The Energon Pub

[El Duque]

The official Transformers Facebook page has unveiled the Transformers Prime Beast Hunters Cyberverse Legion Class Air Vehicon! The figure is scheduled to hit retail this summer, check out the official images mirrored below.

[MasterSoundBlaster]

STEVE RETURNS WITH WINGS!!!!

STEVEWING!!!

[King Kuuga]

"Posted by That Bot"
I write for the site now? I wasn't aware of this. I thought I just submitted an email.

Anyway, one the one hand, it seems to be an all new mold, which is awesome. On the other hand, it's not the deluxe, which is totally not radical.

[Mindmaster]

Hasbro plans to release a Cyberverse version, but not the Deluxe version?




It looks decent, but a domestic release of the Deluxe is way overdue.

[RAcast]

That looks AWESOME. Take my money!

WingSteve, with his gloriously Shockwave-purple deco, will have grand adventures with CarSteven and MiniSteve! Now if only Hasbro would do the Deluxe, so we could have a full four-man party!

(P.S. Sir Not-appearing-in-this-adventure is KibbleSteve, since he never showed up around me. )

[NOBODY LOVES WHEELIE]

While nice...serious just want a deluxe size version...and preferably a deluxe size I don't have to order at too great expense or have to practically sell me soul to find at seconadary retailers.

[Henry921]

And I was THIS close to being done with the Cyberverse line.

Guess I'll add "as many flying Steves as possible" to the checklist along with the Abominus gift set.

[LOST Cybertronian]

"Posted by That Bot"
I write for the site now? I wasn't aware of this. I thought I just submitted an email.

Me thinks Mr. Duque meant to give you news credit.

[Mindmaster]

And I was THIS close to being done with the Cyberverse line.

Guess I'll add "as many flying Steves as possible" to the checklist along with the Abominus gift set.

I'm sorry, I had to do it.

[griftimus prime]

we get the lame cyberverse but not the deluxe? wow....

[King Kuuga]

"Posted by That Bot"
I write for the site now? I wasn't aware of this. I thought I just submitted an email.

Me thinks Mr. Duque meant to give you news credit.

I know, I was just pointing out the mistake in a humorous manner. Or trying to.

Hasbro plans to release a Cyberverse version, but not the Deluxe version?




It looks decent, but a domestic release of the Deluxe is way overdue.

Hasbro can't do Deluxe Jet Vehicon without pulling all that extra plastic for the wings from some other deluxe figure, which would probably make it Scout-sized. They most likely have not engineered or prepared such a figure to fill out the Prime line, so short of a run of all-Jet Vehicons which would most stores probably wouldn't buy and which might break shipping weight limitations, the best we can hope for is that they get used as some convention exclusive or something.

[Zeedust]

I like it!

[Doubledealer93]

great, now where is the deluxe one?

[Mindmaster]

great, now where is the deluxe one?

With "Demolition" Rumble.

[VirusCarnage]

This looks nice, may need to buy like 20 of them

[chuckdawg1999]

If this is done in that shinny Cyberverse Shockwave purple this will be all kinds of cool. Maybe see a Vehicon General repaint down the line?

[Bumblevivisector]

I know we don't discuss this here anymore, but with all the grousing about Hasbro never giving us this in a deluxe, it is entirely on topic:

Has some 3rd party company made wings that just plug into the weapon holes on the PRID mold?

It wouldn't look all that eloquent with the wheels still being present, but for those of us desiring a proper Steve airforce, it'd be a LOT more pragmatic than importing hordes of Arms Micron vehicons.

And yes, this thing is awesome enough that I'll buy at least four. And if some enterprising KO meister does a 5-up of the mold for under $20, I'll buy even more of that. Because army-building with a few lies is still kidding yourself less than having a swarm of Cyber-Steves attack FE Bulkhead through forced-perspective.

If Hasbro finds a way to make a proper deluxe release work, I'll shut up about this. Maybe they could bulk the box up to Voyager with random Predacon bones or Mech agents; we don't know that the latter are all dead, do we?

[RAcast]

If Hasbro finds a way to make a proper deluxe release work, I'll shut up about this. Maybe they could bulk the box up to Voyager with random Predacon bones or Mech agents; we don't know that the latter are all dead, do we?

Or even pack it with some random Legion class figure, that'd be a great idea.

[Bumblevivisector]

If Hasbro finds a way to make a proper deluxe release work, I'll shut up about this. Maybe they could bulk the box up to Voyager with random Predacon bones or Mech agents; we don't know that the latter are all dead, do we?

Or even pack it with some random Legion class figure, that'd be a great idea.

The trick is to make it something else collectors would also want to troop-build with to prevent any shelfwarming, so...maybe that could be the Vehicon-general repaint of this toy! Yeah, I could realistically see that as a Target exclusive down the road.

[King Kuuga]

If Hasbro finds a way to make a proper deluxe release work, I'll shut up about this. Maybe they could bulk the box up to Voyager with random Predacon bones or Mech agents; we don't know that the latter are all dead, do we?

Yeah, that or a two-pack with some deserving figure. They could even give us the Tank or Helicopter Vehicons from the Prime game if they were adventurous enough to make that mold.

[Bounti76]

Okay...so call me dense, but I don't get the whole Steve/Vehicon thing....can someone explain?

[LOST Cybertronian]

great, now where is the deluxe one?

With "Demolition" Rumble.

They are all hanging out in a bar with Breakdown, Unicron, Animated Blackout and Hydrodive Bumblebee.

[RAcast]

Okay...so call me dense, but I don't get the whole Steve/Vehicon thing....can someone explain?

Steve is a generic name frequently afforded to nameless minions by fans. Not sure where it started, but it's a pretty common thing to do.

Other examples: In Chuggaaconroy's LP of Pikmin, he refers to a red pikmin as "Steve."

It personifies a character that otherwise has no character or development to speak of, but is obviously a sentient character.

[Bounti76]

Okay...so call me dense, but I don't get the whole Steve/Vehicon thing....can someone explain?

Steve is a generic name frequently afforded to nameless minions by fans. Not sure where it started, but it's a pretty common thing to do.

Other examples: In Chuggaaconroy's LP of Pikmin, he refers to a red pikmin as "Steve."

It personifies a character that otherwise has no character or development to speak of, but is obviously a sentient character.

Ahh, thanks! That does make it funnier now. Too bad the Vehicons have no personalities to speak of.

[Mindmaster]

Okay...so call me dense, but I don't get the whole Steve/Vehicon thing....can someone explain?

Steve is a generic name frequently afforded to nameless minions by fans. Not sure where it started, but it's a pretty common thing to do.

Other examples: In Chuggaaconroy's LP of Pikmin, he refers to a red pikmin as "Steve."

It personifies a character that otherwise has no character or development to speak of, but is obviously a sentient character.

Ahh, thanks! That does make it funnier now. Too bad the Vehicons have no personalities to speak of.

I want to say the first use of Steve being attributed to the Vehicons came from fellow Seibertron user Godzillabot Primal (God bless his little soul, he will surely be missed), but I'm not quite sure.