The Energon Pub

Bit hard to be disgruntled when i have seen toys in the stores. Quiet scary.

As for wishlists, my main ones would be Targetmaster Cyclonus and Scourge and the Powerdasher jet

Lord Crump wrote:Cool, so Toymaster's are still quite good for tfs? Last time I went they were only stocking ARMADA MINICONS. There's a Toymaster near me, so I'll go and have a peek. Thanks for the heads up Grim.

Yup. Still some Cybertron at mine but we have Classics in store! I couldn't freakin' believe it!

Big Grim wrote:

Lord Crump wrote:Cool, so Toymaster's are still quite good for tfs? Last time I went they were only stocking ARMADA MINICONS. There's a Toymaster near me, so I'll go and have a peek. Thanks for the heads up Grim.

Yup. Still some Cybertron at mine but we have Classics in store! I couldn't freakin' believe it!

Last time i looked at my local toymaster (a couple of months ago now) they only had SWTFs...

Mind it's not a very big shop, and it's cram packed with toys.

Toymaster is kinda an odd shop. They don't really seem to know whether they're coming or going as far as tfs are concerned.

Do you know what? I really wish I didn't waster like £100 buying all of the Armada minicons when they came out.
Tfs seemed to be in such short supply over here, and before that I could only dream of holding a tf...
And now Hasbro are throwing tf lines every whichways...

Went to Telford, saw some Classics wave 1 and Alts in there.
Will buy when I've got some more dosh...

Entertainer closed sadly...

I popped over to my local Asda to see if they had any of the Cybertron Soundwaves. I'm now partly disgruntled.

Hopefully I'll have a TFC Megs - so maybe that's some consulation.

JetfireUK wrote:I popped over to my local Asda to see if they had any of the Cybertron Soundwaves. I'm now partly disgruntled.

Hopefully I'll have a TFC Megs - so maybe that's some consulation.

Get the GF one instead, the colours are better, and he has shinny bits on the tail fins.

Woolworths had Classics Bumblebee and Starscream in on saturday. I'll go back later today to see if Rodimus shows up as he's the only wave 1 deluxe I still need.

Does anyone think that argos will get Ravage in stock any faster if I take my katana with me next time I pay them a visit?

One can't hurry Argos. One just has to wait for one's number to come up.

I got my first Classic for my birthday on Saturday. It's Megatron, and I like him lots. I'm going to find Optimus and Jetfire at some point this week. Is Grimlock dire? I've heard bad things...

Redimus wrote:

JetfireUK wrote:I popped over to my local Asda to see if they had any of the Cybertron Soundwaves. I'm now partly disgruntled.

Hopefully I'll have a TFC Megs - so maybe that's some consulation.

Get the GF one instead, the colours are better, and he has shinny bits on the tail fins.

Ooh, I like shiny bits on my Transformers!

Ahem. Anyone got a clearer idea how much MP Megs will cost yet?

JetfireUK wrote:

Redimus wrote:

JetfireUK wrote:I popped over to my local Asda to see if they had any of the Cybertron Soundwaves. I'm now partly disgruntled.

Hopefully I'll have a TFC Megs - so maybe that's some consulation.

Get the GF one instead, the colours are better, and he has shinny bits on the tail fins.

Ooh, I like shiny bits on my Transformers!

Ahem. Anyone got a clearer idea how much MP Megs will cost yet?

Xybertoys had them for £72.90 which is the cheapest I've seen but it appears they've sold out, play.com have their preorder at £99.99.

Cheers Mate,

I thought that Megatron would end up a little more expensive that Starscream.

Another question - how much diecast do you reckon Megatron will have? I reckon that there will be very little - probably limited to his feet to stop the figure being top heavy and maybe give a little more stability.

If it were Hasbro, the arms and body would be die-cast, and the legs some kind of rubber

I'm expecting that the legs and most of the chest will be die-cast, but you never know!

And if you ask me, Classics Grimlock is da man. He looks great IMO. The only Classics deluxe I haven't seen is Astrotrain. Is that cos he's been lumped into wave two, or is my Woolies just out of stock?

Lord Crump wrote:If it were Hasbro, the arms and body would be die-cast, and the legs some kind of rubber

I'm expecting that the legs and most of the chest will be die-cast, but you never know!

And if you ask me, Classics Grimlock is da man. He looks great IMO. The only Classics deluxe I haven't seen is Astrotrain. Is that cos he's been lumped into wave two, or is my Woolies just out of stock?

For some reason he seems to have disapeared from the UK wave one. I have no idea if he has been pushed back a wave, or gone the way of E Galvatron, Cyb Red Alert and Cyb CD Scattorshot....

Dosnt bother me, I already have him.


Xybertoys sold out? F**K.

And HC, it wont speed things up in the slightest, but it sure as hell wopuld cheer me up.

The area wharehouse donst even stock Titainiums, so I'd have to go to all the way to Conset just to find (in all liklyhood) that they have bugger all for the forseeable future too. Bugger that.

Disgruntlment rising.

Edit: I found some preorders for MP Megs on t'bay for roughly £65. He's got 5 running at the moment, here's the last one to finish. I suspect I'll go the ebay preorder rout once again (as I did with Starscream) as it apears to be cheaper than Xybertoys and (here's the clincher) they arnt sold out yet.

And so everything returned to normal. At last those few misled fans that started to like Hasbro/ not want to murder them returned to the fold, and a massive wave of disgruntledment followed.

Oh joy!

Redimus wrote:For some reason he seems to have disapeared from the UK wave one. I have no idea if he has been pushed back a wave, or gone the way of E Galvatron, Cyb Red Alert and Cyb CD Scattorshot....

What, Scattorshot, that blue missile tank (large version)? I've seen him in stores but none of the others. I'm guessing that Astrotrain simply isn't in the European line...

NOOOOOOO!!!!! He must be in the UK line! I must have his gorgeous whiteness and the three-modeness and the Glayvin!

I thought Astrotrainwas the worst one. Besides, Hasbro wouldn't advertise him on the boxes without him being available, would they? Surely Hasbro wouldn't do that.

Leonardo wrote:I thought Astrotrainwas the worst one. Besides, Hasbro wouldn't advertise him on the boxes without him being available, would they? Surely Hasbro wouldn't do that.

Armada Wheeljack, Armada Beasts etc. etc.

I don't know... I hope they won't.
IMO, Astrotrain's easily as good as the others.

I'm just trying to think whether Hasblow have ever advertised tfs and not sold them over here...

shockwaveuk wrote:

Leonardo wrote:I thought Astrotrainwas the worst one. Besides, Hasbro wouldn't advertise him on the boxes without him being available, would they? Surely Hasbro wouldn't do that.

Armada Wheeljack, Armada Beasts etc. etc.

Ah. Point taken.

shockwaveuk wrote:

Leonardo wrote:I thought Astrotrainwas the worst one. Besides, Hasbro wouldn't advertise him on the boxes without him being available, would they? Surely Hasbro wouldn't do that.

Armada Wheeljack, Armada Beasts etc. etc.

Sorry, double post XD

They did sell the Armada Beasts over here. However, I never did find Wheeljack. I bet some lil toy shop in some unknown town got him...

Lord Crump wrote:

shockwaveuk wrote:

Leonardo wrote:I thought Astrotrainwas the worst one. Besides, Hasbro wouldn't advertise him on the boxes without him being available, would they? Surely Hasbro wouldn't do that.

Armada Wheeljack, Armada Beasts etc. etc.

Sorry, double post XD

They did sell the Armada Beasts over here. However, I never did find Wheeljack. I bet some lil toy shop in some unknown town got him...

I thought we only got half of them.

Surprising, no? But we did actually get pretty much all of the Armada line. And more in some cases. Granted, stocking of them was random and somewhat frustrating, some only being stocked in a shop on the other side of England, but we did get them all. I think Wheeljack was the only exception. Which was a crying shame, cos he was easily the best figure in Armada. Having said that, the TM Megatron repaint was- and is- a pretty good repaint.

EDIT:- I remember, I don't think we ever saw Energon Mirage, or Wingsaber. Heck, Cybertron releases were really stingy. Not that I was particularly bothered, but there were some I wanted.

Ah well, as long as they don't botch up Classics releases. Cos you gotta collect them all! <(^_^<(

If you want proof that Hasbro advertise tfs they dont sell, just look at the palnet maps, they even have a disclaimer saying they might not sell them everywhere.

Kjell, if you see him again, please, please, please pick him up for me and we'll sort something out, i really wanna complete my cd team before n after, and he's the only one i need now.

And for the record, Astrotrain is THE worst wave 1 classic, and comes horribly cloes to being worse than the Ultimate Battle Prime n Megs (who each have at least one nice mode, each one of Astrotrain's modes suffer from the others).

(Actully if it wasnt for that fricking twirly arm thing, megs would be very nice.)

How dare you sir! I'm in love with the Astrotrain mould!
What could possibly make you say he's a poor figure?