The Energon Pub

News Credits: 60 · Sat Jan 23, 2016 11:06 am

Waz the obsession with crimso/re/rust color? :SICK:

News Credits: 131 · Sat Jan 23, 2016 11:09 am

william-james88 wrote:
carytheone wrote:
The giant Autobot insignia, that wick Megadeco. This set is really doing it for me. I'm glad I skipped that AoE set with the classics prime. Too much chrome for my tastes.

Thatvset was AWESOME and really nicely priced too!

I would have seriously considered that set if I didn't already have Evasion OP.

News Credits: 3 · Sat Jan 23, 2016 11:24 am

As soon as I saw this I was excited cause I don't have a classics prime nor megatron mold I actually liked the megatron deco but really translucent truck panels really... now I have to customize them if I get him

News Credits: 12 · Sat Jan 23, 2016 11:32 am

I have the Optimus prime mold but I'm still gona get it unless it like over 60$
If I'm getting my hopes to high let me know :???:

News Credits: 12 · Sat Jan 23, 2016 11:38 am

What are the chances the planet of junk clash set will go below 80$ like 70$ because for me 80$ is a bit to much

News Credits: 293 · Sat Jan 23, 2016 11:47 am

I really like Megatron, but I'm surprised to see so much.. not-hate for Prime :-?

His bot mode looks fine, but that truck mode as others have said just looks like an unpainted proto. Two additional paint apps on those giant clear side panel arm flap thingies and we coulda had a real nice looking Prime.

News Credits: 402 · Updated Oct 21, 2022

That Megatron looks nice! Sort of a homage to either Ehobby Black Megatron or that Luckey Draw Energon Megatron I saw a while back.

News Credits: 65 · Sat Jan 23, 2016 12:08 pm

I've already got the Transformers Cloud version of the Classics Prime mold and the Transformers United version of the Classics Megatron mold. It's hard to top those for G1 screen accuracy. The runner up would be the Age of Extinction Evolution 2-Pack version of Classics Prime for G1 toy accuracy. These just...don't do it for me. Prime would look better with painted side paneling in the truck cab and without some of those Classics 2006 extraneous details, like the blue shoulders, yellow paint in the head crest, and thigh-high boots, but Megatron just looks ridiculously gaudy. Way too much red.

News Credits: 1 · Sat Jan 23, 2016 12:13 pm

It's like they said, "Let's throw a bunch of **** together and call it 'Platinum'. People will buy it."

News Credits: 41 · Sat Jan 23, 2016 12:16 pm

carytheone, if you don't get this set, I'm getting it for you! :-P

Ya, the truck panels are slightly whack, but that bot mode looks awesome. Look at his two tone thighs. That Meg deco is AWESOME! I like these decos for the same reason I liked the Triple Changers. They are over the top, make no sense, and full of whimsy.

News Credits: 101 · Sat Jan 23, 2016 12:18 pm

I don't get the hate on the almost-all blue cab on optimus Prime. It look pretty amazing IMO. I also love the red on Megs.

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:-?

I may buy on clearance if the clearance price is under 80$CAN.

News Credits: 1 · Sat Jan 23, 2016 12:18 pm

shajaki wrote:I really like Megatron, but I'm surprised to see so much.. not-hate for Prime

His bot mode looks fine, but that truck mode as others have said just looks like an unpainted proto. Two additional paint apps on those giant clear side panel arm flap thingies and we coulda had a real nice looking Prime.

Agreed, but I see what they were going for. Unfourtunately, giving them both translucent parts just doesn't work as well for Prime (primarily because Megatron's translucent parts were always meant to be mostly unpainted.

That said, this is Optimus Prime and Megatron that we're talking about, so I expect "unusual" designs for Platinum releases. If you've graduated to "Platinum-Collector" status, shouldn't you already have a logically detailed OP by now? (No offense if anyone doesn't, but Classics and Henkei Primes are easy to find on eBay for reasonable prices. That should be your first stop.)

Sat Jan 23, 2016 12:24 pm

now don't I feel the right doofus for forking out
$75 to that lena ebay page for the unrealeased prime

stupid

stupid

stupid

News Credits: 122 · Sat Jan 23, 2016 12:25 pm

The laziness is almost insulting...

News Credits: 101 · Sat Jan 23, 2016 12:29 pm

lonrac wrote:now don't I feel the right doofus for forking out
$75 to that lena ebay page for the unrealeased prime
stupid stupid stupid

Wanna see dummer? I saw the unreleased voyager DOTM Megatron actually SOLD for way pass 100$ back in the day! :shock:

News Credits: 4877 · Sat Jan 23, 2016 12:50 pm

lonrac wrote:now don't I feel the right doofus for forking out
$75 to that lena ebay page for the unrealeased prime

You never know, could have been a smart move. Some of these platinum sets are ridiculously priced and if this is the case with this one and you only would have wanted the Prime, then you are still a winner

Shauyaun wrote:I have the Optimus prime mold but I'm still gona get it unless it like over 60$
If I'm getting my hopes to high let me know

This set will probably be over 60$ (I am estimating at least 80$). So, if you just want the Optimus Prime, then I suggest you just buy the individual prime off e-bay. We now know that its not a test shot or anything but the actual same toy you'd get with this set. Plus no shipping or tax cost and they are going for about 50$ a piece. If you dont care about the megatron and want one udner 60$ (just prime) then just buy from Lena.

News Credits: 15 · Sat Jan 23, 2016 1:34 pm

So if the is the "One Shall Stand.." set, wouldn't a "Darkest Hour" set with Cloud Rodimus and Titan Wars Galvatron be nice? Yes. Yes it would.

You're welcome.

:michaelbay:

News Credits: 131 · Sat Jan 23, 2016 1:37 pm

Cobotron wrote:carytheone, if you don't get this set, I'm getting it for you!

Ya, the truck panels are slightly whack, but that bot mode looks awesome. Look at his two tone thighs. That Meg deco is AWESOME! I like these decos for the same reason I liked the Triple Changers. They are over the top, make no sense, and full of whimsy.

Well go ahead and plan on me not getting it then

One of the things I like best is that the arm flaps are clear and almost disappear.

News Credits: 8 · Sat Jan 23, 2016 2:23 pm

i already know this is going to be way overpriced so im calling it a pass right off the bat, now if it turns out that its 50 or under than i might say sure why not but i highly doubt it since all the platinum set so far have been way overpriced.

But on the topic of selling toy guns it has actually gotten better out there, i was in walmart the other day and saw a bunch of toy guns. And actual toy guns not nerf ripoffs, m16s & m9s with scopes and silencers, cowboy styled shotguns, a couple of years ago none of this could be found. I think as long as its brightly colored it can be sold, so theres a good chance this will see wide release. The real question is will distribution drop the ball like they did with so many other releases.

News Credits: 11 · Sat Jan 23, 2016 2:45 pm

I'd say the Megatron is the selling point of this set It's not often I get to say this these days but I like his decoration overall - perhaps I would have prefered signal red over Signal Orange on his "Safety parts" and perhaps the old idea of a G2 Green or Purple one might have been fun to see. but this colour scheme is nice the clear red being a bit over done is a little odd - but since he is a laser cannon he pulls it off and with those pieces left unpainted he now looks like a new deco and not just a variation of the Henkei/United colours.

He is naturally very different from the old Hasbro off-white one though.

I was wondering what "Head Canon" would be for such a colour scheme I often like to have the excuse to pretend that a significant colour difference either represents use of a different fuel Nucleon or dark Energon say, or is armour for a specific purpose or simply that it isn't Megatron at all but is Archforce or Megaplex. The only problem with that is that Megaplex is Grey and Blue not Red & silver. But the deco is not that unlike the Black Megatron gun toy either though.

So a big positive for Megs (I hope the set gets a wide release).

Now Optimus is a tricky one - he has some positives the robot mode deco might actually have to much paint - that yellow has a horrible tendency to chip for example.

But the back of the cab shows that the template underneath the design of the toy is the 2006 "Classics" Optimus Prime (Rather than say the Henkei one). The original EHobby Clear one works much better - so perhaps if he'd had clear legs at least that might excuse the blue panels.

It's a shame they didn't make the side panels opaque and then paint the side windows and then perhaps use clear pieces on the arms or legs instead. even a clear red gun/ air dam might have worked.

But much like the second-edition-First edition Prime Optimus this is a toy that has key panels unpainted that are begging to be painted - but that in this case at least are going to be a bit of a pain to do so.

Might be easier to just swap parts with an earlier Optimus toy since the spray mask is identical. It might have been fun if they'd put the giant Autobot Logos from Shattered Glass Optimus Prime on the sides that would have looked suitably bonkers to have 3 huge Autobot logos on him.

That said as a toy to dress up in Dia Commander Armour or leave in bot mode he's perfectly serviceable. It's just that Truck mode door are one of Hasbro's worst crimes against Painting to date.

Personally I'd have preferred a G2 themed set - that would have been a fantastic complement to the G2 Combiner Wars sets.

Even an Optimus with Black legs would have been a nice change. But if a lot of people don't take to this Optimus he could be a useful "resource" for scrapping for parts.

Overall I like the set much more than some, but if they have a silly price on it It will just continue to give me a good chuckle at Hasbro's expense.

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P.s. I would still like a Moulded in Colour normal Classics Mirage where he's the same aps as the normal one but made from Transparent clear and clear blue plastic - essentially like the Takara Electro Disruptor version but with blue tinted clear plastic instead of grey smoke plastic.

They seem to like their clear plastic lately what with Optimus Primal being partially clear too.

News Credits: 4877 · Sat Jan 23, 2016 2:46 pm

Megatron Wolf wrote:i already know this is going to be way overpriced so im calling it a pass right off the bat, now if it turns out that its 50 or under than i might say sure why not but i highly doubt it since all the platinum set so far have been way overpriced.

But on the topic of selling toy guns it has actually gotten better out there, i was in walmart the other day and saw a bunch of toy guns. And actual toy guns not nerf ripoffs, m16s & m9s with scopes and silencers, cowboy styled shotguns, a couple of years ago none of this could be found. I think as long as its brightly colored it can be sold, so theres a good chance this will see wide release. The real question is will distribution drop the ball like they did with so many other releases.

Well the platinums all have their own exclusive retailer. I dont think any of them were missed in the states, right? I am pretty sure everyone who wanted a platinum edition was able to get one last year.

News Credits: 11 · Sat Jan 23, 2016 2:58 pm

It's a shame the "Megatron From the Depths" set never came out that is crazy that the Voyager ROTF Megatron Mould was only made in green by Hasbro - they repainted Sideways a million times and yet couldn't make a grey Megatron toy.

Especially vexing when the Voyager is a better mould than the leader class one is.
pity no one has thought to update and upscale that Megatron yet.
He seems to have suffered from being developed to early in the design process meaning the toy looks nothing much like the final CGI we could really do with a revisit to ROTF Megatron.

I'm not saying I want it "To accurate" the smaller arm isn't especially appealing for example. But why not release the Movie Voyager in another colour - heck why not make a Voyager DOTM Megatron in grey or darker green instead of tan ?

There is a KO of Voyager Galvatron that is painted in silver tones and that looks pretty terrific. So that also makes you wonder why no AOE Galvatron repaint either ? It looks like Wei Jiang is my new best friend when it comes to the things you might actually want and Hasbro is trailing way way behind.

News Credits: 23 · Sat Jan 23, 2016 3:05 pm

I think the Optimus figure looks like another lazy rehash, they could have at least added more parts in tranclearent plastic. But I am digging that Megatron's deco for some strange reason...

News Credits: 4877 · Sat Jan 23, 2016 3:22 pm

A few things I wanted to mention.

To those asking about a wide release, this set wil always be an exclusive in one way or another. I have no doubt it will come to the states, but it will be an exclusive at tru or walmart or another specific retailer. It wil never truly be a wide release like the G2 Combier Wars figures are.

Also, here are some more images of Prime: