The Energon Pub

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sjeng wrote:anything worth while here?

Seriously? You don't know any of these?

Just in case you're a Transformers beginner I'll tell the ones that I know of.
(BTW, got these as a bargain lot? Lucky you!)

Well, I recognized both O/P's, but there are so many, I never know what type he is.
And no, these are for sale in the NL, I just asked in case there's anything worth picking up.
I wonder what the white/orange car is.

Sjeng wrote:another one for you guys to try I know you like this hehe

Top-left helicopter = Dark of the Moon Human Alliance Basic class Major Sparkplug / Autobot Whirl

Top-middle Optimus = Age of Extinction Voyager class Evasion Mode Optimus Prime

Bottom-right green jet = Universe (2008) Deluxe class Acid Storm

I don't believe the other things (the white thing in the top-right and the four orange things in the bottom-left) are Transformers toys.

Sjeng wrote:

Cybertron Voyager class Galaxy Force Vector Prime

Sjeng wrote:

Robots in Disguise (2001) Super class Optimus Prime (or maybe the Japanese version: Car Robots C-001 Super Fire Convoy, hard to tell which version it is from that image).

Sjeng wrote:anything worth while here?

Cybertron Vector Prime and the RID 2001 Optimus are great toys. I've heard good things about the DOTM Human Alliance Basics, so Whirl might be good (especially since he's a triple-changer robot/helicopter/big honkin' railgun!). And everyone seems to love the DOTM Evasion Mode Optimus, and Acid Storm's mold is rather popular (having been used 30+ times!).

Sjeng wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sjeng wrote:anything worth while here?

Seriously? You don't know any of these?

Just in case you're a Transformers beginner I'll tell the ones that I know of.
(BTW, got these as a bargain lot? Lucky you!)

Well, I recognized both O/P's, but there are so many, I never know what type he is.
And no, these are for sale in the NL, I just asked in case there's anything worth picking up.
I wonder what the white/orange car is.

So, those are on sale locally? If the price is reasonable, AOE Evasion Optimus and Universe Acid Storm are MUST BUYS.

Sjeng wrote:another one for you guys to try I know you like this hehe

I happen to recognise those orange and white figures as Machine Robo Rescue figures, let me quickly look what figures they exactly are.

... and found them. It's the 07 Hyper Submarine Robo set, or more likely a Knockoff of them. I've seen MRR KO sets at my local Top1Toys.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sjeng wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sjeng wrote:anything worth while here?

Seriously? You don't know any of these?

Just in case you're a Transformers beginner I'll tell the ones that I know of.
(BTW, got these as a bargain lot? Lucky you!)

Well, I recognized both O/P's, but there are so many, I never know what type he is.
And no, these are for sale in the NL, I just asked in case there's anything worth picking up.
I wonder what the white/orange car is.

So, those are on sale locally? If the price is reasonable, AOE Evasion Optimus and Universe Acid Storm are MUST BUYS.

Hmm, someone offered €20,- for that lot, but I'm not sure I'm that interested. I'm more into the CW/UW sets and Animated, and I already own the UW grand convoi O/P which is a good one, and a big Movie O/P mack truck with flames and sound IIRC (packed away for our move), so I'm good on the Optimus front
Would like an Animated O/P though.

Here's something else that's being sold atm, a G1 Trypticon without accessories:




current bid is €50,- in case anyone is interested.

That is too much for trypticon. The other lot is a much better deal sincecthe movie optimus alone is worth the amount. A trypticon with no acessories is not worth more than 40 euros. And you have to make sure the walking mechanism isn't broken.

I was organizing my stash of instruction manuals and other papers, and came across the attached sticker/decal sheet. I cannot for the life of me figure out what it's for. Does anyone know?

nycPrime wrote:I was organizing my stash of instruction manuals and other papers, and came across the attached sticker/decal sheet. I cannot for the life of me figure out what it's for. Does anyone know?

Generations Roadbuster(coz i have the same sticker sheet)

Good spot Stuart! Managed to find a scan of the instructions which show the sticker placement if you need it nyc, have a look here
Though be wary, some of the stickers don't actually fit that well in the places they're meant to! I managed to make most of them work well enough, but I know some people chose to cut off the excess clear bits around each decal- just something to bear in mind when applying them

Was there a Hasbro release of classics bumblebee that didn't come with the rubsign?

william-james88 wrote:Was there a Hasbro release of classics bumblebee that didn't come with the rubsign?

No, but there a lot on the secondary market without them. There were a lot of folks back then not pleased with the rubsigns being present. Due to that, many loose ones are out there with no rubsign and a red Autobot symbol sticker.

This mold was KO'd so if you see one with one of the Hasbro decos and a symbol that's tampo'd on, inspect it carefully. Probably a guide out there somewhere to help too.

Henkei Bumblebee has the tampoed Autobot symbol on his chest and the gold chromed parts in some areas.

Seibertron wrote:Henkei Bumblebee has the tampoed Autobot symbol on his chest and the gold chromed parts in some areas.

Will asked about a Hasbro release of the mold, though.

Sabrblade wrote:

Seibertron wrote:Henkei Bumblebee has the tampoed Autobot symbol on his chest and the gold chromed parts in some areas.

Will asked about a Hasbro release of the mold, though.

Wouldn't it be possible that he somehow got his hands on a Japanese version? There's no difference in the mold to say if it was a Hasbro or Takara version.

Seibertron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Seibertron wrote:Henkei Bumblebee has the tampoed Autobot symbol on his chest and the gold chromed parts in some areas.

Will asked about a Hasbro release of the mold, though.

Wouldn't it be possible that he somehow got his hands on a Japanese version? There's no difference in the mold to say if it was a Hasbro or Takara version.

Thanks for giving me the benefit of the doubt.
I knew it was the hasbro version due to the deco since it had white stripes and Takara's releases were always in one solid colour. As it turns out, it is the hasbro classics version but the seller had removed the rubsign. But they had forgotten about that since it was 10 years ago. it's no big deal since I dont mind having the red autobot sticker he has there instead, I was just a bit confused. Good toy though, definitely a top 5 bumblebee toy

Which Jazz is this?

william-james88 wrote:Which Jazz is this?

ROTF Deluxe Smokecreen, redeco of Movie 1 2007 Deluxe Jazz.

I need help with these, please.

Beast Wars Dinobot but I don't recognise the colour scheme and has some differences to the original mold (no sign of ever having a mutant mask and some of the sculpt details are quite different). Maybe a good knock off? I don't know.


Not sure this is a Transformer. It's odd. The dino form is very nice and detailed like Beast Wars, but the robot mode is kinda simple and somewhat G1-ish in some cases (such as the legs).

Neither of those are official.

The BW Dinobot-looking one looks like one of those Dinobot bootlegs I once saw in a dinosaur-themed grocery store Easter basket many years ago.

The figure seen in that pic has a deco like that of BW Grimlock, but with Dinobot's stripes and none of Grimlock's gold, plus Minimus Ambus-esque green colors, and the legs of Beast Wars Neo Hardhead/Dinobots Dinotron.

As for the second figure, I've no idea what toy that is (it ain't a Transformers toy mold, at the very least).

Sabrblade wrote:Neither of those are official.

The BW Dinobot-looking one looks like one of those Dinobot bootlegs I once saw in a dinosaur-themed grocery store Easter basket many years ago.

The figure seen in that pic has a deco like that of BW Grimlock, but with Dinobot's stripes and none of Grimlock's gold, plus Minimus Ambus-esque green colors, and the legs of Beast Wars Neo Hardhead/Dinobots Dinotron.

As for the second figure, I've no idea what toy that it (it ain't a Transformers toy mold, at the very least).

Thanks Sabrblade.
Yeah the second one I felt wasn't a Transformer at all but it was still kinda neat. I may give it to my friend who loves dinosaurs and robots.

The first one I may keep as I kinda like it maybe have him as a little buddy to either my FoC or AoE Voyager Grimlocks. What to call him? Greylock?

Carnivius_Prime wrote:The first one I may keep as I kinda like it maybe have him as a little buddy to either my FoC or AoE Voyager Grimlocks. What to call him? Greylock?

Given its color scheme, I myself would use it as a BW version of Minimus Ambus, maybe with a more dino-sounding name like how "Optimus Prime" got monkey-fied into "Optimus Primal" ("Dinomus Ambus", maybe?). After all, Minimus is pretty much a Maximal-sized dude anyway.

Sabrblade wrote:

Carnivius_Prime wrote:The first one I may keep as I kinda like it maybe have him as a little buddy to either my FoC or AoE Voyager Grimlocks. What to call him? Greylock?

Given its color scheme, I myself would use it as a BW version of Minimus Ambus, maybe with a more dino-sounding name like how "Optimus Prime" got monkey-fied into "Optimus Primal" ("Dinomus Ambus", maybe?). After all, Minimus is pretty much a Maximal-sized dude anyway.

Yeah but I'm not a fan of the majority IDW's storylines and character changes for the most part and that whole Mimimus thing is an example of one of the ones I really dislike and already stated elsewhere that if I bought the recent Leader Ultra Magnus I would likely sell, dispose of or melt Minimus. The Dinomus part is ok though

*shrug* Given this toy's lack of connection to Ultra Magnus, this one could be his own guy, like how BW Optimus and Megatron were to G1 Optimus and Megatron.

Actually, now I find myself kinda wanting one of those things for myself. Where'd you find it?

Sabrblade wrote:Actually, now I find myself kinda wanting one of those things for myself. Where'd you find it?

At a car boot sale this morning for 50p

Part of this nice haul. http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/transformers-toy-haul-thread-p1831941.php#p1831896



Your one (if you find one) can be Miminus.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Actually, now I find myself kinda wanting one of those things for myself. Where'd you find it?

At a car boot sale this morning for 50p

Part of this nice haul. http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/transformers-toy-haul-thread-p1831941.php#p1831896



Your one (if you find one) can be Miminus.

Then it probably was from something like an old Easter basket bundle. Nuts.

I remember back then there was another dino-themed basket that, instead of the BW Dinobot bootleg, had a Dinobots T-Wrecks bootleg.