The Energon Pub

If the price is right, may just give in and complete the decepticons.

Also just realized BBTS has a pre-order for FE Shining Prime. May just break down and get it.

Will this be a Takara Tomy Mail exclusive, or a general release?

I'll try to preorder when available for sure. And if no stickers are included, Toyhax will come to the rescue.

Grahf_ wrote:Beast Wars II and Neo Galvatron, Heinrad, Break, Stampy, Longrack and the rest?

Those molds are cheese by now.

Galvatron's mold was already a goner as far back as 2005.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Will this be a Takara Tomy Mail exclusive, or a general release?

There's not a speck of Japanese anywhere on the packaging. That's Hasbro's logo and legal print.

Plus, it wouldn't make sense for this to be a Takara release when the whole point of it is to give Hasbro markets another chance at two molds that only Takara had released before.

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Will this be a Takara Tomy Mail exclusive, or a general release?

There's not a speck of Japanese anywhere on the packaging. That's Hasbro's logo and legal print.

Plus, it wouldn't make sense for this to be a Takara release when the whole point of it is to give Hasbro markets another chance at two molds that only Takara had released before.

Let's hope this will not be a PULSE exclusive with their 3 zillions dollars of shipping.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Will this be a Takara Tomy Mail exclusive, or a general release?

There's not a speck of Japanese anywhere on the packaging. That's Hasbro's logo and legal print.

Plus, it wouldn't make sense for this to be a Takara release when the whole point of it is to give Hasbro markets another chance at two molds that only Takara had released before.

Let's hope this will not be a PULSE exclusive with their 3 zillions dollars of shipping.

I hear ya. I'm hoping all of the usual e-tailers will carry it too.

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Will this be a Takara Tomy Mail exclusive, or a general release?

There's not a speck of Japanese anywhere on the packaging. That's Hasbro's logo and legal print.

Plus, it wouldn't make sense for this to be a Takara release when the whole point of it is to give Hasbro markets another chance at two molds that only Takara had released before.

Didn't the flying vehicon get released by hasbwhooever as part of a Botcon set/pirates?

Don't know why everyone is so excited about this. It's Hasbro. It will be an exclusive that the scalpers will get to first.

Sabrblade wrote:

Grahf_ wrote:Beast Wars II and Neo Galvatron, Heinrad, Break, Stampy, Longrack and the rest?

Those molds are cheese by now.

Galvatron's mold was already a goner as far back as 2005.

I wasn't actually expecting any of them. I have most of them anyway. It was just a thought more than anything.

I'd much rather a new mold of Galvatron. The original is trash but somehow, in a good way.

blackeyedprime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Will this be a Takara Tomy Mail exclusive, or a general release?

There's not a speck of Japanese anywhere on the packaging. That's Hasbro's logo and legal print.

Plus, it wouldn't make sense for this to be a Takara release when the whole point of it is to give Hasbro markets another chance at two molds that only Takara had released before.

Didn't the flying vehicon get released by hasbwhooever as part of a Botcon set/pirates?

BotCon releases by Fun Pub are not the same thing as mass market releases by Hasbro themselves.

I have the small green breakdown with the base,bipedial with spread arms sightly angled forward:it's best pose.I'm happy with that.

So Prime gets a 10th anniversary boxset and on the 20th anniversary of Car Robots/RiD we get....



The Vehicon looks nice though.

Ah so I was right about my original assumption! These are the molds we never got in the US being released finally.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:So Prime gets a 10th anniversary boxset and on the 20th anniversary of Car Robots/RiD we get....

We got Siege Magnus, that's at least half a tumbleweed

Definitely a bit peeved at this and the Hall of Fame poll, but Hasbro's ignored literally every other anniversary since Thrilling 30, excluding what Fun Pub did for Beast Wars for 2016. I just honestly don't understand why THIS is the anniversary they think needs to be commemorated.

TFfan1 wrote:Definitely a bit peeved at this and the Hall of Fame poll, but Hasbro's ignored literally every other anniversary since Thrilling 30, excluding what Fun Pub did for Beast Wars for 2016. I just honestly don't understand why THIS is the anniversary they think needs to be commemorated.

I have a theory,don't get mad at me because it's gonna sound arrogant:It was more mature,more marketable toward adult with money.

I don't even consider these figures good but they are the rarest,only reissued.

This show is unfinished,hollow but the franchise got only worse after that for me.

So, they answered my prayers with something I wasn't praying for.

yay.

PerfectVision wrote:

TFfan1 wrote:Definitely a bit peeved at this and the Hall of Fame poll, but Hasbro's ignored literally every other anniversary since Thrilling 30, excluding what Fun Pub did for Beast Wars for 2016. I just honestly don't understand why THIS is the anniversary they think needs to be commemorated.

I have a theory,don't get mad at me because it's gonna sound arrogant:It was more mature,more marketable toward adult with money.

I don't even consider these figures good but they are the rarest,only reissued.

This show is unfinished,hollow but the franchise got only worse after that for me.

I'm not mad, I definitely see your point. I guess I feel like the market for UT or Animated reissues or anniversaries would be something people (like me) would buy. I personally disagree Prime was more really more "mature" than say, Beast Machines or Animated beyond a grimmer tone, but I see where you're coming from.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Will this be a Takara Tomy Mail exclusive, or a general release?

I'll try to preorder when available for sure. And if no stickers are included, Toyhax will come to the rescue.

Sticker sheet is right there, it's also listed on the box contents (though those contents only mention one figure).

blackeyedprime wrote:

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:So Prime gets a 10th anniversary boxset and on the 20th anniversary of Car Robots/RiD we get....

We got Siege Magnus, that's at least half a tumbleweed

Half a tumbleweed because it's only half of RID Magnus.

I might get this set just for the novelty of it, I basically skipped the entire Prime line only getting the Predacons and a Darkness Megatron from Takara Tomy.

Emerje

TFfan1 wrote:

PerfectVision wrote:

TFfan1 wrote:Definitely a bit peeved at this and the Hall of Fame poll, but Hasbro's ignored literally every other anniversary since Thrilling 30, excluding what Fun Pub did for Beast Wars for 2016. I just honestly don't understand why THIS is the anniversary they think needs to be commemorated.

I have a theory,don't get mad at me because it's gonna sound arrogant:It was more mature,more marketable toward adult with money.

I don't even consider these figures good but they are the rarest,only reissued.

This show is unfinished,hollow but the franchise got only worse after that for me.

I'm not mad, I definitely see your point. I guess I feel like the market for UT or Animated reissues or anniversaries would be something people (like me) would buy. I personally disagree Prime was more really more "mature" than say, Beast Machines or Animated beyond a grimmer tone, but I see where you're coming from.

ANIMATED isn't mature visually .I would like more Megacopter personaly.

BEAST MACHINE work for me.Several designs doesn't have legs,it ruin Rattrap in particular.

PerfectVision wrote:

TFfan1 wrote:

PerfectVision wrote:

TFfan1 wrote:Definitely a bit peeved at this and the Hall of Fame poll, but Hasbro's ignored literally every other anniversary since Thrilling 30, excluding what Fun Pub did for Beast Wars for 2016. I just honestly don't understand why THIS is the anniversary they think needs to be commemorated.

I have a theory,don't get mad at me because it's gonna sound arrogant:It was more mature,more marketable toward adult with money.

I don't even consider these figures good but they are the rarest,only reissued.

This show is unfinished,hollow but the franchise got only worse after that for me.

I'm not mad, I definitely see your point. I guess I feel like the market for UT or Animated reissues or anniversaries would be something people (like me) would buy. I personally disagree Prime was more really more "mature" than say, Beast Machines or Animated beyond a grimmer tone, but I see where you're coming from.

ANIMATED isn't mature visually .I would like more Megacopter personaly.

BEAST MACHINE work for me.Several designs doesn't have legs,it ruin Rattrap in particular.

Mature visually? I'm not exactly sure what you mean, especially in regards to character having legs? Do you mean it has a more realistic style? In which case, I guess so, but the UT's as mature visually by that metric. I assumed you meant mature as in depth in storytelling and characterization. To each their own I geuss, I can understand if Animated's style is too "kiddy" for you and that being a factor that makes it hard to enjoy.

And I guess I'm the only person who likes BM Rattrap's robot mode design.

Next up...Nautica from Velocitron set...please.

Prime's awful designs are what ruin the series for me, breakdown especially, but that vehicon looks interesting.

84everfan wrote:Prime's awful designs are what ruin the series for me, breakdown especially, but that vehicon looks interesting.

I think a lot of the designs are kinda boring or generic (Bumblebee and Optimus for me especially, just smooth rounded panels with a couple vehicle bits. They aren't 1:1 detailed like UT or heavily stylized like Animated) but I actually think Breakdown's one of the better designs personally.

TFfan1 wrote:

PerfectVision wrote:

TFfan1 wrote:

PerfectVision wrote:

TFfan1 wrote:Definitely a bit peeved at this and the Hall of Fame poll, but Hasbro's ignored literally every other anniversary since Thrilling 30, excluding what Fun Pub did for Beast Wars for 2016. I just honestly don't understand why THIS is the anniversary they think needs to be commemorated.

I have a theory,don't get mad at me because it's gonna sound arrogant:It was more mature,more marketable toward adult with money.

I don't even consider these figures good but they are the rarest,only reissued.

This show is unfinished,hollow but the franchise got only worse after that for me.

I'm not mad, I definitely see your point. I guess I feel like the market for UT or Animated reissues or anniversaries would be something people (like me) would buy. I personally disagree Prime was more really more "mature" than say, Beast Machines or Animated beyond a grimmer tone, but I see where you're coming from.

ANIMATED isn't mature visually .I would like more Megacopter personaly.

BEAST MACHINE work for me.Several designs doesn't have legs,it ruin Rattrap in particular.

Mature visually? I'm not exactly sure what you mean, especially in regards to character having legs? Do you mean it has a more realistic style? In which case, I guess so, but the UT's as mature visually by that metric. I assumed you meant mature as in depth in storytelling and characterization. To each their own I geuss, I can understand if Animated's style is too "kiddy" for you and that being a factor that makes it hard to enjoy.

And I guess I'm the only person who likes BM Rattrap's robot mode design.

HMMM?!I care about every maturity but the look of ANIMATED is the killing detail for figures destined to adult and BM is hated mostly.

Reallisticwhat?

It's not superficial from me but from HASBRO,that's what i mean.

I'm tired.