The Energon Pub

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Thu Apr 06, 2023 11:38 am

Origins He-skeletor preorder up in five days on mattel creations. Hopefully I can pick one up.

Still awaiting frogmongers though people have him in hand so it might not be that long await, Grizzlor in august? and amazons delayed my King Hisses (which hopefully they will deliver on after they relisted and were selling them again after I had ordered, but who knows with amazon).

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Tue Apr 11, 2023 11:06 am

Estimated wait time on checkout for he-man (He-skeletor) 9 minutes...

at least I'm not stressing over a sporadic internet connection like I was with Camo Khan

*picked up Hypno and 200x Skeletor (which I still feel is a bit low effort but might be my only chance to get it at rrp and would have been a pass if I hadnt got the 200x he-man win the TV set).

Well...if my order doesnt get cancelled like my thirty atempts before finally ordering Eternia.

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Fri Apr 21, 2023 10:51 am

When you have to use £5 off over £15 spend to get something for retail price on amazon...

One more for the snakes

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sat Apr 22, 2023 11:10 am

This came out of the left field, but not only Nendoroid He-Man and Skeletor are a thing, but they are available now at Good Smile.

He-Man

Skeletor

Maybe the news were shared on this thread before, but it's the first time I heard about them.
They look adorable!

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Sat Apr 22, 2023 3:04 pm

Snake mountain up for preorder for those in the states through amazon. But more importantly better pics and what it looks like on the inside

https://toynewsi.com/241-47210

Not keen on the top wolf gate being a one sided mold so it looks bad from the other side. The nets have gone which is a good thing. The cage placement is a bit weird though as I thought it would have been more influenced by the megablox snake mountain. They will probably do the table as a thing like secrets of castle greyskull addon.

Looks to have some weird hole placements on either face side. Can't see anything obvious for it to be able to link up to Eternia tho

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sat Apr 22, 2023 3:33 pm

Not much happening inside Snake Mountain contrary to Castle Grayskull. Snake Mountain have all of its action outside. I like it.

Now will it be over-produced and later heavily discounted like Castle Grayskull? Only time will tell.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Sun Apr 23, 2023 3:03 am

blackeyedprime wrote:Looks to have some weird hole placements on either face side. Can't see anything obvious for it to be able to link up to Eternia tho

I don't know why they needed the cut outs, but in the spots where they are there's also a foot peg hole. Guess they thought they'd need the extra space for figures with extra large feet.

The cage can also be placed under the left side where the brown platform is which is where you'd have to place it to close the whole thing up.

Pretty sure there's no way to connect to Eternia. They showed some ramps in very early production art and never mentioned it again since.

And yeah, I ordered one. I marked it off as a gift and requested it be in a gift bag because there's a 50/50 chance they'll just slap a shipping label on the box and call it good which would really piss me off.

Emerje

News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Sun Apr 23, 2023 3:41 am

blackeyedprime wrote:Not keen on the top wolf gate being a one sided mold so it looks bad from the other side. The nets have gone which is a good thing. The cage placement is a bit weird though as I thought it would have been more influenced by the megablox snake mountain.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Not much happening inside Snake Mountain contrary to Castle Grayskull. Snake Mountain have all of its action outside. I like it.

Now will it be over-produced and later heavily discounted like Castle Grayskull? Only time will tell.

Still, if you don't end up liking it upon release. There is always this one:

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Sun Apr 23, 2023 3:47 am

Think I prefer the origins one, definitely the price :p

Though I'm wanting to display it opened rather than my other castles that are closed. Just means me skippong on transformers titans for the foreseeable.

If I had the space I'd want my two 200x castles permenantly set up as a square with the masters wrestling ring inside it. Not even tried if that's possible but in my mind it would be cool if it worked.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sun Apr 23, 2023 3:54 am

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Still, if you don't end up liking it upon release. There is always this one:

It looks amazing but holy crap, it's HUGE. And I bet the pricetag that go with it is too.

News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Sun Apr 23, 2023 4:01 am

It's when I saw a Pixel Dan video on Classics Snake Mountain - the size and price - I knew Nordor was never going to be feasible.

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Tue Apr 25, 2023 4:05 pm

Blue man group hemans been dispatched along with 200x skeletor and hypno but until then I got Darth Snake.

A new video out for a walk through of snake mountains features. Pretty cool though the snake neck thing is still a liitle bit weird, I thought it was part of the snakes attack mouth/gimmick but nope.

News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Wed Apr 26, 2023 11:41 am

blackeyedprime wrote:A new video out for a walk through of snake mountains features. Pretty cool though the snake neck thing is still a little bit weird, I thought it was part of the snakes attack mouth/gimmick but nope.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Fri Apr 28, 2023 1:30 am

I like the green snake, I think it just doesn't photographs well. It looks better in motion when you can see all of the articulation.

Emerje

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Fri Apr 28, 2023 1:24 pm

Because I stupidly skipped on Origin Roboto when it was at Walmart at 15$CAN, I had to settle for an incomplete vintage. At least I have him. And to save on shipping, an incomplete vintage Spikor rode along in the box. He's neat!

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Fri Apr 28, 2023 2:42 pm

always liked vintage spikkor, masterverse spikor just doesnt have the same charm

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Fri Apr 28, 2023 3:52 pm

and once again, you no live in country where spendy dollars , you get screwed big tiiime.

https://www.comicsandcocktails.co.uk/st ... p550525737

$80 = £105

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Fri Apr 28, 2023 4:57 pm

blackeyedprime wrote:and once again, you no live in country where spendy dollars , you get screwed big tiiime.

https://www.comicsandcocktails.co.uk/st ... p550525737

$80 = £105

Oh lol WHAT?

I bet my left and right nut that the thing will be on clearance at 50$CAN one way or another down the line.
But to be fair, that's a Canadian/American privilege.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Fri Apr 28, 2023 10:37 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:Because I stupidly skipped on Origin Roboto when it was at Walmart at 15$CAN, I had to settle for an incomplete vintage. At least I have him. And to save on shipping, an incomplete vintage Spikor rode along in the box. He's neat!

Weird, I actually bought a vintage pink boots Roboto just today at a toy show for $20 complete. I'd prefer the silver boots like yours, but for the price I'm not picky. Maybe I can find a cheap incomplete silver boots version and the two can share parts.

Emerje

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Fri Apr 28, 2023 10:50 pm

Emerje wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Because I stupidly skipped on Origin Roboto when it was at Walmart at 15$CAN, I had to settle for an incomplete vintage. At least I have him. And to save on shipping, an incomplete vintage Spikor rode along in the box. He's neat!

Weird, I actually bought a vintage pink boots Roboto just today at a toy show for $20 complete. I'd prefer the silver boots like yours, but for the price I'm not picky. Maybe I can find a cheap incomplete silver boots version and the two can share parts.

Emerje

I didn't know there was a variant to vintage Roboto.
I could get a second chance at Origin Roboto with the "snake" orange one, but paying 35$CAN +tx at Amazon.ca for a standard figure is a bit much.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Fri Apr 28, 2023 11:51 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Emerje wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Because I stupidly skipped on Origin Roboto when it was at Walmart at 15$CAN, I had to settle for an incomplete vintage. At least I have him. And to save on shipping, an incomplete vintage Spikor rode along in the box. He's neat!

Weird, I actually bought a vintage pink boots Roboto just today at a toy show for $20 complete. I'd prefer the silver boots like yours, but for the price I'm not picky. Maybe I can find a cheap incomplete silver boots version and the two can share parts.

Emerje

I didn't know there was a variant to vintage Roboto.
I could get a second chance at Origin Roboto with the "snake" orange one, but paying 35$CAN +tx at Amazon.ca for a standard figure is a bit much.

Yeah, people say it's a real variant, but to me it just looks like the red plastic is bleeding into the paint. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The only Roboto molds I don't have are the two Classics versions, but the price on those are pretty prohibitive. I don't think there's a ReAction version.

Emerje

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Sat Apr 29, 2023 5:04 am

A few more for the shelves

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Tue May 02, 2023 11:57 am

Trying to not spend my redundancy payment before I actually get it but just placed order for the instock origins skeletor/screech and snake teila from indemand.

S7 have revealed the next ultimates conan wave, by crom and a weapon pack. Definitely want a few of the figures but probably passing due to moneys.

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Fri May 05, 2023 9:38 am

Flappy bird and flappy mouth arrived today

I still think the head that came with keldor is the best skeletor head but the movable mouth is really nice and feels like something he should have always had (if it weren't for old rubber heads).

Amazon's still having delays on King hiss but Eternia might be this year* *moaty lied, spring 2024.

Moaty was so excited about moving day that he gave you the wrong delivery date. The Playset is scheduled to be completed in Spring of 2024. To see how it’s coming along, check out our video.

Mattel creations updated a video on it and have a megablox eternia central tower going up for sale soon.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Fri May 05, 2023 8:01 pm

So instead of arriving in 6 months they actually delayed it by 6 months. I guess at this point I shouldn't be surprised Mattel still can't get release dates right.

In other news there's been a bunch of leaks/rumors for upcoming figures in 2024 from someone calling themselves ZexisStryf. Personally I'm very skeptical, especially since we've never had straight reissues in waves, they've always been repaints or retools, and we don't normally get three figure waves. He also referred to "Revolutions" instead of Revelations But here we go:

MOTU Origins:

Wave 15
Mer-Man rerelease
Filmation He-Man
Filmation Beast-Man

Wave 16
She-Ra rerelease
Filmation Skelator
Filmation Man-at-Arms

Masterverse (all "basic")
Skeletek (Revelations)
Sorceress Teela (Revelations)
New Eternia Trapjaw
New Eternia Man-at-Arms

Motu Origins: Turtles of Grayskull

Wave 1
Leonardo
Donatello
Mutated He-Man (Slimepit?)
Mutated Man-at-Arms (Snake-man?)

Wave 2
Raphael
Michelangelo
Mutated Skeletor
Unknown figure (probably Shredder or even Super Shredder)

I have a lot of doubts about this "leak", it feels oddly Man-at-Arms heavy.

Emerje