The Energon Pub

News Credits: 4 · Sun Jan 04, 2015 8:10 am

We all know Hasbro likes to get some early January TF toys released in December. To better their chances of selling more during the Christmas buying season. To also give a treat to buyers.

So do we consider the first wave Rid and first wave CW toys as late 2014 toys or early 2015 toys?

The only AOE toy I liked was Leader scale Grimlock. AOE FE Leader Optimus is my 2nd favorite. Didn't like the AOE toy line and thought it was the worse movie toy line of them all.

As far as the 2014 Generations new toys went, I thought most of them were home runs, Especially all of the Voyager class toys.

Takara MP-22 Ultra Magnus is my favorite 2014 MP TF toy. I'm going to count the Takara MP Ultra Magnus toy as a very late 2014 release toy. Think the toy was planned for 2014 and was delayed like most Takara MP TF's get delayed.

News Credits: 1 · Sun Jan 04, 2015 10:15 am

Here are my top figures of 2014

10 AOE Strafe
09 AOE Snarl
08 AOE Scorn
07 Generations Crosscut
06 Generations Roadbuster
05 RID one Step Underbyte
04 AOE Voyager Drift
03 Generations Chromia
02 Generations Leader Jetfire
01 MP Bumblebee

News Credits: 2 · Sun Jan 04, 2015 12:16 pm

This year was a good Year for me. We got Dinobots more Beast Wars in Generations and news of Combiner Wars.

My top !0 figures of 2014 would be.

10- AOE Scorn
9- AOE Slog
8- Generations Rattrap
7- Evasion Mode Optimus
6- Generations Rhinox
5- Takara Generations Waspinator
4- Generations Arcee
3- Takara's Generations Armada Starscream
2- MP Wheeljack
1- MP Smokescreen

Bring on 2015 and all the cool stuff this year will bring.

Sun Jan 04, 2015 12:25 pm

Great work on the article to all involved. This was my first year of focused TF toy collecting since childhood and it's due in large part to the generations line, MTMTE, and the Twincast Podcast. I passed by voyager Sandstorm a few times at Target early in 2014 and the 4th time I couldn't resist owning a figure that looked so cool despite the $25 price seeming huge for a toy at the time. The transformation was fun, the colors were bright, and the light piping was perfect. That single figure had me researching everything I had missed in the past decades which brought me 'round to the Seibertron galleries which have been a tremendous help in planning purchases. The Twincast Podcast has been almost therapeutic. I have zero friends that collect TF's or read MTMTE and while my girlfriend is as supportive as can be, it's fantastic to hear the perspective and enthusiasm of others for something that has comprised the better part of my year and meant a lot to me in my youth. Thanks y'all.

A quick list of my highlights of the year:

Generations Voyager Sandstorm for being the one that hooked me

Generations Deluxe Skids for jumping straight off of the pages of MTMTE

Generations Deluxe Arcee for having so much personality

Generations Legends Cosmos for being everything a Legends scale figure can and should be

IDW's Transformers Legacy: The Art of Transformers Packaging for being a walk down memory lane

James Roberts, Nick Roche, and Alex Milne for their work on MTMTE which is everything I've ever wanted in TF fiction.

News Credits: 10 · Sun Jan 04, 2015 2:28 pm

I've given this some thought, and I decided to go with what I purchased this year...which from a volume standpoint wasn't a lot. Relatively speaking.

Categories

Transformers Figure of the Year 2014 -
I'm going to go with my Legion Commander Class Ultra Magnus.

Favorite 2014 Transformers: Age of Extinction Figure -
I didn't buy any, but I sure was tempted by Evasion Mode Optimus Prime.

Favorite 2014 Transformers Generations (Thrilling 30) Figure -
Voyager Class Springer (which I shouldn't have even bought)

Favorite 2014 Transformers Build Figure -
None. My kids are playing with Legos now, though so 2015 might have an entry.

Favorite 2014 Transformers Exclusive Figure -
Silverstreak. I chose him due to choosing toy accuracy over comic-accuracy in his case in addition to "free" missle launchers at a great price.

Favorite 2014 Transformers Masterpiece Figure -
I want it to be Ultra Magnus, but I'm going by when I got the figure, and mine isn't due here til Wednesday Jan 7. So, he will be for 2015. In leiu of that, I have to go with MP-21 Bumble.

Favorite 2014 Transformers Comic -
I know it is against all reason :roll:

, but I'm going with RiD aka The Transformers this year. John Barber has really upped his game and the comic has come a long way since the pre-Dark Cybertron issues. MtMtE is still great, and it always will be most likely. Still, I gotta go with my heart on this one.

Favorite 2014 Transformers TV/Film -
I guess Age of Extinction wasn't terrible. It gave me some hope for the live-action franchise.

Favorite 2014 Transformers Game -
The only one I play is Transformers Legends.

Favorite 2014 Transformers Moment -
Confirmation that my MP-22 Ultra Magnus was getting shipped followed by any time I get a new Masterpiece figure.

What you're looking forward to in 2015 for Transformers -
More Masterpiece reveals. The Robots in Disguise show.

Sun Jan 04, 2015 4:18 pm

If I had to sum up 2014 in one word?

JETFIRE!

News Credits: 6188 · Mon Jan 05, 2015 6:59 am

There are some really cool replies in here, and thanks to people saying nice things about the article itself. It's always fun to annoy, pester and chase down staff members to respect deadlines.

I was always a bigger defender of xRID over MTMTE, as it was the one that got me into the comics as much as I now in the first place - that, and Death of Optimus Prime, which I still see as proto-RID. I actually still surprise myself thinking that it's only/already been three years (more or less) since the new IDWverse has taken hold. Jmbeezus.

News Credits: 656 · Mon Jan 05, 2015 6:36 pm

wetwithwaterwings wrote:Great work on the article to all involved. This was my first year of focused TF toy collecting since childhood and it's due in large part to the generations line, MTMTE, and the Twincast Podcast. The Twincast Podcast has been almost therapeutic. I have zero friends that collect TF's or read MTMTE and while my girlfriend is as supportive as can be, it's fantastic to hear the perspective and enthusiasm of others for something that has comprised the better part of my year and meant a lot to me in my youth. Thanks y'all.

Reading this absolutely made my day. Thanks for listening, hope we keep being awesome for you

Also,

wetwithwaterwings wrote:IDW's Transformers Legacy: The Art of Transformers Packaging for being a walk down memory lane

I now realize I didn't use this as my favorite media entry, but should have. Such a glorious book, and it absolutely must be experienced in print! The quality and resolution of the art is shockingly good.

Mon Jan 05, 2015 9:27 pm

ScottyP wrote:Reading this absolutely made my day. Thanks for listening, hope we keep being awesome for you

I'm sure your auditory greatness will continue through 2015 and beyond. The format and tone of the show are just perfect. Having a beer, transforming a robot, and listening to a new episode always makes for good times.

ScottyP wrote:
wetwithwaterwings wrote:IDW's Transformers Legacy: The Art of Transformers Packaging for being a walk down memory lane

I now realize I didn't use this as my favorite media entry, but should have. Such a glorious book, and it absolutely must be experienced in print! The quality and resolution of the art is shockingly good.

It's incredible. Jim Sorenson and Bill Forster put a lot of thought into the book and it shows throughout. It's pure eye candy.

News Credits: 3 · Tue Jan 06, 2015 2:58 pm

Hasn't been a great year for me when talking about Transformers. Nearly the only thing we saw here in the Netherlands were three, two or one step changers and other baby-like stuff.
Just a few movie generations and legends figs which most of the collectors already had bought in previous waves.

Though Evasion Mode Optimus was a good thing and my fav figure of this year as well then.

Also saw some Kre-O and Constructbots, but nothing special.

So yea.. kinda sucks living in the Netherlands being a TF fan..

News Credits: 41 · Wed Jan 07, 2015 11:02 pm

Cobotron High's Class of 2014

Man! I got issues. I was going to do a 10 best of 2014, but than I started getting everybody off the shelves. They just kept coming, and coming, and coming. So I did ALL of 2014.

It's been a good year full wonderful things. I too realized I had no collecting friends, so I too started downloading Twincasts. Then it dawned on me. Here are a bunch of folks who like to make robo talk. I've been referencing seibertron.com for years, so I finally wandered into the Energon Pub, and sidled up to the bar.

Thanks every buddy for welcoming me here. It's been a real treat to make new friends who like the things I like. I'm having a BLAST cuttin' it up, scrappin', and laughin' with y'all.

To a great new year, and a ton of robots for everyone.

CHEERS!
Cobotron

News Credits: 293 · Wed Jan 07, 2015 11:14 pm

and cob comes in with his top 55 :lol:

News Credits: 41 · Wed Jan 07, 2015 11:17 pm

shajaki wrote:and cob comes in with his top 55

78, but who's counting. :lol:

And I forgot to put Encore Ratchet in there darn it.

News Credits: 4877 · Wed Jan 07, 2015 11:29 pm

shajaki wrote:and cob comes in with his top 55

I totally understand him, it was a great year.

I bought over 200 TFs this year as it was the first year of collecting "seriously" and I wouldnt be able to say which ones I like best of the ones I bought. I guess that's why I love making lists so much all over the site, it's a way of compensating for all the years I missed picking these great toys up. And now that I have them, I just want to talk about them. So thanks Cobotron and the gang for letting me talk to my heart's content.

Oh and while I have you all here (with a quote of a fellow canadian above), I thought I would share the Canadian highlights of this year.

While we usually get stuff late and sometimes never get anything due to language issues, some pretty awesome stuff happened this year:

Shajaki found some of the exclusive platinum sets earlier at his TRU than any other location in North America.

Speaking of platinum sets, Walmart picked up Platinum Predaking for canadian retail and was willing to ship it to Quebec even though there was no french on the box. Still not over that (and plus it was at Walmart, so cheap!).

We also had Constructbot sets that nobody else had such as Unicron Megatron and Bulkhead from Prime. And plus they were half off at Winners, a local discount clothes chain.

And, my favourite part, we had the last wave of Beast Hunters Commander Class figures which were some of the best of the bunch: BH Ultra Magnus, which came with his own small hammer, Bludgeon with a skull for a chest (freaken Blugeon!), and Unicron Megatron which was the only transforming figure ever released of that "character".

Looking back, I guess Prime Megatron might have had a thing for Canada once Unicron took over him

News Credits: 41 · Thu Jan 08, 2015 10:33 am

And thank YOU, Willy-J for my awesome Canadian only

william-james88 wrote: Beast Hunters Commander Class figures

News Credits: 656 · Thu Jan 08, 2015 11:12 am

william-james88 wrote:Looking back, I guess Prime Megatron might have had a thing for Canada once Unicron took over him

The Unicron Megatron alt mode could be made into a maple leaf. Maybe :-?

Also, fun picture Cobotron. I shudder to think what it'd look like if I put everything I bought last year into one picture. Movie year + being a completionist = massive mess.

News Credits: 41 · Thu Jan 08, 2015 11:41 am

ScottyP wrote:Also, fun picture Cobotron. I shudder to think what it'd look like if I put everything I bought last year into one picture. Movie year + being a completionist = massive mess.

Glad I'm not the only one with issues. Thats why I joined the Energon Pub. I needed a support group.
Looking forward to the next Twincast.

News Credits: 3646 · Thu Jan 08, 2015 11:43 am

wetwithwaterwings wrote:Great work on the article to all involved. This was my first year of focused TF toy collecting since childhood and it's due in large part to the generations line, MTMTE, and the Twincast Podcast. I passed by voyager Sandstorm a few times at Target early in 2014 and the 4th time I couldn't resist owning a figure that looked so cool despite the $25 price seeming huge for a toy at the time. The transformation was fun, the colors were bright, and the light piping was perfect. That single figure had me researching everything I had missed in the past decades which brought me 'round to the Seibertron galleries which have been a tremendous help in planning purchases. The Twincast Podcast has been almost therapeutic. I have zero friends that collect TF's or read MTMTE and while my girlfriend is as supportive as can be, it's fantastic to hear the perspective and enthusiasm of others for something that has comprised the better part of my year and meant a lot to me in my youth. Thanks y'all.

Welcome back to the world of the Transformers, wetwithwaterwings! Glad that Seibertron.com has been such a big part of you getting back into collecting Transformers.

News Credits: 4877 · Thu Jan 08, 2015 12:09 pm

Oh, and I cant beleive I forgot this but the best part about being canadian this year was getting Target's exclusive deluxe optimus and voyager grimlock set (the super choromed up 2 pack) for 16.99$ canadian. Not a special, not a mistake that was corrected, just the actual price. Freaken nuts! Best deal I had all year, and that includes me finding ROTF Leader Megs for 5$.

News Credits: 4877 · Thu Jan 08, 2015 12:11 pm

Cobotron wrote:
ScottyP wrote:Also, fun picture Cobotron. I shudder to think what it'd look like if I put everything I bought last year into one picture. Movie year + being a completionist = massive mess.
Glad I'm not the only one with issues. Thats why I joined the Energon Pub. I needed a support group.
Looking forward to the next Twincast.

If you need a support group to help stop this addiction, you are in the WRONG place :DANCE:

News Credits: 7 · Thu Jan 08, 2015 8:34 pm

Cobotron wrote:
shajaki wrote:and cob comes in with his top 55

78, but who's counting.

william-james88 wrote:I bought over 200 TFs this year

How do you people even buy this many toys?! *I'd put that laughing smiley here, but I already quoted 2 of them*

News Credits: 251 · Thu Jan 08, 2015 8:39 pm

Noideaforaname wrote:
Cobotron wrote:
shajaki wrote:and cob comes in with his top 55

78, but who's counting.

william-james88 wrote:I bought over 200 TFs this year

How do you people even buy this many toys?! *I'd put that laughing smiley here, but I already quoted 2 of them*

Jobs. Great source of money. 8-}

I know when I got my first job mid-2014, my Transformer-purchasing skyrocketed. Pretty sure I bought more Transformers in the past seven months than I have in the past two/three years combined.

News Credits: 41 · Thu Jan 08, 2015 8:42 pm

Noideaforaname wrote:
Cobotron wrote:
shajaki wrote:and cob comes in with his top 55

78, but who's counting.

william-james88 wrote:I bought over 200 TFs this year

How do you people even buy this many toys?! *I'd put that laughing smiley here, but I already quoted 2 of them*

Actually, with the money I make from stealing and selling peoples organs.

just kidding

News Credits: 7 · Thu Jan 08, 2015 9:00 pm

I'm not even talking money, rather getting a new figure (or two, or three...) every single week just seems exhausting.

That and I'm not even sure I could find that many figures I'd want, even if money/space/personal sanity wasn't an issue.

News Credits: 4877 · Thu Jan 08, 2015 9:30 pm

Noideaforaname wrote:
Cobotron wrote:
shajaki wrote:and cob comes in with his top 55

78, but who's counting.

william-james88 wrote:I bought over 200 TFs this year

How do you people even buy this many toys?! *I'd put that laughing smiley here, but I already quoted 2 of them*

Well its easy to buy a lot when you have only a handful of beast wars to begin with. I started last april, and it grew through finding lots in local online adds and trades and the like. This thread shows my collection but not all (still missing all of animated, movie figures and classics). If you follow the toy haul thread you can follow my posts. My collection has died down a bit since I got many of the toys I was seeking and now I pretty much wait for retail releases.