The Energon Pub

[Rellko]

...no thank you. I’ll stick with my voyager Battle Blades OP...

[Ig89ninja]

I feel like Bumblebee is missing a piece, like a metal rod that connects the hood to the roof

That's due to to unhappy customers smashing those parts out with hammers...

ok, that got a chuckle out of me

[-Kanrabat-]

...no thank you. I’ll stick with my voyager Battle Blades OP...

You and me both.

[Hellscream9999]

...no thank you. I’ll stick with my voyager Battle Blades OP...

You and me both.

You and most everyone else it seems, can't honestly say that o/p seems to fit in with the rest of the line... the alt mode has kibble everywhere, the bot mode doesn't really look anything like the character model, it's just weird

[-Kanrabat-]

...no thank you. I’ll stick with my voyager Battle Blades OP...

You and me both.

You and most everyone else it seems, can't honestly say that o/p seems to fit in with the rest of the line... the alt mode has kibble everywhere, the bot mode doesn't really look anything like the character model, it's just weird

It is still more accurate than the cartoonish DOTM voyager and this one will surely be way more easy to transform than the rather difficult Battle Blades. So that may be what they were going for.

[dragons]

i cant stadn watch these videos any more i all ready have these figures i know how to trasnfrm them i know aritculation on them all it is with these is better paint details and some new accesories its nothing knew its watching masterpiece prime figure today and four years later watching same masterpiece prime figure review only as repaint as evil prime

[primalxconvoy]

Wow, some joker is selling pre-orders of Grimlock at Amazon Japan for over 100 Dollars:

- https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/aw/d/B079VH ... ref=plSrch

Seems that the scalpers have already had their way with Grimlock.

Anyway, pre-orders at Amazon Japan are below.

MP Barricade: - https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/aw/d/B079VH ... ref=plSrch

SS Optimus - https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/aw/d/B079VK ... ref=plSrch

SS Starscream (SS SS?) - https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/aw/d/B079VW ... ref=plSrch

SS Stinger - https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/aw/d/B079VJ ... ref=plSrch

SS Bumblebee: - https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/aw/d/B079VM ... ref=plSrch

SS "Dreadbot" (can't remember its name) - https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/aw/d/B079VW ... ref=plSrch

SS Ratchet: - https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/aw/d/B079VD ... ref=plSrch

(Most, if not all of those are being sold by Amazon, with Grimlock not. My uneducated guess is that all preorders for him sold out and that the private preorder shown above is then by a reseller. I have felt this has happened before in certain hyped up TF toys at Amazon. I hope Amazon sells it officially though).

[Va'al]

Also courtesy of the Loopaza Mega Store page on Facebook, we have some new images of the Takara Tomy Transformers Studio Series line - to all effects and purposes identical to the Hasbro release, after the brand unification for decos and tooling - featuring figures seen at both Toy Fair 2018 and Wonderfest such as Optimus Prime, Grimlock, Blackout, Bumblebee, Starscream, Crowbar, Ratchet, Stinger.

As a bonus, we also have features on Movie Masterpiece MPM-5 Barricade (whose thread is here), MP-17+ Anime Version Prowl, discussed here, and the Terrorcons plus their combined form Abominus over from Power of the Primes (see here). Check it all out below, and join the relevant discussions in the Energon Pub!

[Ironhidensh]

Brand unification" makes me want to vomit.

[william-james88]

Brand unification" makes me want to vomit.

That black rectangle all along Optimus' chest makes me vomit. The worst part is that it looks like a pretty cool transformation.

[william-james88]

Big thanks to TF Fan Phil who reached out to us with some pretty awesome news. He found the Studio Series figures while doing his groceries:

Found the Studio Series Deluxes last night at Dillons Marketplace (part of the Kroger chain) in Derby, Kansas.

He says there were 2 of each deluxe, which makes sense in a case of 8. These were priced at $24.99 USD. While it appeared that these would only be coming to retail in April, this confirms that these deluxes are ready to ship to retailers and that Hasbro has already shipped some out.

The ones found at Dillons Marketplace were Ratchet, Stinger, Bumblebee, Crowbar, and you can see in hand images of those toys here if you are thinking of picking them up. Also, for those unaware, the Takara version of this line will have the exact same toys, as you can see here, so fans don't need to wait for their releases this time.

If you find them, let us know in our sightings section and sightings forum!

[Solrac333]

$25 deluxes. Yeah. I'm not buying these.

[Rated X]

Ill grab stinger and the dread. Totally skipping the ratchet and bee. It seems they said f**k scale with this line, at least with ratchet. That ambulance is bigger than an H2 hummer but some idiot at hasbro thought it was the same size as a camaro.

[Ig89ninja]

25 DOLLARS!?!?! Why is hasbro raising the deluxe price to that of a voyager?!? ARE THEY TRYING TO LOSE CUSTOMERS!?!


EDIT: Especially since the official website lists them at 20!

[Ironhidensh]

25 DOLLARS!?!?! Why is hasbro raising the deluxe price to that of a voyager?!? ARE THEY TRYING TO LOSE CUSTOMERS!?!


EDIT: Especially since the official website lists them at 20!

Relax, I'm willing to bet that is just the store chain jacking the price.

[Ig89ninja]

25 DOLLARS!?!?! Why is hasbro raising the deluxe price to that of a voyager?!? ARE THEY TRYING TO LOSE CUSTOMERS!?!


EDIT: Especially since the official website lists them at 20!

Relax, I'm willing to bet that is just the store chain jacking the price.

...we shall see

[skylynkfloyd]

Dillon's / Kroger do in fact Jack up prices, 25 dollars is how much they charge for most Deluxes, so the walmart/target prices of these Figures will most likely be 20/22.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

25 DOLLARS!?!?! Why is hasbro raising the deluxe price to that of a voyager?!? ARE THEY TRYING TO LOSE CUSTOMERS!?!


EDIT: Especially since the official website lists them at 20!

Relax, I'm willing to bet that is just the store chain jacking the price.

...we shall see

It is the chain, trust me. Dillon's is a grocery store like Albertson's, Tom Thumb, and of course Kroger. Surprised they appeared there of all places, but that may be a store not paying attention to the 4/20 street date.

[Va'al]

Regular source of toy news NOTRAB, user on the Chinese social media platform Weibo, has shared some new in hand images of a Studio Series figure that many have been quite keen on: the new Leader class Age of Extinction-debuting Dinobot leader Grimlock!

Check out the images below, featuring Grimlock in both Tyrannosaurus Rex (liberally inspired by) and robot modes, plus some poses, including a very static one with the background that is part of the line's packaging. Is this movieverse design something that interests you at all? Will you picking one up? Make sure to let us know in the Energon Pub discussion forums, and join the conversation!

[Bounti76]

Sweet Solus Prime.......THIS is what movie Grimlock's Leader Class toy should have been from the start. It's like it stepped right off the screen. While not 100% perfectly proportioned, it's quantum leaps ahead of what the original toy was.

[steals_your_goats]

While I'm no movie fan this thing does look very nice. I'll definitely be picking him up.

[Jack Hallows]

Guyver looks cool here.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Too detailed...

[LE0KING]

Just a guess, but I think it will have a similar transformation to Last Knight Scorn.

[-Kanrabat-]

DAT GRIMLOCK!