The Energon Pub

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Thanks to Seibertron himself, we have news that a preorder is now live for G2 FruticusBruticus on Amazon.com! G2 Bruticus is a snazzy repaint of the Combiner Wars Bruticus, including all 5 Combaticons and little Shockwave, all done up in those awesome neon G2-y colors we all know and love. You can find the listing HERE. Bruticus will be available July 15, exactly one month from now, and he, at this moment, is listed as $99.99, so get your orders placed and check back here for all your latest Transformers News and Galleries!

[Sigma Magnus]

Jeez, they cannot seem to transform these right...

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Can we respect how they transformed Vortex, speaking of...

[Agamemnon]

$99.99 is the same price BBTS has him at. That pre-order went live a couple of days ago. I forgot to mention it here.

[Kurona]

This is the same pose they used for the stock photos of Fortress Maximus and Sentinel Prime. I think Astrotrain too.
This is really their new default stock photo posing. This is the standard they're setting.
I've stayed away from alcohol my whole life but I think this requires a tall drink...

[Sigma Magnus]

This is the same pose they used for the stock photos of Fortress Maximus and Sentinel Prime. I think Astrotrain too.
This is really their new default stock photo posing. This is the standard they're setting.
I've stayed away from alcohol my whole life but I think this requires a tall drink...

...oh dear Primus, I didn't notice it until now...

[Kurona]

Also, didn't notice it at first, but check out Blast Off shaking his front-facing fist like an angry old man telling protoforms to get off his lawn

[Hellscream9999]

Blast Off shaking his front-facing fist like an angry old man telling protoforms to get off his lawn

Ironhidensh, is that you?

[shajaki]

Is Vortex trying to hug Onslaught?

[Kurona]

Is Vortex trying to hug Onslaught?

Notice how Bruticus' head isn't looking at either Vortex or us. It's totally at a "Muuum, I'm supposed to be cool, stop embarrassing me..." angle.

[Noideaforaname]

The non-G2 badges and jet-Blastoff make me sad...

Can we respect how they transformed Vortex, speaking of...

"Imma helicopter! THWIP THWIP THWIP! *spins*"
"Vortex, you ARE a helicopter."
"I know, that's what I said! THWIP THWIP THWIP!"
"No. I meant... argh, nevermind."
THWIPTHWIPTHWIPTHWIPTHWIPTHWIPTHWIPTHWIPTHWIPTHWIPTHWIPTHWIPTHWIPTHWIPTHWIP!

Also, didn't notice it at first, but check out Blast Off shaking his front-facing fist like an angry old man telling protoforms to get off his lawn

[shajaki]

The non-G2 badges and jet-Blastoff make me sad...

Holy crap! They are G1 badges... how did I not notice that?!

[Emerje]

Is Vortex trying to hug Onslaught?

Emerje

[ZeroWolf]

Is Vortex trying to hug Onslaught?

Vortex.jpg

Emerje

I didn't know Vortex was a Yandere

[Bounti76]

You know.......I wasn't gonna get this because I don't need it...but he looks pretty nice.

Not to mention that with as well as the other G2 sets have sold, I'll probably be able to pick him up a few months from now, perhaps at a slight discount.

[BATTLEMASTER IIC]

I'm pretty disappointed by the lack of G2 symbols on G2 Bruticus, but that's something Reprolabels can fix.

I wish Onslaught had more purple camo apps, though.

On another topic, I got CW deluxe Groove yesterday from Amazon. The package isn't as damaged as I thought it would be based on other things I've read. No worse than what I'd find at a local store.

The figure itself is pretty neat. I'm glad I didn't miss out on this, and I'm looking forward to making him a part of Defensor.

[Rodimus Prime]

In G2, Fruiticus and Menasor are so colorful. They make Superion look bland, even with his sharp red and blue.

[Sowndwave76]

I'm struggling to decide if I want to open my Hasbro Combaticons.
As you can see from a couple shots below, I have quite a bit of my collection kept MISP.





I had been planning to these figures this whole time, but now I'm not sure. I will definitely be opening the UW version... So does it make sense to have both opened??
Keeping my Hasbro Stunticons MISP was an easy choice because I like the UW version so much better.
But in this situation, that's not really the case... I think Hasbro's looks good.
Pretty sure part of this is coming from the fact that I just opened UW Superion yesterday... Getting that taste has me in the mood!

[Rainmaker]

I never understood the point of people keeping things MISB.

[ThunderThruster]

^ditto

[Ironhidensh]

If you ever decide to sell, it can double or triple the money you get.

[Insurgent]

It's abot keeping the things in pristine condition, knowing you have something that has never been touched by another human.

Or maybe it's just a case of they like how the things look in the boxes and like to display them like that.

[Kurona]

I see where you're coming from keeping them like that man, but I just sorta feel toys are meant to be played with. Not much of a point getting them otherwise, right?
Heck, maybe in playing around with them you could even find a combination of CW or UW you like better to straight-up UW. Not saying you will, but in-hand is always different to pictures.

Also you should give me that Nemesis Prime

[fenrir72]

I never understood the point of people keeping things MISB.

Some people do it for "investment focus" But they are losing big time by not "manhandling" their figs.

[Sigma Magnus]

I never keep stuff MISB unless I have two of the figure, but I do keep some of the fancier boxes. Don't get me wrong though, I still take very good care of my toys. Some of them I barely touch and just keep on display, generally Masterpieces, third-party stuff, most Takara imports, and anything really fragile (lookin' at you, FoC Bruticus)...