The Energon Pub

News Credits: 11 · by **CyclonusG1** » Sun Apr 11, 2021 3:31 am

Yeah, it'd be nice but as Transformers this year are constantly getting delayed, especially in the UK, they're probably going to be delayed. I mean, we still haven't had Scourge at Smyths and Grimlock has yet to even appear on the system. They seem to have taken the button down, likely because the dates are so in flux. It's unusual for Smyths to list them so soon anyway. So Kapow or ID are probably going to be the best options if you wish to secure stock (particularly if the Ark sells out as it has done in places in the States)

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Mon Apr 12, 2021 2:15 pm

Smyths had condensed their transformers section near me, seemed like little to no room for cyber verse or rescue bots. They had a fairly good selection of everything else (strange no grimlock as entertainer has them) with even a netflix bee and the quintesson (still at £20) in stock.

I picked up cyber verse rack n ruin at £15

Then in asda they had jada nano film rides at £7 (g1, baynus, batman, fast n furious and back to the future). Bit expensive for a pack of three but hey.

News Credits: 11 · by **Munkky** » Thu Apr 15, 2021 5:42 pm

I re-visited the Carlisle branch of Smyths today, the last time I went before Christmas they had a good amount of Earthrise stuff, but now it's just two Hoists and a Quintesson Judge. But on the plus side they had lots of Kingdom toys (all of wave 1, as well as Inferno and Dinobot) and Studio Series. For live action SS they had some shelf-warming Scavengers, Shockwaves and Skipjacks that were there last time I visited, and for 1986 they had everything except Scourge and Grimlock. I bought a Blurr, and nearly got Jazz as well, but ultimately decided not to.
For Netflix, there was a couple of Optimus Primes, one Sparkless Bot and one Deep Cover, plus a couple of Spoiler Boxes (Ultra Magnus I think). Finally on the very highest top shelf way out of reach to anyone except staff, there were two Jetfires and an Omega Supreme. That's the second time I've seen Omega at brick-and-mortar retail, and the second time I've passed on it. Having moved into a flat two months ago and with my rent and electric bill coming up, I really don't know if I can afford to have a Titan in my life.

News Credits: 11 · by **CyclonusG1** » Sun Apr 18, 2021 6:59 am

I'm back at work and back to providing updates to you all. These were found in the system today so at the very least, we're getting them in. Unfortunately Grimlock still is not listed in the system and Slag is also conspicuously absent as well. Hopefully, they'll show up soon otherwise we'll all just have to hope online retailers have them in stock.

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Sun Apr 18, 2021 11:06 am

I found the voyager hotrod figure in Smyths behind other voyager sized figures (Leader class), I can see the stores confusion

Wreckgar is going to have to be good or G1 goofy to replace the classics.

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Sun Apr 18, 2021 11:12 am

CyclonusG1 wrote:I'm back at work and back to providing updates to you all. These were found in the system today so at the very least, we're getting them in. Unfortunately Grimlock still is not listed in the system and Slag is also conspicuously absent as well. Hopefully, they'll show up soon otherwise we'll all just have to hope online retailers have them in stock.

Hopefully we'll see these before too long :-?

News Credits: 11 · by **CyclonusG1** » Sun Apr 18, 2021 12:14 pm

blackeyedprime wrote:I found the voyager hotrod figure in Smyths behind other voyager sized figures (Leader class), I can see the stores confusion

Wreckgar is going to have to be good or G1 goofy to replace the classics.

Really looking forward to seeing Wreck Gar, I'm hoping they'll also do it so that it can easily be changed into a couple of different variations so we can have some other Junkions too.

ZeroWolf wrote:Hopefully we'll see these before too long

I imagine we should be seeing them soon, with factory copies of Slag managing to get out, the rest of the wave will only be a matter of time. I just hope that we get to see proper promotional images of them first instead of the janky photos that someone's taken that's practically become the norm for first sightings of figures nowadays.

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Sun Apr 18, 2021 1:19 pm

CyclonusG1 wrote:
blackeyedprime wrote:I found the voyager hotrod figure in Smyths behind other voyager sized figures (Leader class), I can see the stores confusion

Wreckgar is going to have to be good or G1 goofy to replace the classics.

Really looking forward to seeing Wreck Gar, I'm hoping they'll also do it so that it can easily be changed into a couple of different variations so we can have some other Junkions too.

ZeroWolf wrote:Hopefully we'll see these before too long

I imagine we should be seeing them soon, with factory copies of Slag managing to get out, the rest of the wave will only be a matter of time. I just hope that we get to see proper promotional images of them first instead of the janky photos that someone's taken that's practically become the norm for first sightings of figures nowadays.

Sometimes I think that leaks like that are on purpose from HasTak themselves just to build hype :-?

News Credits: 11 · by **CyclonusG1** » Wed Apr 21, 2021 12:35 pm

Some more new appearances in the system. Granted, two of the figures are re-releases but everything else should be interesting to people.

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Wed Apr 21, 2021 12:57 pm

Ah, the Voyager Starscream that is supposed to be short packed in order to make SS86 Starscream enticing

by **ThunderThruster** » Fri Apr 30, 2021 3:55 pm

Has anyone used the new Hasbro Pulse UK store yet?
Was looking them over for a pre-order, but a little put off at the moment with the only delivery choice being Yodel (they're terrible in my area) and also a little put out by them not currently accepting Paypal for pre-order items.

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Fri Apr 30, 2021 5:31 pm

ThunderThruster wrote:Has anyone used the new Hasbro Pulse UK store yet?
Was looking them over for a pre-order, but a little put off at the moment with the only delivery choice being Yodel (they're terrible in my area) and also a little put out by them not currently accepting Paypal for pre-order items.

Yeagh I got the Headmaster Brainstorm to complete my Titans Return four warriors. Not a fan of yodel (nor my hermes, nor DPD, nor TNT...). It arrived pretty quickly and was fine. It would be nice if they got more stock back in on some stuff though as some had sold out before I even knew they had them or before I had the money to order.

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Tue May 04, 2021 2:09 pm

If anyone is after Baynus Devy at £200 using ebays discount code from the hasbro ebay shop, or some kingdom stuff etc at 20% off the offer is back on again:

Code is PRICEWINS

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Transformers ... otoyshopuk

Smyths have Decepticon Sparkless and Primal/Rattrap in at £40 each

News Credits: 11 · by **CyclonusG1** » Tue May 11, 2021 1:01 pm

IndemandToys has the Kingdom Mirage and Grimlock 2 pack available for preorder

https://www.indemandtoys.co.uk/product/ ... ck-2-pack/

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Tue May 11, 2021 1:04 pm

CyclonusG1 wrote:IndemandToys has the Kingdom Mirage and Grimlock 2 pack available for preorder

https://www.indemandtoys.co.uk/product/ ... ck-2-pack/

Hasbro pulse uk is cheaper, £55 free postage

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Tue May 18, 2021 11:50 am

Might be worth checking your local TK Max

Wasn't for me....

Siege Hound £10
Buzz Worthy Cyberverse Bumblebee with Green garbage truck armor £13

News Credits: 11 · by **Munkky** » Thu May 20, 2021 4:29 pm

I had a trip to Newcastle today, had a look in their branch of Forbidden Planet, and the Transformers section in there is suprisingly really good, like among the best I've seen in any retailer. They had a lot of stuff I never thought I'd see at brick-and-mortar, like Earthrise Pounce and Wingspan, the Headmaster re-issues, MPM Ratchet, even Studio Series Devsatator was there!
For other toys, they had everything from the first two waves of Kingdom except Airazor (there was a gap on the shelf in between Huffer and Arcee that I'm guessing that's where Airazors once were), a few leftover Earthrise toys including Ironworks and Astrotrain, all of Studio Series 1986 except Scourge, and a good amount of regular Studio Series including Sentinel Prime, Skipjack, Overload, Topspin, Roadbuster, Dino and Beewun Starscream. Not wanting to leave empty handed, I bought the last Astrotrain on the shelf.

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Fri May 21, 2021 12:36 pm

And so it begins...price hikes on top of price hikes..

Hasbro Pulse UK

Slag £55
Wreckgar £35
Gnaw £22

SG starscream £37

£35 for a voyager hahahahahahah, no.

by **ThunderThruster** » Sat May 22, 2021 11:41 am

Jesus Mary and Joseph. Those prices are beyond laughable.

News Credits: 11 · by **CyclonusG1** » Sat May 22, 2021 2:14 pm

Smyths listings are up for Gnaw and Wreckgar, currently at the old retail prices for SS figures. Whether they stay at that price is still to be seen. Though they might be doing what IDToys and Kapow are doing and trying to absorb the as much of the additional cost as they can. As with Grimlock, it seems they won't be getting Slag.
https://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/toy ... e/p/200084
https://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/toy ... e/p/200079

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Tue May 25, 2021 6:21 am

Tk maxx was a bit better for me this time with cyber verse villains repugnus and pesticins at £10 for the cheery clawful chompy quartet.

They also had the tiger lcd g2 at £10 too

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Tue May 25, 2021 12:26 pm

ID toys is cheaper than Hasbro pulse for Selects Artfire at £43

Pulse is £45 The price hikes already swaying me off from a figure I wanted.

News Credits: 11 · by **CyclonusG1** » Tue Jun 01, 2021 9:52 am

For those of you wanting to get the Beast Wars reissues, Smyths will be stocking them at retail from August 1st according to their website listings. There are no preorders available for them at the moment which is likely because the amount of stock they're getting hasn't been set yet.
Megatron: https://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/toy ... e/p/200484

Primal: https://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/toy ... e/p/200483

Cheetor: https://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/toy ... e/p/200482

Rattrap: https://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/toy ... e/p/200481

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Wed Jun 02, 2021 12:36 pm

Not sure if these are old or new but poundland has some 1.5"? non transforming and a bit plasticy G1 bots in. 6 to collect -I saw Bee, Megs, Prime and Soundwave. Might be okay as cake toppers if they aint toxic?

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Thu Jun 03, 2021 1:22 pm

Considering price hikes, Sideswipe/Skywarp £41 preorder at Amazon Uk at the moment aint that bad:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Transformers-G ... 400&sr=8-5