The Energon Pub

News Credits: 88 · by **DavidT** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 12:45 pm

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YAY! They are Processing.....

Finally get to ship my LOOT.... BT-22, City Commander, Quint-01, Henkei Thundercracker & Skywarp, & Seacons will be on their way very soon :grin:

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by **Ultra Prime** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 3:58 pm

I got my Seacons a few days ago and am really impressed with them. They look awsome and I can definitely say that I missed out back in 87' or 88' when they originally came out.

I think the targetmaster concept for all of the limbs are cool but I wonder about some mold degradation though. On 4 out of 5 limbs their weapons won't stay attached in their gun modes. That being the case I don't have any of them in their gun mode on the stand.

And certain limbs don't help their combined form stand up very well either. After fiddling with it for about an hour and a half I finally figured out the best set up for Pirhanacon to stand up straight and still look good. Nautilator & Tentakill are the legs and Overbite & Skalor are the arms. Seawing is the odd man out. Seawing just doesn't work very well as a leg and Overbite & Skalor work a bit more symmetrically as the gesalt arms.

These critisisms (damn, is that how you spell it?) aside I have no regrets about getting it and find it worth every penny! So Skowl, did you wet yourself upon opening your set?

by **Aeros** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 4:05 pm

Ultra Prime wrote:I got my Seacons a few days ago and am really impressed with them. They look awsome and I can definitely say that I missed out back in 87' or 88' when they originally came out.

I think the targetmaster concept for all of the limbs are cool but I wonder about some mold degradation though. On 4 out of 5 limbs their weapons won't stay attached in their gun modes. That being the case I don't have any of them in their gun mode on the stand.

And certain limbs don't help their combined form stand up very well either. After fiddling with it for about an hour and a half I finally figured out the best set up for Pirhanacon to stand up straight and still look good. Nautilator & Tentakill are the legs and Overbite & Skalor are the arms. Seawing is the odd man out. Seawing just doesn't work very well as a leg and Overbite & Skalor work a bit more symmetrically as the gesalt arms.

These critisisms (damn, is that how you spell it?) aside I have no regrets about getting it and find it worth every penny! So Skowl, did you wet yourself upon opening your set?

I am very pleased. i see some QC issues here and there but aside from that Im digging them. I think my biggest complaint is Overbites fish arms just falling out. They have no hold at all.

After fiddling with them in differet positions i felt they were cooler to display as individual bots. Each one has so much personality and the colors have totally grown on me.

by **Ultra Prime** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 2:34 am

I ran into the problem of Skalor's or Overbite's (can't remember which) arms falling out too. I had to go with the combined form due to space limitations though otherwise I would've gladly displayed them individually.

by **Bonger** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 3:53 am

No problems with mine. I went with the combined form as well since I have way too many TFs and cant devote half a shelf to 6 bots.

God these look great though. Luckily mine have no QC issues, or atleast none that I have noticed.

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:19 am

Am I the only person out there (I'm not) who's Nautilator can not form a left arm for Piranacon?

It seems the fist is warped juuuust enough.

by **Dagon** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 9:22 am

For starters, I love my Seacons, and I totally agree that if you see them in person they are wildly more impressive than any picture of them we had/have seen online. Nightbeat, is very, very lame. No anntanae doesn't bother me, the Powerlinx port doesn't bother me, it's just a dull figure.
As for mold wear and looseness on Seacons, I haven't had any trouble, but I havn't combined them as of yet. By looking at some of them however, I can see where there might be problem spots....the hole on Overbites' underside where the gun attaches for weapon mode, Tentakills' hip seems kind of weak. Could this really be degredation of molds for figures that have been released three times? God knows that stupid Energon Arcee mold has been used a million times and most of those seem to be just fine.