The Energon Pub

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Sat Aug 24, 2019 11:35 am

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:The Thirteen was the worst idea and concept to happen in any continuity. The Prime fetish, even made it into retconning the origin of the series...

It's either that, or have the battle with your nemesis wipe out the very life you seek to protect (a point made in the Marvel comics).

Would it be much to ask for a scale comparison with Cybertron Primus, in both modes?

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Sat Aug 24, 2019 11:38 am

I realise that I neglected Transformers Cybertron with Vector Prime, completely slipped my mind

News Credits: 340 · by **Stargrave** » Sat Aug 24, 2019 11:42 am

I’ll be honest, total Prime nut. The 13, all of them. I loved it. But I always loved Greek mythology as a kid and I think it played to that interest. It does complicate everything Transformers to a high degree though I can respect anyone who was turned off by that I totally get it. I love mystery, and yet I love answers. I can go both ways on that.

News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Sat Aug 24, 2019 11:45 am

The Quintesson origin of Sunbow was more Palettable than "A Prime for every occasion"...

IDW 1.0 would be Megatron: Origin to Maximum Dinobots, no? Silly retcons came in much later.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sat Aug 24, 2019 12:03 pm

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:IDW 1.0 would be Megatron: Origin to Maximum Dinobots, no?

No. It's 2005-2018. IDW2 is the new one that came out this year.

News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Sat Aug 24, 2019 12:08 pm

Yes, but there is a clear divide between Furman's IDWverse and what came after. By the time of OP and LL, they certainly didn't feel like parts of the same universe.

Furman wouldn't have dropped the ball so heavily on Unicron either.

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Sat Aug 24, 2019 12:18 pm

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Yes, but there is a clear divide between Furman's IDWverse and what came after. By the time of OP and LL, they certainly didn't feel like parts of the same universe.

Furman wouldn't have dropped the ball so heavily on Unicron either.

Regardless of how you class them, Sabrblade was right with my intent. Furman built the foundation, everyone else built on top of them (the ores etc)

News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Sat Aug 24, 2019 12:24 pm

I know what you were getting at

. But again, I do hold fast to the idea that the initial run - Origin to MD - and The Wreckers mini series, were the best of what IDWverse had to offer. Not to be mired in as part of a collective whole, alongside AHM, the Costa Run, RiD, MTMTE etc

News Credits: 2 · by **Crosscheck** » Sat Aug 24, 2019 2:10 pm

I really hope this project takes off. This is a figure that I can honestly say I have wanted longer than I can remember (the Movie came out when I was two, but we had it on VHS...until I watched it enough to shred it). $575 is not too much to fulfill a lifelong dream.

News Credits: 4 · by **Chriphord** » Sat Aug 24, 2019 2:35 pm

Apparently we’ve only gotten 1500 international buyers according to the Transformers Facebook page. It was attached to the post focusing on their Q&A

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Sat Aug 24, 2019 2:40 pm

So that's about 4500 then still got a way to go then again that's assuming all the third party sites are affiliated and not just bbts/eb games/ tt

News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Sat Aug 24, 2019 3:09 pm

I did expect the number of international buyers would be like for like or less.
A week to go, so time will tell.

by **Jeddostotle7** » Sat Aug 24, 2019 3:51 pm

unicron1200 wrote:Apparently we’ve only gotten 1500 international buyers according to the Transformers Facebook page. It was attached to the post focusing on their Q&A

There are some people making note that they're specifically talking about "Hasbro-affiliated" retailers, postulating that there are even more orders from retailers that aren't directly partnering with Hasbro the way TakaraTomy Mall in Japan and EB Games and Zing in Australia are.

News Credits: 340 · by **Stargrave** » Sat Aug 24, 2019 4:20 pm

I’ll be honest, I love this :-D

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Sat Aug 24, 2019 5:52 pm

Jeddostotle7 wrote:
unicron1200 wrote:Apparently we’ve only gotten 1500 international buyers according to the Transformers Facebook page. It was attached to the post focusing on their Q&A

There are some people making note that they're specifically talking about "Hasbro-affiliated" retailers, postulating that there are even more orders from retailers that aren't directly partnering with Hasbro the way TakaraTomy Mall in Japan and EB Games and Zing in Australia are.

That is an excellent point.

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Sat Aug 24, 2019 7:36 pm

Jeddostotle7 wrote:
unicron1200 wrote:Apparently we’ve only gotten 1500 international buyers according to the Transformers Facebook page. It was attached to the post focusing on their Q&A

There are some people making note that they're specifically talking about "Hasbro-affiliated" retailers, postulating that there are even more orders from retailers that aren't directly partnering with Hasbro the way TakaraTomy Mall in Japan and EB Games and Zing in Australia are.

Unless things changed, EB/Zing weren't giving their numbers until August 31 anyway.

News Credits: 25 · by **Ironhidensh** » Sat Aug 24, 2019 8:21 pm

Cookie Monster isn’t doing well, either. Only 563 of a needed 3000 backers with just a little over a day to go.

News Credits: 30 · by **DeathReviews** » Sat Aug 24, 2019 8:29 pm

I'm not sure the number of backers from "other" sources. But judging from the progress bar on Pulse, they only have 7 days left, and they aren't even half-way towards the 8,000 backers they say they need. I wish them luck...

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Sat Aug 24, 2019 9:09 pm

We love you 3,000.

Today, August 24, 2019, we are officially 3,000 backers into the Haslab Unicron project. Which is a good sign considering the large price point! But sadly, that means that we are only 37.5% of the way to Unicron, and we only have 7 days left of the fundraising period. So while 3,000 is a good number, we are still a long ways away from the goal.

Now mind you, we will tell you that the 3,000 number is solely Hasbro Pulse pre-orders, so we are definitely a lot closer once we take into account all other sources from international markets and other sellers such as BigBadToyStore and TFSource. But we are also not safe either.

So with 1 week left, this is the time. If you have been on the fence about this project, now is the time to make the decision and jump in. If Unicron is to happen, we need to rally and show our support for the project. If we don't, Unicron goes away and 18 months of hard work is erased, and we lose the opportunity to own this one of a kind figure.

So this is the time! Help us make Unicron happen! Visit HasbroPulse.com in order to order your very own Unicron.

by **Triggerdick Megatron** » Sat Aug 24, 2019 10:06 pm

I want to help, I really do but $575 US is way too much.

If Hasbro want to ensure it has enough backers they need to make Unicron a bit smaller (just under Fortress Maximus' height) to reduce the amount of materials used and declare it the titan class for WFC series 3 which will be the series of 2021, the year Unicron is supposed to be released. Making it available everywhere would help too.

by **gothsaurus** » Sat Aug 24, 2019 10:19 pm

I think just extending the deadline or giving another try later in the year when people are not short on funds would do it. I wouldn’t want to see this thing shrunk any

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Sat Aug 24, 2019 10:34 pm

....I can’t. I want to, but I can’t. Too much money in such short notice. I still have to preorder Omega Supreme, and Lord knows I need to start saving.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Sat Aug 24, 2019 10:55 pm

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Am I the only one who thinks that the transformation doesn't look too bad?

It really doesn't. It is complex with lots of moving parts, but isn't "fiddly" like, say, MP-36 Megatron with lots of tiny parts. I think a lot of people are intimidated by transforming something that big on a stand, but it's a different type of challenge.

Jeddostotle7 wrote:
unicron1200 wrote:Apparently we’ve only gotten 1500 international buyers according to the Transformers Facebook page. It was attached to the post focusing on their Q&A

There are some people making note that they're specifically talking about "Hasbro-affiliated" retailers, postulating that there are even more orders from retailers that aren't directly partnering with Hasbro the way TakaraTomy Mall in Japan and EB Games and Zing in Australia are.

This was my belief as well. The only ones they can really get an idea from is the ones directly affiliated with them and that's still with a week remaining. If we can hope that Pulse will get a burst in its final days then those other sources should as well. Then factor in the third party orders which may or may not already be included depending on when they're placing their orders (if they can only place them in fives then there's no good reason to wait and do them all at the end). We're finally over the half way point, hopefully that'll finally motivate some people to get in.

Emerje

by **NeonPrime** » Sat Aug 24, 2019 11:11 pm

Wow...I would LOVE to help on this but it's just way too expensive :-(

If only Hasbro could scale it down to Titan scale.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sat Aug 24, 2019 11:21 pm

The high price and short notice are exactly why I opted to go with the more feasible route of preordering Unicron from TFSource and saving up the money over the steady course of a year and a half.