time the Vector Prime mold has been released on it's own in the west? Or was it just the Starscream in that pack that never got individually released?

I think it was the Voyager Starscream. We got the supreme King Starscream in the west.

Huge disappointment.

[Autobot032]

Isn't this the first time the Vector Prime mold has been released on it's own in the west? Or was it just the Starscream in that pack that never got individually released?

Vector Prime has been released several times here in the US.
1.) Original colors. (though the beige/gray of the Takara original was replaced with bright white.)

2.) VS. 2-Pack with Starscream. (you are correct, 'Screamer was released only as a Voyager in the US through that arrangement. The Legends and Supreme Class were apparently the main focus for the US market. This Vector Prime was also the same as the first Hasbro run.)

3.) Gold and orange repaint (forget the name..Final Battle or something of that nature I believe.)

So this will be the fourth coloring of the mold. (Takara original, Hasbro white, Hasbro gold and orange, and Last Autobot.)

[Tekka]

Pity they didn't do more Seekers with the Voyager Cybertron Starscream, I loved that design, beats the WW Titanium version hands down.

I think I might get myself a Hound just to get that Ravage. I have a soft spot for Ravage that I just cannot explain.