The Energon Pub

News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:51 am

http://www.zonahobby.com/ita/referenze_ ... sp?id=1739

News Credits: 4 · by **Firebird** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:55 am

He has his crown!

News Credits: 2 · by **Tekka** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:57 am

Awesome. So he has the crown, the brain device, AND the drinks tray.

by **Gutter Bunny** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:05 am

he looks disappointingly small with that g1 prime

News Credits: 3 · by **Kibble** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:08 am

Which Prime is that? Looks like G1 to me...which kinda makes it look like MP Grimock isn't all that big.

News Credits: 1 · by **Powersa** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:09 am

Looks okay. I'm in no hurry to order this one.

News Credits: 2 · by **Tekka** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:11 am

Since you can see Prime's feet and just about the top of Grimlock's arm/leg, it's safe to assume they're not standing parallel to each other. Plus Grimlock is probably way taller in robot mode as well.

by **Gutter Bunny** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:17 am

Tekka wrote:Since you can see Prime's feet and just about the top of Grimlock's arm/leg, it's safe to assume they're not standing parallel to each other. Plus Grimlock is probably way taller in robot mode as well.

i was actually taking the plane shift into account when i claimed he looked small. To me it looks like he is going to be about the same size as the seekers...

although when squinting and looking very close, i see that grimlock is sitting down. Maybe there is still hope.

News Credits: 3 · by **Kibble** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:20 am

According to a thread on TFW2005 he is going to be MP seeker sized:

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transform ... ryone.html

That is disappointing...at least considering the price tag.

News Credits: 2 · by **Tekka** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:24 am

=( Ah well, no real problem there.

News Credits: 4 · by **Firebird** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:41 am

NotEnoughKibble wrote:According to a thread on TFW2005 he is going to be MP seeker sized:

Do they mean the size of the robot mode, or the jet mode? Because the jet mode on the seekers is pretty big.

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:16 am

Zona Hobby has a pre-order for MP Grimlock with new images showing his detail, articulation, accessories and size. It is said that this figure will be around the same size as the MP Starscream mold.

Accessories include:
Crown
Drinks tray
Energon sword
IQ- swapping device

See the pre-order here.

Stay tunned to seibertron.com for all your Transformers related news.

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:18 am

I no longer want him.

News Credits: 16 · by **It Is Him** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:26 am

That mind-swapping device is serious funny.

News Credits: 3 · by **Kibble** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:28 am

Firebird wrote:Do they mean the size of the robot mode, or the jet mode? Because the jet mode on the seekers is pretty big.

In the thread on TFW2005 some tried making the argument of the jet mode, but it seems like it was just wishful thinking. With the pics here, seems pretty apparent that we're talking seeker bot mode size.

Also, unless the thing were like 90% die-cast, I have no idea how the listed shipping weight on BBTS of 7 lbs could be accurate...

News Credits: 21 · by **dragons** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:33 am

i hate to ask stupid question

did he have crown, drink tray, and brain device in the series i dont have thses on dvd yet so i cant go back review the episodes.

he looks like a spokeperson for burger king wit hthat crown on his head i like the brain swapping device i dont knwo about the others until i know for sure about the question i asked.

News Credits: 7 · by **Chaoslock** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:45 am

dragons wrote:i hate to ask stupid question

did he have crown, drink tray, and brain device in the series i dont have thses on dvd yet so i cant go back review the episodes.

he looks like a spokeperson for burger king wit hthat crown on his head i like the brain swapping device i dont knwo about the others until i know for sure about the question i asked.

Crown: Marvel Comics, as the leader of the autobots after Primes death:

Brainwave device: episode: Grimlocks new Brain

Drink Tray: Madmans Paradise

by **Iron Prime** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:46 am

NotEnoughKibble wrote:According to a thread on TFW2005 he is going to be MP seeker sized:

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transform ... ryone.html

That is disappointing...at least considering the price tag.

That is very disappointing. :sad:

Hopefully at least this means his price and shipping weight will come down (best silver lining I can think of....)

News Credits: 7 · by **Chaoslock** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:55 am

Iron Prime wrote:
NotEnoughKibble wrote:According to a thread on TFW2005 he is going to be MP seeker sized:

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transform ... ryone.html

That is disappointing...at least considering the price tag.

That is very disappointing.
Hopefully at least this means his price and shipping weight will come down (best silver lining I can think of....)

TFW2005 kid wrote:The text that came with the latest scan of MP Grimlock say he's the size of MP Starscream.

The text says he is 30 cm high in robot mode, which is the exact height of MP Optimus.

News Credits: 6 · by **Dr. Caelus** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:58 am

Hmmm... the smaller size might bring him more in line with Classics Prime.

If the price comes down, this might make it onto my Christmas list for 2009.

I want him quite a lot, but there's simply a limit to how much I can justify spending on a single Transformer. Otherwise I would have gotten that nearly mint Trypticon I found in St. Louis three years ago.

News Credits: 4 · by **capellamusic** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:13 am

Excelent! Can't wait for it! BTW, he seems to be seated in the picture of the IQ-swaping device. Anyway, I hope it is the size of MP Optimus Prime. Smaller is a bit uncooler, but bigger than that will be a problem for me...

News Credits: 3 · by **Kibble** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:18 am

Chaoslock wrote:The text says he is 30 cm high in robot mode, which is the exact height of MP Optimus.

Hopefully that will be the case...that wouldn't be so bad.

by **Rocketeer** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:21 am

If I had a G1 Grimlock and Optimus this would be easier, but I've been trying to figure out the rough proportions here.
If G1 Optimus is about 6 inches tall (which I read that he is), then the sitting MP Grimlock is about 7-8 inches tall.
If we stand Grimlock up, that should make him 9-10 inches tall, right?

Now this is guesswork from online pics here, but it looks like G1 Grimlock was about 1.25 times taller in bot mode than rex mode.

So in bot mode, MP Grimlock would (hopefully) be 1.25 to 1.33 times larger than in alt mode.
This would make him between 11 and 13 inches tall in bot mode.
So 12" is probably a safe bet, I guess.

How's that for random pseudo-algebra? Lol...

On the brighter side, though, that's about how tall MP Prime is.
So Grimlock might be able to look him in the eye.

by **onewaydown** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:55 am

All this arguing about size is killing me... let's put it to rest.

Grimlock is sitting in that picture. If you can't see it ... look again. His foot makes it obvious.

Look at the size of Grim's head. It's just about the same size of Prime entire cab, width-wise. Look at the brain helmet, as that will easily fit over Prime's head.

So that would indicate that his head is roughly about 2.5"-3" long. Looking at him, he's about 4 heads high. This would make him about 10-12" tall ... which puts him exactly at the reported 30cm.