The Energon Pub

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 8:59 pm

Ultra Markus wrote:the coolness of japanese only exclusives went away after when they had their own beast wars series

What about the Japanese-only Prime molds like Gaia Unicron, War Breakdown, Air Vehicon, etc.?

by **Ultra Markus** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 10:00 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Ultra Markus wrote:the coolness of japanese only exclusives went away after when they had their own beast wars series
What about the Japanese-only Prime molds like Gaia Unicron, War Breakdown, Air Vehicon, etc.?

sorry i meant as in japanese only characters that are unique to japanese shows like Dai Atlas, star saber,Tripredacus, big convoy etc.

News Credits: 60 · by **fenrir72** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 11:39 pm

The 4th picture reminds me of the unification move in the sentai series where all five pulls out a BFG outta nowhere to sheet the main bad guy. The new Prime is equally awesome!

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed Jan 15, 2014 12:09 am

fenrir72 wrote:The 4th picture reminds me of the unification move in the sentai series where all five pulls out a BFG outta nowhere to sheet the main bad guy. The new Prime is equally awesome!

At first I was like "Huh?" but now I see what you mean.

The pic is actually supposed to represent the ancient Sword Master Go Prime passing on that Kabuto to Hunter Optimus Prime, as a sign of Optimus's worthiness.

News Credits: 1 · by **MightyMagnus78** » Wed Jan 15, 2014 4:59 am

Virtually all of the exclusive 'Go!' moulds are awful and this is no exception. However I will forgiven them a little as (Beast Hunters) Nemesis Prime is awesome.

News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 6:49 am

TF Yuki tweeted some new images of Takara Tomy's soon to be released Transformers Go! G26 Optimus Exprime combined with G01 Kenzan and G05 Gekisomaru. In addition to these combined modes, the figure can also transform into a bullet train, dragon and robot. Check out Daikenzan and Daigekisou mirrored below:

by **griftimus prime** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 6:56 am

oh my lord... i do not think you could burn this thing in a fire long enough. what a piece of garbage. all of these figures could have been awesome if they did not have to combine with eachother.

News Credits: 54 · by **Deadput** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 7:18 am

^ They don't *have* to its an option.

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 8:06 am

Good freakin' what? That's horrible. I'm sorry. Bleh.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 8:21 am

DAIKENZAN ARMY!!!! :KREMZEEK:

by **Shadowstream** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 8:52 am

For a moment I thought from the preview pic that this was a Baan Gaan toy.

News Credits: 12 · by **GuyIncognito** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 9:23 am

These things have cool features, particularly in the upper body area. But then you look down and see those puny little thighs and the whole image is ruined.

by **euphoricallydead** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 9:46 am

My eyes. I love combiners but this is like they took all the things fans love and smashed them together into a muddy mess. Energon Superlink modes looked way better. This is more like the Power Rangers and a Mutant had babies.

Oh course, this means low sales and some day these will be worth a bloody fortune.

by **AutoBorst** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 10:26 am

Jesus H. Primus, that is one fugly-ass action figure. And here I thought the movie-based toys were hideous.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 10:33 am

Shadowstream wrote:For a moment I thought from the preview pic that this was a Baan Gaan toy.

I'm reminded more of Great Exkaiser, especially with DaiGekisou's new mane and the fact it's lion/dragon combo

And they look... busy. I wonder how the combos would look with the black figures (and how many would go gaga over that :lol:

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by **Shadowstream** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 11:19 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Shadowstream wrote:For a moment I thought from the preview pic that this was a Baan Gaan toy.

I'm reminded more of Great Exkaiser, especially with DaiGekisou's new mane and the fact it's lion/dragon combo

And they look... busy. I wonder how the combos would look with the black figures (and how many would go gaga over that )

All the Brave guys blend together after a point, I just saw the blue head on it's chest and that was the one that came to mind, I didn't even know it was supposed to be a lion head. Looking a bit closer at the other mode I see a bit of Fire Dagwon in it, so maybe the Brave look is intentional.

Have I mentioned I'm super tired right now and may not be remembering things strait?

by **OptimusPrimeval** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 12:29 pm

There's an Optimus in there? Why's he hiding?

by **EagleBot13** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 1:09 pm

I actually don't think these are that bad. For what they do and budgets these days I think they are quite ingenious.

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 1:18 pm

While I finally got some decent prices on all 6 of the Ninja and Samurai Autobots, this figure will not be on my shelf. Heck, I'm still not sure where I'm going to put the Ninja/Samurai teams yet.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 1:48 pm

OptimusPrimeval wrote:There's an Optimus in there? Why's he hiding?

He's in the middle, always. He has no top or bottom transformation due to the fact each member of the combined Samurai and Shinobi teams has two unique connectors (one each for the other team member), so members of a different team can't connect. Optimus ExPrime has a connector for Kenzan and Gekisoumaru, and since these two can't connect unless there's a properly designed middle involved....

by **Vicalliose** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 6:02 pm

This would look amazing if at least one of them could make a decent pair of legs.

Just feels like some wasted potential that they made them interchangeable instead of having them each make one decent part.

by **OptimusPrimeval** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 6:04 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
OptimusPrimeval wrote:There's an Optimus in there? Why's he hiding?

He's in the middle, always. He has no top or bottom transformation due to the fact each member of the combined Samurai and Shinobi teams has two unique connectors (one each for the other team member), so members of a different team can't connect. Optimus ExPrime has a connector for Kenzan and Gekisoumaru, and since these two can't connect unless there's a properly designed middle involved....

Yeah, it's a shame there isn't an alternate Prime-looking face hidden in them then, because nothing about any of those combined modes suggests "Optimus". I'll get it probably, but I won't feel bad about not getting the combining parts.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 9:48 am

OptimusPrimeval wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
OptimusPrimeval wrote:There's an Optimus in there? Why's he hiding?

He's in the middle, always. He has no top or bottom transformation due to the fact each member of the combined Samurai and Shinobi teams has two unique connectors (one each for the other team member), so members of a different team can't connect. Optimus ExPrime has a connector for Kenzan and Gekisoumaru, and since these two can't connect unless there's a properly designed middle involved....

Yeah, it's a shame there isn't an alternate Prime-looking face hidden in them then, because nothing about any of those combined modes suggests "Optimus".

Because Optimus isn't the main unit of those combinations. The other two are. They're even called "DaiKenzan" and "DaiGekisou", showing that these are essentially Super Modes for Kenzan and Gekisoumaru, respectively. While Optimus acts as the link between the two since they cannot combine together without him.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 10:01 am

Sabrblade wrote:
OptimusPrimeval wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
OptimusPrimeval wrote:There's an Optimus in there? Why's he hiding?

He's in the middle, always. He has no top or bottom transformation due to the fact each member of the combined Samurai and Shinobi teams has two unique connectors (one each for the other team member), so members of a different team can't connect. Optimus ExPrime has a connector for Kenzan and Gekisoumaru, and since these two can't connect unless there's a properly designed middle involved....

Yeah, it's a shame there isn't an alternate Prime-looking face hidden in them then, because nothing about any of those combined modes suggests "Optimus".
Because Optimus isn't the main unit of those combinations. The other two are. They're even called "DaiKenzan" and "DaiGekisou", showing that these are essentially Super Modes for Kenzan and Gekisoumaru, respectively. While Optimus acts as the link between the two since they cannot combine together without him.

In other words, Optimus is the Magic Mushroom this time. :lol:

by **OptimusPrimeval** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 7:21 pm

Sabrblade wrote:Because Optimus isn't the main unit of those combinations. The other two are. They're even called "DaiKenzan" and "DaiGekisou", showing that these are essentially Super Modes for Kenzan and Gekisoumaru, respectively. While Optimus acts as the link between the two since they cannot combine together without him.

Oh yeah, I didn't clock that! Isn't that unprecedented, to have an Optimus combine into a not-Optimus? What a waste of a good Prime! They should have had some other mook link them together. I say "good Prime" but that dragon mode looks like a fairground ride. Bad Prime!