The Energon Pub

by **bcm77** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:26 am

20th Anniversary Prime for £30? Looks like I'll be heading to TRU this Friday

[zero-kaiser's YouTube Channel] · by **zero-kaiser** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:32 am

ill assume its store chain-wide

but yeah.. i was fairly impressed... the one near here were still stocking some cybertron leader class as well... tempted to get Metroplex at some point before he disappears..

i could easily spend a fortune on TF's though..

by **bcm77** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:43 am

zero-kaiser wrote:ill assume its store chain-wide but yeah.. i was fairly impressed... the one near here were still stocking some cybertron leader class as well... tempted to get Metroplex at some point before he disappears..

i could easily spend a fortune on TF's though..

It's now £30 on the TRU website so it's definitely a nation wide thing

Zero Kaiser do you know of anywhere that sells the custom smokestacks as I couldn't find any on ebay?

[zero-kaiser's YouTube Channel] · by **zero-kaiser** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:18 pm

errrm... i dont know where you can find them.. but i want them to.. the shortened stacks annoy me slightly..

i know ive read a how to guide somewhere, perhaps on here im not sure.. but if i find it again ill post a link here.. failing that i may try and find an alternative n post that instead

News Credits: 2 · by **Insurgent** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:22 am

The smokestacks can be bought from www.Ages threeandup.com for $10.99 US. Currently in stock. Or you could try Ebay.

I highly recommend you get the longstacks. They add a hell of a lot to the figure for such a small change. You just need a really small screwdriver to open that screw in the lower inside corner of the back of his shoulder.

Some have tried to build their own longstacks, but that's really only if your good at kitbashing.

by **bcm77** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 12:07 pm

Thanks for the link Insurgent,the smokestacks aren't a massive issue for me but it'll still be nice to have a 20th Anniversary Prime that looks as good as the MP versions and also has the correct gun colour

[zero-kaiser's YouTube Channel] · by **zero-kaiser** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:26 pm

correct gun colour... im gunna go out on a limb here and assume your talking about that... thing.. they call Optimus Prime in the Classics boxing?...

...i think i said earlier on in this link about him.. but he almost made me sick up my own pelvis..

by **Metal Ed** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:55 pm

bcm77 wrote:Thanks for the link Insurgent,the smokestacks aren't a massive issue for me but it'll still be nice to have a 20th Anniversary Prime that looks as good as the MP versions and also has the correct gun colour

It's mostly the correct color. It's not supposed to have blue and silver trim. I bought a can of black spray paint and turned the blue gun from my 20th DVD Prime into an all-black, animation-accurate rifle.

by **bcm77** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:20 pm

Metal Ed wrote:
bcm77 wrote:Thanks for the link Insurgent,the smokestacks aren't a massive issue for me but it'll still be nice to have a 20th Anniversary Prime that looks as good as the MP versions and also has the correct gun colour

It's mostly the correct color. It's not supposed to have blue and silver trim. I bought a can of black spray paint and turned the blue gun from my 20th DVD Prime into an all-black, animation-accurate rifle.

I stand corrected. To be honest I don't pay that much attention to small details and I haven't seen any of the cartoons for a while but I did remember that Primes gun wasn't blue like the one on the DVD version. For a while I was considering getting MP-04 but living in the UK I knew I'd have to pay ridiculous shipping fees and there's also the possibility of customs getting their money grabbing hands on it. Having recently had to pay a customs charge of £40 for an item that was quite a bit smaller & much lighter than the MP-04 package I didn't fancy risking it and as TF's aren't my top collecting priority I decided to go with the 20th Anniversary Prime and get some long smokestacks for it.