The Energon Pub

[MenaceRX]

Do we know if they are still due in april or now june? April is what bbts.com shows from my preorder, june on amazon?

[peaces]

everywhere

[Optimizzy]

wave two hit stores here about the time I got mine in the mail. I don't know much about it, but the deluxe figures were definitely delayed here.

[peaces]

bbts is a better source of info than amazon. i would listen to bbts before i would listen to amazon any day of the week.

[MenaceRX]

If the prices were down on amazon i would go through them with prime shipping. But the raised cost to cover the shipping cost more then my order with bbts including my double first aid and streetwise figures. But most of the cost on bbts is total less woth pile of loot to go with it.

[MenaceRX]

a quick tally of my order on bbts vs amazon. Bbts before shipping is 152, amazon 167 with prime 2 day. Bbts is far cheaper even when i add shipping

[william-james88]

I WANT ME SOME DEFENSOR!!!!

But I ususally wait til they hit retail stores. I have all of wave 1. Waiting on Wave 2 atm.

Sucks that we the Canadians have to wait longer to get this awesome stuff in stores.

Anyone else here from Canada? How long does it usually take for most toys to hit our retail once it hits the States? And have any of you seen the Wave 2's here yet?

Wave 2 deluxes already hit some walmarts in Canada (before the US) and Leader Megatron hit as well, at the same time as the states. We dont have wave 2 voyager yet but neither does the states. We are pretty much equal for the CW and RID lines but we are still behind on the last generations wave of 2014 since Arcee, Chromia and Brainstorm have yet to hit.

Be sure to visit this thread about canadian sightings to know whats out in canada.

[peaces]

usa has w2 voyager. brainstorm has hit usa. chromia was rare. arcee a lot more rare.

[ebonyleopard]

Since Dragstrip came with a sword, I keep wishing he could hold his foot/hand like a shield. I'm a sucker for sword and shield over blaster any day.


Well, Offroad came through on that wish.


Viking style!


Now that I have had a chance to really give these wave 2 guys a good play, I gotta say, they are AWESOME!
Air Raid is kinda old news, but I'm happy to have a full squad of Aerialbots. His jet mode looks great. The stunticon punks are really doin' it for me though. Breakdown is fantastic. Offroad really works for me too. I think Dragstrip is still my fav though. Something about the puffy pirate shirt with it's billowing sleeves, and the bell bottoms. Put a head band on him and I swear he'd be a dead ringer for Jimi Hendrix.

Did everybody get their HTS orders?
Nemy Max, have yours shown up yet?

Pfft, Offroad don't need no shield! That's just putting something between you and THE AXE!

OMG. I don't know why, but that quote made me laugh so hard.

I gotta give it to Off-Road, every thing about him screams creeper to me, but in a good way. Taking the color scheme of a disappeared comrade. Walking around with nothing but a axe to hack at your foes. The rest of the Stunticons not fully trusting him, with that axe. It's like they just let Machete join their gang.

It's funny, as much hate the new members to both squads are getting, I'm finding the fan counter response to them to be hilarious and it's adding a bit of extra charm to them.

[KnightStrike]

Nice! I missed out on the BBTS individual preorder for Hotspot and don't want Cyclonus so this works out great. He is even cheaper than he was at BBTS and gets free shipping.

[Bradimus]

Regarding issues with Menasor and the perfection that is Superion, Chefatron has a review for each that reveals all the issues or lack their of.

Superion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpQTeQDL_KI

Menasor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_XbHUNBses

I have to wonder if the real reason Hasbro retooled Silverbolt into Cyclonus/Galvatronus without providing official Decepticon limbs is because they realized they needed to provide a figure to replace Motormaster as the core of the gestalt.

[Rodimus Prime]

I have to wonder if the real reason Hasbro retooled Silverbolt into Cyclonus/Galvatronus without providing official Decepticon limbs is because they realized they needed to provide a figure to replace Motormaster as the core of the gestalt.

I wouldn't bet on that, but that's what I'll be using the Stunticon limbs for. Galvatronus. It's almost a shame, really, as Cyclonus by himself is a pretty good figure. Maybe I'll get 2 of them. Such is Hasbro's plan. Make us buy more.

[padfoo]

Amazon is really asking a lot for these preorders. I guess this means they will have them instock. I just could not stomach paying these prices, good for those who can.

[Sabrblade]

" AND I'M GONNA MAKE IT A PART OF YOU!!!"

"Ahahahahahahahahaha! FOOL! Pain is my friend—allow me to introduce YOU to it!"

[Yotsuyasan]

Even with tax (I miss the days of yore when Amazon didn't charge tax), Hotspot is cheaper on Amazon then he is on TFSource, so I canceled my order there and made one on Amazon, instead. But I am sticking with TFSource for the limbs, that is for sure!

Hope Groove might show up on Amazon soon... I missed the chance to preorder him individually at TFSource, and I don't really care about anyone else in his wave.

[shockblast2]

Also, here's a little eye candy...

YEAH! Flush that turd!


Got my wave 2's from BBTS today, but I haven't opened them yet (the cat is insisting on lap time instead lol)

LOL!


Best pic I have EVER seen on this site in my four years here.

[shockblast2]

Amazon is really asking a lot for these preorders. I guess this means they will have them instock. I just could not stomach paying these prices, good for those who can.

Good for you. Wait until they are 20% off again through HTS. They run that special with free shipping multiple times a year. Got all wave 2 Deluxes, Legends, and Motormaster for $87 total shipped. Essentially I paid retail for the four deluxes and Huffer and got Blackjack and Motormaster for FREE. Not to mention Leader Megs, which I nabbed for $37 shipped.

Patience is financially essential in this hobby. Especially at these prices.

[shockblast2]

Anyone have a really loose Dead End? The rotating combiner port falls off pretty easily on mine, and the bot legs don't really stay pegged together well for arm mode. Perhaps I have a dud....

Really LOOSE?

No, mine was fine. Maybe yours has been turning tricks?

[Shuttershock]

Anyone have a really loose Dead End? The rotating combiner port falls off pretty easily on mine, and the bot legs don't really stay pegged together well for arm mode. Perhaps I have a dud....

Really LOOSE?

No, mine was fine. Maybe yours has been turning tricks?

Well, that'll happen when Dead End is laying down pipe all day.

[Bradimus]

The more I look at Skydive the more I think he will be heavily retooled to become Strafe. The shoulders are so unique, yet they would work well for Strafe to hold his weapons in whatever his jet mode is called.

We received a report that Scattershot will be a heavy retool of Silverbolt, and it's likely Lightspeed will be a retool of Dead End, so that only leaves Nosecone and Afterburner as new molds for Computron. And someone here suggested Nosecone may be a heavy retool of Rook, so maybe we are only looking at one new mold for the Technobots.

Taking that into account, and looking at the Combaticons who may not have a single new mold, just retools and heavy retools, I'd say Hasbro did a great job in designing reusable molds for maximum profitability.

That just blows me away.

[william-james88]

The more I look at Skydive the more I think he will be heavily retooled to become Strafe. The shoulders are so unique, yet they would work well for Strafe to hold his weapons in whatever his jet mode is called.

We received a report that Scattershot will be a heavy retool of Silverbolt, and it's likely Lightspeed will be a retool of Dead End, so that only leaves Nosecone and Afterburner as new molds for Computron. And someone here suggested Nosecone may be a heavy retool of Rook, so maybe we are only looking at one new mold for the Technobots.

Taking that into account, and looking at the Combaticons who may not have a single new mold, just retools and heavy retools, I'd say Hasbro did a great job in designing reusable molds for maximum profitability.

That just blows me away.

Makes sense, and whatever mold afterburner would be, it would probably be that mold Takara uses for their groove on their defensor But then again, doesnt that logic on Computron assume that it wont have a new member?

[Editor]

Makes sense, and whatever mold afterburner would be, it would probably be that mold Takara uses for their groove on their defensor

If... Afterburner is still a limb... You don't know, as a bike he could be getting the same treatment (but not same mold) as Groove. We could have a "newbie" on every team.

[Bradimus]

Makes sense, and whatever mold afterburner would be, it would probably be that mold Takara uses for their groove on their defensor

If... Afterburner is still a limb... You don't know, as a bike he could be getting the same treatment (but not same mold) as Groove. We could have a "newbie" on every team.

Is Afterburner a bike or a two wheeled armored car? He has a cockpit, so I think we'll get him as a limb, and that very well could mean Takara Defensor will give us our first look at the figure with their initial use as Groove.

[william-james88]

Makes sense, and whatever mold afterburner would be, it would probably be that mold Takara uses for their groove on their defensor

If... Afterburner is still a limb... You don't know, as a bike he could be getting the same treatment (but not same mold) as Groove. We could have a "newbie" on every team.

Is Afterburner a bike or a two wheeled armored car? He has a cockpit, so I think we'll get him as a limb, and that very well could mean Takara Defensor will give us our first look at the figure with their initial use as Groove.

I always saw him as a tron type bike, kind of like Gen Chromia's alt mode.

[munkimus prime]

It is obvious that Afterburner will be a heavy retool of Gen Chromia. I am joking by the way.