The Energon Pub

News Credits: 23 · by **1337W422102** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 9:53 pm

Have you guys seen this piles of smeg? They are basically super deformed Escalades, Mustanges, Scions, etc that turn into robots which shoot water at each other. Though I imagine they might make good custom fodder (if you take them apart), I can't bring myself to pick one of them up.

News Credits: 1 · by **Redimus** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 10:48 pm

Images?

News Credits: 349 · by **Bed Bugs** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 11:04 pm

Redimus wrote:Images?

Linky

by **Emperor Primacron the 1st** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 12:40 am

Those are kinda neat.

News Credits: 7 · by **shortround** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 12:46 am

Isn't hot wheels just ripping off alternators and my first transformer from playskool and combining them to make these things.

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 1:21 am

shortround wrote:Isn't hot wheels just ripping off alternators and my first transformer from playskool and combining them to make these things.

Yeah, 'cause you know, Transformers was the first line ever to come up with the idea of a vehicle turning into a robot and back again.

P.S. I kinda like 'em.

News Credits: 49 · by **Senor Hugo** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 2:10 am

Saw them at Wal-mart a couple weeks back. These thing look shoddy as hell. The simplistic transformation. Not to mention, how the hell would the top half of the car be supported by the midsection?

I wouldn't even dignify these figures by kitbashing them into Gobots.

News Credits: 1 · by **Redimus** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 5:15 am

They apear to have the same design ethic as the majority of minicons.

Cheap and terrible.

News Credits: 42 · by **Psychout** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 6:28 am

Is there no end to the cashing in of our childhood?

by **Bun-Bun** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 7:55 am

Saw them about 3-4 weeks back.

Didn't think they were worth commenting on so i didn't.

Still won't.

Wait... ah sh*t.

by **Wheelies Executioner** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 9:43 am

I saw some of those in TRU a couple of weeks ago. Didn't really like the look of them, but i think they were quite cheap for their size.

I may pick one up tomorrow to see what they're like.

by **Nemesis_Apoc** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 12:44 pm

total sh*t

by **Valandar** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 2:02 pm

They REALLY have a G1 feel... the BAD end of G1. The end that gave us Staxx. The end that normally uses toilet paper. >.<

by **Nemesis_Apoc** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 2:19 pm

Valandar wrote:They REALLY have a G1 feel... the BAD end of G1. The end that gave us Staxx. The end that normally uses toilet paper. >.<

Not to mention the end that gave us actionmasters...ick

News Credits: 1 · by **Dough-bot** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 2:43 pm

hhmmmmmm

Can anyone say Alt. Cassette bots,
a few gundam parts and were away, I;ll look for one t'morro to see what to do with it

News Credits: 7 · by **Zeedust** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 4:33 pm

Redimus wrote:They apear to have the same design ethic as the majority of minicons.

Cheap and terrible.

No, no, this is more like the G2 Go-bots... One over;y-simple design, used to death for EVERYONE.

There are decent transforming toys out there that aren't transfomers, and there are those that try but fall short... Then there's half-assed garbage like this.

The smaller ones that auto-transform look like they might be passable, but I'll only pick one up because I'm too lazy to get a proper Autoroller off eBay