The Energon Pub

News Credits: 11 · Fri Jun 05, 2009 3:22 pm

Yes, Seibertron contains nuts... lol.

That's crazy, but yeah I've heard of this before. Usually they don't bother to do put the elastics and all twist ties back on.

I always check my figures for paint flaws before I buy as well...unless it's the only one left, but in that case I'm busy staring at it in awe so I'd notice if it was the wrong figure. XD

News Credits: 34 · Fri Jun 05, 2009 3:45 pm

Wow, good tip!

News Credits: 129 · Fri Jun 05, 2009 4:04 pm

First Gen wrote:Its all about morales. No, I'm not a perfect man, never claimed to be, but when your conscience is telling you something, 9 times outta 10 you should listen.

Mine lies to me...constantly.

News Credits: 5 · Fri Jun 05, 2009 4:15 pm

Thanks for the post! Could also be a return item that a customer swapped out for a free upgrade. I heard employees mention that also happens with electronic items.

News Credits: 14 · Fri Jun 05, 2009 4:32 pm

guardianprime wrote:
Blurrz wrote:This is almost as much lawl as someone plugging Cybertron Jetfire into an '07 Starscream box and returning it...

Sigh...

Well I'm glad us TF fans are atleast smart enough to notice the difference

did you actually find that somwhere?

i might have purchased it just for the lols!!!
(granted they still have 07 movie repaints of him at toys R us)

There were several reports here back in 07 about Cyb Jetfires in Starscream boxes. This was before anybody even knew about the Repaint for All Spark power line.

I remember one case, where the removed Jetfire's wings.

It was either because they had been broken before and decided it was a clever way of getting a new Starscream or they just tore them off because the toy would not fit in the Starscream box. Jetfire was pretty big.

In any case who ever bought it got a large green torpedo, that transforms into an armless robot. (The arms are part of the Wings).

Its really low in the scam scale. I mean who are you tricking? The Store? No, just a poor kid who wants a movie figure, and gets instead an armless robot from the year before.
Its sad people are so selfish they would do that.

Fri Jun 05, 2009 5:00 pm

That's the worst way to buy TFs; just shell out the $45+tax and get the new one, ya cheap bastard!

Fri Jun 05, 2009 5:12 pm

Damn some people are losers. Whoever did this deserves a smack on the head with baseball bat.

For the ppl that do this, this is theft plain and simple.

Fri Jun 05, 2009 5:14 pm

Slightly off topic but the games industry is well ahead of us in terms of stores taking back dodgy returns:

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/02/05/return-and-burn-fake-ps2-systems-retailers-took-for-real/

Fri Jun 05, 2009 5:56 pm

Longbridge wrote:Slightly off topic but the games industry is well ahead of us in terms of stores taking back dodgy returns:

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/02/05/return-and-burn-fake-ps2-systems-retailers-took-for-real/

that's sick man, there are so many stupid and disrespectful people in the world, cheap thieves....

News Credits: 3 · Fri Jun 05, 2009 7:30 pm

And here I thought it was a sad day when that post recently about the guy in Windsor waving Megatron around like he was a real gun recently could really be put up. This is at least = to that. Really sad that this kind a poo can happen...
:oops:

Fri Jun 05, 2009 7:49 pm

they couldnt tell the differences?

wow....i think they're significantly different, especially megatron with the smaller arm and tracks on his legs. but even prime, its the same basic model obviously but the ROTF version is much less "kibbly" and looks sleeker and thinner.

either way thats pretty crazy that they packed 2007 toys in ROTF packaging....damn you hasbro!!!

News Credits: 26 · Fri Jun 05, 2009 9:16 pm

Well thats one way of getting the 2007 to make room for the new version

Fri Jun 05, 2009 9:35 pm

I (purposefully) bought an Energon Jetfire in Animated voyager Megatron's box.

News Credits: 6 · Fri Jun 05, 2009 11:07 pm

Kinda related.
My brother and I went to Target last Sunday.
He got Skids and Knockout.
I was looking at the figures and I saw a few Deep Desert Brawls.
One of them, was not a DDB, but regular Brawl in a DDB package.
I took a pic, but I don't know how to gets pics off of my mom's iphone.

News Credits: 1452 · Sat Jun 06, 2009 12:20 am

icu2jimy wrote:Kinda related.
My brother and I went to Target last Sunday.
He got Skids and Knockout.
I was looking at the figures and I saw a few Deep Desert Brawls.
One of them, was not a DDB, but regular Brawl in a DDB package.
I took a pic, but I don't know how to gets pics off of my mom's iphone.

Haha, that's even worse than this. While '07 Prime and RotF Prime are on par... Regular Brawl is pretty much craplastic compared to the fixed DDB.

News Credits: 97 · Sat Jun 06, 2009 1:36 am

Counterpunch wrote:
First Gen wrote:Its all about morales. No, I'm not a perfect man, never claimed to be, but when your conscience is telling you something, 9 times outta 10 you should listen.

Mine lies to me...constantly.

CP's conscience says "Buy more Minicons!"