The Energon Pub

[i_amtrunks]

if thats an awesome figure, then I must only like the non-awesome ones.

Between this figure and Soundwave, the ROTF figures have gotten even worse in terms of looks than in the first film.

[Dr. Caelus]

I actually had all of those monster gestalt Gobots - pretty neat figures actually....

I had two thirds of them - I was missing the arms. If I had foreseen the existence of ebay when I was a child, I would have held onto them and completed the set as an adult for, what? Twenty dollars probably?

But no, I sold them or gave them away or something, figuring I'd never find the two I was missing.

GAHR!

[Giant Purple Griffin]

The Renegades are finally getting their day in the sun!

The last movie gave us a 'classics' Crasher figure as a repaint of Classics Mirage, and this one is giving us an entirely new mold based on Heart Attack!

I was gonna say Vamp or Pincher but I think you nailed it with Heart Attack.

[Gandalf]

The apparent quality of this figure screams "1997" to me.

[Swiftpaw]

And of course you have Hasbro's insistantly stupid 'It's a bad guy put a Decepticon icon on them even if they're not really a Decepticon.' ;p But looks decent otherwise so far.

[Venomous Prime]

I actually really like the figure and will definitely be buying it no matter what.

[ShGarland_1383]

what are the chances we'll get a "premium" repaint of this figure? i'm not really diggin the forest green paint job...

Me neither. Deco isn't really bad, but it doesn't really fit what I personally expect the Fallen to be either.

And of course you have Hasbro's insistantly stupid 'It's a bad guy put a Decepticon icon on them even if they're not really a Decepticon.' ;p

Yeah, exactly. Characters like this should only be given an alliance if that's the side they pick in whatever's going on.

But looks decent otherwise so far.

Yep! Still not a big fan of the forest green, but I otherwise agree with you. For me this is another of those figures that have a good mold, but a bad deco. I can see myself getting this anyway if I like it well enough when I see it on shelves.

[Wheelimus Prime]

look @ his crotch.




'Tis alls i gotta say

[DevastaTTor]

What the hell is Hasbro doing? Wasn't the rendering and the other figure we saw, presumably a leader, black?

So for the first movie, they made voyager Megs blue and now they're taking a black/red character and making him green and orange?

The robot mode for this Voyager figure is as tall as a Leader.

It's kinda like how Cybertron Metroplex was sold as a Leader, but was as tall as a Supreme.

Man, this isn't the same figure we saw from TF08 about a month or so ago. I know that figure was black. Not to mention, I thought the directions were released too and they said leader.

In any case, whoever thought a green Fallen would be a good idea should be fired.

Edit: Ironically, I went back to see who posted the original pictures from TF08.net and it was me... and he was green. So much for my leader theory. Now, I'm not only disappointed in Hasbro, I'm disappointed in myself.

[Bumblebeast]

Not on my "BUY!" list. It will be on my "buy if you find it cheap" list.

[Dr. Caelus]

And of course you have Hasbro's insistantly stupid 'It's a bad guy put a Decepticon icon on them even if they're not really a Decepticon.' ;p

Yeah, exactly. Characters like this should only be given an alliance if that's the side they pick in whatever's going on.

Have either of you read Defiance yet?

[ShGarland_1383]

And of course you have Hasbro's insistantly stupid 'It's a bad guy put a Decepticon icon on them even if they're not really a Decepticon.' ;p

Yeah, exactly. Characters like this should only be given an alliance if that's the side they pick in whatever's going on.

Have either of you read Defiance yet?

Not yet. Got at least a couple things I wanna do out in the direction of the nearest comic shop anyway. Do they explain why Hasbro does this in Defiance?

[Blurrz]

For some reason the Alternate mode completely reminds me of Voyager Megatron, causing me to facepalm. Hopefully it doesn't contain the same fail and is in fact a better figure.

[Zeds]

The Renegades are finally getting their day in the sun!

Touche for an utterly crap figure and waste of plastic which pretty much describes the go bots IMHO!

[Stress]

so there is a deluxe one aswell, or just voyager???

[ShGarland_1383]

so there is a deluxe one aswell, or just voyager???

I dunno if there should be. Aside from the deco (which I've already said plenty about), I rather like this figure as a voyager.

[Raymond101]

Aside from the strange green deco, this Fallen figure has a head that's pressed back, resembling an Alien-esque head shape. But the movie CGI art clearly is more faithful to an Egyptian headdress insofar that the tip of his head is tall and sticks up. What's with this discrepancy?