The Energon Pub

News Credits: 372 · Thu Jan 07, 2016 5:51 am

I didn't buy enough stuff to meet the requirements of these categories. So instead I'm just gonna repost my Top 5 of 2015 --

Not in any particular order: LG10 Arcee; LG13 Megatron; MP-22 Ultra Magnus (shipped: 12/26/14, arrived: 01/05/15); MP-25 Tracks and UW04 Devastator.

All five have good to amazing articulation, and look great in both modes; and not surprisingly, all five are from Takara, because of the company's tendency to create cartoon-accurate molds/decos. ;)

News Credits: 226 · Thu Jan 07, 2016 6:36 am

That is an awesome group shot!

News Credits: 372 · Thu Jan 07, 2016 6:42 am

Thanks!

News Credits: 131 · Thu Jan 07, 2016 9:37 am

Va'al wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
carytheone wrote:But honestly, I think backpack of the year award goes to legends Shockwave. He can ride on Onslaught and/or Bruticus ready to be rotated up at a moments notice. I'm actually kinda surprised he didn't get any shout outs in the recap.

Who? Shockwave? I tried to give him an honorable mention, but it didn't make the final cut

I did include Cary's comment, and made sure to find a photo showing Shockers off!

And don't forget his purple lil pew pew buddy that likes to ride piggy back!

Hahaha, I forgot I said that, derp :HEADHURTS:

I agree with Burn, CP. Amazing shot and group of bots. I always appreciate the little lighting details in your photos. I'm Loving that blue reflection bouncing off all that glorious silver paint. ;)^

News Credits: 4877 · Thu Jan 07, 2016 9:46 am

carytheone wrote:

I agree with Burn, CP. Amazing shot and group of bots. I always appreciate the little lighting details in your photos. I'm Loving that blue reflection bouncing off all that glorious silver paint.

No love for mine? :-(

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News Credits: 131 · Thu Jan 07, 2016 10:06 am

william-james88 wrote:
carytheone wrote:I agree with Burn, CP. Amazing shot and group of bots. I always appreciate the little lighting details in your photos. I'm Loving that blue reflection bouncing off all that glorious silver paint.

No love for mine?

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I don't know man, you're choice of bots just isn't doing it for me ;-)

News Credits: 41 · Thu Jan 07, 2016 10:27 am

william-james88 wrote:
carytheone wrote:

I agree with Burn, CP. Amazing shot and group of bots. I always appreciate the little lighting details in your photos. I'm Loving that blue reflection bouncing off all that glorious silver paint.

No love for mine?

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You know what I love about Will's photo? The floor trim. The hardwood is pretty nice too. :-P

Don't worry Will CP makes all us amateur photographers feel inadequate ( :-P

), but we love him for it! Gives me something to strive for. Of course I would have to stop buying robots to afford a camera like his. :shock:

Cyberpath, any acquisitions this year that didn't make your Top 5 shot? I remember Power Glide from the beginning of the year.

News Credits: 372 · Thu Jan 07, 2016 11:36 am

Cobotron wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
carytheone wrote:

I agree with Burn, CP. Amazing shot and group of bots. I always appreciate the little lighting details in your photos. I'm Loving that blue reflection bouncing off all that glorious silver paint.

No love for mine?

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You know what I love about Will's photo? The floor trim. The hardwood is pretty nice too.

Don't worry Will CP makes all us amateur photographers feel inadequate ( ), but we love him for it! Gives me something to strive for. Of course I would have to stop buying robots to afford a camera like his.

Cyberpath, any acquisitions this year that didn't make your Top 5 shot? I remember Power Glide from the beginning of the year.

Aww shucks, thanks. (:

@Cob, yeah, a few: Hasbro's Powerglide. Neat little toy, looks like the cartoon-model. An impressive number of steps for such a small figure. After this I kinda wanted Viper, too

LG04 Roadbuster - Got him cheap from Lena :DANCE:

(a 2014 figure, but arrived on the same day as MP-22 and Powerglide.) I'm not familiar with the fictional character, but I really like the toy. He's got all those weapons that you can mix and match in both modes. The transom and articulation are really good, too.

And LG09 Brainstorm of course. He would have probably made my top five if Magnus had arrived on 2014. One of the many cool things about this Brainstorm is that he actually has hinged panels that hide his transformation gaps. You don't see that in many CHUG figures.

News Credits: 131 · Thu Jan 07, 2016 12:00 pm

Cyberpath wrote:After this I kinda wanted Viper, too

Viper is really cool. I picked up iGear Manatee to have a Joe bot for him to fight.

News Credits: 41 · Thu Jan 07, 2016 12:28 pm

Cyberpath wrote:And LG09 Brainstorm of course.

Of course! How could I forget your Brainstorm shots? With that SWORD! Man! Super ... 8-)

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Addendum: Favorite TF moment, anytime CP posts a pic! :lol:

News Credits: 18 · Thu Jan 07, 2016 12:33 pm

My fav TF moments would be

Meeting Nick Roche at the Waterford Winterval and getting a Free Sketch done

Picking up a (Damaged) Motorvator Flame body for €1 at a Car Boot Sale. Still can't get a roof and tire. Hopefully one of this year's best moments will be completing him.

News Credits: 42 · Thu Jan 07, 2016 1:04 pm

Hellscream9999 wrote:
Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:By golly, that took a while to read.

I do have to agree with everyone who named Sups as the best combiner, and HS's pre-CW combiner experience matched mine almost exactly.

Glad I wasn't alone; There really is nothing much worse than missing out on 2/5 of a combiner

Yeah, that is pretty annoying.

Yeah, I got the energon constructicons, but they aren't the greatest in combined mode - dat shoulder pad

I do regret missing out on energon barricade

I had gotten ahold of two of the Energon Aerialbots at a comics shop in Chicago in the first half of 2014, and was frustrated that I couldn't find the rest of them. Thankfully, the CW announcement put that frustration to rest.

News Credits: 2 · Thu Jan 07, 2016 1:21 pm

Why Fixit? When Windblade is far better >:oP

News Credits: 174 · Thu Jan 07, 2016 2:02 pm

Cyberpath wrote:I didn't buy enough stuff to meet the requirements of these categories. So instead I'm just gonna repost my Top 5 of 2015 --

Not in any particular order: LG10 Arcee; LG13 Megatron; MP-22 Ultra Magnus (shipped: 12/26/14, arrived: 01/05/15); MP-25 Tracks and UW04 Devastator.

All five have good to amazing articulation, and look great in both modes; and not surprisingly, all five are from Takara, because of the company's tendency to create cartoon-accurate molds/decos.

It's actually really cool how all of them scale together :APPLAUSE:

News Credits: 41 · Thu Jan 07, 2016 2:46 pm

leokearon wrote:Meeting Nick Roche at the Waterford Winterval and getting a Free Sketch done.

That IS an awesome TF moment! What was the sketch?

News Credits: 18 · Thu Jan 07, 2016 3:10 pm

Cobotron wrote:
leokearon wrote:Meeting Nick Roche at the Waterford Winterval and getting a Free Sketch done.
That IS an awesome TF moment! What was the sketch?

Mine's the Ultra Magnus one, my brother got the other one

News Credits: 4877 · Thu Jan 07, 2016 3:13 pm

AWESOME DUDE! ;)^

News Credits: 41 · Thu Jan 07, 2016 4:01 pm

TOTALLY AWESOME! ;)^

That is now MY favorite TF moment of the year.

News Credits: 131 · Thu Jan 07, 2016 4:23 pm

Wow Leo, that is really cool. Like the kids say "totes mc jello" or something like that.

Thu Jan 07, 2016 9:42 pm

Don't want to sound redundant, but that is really awesome! Great looking sketches, wish I could draw that well.

My favorite TF moment of the year would Have to be finally getting Devastator at Christmas. I had been waiting to own the figures since toy fair, and had been wanting one since long before that. Definitely one of my favorite figures.

Things I'm looking forward to next year- Shockwave, Skylynx, and Victorion. And that's just what's been revealed, Can't wait for Toy Fair :-D

News Credits: 174 · Thu Jan 07, 2016 9:57 pm

Whifflefire wrote:Don't want to sound redundant, but that is really awesome! Great looking sketches, wish I could draw that well.

My favorite TF moment of the year would Have to be finally getting Devastator at Christmas. I had been waiting to own the figures since toy fair, and had been wanting one since long before that. Definitely one of my favorite figures.

Things I'm looking forward to next year- Shockwave, Skylynx, and Victorion. And that's just what's been revealed, Can't wait for Toy Fair

He's still instock at hts...

Fri Jan 08, 2016 5:21 am

...Who is?

News Credits: 174 · Fri Jan 08, 2016 12:31 pm

Whifflefire wrote:...Who is?

Shockwave

News Credits: 251 · Fri Jan 08, 2016 2:34 pm

Okay, so now that I've had time to sit down and think about what was going on in 2015, here's what I've got going for me:

Mindmaster's 2015 Year in Review

Starring

Mindmaster

The one guy that does stuff!

Transformers Figure of the Year 2015

Combiner Wars Devastator

This one's pretty damn obvious: Combiner Wars Titan-class Devastator. It's big, it's dumb, and it's loads of fun. The Constructicons and Devastator compliment Combiner Wars Leader Megatron and Masterpiece figures very well!!

Favorite 2015 Transformers: Combiner Wars/Unite Warriors

Going by size-class on this one, because I've got faves in all the size classes:

- Legends: Shockwave. Amazing figure at such a small scale. Not exactly what I envisioned a Classics-style Shockwave, but it will certainly do! Honorable mentions to Groove and Powerglide/Viper.

- Deluxe: Rook. Love this guy's robot and vehicle mode, especially his unique hands and his "Hulk hands" ability. I guess Swindle could also count, too. Honorable mentions to Dead End, Wildrider/Brake-Neck, and Streetwise, who are probably the best limsb that turns into cars, and First Aid.

- Voyager: Silverbolt. The only reason, the only reason Onslaught isn't here is because of Silverbolt's genius transformation into a torso and how well it works, functionally speaking. Honorable mention to (you guessed it) Onslaught and Hot Spot.

- Leader: Ultra Magnus. Magnus, Magnus, Magnus, Magnus! Who doesn't love Magnus? Freaks, that's who! Having finally begun reading More Than Meets the Eye early last year, having an official Minimus Ambus also makes this guy get this spot. Also, in contrast to Burn, I like rocket-powered hammers! Honorable mention to Megatron for being the surrogate Masterpiece Megatron that we need that's not a 3P robo.

- Combiner: Bruticus. The one Combiner I wanted to happen when Combiner Wars was first teased back at BotCon 2013 has finally come true. Hooray for waiting it out for nearly seven years and not going down the dark path of third parties!

Favorite 2015 Transformers Masterpiece Figure (Hasbro or Takara)

Masterpiece Star Saber

Was very excited when Star Saber's prototype was first revealed in... 2014, right? Anyway, I'm a sucker for a bot with a sword, and this guy is the king of the sword bots. Always love me a dash of Japan-influence on my shelves. For right now, he's stored away in storage in preparation for a big move to Virginia, but once he's back out, he will stand proudly next to Optimus Prime with sword drawn.

Favorite 2015 Transformers Exclusive Figure

Combiner Wars Quickslinger

Probably Combiner Wars Quickslinger, if he counts? I didn't indulge in any TFCC exclusives outside of this year's freebie Lio Convoy, but I didn't find him all that exciting like I did with last year's Rampage. I'm just glad I've truly completed Superion, and now that he's got all jets for limbs, Superion looks gorgeous! Honorable mention to his wave mate (?) Brake-Neck/Wildrider.

Favorite 2015 Transformers Comics-moment

Probably the Combiner Wars event. I liked the five-way brawl between Optimus Maxmimus, Superion, Defensor, Devastator, and Menasor.

Favorite 2015 Transformers Game

Devastation, by default. Not the best Transformers game I've played (I'm yearning for another Cybertron-themed game for Xbox One that has competitive multiplayer, or at least backwards-compatibility for the previous Cybretron-themed games), but it's certainly not bad. If you didn't blast "The Touch" and play as Optimus during the boss battle with Megatron, then we can't be friends.