The Energon Pub

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Fri Jun 16, 2017 5:12 am

Desperately fighting urge to say 'I told you so'

News Credits: 149 · by **Big Grim** » Fri Jun 16, 2017 6:26 am

I'd buy MP Blaster and cassettes. I wouldn't buy Legends Blaster. Also, want Hoist. Not too sure about Trailbreaker. The joys of being skint.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Sat Jun 17, 2017 12:26 am

Broadcast and Twincast eh? What cassettes do we have?

- Eject
- Rewind
- Steeljaw
- Amhorn

Ok, the count works out. Question is, who's with who?

News Credits: 13 · by **steals_your_goats** » Sat Jun 17, 2017 4:30 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Broadcast and Twincast eh? What cassettes do we have?

- Eject
- Rewind
- Steeljaw
- Amhorn

Ok, the count works out. Question is, who's with who?

I think it would be:

-Blaster and Steeljaw
-Rewind and Ramhorn
-Twincast and Elect

No real reason why, just my guess.

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Sat Jun 17, 2017 2:53 pm

Personally, I want an MP Armhorn. :lol:

(Sounds like an add-on for the Constructicons. ;)^

)

P.S. I am the last person to make too much fun of typos. This one just struck me as particularly funny...

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Sat Jun 17, 2017 2:57 pm

Agamemnon wrote:Personally, I want an MP Armhorn. (Sounds like an add-on for the Constructicons. )

P.S. I am the last person to make too much fun of typos. This one just struck me as particularly funny...

Except it's not a typo. That's Ramhorn's Japanese name, for whatever reason.

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Sat Jun 17, 2017 3:04 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:Personally, I want an MP Armhorn. (Sounds like an add-on for the Constructicons. )

P.S. I am the last person to make too much fun of typos. This one just struck me as particularly funny...

Except it's not a typo. That's Ramhorn's Japanese name, for whatever reason.

Oh, really! Because his horn is on his arm? Ah, I guess I should expect something like this from the country that gave us chocolate covered colons a few decades ago.... (chocolate covered raisins)

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Sat Jun 17, 2017 3:21 pm

Agamemnon wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:Personally, I want an MP Armhorn. (Sounds like an add-on for the Constructicons. )

P.S. I am the last person to make too much fun of typos. This one just struck me as particularly funny...

Except it's not a typo. That's Ramhorn's Japanese name, for whatever reason.

Oh, really! Because his horn is on his arm? Ah, I guess I should expect something like this from the country that gave us chocolate covered colons a few decades ago.... (chocolate covered raisins)

Chocolate Raisins are amazing. I will fight you about this.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Sat Jun 17, 2017 3:27 pm

Kurona wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:Personally, I want an MP Armhorn. (Sounds like an add-on for the Constructicons. )

P.S. I am the last person to make too much fun of typos. This one just struck me as particularly funny...

Except it's not a typo. That's Ramhorn's Japanese name, for whatever reason.

Oh, really! Because his horn is on his arm? Ah, I guess I should expect something like this from the country that gave us chocolate covered colons a few decades ago.... (chocolate covered raisins)

Chocolate Raisins are amazing. I will fight you about this.

Nah, chocolate-covered hazelnuts are the best. Pure heaven

Back to the cassettes, what are the chances of Twincast being an exclusive, like Soundblaster was? For that matter, what about Rosanna?

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Sat Jun 17, 2017 3:28 pm

I'd doubt Rosanna if only because we got no Decepticon Cassette redecoes

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Sat Jun 17, 2017 3:49 pm

Chocolate covered anything is good. Except when coconuts are involved. Those are a stain on our proud Earth culture.

and... HELL YES TRAILBREAKER

News Credits: 11 · by **Overcracker** » Sat Jun 17, 2017 3:54 pm

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Chocolate covered anything is good. Except when coconuts are involved. Those are a stain on our proud Earth culture.

and... HELL YES TRAILBREAKER

Care to test that assesment:
https://www.thailandunique.com/chocolat ... asshoppers

Anyway, on topic, still hoping for an MP Cyclonus.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sat Jun 17, 2017 11:09 pm

Agamemnon wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:Personally, I want an MP Armhorn. (Sounds like an add-on for the Constructicons. )

P.S. I am the last person to make too much fun of typos. This one just struck me as particularly funny...

Except it's not a typo. That's Ramhorn's Japanese name, for whatever reason.

Oh, really! Because his horn is on his arm?

But his horn is on his snout. He's a rhino.

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Sun Jun 18, 2017 9:11 am

Sabrblade wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:Personally, I want an MP Armhorn. (Sounds like an add-on for the Constructicons. )

P.S. I am the last person to make too much fun of typos. This one just struck me as particularly funny...

Except it's not a typo. That's Ramhorn's Japanese name, for whatever reason.

Oh, really! Because his horn is on his arm?
But his horn is on his snout. He's a rhino.

Right. Is "Arm" Japanese for snout? "Armhorn?"

(Just wondering about the etymology, if there is any...)

[Edit] And not to continue the whole chocolate covered things debate, but... I do love choco-raisin, Kurona, but not when they are called "colons." Bad marketing...

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Sun Jun 18, 2017 3:26 pm

Agamemnon wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:Personally, I want an MP Armhorn. (Sounds like an add-on for the Constructicons. )

P.S. I am the last person to make too much fun of typos. This one just struck me as particularly funny...

Except it's not a typo. That's Ramhorn's Japanese name, for whatever reason.

Oh, really! Because his horn is on his arm?
But his horn is on his snout. He's a rhino.

Right. Is "Arm" Japanese for snout? "Armhorn?" (Just wondering about the etymology, if there is any...)

It's Amhorn, no "r".

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sun Jun 18, 2017 5:07 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:Personally, I want an MP Armhorn. (Sounds like an add-on for the Constructicons. )

P.S. I am the last person to make too much fun of typos. This one just struck me as particularly funny...

Except it's not a typo. That's Ramhorn's Japanese name, for whatever reason.

Oh, really! Because his horn is on his arm?
But his horn is on his snout. He's a rhino.

Right. Is "Arm" Japanese for snout? "Armhorn?" (Just wondering about the etymology, if there is any...)

It's Amhorn, no "r".

If I had to guess, I'd imagine that Ramhorn's Japanese name getting turned into "Amhorn" was case similar to how Metroplex got renamed as "Metroflex" in Japan.

The name "Ramhorn" written in Katakana is ラムホーン (Ramuhōn), whereas "Amhorn" in Katakana is アムホーン (Amuhōn). The difference between the two is ラムホーン beginning with a ラ (ra) and アムホーン with an ア (a). Perhaps someone in Japan got their wires crossed when "Ramhorn" was translated as ラムホーン, and then the ラ got misread as an ア, perhaps due to bad handwriting or something, and then the name stuck. Of course, this is just a theory.

News Credits: 25 · by **SW's SilverHammer** » Sun Jun 18, 2017 6:34 pm

Kurona wrote:I'd doubt Rosanna if only because we got no Decepticon Cassette redecoes

Flipsides AKA best cassette. Plus flipsides and twincast are mentioned in MP roadrage's bio. Twincast and Flipsides are fugitive's; Flipsides a double agent and twincast believing her to be innocent. Roadrage is tasked with huting them down. From a strictly MP only lore perspective it would make sense that if MP twincast came out he'd come with Flipsides.

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Sun Jun 18, 2017 6:39 pm

SW's SilverHammer wrote:
Kurona wrote:I'd doubt Rosanna if only because we got no Decepticon Cassette redecoes

Flipsides AKA best cassette

Psht... that's a weird way to spell Ravage Rewind Howlback Squawktalk.

News Credits: 25 · by **Ironhidensh** » Sun Jun 18, 2017 6:46 pm

Kurona wrote:
SW's SilverHammer wrote:
Kurona wrote:I'd doubt Rosanna if only because we got no Decepticon Cassette redecoes

Flipsides AKA best cassette

Psht... that's a weird way to spell Ravage Rewind Howlback Squawktalk.

I love everything about this post.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Sun Jun 18, 2017 9:48 pm

A little behind on this one, but...

Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:To be fair, the decos that ended up as Exhaust and Loudpedal were featured in US fiction before, the former as an Easter Egg in the IDW Dreamwave comics, and the latter as the character Vivisect by FunPub.
FWIW, after MP Loudpedal was revealed, the author of Toxitron's TCC prose story amended the story to change Vivisector's name to Loudpedal, so as to keep one consistent name across the board for that Diaclone-based deco.

Plus Exhaust is just the official name for the guy that fans always called Marlboor (or Marlboor Wheeljack).

Kurona wrote:Strange that Takara'd make and release an MP Blaster so soon after they released a G1 Blaster toy that was basically MP size...

It wasn't all that long after Legends Megatron was released (which was often shown in official images with MP-10) that we got word of MP Megatron. And they announced MP Soundwave would be reissued not long after Legends Soundwave was released. I don't think they're very concerned about the lines bleeding together.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Back to the cassettes, what are the chances of Twincast being an exclusive, like Soundblaster was? For that matter, what about Rosanna?

MP Soundblaster wasn't an exclusive. He, like the two G1 reissues, has always been a mass retail release.

As far as cassette distribution goes, the original Broadcast figure came with Steeljaw, so that seems like a safe bet. Blaster will probably come with either Eject or Rewind with the remainder being in a two pack with Ramhorn.

Rosanna? Don't we want Flip Sides? She's the one that came with e-Hobby Broadcast. I'd rather see Rosanna in a set with Sundor and Glit. Sundor himself is proof that e-Hobby doesn't matter since we've seen the character released at regular retail in Japan's Fall of Cybertron run (Hasbro called him Sunder).

Emerje

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Sun Jun 18, 2017 9:55 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:Personally, I want an MP Armhorn. (Sounds like an add-on for the Constructicons. )

P.S. I am the last person to make too much fun of typos. This one just struck me as particularly funny...

Except it's not a typo. That's Ramhorn's Japanese name, for whatever reason.

Oh, really! Because his horn is on his arm?
But his horn is on his snout. He's a rhino.

Right. Is "Arm" Japanese for snout? "Armhorn?" (Just wondering about the etymology, if there is any...)

It's Amhorn, no "r".

Okay, I've been reading too many research papers as I try to get grades done by tomorrow night. Thanks for the clarification! Also, thanks for the theory, Sabr!

Now, on to read Kurona's post five hundred times. I agree with Ironhidensh... :lol:

News Credits: 149 · by **Big Grim** » Mon Jun 19, 2017 8:11 am

Kurona wrote:I'd doubt Rosanna if only because we got no Decepticon Cassette redecoes

I'm mildly annoyed we ain't gotten a Cobalt Sentry Team.

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Mon Jun 19, 2017 8:19 am

Big Grim wrote:
Kurona wrote:I'd doubt Rosanna if only because we got no Decepticon Cassette redecoes

I'm mildly annoyed we ain't gotten a Cobalt Sentry Team.

I'm devastated we haven't gotten them yet :-(

News Credits: 149 · by **Big Grim** » Mon Jun 19, 2017 9:54 am

Kurona wrote:
Big Grim wrote:I'm mildly annoyed we ain't gotten a Cobalt Sentry Team.

I'm devastated we haven't gotten them yet

I admit, I'm a complete sucker for Cassettecons. During that boom of colourful Rumble and Laserbeak KOs several years ago, I got dozens of differing variants in translucent and transparent coloured plastic. Red, dark blue, orange, all sorts. Because, like I said, I'm a sucker!

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Mon Jun 19, 2017 11:29 am

Big Grim wrote:
Kurona wrote:
Big Grim wrote:I'm mildly annoyed we ain't gotten a Cobalt Sentry Team.

I'm devastated we haven't gotten them yet

I admit, I'm a complete sucker for Cassettecons. During that boom of colourful Rumble and Laserbeak KOs several years ago, I got dozens of differing variants in translucent and transparent coloured plastic. Red, dark blue, orange, all sorts. Because, like I said, I'm a sucker!

Gotta be honest, I think I am too -- if only because they keep being amazing! They strangely keep getting good in fiction -- Rewind and Ravage are amazing MTMTE characters, Ravage has been good outside of that, Ratbat became Decepticon leader in Marvel, Laserbeak being a symbol of Decepticon Leadership is just awesome, and Rumble of all bots got to be one of the most distinctive Decepticons in the G1 cartoon. Bit players you would expect them to be they are not.
And then a lot of the repaints are cool as well! Flip-sides has an intriguing anti-Counterpunch thing going on, and the Cobalt Sentries are just cool in every single way. I also love Squawktalk, Beastbox and their combined form for reasons - now THERE'S a character I'd love to see done right by Generations.