The Energon Pub

[Sentinel_Primal]

But man when's the last time there has been such an obvious candidate for shelfwarming?

Grapple?

And if it's too soon to call it Grapple, can we say Siege Megatron/35th anniversary Megatron?

Granted, I haven't looked at Walmart in a while because of obvious circumstances, but last time I was there, they still had a mountain of Megatrons. Don't understand why they thought it would be a good idea to release 2 similar versions of the same mold around the same time.

And then release the mold again in the Netflix line. And again in Earthrise....

Honestly, ER Megs better not be in the same wave as the Quintesson Judge, because I think they're both going to shelfwarm.

Yeah...about that...What do you think wave 3 is?

*checks TFWiki*



... I guess I shouldn't count on seeing Kingdom's wave 1 voyagers then.

If Shockwave's anything to go by, I wouldn't expect to see whatever the line AFTER Kingdom's first wave

[-Kanrabat-]

I don't trust my local distribution. I had to preorder my two most wanted, Snapdragon and Arcee, from BBTS.
Snapdragon is in my Pile Of Loot. Now I only need Arcee.

[YoungPrime]

Wow....

I'm feelin more exciting about this than Kingdom.

[o.supreme]

Ok, so I just noticed Pulse and Walmart pushed back deluxe wave 2 to October, this is just ridiculous. There's no way Kingdom toys are coming out in December, unless certain ER toys just get skipped entirely, which would make me very upset.

I still have wave 2 on pre-order at Target which shows anytime between now and 9/14, but I'm not holding my breath.

[adamage1]

Ok, so I just noticed Pulse and Walmart pushed back deluxe wave 2 to October, this is just ridiculous. There's no way Kingdom toys are coming out in December, unless certain ER toys just get skipped entirely, which would make me very upset.

I still have wave 2 on pre-order at Target which shows anytime between now and 9/14, but I'm not holding my breath.

You do all understand that between the pandemic and subsequent months-long lockdowns and the upcoming U.S. Presidential election—that by all accounts will be primarily done via mail-in voting—the supply chain and shipping/mailing industry has been deeply affected, causing delays and frustration pretty much worldwide, right? Companies are doing what they can, but you have to cut them some slack.

[Wolfman Jake]

This whole situation is just Siege Springer and Thundercracker all over again, and it's going to make Megatron and Starscream shelfwarm AGAIN.

It's amazing how poorly that all turned out with the Siege Voyager figures. Optimus Prime, Springer, and Soundwave were so scarce, while Megatron absolutely flooded shelves along with Thundercracker. Starscream is the only figure that reached, but didn't exceed, reasonable saturation in the market.

[Starseeker]

Ok, so I just noticed Pulse and Walmart pushed back deluxe wave 2 to October, this is just ridiculous. There's no way Kingdom toys are coming out in December, unless certain ER toys just get skipped entirely, which would make me very upset.

I still have wave 2 on pre-order at Target which shows anytime between now and 9/14, but I'm not holding my breath.

You do all understand that between the pandemic and subsequent months-long lockdowns and the upcoming U.S. Presidential election—that by all accounts will be primarily done via mail-in voting—the supply chain and shipping/mailing industry has been deeply affected, causing delays and frustration pretty much worldwide, right? Companies are doing what they can, but you have to cut them some slack.

Using "the pandemic" as an excuse in September is not valid at this point. We are wellllll into this thing and most companies have adapted very well. Things are moving out there. Trucks are all over the highways, delivering daily. Items which were at first hard to get, have now been stocked in stores for some time. I've had zero issue receiving things in a timely manner from Amazon, or from people I've bought from on ebay. I even just recently got my spy patrol from a toy place in NYC (the epicenter of this thing) and it only took a day to get to me. Not sure what the election has to do with the price of tea in China.
Bottom line, is they've been cut enough slack. The issues with Target and Walmart have been well documented by a lot of us here. They have been dropping the ball, plain and simple. At some point, excuses have to stop and normalcy has to resume.

[AcademyofDrX]

"The supply chain is fine, there are more deliveries than ever!!" Um, I think that's the point. Even with the ongoing adjustment to the new normal, this is still literally unprecedented.

As an aside, I think the delays are probably more due to international challenges than US domestic ones, but that's basically uninformed speculation. I'm not sure there's much value in trying to figure it out.

Delays happen all the time, you'll get your figures soon enough. Settle down, bro. Play with the wave 1 deluxes in the interim.

The Christmas retail season is responsible for a ridiculous percentage of toy sales, and while sales sorting the pandemic have been strong, no one is sure what the shopping season will look like with some physical retailers likely to be restricted. Hasbro has much bigger concerns right now than when we get our Arcees.

[Hellscream9999]

"The supply chain is fine, there are more deliveries than ever!!" Um, I think that's the point. Even with the ongoing adjustment to the new normal, this is still literally unprecedented.

As an aside, I think the delays are probably more due to international challenges than US domestic ones, but that's basically uninformed speculation. I'm not sure there's much value in trying to figure it out.

Delays happen all the time, you'll get your figures soon enough. Settle down, bro. Play with the wave 1 deluxes in the interim.

The Christmas retail season is responsible for a ridiculous percentage of toy sales, and while sales sorting the pandemic have been strong, no one is sure what the shopping season will look like with some physical retailers likely to be restricted. Hasbro has much bigger concerns right now than when we get our Arcees.

This is what I think is most likely, if they had the stock already, they could kick it out of whatever warehouse they had it in (my tf orders have come from texas, pennsylvania, you name it, all over the place), all the orders are in their servers after all, so I think it's more they got delayed somewhere outside the US, and beyond targets control

[sol magnus]

Got my Snapdragon today at Target in White Marsh, MD - a 'local" target not normally in my area of travel.

[aronjlove]

Got my Snapdragon today at Target in White Marsh, MD - a 'local" target not normally in my area of travel.

He is such a good figure. And an undocumented feature is Snapdragon's ability to turn into a prison shank for Scorponok

[o.supreme]

You do all understand that between the pandemic and subsequent months-long lockdowns and the upcoming U.S. Presidential election—that by all accounts will be primarily done via mail-in voting—the supply chain and shipping/mailing industry has been deeply affected, causing delays and frustration pretty much worldwide, right? Companies are doing what they can, but you have to cut them some slack.

I'm more excited for what's left of Earthrise right now than for Kingdom, most people are the opposite though. I just want ER to have a proper finish, get all it's releases out properly, and not shoved aside, delayed, *absent* from most stores in the US *cough* TR Wave 5 *cough*, and showing up at discount chains accessible to even less, just so the next thing can come along. The expected date for Kingdom to start showing up is the end of this year. I really don't care much, but I'm just trying to get ahead of the rage that's going to ensue when these toys don't appear at that time.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

You do all understand that between the pandemic and subsequent months-long lockdowns and the upcoming U.S. Presidential election—that by all accounts will be primarily done via mail-in voting—the supply chain and shipping/mailing industry has been deeply affected, causing delays and frustration pretty much worldwide, right? Companies are doing what they can, but you have to cut them some slack.

I'm more excited for what's left of Earthrise right now than for Kingdom, most people are the opposite though. I just want ER to have a proper finish, get all it's releases out properly, and not shoved aside, delayed, *absent* from most stores in the US *cough* TR Wave 5 *cough*, and showing up at discount chains accessible to even less, just so the next thing can come along. The expected date for Kingdom to start showing up is the end of this year. I really don't care much, but I'm just trying to get ahead of the rage that's going to ensue when these toys don't appear at that time.

I'm fully anticipating 1 of 2 scenarios right now:

1) Wave 2 and wave 3 come out simultaneously and it's rush to grab 2 waves at once. Or

2) TLK all over again: wave 1 is the wave, wave 2 peeters in late in the year, wave 3 ends up at Ross, anything else ends up exclusive or just disappears for the most part.

[Dr. Caelus]

I am genuinely conflicted on Arcee. I got her half-off, so I can't complain about much, but...

The hoverboard has a weirdly complex mechanism which, as far as I can tell, is only there so she can transform without removing it. I would rather they had used those parts to hide the car seats and windshield at the front of the board, maybe to reveal guns or a canard. The wheels of course fold in, but I would rather they had tilted out to look like VTOL turbines. Most of all, though, where are the COMBAT ports? I get not making Arcee COMBAT compatible, but they could have made up for it by loading the board's underside with 5mm connectors. Aside from those complaints, my only real disappointnent is how much her face looks like porcelain.

The action figure itself feels like a sturdier version of an MMC design, which is a compliment.

[o.supreme]

According to the Siege Cartoon, Arcee is weapon Compatible . Also, I think this is a first, did you import ER Arcee from overseas, or did you actually find her in a store?

[Dr. Caelus]

According to the Siege Cartoon, Arcee is weapon Compatible . Also, I think this is a first, did you import ER Arcee from overseas, or did you actually find her in a store?

I preordered her from Target many, many months ago. Snapdragon came a couple of days ago, Arcee and Airwave today

[o.supreme]

According to the Siege Cartoon, Arcee is weapon Compatible . Also, I think this is a first, did you import ER Arcee from overseas, or did you actually find her in a store?

I preordered her from Target many, many months ago. Snapdragon came a couple of days ago, Arcee and Airwave today

Really? That is some news level stuff right there. I pre-ordered them from Target as well, same timeframe. I haven't received a shipping notice. But that is excellent news to hear.

[Dr. Caelus]

Sorry for the poor quality pics.

[Dr. Caelus]

[william-james88]

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Apeface jetmode Inferior
Snapdragon jetmode Superior

[Dr. Caelus]

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Apeface jetmode Inferior
Snapdragon jetmode Superior

Robot mode as well. Beast mode I'm torn. Apeface's beast mode might be more fun.

[Rodimus Prime]

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Apeface jetmode Inferior
Snapdragon jetmode Superior

Robot mode as well. Beast mode I'm torn. Apeface's beast mode might be more fun.

Yeah, I gotta give it to Apeface in beast mode. If nothing else, just the actual ape face. But overall he seems to be more coherent and well-designed. Like the ape mode was the primary focus of the designers and the other modes depended on it, whereas with Snapdragon the beast mode is kinda jumbled and looks like an afterthought.

[william-james88]

Fellow Seibertronian Dr. Caelus just reported having received Transformers Earthrise Arcee from Target. That means their initial stock from Hasbro has come in and they are fulfilling orders. It is unknown if some of this initial stock is also going to be distributed to stores. But for everyone hoping for more Earhtrise on the shelves, this is a good sign that they are on their way. Dr Caelus also left us with a small review of the figure along with some images, showing that they now have the figure.

I am genuinely conflicted on Arcee. I got her half-off, so I can't complain about much, but...

The hoverboard has a weirdly complex mechanism which, as far as I can tell, is only there so she can transform without removing it. I would rather they had used those parts to hide the car seats and windshield at the front of the board, maybe to reveal guns or a canard. The wheels of course fold in, but I would rather they had tilted out to look like VTOL turbines. Most of all, though, where are the COMBAT ports? I get not making Arcee COMBAT compatible, but they could have made up for it by loading the board's underside with 5mm connectors. Aside from those complaints, my only real disappointnent is how much her face looks like porcelain.

[Lore Keeper]

And here my Arcee order on Amazon has been pushed back to October 16th. It's a real gamble lately, deciding who to order from. I think I'm just going to preorder from every website and cancel whoever doesn't get their stock first...

[Hellscream9999]

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Apeface jetmode Inferior
Snapdragon jetmode Superior

Robot mode as well. Beast mode I'm torn. Apeface's beast mode might be more fun.

Yeah, I gotta give it to Apeface in beast mode. If nothing else, just the actual ape face. But overall he seems to be more coherent and well-designed. Like the ape mode was the primary focus of the designers and the other modes depended on it, whereas with Snapdragon the beast mode is kinda jumbled and looks like an afterthought.

Having him in hand, I don't think it's bad per say, more, inelegant, the transition from waist to torso is pretty jarring, but other than that, I'd say it's pretty good, but I will say that the focus of snapdragon seems to be the jet mode as it's glorious