The Energon Pub

by **Pot Bot** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:05 am

MB........it be sense you speak!!!!!!!!!

News Credits: 6 · by **City Commander** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:09 am

I know

I don't understand why their isn't a UK branch for the collector's club. Or at least an 'outpost' over here...

by **Pot Bot** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:16 am

because we seem to be half civilised folk who hasbro seem to enjoy throwing whatever the americans dont buy, so why give us a club :wink:

News Credits: 6 · by **City Commander** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:19 am

Yeah, we do seem to get the leftovers as well for most lines.

by **Pot Bot** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:26 am

now now, uncle hasbro look after us well, i mean we DO have the pull and go things, and the mobile phone changing things

News Credits: 6 · by **City Commander** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:33 am

So many so that TRU is full of em, no sign of budging.

That's probably where all the other figures went. The role play crap ate it all.

Dr Who, you're next.

by **Pot Bot** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:37 am

News Credits: 104 · by **Cyber Bishop** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 2:08 pm

Geekee1 wrote:I'm going to have to say that they have majorly mistransformed Powerglide in that picture. It's too bad too, because his alt mode is fantastic, but from the picture the robot mode is just not very good.

Onslaughts vehicle mode is MUCH different than what I was expecting. I was thinking it would be more boxy and longer.

Octane looks cool, his wings are short in airplane mode, but overall I think they did a good job on him.

I like Prowl, but once again I think there is something mistransformed on him too. His shoulders don't look quite right. They really need to send transformation instructions to their photographers, or start doing the photographs in-house.

I think Sunstreaker is my favorite so far.

I want to see these figures transformed correctly. Maybe then I will feel a bit better about powerglide. It breaks my heart because he was my favorite mini-bot. Oh and his head closely resembles his G1 counterpart.

by **Iron Prime** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 2:36 pm

Cyber Bishop wrote:...
Oh and his head closely resembles his G1 counterpart.

More good news - I can't wait till a public release of the pics! (or, even better, new pics that have correct transformations!)

News Credits: 6 · by **City Commander** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:08 pm

Iron Prime wrote:
Cyber Bishop wrote:...
Oh and his head closely resembles his G1 counterpart.

More good news - I can't wait till a public release of the pics! (or, even better, new pics that have correct transformations!)

Ask and you shall receive :wink:

Seriously, I think I just wet my pants.

CB- Can you say whether these are the same images from in the club magazine?

I bet members feel like Hasbro just pissed on them, huh? :p

Classic marketing technique

News Credits: 7 · by **Geekee1** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:00 pm

Dealer wrote:I bet members feel like Hasbro just pissed on them, huh? :p

Classic marketing technique

No I don't, and thanks for asking.

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:26 pm

Dealer wrote:I bet members feel like Hasbro just pissed on them, huh? :p

Not particularly. Why would I feel like that?

by **Pot Bot** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:26 am

I assume club members will have first grabs at these new toys. Any more news if they will be out in the Uk in may as previously stated?

by **Bonger** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:36 am

Counterpunch wrote:
Dealer wrote:I bet members feel like Hasbro just pissed on them, huh? :p

Not particularly. Why would I feel like that?

Yeah, no clue why I'd feel hat way. I got to see colored pics a lil early. Kinda cool, not a big deal either way. I did, however, save $300 on a pair of Botcon packages, I di dreceive 12 issues of the magazine, a free exclusive toy, and saved another 100 on randoms tuf bought from them at member prices.

Overall, I think my $40 went pretty far. Why in the world would I feel pissed on? I feel treated pretty well actually.

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:22 am

Didn't you know? Apparently SOME non-members are that ignorant they believe the club only offers pictures.

Yeah ... funny that. Despite in this thread alone it being explained to them. Guess some just don't want to listen and instead make poor attempts to piss on the club it's self.

by **Iron Prime** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:15 am

Dealer wrote:
Iron Prime wrote:
Cyber Bishop wrote:...
Oh and his head closely resembles his G1 counterpart.

More good news - I can't wait till a public release of the pics! (or, even better, new pics that have correct transformations!)

Ask and you shall receive
...

Sweet! Must be my lucky day! I'll take him! If I had the time and money I'd get two so that I could paint one all red....

I'm actually really liking all of these! Too bad, now my wallet will be taking and extra pounding...

News Credits: 6 · by **City Commander** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:37 am

I thought some members hadn't received their magazines yet? Bit bad that the public get to see the images before the club members get to see their pictures.

Or are the magazine pictures in fact different to the ones on Hasbro's site? I did ask you know.

Pissy today Burn? :wink:

I know very well what the club offers. I would join if they didn't charge me £45 for it. It's just that I thought it pretty bad that the public see the images before some members could receive their magazines. Unless, again, they are in fact different images. Or everyone had already received the club mag, but I doubt that.

No-one seems to want to answer that question.

Sorry if you think I'm pissing on your club.

News Credits: 7 · by **Geekee1** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:14 pm

The pics in the mag are very different. They are in color and there are many mistransformations. The pics on the Hasbro sight are much better. It's been stated several times in various threads.

News Credits: 6 · by **City Commander** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:25 pm

To be honest I've stuck to this thread for the Universe discussion. No point posting the same opinion across the site.

I see then. That's good to know. I mean, I know Hasbro are underhanded and can be a bunch of asses sometimes. But giving out pictures to the public at the same time that club members receive them would be a seriously low blow.

I retract my previous post then, since it's kinda moot.

Who's pleased to see Sunstreaker was mistransformed then? Anyone changed their minds on whether to buy him or not?

by **Pot Bot** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:44 pm

sod sunstreaker, gimme Prowl and Onslaught dammit :grin:

News Credits: 6 · by **City Commander** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:51 pm

Words cannot express how much I love Prowl's mold. They really can't.

by **Pot Bot** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:53 pm

man if they do come out on the 9th. my birthday will be spent hunting them down

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:58 pm

I really hope that Prowl's repaint is used to get use Blue/Silverstreak.

Cybertron Smokescreen really is good enough in my opinion. If we only get one repaint out of the new Classics mold, it should be Bluestreak.

News Credits: 6 · by **City Commander** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:59 pm

As will my birthday money. These are musts.

by **Pot Bot** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:02 pm

Bluestreak was the same car model as prowl in the origional wasnt he, so id think a repaint would deffinately happen, sooner rather than later.............whether or not we see it in the UK is another matter lol