The Energon Pub

I had all kinds of plans to hunt while both kids were in school this morning, and I had a little free time. Last night we got hit with a big dump of snow and the town is a mess. After I got the girls to school safely, I decided to brave the 12 extra blocks and hit my closest Walmart before I came home to shovel.



A good day indeed. All chores are completed.

Cobotron wrote:I had all kinds of plans to hunt while both kids were in school this morning, and I had a little free time. Last night we got hit with a big dump of snow and the town is a mess. After I got the girls to school safely, I decided to brave the 12 extra blocks and hit my closest Walmart before I came home to shovel.



A good day indeed. All chores are completed.

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet! We got us a full Volcanicus coming!!!

Wow. I missed a bunch!

Abominus is gonna be the cool!!

MP36 or bust! Takara forever!!

WIN, Cobo! I'm hoping to find Moonracer & 'Wing today. Can't wait to see Volcanicanonicalotron.

A just reward for completing chores if you ask me.

Anxious for thoughts on all them buggers.

Nice haul there, wish I could find them as easy here in blighty (though you can keep the snow, already had enough of that this year)

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet! We got us a full Volcanicus coming!!!

You know it. These kids won't go to sleep soon enough! It's 4:45 PM.

itscramtastic wrote:Wow. I missed a bunch!

Wurz you bin, Crambler?

itscramtastic wrote:Abominus is gonna be the cool!!

Just opened and t-formed Ripper-snap. Oh man! Can't wait!

itscramtastic wrote:MP36 or bust! Takara forever!!

Took me a second to remember what this is about. Got it! Right?

bodrock wrote:WIN, Cobo! I'm hoping to find Moonracer & 'Wing today. Can't wait to see Volcanicanonicalotron.

Good luck on the trail Bro-rock!

carytheone wrote:A just reward for completing chores if you ask me.

See! Curly gets it. As they say in my old country, If there is no work, there is no Kolach! (Kolach = Czech cookies)

ZeroWolf wrote:Nice haul there, wish I could find them as easy here in blighty (though you can keep the snow, already had enough of that this year)

Z-Dubs has returned!!!!
and... awe man! I literally just finished packing and addressing a box of US snow to mail to you Wolfie!

Well by the time our postal service is finished with it, it'll be water anyway

ZeroWolf wrote:Well by the time our postal service is finished with it, it'll be water anyway

Water under the bridge.

Glad to have you back around Seibertown, bro. How are the kids?

Remember a while back our fellow Seibertonian DecepticonFinishline came to shoot the 'Tron for his Broadcasting class project?

Well here's your chance to see me in all my nerd glory. And learn my real name.

YOUR REAL NAME?! It's the artist formerly known as Cobotron

I'll have to check the project later

Don't know where I've been though, parts unknown?!

I already wanted to hang with ya, Cobo, but now even moreso! Great interview, wonderful collection, and stay gold!

That was a cool vid and fun to see the collect-o-tron from someone else's view point.

Ah I remember that Galvatron purchase well! Definitely one of the highlights of Botcon

It was kind of a steal wasn't it?

Now MOAR PotP!

itscramtastic wrote:YOUR REAL NAME?! It's the artist formerly known as Cobotron

Coban! Ms. Rudish if you're NASTY!

itscramtastic wrote:Don't know where I've been though, parts unknown?!

I know, but I won't say.

bodrock wrote:I already wanted to hang with ya, Cobo, but now even moreso! Great interview, wonderful collection, and stay gold!

Well come on down Bod. I'm sure we could find some trees to roll.

carytheone wrote:Ah I remember that Galvatron purchase well! Definitely one of the highlights of Botcon

It was kind of a steal wasn't it?

Yeah, that part got edited out. 75 bucks MIMBSB!!!!! (MIMBSB = mint in mangled but sealed box)
Did you do any enabling on that one?

carytheone wrote:Now MOAR PotP!

SLAG IS THE ****!!!!
These deluxe dino transformations are really good for what they are.

I knew Coban before he was famous....

Well folks, it's all over. We've now lost our dear friend to Hollywood. Remember us when you're on the red carpet

Trees? Yes plz

Cobotron wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Well by the time our postal service is finished with it, it'll be water anyway

Water under the bridge.

Glad to have you back around Seibertown, bro. How are the kids?

The oldest is doing fine, still wanting to play with my stuff and I let him, this hobby is made to share, though at the moment he's more fixated on lego...more like obsessed now that I think about it. The youngest is doing okay, there's been movement on certain health issues of his but he's amazing everyone with his maths skills (he can count to a 100, and he's 3 1/2 years old and knows every shape imaginable) They certainly keep me busy

Cobotron wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:YOUR REAL NAME?! It's the artist formerly known as Cobotron

Coban! Ms. Rudish if you're NASTY!

Well, yeah, duh. Didn't people catch your name before when you posted the video from Kickstarter?! Slackers. You're still another name to me!!

Cobotron wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:Don't know where I've been though, parts unknown?!

I know, but I won't say.

Well, it hasn't been anywhere crazy. Parts unknown though.

So back to the things. I'm definitely looking forward to Volcanicus. I'm also looking forward to Abominus. And by looking forward to I mean checking out the pictures you'll end up posting. I still don't know where my collection is going, I just know where it is right now and I don't necessarily like it. BUT! I was very happy looking at the 4 shelves I have organized currently last night. The top top shelf can be my rotating display (picture here) but the other three shelves are pretty much what they will be. The only extras will be whichever Cliffjumper, Trailbreaker, Jazz, Gears, Hound, Mirage, Sunstreaker and Sideswipe I end up with on the Ark Autobots shelf..which I probably don't have room for..Maybe I'll throw the PotP Dinos in there instead of buying the GigaPower ones

ZeroWolf wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Well by the time our postal service is finished with it, it'll be water anyway

Water under the bridge.

Glad to have you back around Seibertown, bro. How are the kids?

The oldest is doing fine, still wanting to play with my stuff and I let him, this hobby is made to share, though at the moment he's more fixated on lego...more like obsessed now that I think about it. The youngest is doing okay, there's been movement on certain health issues of his but he's amazing everyone with his maths skills (he can count to a 100, and he's 3 1/2 years old and knows every shape imaginable) They certainly keep me busy

Z, I'm glad to hear life is good in the North. I was unaware your youngest had health issues, and am sorry to hear it. But, DAAAAANG! 100?!?! and he's 3 and a half?. My 3 and a half year old can barely make it to 20. AND! She literally just now knocked my G2 Devastator off the shelf by swinging a broom in the 'Tron! It was hard not to blow my top. But what good would that have done. Suprisingly he survived, but did take some battle damage. Ratchet will be doing some super gluing tonight.
Anyway, glad you and the fam are well. Please stop by the Tron as often as you like.

@Cram - I've seen your shelves, and they are looking good. I feel like you are close to getting your collecting direction pointed in the right way. Or not. You go back and forths a lot.

itscramtastic wrote:So back to the things. I'm definitely looking forward to Volcanicus. I'm also looking forward to Abominus. And by looking forward to I mean checking out the pictures you'll end up posting.

Then let's get started, shall we?


RISE VOLCANICUS! RISE!!

I do go back and forth Cobro. I do. It's like I'm in bot mode, and then change to alt mode, and then bot mode, and then alt mode or something. Transformers have taken over my life forever!! Speaking of fixes, I need to figure out what I can do to make this Monday through Friday MP Hot Rod roll properly in his monkey fighting alt mode. Clearance issues are making me angry.

VOLCANICUS!! FOLDED SHIRT HE'S AWESOME!! Worth it for that mode alone!! Dang!!

ZeroWolf wrote:he's 3 1/2 years old and knows every shape imaginable

Even a tetrahedron?

Dont know why, but thats what popped into my head when I read that. My kid isnt that bright. I am trying to teach her to recognize letters at 2 1/2 and I would have never guessed how difficult it was to teach a child to read.

Volcanosaur is looking all the dopes, but I had no doubts. I've been dino-three-waying it for a month or so now.

So I was thinking about something you said in the interview...

coolbrotron wrote:...TFs are like little puzzles... "or something like that"

That is literally the exact same why I look at them. I do want to add a third way of play...

joecooliotron wrote:puzzle play, ie transforming them... as actual action figures

Don't forget curating them on shelves. Setting up displays with either poses and/or some type of organization.

I really only partake in play pattern 1 and 3.

sorry for taking such huge liberties with the quotes

Thanks for the hospitality cobo B) I think I'm going to enjoy your shots of volcanicus...very nice. Whose sword did he steal?

What do you think of him then? Still trying to work out if I should get him

ZeroWolf wrote:I think I'm going to enjoy your shots of volcanicus...very nice. Whose sword did he steal?

What do you think of him then? Still trying to work out if I should get him

Looks like he done took that TR voyager Optimus blade!! Thieving dinobiner!!

william-james88 wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:he's 3 1/2 years old and knows every shape imaginable

Even a tetrahedron?

Dont know why, but thats what popped into my head when I read that. My kid isnt that bright. I am trying to teach her to recognize letters at 2 1/2 and I would have never guessed how difficult it was to teach a child to read.

My oldest is learning at the moment, we're at the point where he's putting the sounds together and he's doing well...when he wants to as if you ask him and he doesn't want to do it he'll become the inmovable object.