The Energon Pub

[King Kuuga]

Hey, was it ever worked out who WFC E-28 was? I feel like someone deduced it but I can't find any information.

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

I didn't realize until tonight just how few WFC cons have 5mm ports on the sides of their arms. I wanted to equip doublecrosser to a con, but it took a while to find one with the properly placed port. He ended up with Snapdragon
-snipped-

You could connect another ramp dude to Doublecrosser and peg all that into Dirge's forearm, to be held riot shield style.

I like that idea.

The thing about the WFC Decepticons is that several of them are the Seekers, and so 5mm ports beyond the shoulder ones traditionally occupied by the Seekers' guns would have been hard to accommodate. Most of the other WFC Decepticon molds (Shockwave, Soundwave, Apeface (who has ports in forearms, shoulders, and elbows), Astrotrain, both forms of Megatron, Snapdragon, Reflector, Brunt, Fasttrack, Runamuck, and Runabout) fare better on that score.

[Cyberpath]

Got my first Transformer for 2020 -- Optimus Prime!

Was going to wait for a more accurate deco but it didn't seem like it was going to happen anytime soon. (Look how long it took Takara to do the cartoon Dinobots and Terrorcons.) Figured that it's close enough "as is." And the missing yellow I can probably add on my own.

First impressions -- the trailer is so cute! It's like a mini MP.
Transformation is clever, HasTak continues to surprise me. I love how the front of the truck just folds like paper into torso revealing a muscular physique and a rather clean back (unlike Siege with a beach table on his back.) If they had managed to hide the wheels in the legs by flipping a panel it'd been even more awesome. I can understand the wheels on the back, they've pretty much exhausted all the free space in the torso. It would have also been cool if the head-sculpt was more like MP-44.
Is there a way to paint his face silver at least? No visible screw.

This line is crushing it. Sometimes I kind of wish it had come out years ago, before I got into MP, because WfC takes less space on the shelf, the characters get released pretty quickly, they're cheaper, articulation's good and the accuracy is adequate. The only real fail is the part-forming on figures like Arcee and Bee.

[Cyberpath]

Second TF -- Snapdragon!

This is kinda nicer than Apeface. Lots of hidden compartments. And no part-forming/shield thing. Kind of wish the Horrorcons came out with the rest of the Headmasters, when I had more interest. Though they'd probably been not as good.

Now waiting for the Quintessons. I think they were supposed to come out in July.

[ZeroWolf]

Greetings Seibertronians! Fellow Seibertron user, Tuned Agent, has let us know that YouTube toy reviewer, Kremzeek Reviews, has dropped a review for Transformers Earthrise Deluxe Class Barricade! Whlle this toy hasn't been officially announced from Hasbro yet there is already speculation as to what line it will be released in. The rumour mill has stated that while it was slated to go into Generations Selects, it was moved to be part of Earthrise's Odyssey Collection that us exclusive to Amazon.

The toy itself is a redeco of the Earthrise datsun mold, marking it as the fourth use of the mold.

We have embedded the review below for your convenience:


There is no known release date yet for this toy.i
What do you think of this Barricade? Will you be getting him? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews

[just_aCloud]

But I’m still really selective. In general I get buyer’s remorse really easily.
If you pass on the 2 pack, I don’t blame you, & we can still be buds.

Exactly the same. I had a bunch of thoughts I was about to type out in response but then I realized there's probably a thread somewhere around here more appropriately dedicated to this kind of thing...so I won't clog up the Earthrise thread with my TF buying woes lol.

[Overcracker]

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If they had managed to hide the wheels in the legs by flipping a panel it'd been even more awesome. I can understand the wheels on the back, they've pretty much exhausted all the free space in the torso.

Interestingly enough, they left the wheel hinge from Siege Prime's legs which allows you to rotate the wheels to the other side of the lower legs on Siege Prime, in Earth Rise Prime's legs, but negated it completely by adding the back panel.

So, yes, potentially they could have made it to hide the wheels, but chose to disable the option for some reason.

Prime legs

[TF-fan kev777]

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If they had managed to hide the wheels in the legs by flipping a panel it'd been even more awesome. I can understand the wheels on the back, they've pretty much exhausted all the free space in the torso.

Interestingly enough, they left the wheel hinge from Siege Prime's legs which allows you to rotate the wheels to the other side of the lower legs on Siege Prime, in Earth Rise Prime's legs, but negated it completely by adding the back panel.

So, yes, potentially they could have made it to hide the wheels, but chose to disable the option for some reason.

I think that reason was 1) to save money and 2) to give the figure a nicer looking back than Siege since the Siege version had so many negative comments on the top of the truck hanging out on his back. The panels they added clean up the back of the legs in bot mode and was probably a cheaper option than re-doing the legs completely.

My perfect prime would be the legs and ab wheels from Siege prime with Earthrise primes upper half somehow merged into a single figure.

[Overcracker]

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If they had managed to hide the wheels in the legs by flipping a panel it'd been even more awesome. I can understand the wheels on the back, they've pretty much exhausted all the free space in the torso.

Interestingly enough, they left the wheel hinge from Siege Prime's legs which allows you to rotate the wheels to the other side of the lower legs on Siege Prime, in Earth Rise Prime's legs, but negated it completely by adding the back panel.

So, yes, potentially they could have made it to hide the wheels, but chose to disable the option for some reason.

I think that reason was 1) to save money and 2) to give the figure a nicer looking back than Siege since the Siege version had so many negative comments on the top of the truck hanging out on his back. The panels they added clean up the back of the legs in bot mode and was probably a cheaper option than re-doing the legs completely.

My perfect prime would be the legs and ab wheels from Siege prime with Earthrise primes upper half somehow merged into a single figure.

I had the same backpack issues as most when I first saw the figure. Looked like a pointless light bar and panel and honestly it still is, but once in hand its not as egregious in robot mode as you may think.

Also I'm surprised nobody has designed a replacement part for him. The light bar panel is completely unnecessary in either mode, and a replacement bar could be made so the vehicle mode looks more G1.

All it does is hold on to the front of the truck mode. So a thinner panel without the lights can be made to serve the same purpose and produce much less of a backpack. The truck front would then be visible on the back but what you gonna do.

But yes, the tires collapsing into the torso where the arms used to be is a great bit of engineering, bit not sure whether I like EarthRise's side panels better or not. Its difficult to choose. Both have things I like and both have things that bother me.

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

IMO trying to hide the wheels is a dumb, unnecessary feature that's not with the cost and adds complexity that doesn't need to be there. They shouldn't do it with the calf wheels, and should stop trying it with the hip wheels. Just leave them at the hips on articulated struts like you did with Cybertron Optimus and ROTF Optimus, Hasbro. It would save so much smegging trouble.

Might get Barricade as a rank filler, idk.

[kirbenvost]

Barricade looks good, if a little plain. I feel like black shoulders and purple windows would really help but of course the windows would take away some realism from the alt mode.

The Datsuns all look so good together though. Hopefully Amazon Canada gets it together and actually releases the delayed Prowl/Ironhide 2 pack. Finally got word my Smokescreen is in so I guess he'll be the first of the new mold for me.

Back to Barricade, I keep hearing that there will actually be 2 different decos, one being in the Netflix line? It will be interesting to see the difference if true.

[SGMLordMirage]

Got lucky and found ER Bluestreak at a local Walgreens today.

SGM

[Sowndwave76]

My ER Smokescreen showed up today!
I've had great luck with Amazon... So he was "packaged" in a mailer envelope...
And yet is in basically perfect condition!

I'm going to start looking for Bluestreak. Probably this evening.

[Deadput]

I wonder if it's possible to part switch ER and Siege Barricades to make an ideal Barricade, so here's what I'm thinking.

Siege torso, shoulders and head.

Earthrise legs, lower arms and doors (never mind the door connecters are different between the two versions).

[Nemesis Primal]

I wonder if it's possible to part switch ER and Siege Barricades to make an ideal Barricade, so here's what I'm thinking.

Siege torso, shoulders and head.

Earthrise legs, lower arms and doors (never mind the door connecters are different between the two versions).

I don't have any ER Datsuns and don't intend to get any, so I could be remembering wrong, but aren't the legs completely different shapes too? I don't think that proposed combo would be able to transform at all.

[Rodimus Prime]

I wonder if it's possible to part switch ER and Siege Barricades to make an ideal Barricade, so here's what I'm thinking.

Siege torso, shoulders and head.

Earthrise legs, lower arms and doors (never mind the door connecters are different between the two versions).

I don't have any ER Datsuns and don't intend to get any, so I could be remembering wrong, but aren't the legs completely different shapes too? I don't think that proposed combo would be able to transform at all.

If it did, you would get a car with a low, flat round front and a high, square back.

[ThunderThruster]

My perfect prime would be the legs and ab wheels from Siege prime with Earthrise primes upper half somehow merged into a single figure.

This would be amazing if possible.

[Deadput]

I wonder if it's possible to part switch ER and Siege Barricades to make an ideal Barricade, so here's what I'm thinking.

Siege torso, shoulders and head.

Earthrise legs, lower arms and doors (never mind the door connecters are different between the two versions).

I don't have any ER Datsuns and don't intend to get any, so I could be remembering wrong, but aren't the legs completely different shapes too? I don't think that proposed combo would be able to transform at all.

If it did, you would get a car with a low, flat round front and a high, square back.

Well damn, I hope the arms can switch around at least.

[Rodimus Prime]

I wonder if it's possible to part switch ER and Siege Barricades to make an ideal Barricade, so here's what I'm thinking.

Siege torso, shoulders and head.

Earthrise legs, lower arms and doors (never mind the door connecters are different between the two versions).

I don't have any ER Datsuns and don't intend to get any, so I could be remembering wrong, but aren't the legs completely different shapes too? I don't think that proposed combo would be able to transform at all.

If it did, you would get a car with a low, flat round front and a high, square back.

Well damn, I hope the arms can switch around at least.

It's really only an issue in vehicle mode. If you're going for robot mode aesthetic, it can be done.

[Deadput]

It's really only an issue in vehicle mode. If you're going for robot mode aesthetic, it can be done.

Robot mode is more important of course, I was initially thinking of this part swapping to have the benefit of giving Barricade a distinct car mode from the Datsuns that fits the 2007 character.

The Siege Barricade/Smokescreen head certainly looks more sinister then the Earthrise version so at least the head sculpts will be distinct across the 4 characters.

[alekese]

With the next galctic odyssey set revealed during today's fan first friday being an unanticipated micromaster six pack, we are left with three leaks/rumors but only two slots to fit them in: a Glyph/Tapout two pack, an ER Barricade with a punch/counterpunch redeco, and a white launchpad ironworks with the space shuttle micromaster team mold. I'm thinking the barricade rumor is mistaken, since the guess was that it was a changed release plan for the nextflix listing we saw a while back.

[william-james88]

We have more Fan First Friday reveals. We finally know how we are getting Runabout and Thrust. They are both part of the Earthrise line but will only be available at Target in the US. The links to preorders are below. We also have a Galactic Odyssey Collection Micron Micromasters 6-Pack. These are Amazon exclusive and you can find a link to that below as well.

We also have reissues for the Titans Return Headmasters. You can see all those images below followed by the descriptions, which includes a fun mention of a MASK homage.

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

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

Micromasters: https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Tra ... Oi8cIGwqUY



















Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Galactic Odyssey Collection Micron Micromasters 6-Pack, 1.5-inch Amazon Exclusive

GALACTIC ODYSSEY COLLECTION: In top secret side missions during the events of Earthrise, Autobots and Decepticons encounter unfamiliar planets, find epic adventure, and face unknown dangers. Now fans can come along for the journey and explore the Transformers universe through the Galactic Odyssey Collection
ENCOUNTER 2 – MICRON MICROMASTERS: When Autobot Micromasters are sent to retrieve plasma energy from the planet Micron, they are pursued by Decepticon Micromasters. It’s three against three in a race for fuel in this Micro Micromasters pack
DISCOVER MICRON WITH PLANET CARD: Pack includes 1 of 5 planet cards with key details about the featured planets. Collect other Galactic Odyssey figures to explore more planets in the Transformers universe! (Each sold separately. Subject to availability)
CLASSIC MICROMASTER CONVERSION: Fireguard and Roadburner toys combine into a firetruck mode, Decepticon Runner and Motorhead toys convert into racecar modes, and Windstorm and Stingracer toys convert into vintage car modes inspired by M.A.S.K. vehicle toys

Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Deluxe WFC-E41 Decepticon Runabout

DISCOVER EARTHRISE: The siege is over, but the War for Cybertron has just begun. The Autobots and Decepticons have left Cybertron, but their battle rages on as they speed through space in pursuit of the Allspark
BUILD THE BATTLEFIELD BEYOND: This ecosystem of collectible figures allows fans to build out epic space battle scenes, featuring figures that can convert into Modular Battle Station modes and connect together to expand the battlefield (each sold separately, subject to availability)
REUNITE DECEPTICON TWINS: Reunite the Decepticon twins with this Decepticon Runabout figure and WFC-E37 Runamuck (Sold separately. Subject to availability).
G1 EARTH MODES AND WEAPONS: Decepticon Runabout toy converts into classic G1 sportscar mode in 16 steps and comes with a blaster accessory that attaches to figure in both modes
EXCITING REVEAL: Every pack includes a piece of the Transformers Universe map and a red decoder to unlock the map’s hidden paths! Collect other Earthrise figures to piece together the full map! (Each sold separately. Subject to availability)

Build the Battlefield Beyond — The siege is over, but the War for Cybertron has just begun. The Autobots and Decepticons have left Cybertron, but their battle rages on as they speed through space in pursuit of the Allspark.

While on a mission to infiltrate the Autobot ship, the Ark, Runamuck and his brother Runabout were separated. Runabout was left behind and Runamuck stowed away in the cargo hold! They were each only able to speak in half sentences, unable to finish them for each other…until now! Reunite the Decepticon twins with this Decepticon Runabout figure and WFC-E37 Runamuck (Sold separately. Subject to availability).

The destructive shock trooper, Decepticon Runabout converts to classic sportscar mode in 16 steps. Comes with a blaster accessory that attaches to figure in both modes.

Transformers and all related characters are trademarks of Hasbro.

• Includes: figure, accessory, and instructions.
• Figure scale: 5.5 inches
• Ages 8 and up
• Warning: Choking Hazard – Small parts. Not for children under 3 years.

Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Voyager WFC-E26 Thrust

DISCOVER EARTHRISE: The siege is over, but the War for Cybertron has just begun. The Autobots and Decepticons have left Cybertron, but their battle rages on as they speed through space in pursuit of the Allspark
BUILD THE BATTLEFIELD BEYOND: Earthrise figures allow fans to build out epic space battle scenes, featuring figures that can convert into Modular Battle Station modes (each sold separately, subject to availability)
COMPLETE SEEKER ELITE COLLECTION: Thrust is the third member of the Seeker Elite trio (WFC-E27 Dirge and Ramjet sold separately, subject to availability)
G1 EARTH MODES AND WEAPONS: Thrust toy converts into jet mode in 23 steps and comes with 2 blaster accessories. Mount blaster accessories on wings in jet mode or on back in robot mode
EXCITING REVEAL: Every pack includes a piece of the Transformers Universe map and a red decoder to unlock the map’s hidden paths! Collect other Earthrise figures to piece together the full map! (Each sold separately. Subject to availability)

Build the Battlefield Beyond — The siege is over, but the War for Cybertron has just begun. The Autobots and Decepticons have left Cybertron, but their battle rages on as they speed through space in pursuit of the Allspark. Now, fighters must instantly adapt to battle anywhere in the cosmos. With the advanced A.I.R. (Adaptable Interconnection Retrofitter) Locks system, fighters don’t head to the battlefield — they become it. Bots capable of converting into Modular Battle Stations can A.I.R.-Lock together in custom configurations to fit the needs of battle.

This ecosystem of collectible figures allows fans to build out epic space battle scenes, featuring figures that can convert into Modular Battle Station modes and connect together to expand the battlefield (each sold separately, subject to availability).

The pompous Decepticon warrior, Thrust, converts into jet mode in 23 steps and comes with 2 blaster accessories. Mount blaster accessories on wings in jet mode or on back in robot mode.

Transformers and all related characters are trademarks of Hasbro.

• Includes Transformers Generations War for Cybertron: Earthrise Voyager Thrust figure, 2 accessories, and instructions.
• Figure scale: 7 inches
• Ages 8 and up
• Warning: Choking Hazard – Small parts. Not for children under 3 years.

[ZeroWolf]

So does settle it once and for all that Earthrise wave 4 is definitely cancelled?

Also nice to put a face to these at last
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[o.supreme]

So does settle it once and for all that Earthrise wave 4 is definitely cancelled?

Actually we can just say Wave 4 is Exclusive to Target in the US, and pending distribution elsewhere

[Deadput]

Ah Thrust the Redwing before Redwing who is now the Redwing after Redwing and will likely be hard to find as well.