The Energon Pub

[alldarker]

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And cheap imported overstock strikes again, this time from other parts of Europe. Bart Smit has received cases of RtS Voyagers: Lugnut, Grappel and Strafe. So I had to fetch myself some:

Oh man! I was in BS in Leiden yesterday, but didn't see any of these... yet, I hope. I wouldn't mind getting any/all of these three, but RtS Grapple most of all! Starting Tuesday, I'll have to start the trek around all the Bart Smit's in the area.

Anyhow, got my self a minor personal 'grail': a very minty and very complete original Hasbro G1 Reflector (although in a KO package ). After having given up on eBay, with all the crappy KO Reflectors and KO parts, I was able to finally source one through another fan, and when it arrived, it definitely exceeded my expectations. And, not unimportantly, all parts ticked all the right boxes regarding the originality!

[Jelze Bunnycat]

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And cheap imported overstock strikes again, this time from other parts of Europe. Bart Smit has received cases of RtS Voyagers: Lugnut, Grappel and Strafe. So I had to fetch myself some:

Oh man! I was in BS in Leiden yesterday, but didn't see any of these... yet, I hope. I wouldn't mind getting any/all of these three, but RtS Grapple most of all! Starting Tuesday, I'll have to start the trek around all the Bart Smit's in the area.

To my disappointment Deep Dive isn't among them, probably because he's wave 4 and the rest is wave 3. The price cards said "Transformers Voyager Asst. 3" which nailed Deep Dive being excluded.
If you don't mind trekking, the Bart Smit at the Grote Markt in The Hague has some Lugnuts and a single Strafe. I forgot to add they were €20 a pop.

[alldarker]

(...)
And cheap imported overstock strikes again, this time from other parts of Europe. Bart Smit has received cases of RtS Voyagers: Lugnut, Grappel and Strafe. So I had to fetch myself some:

Oh man! I was in BS in Leiden yesterday, but didn't see any of these... yet, I hope. I wouldn't mind getting any/all of these three, but RtS Grapple most of all! Starting Tuesday, I'll have to start the trek around all the Bart Smit's in the area.

To my disappointment Deep Dive isn't among them, probably because he's wave 4 and the rest is wave 3. The price cards said "Transformers Voyager Asst. 3" which nailed Deep Dive being excluded.
If you don't mind trekking, the Bart Smit at the Grote Markt in The Hague has some Lugnuts and a single Strafe. I forgot to add they were €20 a pop.

Thanks a lot, that's the kind of info I'm after! No, I don't mind those kinds of distances, I travel from Leiden to Rotterdam and back for work most days, so The Hague fits nicely on that route. €20: that's not too bad, in all honesty. To bad about Deep Dive, although I personally don't really like that mold anyhow.

[waaaaghlord]

A little bundle of rubber goodness in the post today, vintage Kabaya Ultra Magnus keshi in blue. Considering what these post Decoy keshi can go for I think I did alright for £6 shipped.

[Cobalt Prime]

My DOTM Que-Jack just arrived from RK, and there is much rejoicing (yaaay!).

The pics just didn't do him justice. This is a really great looking figure, and with an unnaturally large amount of accessories (4!) to boot! Wouldn't mind having one with that alternate G1/Bayverse head shown in the instructions too, but all the same, I'm just happy to have finally completed the "big three" that didn't retail in the US.

EDIT: In the name of all that's holy, DO NOT place the weapons in his hands! I've got some lovely stress marks on the inner part of my BRAND NEW FIGURE'S fingers.

Why are these designers at Hasbro allowed to keep their jobs?!

[waaaaghlord]

The hairdryer trick should fix those stress marks right up. Also, is anyone else having issues with the forums not updating? I've not been able to see new posts, including a couple of my own replies, for a couple of days from the forum itself, only through the front page on news topics and email alerts to replies in watched threads. Not sure if it's to do with being in the UK or if something broke when the custom forums got merged.

[Cobalt Prime]

The hairdryer trick should fix those stress marks right up. Also, is anyone else having issues with the forums not updating? I've not been able to see new posts, including a couple of my own replies, for a couple of days from the forum itself, only through the front page on news topics and email alerts to replies in watched threads. Not sure if it's to do with being in the UK or if something broke when the custom forums got merged.

Thanks man, I'll try that out! Darn shame that they include so many accessories yet he can't hold them because of the hand breakage risk. I'm just glad I didn't put it on the shelf with the weapon in his hand; it could have been much worse!

In terms of your other problem, it seems that there is something goofy going on with Google Chrome. The same thing was happening to me on my desktop, but not my phone. The pages aren't refreshing and you have to hit f5 to get them to update. It's a short term fix until someone gets off their arse at Google and fixes it.

Hope that helps!

[necr0blivion]

The hairdryer trick should fix those stress marks right up. Also, is anyone else having issues with the forums not updating? I've not been able to see new posts, including a couple of my own replies, for a couple of days from the forum itself, only through the front page on news topics and email alerts to replies in watched threads. Not sure if it's to do with being in the UK or if something broke when the custom forums got merged.

Thanks man, I'll try that out! Darn shame that they include so many accessories yet he can't hold them because of the hand breakage risk. I'm just glad I didn't put it on the shelf with the weapon in his hand; it could have been much worse!

In terms of your other problem, it seems that there is something goofy going on with Google Chrome. The same thing was happening to me on my desktop, but not my phone. The pages aren't refreshing and you have to hit f5 to get them to update. It's a short term fix until someone gets off their arse at Google and fixes it.

Hope that helps!

This also happened to me while using Chrome, so I switched over to Firefox and things were working fine.

My suggestion (because it worked for me) is to open Chrome, go to Tools -> Settings -> Show Advance Settings -> Clear Browsing Data for X time (I used last 4 weeks, but you could also choose last hour, day, week, or "beginning of time"). The forums haven't given me a problem since.

On topic: I got AM Arcee and Bulkhead this week, and just put Bulkhead's stickers on and assembled the Micron. Fun stuff, and gives me a bit more appreciation of the figure.

[thedistinctroom]

DOTM Voyager Shockwave

[Erailea]

Grabbed Bot Shots Lockdown & Topspin from Target <3

[Fox Thiagarajan]

DOTM Voyager Shockwave

DOTM Shockwave is possibly my favorite figure of that line. Shockwave is always well done in my opinion.

[Mkall]

Got home from my work rotation to recieve the following Items

1st day Botcon Pin - still PO'd that I got shafted from recieveing it for free by The Club's registration gaffes, but it was fairly cheap to obtain via other sources.
Botcon Primus Package pin, courtasy of the big boss-man Seibs himself: Thanks boss!
Shattered Glass Kup Custom
Shattered Glass longarm custom - looks better than the actual kit; much cheaper too!

[waaaaghlord]

Still no bloody commanders at my local Tesco, I swear these things will have gone off the 'introductory price' by the time they actually get some stock in, but they have put out another case of legion figures, so I snagged 2 more Vehicons bringing me up to 7 in hand or a third of the way to the army building target of 21 (9 to crew 3 drillers and 12 infantry).

[robotmel]

TRANSFORMERS PRIME "ROBOTS IN DISGUISE" BUMBLEBEE VS. STARSCREAM ENTERTAINMENT PACK WITH LELAND "SILAS" BISHOP & MECH SOLDIER SPOTTED AT SPANISH RETAIL

Imagine my surprise whilst on a break from the UK, holidaying in Menorca, Spain when I found this awesome 2 pack featuring repaints of the First Edition Bumblebee and Starscream deluxes with the addition of 2 mini human figurines of 'Silas' Bishop and a MECH Soldier!

This smart looking 2 pack comes with alternate packaging to the one seen previously with a whole host of world languages now seen down the side of the packaging and the DVD replaced with a 'Team Profiles CLASSIFIED' booklet.

Paint apps are clean and fresh with the lighter blues popping quite nicely on Bumblebee and Starscream subtle purples making for a nice 'Skywarp-Lite' effect!
'Silas' still has the same meniacal look in his eyes!

Found in Cuitadella centre at a little shop called 'TOY PLANET' for the princely sum of 33.99 EURO. Also on display was various Cyberverse, BotShot and RID Deluxe figures.

I have added some in-package shots below with more to follow if requested.

Front packaging

Receipt

Back packaging

Side packaging

Bottom packaging

[Jelze Bunnycat]

And it's Euro packaging! Sweet, hopefully it'll hit the low lands.

[gavinfuzzy]

Picked up AM Zombie cliff today. Painted some parts up abit, and stuck a SG autobot logo on it. Now it's my 1st (unofficial) SG figure.

[Sirtank]

I picked up Bot Shots Jetfire and Thundercracker at Toys R us yesterday. This morning I saw all of wave 3 at Meijer, so I picked up the Megatron and Lockdown.

[Mkall]

Today arrived another couple of cool items.

First off I'm now the proud owner of Botcon Ratchet. Thanks Bodhar!

Also now on my shelves is a wonderful Shattered Glass Grapple custom.


Sadly with my summer vacation coming up, these two will probably the last new TFs I get until August.

[Giant Purple Griffin]

I got DotM Cyberverse Action Scenes Bumblebee and Optimus Prime at Marshalls and TJ Maxx, respectively, to complete my collection of action scenes. Yeah!

[Genocide G2.0]

Today arrived another couple of cool items.

First off I'm now the proud owner of Botcon Ratchet. Thanks Bodhar!

Also now on my shelves is a wonderful Shattered Glass Grapple custom.


Sadly with my summer vacation coming up, these two will probably the last new TFs I get until August.

That Grapple looks so good! almost too good nice one MKall .

[waaaaghlord]

An unexpected find in the newsagent, some CV commanders. Full price though, so limited myself to just Dreadwing at the moment.

[Windsweeper]

G1 Hot Rod

G1 Sludge

G1 Slag

Only need Swoop to finish the Dinobots. Been wanting the G1 Dinos for a long time. I bought a KO set in G2-ish colours a few years ago. Nice but I've wanted the G1 colours for a long time. Still the silver swords of the KO's look nice with the G1's.

[Windsweeper]

G1 Hot Rod

G1 Sludge

G1 Slag

Only need Swoop to finish the Dinobots. Been wanting the G1 Dinos for a long time. I bought a KO set in G2-ish colours a few years ago. Nice but I've wanted the G1 colours for a long time. Still the silver swords of the KO's look nice with the G1's.

[Doubledealer93]

close to completing the cybertron cast.
just got, Jetfire, takara Starscream, over haul, and takara vector prime

[unicron nemesis]

God Neptune