The Energon Pub

News Credits: 13 · by **OptimalOptimus2** » Tue May 06, 2014 4:48 pm

Yes! Yes! This is the best thing ever since Transformers: Robots in Disguise Brave Maximus (I know many may argue). A must have toy for me!!! :mrgreen:

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Tue May 06, 2014 5:13 pm

Wow. So many Bumblebees and two different figures representing the same character, this is madness!!!!! Oh wait, it's a movie year. I've always liked that Terrorsaur mold so I'll grab that and the Prime Grimlock set. I'll have to see about the others. Any idea on release dates? I doubt these are wave one sets.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue May 06, 2014 5:25 pm

So, four Legion singles, two Scout/Legion 2-packs, one Deluxe/Legion 2-pack, and one Legion/Legion/Deluxe 3-pack.

by **ILL-Star** » Tue May 06, 2014 5:55 pm

In the long run, the movie lines have proven to be my favorite ones. The random repaints only make them better.

Kind of a shame that SG Terrorsaur is colored like Lazerbeak/Hydra. This coloration would have made a lot more sense.

http://www.youtube.com/user/KirbyForce1 · by **KirbyForce1** » Tue May 06, 2014 6:30 pm

Just finished uploading all these images onto TFwiki. I've included them on my userpage, so you can view them from there: http://tfwiki.net/wiki/User:KirbyForce1#Images_I.27ve_uploaded

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Tue May 06, 2014 6:56 pm

ScottyP wrote:This right here is why Movie years rule. All kinds of awesome, out of left field product. Also, so much for all the Beast Wars basics molds being destroyed. Wonder what else is out there and still useable?

I always assume when they say a mold is "lost" they're talking about the production molds, the master ones that are huge and expensive to make are probably to difficult to destroy/loose. When a company like Hasbro says a mold is lost they probably mean that it's not cost effective to make a new production mold, unless it's a movie year and they have money to burn.

News Credits: 1 · by **T-Macksimus** » Tue May 06, 2014 8:51 pm

Wow! For one brief instant I was actually tempted by that Doomlock repaint. Buuuuttt... that instant passed, I'm over it now. Already have Doom and Cruellock, don't need another variation. So I guess that still leaves me firmly entrenched in the camp with those who think these are just a bunch of cheap, lazy repaints. Not the slightest bit impressed with the fact that Hasbro not only relies on this action but that they are actually increasing the frequency of it by a HUGE factor.
Come on Hasbro, step up your game. You still have only one potential sale off me from the entire movie line so far. I'm waiting to be impressed and the toy equivalent of reruns is not the way to make that happen.

News Credits: 8 · by **Flashwave** » Tue May 06, 2014 9:16 pm

Loving the Dinobots, and YAY for more Terrorcons to join my legion, more combiner fodder

News Credits: 4838 · by **william-james88** » Tue May 06, 2014 11:39 pm

Here are some Titan Figures of AoE I found at my local Walmart located in Laval, Quebec, Canada. Priced at 13.93 canadian$

News Credits: 18 · by **leokearon** » Wed May 07, 2014 2:21 am

Kinda disappointed that we aren't getting any new Cyberverse toys for AoE. Not happy that the are exclusives. Still some interesting repaints including Beast Wars toys.

News Credits: 3600 · by **Seibertron** » Wed May 07, 2014 10:46 am

I'm very torn on the repurposing of these molds for AOE characters. One moment I love it, the next I want to shove these toys off a cliff. Hm.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Wed May 07, 2014 10:52 am

I just realised something: Why use E-Cruel-Lock for Grimlock, and not BW Dinobot like his G1 ancestor once did (possibly twice?). :-?

News Credits: 4838 · by **william-james88** » Wed May 07, 2014 11:20 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I just realised something: Why use E-Cruel-Lock for Grimlock, and not BW Dinobot like his G1 ancestor once did (possibly twice?).

Because Cruel-Lock looks more like a dragon/tyranosaur which is what the film is aiming for while BW Dinobot is a raptor and would probably serve better for Slash.

Also, I might be wrong but these are scout class only right? Since BW Dinobot was deluxe, it would not work. At that point, they could just reissue BW Megatron for a Leader Grimlock.

What I am most curious about, however, is if the Slug triceratops mold will retain the Dead Mode from the original Beast Wars Neo mold. It was the most clever extra feature from all the other BWN dinobots.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed May 07, 2014 11:22 am

william-james88 wrote:Also, I might be wrong but these are scout class only right? Since BW Dinobot was deluxe, it would not work.

The Guiledart mold is a Deluxe, though.

News Credits: 4838 · by **william-james88** » Wed May 07, 2014 11:35 am

Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Also, I might be wrong but these are scout class only right? Since BW Dinobot was deluxe, it would not work.
The Guiledart mold is a Deluxe, though.

So why was the headline: "Age of Extinction Legion and Scout Class Revealed"?

Also, since it's a deluxe calss and appears in the following list of two packs...:

Dinobot Strafe with Bumblebee (RotF Legends mold)
Dinobot Slug with Stinger (RotF Legends Sideways mold)
Grimlock with Optimus Prime (RotF Legends mold)

... that means that they will be charging the same amount for a deluxe as a scout?

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Wed May 07, 2014 12:40 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Also, I might be wrong but these are scout class only right? Since BW Dinobot was deluxe, it would not work.
The Guiledart mold is a Deluxe, though.

So why was the headline: "Age of Extinction Legion and Scout Class Revealed"?

Also, since it's a deluxe calss and appears in the following list of two packs...:

Dinobot Strafe with Bumblebee (RotF Legends mold)
Dinobot Slug with Stinger (RotF Legends Sideways mold)
Grimlock with Optimus Prime (RotF Legends mold)

... that means that they will be charging the same amount for a deluxe as a scout?

Trying to apply class labels to new lines is going to lead to massive headaches!

These are, for this line, the Scout and Legion class. Until we get more news that this statement is also incorrect. #-o

News Credits: 650 · by **ScottyP** » Wed May 07, 2014 1:58 pm

Bought an Evasion Mode Prime at Walmart during lunch break. It's super nice. I'm more pumped than ever for the rest of this line now.

News Credits: 3600 · by **Seibertron** » Wed May 07, 2014 2:01 pm

ScottyP wrote:Bought an Evasion Mode Prime at Walmart during lunch break. It's super nice. I'm more pumped than ever for the rest of this line now.

Yay to positive comments! EM OP is a nice toy. Here's to a future face shield variant in the future!

News Credits: 650 · by **ScottyP** » Wed May 07, 2014 2:09 pm

Seibertron wrote:
ScottyP wrote:Bought an Evasion Mode Prime at Walmart during lunch break. It's super nice. I'm more pumped than ever for the rest of this line now.

Yay to positive comments! EM OP is a nice toy. Here's to a future face shield variant in the future!

Isn't the Platinum Edition TRU one going to have a face shield?

News Credits: 3 · by **Midnight_Fox** » Wed May 07, 2014 2:11 pm

ScottyP wrote:
Seibertron wrote:
ScottyP wrote:Bought an Evasion Mode Prime at Walmart during lunch break. It's super nice. I'm more pumped than ever for the rest of this line now.

Yay to positive comments! EM OP is a nice toy. Here's to a future face shield variant in the future!

Isn't the Platinum Edition TRU one going to have a face shield?

That's what TFWiki is reporting.

News Credits: 650 · by **ScottyP** » Wed May 07, 2014 2:15 pm

Midnight_Fox wrote:
ScottyP wrote:
Seibertron wrote:
ScottyP wrote:Bought an Evasion Mode Prime at Walmart during lunch break. It's super nice. I'm more pumped than ever for the rest of this line now.

Yay to positive comments! EM OP is a nice toy. Here's to a future face shield variant in the future!

Isn't the Platinum Edition TRU one going to have a face shield?

That's what TFWiki is reporting.

Pssh, I don't need no wiki, I've got the Seibertron News Team!

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Wed May 07, 2014 2:49 pm

ScottyP wrote:
Midnight_Fox wrote:
ScottyP wrote:
Seibertron wrote:
ScottyP wrote:Bought an Evasion Mode Prime at Walmart during lunch break. It's super nice. I'm more pumped than ever for the rest of this line now.

Yay to positive comments! EM OP is a nice toy. Here's to a future face shield variant in the future!

Isn't the Platinum Edition TRU one going to have a face shield?

That's what TFWiki is reporting.

Pssh, I don't need no wiki, I've got the Seibertron News Team!

What about the one that's supposed to be in a then and now set?

News Credits: 650 · by **ScottyP** » Wed May 07, 2014 2:53 pm

^ No idea. There was another sentence here, that answered the wrong question, so I edited this post

Target exclusives just got revealed. Cool chromed out set with OP and Grimlock using DotM Deluxe OP and an extremely G1-esque FoC Grimlock, some junk toys, and a Constructbot Grimlock using the unreleased G2 Yellow/Blue color scheme :O

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Wed May 07, 2014 3:14 pm

ScottyP wrote:^ No idea. There was another sentence here, that answered the wrong question, so I edited this post :)

Target exclusives just got revealed. Cool chromed out set with OP and Grimlock using DotM Deluxe OP and an extremely G1-esque FoC Grimlock, some junk toys, and a Constructbot Grimlock using the unreleased G2 Yellow/Blue color scheme :O

Wow, another mishmash of molds and accessories :shock: Ok, let's see...

Optimus Prime Smash & Change with what looks like the Leader's sword?
Grimlock & Optimus Prime FoC and DotM Deluxe mold respectively, with G1 Rampage's sword.
Construct-Bots Grimlock with... aborted G2 colors? Weird.

I'm ignoring the Titan Hero for obvious reasons. >:oP

I'm parroting, I realise that now :lol:

News Credits: 4838 · by **william-james88** » Wed May 07, 2014 3:23 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
ScottyP wrote:^ No idea. There was another sentence here, that answered the wrong question, so I edited this post

Target exclusives just got revealed. Cool chromed out set with OP and Grimlock using DotM Deluxe OP and an extremely G1-esque FoC Grimlock, some junk toys, and a Constructbot Grimlock using the unreleased G2 Yellow/Blue color scheme :O

Wow, another mishmash of molds and accessories Ok, let's see...

Optimus Prime Smash & Change with what looks like the Leader's sword?
Grimlock & Optimus Prime FoC and DotM Deluxe mold respectively, with G1 Rampage's sword.
Construct-Bots Grimlock with... aborted G2 colors? Weird.

I'm parroting, I realise that now

I am seriously questionning if it was this much all over the place at the last film since I really cant remember. All I remember of past films was certain lines being reworked as movie lines (Real Gear) and the rerelease of Energon molds.

Anyways, the part I dont get about some of these are the younger audience figures that arent fully coloured (quick change and titan). If you have the non exclusive full coloured ones on the shelf, what kind of kid would want a grayed out Grimlock or Optimus?!