The Energon Pub

[cloudballoon]

I had a thought today about maybe using VW Bee for Herbie, Being that Hasbro already has a close relationship with Disney it probably wouldn't be too difficult to do.

I wonder how Hasbro even approaches ideas on what characters to base them on, do they go to the licensor first or does the company that holds it IP come to them?

I think it's most likely Hasbro doing the scouring of the properties to do the crossovers - it is a Hasbro line of TF figures afterall - but for those that have "anniversary synergies" it could be the other way around.

But the Hasbro x Mattel is a much deeper collaboration though. The all die-cast limited edition HW OP is done by the Hot Wheels team, not Hasbro. And there will be other IP corssing over with Mattel, not limited to just TF & HW.

[william-james88]

The Shizuoka Hobby Show 2025 has been going on since the beginning of the week and Takara, along with other Japanese toy brands, were showing their wares. Below we have images of the following products:

- Adamas Machina AMT-01EX Rodimus Lost Light Ver (non transforming, licensed)
- Adamas Machina AMT-02 Predaking (non transforming, licensed)
- Takara Masterpiece MPG-17 Optimus Prime Style Gen
- Takara MPG-18 Masterpiece Hauler
- Transformers x Evangelion Collaboration silhouette image
- Missing Link Anime Bumblebee and Cliffjumper in the C-09 Cybertron 2 pack Hero Set
- Takara tripe crossover Optimus Prime figure for Tomy Zoids/Diaclone/Transformers called Shield D Prime
- Macross 7 Transformers crossover figure, Basara Convoy

Here are all the sources for the images you will find below:
https://x.com/tspark_official/status/19 ... 5033162813
https://www.instagram.com/p/DJnOT8jztHX/
https://x.com/digitamin/status/1922455198389182888
https://www.reddit.com/r/transformers/c ... nsformers/

[megatran]

That shadow/silhouette appears to be another Prime example.

[G1OptimusPAX]

Hold on wait a minute... I see they just walked over speaking about the SS Devastator, but are those independent fingers i see? That looks WAY better than what I've been seeing. Those are not the blocky hands we are used to.

[Brokebot]

That Predaking is sweet. I wonder how many internal organs that'll cost.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Rodimus does transform.

Not sure on Predaking yet, but it is the same "toyline numbering" as Rodimus, so until told otherwise, I would guess it does transform too

[First-Aid]

That Predaking is sweet. I wonder how many internal organs that'll cost.

Frankly, I don't care. I will give my left testicle for that thing.








I've been married and haven't had access to it for 25 years anyways...

[Gauntlet101010]

Predaking looks awesome, but how does it look next to other combiners?

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Just make sure to keep that Macross Optimus away from pineapple salad.

[-Kanrabat-]

Optimus got himself into the cosplay hobby pretty hardcore recently.

[First-Aid]

Optimus got himself into the cosplay hobby pretty hardcore recently.

Not gonna complain except that it's always him. I'm just thrilled to see these crossovers...they are just fun. That Zoids one...no idea where that came from but I love it. Has a Diaclone reboot feel to it (yes, I know it's technically a TF/Diaclone/Zoids crossover, but you could argue that Diaclone is more Zoids than Zoids are).

[Glyph]

Adding the Shield-D-Prime to the list of really cool-looking figures I know I'll never own... Still have my original Shield (T)iger in the attic!

[angtre]

Frankly the thing I'm most excited for is the new MPG Load Hauler. I have a very soft spot for these obscure characters, even though normally I collect only Decepticons, I'll make (yet another) exception for him. Cordon and Burn Out are feeling lonely lately...

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I am very excited for Shield-D-Prime, that one has a spot in my collection thanks to Diaclone, and will be my first Zoids experience

[Emerje]

Rodimus does transform.

Not sure on Predaking yet, but it is the same "toyline numbering" as Rodimus, so until told otherwise, I would guess it does transform too

Site hasn't let me on for over a week so maybe you've already seen these, but this is from page 3:




Emerje

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Rodimus does transform.

Not sure on Predaking yet, but it is the same "toyline numbering" as Rodimus, so until told otherwise, I would guess it does transform too

Site hasn't let me on for over a week so maybe you've already seen these, but this is from page 3:




Emerje

Yep, there it is.

Price is for sure gonna hurt given the set is PotP Predaking sized, but dang does it look nice

[blackeyedprime]

Price on the Shield-D-Prime here is around £260 mark -Kapow has pre-orders up:

https://www.kapowtoys.co.uk/product/tra ... prime.html

Not keen on bot modes shoulder joints.

[Nemesis Destron]

Rodimus does transform.

Not sure on Predaking yet, but it is the same "toyline numbering" as Rodimus, so until told otherwise, I would guess it does transform too

Site hasn't let me on for over a week so maybe you've already seen these, but this is from page 3:




Emerje

Yep, there it is.

Price is for sure gonna hurt given the set is PotP Predaking sized, but dang does it look nice

Freakin' A and it would be epic to see the size up of both figures! I'll have the crash cart on stand by for my wallet when the prices hit for both Basara Prime and Predaking!

[Emerje]

So how are we feeling about Macross 7 Basara Prime? I'm really digging him, I think I'm going to call him Basara Rodimus Prime since he's more Rodimus than Optimus which appears to be entirely intentional, probably why he isn't called Basara Optimus Prime this time.

I love it, not every crossover needs to be Optimus Prime.

Emerje

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Simply awesome looking, I am excited