The Energon Pub

[Sabrblade]

The stores in my area are still clogged with Rattraps and Tankors. With the bio Hasbro gave Rattrap, it's like they wanted him sell horribly.

They didnt want to bring that smell of garbage home.

"Man, I always wanted a hero that would roll around in the garbage" said no kid ever.

Didn't know these guys were so unpopular:

It's robot garbage. There's a difference between piles of metal and piles of rotting, smelly garbage.

This guy's the latter:

[Optimum Supreme]

I just grabbed both ladies at Walmart in Augusta, ME!!

Sigh, I'd like that Canada would not be 4 months late over the USA for once. The Windblade wave barely appeared on the shelves recently...

i got mine off of target pegs almost three months ago now.

Well, Quebec then. Quebec is fawken latre on the Generations figures.

Not as bad ad TF Prime deluxes wave 2, but still.............

that sucks. it was the beginning of target becoming useful. since then ive seen skybyte and roadbuster (for the first time, and only time so far).

I haven't seen Skybyte at all. I saw a single Roadbuster, but the box was too beat up for me to want to pick him up.

Apparently Ryan/Seibertron saw both voyagers in my area around October, but I was out of the country for work... so that sucks.

I just hope Combiner Wars happens alongside restocks of some of the Q4 2014 releases, instead of replacing them entirely.

odd... i dont have roadbuster either even though i found one. he had some black paint blemishes on the chest, so i passed. havent seen another since.

Eh, NYC is odd for collecting in general. Either the new waves come early and flood everything, or you don't seen anything for new waves because the aforementioned flood is still hogging peg space.

I'll end up seeing Roadbuster/Skybyte/Acid Storm/Gears eventually, it may just be another month or two.

I think lots of places are "odd" with the waves like that now, not just NYC. I saw Skybyte once, but didn't have enough money, nor particularly want it anyway (I'm fine with the original). I did pick up a Gears, and pass on Acid Storm (already have Starscream), but haven't ever seen Roadbuster. I do have a Roadbuster on the way from Amazon, though. Quite a bit cheaper than retail, too. Fingers crossed on the quality control.

Also have a Jhiaxus on the way. Haven't seen that at retail either.

[paul053]

Brainstorm is in stock at HTS again. $19.99. I just ordered mine. Too bad the previous coupone code does not work anymore. Just have to use my 15% off code.

http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/SearchResults.htm?SWD=brainstorm&CDT=1419536693

[-Kanrabat-]

Brainstorm is in stock at HTS again. $19.99. I just ordered mine. Too bad the previous coupone code does not work anymore. Just have to use my 15% off code.

http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/SearchResults.htm?SWD=brainstorm&CDT=1419536693

Sigh, if only HTS was relevant for non-American buyers...

[robotmel]

"I've got the key, I've got the secret, I've got the key to another way!"

[Cobotron]

Well Howdy-do M'am. Wasn't expecting to find you here today.
Found her at the Walmart Super Center in Council Bluffs Iowa. $14.96


But here is the kicker. Did we already know this?!?!?

That's kinda whackattack.
P.S. No Arcee in sight.


This Walmart is a strange temporal nexus. Same place I found Brainstorm. I live across the Mighty Mo in Omaha NE, and this Walmart always has stuff before anywhere else in Omaha. Even before the TRU that sits exactly next door to it. Old Donald Moneymaker never lets me down.(see receipt)

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Yeah, the not included weapon Chromia is holding actually belongs to Arcee, the photographer made a boo boo matching weapons with the figures. It's really difficult, you know?

[william-james88]

Well Howdy-do M'am. Wasn't expecting to find you here today.
Found her at the Walmart Super Center in Council Bluffs Iowa. $14.96

Did you keep her alt mode kibble above her head for balancing?

[Cobotron]

Did you keep her alt mode kibble above her head for balancing?

That's just how she came out of my hand when I stood her there.
It's a lot of kibble. I was playing around with it. Seeing if there were other ways to fold it all up.
She's really stable though. She has clear heel spurs that are pretty big, but hard to make out in pictures.

[chuckdawg1999]

Anybody else going for Takara Leader Jetfire? I kinda like the lighter white and I've heard to many bad things about the red chrome flaking on the US version.

[william-james88]

Anybody else going for Takara Leader Jetfire? I kinda like the lighter white and I've heard to many bad things about the red chrome flaking on the US version.

A bunch of us are. The reason you dont see it here is because the japanese line has its own thread.

[RedShifter88]

Well Howdy-do M'am. Wasn't expecting to find you here today.
Found her at the Walmart Super Center in Council Bluffs Iowa. $14.96
...
But here is the kicker. Did we already know this?!?!?

That's kinda whackattack.
P.S. No Arcee in sight.


This Walmart is a strange temporal nexus. Same place I found Brainstorm. I live across the Mighty Mo in Omaha NE, and this Walmart always has stuff before anywhere else in Omaha. Even before the TRU that sits exactly next door to it. Old Donald Moneymaker never lets me down.(see receipt)

Really? I found Arcee back on the 17th at my not-so-local Walmart (the one 1/2 hour away, as opposed to 10-minutes), alongside Chromia, and Wingblade. I figured every Walmart would do the same (that seems to be the pattern in SW Pennsylvania stores, both with what they stock and won't stock). However, I'll agree that some Walmart's are different from their fellow stores. This same not-so-local Walmart often gets items the closer, larger, store doesn't. Not sure why?

Yeah, I heard about the gun thing, and can confirm it's Arcee's smaller blaster in Chromia's picture. I'm really on the fence whether I want to also buy Chromia and Wingblade at $14.96 each, or wait for some kind of sale/discount. I didn't hesitate with Arcee, though, and she's an awesome figure, even though she's hopelessly out of scale, in robot mode, next to voyager Springer.

[megatronus]

Anybody else going for Takara Leader Jetfire? I kinda like the lighter white and I've heard to many bad things about the red chrome flaking on the US version.

A bunch of us are. The reason you dont see it here is because the japanese line has its own thread.

I'm getting Takara Jetfire! He's currently sitting in my private warehouse at HLJ.

[shajaki]

i thought id post vengelus' review of generations waspinator. he brings up an issue i didnt realize existed....



i have two waspinators so far and have no issues, nor have i heard about any on the boards. has anyone had issues with exploding chest pieces?

[william-james88]

i have two waspinators so far and have no issues, nor have i heard about any on the boards. has anyone had issues with exploding chest pieces?

I have not had that issue. However, my waspinator was part of the distribution which did not come with the comic and might have been part of another distribution batch (not that it makes any sense, I am just grabbing at anything).

[shajaki]

i have two waspinators so far and have no issues, nor have i heard about any on the boards. has anyone had issues with exploding chest pieces?

I have not had that issue. However, my waspinator was part of the distribution which did not come with the comic and might have been part of another distribution batch (not that it makes any sense, I am just grabbing at anything).

so are mine. that wave was pretty late making it to us canadians. perhaps the first round kinks were worked out by the time they made their way up here?

[william-james88]

i have two waspinators so far and have no issues, nor have i heard about any on the boards. has anyone had issues with exploding chest pieces?

I have not had that issue. However, my waspinator was part of the distribution which did not come with the comic and might have been part of another distribution batch (not that it makes any sense, I am just grabbing at anything).

so are mine. that wave was pretty late making it to us canadians. perhaps the first round kinks were worked out by the time they made their way up here?

I would think so, but then again, that Skids kink was not worked out by then and he came in the same line. Also, hold the phone, I thought only Quebec didnt get the comics, are you saying the rest of canada doesnt get those versions either? That's total BS. These language laws are nonsensical. If your TRUs can get english only toys, why cant they get the comics book versions. It might simply be because its easier to send to a central canadian distribution centre without having 2 different versions of the same toy.

[wilcosu35]

i thought id post vengelus' review of generations waspinator. he brings up an issue i didnt realize existed....



i have two waspinators so far and have no issues, nor have i heard about any on the boards. has anyone had issues with exploding chest pieces?

i've got the japanese waspy, and i haven't had any problems either

by the way: exploding, isn't that what waspinator does in just about every episode? nothing to be amazed by then

[chuckdawg1999]

I heard of a few people having that issue. Usually it was from people who don't realize it was 2014 and maybe using the instructions is a good thing.

[shajaki]

I would think so, but then again, that Skids kink was not worked out by then and he came in the same line. Also, hold the phone, I thought only Quebec didnt get the comics, are you saying the rest of canada doesnt get those versions either? That's total BS. These language laws are nonsensical. If your TRUs can get english only toys, why cant they get the comics book versions. It might simply be because its easier to send to a central canadian distribution centre without having 2 different versions of the same toy.

i guess theres no figuring hasbro out then cause my skids had no issues.

and the no comic thing i assumed was canada wide, cause none of the ones ive seen (local stores and convention vendors from other places in canada) have been packaged with comics. only comics i have are the rattrap/tankor assortment cause of BBTS.

[shajaki]

just thought i would post some whirl mold comparison shots! enjoy!

[thedistinctroom]

just thought i would post some whirl mold comparison shots! enjoy!

Which one do you like the most, Shajaki? The 2 Tomy versions look pretty good to me. I just can't get past the chicken legs.

[shajaki]

Which one do you like the most, Shajaki? The 2 Tomy versions look pretty good to me. I just can't get past the chicken legs.

well, the chicken legs are just something you either like or dont. i really grew to like the aesthetic after playing armored core games in my younger days. my favorite of the mold is hands down shockwave. its just perfect. legends whirl is also really nice, easily better than hasbros. but funnily enough i probably wouldnt have gotten either of them if it werent for the great deal from lena.

i still like hasbros whirl though, because someone mentioned him being factionless could have been a homage to the originals bandai namesake. so its still neat to have.

[chuckdawg1999]

Which one do you like the most, Shajaki? The 2 Tomy versions look pretty good to me. I just can't get past the chicken legs.

well, the chicken legs are just something you either like or dont. i really grew to like the aesthetic after playing armored core games in my younger days. my favorite of the mold is hands down shockwave. its just perfect. legends whirl is also really nice, easily better than hasbros. but funnily enough i probably wouldnt have gotten either of them if it werent for the great deal from lena.

i still like hasbros whirl though, because someone mentioned him being factionless could have been a homage to the originals bandai namesake. so its still neat to have.

Technically not Bandai. It was made by Takatoku for the series Devorak which was a spiritual sequel to Macross. The models were eventually bought by Bandai

[prjkt]

As a completely random thought,

Windblade's head sculpt would be an awesome starting point for a SHODAN custom...