The Energon Pub

[ZeroWolf]

We badly need a bigger bonecrusher, I had the jungle redco of him that was in the allspark power line. He was fun to transform and play with but he didn't work as a visual representation of the character, especially since prime absolutely towered over him

[Carnivius_Prime]

We badly need a bigger bonecrusher, I had the jungle redco of him that was in the allspark power line. He was fun to transform and play with but he didn't work as a visual representation of the character, especially since prime absolutely towered over him

Yep. Only option in 2007 to have Bonecrusher not look tiny was to use to use Fast Action Battler Optimus Prime to fight Bonecrusher. And later on Dark of the Moon Deluxe Optimus Prime. Neither of which were ideal solutions but we kept hoping Boney would get at least Voyager figure at some point. So yeah now here we are with the Studio line and I truly hope reports/rumours of a new figure turn out to be true.

Hope we get a nice shot of the roads and bridges they fought on as Boney's backdrop card.

[Carnivius_Prime]

I been watching Age of Extinction again (might possibly be my fave of the 5 but i ain't sure cos i loves them all to various degrees, certainly having more fun watching it than most films that have come out in a long time though). Anyways I'm totally more appreciating the paintjob of Studio Grimlock (but again also really wanting the DNA Design kit as soon as possible). Also pondering if a more accurate Galvatron could be possible... I mean sure it's completely impossible to have him transform like he does in the film at all (I mean you could ground your figure into mid-transformation dust but then it's a tricky thing to put it back into either form) but maybe another go at the AoE Voyager but with better ways of folding all those truck panels so that at least can't be seen at all from his front and so making a more streamlined form? Oh and a paintjob more like the Takara version of that toy rather than the sub-standard Hasbro effort. And would a triple changer Drift be at all possible? Don't think we've had even one attempt at that yet. A deluxe scale robot to car to chopper is probably an insane thing to even contemplate but i wonder if any of the toy designers be up for the challenge (I will accept his swords being the rotor blades like Springer)

Anyways sorry for posting so much. I live a lonely life. I go hide away in my dark lil corner again for a day or so. Byes.

[WreckerJack]

Don't worry about posting too much. You make good points and that is what keeps these fourms interesting. That is the whole point of having a community is to share ideas and make friends. You are always welcome here.

How about a figure you have to smelt down and re-mold each time you transform it? Rebirth by fire!

[-Kanrabat-]

How about a figure you have to smelt down and re-mold each time you transform it? Rebirth by fire!

That's why AoE is the movie I hate the most. Appart the wasted potential of the dinobots, those transformation scenes were pure laziness.

[Carnivius_Prime]

Don't worry about posting too much. You make good points and that is what keeps these fourms interesting. That is the whole point of having a community is to share ideas and make friends. You are always welcome here.

Thank you. I try to post less though just in case i annoy someone


This custom painted silver Megatron is lovely. I do wish the store bought figure was this shiny but I guess that's budget for you. Is silver paint that costly? Is that why Jazz has it? Cos he's smaller than a regular Deluxe and so they could afford to add it?


https://twitter.com/osarekoube/status/1 ... 7591296000

This video shows a jetwing/weapons kit (which I think was made for AoE Evasion Prime) being connected to a custom painted Studio Prime who looks lovely with all that extra painted detail.



Some people seemed confused about Studio Lockdown's bladed weapon and how it attaches to the figure and I noticed when watching AoE again yesterday that he does indeed wear it attached to his left forearm like the figure can do, keeping his left hand free most notably in this scene where his hand is grabbing Bee's leg.

(Sorry for the blurry pic, I was watching it in lovely high def on Blu Ray on my PS4 but my PC doesn't have a Blu Ray drive so grabbed this much lower quality video off the internet which is not great but you get the idea)

[Qwan]

Don't worry about posting too much. You make good points and that is what keeps these fourms interesting. That is the whole point of having a community is to share ideas and make friends. You are always welcome here.

Thank you. I try to post less though just in case i annoy someone

There's no need to worry about that, I promise! As long as you have something to say, this site exists for people to talk about Transformers and that's what we come here to do. Post as often as you want, for those of us who don't always have the time to

This custom painted silver Megatron is lovely. I do wish the store bought figure was this shiny but I guess that's budget for you. Is silver paint that costly? Is that why Jazz has it? Cos he's smaller than a regular Deluxe and so they could afford to add it?

Now that looks snazzy! If I had the skills and the time to spare I'd definitely try that with Megs when I get him, but as is I'm sure I'll be happy enough with the stock colors. Grey plastic's never really bothered me as much as it does some...

(And yes, it's "when" now! My mind is made up - despite that bothersome (lack of) torso, this guy looks just too awesome to pass up. Can't wait for him to come within range... in about 2 more months...)

[Carnivius_Prime]

Now that looks snazzy! If I had the skills and the time to spare I'd definitely try that with Megs when I get him, but as is I'm sure I'll be happy enough with the stock colors. Grey plastic's never really bothered me as much as it does some...

(And yes, it's "when" now! My mind is made up - despite that bothersome (lack of) torso, this guy looks just too awesome to pass up. Can't wait for him to come within range... in about 2 more months...)

Maybe there will be simple third party addons to plug into the sides for those folk it bothers too much.

My Megatron should be here within next few days. Very much looking forward to it.

[Carnivius_Prime]

After having owned Revenge Optimus Prime (Takara's shinier Battle Blades Optimus Prime) for a couple weeks I have come to the conclusion that while that mold is more accurate generall (particularly in truck mode), the Studio Optimus Prime is simply a more fun, less frustrating figure to play with. Also he's a lot of fun to pose because of his great articulation.

For example heel to crotch and standing completely stable on the other foot. Not many action figures in general can do that. Is like Spider-Man legs

[CommunistPrime]

I found these while bored on one of our devices at Target. Most at old but some new ones bring some interesting stuff!
The list is:

Voyager Ironhide
Deluxe blue light
Deluxe Stryker
Deluxe #20 Mercenary
Deluxe Brawl (place holder maybe?)
Deluxe Ratchet (Rerelease or DOTM colors?)
Deluxe jass (sassy jazz?)
And last studio series #30 Voyager “Fox”


The latter suggests that’s the sudio series could be last longer past voyager ROTF Starscream, which makes sense considering the listing of another prime and bonecrusher. So much to look forward to at This years San Diego’s Comic Con!

[Sabrblade]

Doesn't SS Optimus just borrow wholesale the transformation scheme of TF: Prime First Edition Voyager Optimus?

[ZeroWolf]

So ss op does yoga now?

[Carnivius_Prime]

So ss op does yoga now?

Of course. Is why he's so flexible and it helps calm his mind cos being Autobot commander is pretty darn stressful ya know...

[First-Aid]

After having owned Revenge Optimus Prime (Takara's shinier Battle Blades Optimus Prime) for a couple weeks I have come to the conclusion that while that mold is more accurate generall (particularly in truck mode), the Studio Optimus Prime is simply a more fun, less frustrating figure to play with. Also he's a lot of fun to pose because of his great articulation.

For example heel to crotch and standing completely stable on the other foot. Not many action figures in general can do that. Is like Spider-Man legs

So, in truck mode, based on those poses...."wax on, wax off"....

[WreckerJack]

The Tao of the air filter machine.

[ZeroWolf]

Every time I see op, the more I like him, I may treat myself to him and megsy.

[WreckerJack]

In images we can see the listings for some upcoming figures at Target stores. Thanks to a Seibertron user named CommunistPrime for sharing these with us. These are so new that they don't have prices and some of them use code names like 'Stryker'. If you are not farmiliar with code names we do have some information on them from a few months ago. So far we are aware that Stryker is most likely a code name for Bumblebee. It appears we are getting Ironhide, Jazz (Despite that hilarious typo), Brawl and Ratchet. The code names left for speculation are Fox, Mercenary and Blue light. Who do you think we will get? And out of the characters we already know what deco do you think we will get of them? Let us know.

[Carnivius_Prime]

In images we can see the listings for some upcoming figures at Target stores. Thanks to a Seibertron user named CommunistPrime for sharing these with us. These are so new that they don't have prices and some of them use code names like 'Stryker'. If you are not farmiliar with code names we do have some information on them from a few months ago. So far we are aware that Stryker is most likely a code name for Bumblebee. It appears we are getting Ironhide, Jazz (Despite that hilarious typo), Brawl and Ratchet. The code names left for speculation are Fox, Mercenary and Blue light. Who do you think we will get? And out of the characters we already know what deco do you think we will get of them? Let us know.

Looking forward to seeing Ironhide and see what they've learnt over the years through his various sizes of figures. I just want a non-fiddly torso/arms dammit (what's it like on the MPM? cos it's always been a pain in the butt on the voyagers)

Bring on more Studio figuuuurreeesss!

[Quantum Surge]

I presume that Ironhide will take cues from the HFTD Deluxe.

[WreckerJack]

I hope that like 'Jass' ratchet being a deluxe is a mistake. I want bigger Ratchet so he can scale with the other deluxes better. Ambulances are larger than sport cars.

[william-james88]

I think there might be some mistakes here, like that deluxe Brawl

[Carnivius_Prime]

I hope that like 'Jass' ratchet being a deluxe is a mistake. I want bigger Ratchet so he can scale with the other deluxes better. Ambulances are larger than sport cars.

Am confused. We already have Ratchet and he's a Deluxe and he's a tall Deluxe, same height as Lockdown and bigger than Bee and Jazz.

Ironhide being listed as voyager? Maybe cos he's got more bulk? And big cannons?

[william-james88]

I hope that like 'Jass' ratchet being a deluxe is a mistake. I want bigger Ratchet so he can scale with the other deluxes better. Ambulances are larger than sport cars.

Am confused. We already have Ratchet and he's a Deluxe and he's a tall Deluxe, same height as Lockdown and bigger than Bee and Jazz.

He isnt a tall deluxe, he is just the same height as the average deluxe. Him being bigger than the two smalleest deluxes of all time doesnt make him tall.

Now Animated and ROTF Lockdown and Battle Blade Bee, those are tall deluxes.

[Carnivius_Prime]

He isnt a tall deluxe, he is just the same height as the average deluxe. Him being bigger than the two smalleest deluxes of all time doesnt make him tall.

Now Animated and ROTF Lockdown and Battle Blade Bee, those are tall deluxes.

Those are very old figures now. You cannot compare those figures size to more recent figures. Hasbro pretty much have been changing the size definitions over the years. So much so that a 2014 Movie Advanced re-deco of 2010 Battle Blade Bee was classed as Voyager. Ratchet and Lockdown ARE tall deluxes in the Studio scale in that they are the tallest of the Deluxes (that I own anyways). Those figures you mention are not part of this series and so do not count.

[william-james88]

He isnt a tall deluxe, he is just the same height as the average deluxe. Him being bigger than the two smalleest deluxes of all time doesnt make him tall.

Now Animated and ROTF Lockdown and Battle Blade Bee, those are tall deluxes.

Those are very old figures now. You cannot compare those figures size to more recent figures. Hasbro pretty much have been changing the size definitions over the years. So much so that a 2014 Movie Advanced re-deco of 2010 Battle Blade Bee was classed as Voyager. Ratchet and Lockdown ARE tall deluxes in the Studio scale in that they are the tallest of the Deluxes (that I own anyways). Those figures you mention are not part of this series and so do not count.

That still doest make Ratchet a tall deluxe. He isnt bigger than a combiner wars deluxe. He's just normal size. And I can compare what I want as I please, you are not the boss of me