The Energon Pub

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Fri Apr 21, 2023 11:37 am

We got our first backer update:

https://hasbropulse.com/blogs/haslab-preview/transformers-haslab-deathsaurus-backer-update

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Fri Apr 21, 2023 7:56 pm

Seems a little backward to me, but I guess its better than nothing. IIRC with VS, the first update we got was in fact showing the tooling, and that was only a couple months after the campaign had ended. Packaging art wasn't shown until the 3rd or 4th update in early summer about 5 or 6 months before the item came out.

The expected delivery date is still "Fall 2023" which could be anywhere between October and mid-December of this year. For something coming out at that time, I would think we would have seen some sort of tooling by now.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed Jun 28, 2023 5:23 pm

Another backer update:

https://hasbropulse.com/blogs/haslab-pr ... rly-sample

by **SpaceEagle** » Wed Jun 28, 2023 5:25 pm

I thought it was a fun video, makes me excited to get my hands on my order and pose him along with Victory Saber.
I thought Tigerchest would have a regular gun handle to recreate the OG toy's blaster mode (since it still has the gun barrel) but I dunno if it simply isn't there or Evan overlooked it.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Wed Jun 28, 2023 6:16 pm

Man, I'm just more and more excited with every update. This figure looks like so much fun and definitely has the parts count to justify the price over a Commander. Looks like it wont be as fiddly as Saber and transform very quickly despite all the small steps. Very impressive!

SpaceEagle wrote:I thought it was a fun video, makes me excited to get my hands on my order and pose him along with Victory Saber.
I thought Tigerchest would have a regular gun handle to recreate the OG toy's blaster mode (since it still has the gun barrel) but I dunno if it simply isn't there or Evan overlooked it.

I don't think they've ever mentioned a gun mode, just bow mode, but I suspect you can maybe fake it by just turning it around on his wrist and twisting his arm.

Emerje

by **SpaceEagle** » Wed Jun 28, 2023 6:18 pm

Emerje wrote:I don't think they've ever mentioned a gun mode, just bow mode, but I suspect you can maybe fake it by just turning it around on his wrist and twisting his arm.

Emerje

Ah, yeah, good point, haven't thought of that! ;)^

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Wed Jun 28, 2023 8:17 pm

He looks really good! After being disappointed in Victory Saber, this guy is looking super strong!

News Credits: 4838 · by **william-james88** » Fri Jun 30, 2023 9:51 am

Greetings, Transformers HasLab Deathsaurus Fans! Hasbro's here with another backer update.

Our good friend and product designer, Evan, has been working tirelessly to ensure that your Emperor of Destruction, HasLab Deathsaurus, is coming along to be a perfect display piece in your Transformers collection! After all, the Emperor wants his figure and form perfect from the start...but, as Evan will tell you, that's not always the way it works out.

Join Evan as he talks you through everything that we look at and evaluate when our early samples arrive, and how we refine your item to be sure it is worthy of its HasLab title. You'll see some side-by-side comparisons with our previous HasLab, Victory Saber, as well as get some sneaky behind-the-scenes information on how Deathsaurus, Pipo, and Boater came to life.

News Credits: 1 · by **bluecatcinema** » Fri Jun 30, 2023 2:43 pm

Looks like it's really coming together.

by **SpaceEagle** » Fri Jun 30, 2023 2:50 pm

I still love how cheeky Evan was about the whole "don't say transform, say convert" mandate in the video with his little comment.

by **cloudballoon** » Fri Jun 30, 2023 3:33 pm

The cool-headed me keeps thinking: "Without a really premium paint deco & all the bonus tier accessories, it's really just a slightly-better-than-Commander-Jetfire level of engineering figure, for 3 times the price." But I can't NOT have it when I got VS. These 2 of a shelf is going be look awesome.

News Credits: 387 · by **Bounti76** » Fri Jun 30, 2023 7:35 pm

SpaceEagle wrote:I still love how cheeky Evan was about the whole "don't say transform, say convert" mandate in the video with his little comment.

I know there's a reason behind it, but why can't they say "transform "? That's literally in the NAME of the brand.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Fri Jun 30, 2023 7:42 pm

Bounti76 wrote:
SpaceEagle wrote:I still love how cheeky Evan was about the whole "don't say transform, say convert" mandate in the video with his little comment.

I know there's a reason behind it, but why can't they say "transform "? That's literally in the NAME of the brand.

And that is exactly why. Once it becomes as engrained into the public mind like Kleenex and Q-Tip are for tissues and cotton swabs, it's in danger of becoming generic and thus no longer eligible for trademark or market protection. Then what are we gonna call the line? We've already had Convertors as a competitor line. :lol:

by **SpaceEagle** » Fri Jun 30, 2023 7:48 pm

Precisely, if it becomes genericised then that means other companies can start putting out their own "transformers" that aren't official Transformers, and that'll probably confuse parents too.

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Fri Jun 30, 2023 10:39 pm

But while we may generisize terms, No other company can use them. Sure I may say "get me some Kleenex", but no other copmay can uze that name on their product other than Kleenex itself. All others are just Various types of facial tissues. I don't think Hasbro should worry about it. They can still sue out of existence anymore else that tries to put out another toy with that name

News Credits: 1 · by **Gauntlet101010** » Sat Jul 01, 2023 12:37 am

Can they say they GO into alt mode or robot mode, then?

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sat Jul 01, 2023 12:44 am

Gauntlet101010 wrote:Can they say they GO into alt mode or robot mode, then?

Star Saber: "Let's say GO!"

News Credits: 1 · by **Bumblevivisector** » Sat Jul 01, 2023 12:52 am

Gauntlet101010 wrote:Can they say they GO into alt mode or robot mode, then?

Can they GO into BOT mode?!?

Well, ever since they bought out Tonka.

Though there is an awkward 3-way legal tug of war preventing them from doing much more than that...

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Sat Jul 01, 2023 2:30 am

o.supreme wrote:But while we may generisize terms, No other company can use them. Sure I may say "get me some Kleenex", but no other copmay can uze that name on their product other than Kleenex itself. All others are just Various types of facial tissues. I don't think Hasbro should worry about it. They can still sue out of existence anymore else that tries to put out another toy with that name

It's simple. This is the easier (and cheaper) solution.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Sat Jul 01, 2023 1:18 pm

ZeroWolf wrote:
o.supreme wrote:But while we may generisize terms, No other company can use them. Sure I may say "get me some Kleenex", but no other copmay can uze that name on their product other than Kleenex itself. All others are just Various types of facial tissues. I don't think Hasbro should worry about it. They can still sue out of existence anymore else that tries to put out another toy with that name

It's simple. This is the easier (and cheaper) solution.

Not to mention Law is a mine field that can blow up in your face unless you know exactly how to use the Chewbacca Defense. :lol:

Back to Deathsaurus... Is it bad I'm more interested in the Micromasters? :oops:

by **cloudballoon** » Sat Jul 01, 2023 5:08 pm

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Back to Deathsaurus... Is it bad I'm more interested in the Micromasters?

I'm with you BTH. Deathsaurus in it's current state is not that exciting. This Haslab sold me on the decos, not the engineering. What I'm interested to see in the MMs is whether Hasbro fixed the ball & pin joints on those new molds.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Sat Jul 01, 2023 5:37 pm

o.supreme wrote:But while we may generisize terms, No other company can use them. Sure I may say "get me some Kleenex", but no other copmay can uze that name on their product other than Kleenex itself. All others are just Various types of facial tissues. I don't think Hasbro should worry about it. They can still sue out of existence anymore else that tries to put out another toy with that name

The difference is that "Q-Tip" and "Kleenex" are made up words that are easily trademarked. "Transformer" already existed in the dictionary before the brand and they made no real effort to alter it putting it at risk of being revoked. If it weren't for the loose 80s trademark laws I wonder if they would have gotten it in the first place.

Emerje

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Sun Jul 02, 2023 7:31 am

It still seems to be a lame mandate by Hasbro corporate. I'll never *not* cringe when I hear the term "convert" in a TF toy video. Heck, dosen't the Robosen Optimus Prime still respond to the audio command to Transform, even though hack shills like Kevin Smith who promoted it still used the word convert?

News Credits: 4838 · by **william-james88** » Sat Jul 29, 2023 11:24 pm

Great news for all those who ordered the Haslab Deathsaurus figure. We have new images from In Demand Toys and those include images of the box. Also, the figure was present at the ACGHK2023 show in Hong Kong amid a large Transformers section. You can see those images below. The images of that event come from Snakasblog.