The Energon Pub

Sat Oct 05, 2019 9:27 pm

The Ark better be next!!! Cant wait to see the unboxing and reviews in 2021!!!!

News Credits: 2 · Sat Oct 05, 2019 9:29 pm

Archforce wrote:Evil has, at last, triumphed over good and now He comes.

Evil will always triumph...because Good is dumb.

News Credits: 3 · Sat Oct 05, 2019 9:31 pm

Drinks for everyone (that is of legal drink age) but still, DRINKS FOR EVERYONE!

News Credits: 2 · Sat Oct 05, 2019 9:32 pm

If they aren't legal age, I will drink for them. I can't effing wait to get this guy!

News Credits: 61 · Sat Oct 05, 2019 9:38 pm

This isn’t something that I’m in to, but I’m really happy for everyone who is! Congrats!

News Credits: 18 · Sat Oct 05, 2019 9:43 pm

For a time... I considered sparing your wretched little wallet... But now... You will witness.. IT'S DISMEMBERMENT!

Noooooooooo!

I mean Yesssssssss!

News Credits: 388 · Sat Oct 05, 2019 9:45 pm

I was putting in my order at 7,997, and after I'd finished, it was at 8,006. :KREMZEEK:

I'm gonna put the suggestion out there that there will be a HasLab Primus at some point, which will be a retool of this figure.

News Credits: 1 · Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:28 pm

A retool at THIS price? No thank you. For this price I'd demand an all-new mould.

That said, I'm not sure Primus / Cybertron is really the way to go. Cybertron rarely Transforms in the TF universe. Only in Cybertron and the tail end of Lost Light, right? He was just this chamber in the comics.

News Credits: 273 · Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:36 pm

For all the hate and doubt that it got, I never doubted that it would be backed.

News Credits: 462 · Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:48 pm

It's still climbing! 8,227!

News Credits: 54 · Sat Oct 05, 2019 11:02 pm

Sabrblade wrote:It's still climbing! 8,227!

As of this post an extra 232 Unicrons shall be made.

Wonder how much more the number will climb now that it is over?

Edit: Only a few minutes later and that number is now an extra 262, it's climbing up fast

News Credits: 2 · Sat Oct 05, 2019 11:21 pm

I don't know who else they would do. I can't think of anyone (outside of Primus) that would legitimately qualify for this scale of figure. THe Ark? Sure, but that's not something I'd back...especially as it wouldn't transform. The Nemesis? Same. Let's hold of on any speculation at this point though...we need cake and whiskey to celebrate.

News Credits: 54 · Sat Oct 05, 2019 11:32 pm

First-Aid wrote:I don't know who else they would do. I can't think of anyone (outside of Primus) that would legitimately qualify for this scale of figure. THe Ark? Sure, but that's not something I'd back...especially as it wouldn't transform. The Nemesis? Same. Let's hold of on any speculation at this point though...we need cake and whiskey to celebrate.

A big non transforming Ark for figures would be amazing to have, it would be fairly empty space on the inside thus the majority of the plastic could just be the outside of it making the overall mass not that much compared to Unicron who is filled inside and out.

So hollow but solid if that makes any sense.

News Credits: 462 · Sat Oct 05, 2019 11:48 pm

Or, what if about we just let this Unicron be a one-of-a-kind Planet Class toy of its own so we don't have to go through dropping this much money on a crowdfunded Transformer ever again?

News Credits: 2 · Sun Oct 06, 2019 12:46 am

First-Aid wrote:I don't know who else they would do. I can't think of anyone (outside of Primus) that would legitimately qualify for this scale of figure. THe Ark? Sure, but that's not something I'd back...especially as it wouldn't transform. The Nemesis? Same. Let's hold of on any speculation at this point though...we need cake and whiskey to celebrate.

If Hasbro still owns the G.I. Joe brand... a USS Flag that transforms into Broadside would work for me

News Credits: 1 · Sun Oct 06, 2019 12:50 am

I like it.

Sun Oct 06, 2019 12:50 am

I will never own this, but it's so awesome that it will exist!

Sun Oct 06, 2019 1:17 am

Congratulations to everybody who paid 3 months worth of rent for a Transformer!
-Hasbro.

You spent how much on what?!?! A Transformer!?!?
-Your parents/spouse.

Sun Oct 06, 2019 1:22 am

Whifflefire wrote:I will never own this, but it's so awesome that it will exist!

I'm content with Scorponok. Though it will probably be available after Unicron is released...

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Sun Oct 06, 2019 1:29 am

SpikeyTigertron wrote:
First-Aid wrote:I don't know who else they would do. I can't think of anyone (outside of Primus) that would legitimately qualify for this scale of figure. THe Ark? Sure, but that's not something I'd back...especially as it wouldn't transform. The Nemesis? Same. Let's hold of on any speculation at this point though...we need cake and whiskey to celebrate.

If Hasbro still owns the G.I. Joe brand... a USS Flag that transforms into Broadside would work for me

of course they own it, they created it. They'd have to sell it to not own it anymore. But to do the Flag they'd want to wait for G.I.Joe to become popular again.

And honestly I would be perfectly fine with a big Cybertron beach ball.

unicron1200 wrote:It really helps that they don't make you pay everything upfront, as well as supposedly still letting you do $4 flat rate shipping. I still don't fulling understand how TFSource does theirs, but I'm believe the shipping on Unicron will be completely free due to its price.

Pretty sure neither is respecting their standard shipping offers and are charging extra for shipping on top of the extra deposit.

BBTS wrote:Shipping cost is calculated using dimensional weight instead of actual weight. Due to USPS size restrictions, this item is not available to ship via USPS.

TFSource wrote:Note: due to oversized box, this item cannot be shipped outside of the US without significant additional shipping costs. Shipping cost will not be calculated correctly in checkout. Once actual dimensions and weights are known when the product is released we will bill each customer for the additional shipping costs. Free Shipping will not apply to this product.

Unicron is now at 8,383.

Triggerdick Megatron wrote:
Whifflefire wrote:I will never own this, but it's so awesome that it will exist!

I'm content with Scorponok. Though it will probably be available after Unicron is released...

Scorponok will be released at this time next year, Unicron comes out early 2021.

Emerje

Sun Oct 06, 2019 1:49 am

Australia will probably get Scorponok several months after the USA.

News Credits: 226 · Sun Oct 06, 2019 3:34 am

Triggerdick Megatron wrote:Australia will probably get Scorponok several months after the USA.

Australia has a track record of getting Titans BEFORE the US.

I was one of, if not, the first on these forums to get Devestator because I left work early and drove over an hour to get him on the day he was released at Big W, weeks before he was released in the US.

News Credits: 6 · Sun Oct 06, 2019 3:46 am

It's been a busy week, so I thought I'd check in today - Judgement Day - to see if made it. It did, I see. Oh well. To those that wanted this, congrats. Moving the goal posts seemed to do the trick for HasLab.

Now to come back to this thread in two years when the reality sinks in for the buyers. Can't wait to see the outrageous prices those that disingenuously backed this purely for resale on the secondary market will price it at...

News Credits: 1350 · Sun Oct 06, 2019 4:00 am

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:It's been a busy week, so I thought I'd check in today - Judgement Day - to see if made it. It did, I see. Oh well. To those that wanted this, congrats. Moving the goal posts seemed to do the trick for HasLab.

Now to come back to this thread in two years when the reality sinks in for the buyers. Can't wait to see the outrageous prices those that disingenuously backed this purely for resale on the secondary market will price it at...

You have such a pessimistic view of the fandom :-P

I think the majority will be happy with what they have while a minority will have bought this as an investment, knowing resell will be double+ the original.

Congratulations to all those that wanted him and I look forward to all the photos

As for the next haslab? I don't think we'll see anything now till after Unicron makes it into people's collections.

News Credits: 6 · Sun Oct 06, 2019 4:13 am

Perhaps

A few years ago the MoTU Classics [Collectors] line released a brand new Castle Greyskull. The same day as the release date, 15 of them appeared on eBay. Similar thing happened with MP Dinobot and BW Megatron. Some people look at these and just see Money signs, not as a thing they want to own. Personally I really hope the secondary market flounders with Unicron. To teach such scalpers a lesson. From several eBay Transformers I've sought out for friends in recent times, some TF sellers I've encountered seem to really suffer from delusions of grandeur.

EG. After haggling on the price back and forth, I received a PM from such a seller once, in answer to my last offer. They said to me "how much do you really want this figure?" At which point I ceased bidding and replied "not enough to be fleeced by a scalper!". Such people make my skin crawl.