The Energon Pub

News Credits: 2 · by **Requiem Prime** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 12:28 pm

Not bad. TFC is really pushing to FansProject territory.

by **gothsaurus** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 12:37 pm

Stockade wrote:Well im not a fan of the PCC but these are great! but tanks, jets and prop planes are getting old, i would like to see Naval ships done for either factions.

Oook. Wow, yeah that would be fantastic. I think those and a jeep would be must-buys. Hmmmm. What other decent war vehicles were in that era.

News Credits: 62 · by **#Sideways#** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 12:48 pm

Have we identified the types of the planes and tanks? Their original color schemes may hint on what they will look like in the future.

They look awesome!!!

by **Godzillabot Primal** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 12:53 pm

Nice and very G1ish, only complant is the Monkey arms!

News Credits: 187 · by **GetRightRobot** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 1:08 pm

Are you paying attention Hasbro? :???:

News Credits: 2 · by **First-Aid** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 1:16 pm

Cybershark wrote:PS: Nice addition of actual hands and feet I HATE when Hasbro does not make hands on bots just like the damn movie figures. We need bots with hands on ALL of our bots,lol.

Two words: Omega Supreme.

News Credits: 2 · by **Nemesis Destron** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 1:25 pm

IMHO I think they are cool in a simple kinda way. My only concerns are stability. I saw a video review of Bombshock combined and he was not so sturdy when combined and wobbled just a bit. Can anyone else comment on this factor with this PPC set or any other combiners or commander? It would suck ass if TFC didn't take this into consideration I think...'nuff said! :VEHI:

by **gothsaurus** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 1:50 pm

Yeah, Omega Supreme is a rare exception. I definitely prefer actual fists. Those stupid Energon fingers on the combiners were horrid. Same for these PowerCore sets. The fists look SSoooo much better.

News Credits: 3 · by **ArmadaPrime** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 3:06 pm

thirs parties, why u so expensive and third party and awesome and more expensive and imports from other countries and not possible for me to get???

Looks awesome, however.

News Credits: 17 · by **cannonfodder4000** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 3:38 pm

griftimus prime wrote:not a fan of those legs. they are just tanks that dont look like legs.

Can't see how more leg-like they can make them, I mean, you can definitely tell what's supposed to be what, for example, the feet, they look like feet. |:|

Like funeralthirst7 on Facebook · by **funeralthirst7** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 4:42 pm

Nemesis Destron wrote:IMHO I think they are cool in a simple kinda way. My only concerns are stability. I saw a video review of Bombshock combined and he was not so sturdy when combined and wobbled just a bit. Can anyone else comment on this factor with this PPC set or any other combiners or commander? It would suck ass if TFC didn't take this into consideration I think...'nuff said!

I haven't noticed anything like this with Bombshock. Mine has been free standing with no support since I removed him from the package and combined him.

His transformation process was a little off due to Hasbro designing too tight a tolerance for some parts to move freely though.

News Credits: 1 · by **Sodan-1** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 6:47 pm

I confess: I'm a PCC hater. But seeing these units on Heavytread has me sorely tempted to get them. The only thing I'm scratching my head over is why World War II? I can't think of a single WWII Transformer, let alone a PCC commander.

by **juxtapose519** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 6:49 pm

I was kinda hoping that the tanks would have a slight transformation in combiner mode so they wouldn't look quite so much like tanks, but given that they also have robot modes that look pretty awesome, I guess I can't complain.

And the planes look totally awesome as arms.

by **MINDVVIPE** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:18 pm

body eez so tineey

I'd like to have em to attach to my steamhammer figure... the BEST pcc, dinobots can bite it. hehe.

News Credits: 2 · by **Skyfire77** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:37 pm

Sodan-1 wrote:I confess: I'm a PCC hater. But seeing these units on Heavytread has me sorely tempted to get them. The only thing I'm scratching my head over is why World War II? I can't think of a single WWII Transformer, let alone a PCC commander.

They're rare, but there are a few: ROTF Highbrow is a modified P-38, and G2 Ransack was an F4U.

by **PowerEncarnate** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 11:00 pm

Nemesis Destron wrote:IMHO I think they are cool in a simple kinda way. My only concerns are stability. I saw a video review of Bombshock combined and he was not so sturdy when combined and wobbled just a bit. Can anyone else comment on this factor with this PPC set or any other combiners or commander? It would suck ass if TFC didn't take this into consideration I think...'nuff said!

its a side effect of the auto-morph on the jeep drone and has nothing to do with the commander. seeing as these use a standard, manual transformation and solid connector ports that shouldn't be an issue when combined with Bombshock.

Unless they really botched the port it's self or you get a bad casting.

griftimus prime wrote:not a fan of those legs. they are just tanks that dont look like legs. and this thing is SHOOOORT

Well, I have two things to think about.

1: tanks for legs....hmmmm it's basically the same thing with Xfire/Bruticus Maximus set and on a combiner I dont mind so much. Its kinda the idea.

2: Short....this is true, but when put next to Bruticus he still looks good, kinda like a junior member, new addition to the team.

Also, in one of the last issues of Toyfare they had an interview with one of the TF creative team(don't remember who but I'm wanting to say the creative director) and on one of his statements he said that the commanders were "in training" the be full combiner team leaders under the command of older teams(bombshock under the command of onslaught for instance). and if thats the case i have no issue with these guys being on my CHUG shelf next to other combiners. After all they are the rookies on the combiner teams. Which is also why,fluff wise, they got drones and not full bots.

Like funeralthirst7 on Facebook · by **funeralthirst7** » Wed Nov 30, 2011 2:15 am

MechHaven wrote:

Also, in one of the last issues of Toyfare they had an interview with one of the TF creative team(don't remember who but I'm wanting to say the creative director) and on one of his statements he said that the commanders were "in training" the be full combiner team leaders under the command of older teams(bombshock under the command of onslaught for instance). and if thats the case i have no issue with these guys being on my CHUG shelf next to other combiners. After all they are the rookies on the combiner teams. Which is also why,fluff wise, they got drones and not full bots.

That idea actually makes a lot of sense.

by **PowerEncarnate** » Wed Nov 30, 2011 8:26 am

funeralthirst7 wrote:
MechHaven wrote:

Also, in one of the last issues of Toyfare they had an interview with one of the TF creative team(don't remember who but I'm wanting to say the creative director) and on one of his statements he said that the commanders were "in training" the be full combiner team leaders under the command of older teams(bombshock under the command of onslaught for instance). and if thats the case i have no issue with these guys being on my CHUG shelf next to other combiners. After all they are the rookies on the combiner teams. Which is also why,fluff wise, they got drones and not full bots.

That idea actually makes a lot of sense.

Thanks. if i can track down that issue i'll post scans of that article with the section i paraphrased highlighted

Like funeralthirst7 on Facebook · by **funeralthirst7** » Wed Nov 30, 2011 2:46 pm

MechHaven wrote:
funeralthirst7 wrote:
MechHaven wrote:

Also, in one of the last issues of Toyfare they had an interview with one of the TF creative team(don't remember who but I'm wanting to say the creative director) and on one of his statements he said that the commanders were "in training" the be full combiner team leaders under the command of older teams(bombshock under the command of onslaught for instance). and if thats the case i have no issue with these guys being on my CHUG shelf next to other combiners. After all they are the rookies on the combiner teams. Which is also why,fluff wise, they got drones and not full bots.

That idea actually makes a lot of sense.

Thanks. if i can track down that issue i'll post scans of that article with the section i paraphrased highlighted

Please do. I'm sure I'm not the only one who would like to check that out.

by **gothsaurus** » Wed Nov 30, 2011 5:30 pm

Yeah, I also like the implied... this is a larger universe implications. More constructicons, more stunticons, etc. I always wanted a steamroller stunticon.

Now, if we can talk hasbro into repainting that set in all green/purple, I'll die a happy man.

by **cybeast** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 2:32 pm

Looking at it again... I hope the arm has minicon port so I can use my minicon to arm him more

the original limbs, while don't have any meaningful articulation, but can be used for attaching minicon to make him look more menacing

(I use combination of Bombshock and Mudslinger's drones)

by **PowerEncarnate** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:29 am

MechHaven wrote:
funeralthirst7 wrote:
MechHaven wrote:

Also, in one of the last issues of Toyfare they had an interview with one of the TF creative team(don't remember who but I'm wanting to say the creative director) and on one of his statements he said that the commanders were "in training" the be full combiner team leaders under the command of older teams(bombshock under the command of onslaught for instance). and if thats the case i have no issue with these guys being on my CHUG shelf next to other combiners. After all they are the rookies on the combiner teams. Which is also why,fluff wise, they got drones and not full bots.

That idea actually makes a lot of sense.

Thanks. if i can track down that issue i'll post scans of that article with the section i paraphrased highlighted

found and scanned the article, but having an issue getting the individual images into a pdf my scanner would do that in the past but its not working now for some reason. as soon as i can get it working or get some hepl making the pdf i will post the link