The Energon Pub

News Credits: 42 · Tue Nov 30, 2021 4:40 pm

Most of the Target exclusive transformers are now on sale online including Draculus at 20% off.

https://www.target.com/p/transformers-c ... nk=sametab

I snagged one today and will be returning my pre-ordered one for a full price refund.

News Credits: 10 · Tue Nov 30, 2021 8:13 pm

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Most of the Target exclusive transformers are now on sale online including Draculus at 20% off.

https://www.target.com/p/transformers-c ... nk=sametab

I snagged one today and will be returning my pre-ordered one for a full price refund.

Just grabbed one.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Wed Dec 01, 2021 12:41 am

Ordered my Dracula off Pulse (which has also started shipping) because it had originally sold out on Target. Returning it isn't worth the headache just to save $5.

Emerje

News Credits: 1646 · Wed Dec 01, 2021 6:16 pm

I bought Draculus on sunday when Target first had him in stock, and then I got them to price match the 30% off sale they had on him for an hour yesterday, so my Draculus ended up being $21.79 after tax. That is very good for me, he should arrive tomorrow

News Credits: 1646 · Thu Dec 09, 2021 8:47 pm

I got Draculus for $21.70 thanks to the 30% off at Target and my Target Red Card. And he is really nice. I think this is a really nice figure, the new tooling and paint work is exquisite. He just looks so good, especially in a neutral pose. I love him.

News Credits: 14 · Thu Dec 09, 2021 9:07 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I got Draculus for $21.70 thanks to the 30% off at Target and my Target Red Card. And he is really nice. I think this is a really nice figure, the new tooling and paint work is exquisite. He just looks so good, especially in a neutral pose. I love him.

Nice pictures. The Scourge claw hands really work well for him.

News Credits: 332 · Sat Dec 11, 2021 8:55 pm

Is it me or is his box REALLY hard to open?

News Credits: 101 · Sun Dec 12, 2021 8:55 am

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Is it me or is his box REALLY hard to open?

I dunno. Because for the price this damn thing go for in Canada (leader price), it's hard to BUY to begin with. [-(

News Credits: 42 · Sun Dec 12, 2021 9:40 am

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Is it me or is his box REALLY hard to open?

If you mean the pull out VHS tape portion, I don't think that was intended to pull all the way out. Instead I think you are intended to cut the tape on the other side and open it that way. There are flaps on the top and bottom of the VHS portion that catch on the outer sleeve preventing it anyone form pulling the VHS portion all the way out.

News Credits: 332 · Sun Dec 12, 2021 11:04 pm

TF-fan kev777 wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Is it me or is his box REALLY hard to open?

If you mean the pull out VHS tape portion, I don't think that was intended to pull all the way out. Instead I think you are intended to cut the tape on the other side and open it that way. There are flaps on the top and bottom of the VHS portion that catch on the outer sleeve preventing it anyone form pulling the VHS portion all the way out.

That I got, but even opening it that way is hard, and then getting the tray back in to close, my God it's a workout.

News Credits: 10 · Mon Dec 13, 2021 8:59 am

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I bought Draculus on sunday when Target first had him in stock, and then I got them to price match the 30% off sale they had on him for an hour yesterday, so my Draculus ended up being $21.79 after tax. That is very good for me, he should arrive tomorrow

I did the same, and I don't normally regret Transformers purchases (or any purchases, but that's a long story), however I do sort of regret this one even at the deal I got on it. All that said, I love Transformers, and I love Dracula. So I bought him.

There's nothing wrong with the figure, I just can't work him into my 'head canon' which means I'd have to set him up in a different type of display.

News Credits: 1646 · Mon Dec 13, 2021 7:20 pm

sol magnus wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I bought Draculus on sunday when Target first had him in stock, and then I got them to price match the 30% off sale they had on him for an hour yesterday, so my Draculus ended up being $21.79 after tax. That is very good for me, he should arrive tomorrow

I did the same, and I don't normally regret Transformers purchases (or any purchases, but that's a long story), however I do sort of regret this one even at the deal I got on it. All that said, I love Transformers, and I love Dracula. So I bought him.

There's nothing wrong with the figure, I just can't work him into my 'head canon' which means I'd have to set him up in a different type of display.

Funny thing is, I would have been happy with him at retail price. I love this toy! They did a really nice job with the new look for the mold, and I am very happy with it. I don't know Dracula worth crap, but this has been a surprise sleeper for me

News Credits: 42 · Mon Dec 13, 2021 9:16 pm

sol magnus wrote:There's nothing wrong with the figure, I just can't work him into my 'head canon' which means I'd have to set him up in a different type of display.

Shockwave created a spark programming machine that could pull figures from Earth media and create new cybertronians that took on some of the persona of the source figure. However, Shock discovered he couldn't control whether the new bot would become good or evil so he changed his selection over time. Ectotron, Gigawatt, X-Pants and JP-93 side with the Autobots while Rexy and Draculus side with the cons.

At least that's how I worked them in.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Dec 13, 2021 9:59 pm

My wife got him for me for Christmas and I've been looking forward to him, even if I dislike how the head works in bat mode. I've made a small crossover shelf with most from the current line and also some other stuff that qualifies like the Death Star and Mickey.

A headcanon suited for Draculus...a quick wiki search shows me the Ancient Decepticons from Transformers Cybertron and an ask vector Prime entry says "When asked why Transformers based on Dracula and other classic monsters exist, Vector Prime replied that they were seen as fearsome and potent alternate forms. Evidently, robot-Dracula is actually the alternate form of an unknown Cybertronian, not the real Dracula. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/10"

So Draculus could be an ancient Decepticon who landed on Earth and remade himself in Dracula's image in order to sow fear into humans. Maybe he even modified himself to suck Energon from living Cybertronians as a real Vampire would do.

If we're mixing our continuities we could say that a Decepticon landed on Earth and came into contact with Dark Energon, making him undead and changing the way he consumes Energon. From there he could have adopted the name Draculus for the previously stated reasons.

Wed Dec 15, 2021 4:07 am

I got him a couple of weeks ago. And I... like him. He's got a lot of character, for lack of a better term. Doesn't hurt I really like Bela Lugosi as Dracula. :-D

News Credits: 1 · Sat Dec 25, 2021 7:49 pm

Just opened him for Christmas from my wife. She loves Drac and I love TFs, so it's sort of romantic for us.

I think he's alright. Could they have done a better job? Yes. I think they either should have kept the Headmaster gimmick or allowed his heads to store in his torso. But I knew what he was before I opened him and I appreciate what he does. He has an excellent colour scheme in both modes. And he's very much Dracula and NOT Mindwipe. So I'm glad to have him as part of my growing crossover display.

News Credits: 1646 · Mon Dec 27, 2021 3:47 pm

Gauntlet101010 wrote:he's very much Dracula and NOT Mindwipe.

I think the extend of the work they did on him, while not as dramatic as say Gigawatt is, was in the right spots. I don't feel Mindwipe here like you said, he truly feels different and more like his own thing, like this base mold was made for him and he only needed a few tweaks to be totally different

Tue Dec 28, 2021 1:14 pm

Has anyone noticed if he has the wing breakage issue that Mindwipe had?

News Credits: 101 · Tue Dec 28, 2021 1:31 pm

RiddlerJ wrote:Has anyone noticed if he has the wing breakage issue that Mindwipe had?

I have TR Mindwipe and it's the first time I've ever heard of this.

News Credits: 10 · Tue Dec 28, 2021 1:35 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
RiddlerJ wrote:Has anyone noticed if he has the wing breakage issue that Mindwipe had?

I have TR Mindwipe and it's the first time I've ever heard of this.

I have the Walmart reissue and this is the first I've heard of it as well.

Tue Dec 28, 2021 2:58 pm

I heard that the wings on Mindwipe were fragile.

From the wiki: A materials error on the wings of the figure has caused many copies to crack and shatter along its wing hinges after some years, possibly due to the interaction of soft and hard plastic.

News Credits: 101 · Tue Dec 28, 2021 3:23 pm

RiddlerJ wrote:I heard that the wings on Mindwipe were fragile.

From the wiki: A materials error on the wings of the figure has caused many copies to crack and shatter along its wing hinges after some years, possibly due to the interaction of soft and hard plastic.

Looks like I'll have to revisit my old TR Mindwipe.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Wed Dec 29, 2021 1:52 am

RiddlerJ wrote:I heard that the wings on Mindwipe were fragile.

From the wiki: A materials error on the wings of the figure has caused many copies to crack and shatter along its wing hinges after some years, possibly due to the interaction of soft and hard plastic.

It's only been out for a few months, how would anyone know?

Emerje

News Credits: 101 · Mon Feb 07, 2022 5:38 pm

While his price have been inflated to 85$CAN at Toys R Us, Draculus is finally on clearance at Canadian GameStop at 50$CAN. Platinum members can buy him for 45$CAN.

So I finally bought mine.

I've yet to transform him.
Toyhax has just crated a set of Reprolabels for him. The set looks bad-ass so I think I'll buy it. At 10$US, the stickers seems expensive, but it's standard fare.

(Left with Repros, right is the normal one.)

News Credits: 19 · Tue Sep 05, 2023 10:25 am

Frankensteins monster is next Images out online and preorders up today, from impactor mold), just means they will get to reuse Arcee for a fifty billionth time or the legacy bike for the bride.