The Energon Pub

Because I'm a hater (and a completist).

Everyone, bought at MSRP, in the store.

Nice Cp, I'm not going to mention that I have them all loose and sealed...whoops!!!

Finally, a pay off for buying multiples!!! If I sell them!

tigertracks 24 wrote:Nice Cp, I'm not going to mention that I have them all loose and sealed...whoops!!!

You're an animal!

I only ever really considered buying 2 of Jazz (For the Repro label set).

In one of the most honest things I can say about the Alt line, I'd have to say that I care very little for it. Like artwork you can appreciate and value, but never really be attached to in any emotional way, that's how I see the line.

No story, fragile, and worst of all, tedious, yet somehow, necessary. To me, this line rounds out the MP line. If Alternators had not existed, I might never have bothered with Masterpieces. Together, they both become worthwhile investments (in space, not money).

Counterpunch wrote:Like artwork you can appreciate and value, but never really be attached to in any emotional way, that's how I see the line.

As a collector of original comic art I can agree with this statement 100%. BT/Alternators are indeed like art and to me they will be transformed maybe once, displayed and never messed with again. I love every single one but not in the sense that they are toys, only in that they are very pleasing to the eye and marvels of engineering.

I think I'd rather buy them of you guys and ebay than give them the satisfaction!

Counterpunch wrote:

tigertracks 24 wrote:Nice Cp, I'm not going to mention that I have them all loose and sealed...whoops!!!

You're an animal!

I only ever really considered buying 2 of Jazz (For the Repro label set).

In one of the most honest things I can say about the Alt line, I'd have to say that I care very little for it. Like artwork you can appreciate and value, but never really be attached to in any emotional way, that's how I see the line.

No story, fragile, and worst of all, tedious, yet somehow, necessary. To me, this line rounds out the MP line. If Alternators had not existed, I might never have bothered with Masterpieces. Together, they both become worthwhile investments (in space, not money).

Yeah, I repro-d my open Jazz. That set is great! I've also bought the Predacon sets to get more 'Cons in the lineup!

See, I never saw Decepticharge and Camshaft in stores. Saw plenty of their case assortment cohorts though... Not the case with Swerve, I found him a week or so before Botcon last year at TRU. I'm glad I picked him up before the Dealer Locusts swarmed the place.

Edit: In my defense, I bought three of them when they were unwanted more than rare. You should see my Skids collection.

UPDATE : september 19th

Loose alternators available, might be interesting if you're not a MISB. Check'em out. And I hope that you had a chance to grab a SDCC Rodimus, as he's now at $79,99!!! Twice his original price. If you do have one, don't open him !

pretty much sold out of everything. didnt see any loose alts either .

These are dam expensive!

I had my last Alternator at $9.81. MISB.

tom brokaw wrote:pretty much sold out of everything. didnt see any loose alts either .

All the alts that were available were loose. When you click on one, you have 2 appearing. First one is the MISB(sold out) and you have the loose one in green right under it. When I first updated, there were 7 Alts available. All loose. Sure they're gonna sold out fast.

These are dam expensive!

I had my last Alternator at $9.81. MISB

Yeah BBTS is overpricing alot. Not the best place to buy really, but they do have some more regular restock than others.

Fury wrote:

coolpop wrote:Hahaha Thanks bro! I'm just happy I was able to get 5 out of 8 Alternators I wanted to purchase (I also saw Decepticharge available but didn't even have chance to add it to my cart.

I should cry louder on Wheeljack/Shockblast, they were available at the time and I even added them to my shopping cart. Sigh...

Anyway, I think I will smile in my dreams tonight. *Wink*

Cheers!

Its still a pretty damn good haul you got there. And yeah decepticharge is not an Alternator I want. Just like windcharger. They have a ''gun'', but no barrel. Unlike their Binaltech big brothers... So I would avoid buying the Alt version of those 2 really. Get the Binaltech instead. The gun is the best in the Alternator line.

The only Alts I have are Rumble and Jaguar Ravage, though Swindle has
caught my eye...is he worth BBTS's asking price? ($39.99)

In my opinion, not really... I have Rollbar (repaint), and althought the mold is great, its not worth $40. Try shopping a little more before buying it at $40.

You could always buy the original, Hound, who is currently listed at $24.99?

No regular Ravage...

That's absolutely hilarious.

Rumble
Nemesis Prime
Battle Ravage...the only ones left in stock. Goes to show you what people think of those molds, eh?

'tis a shame. The Prime mold's not perfect, but not bad. Rumble's another unloved gem.

Autobot032 wrote:That's absolutely hilarious.

Rumble
Nemesis Prime
Battle Ravage...the only ones left in stock. Goes to show you what people think of those molds, eh?

'tis a shame. The Prime mold's not perfect, but not bad. Rumble's another unloved gem.

Well, You can find Nemesis Prime on other sites for $60 instead of $70. And you can find Rumble for $30 instead of $40. So there you go. They're asking too much for those. BBTS is a good store, but not the best. They have alot of restocks but price wise, they're not the best really.

And now, SDCC Rodimus is at $80!! 80!! He was at $50 not so long ago. Could someone explain this to me? Why such a huge boost in the price? The price almost doubled in a matter of days. Why? I'm lucky I got mine while it was still at $50..

Fury wrote:

Autobot032 wrote:That's absolutely hilarious.

Rumble
Nemesis Prime
Battle Ravage...the only ones left in stock. Goes to show you what people think of those molds, eh?

'tis a shame. The Prime mold's not perfect, but not bad. Rumble's another unloved gem.

Well, You can find Nemesis Prime on other sites for $60 instead of $70. And you can find Rumble for $30 instead of $40. So there you go. They're asking too much for those. BBTS is a good store, but not the best. They have alot of restocks but price wise, they're not the best really.

And now, SDCC Rodimus is at $80!! 80!! He was at $50 not so long ago. Could someone explain this to me? Why such a huge boost in the price? The price almost doubled in a matter of days. Why? I'm lucky I got mine while it was still at $50..

Alternator Rodimus still available at Kooltoyz for $59.99, that's 20 bucks better than BBTS. However if stocked, BBTS does have quite a few Alternators/Binaltechs are very good prices:

Camshaft $29.99
Decepticharge $34.99
Grimlock $26.99
Hound $24.99
Meister $25.99/$19.99
Prowl $34.99/$39.99
Shockblast $34.99
Sideswipe $24.99
Wheeljack $29.99

Above prices are better than mostly everywhere else, way better than eBay. Their shipping was very reasonable too, on my recent order with them, it only costed me less than $13 to ship 5 Alternators. However again, "if they are stocked".

Cheers!

coolpop wrote:

Fury wrote:

Autobot032 wrote:That's absolutely hilarious.

Rumble
Nemesis Prime
Battle Ravage...the only ones left in stock. Goes to show you what people think of those molds, eh?

'tis a shame. The Prime mold's not perfect, but not bad. Rumble's another unloved gem.

Well, You can find Nemesis Prime on other sites for $60 instead of $70. And you can find Rumble for $30 instead of $40. So there you go. They're asking too much for those. BBTS is a good store, but not the best. They have alot of restocks but price wise, they're not the best really.

And now, SDCC Rodimus is at $80!! 80!! He was at $50 not so long ago. Could someone explain this to me? Why such a huge boost in the price? The price almost doubled in a matter of days. Why? I'm lucky I got mine while it was still at $50..

Alternator Rodimus still available at Kooltoyz for $59.99, that's 20 bucks better than BBTS. However if stocked, BBTS does have quite a few Alternators/Binaltechs are very good prices:

Camshaft $29.99
Decepticharge $34.99
Grimlock $26.99
Hound $24.99
Meister $25.99/$19.99
Prowl $34.99/$39.99
Shockblast $34.99
Sideswipe $24.99
Wheeljack $29.99

Above prices are better than mostly everywhere else, way better than eBay. Their shipping was very reasonable too, on my recent order with them, it only costed me less than $13 to ship 5 Alternators. However again, "if they are stocked".

Cheers!

aww poop.... sold out of mostly everything....