The Energon Pub

[Sabrblade]

On a very different note, I know who else besides Grand Max's Cog that Siege Cog can be redecoed into: Car Robots Gadep!

[Rodimus Prime]

On a very different note, I know who else besides Grand Max's Cog that Siege Cog can be redecoed into: Car Robots Gadep!

Only if Brave Maximus is following.

[Sabrblade]

On a very different note, I know who else besides Grand Max's Cog that Siege Cog can be redecoed into: Car Robots Gadep!

Only if Brave Maximus is following.

Or those who own a vintage Brave Max could give it to him, since the original Gadep was so hard to come by having been a contest figure. Helpful to this is the notion that the original Fort/Grand/Brave Max is 5mm-port-compatible.

[Rodimus Prime]

On a very different note, I know who else besides Grand Max's Cog that Siege Cog can be redecoed into: Car Robots Gadep!

Only if Brave Maximus is following.

Or those who own a vintage Brave Max could give it to him, since the original Gadep was so hard to come by having been a contest figure. Helpful to this is the notion that the original Fort/Grand/Brave Max is 5mm-port-compatible.

But how many actual ports does he have? I just remember the one on his chest where the radar dish goes.

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

There's at least a couple right here:


And I'm fairly sure the Cerebros mold's fistholes are 5mm so there's that

[blackeyedprime]

So a question for those that scored a Netflix Megatron...is the head issue from Siege still there or not so more or less? This will for sure will determine for me if I should get him or not...my thanks in advance!

Head issue seems to be a bit worse than the selects release on my figure, never had the original. His left foot ankle tilt is still gimpy too and his foot is loose/doesn't lock in place though not as bad as the selects. Might all be down to qc or luck.

[ThunderThruster]

Even if I have to admit that the extra parts made into a hoverboard actually works fine, as it's something I can see Shockwave build for himself. But it still shouldn't be a part of his alt mode.

Hoverboard? I saw it more of an amalgam of his action master partner Fist Fight and the Diagnostic Drone from Beast Machines.

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

PSA TIME
We interrupt your regularly scheduled broadcast to bring you a public service announcement to owners of Ratchet and Ironhide.

These toys are fine representations of the characters, but they contain a secret that seems to have been inadequately documented.


As demonstrated here, it is possible to configure the windshield so that it slopes forward in robot mode, as per the cartoon and the original toys.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming. Have a nice day.

[o.supreme]

Shelf Warm to the power of THREE! . Seriously though, I think the Netflix deco is pretty cool, I think having the unique battlemasters despite the higher price will help it sell better than previous versions.

[LinaNui]

PSA TIME
We interrupt your regularly scheduled broadcast to bring you a public service announcement to owners of Ratchet and Ironhide.

These toys are fine representations of the characters, but they contain a secret that seems to have been inadequately documented.


As demonstrated here, it is possible to configure the windshield so that it slopes forward in robot mode, as per the cartoon and the original toys.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming. Have a nice day.

That... that is just how you are supposed to transform them.

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

I know. I'm poking fun at people still missing that step.

[Starseeker]

Just want to say how much I love these toys! I love the detail in them, and I'm fine with the prices and sizes of these guys. I love how you can arm them up to the max, and I like the war torn theme of it all. I'm really enjoying the Cybertronian jet modes of the seekers, and the camo look on combat Megatron. I really dig Spinister's color scheme. Astrotrain has been my favorite figure. I love putting him in his shuttle mode in the upright launch position and arming him up with all of his guns. Makes sense he'd be so armed up is he's transporting a shipment of Energon or troops, and I can sort of connect him to city mode Trypticon which looks really cool.

I'm late to the party on this line, but thought I'd share how much I love it.

[M. Spector]

Just want to say how much I love these toys! I love the detail in them, and I'm fine with the prices and sizes of these guys. I love how you can arm them up to the max, and I like the war torn theme of it all. I'm really enjoying the Cybertronian jet modes of the seekers, and the camo look on combat Megatron. I really dig Spinister's color scheme. Astrotrain has been my favorite figure. I love putting him in his shuttle mode in the upright launch position and arming him up with all of his guns. Makes sense he'd be so armed up is he's transporting a shipment of Energon or troops, and I can sort of connect him to city mode Trypticon which looks really cool.

I'm late to the party on this line, but thought I'd share how much I love it.

Being late is better then never showing up! There is a lot to love about Siege. And Im with you on Spinister, its such a lovely update to the old toy, its amazing hes only gotten two figures ever (not counting wacky repaints or exclusives). Real deal tetrajet seekers are also a treat, I keep seeing Hotlink at my local walmart and it makes me think he'd look preeetty nice alongside Thundercracker

[TF-fan kev777]

Just want to say how much I love these toys! I love the detail in them, and I'm fine with the prices and sizes of these guys. I love how you can arm them up to the max, and I like the war torn theme of it all. I'm really enjoying the Cybertronian jet modes of the seekers, and the camo look on combat Megatron. I really dig Spinister's color scheme. Astrotrain has been my favorite figure. I love putting him in his shuttle mode in the upright launch position and arming him up with all of his guns. Makes sense he'd be so armed up is he's transporting a shipment of Energon or troops, and I can sort of connect him to city mode Trypticon which looks really cool.

I'm late to the party on this line, but thought I'd share how much I love it.

Being late is better then never showing up! There is a lot to love about Siege. And Im with you on Spinister, its such a lovely update to the old toy, its amazing hes only gotten two figures ever (not counting wacky repaints or exclusives). Real deal tetrajet seekers are also a treat, I keep seeing Hotlink at my local walmart and it makes me think he'd look preeetty nice alongside Thundercracker

Do it! Seriously, he has the best paintjob out of them all (I have all 8 so far, RedWing is second).

[Starseeker]

Agreed. I picked him up and he is a nice stand in for Skywarp.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Still waiting on my Hotlink to ship. Still haven't seen him in stores either

[Rodimus Prime]

Still waiting on my Hotlink to ship. Still haven't seen him in stores either

My Wal-Mart has 5 or 6 of them. I could have bought and shipped one to you by now.

[AcademyofDrX]

I called Wal-Mart online customer service today and they said the new ship date for Hotlink and Megatron is July 3rd.

[Emerje]

I called Wal-Mart online customer service today and they said the new ship date for Hotlink and Megatron is July 3rd.

You'd think they'd update us on this automatically. My order was supposed to arrive 6/17, but by Wednesday night it still hadn't shown up and the order still said 6/17. It wasn't until 6/18 that it finally changed to "Delayed—check back later for status update" with no date. If I hadn't already paid for these I'd just cancel them and buy them in stores.

Emerje

[AcademyofDrX]

My area Walmarts have been packed for months, and though our local infection rate is quite low, I haven't gone there for some time. I might venture out to see if they're in stores even though the website shows them out of stock locally.

[ThunderThruster]

I know. I'm poking fun at people still missing that step.

How do you know it was a mistakenly missed step and not a deliberate one?

[blackeyedprime]

Picked up a scrap face today wooop, I think refractor is now competing for the highest number I have of the same mold especially if I pick up another siege or netflix one so he can make the camera.

[Nemesis Destron]

That pesky Shockwave, why the hell hasn't he been marked down? It seems to me that it's been long enough to clear shelf warming!

[o.supreme]

Target tried to with BOGO 50% off back in February, but that wasn't enough. Need to mark those Schockwaves at both Walmarts and Targets to like $15 if they want to really get rid of them

[Tuned Agent]

My Target still had eight Shockwaves last I checked. But don't Siege and ER leaders use the same product codes or something? That would make it really hard to put just Shockwaves on sale without putting the new product on sale too.