The Energon Pub

Nujevad wrote:That's what this website is for, so you can see what the toy looks like before you buy them. I'd like to feel some sympathy for you but you could've at least done some research before shelling out your cash. Look at me, a few months ago, I wanted to get the titanium Rodimus Prime and Sound Wave but when I saw the pictures and the reviews online, I decided to save my cash.

A shame, I did a review on both figures, and I really enjoy both of them. Rodimus especially, he's got a very interesting transformation and his bot and vehicle mode look great. Soundwave was good too, but his main problems were the paint apps and one of his legs. On most Soundwave figures one leg will collaps under the weight of the upper torso. That also goes to say most people try to fully extend the legs in bot mode when they are not suppose to be fully extended, thus resulting in a Nestea Plunge so to speak. Besides, you can read peoples reviews and look at the images, but there's nothing like seeing it for yourself.

I wouldn't really say this websites sole purpose is for it's galleries, altough Seibertron does pride him self on them. It's also has a great RPG (Heavey Metal War), great forums and intelligent people, not to mention a FANTASTIC news crew who bust they're arses to bring all the latest and greatest news.

Things have certainly changed, have they not?

Toy companies of the 1980s: "These suckers will buy anything stamped with our logo and brand name, regardless of quality."

Toy companies of the 2000s: "Not only will these suckers buy anything stamped with our logo and brand name, they'll defend it on Internet forums, regardless of quality."

Basketball Jones wrote:Things have certainly changed, have they not?

Toy companies of the 1980s: "These suckers will buy anything stamped with our logo and brand name, regardless of quality."

Toy companies of the 2000s: "Not only will these suckers buy anything stamped with our logo and brand name, they'll defend it on Internet forums, regardless of quality."

People who state the obvious, however, appear to be timeless....

Dirt Digger team's the last one I need. With the exception of the dragon, I really like the Clear Skies team. My least favourite group is probably the Predator team, because Overbite is only 'meh' and Snarl is just hideous.

BasketBall Jones, you make me smile. I like you.

Mincons suck. They always sucked. They are nothing like the minibots etc of old, who had a personality attached to it. These are tiny lumps of shape shifting **** that Hasbro spew out at a £1 a box of three, and make £6 - £10 profit on each.

Lord Crump wrote:BasketBall Jones, you make me smile. I like you.

Mincons suck. They always sucked. They are nothing like the minibots etc of old, who had a personality attached to it. These are tiny lumps of shape shifting **** that Hasbro spew out at a £1 a box of three, and make £6 - £10 profit on each.

But...but...the Minibots weren't great. If Hasbro released Brawn or Windcharger now, we'd scream bloody murder. Bloody murder, I tell thee!

I loved them. And I will now be buying the keyring version off of play.com.

I'd take minibots from 20 years ago over todays minishits.

Down_Shift wrote:I wouldn't really say this websites sole purpose is for it's galleries, altough Seibertron does pride him self on them. It's also has a great RPG (Heavy Metal War), great forums and intelligent people, not to mention a FANTASTIC news crew who bust they're arses to bring all the latest and greatest news.

Who are you calling intelligent mister?!

I have absolutely nothing against minicons. The Cybertron Recon team were fantastic!

But man, these classic minicons really are shite!
The chopper from the night rescue team is especially laughable in robot form.

Not a hater of small TF's, just a hater of badly designed crap!

Nujevad wrote:That's what this website is for, so you can see what the toy looks like before you buy them. I'd like to feel some sympathy for you but you could've at least done some research before shelling out your cash. Look at me, a few months ago, I wanted to get the titanium Rodimus Prime and Sound Wave but when I saw the pictures and the reviews online, I decided to save my cash.

You obviously didnt read my first post.

Before I bought em I had no intention of buying them (or any of the 3inch Titianiums) because I HAD seen em on this site and didnt think much of them.

BUT

A complete lack of any other tfs i wanted, and a desperate urge to buy some tfs (it's been a while) and the fact that in the packaging they looked slightly less shite (if mistransformed), ment that I stupidly bought them on an impulse.

I took at wave 2 of the classics line on Hasbro's web site a few months ago and I saw those stupid looking minicons.
Why were they made. Why would Transformer fans buy those things
They are hideous.

abasi wrote:I took at wave 2 of the classics line on Hasbro's web site a few months ago and I saw those stupid looking minicons.
Why were they made. Why would Transformer fans buy those things
They are hideous.

Cause we're addicted to that plastic crack!

Redimus wrote:

abasi wrote:I took at wave 2 of the classics line on Hasbro's web site a few months ago and I saw those stupid looking minicons.
Why were they made. Why would Transformer fans buy those things
They are hideous.

Cause we're addicted to that plastic crack!

Transforming them is like freebasing. It hurst so good.

Rodimus Lantern wrote:

Redimus' Ego +1 wrote:We've all done it. Desperate for a fix of our favourite plastic heros and villans, we've bought some utter crap, becuase that was all that was available.

In fact I did it today.

I havent bought any tfs in the best part of the month, and was feeling the itch.

I go to Argos, and lo and behold they STILL dont stock any of the 6inch titainiums they've been claiming to stock for a couple of months now.

So I go to Woolworths... all they have that I dont already have are two packs of classics minicons, and a selection of 3inch titianiums.
I get Prime and Galvatron for the titainiums (not something I ever had any intention of doing, dont see the point in them, but they look ok), and the two minicon packs.

DEAR GOD

How aweful are these things?

I got the Dirt Digger Team, and the Clear Skies Team.
First thing.
What the hell were hasbro smoking when they had the meeting where they desided to have a minicon team that consists of two jets and a dragon?
On to the individual Minicons.
Grindor is aweful, ugly alt mode with lots of holes, andstpid ass transformation which results in an ugly robot mode.
Dirt Rocket has a nice alt mode, but a pretty pants robot mode most of which looks like it isnt a robot at all, but what happens to the alt mode when it crashes.
Oil Slick is the saving grace of this set, he is very nice for a minicon. Nice clean alt, sencible transformation, and nice clean robot mode. My only gripe is he has a blade instead of his right hand.

Nightscream has an okish alt mode, but his transformation is retarded (is there a way of tfing him without pulling bits off?) and his robot mode makes him look like a special ed student.
Steelwind... steelwind. Hasbro must still have been smoking some strong **** when they did his design. The robot mode's only saving grace is the retractable hands (yes really, on a minicon). And what was that head suposed to look like again?
Thunderwing is the only half decent one in this set. He has a pretty nice alt mode (though the minicon port/head/exhaust annoys me), and 'interesting' transformation, and a robot mode that is almost the right shape. Problem is, he is basocally a really small G1 tf. He has utterly static legs, his hands are roughly halfway up his arms and the only posability in the entrie figure is his shoulders.


So... I've definutly wasted some money today.
Who else has bought tfs and thought 'why the bloody hell did I do that'?

*Raises Hand*
I bought all of them in one fell swoop.....

I love the alt modes a few of the Classics Minicons have interesting Robot modes but overall a waste of money.

Aren't most, if not all MINICONS not worth the price of crap?

Everyone who hates them can send them to me, I like the little unloved ones, even Wheelie.

SuperSaiyajinSasuke wrote:Everyone who hates them can send them to me, I like the little unloved ones, even Wheelie.

uh-oh, a wheelie simpathiser... GET HIM!

I'd rather have Wheelie over this plastic crap.

Wheelie wasn't particularly bad toy. Of course, I wasn't aware of the character's personality when I received the toy, but it wasn't a particularly terrible figure for a smaller TF.