The Energon Pub

Nerv103 wrote:I am not really into the legend size figures(except the data discs for Soundwave/Blaster), but I might have to make an exception for that Skrapnel.

The bigger figures are not Legends size, they're between a Scout and a Legends class.

i REALLY wish they'd do all of the decepticons.. i mean hell.. they could be troop builders as well.. hasbro is REALLY missing out (as usual)

i really want an official articulated bombshell.. his head/face is probably one of the coolest G1 decepticon heads/faces ever.

i really do want to like these but the price is just to damn high for what they are

I want these guys so much... Them, Cosmos, Swerve and the Prime Terrorcons made me break my code and buy non deluxe/voyager toys... They are so nice...

Definitely agree that Windcharger should be repainted as Blackjack and G2 Gobot Megatron.

Don't normally like legends but these two might tempt me. Don't like the unpainted face on Shrapnel though.

I remember in an issue of MTMTE that Tailgate was drawn kind of feminine. Am I the only one who thinks the toy looks feminine as well?

Windsweeper wrote:Definitely agree that Windcharger should be repainted as Blackjack and G2 Gobot Megatron.

Don't normally like legends but these two might tempt me. Don't like the unpainted face on Shrapnel though.

I remember in an issue of MTMTE that Tailgate was drawn kind of feminine. Am I the only one who thinks the toy looks feminine as well?

I think I read on Ace's Weblog that Skrapnel's face is silver. It just didn't photograph well.

Speaking of repaints, I wonder if Hasbro will redo Cosmos. Pathfinder seems like a good fit, though I remember someone suggesting Blaster's buddy Scrounge as a good idea for a Cosmos repaint.

got them all pre-ordered. I'd definitely take a Scrounge repaint of Cosmos (or a Pathfinder maybe) and I suppose we'll probably get a Gears out of Swerve.

craggy wrote:got them all pre-ordered. I'd definitely take a Scrounge repaint of Cosmos (or a Pathfinder maybe) and I suppose we'll probably get a Gears out of Swerve.

Gears has been announced, actually. Along with Acid Storm with Venin/Bugly, and Brawn.

Shrapnel is awesome!

I like it better than the FP version!

Here's hoping for the other 2 insecticons done in this style.

Loving that Tailgate figure. The blue shin guards are a bit of a turnoff for me but not enough to pass up on this figure.

I will wait for a Takara/Tomy release to maybe get some chrome and some clear/yellow plastic , as the yellow paint just does not cut it for me. And so what if I pay more, it's worth it to get what you want, I think !

I am not feeling it for these two figures. I am probably going to pass.

rpetras wrote:Shrapnel is awesome!

I like it better than the FP version!

Here's hoping for the other 2 insecticons done in this style.

yes! lets hope so. more micro/Targetmaster versions of the Deluxe Insecticons would be cool to round out the group. (although I would rather the Deluxe's got their own individual figures as well, maybe give it a few years)

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

craggy wrote:got them all pre-ordered. I'd definitely take a Scrounge repaint of Cosmos (or a Pathfinder maybe) and I suppose we'll probably get a Gears out of Swerve.

Gears has been announced, actually. Along with Acid Storm with Venin/Bugly, and Brawn.

Here's hoping that Brawn means Outback somewhere down the line. Makes sense if we're already getting a Gears from Swerve, I should think. I'd not be opposed to an eventual Windcharger from Tailgate either, though the RtS/United Windcharger is already fantastic. It's nice to have options, all the same.

By the way, what's with all the Acid Storm love? Is that Hasbro's favorite little forgotten seeker now, like how Takara-Tomy will take any excuse to make a Sunstorm repaint?

Wolfman Jake wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

craggy wrote:got them all pre-ordered. I'd definitely take a Scrounge repaint of Cosmos (or a Pathfinder maybe) and I suppose we'll probably get a Gears out of Swerve.

Gears has been announced, actually. Along with Acid Storm with Venin/Bugly, and Brawn.

Here's hoping that Brawn means Outback somewhere down the line. Makes sense if we're already getting a Gears from Swerve, I should think. I'd not be opposed to an eventual Windcharger from Tailgate either, though the RtS/United Windcharger is already fantastic. It's nice to have options, all the same.

By the way, what's with all the Acid Storm love? Is that Hasbro's favorite little forgotten seeker now, like how Takara-Tomy will take any excuse to make a Sunstorm repaint?

I have a bad feeling that Brawn is just going to be a Gears recolor. There are pages up of the Gears retool and his new head is pretty much Brawn's.

As for Acid Storm, I thought I read somewhere that the recolor was originally going to be Thundercracker, but then Hasbro thought there was too much blue in the wave so they went with green. Why they didn't use Skywarp is beyond me.

Interesting. Can you link me to some of those Gear pics? Brawn from a retooled, Gears might actually work well, as would a possible Outback repaint.

Wolfman Jake wrote:Interesting. Can you link me to some of those Gear pics? Brawn from a retooled, Gears might actually work well, as would a possible Outback repaint.

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:Generations ... clipse.jpg

RiddlerJ wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:Interesting. Can you link me to some of those Gear pics? Brawn from a retooled, Gears might actually work well, as would a possible Outback repaint.

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:Generations ... clipse.jpg

That actually works quite well. I'd even venture a guess that the retool was originally meant for Brawn, but they decided to release a repaint as Gears first.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

RiddlerJ wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:Interesting. Can you link me to some of those Gear pics? Brawn from a retooled, Gears might actually work well, as would a possible Outback repaint.

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:Generations ... clipse.jpg

That actually works quite well. I'd even venture a guess that the retool was originally meant for Brawn, but they decided to release a repaint as Gears first.

Then you'd be guessing wrong. Brawn is upcoming, with a different mold and Micromaster partner AFAIK. Besides, using G1 retool logic it wouldn't add up, as Swerve was made from Gears.

I'm just working off Riddler J's theory above. Besides, it's not like Has-Tak hasn't already broken the "G1 repaint/retool rules" several times already within the "Classics" franchise. Looking at that upcoming Gears, I think a straight up Brawn repaint is entirely possible, if not very plausible at this point. Of course, we won't know for certain until we see pics.

I'm hoping for a new Beachcomber at this new legends scale. That would, I think, make all the original legends scale Classics molds obsolete, except for Universe 2008 Wheelie, whose figure is already the perfect size for scale with the rest of the Classics line, and an excellent representation of the G1 character too.