The Energon Pub

by **gothsaurus** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 10:27 am

YEEKS man. Why did you go there!!!!??!! :sad:

I'm sure they know better than to touch those two molds. That Ironhide mold (and character) is among my least favorite out of the franchise's 30 years. *shudders*

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 10:35 am

gothsaurus wrote:YEEKS man. Why did you go there!!!!??!!

I'm sure they know better than to touch those two molds. That Ironhide mold (and character) is among my least favorite out of the franchise's 30 years. *shudders*

More disturbing is that you went with "Nexus Maximus" instead of "Nexus Prime". :SICK:

Anything new in Tornado's logs? Who exactly is "Wheel Lock" anyway?

by **gothsaurus** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 10:43 am

Hey. I gotta stick with the original name. Sounds more quasi-Latinate. That makes me think back on all my old favorites like Prime, Magnus, Alpha Trion, Omega...

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 10:43 am

Thanks for the reminder, JelZe.

Two more posts from Tornado:

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=738130502887951&id=735228939844774&stream_ref=10

https://www.facebook.com/735228939844774/photos/a.735489069818761.1073741829.735228939844774/738670456167289/?type=1&stream_ref=10

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 10:57 am

gothsaurus wrote:Hey. I gotta stick with the original name. Sounds more quasi-Latinate. That makes me think back on all my old favorites like Prime, Magnus, Alpha Trion, Omega...

Fine with me, just don't Google it with Safe Mode off :oops:

by **gothsaurus** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 11:03 am

*Googles Nexus Maximus. Gets fired*

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:35 pm

So far we have had 3 deluxe figures. Will there be a voyager size, as usual? If so, will it be saved for last?

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:58 pm

Rodimus Prime wrote:So far we have had 3 deluxe figures. Will there be a voyager size, as usual? If so, will it be saved for last?

It's safe to say we will at least get one. If lucky the last two reveals will both be Voyagers.

by **ausbot** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 5:52 pm

Still Hope for ENERGON Tidal wave repaint.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 6:03 pm

ausbot wrote:Still Hope for ENERGON Tidal wave repaint.

We don't consider that retooling done for Energon significant enough to warrant a new line label. Armada Blurr, Cyclonus, Side Swipe and Hoist vs. Cybertron Blurr, Buzzsaw, Runamuck/Runabout and Longrack on the other hand...

In short, to us, Energon Tidal Wave = Armada Tidal Wave. [-(

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 7:35 pm

Besides, Armada Tidal Wave's mold is more suited for either a "Dawn of Future's Past" or "Beast Wars: Uprising" version of Magmatron. :-B

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 8:15 pm

Sabrblade wrote:Besides, Armada Tidal Wave's mold is more suited for either a "Dawn of Future's Past" or "Beast Wars: Uprising" version of Magmatron.

That would be all kinds of win, if that ever happened. At least, in my opinion.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 8:22 pm

Mindmaster wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Besides, Armada Tidal Wave's mold is more suited for either a "Dawn of Future's Past" or "Beast Wars: Uprising" version of Magmatron.

That would be all kinds of win, if that ever happened. At least, in my opinion.

New head with wings or bust!

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 2:12 pm

The official BotCon 2014 website has just updated its guest list to include fan favourite voice actor, the one and only David Kaye! Read on below for some more information on the man behind the voice of Beast Wars Megatron, who joins a roster including Susan Blu, Jack Angel, Samantha Newark and Derrick J. Wyatt.

03/27/2014 - Joining us Saturday Night at the Golden Ticket Reception and on Sunday, 6/22 for both a panel and for autographs is the one, the only, Mr. David Kaye! The ONLY actor to have voiced BOTH Optimus Prime and Megatron, David Kaye has been a part of the Transformers franchise for nearly 20 years, having most recently appeared as Hardshell in Transformers: Prime. Don’t miss your chance to meet a true fan favorite at BotCon 2014!

Click the Guests menu link to view his full bio and keep checking back as there is so much more news, toy reveals and show information to be announced!

David’s biggest moment was when he was cast as Predacon Commander Megatron in 1996, in the hugely popular series Beast Wars ("Beasties" in Canada) that would go on to run for three seasons of "the most fun you could ever have!" says David. Thus began an almost twenty year relationship with the "Transformers" franchise, from his role as the Decepticon Megatron from the Armada series, crossing over in 2007 to voice the Heroic Autobot Optimus Prime in "Transformers: Animated", thus becoming the only actor in the history of the franchise to play the lead villain AND the lead hero, to his most recent role as the Insection Hardshell in the award winning series "Transformers: Prime."

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 2:21 pm

Website · by **Fires_Of_Inferno** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 4:02 pm

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 4:33 pm

No caption for this one, but it shows the awesomeness of this news, nonetheless:

News Credits: 3 · by **Samsonator** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 6:03 pm

David Kaye is awesome, I love his annual Christmas greetings on Youtube, and he voiced the second greatest Megatron in Trasformers history. Sorta disappointed I'll not be at BotCon to say hi...

slight issue, though...

The ONLY actor to have voiced BOTH Optimus Prime and Megatron

If one wants to get technical, as I do so enjoy doing from time to time, he's not the only, nor even the first, as Garry Chalk voiced G1 Megatron's message recorded on the golden disc back in Beast Wars, and voiced several iterations of Optimus (both Primal and Prime)

by **YoungPrime** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 7:15 pm

There's always that one figure out of the whole Botcon lot that strikes a cord.

Strika was it last year, now this....

Well still not better looking than Senator Ratbat and he was much cheaper! #Silverlining

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 4:48 pm

Tornado's made two more Facebook posts, one of which contains another log entry.

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10152261031271422&id=735228939844774&stream_ref=10

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10202703976173823&id=735228939844774&stream_ref=10

by **LeSamourai** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 1:20 pm

As the original creator of Devcon... I think I deserve one of these. Gratis!

Thanks in advance.

Michael Charles Hill

News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 1:22 pm

The official BotCon Twitter feed has just released a teaser for another organic character to be featured in this year's Pirates vs. Knights story line. You'll remember they previously teased a character named Squirm. This humanoid organic is called Olin, and according to another of their tweets is very important to the story. Check out the teaser image mirrored below:

This may be our most important reveal to date for 2014... This is a question everyone who is attending BotCon should be asking.

Who is Olin?

by **gothsaurus** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 1:48 pm

most important reveal!? I'm definitely puzzled.

News Credits: 1 · by **T-Macksimus** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 2:10 pm

Unless one of their lead characters is a Head Master or Power Master, I foresee a great deal of nerd-rage in the immediate future. Since they couldn't possibly construct a Pretender shell to do justice to this sketch I can't see how they could add a humanoid to this line-up without raising the ire of every single Transformer fan out there looking to collect this set.

Personally, I think the "Knights vs Pirates" theme is about the lamest possible idea they could have come up with for a BotCon set. That's just my own opinion and we all know that I have a low opinion of just about everything these days so this comes as no surprise to anyone. I'm an ass so what do you expect?

Many of you like the idea and that's cool. Whatever floats your boat.
I'm just saying that unless it's a GI JOE crossover or a nod to a G1 Nebulan or Spike, adding a "fleshling" to the line-up, especially a new one, is a recipe for disaster. The fans on here are death towards anything organic being introduced into the world of "Giant f'ing robots!"

by **gothsaurus** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 2:43 pm

Yeah, while I do like pirates ... (I think it's ripe for some rich story telling and character development — which is what convention sets are all about.) ... I'm really skeptical about human figures. Headmaster (and/or Target/Powermaster) seems like the best case scenario.

On the notion of a GIJoe crossover... I don't think they need to TOUCH that unless it's done 100%. FULL set ... preferably an on-the-shelf line. Joe Autobot vehicles and Cobra Decep vehicles with human figures that fit inside. I wouldn't mind smaller humans (like MASK) to maintain a decent scale. Major characters for each faction matched up with bots and joes.

If there's anything BAPE Prime showed me, it's the fact that a realistically painted camo/navy colored army series of Transformers would be awesome. I'd buy the crap out of that.

But i Digress. (a lot)

My point is — I really don't want a TINY nod to GI Joe.