The Energon Pub

News Credits: 650 · by **ScottyP** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 9:02 am

So, was anyone here the winner? If so, are you hiring?

by **RAcast** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 9:11 am

Rodimus Prime wrote:
Rated X wrote:They need to come out those stupid ugly baggies for the whole world to see in a gallery. What are you really gonna do with them like that ?

Yeah, really. And if I won the auction, and they truly were 1 of a kind, I'd let Ryan borrow them to do a gallery of them. Unless he has some rule about photographing only figures he owns or something like that.

I'm reasonably certain some of the Lucky Draw galleries were borrowed.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 9:17 am

26 grand?

You could buy a house or a car with that kind of money! Someone obviously either money to burn, or needs to get his priorities straight.

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 9:46 am

Bounti76 wrote:And if you think about it, we already have CHUG versions of Breakdown (from TFCC) and Drag Strip (from the Classics Mirage mold), so all we need is Dead End and Wildrider. I bet you anything the new Generations Voyager Optimus will be redecoed/retooled into Motormaster.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 10:01 am

shajaki wrote:
Bounti76 wrote:And if you think about it, we already have CHUG versions of Breakdown (from TFCC) and Drag Strip (from the Classics Mirage mold), so all we need is Dead End and Wildrider. I bet you anything the new Generations Voyager Optimus will be redecoed/retooled into Motormaster.

And one could easily repurpose this guy:

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 10:04 am

*loves that mold*

News Credits: 3600 · by **Seibertron** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 10:38 am

Rodimus Prime wrote:
Rated X wrote:They need to come out those stupid ugly baggies for the whole world to see in a gallery. What are you really gonna do with them like that ?

Yeah, really. And if I won the auction, and they truly were 1 of a kind, I'd let Ryan borrow them to do a gallery of them. Unless he has some rule about photographing only figures he owns or something like that.

I do have a rule about that but I will make exceptions for rarities like the following:

Lucky Draw Unicron was loaned to me from fellow Seibertronian JRFitzpatrick7 and the green Wreckers Ramulus was loaned to me by Glen Hallit and the Hartman brothers.

Rare and unique figures like that are an honor to photograph and I wish more opportunities would come up like that.

I do get a lot of requests from people to send me more-or-less regular retail or convention releases that aren't in the galleries but those I prefer to own in order to photograph. Usually it's not worth shipping and insuring figures back and forth for regular figures but a rare item like a Lucky Draw or an unreleased figure is more than worth it.

News Credits: 3600 · by **Seibertron** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 10:53 am

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News Credits: 650 · by **ScottyP** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 10:59 am

I saw those Energon leader prototypes and almost bid - then I read the description. Thought they looked funny and they're missing so many parts, just couldn't do it.

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 11:47 am

Seibertron wrote:Featured eBay Auction #4
PROTOTYPE Transformers Beast Wars Heroic Maximal DINOBOT

this looks EXACTLY the same as my dinobot prototype! ive always wondered if mine was legit. not that this proves it, but it goes a long way to legitimizing it in my mind.

News Credits: 13 · by **OptimalOptimus2** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 11:50 am

Prototype Megatron's colors looks better. Does anyone else agree?

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 12:02 pm

These aren't exactly prototypes of the original toys, rather they were first solicited as Target exclusive repaints, and were supposed to come with a World Smallest Transformer: Convoy for Optimus Prime and Soundwave for Megatron. They were long enough in development to have packaging art made for them, by Dan Khanna.

by **packagoustomifuw** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 12:36 pm

Wouldn't it be awesome if he just melted them down to make a $26000 KO Wheelie?

News Credits: 6 · by **Dr. Caelus** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 1:00 pm

Is it at all possible the G2 Stunticons were bought by a toy museum or something, rather than a private collector?

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 1:13 pm

Caelus wrote:Is it at all possible the G2 Stunticons were bought by a toy museum or something, rather than a private collector?

I'm looking for the bidding history, and of course the names are partially hidden. I did see some really weird bidding: a jump from $455 to $1500, and one from $18,500 to $26,800 at the very end, plenty of automatic bids.

I smell shenanigans. :-?

News Credits: 3600 · by **Seibertron** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 1:25 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Caelus wrote:Is it at all possible the G2 Stunticons were bought by a toy museum or something, rather than a private collector?

I'm looking for the bidding history, and of course the names are partially hidden. I did see some really weird bidding: a jump from $455 to $1500, and one from $18,500 to $26,800 at the very end, plenty of automatic bids.

I smell shenanigans.

That's how eBay works. Nothing fishy with those numbers. Someone bid a max amount of something around $26,800, someone put in more at the last minute which ups the bid to the max amount of the 2nd highest bidder. If you're bidding on an item like this, you aren't bidding a little bit at a time, you are bidding thousands of dollars at a time. I bet the winning bidder put in something around $30k which is what I would have done had I wanted to drop enough money to buy a car.

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 1:38 pm

Seibertron wrote:I bet the winning bidder put in something around $30k which is what I would have done had I wanted to drop enough money to buy a car.

Instead, he got 4 cars and a tractor-trailer. :lol:

Anyway, the colors for the prototype Energon Megatron do look better than the released version, if it were to lose the neon green and yellow, it would be perfect. I love the gray/silver/black/red combo on my Megatrons.

by **Ultra Markus** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 2:10 pm

if i had the money to blow i would buy that rip them out of their plastic prison and play with them then put them on a shelf for display!!!!!

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 3:22 pm

man i wish i had a prototype in one of my collections, every time i try & get one i either get outbid at the last second or it goes way out of my price range.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 4:30 pm

Theres that Seibertronian who want to build a Dinobot Shrine. Whoever you are, I hope you have money to burn because that's one auction you want to win!

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 4:40 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:Theres that Seibertronian who want to build a Dinobot Shrine. Whoever you are, I hope you have money to burn because that's one auction you want to win!

read nine posts earlier

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 4:50 pm

shajaki wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Theres that Seibertronian who want to build a Dinobot Shrine. Whoever you are, I hope you have money to burn because that's one auction you want to win!
read nine posts earlier

Yeah, I saw your post after hitting SUBMIT. Out of curiosity, how much did your Dino Proto cost you?

As for me, my grail would be Shattered Glass Starscream, without having to pay 500$ for it.

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 5:06 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
shajaki wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Theres that Seibertronian who want to build a Dinobot Shrine. Whoever you are, I hope you have money to burn because that's one auction you want to win!
read nine posts earlier
Yeah, I saw your post after hitting SUBMIT. Out of curiosity, how much did your Dino Proto cost you?

As for me, my grail would be Shattered Glass Starscream, without having to pay 500$ for it.

it was actually a long time ago... trying to remember when just makes me feel old lol. it was something like 7-8 years ago now, and i know it was less than 200. i got that and some kinda pre production sample of the packaging card, which dear lord...i planned to frame and still havent.. 7-8 years later lol.

does shattered glass starscream really command that price? jeeze... makes sense though. i follow everything botcon on ebay and until recently (one listing a few days ago) i cant remember the last time i saw one.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 5:33 pm

shajaki wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:[
As for me, my grail would be Shattered Glass Starscream, without having to pay 500$ for it.

does shattered glass starscream really command that price? jeeze... makes sense though. i follow everything botcon on ebay and until recently (one listing a few days ago) i cant remember the last time i saw one.

Well, the only things available on Ebay are WHOLE 2008 Botcon sets... Starting at 2000 modda fawking dollars!
:BANG_HEAD:

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 1:38 am

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:

Prototype Megatron's colors looks better. Does anyone else agree?

Not me, not even a little. The whole point of that figure was to be a combination of G1 Megatron and Galvatron. The head is Megatron's head with Galvatron's "crown" or whatever. I can only really accept that mold in either Megatron white/light gray or Galvatron purple, which we got. Anything else isn't for me.

Emerje