The Energon Pub

by **MINDVVIPE** » Wed May 02, 2012 10:56 pm

Why does everyone think WFC Soundwave is going to be the same size as FOC Voyager Soundwave? Are you nuts? The deluxe is WAY too small compared to those pics of the Voyager. Might not be a huge voyager, but it's definitely not near the size of WFC Soundwave.

by **orangeitis** » Wed May 02, 2012 10:58 pm

MINDVVIPE wrote:Why does everyone think WFC Soundwave is going to be the same size as FOC Voyager Soundwave? Are you nuts? The deluxe is WAY too small compared to those pics of the Voyager. Might not be a huge voyager, but it's definitely not near the size of WFC Soundwave.

Finally, someone else that has that theory. :APPLAUSE:

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Wed May 02, 2012 11:01 pm

deaduniverse wrote:Now, if only a 3rd party would make a trailer for magnus and my new FOC cars to be carried in.

Or, Hasbro might..."MIGHT" be smart enough to give it a trailer hitch that works with Energon Ultra Magnus, at least. I'd be a happy bunny if this were so.

by **orangeitis** » Wed May 02, 2012 11:05 pm

craggy wrote:
deaduniverse wrote:Now, if only a 3rd party would make a trailer for magnus and my new FOC cars to be carried in.

Or, Hasbro might..."MIGHT" be smart enough to give it a trailer hitch that works with Energon Ultra Magnus, at least. I'd be a happy bunny if this were so.

I'm pretty sure the Minicon that came with Energon Magnus can remove it's post, and I know it can plug into a 5mm hole. Got Cybertron Armorhide hooked up to Armada Overload like that.

As long as FoC Magnus has a 5mm trailer hole, I think it'll work.

News Credits: 1 · by **starscream2222** » Wed May 02, 2012 11:07 pm

Am I he only one that has noticed that the majority of the guns that are packed with the bots are almost exactly like the ones we have seen in game screenshots, not some made up weapon. For example, Starscreams gun looks like the X18 scrapmaker, Kickbacks looks like the Gear shredder, and Sideswipes looks like the Path Blaster.
Just a wild thought is all :-?

by **orangeitis** » Wed May 02, 2012 11:10 pm

starscream2222 wrote:Am I he only one that has noticed that the majority of the guns that are packed with the bots are almost exactly like the ones we have seen in game screenshots, not some made up weapon. For example, Starscreams gun looks like the X18 scrapmaker, Kickbacks looks like the Gear shredder, and Sideswipes looks like the Path Blaster.
Just a wild thought is all

I noriced that too. At first, I thought Starscream's weapon was merely two x12 Scrapmakers from WFC. Guess it could still be that in the case that the x18 is in actuality the name of a combo of two x12s. They did say weapons upgrade in FoC.

News Credits: 3 · by **Manterax Prime** » Thu May 03, 2012 3:18 am

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but upon looking more closely at Fireflight, it seems to me the part w/ the peg hole in vehicle mode becomes his sword in bot mode. Sadly, that means no arm cannon for Fireflight.

by **orangeitis** » Thu May 03, 2012 4:09 am

Manterax Prime wrote:Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but upon looking more closely at Fireflight, it seems to me the part w/ the peg hole in vehicle mode becomes his sword in bot mode. Sadly, that means no arm cannon for Fireflight.

That's right. The sword is integrated into his alt mode in a similar way Shocky's arm cannon is integrated into his alt mode.

Like korisifu on Facebook · by **korisifu** » Thu May 03, 2012 4:31 am

I actually hope Shockwave is the same size as the deluxes from the last game and that the seekers are slightly smaller. I just hope we are wrong about Bumblebee and Cliffjumper being larger than Magnus and such. We already know that BB & CJ are the exact same size as Optimus and Megs.
Having Shockwave the same size as Megs and Soundwave won't bother me.

News Credits: 1 · by **njb902** » Thu May 03, 2012 8:10 am

shipping, plastic, and labour in china costs are all increasing so why is it a surprise that the bots cost more and are getting smaller? we can complain about the "unreasonable" prices all we want but it wont change the bottum line Hasbro needs to turn a profit. I really don't get the amount of backlash on these toys, they seem to be engineered well(as best as I can tell without them in hand) and have pleasing aesthetics in bot and vehicle mode. nothing Hasbro does seems to please the dissenters so I do not understand why you fallow the products.

the more I see of this magnus and staracream the happier I get. do any other TFs have a hammer that might work with this magnus?

by **orangeitis** » Thu May 03, 2012 9:18 am

njb902 wrote:the more I see of this magnus and staracream the happier I get. do any other TFs have a hammer that might work with this magnus?

I think PRID Cliffjumper comes with one, but I'm not 100% positive.

News Credits: 1 · by **RhA** » Thu May 03, 2012 9:21 am

orangeitis wrote:
njb902 wrote:the more I see of this magnus and staracream the happier I get. do any other TFs have a hammer that might work with this magnus?
I think PRID Cliffjumper comes with one, but I'm not 100% positive.

He does.

News Credits: 1 · by **njb902** » Thu May 03, 2012 9:49 am

orangeitis wrote:
njb902 wrote:the more I see of this magnus and staracream the happier I get. do any other TFs have a hammer that might work with this magnus?
I think PRID Cliffjumper comes with one, but I'm not 100% positive.

that would work, would be nice if it had a bit more heft to it. don't get me wrong I love his BAS, just would be nice with a hammer as well.

by **RAcast** » Thu May 03, 2012 9:54 am

njb902 wrote:
orangeitis wrote:
njb902 wrote:the more I see of this magnus and staracream the happier I get. do any other TFs have a hammer that might work with this magnus?
I think PRID Cliffjumper comes with one, but I'm not 100% positive.

that would work, would be nice if it had a bit more heft to it. don't get me wrong I love his BAS, just would be nice with a hammer as well.

In all fairness, it's more of a mace/club than a hammer.

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Thu May 03, 2012 2:36 pm

Air Raid
Arcee
Ironhide
Jazz
Jetfire
Omega Supreme
Ratchet
Scattorshot
Sideswipe
Silverbolt
Warpath
Zeta Prime

Barricade
Brawl
Breakdown
Dead End
Demolisher
Onslaught
Shockwave
Skywarp
Slipstream
Starscream
Thundercracker
Trypticon

zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Decent progress but.. as cool as Sideswipe could be I really don't see any sort of canon repaintability. An Ironhide mold would have been a better option, considering we also have the sportscars in Jazz and Bumblebee. I really feel like Hasbro is just going to deviate from the rich character list that they have with WFC/FOC and just do their standard repaint fodder material. I guess I should be happy with what we're getting but still feels like we're heading through a big detour away from the suggested destination.

by **OptiMagnus** » Thu May 03, 2012 3:36 pm

Blurrz wrote:

zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Decent progress but.. as cool as Sideswipe could be I really don't see any sort of canon repaintability. An Ironhide mold would have been a better option, considering we also have the sportscars in Jazz and Bumblebee. I really feel like Hasbro is just going to deviate from the rich character list that they have with WFC/FOC and just do their standard repaint fodder material. I guess I should be happy with what we're getting but still feels like we're heading through a big detour away from the suggested destination.

You feel that Hasbro is going to do more repaints? I thought you knew what was going to be released in the future.
However, since we have Starscream I wouldn't mind repaints of him as the other Seekers. I'd especially like to see Omega Supreme and Trypticon, but Hasbro probably isn't willing to do any big figures any time soon. Why not do Ironhide and Ratchet? There's an easy repaint/retool that would be fairly popular.

by **orangeitis** » Thu May 03, 2012 3:50 pm

OptiMagnus wrote:Why not do Ironhide and Ratchet? There's an easy repaint/retool that would be fairly popular.

If we're not getting the Dinobots, I'd say there's a good chance. Gotta balance 'bots and 'cons at the Voyager level in theory, and Soundwave and Soundblaster are already confirmed.

by **RAcast** » Thu May 03, 2012 6:58 pm

OptiMagnus wrote:
Blurrz wrote:

zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Decent progress but.. as cool as Sideswipe could be I really don't see any sort of canon repaintability. An Ironhide mold would have been a better option, considering we also have the sportscars in Jazz and Bumblebee. I really feel like Hasbro is just going to deviate from the rich character list that they have with WFC/FOC and just do their standard repaint fodder material. I guess I should be happy with what we're getting but still feels like we're heading through a big detour away from the suggested destination.

You feel that Hasbro is going to do more repaints? I thought you knew what was going to be released in the future.
However, since we have Starscream I wouldn't mind repaints of him as the other Seekers. I'd especially like to see Omega Supreme and Trypticon, but Hasbro probably isn't willing to do any big figures any time soon. Why not do Ironhide and Ratchet? There's an easy repaint/retool that would be fairly popular.

Especially since FOC Ratchet is Prime Ratchet after all.

by **orangeitis** » Thu May 03, 2012 7:02 pm

RAcast wrote:
OptiMagnus wrote:
Blurrz wrote:

zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Decent progress but.. as cool as Sideswipe could be I really don't see any sort of canon repaintability. An Ironhide mold would have been a better option, considering we also have the sportscars in Jazz and Bumblebee. I really feel like Hasbro is just going to deviate from the rich character list that they have with WFC/FOC and just do their standard repaint fodder material. I guess I should be happy with what we're getting but still feels like we're heading through a big detour away from the suggested destination.

You feel that Hasbro is going to do more repaints? I thought you knew what was going to be released in the future.
However, since we have Starscream I wouldn't mind repaints of him as the other Seekers. I'd especially like to see Omega Supreme and Trypticon, but Hasbro probably isn't willing to do any big figures any time soon. Why not do Ironhide and Ratchet? There's an easy repaint/retool that would be fairly popular.

Especially since FOC Ratchet is Prime Ratchet after all.

That's like saying G1 cartoon Soundwave is G1 comic Soundwave. :-B

News Credits: 7 · by **TulioDude** » Thu May 03, 2012 7:02 pm

I like them.Sideswipe front reminds of the movie Stingray they used.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Fri May 04, 2012 7:19 am

RAcast wrote:Especially since FOC Ratchet is Prime Ratchet after all.

Not entirely true. They belong to the same Aligned continuity, yes, but not the same timeline. That's the main problem with Aligned, even TFWiki has trouble with it.

by **RAcast** » Fri May 04, 2012 7:29 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
RAcast wrote:Especially since FOC Ratchet is Prime Ratchet after all.

Not entirely true. They belong to the same Aligned continuity, yes, but not the same timeline. That's the main problem with Aligned, even TFWiki has trouble with it.

Oh, seriously? ._.; Yikes, I can see why then.

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Fri May 04, 2012 9:59 am

orangeitis wrote:
starscream2222 wrote:Am I he only one that has noticed that the majority of the guns that are packed with the bots are almost exactly like the ones we have seen in game screenshots, not some made up weapon. For example, Starscreams gun looks like the X18 scrapmaker, Kickbacks looks like the Gear shredder, and Sideswipes looks like the Path Blaster.
Just a wild thought is all
I noriced that too. At first, I thought Starscream's weapon was merely two x12 Scrapmakers from WFC. Guess it could still be that in the case that the x18 is in actuality the name of a combo of two x12s. They did say weapons upgrade in FoC.

It was mentioned at Botcon that this was intentional. Giving the toys in-game weapons was a conscious effort.

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Fri May 04, 2012 10:37 am

Fireflight is supposed to be an homage to the G1 Aerialbot, right? :???:

by **SJ21** » Fri May 04, 2012 10:38 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
RAcast wrote:Especially since FOC Ratchet is Prime Ratchet after all.

Not entirely true. They belong to the same Aligned continuity, yes, but not the same timeline. That's the main problem with Aligned, even TFWiki has trouble with it.

PC load letter? What the f does that mean?

Do you mean that they are from a later time? If so, wouldn't Cybertron Ratchet be Prime Ratchet eventually? I'm so confused.