The Energon Pub

Is anyone else having problems getting a TF sticker album?
Have decided that as I finshed the original book in the 80's am gonna try and do the same for this one too (and it should be alot cheaper than collecting the trading cards...)
WH Smiths have had the stickers for a week ort two but nowhere seems to have the album

Gaaar,
Doug

Robo-Chugster wrote:well Hasbro and Argos may have just redeemed themselves, we may have the OPs/BB Concept 2 pack in Argos, see here http://www.seibertron.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12654&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0&sid=, although no one is sure if it is the 2 pack or just a Voyager OP with a carded 70's BB (as all the pics they have suggest)

They also have Nightwatch OP in stock as well

If it's the 08 bumbles, I may pick that 2 pack up. I prefer voyager Prime over leader anyhoo. If someone confirms which 2 are in this, can they let us know?

EDIT: the website says Voyager Optimus Prime as the title. There is no mention of BB which makes me think it's just normal voyager Prime with a free carded BB (probably old version) stuck along with it. Yes, Voyagers can be £24.99 in some shops.

Just picked up movie Starscream from Toys R Us Doncaster

Just got Nightwatch Prime from Reading Argos,
Looks vg, still in box tho

Bumblebee poster is cool,
A1 sized, bigger than I expected, not worth the £10 they say it should sell for tho...


Gaaar,
Doug

TRU was nicely stocked the other day.

Had the robot replicas, the little G1 robot master statue things, FABs, most the voyagers, the Op and Megs leader figures, some Cybertron overstock, and a fresh batch of Classics Hot Rod, Bumblebee and Starscream.

Sadly, no movie deluxes whatsoever! And apparently we're gonna get Voyager Prime in a few weeks or so.
Surprisingly, they still have 20th anniversary Prime in stock, but the boxes are a bit bashed cos of little spackers (aka children) throwing them around. And they have the silly talking stand Prime in stock too.

Just transformed Starscream. Fairly easy and intuitive.
My only complaint is that the missile launchers are a bit hair trigger. Anyone else experience this?

Preda-Rob wrote:Just transformed Starscream. Fairly easy and intuitive.
My only complaint is that the missile launchers are a bit hair trigger. Anyone else experience this?

Just flap the trigger part up!
If you have a look at his arms you'll see that ther is a part that relises the triggers, move that and volia!

I've found 5 sets of the Matrix Prime and Unicron Robot Heroes today! And the Robot Replicas, which are total crap!
I mean they are just gray plastic (maybe it's rubber!) with the crapest and messiest Paint I've ever seen!
I may get myself a Unicron Robot Heroes!

Cheers. I'd figured that out.
I'm pretty happy with him. Very different to anything I've seen before. The whole bird thing works for me. Who says robot modes need to be perfectly humanoid? He looks very much like a mechanical bipedal bird of prey. Only need Bonecrusher and I've got all of the movie bots (except Bumblebee 08 of course). Does anyone know if he's out over here yet? (Bonecrusher that is, not Bumblebee 08 )

Preda-Rob wrote:Cheers. I'd figured that out.
I'm pretty happy with him. Very different to anything I've seen before. The whole bird thing works for me. Who says robot modes need to be perfectly humanoid? He looks very much like a mechanical bipedal bird of prey. Only need Bonecrusher and I've got all of the movie bots (except Bumblebee 08 of course). Does anyone know if he's out over here yet? (Bonecrusher that is, not Bumblebee 08 )

Yea he is a real cool bot!
I hated him till I transformed him for the first time!

BigBadWolf wrote:Just got Nightwatch Prime from Reading Argos,
Looks vg, still in box tho

Bumblebee poster is cool,
A1 sized, bigger than I expected, not worth the £10 they say it should sell for tho...


Gaaar,
Doug

Thanks so much. As soon as i read your post i shot straight over there.
So glad i did.The colour scheme looks damn sweet. And as you said, the poster isn't worth £10 but is a nice freebie to get.

BTW, they had a Voyager Starscream on the display while i was there(Reading Forbury Argos) i only mention it cause i've seen a few people say they are having trouble finding him.

Anyone seen Bonecrusher in U.K. shops yet?

[quote="Wheelies Executioner
Thanks so much. As soon as i read your post i shot straight over there.
So glad i did.The colour scheme looks damn sweet. And as you said, the poster isn't worth £10 but is a nice freebie to get.

BTW, they had a Voyager Starscream on the display while i was there(Reading Forbury Argos) i only mention it cause i've seen a few people say they are having trouble finding him.[/quote]

Starscream was in Reading TRU as well,
No more Ironhides tho.

They also seem to have sold out of Ultimate Bumblebees,
Mad collecters or screaming kids?
Must be getting old, would never pay eighty notes for that, be it for me or my boys.

Gaaar,
Doug

Hasbro has really set a new precedent for themselves with the movie.

Arr mateys, have gone an' foun' m'sel' a Black Zarak avatar wi' ready made pirate attire. Arr.

waaaaghlord wrote:Arr mateys, have gone an' foun' m'sel' a Black Zarak avatar wi' ready made pirate attire. Arr.

Then don it matey! Let us see the scurvy face of a most treasured of our fine crew!

Nuttin new my end. I should be going into Telford Thursday to pick up Barricade and Resident Evil 4. I'd get Brawl too, but I kinda already owe me ma money on Primus...

On a side note, how would you rate Transformers Wii out of 10?

Since my av has already got the pirate beard, could someone give him an eye patch over his left eye? yargh!

I don't suppose anyone is able to hook me up with a Classics Skywarp/Ultra Magnus set, are they? I stupidly passed on it the one time I saw them in Woolies.

The Master Blaster wrote:

waaaaghlord wrote:Arr mateys, have gone an' foun' m'sel' a Black Zarak avatar wi' ready made pirate attire. Arr.

Then don it matey! Let us see the scurvy face of a most treasured of our fine crew!

Is it not showing for you? I'm seeing it fine on all my posts. This is the first time that I've uploaded an avatar though so I may have done something wrong. I'd assumed that it would work like the sigs, so I saved it to my photobucket account first off, but then the only option the edit profile page gave me seemed to be uploading from 'my pictures' on my desktop. Seemed to work so I thought I'd share. Is there another method that I've missed?

Nah, it's ok now. I thinks maybe me internet was playing silly buggers with me again. It seems to be doing that a lot now. Next time it does, I'll take a magnet to it! YAR, the computer equivalent of keelhauling!





Don't mess with me machine, I'm one crazy mofo

So, um, hate to change the topic but, any actual (interesting) toy sightings of late?

Anybody actully laid eyes on that overpriced chunk of plastic and electronics that no one in their right mind will buy until it is on reduced (or Ultimate Bumbles to you and me).

That be a mighty fine avatar waaaaghlord. Nice find.

Nothing to report except my town is well behind the times. Went looking for Barricade, hoping Argos would have it with the new catalogue. Nope. Nothing. Nadda. Zippo. Not a blip on the boards anywhere. Not even Tesco. Just those crappy protoforms.

Robo-Chugster wrote:YARR!!! Be there any news on our course change back towards the welcome waters of the toy forum?

YARRR!!!

Gargh! No, GetterDragun be not answering me posts So, I be sending him another PM later. Aargh! I just got back from a disastrous camping trip in which me diabetes left me in hospital in a rather horrid condition.
But, thankfully I be better now Gargh!
What be everyone thoughts on the Movie game then? Gargh!

Optimus Frimal wrote:

Robo-Chugster wrote:YARR!!! Be there any news on our course change back towards the welcome waters of the toy forum?

YARRR!!!

Gargh! No, GetterDragun be not answering me posts So, I be sending him another PM later. Aargh! I just got back from a disastrous camping trip in which me diabetes left me in hospital in a rather horrid condition.
But, thankfully I be better now Gargh!
What be everyone thoughts on the Movie game then? Gargh!

Garr, glad to hear ye be better Frimal.

I be thinking that movie game has everything the armarda game was lacking. Playable decepticons, destroyable human cities, replayable missions which means I don't need a new save file for every boss fight, transforming drones to fight, Megs can even use his mace, Blackout has a killer dive forward with his blades, and ye can tell Welker had fun doing the voice of Megs again when he delivers the line

"This city, this entire planet will burn under my feet!"

You can almost hear the grin in that delivery.

I also love the fact the when ye put on the G1 skins for Megs and Prime, they get a new move set as well. G1 Megs cannon is fun. It just be harder to do the mission Devastation with it.

My only gripe is you can't have G1 prime vs G1 Megs when you have both skins switched on. And the camera gets annoying when you get blasted away suddenly. I be rating the game 4.5/5. Arr, a really good buy.

its a very good game, but missing some stuff that would make it really great, like the ability to play any bot on any level and a way to get the plod off your back when you revisit a level...oh and a decent PC so i can see the hi res stuff...stoopid XT850 gfx card

Robo-Chugster wrote:its a very good game, but missing some stuff that would make it really great, like the ability to play any bot on any level and a way to get the plod off your back when you revisit a level...oh and a decent PC so i can see the hi res stuff...stoopid XT850 gfx card

Aye, the ability to play as anyone (at least from that level) would be nice. The plod can easily be lost if your a car. Just transform and drive away quickly. Eventually they loose track of you and they dont return unless you transform and start smashing stuff. The humans I usually ignore unless they get a lucky shot and me tf staggers. Then I get angry and shoot down everything.

Ironically, I do more collateral damage as the Autobots trying to minimise the carnage.