The Energon Pub

News Credits: 6 · by **BeastProwl** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 10:51 am

Because Dark energon was totally in the movies :lol:

News Credits: 1 · by **RhA** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:35 am

Sechsy!

News Credits: 1 · by **noodles2go** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:52 am

Even though the dark energon makes no sense (movie wise), I gotta say... This is the superior color scheme of all the RotF Leader Megatrons, he look's awesome!

News Credits: 2 · by **Stockade** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 12:08 pm

Love the colors, hate the mold! Would love to seen the colors on a update leader class version of Megatron, but not this. Oh well, money goes to something else.

News Credits: 1 · by **rpetras** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 1:32 pm

I wouldn't mind seeing it on the voyager mold.

Goofy crab claw aside, that was a decent rendition of the character.

by **Megatronsdemise666** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:17 pm

rpetras wrote:I wouldn't mind seeing it on the voyager mold.

Goofy crab claw aside, that was a decent rendition of the character.

Yeah the voyager mold would have been better.

me no likey the green one.

To bad it isnt a new leader mold :/

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:31 pm

So the packaging is a hybrid between the DOTM design (background, logo, color scheme, aesthetics) and ROTF (text details, information, gimmick promotion). Neat. That makes his a unique, custom packaging.

News Credits: 12 · by **GuyIncognito** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:39 pm

BeastProwl wrote:Because Dark energon was totally in the movies

Who cares?

by **Ironhide/Starscream** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 4:10 pm

Galvatron anyone? :lol:

News Credits: 15 · by **PrymeStriker** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 4:44 pm

GuyIncognito wrote:
BeastProwl wrote:Because Dark energon was totally in the movies

Who cares?

The Aligned fanboys. Like myself. ;)^

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 4:54 pm

PrymeStriker wrote:
GuyIncognito wrote:
BeastProwl wrote:Because Dark energon was totally in the movies

Who cares?

The Aligned fanboys. Like myself.

Could be a micro-coninuity of the Tyran cluster.

by **XDMan** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 5:25 pm

Despite a hard to make mold, Takara made this paint job the greatest!

by **ninjascythe79** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 5:56 pm

Why doesn't some third party company make a set of arms for this mold. I bet it would sell like hot cakes. You can mark me down for 3.

News Credits: 2 · by **xyl360** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 7:14 pm

I already have the Shadow Command version of this mold so I doubt I'll be getting this one, but it does look spiffy.

News Credits: 1 · by **SKYWARPED_128** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 9:49 pm

Pretty much stating the obvious, but it's the arms that ruin the ROTF LC Megatron toy; and that's not something a bit of silver and purple paint can fix.

News Credits: 7 · by **TulioDude** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 9:59 pm

The paint looks so awesome.

by **noctorro** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 2:17 am

That looks great! Even next to ROTF Megatron which had a good color set, I have the Takara one but there is hardly a difference between that one and the Hasbro one.

Very tempted to get one, with the G1 Leader Ironhide (mediocre mold but the paint makes it good enough).

I wish Voyager Shockwave's head was a bit bigger, but I'll slap it on that Megatron anyway. He soooo looks like Shockwave.

Why didn't Takara just upscale the hell out of DOTM Voyager Megatron? I mean, they did it with deluxe WFC Soundwave, and I really like Voyager DOTM Megz.

News Credits: 1 · by **SKYWARPED_128** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 4:06 am

noctorro wrote:Why didn't Takara just upscale the hell out of DOTM Voyager Megatron? I mean, they did it with deluxe WFC Soundwave, and I really like Voyager DOTM Megz.

I was wondering the same thing. Maybe someone at Hasbro thinks villains don't sell so well, however true or false that may be.

I'd be almost as happy if they'd release a DMK DOTM Megs. A non-transforming figure would be able to capture all of his CG render's rusty, rugged detail. I know many don't like the irony of non-transforming TF figures, but in the case of Bayverse designs, it's excusable due to all the details and added accuracy you get from it.

Shockwave would make the perfect DMK, though, since he doesn't even transform in DOTM.

by **Hotrodimust** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 8:11 am

Even know he looks nice in these colors this is total bullshit. This isn't what he looked like in dotm why can we get a leaderclass of what he looked like in DOTM instead of repaints of ROTF figures.

News Credits: 15 · by **PrymeStriker** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 10:49 am

Hotrodimust wrote:Even know he looks nice in these colors this is total bullshit. This isn't what he looked like in dotm why can we get a leaderclass of what he looked like in DOTM instead of repaints of ROTF figures.

Because they're both cheap-asses?

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 6:46 pm

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:
noctorro wrote:Why didn't Takara just upscale the hell out of DOTM Voyager Megatron? I mean, they did it with deluxe WFC Soundwave, and I really like Voyager DOTM Megz.

I was wondering the same thing. Maybe someone at Hasbro thinks villains don't sell so well, however true or false that may be.

ha! if someone at Hasbro thinks villains don't sell well, they should have a word with the guys in the GI Joe and Star Wars departments, and ask for numbers on Vipers and Storm Troopers.

News Credits: 1 · by **SKYWARPED_128** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 7:53 pm

craggy wrote:
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:
noctorro wrote:Why didn't Takara just upscale the hell out of DOTM Voyager Megatron? I mean, they did it with deluxe WFC Soundwave, and I really like Voyager DOTM Megz.

I was wondering the same thing. Maybe someone at Hasbro thinks villains don't sell so well, however true or false that may be.

ha! if someone at Hasbro thinks villains don't sell well, they should have a word with the guys in the GI Joe and Star Wars departments, and ask for numbers on Vipers and Storm Troopers.

It's an absolute mystery to me why Hasbro thinks like that.

It's not even "traditional" marketing, because villains have always been cooler than the good guys. I'll bet dollars to doughnut holes that Vader gets at least twice the amount of figures and merchandise made compared to Luke Skywalker. Even as a kid, I've always favored the G1 Decepticons like Megatron, Soundwave and Starscream over the Autobots.

I'm not saying kids will choose Megatron over Optimus, but villains (the cool ones, at least) can and do sometimes outsell the good guys as toys.

And someone please knock Bumblebee off of Leader Class and give it back to Megatron!

by **Evil_the_Nub** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 9:01 pm

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:And someone please knock Bumblebee off of Leader Class and give it back to Megatron!

I don't know why Hasbro doesn't understand that. They're called action figures for a reason. The good guy needs a bad guy to fight. When I was a kid I always wanted the lead good guy and the lead bad guy. Not the lead good guy and his sidekick.

News Credits: 15 · by **PrymeStriker** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 9:07 pm

Evil_the_Nub wrote:
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:And someone please knock Bumblebee off of Leader Class and give it back to Megatron!

I don't know why Hasbro doesn't understand that. They're called action figures for a reason. The good guy needs a bad guy to fight. When I was a kid I always wanted the lead good guy and the lead bad guy. Not the lead good guy and his sidekick.

Of course, I always wanted a team, but if they'd stop short-packing the 'cons, maybe they'd get more money from kids and adults alike.

That's why I'm glad Wave 3, 4 & 5 of Prime and Wave 2 of FoC Generations are mostly (or entirely, in FoC W2's case) Decepticons. But of course, they have to be sheepish in distributing those waves.

News Credits: 1 · by **SKYWARPED_128** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 9:18 pm

Evil_the_Nub wrote:
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:And someone please knock Bumblebee off of Leader Class and give it back to Megatron!

I don't know why Hasbro doesn't understand that. They're called action figures for a reason. The good guy needs a bad guy to fight. When I was a kid I always wanted the lead good guy and the lead bad guy. Not the lead good guy and his sidekick.

My thoughts exactly.

You can't play-fight with your figs if there's no enemy. What's the kid gonna do, sit OP and Bee down on a table and have tea?

And let's not forget that Bee's way out of scale as a leader class toy. I know scale is almost an afterthought as far as TF's are concerned, but at least keep him in relative scale, for Pete's sake.