The Energon Pub

Seibertron wrote:Is the silver on his face / brow the traditional silver paint that is used on Transformers or is it the darker gray silver?

Typical brighter silver. Fits him well though!

megatronus wrote:In other news, I am awfully jealous. C'mon HLJ - I paid last week. Ship my order!

I reached out to one of my contacts at HLJ that I deal with for their advertising. He told told me there was a holiday in Japan on Saturday, which meant they were closed, and they did inventory today, which meant nothing shipped today. Hopefully our orders will ship tomorrow.

You know, I never thought about it until now, but Exhaust's visor kinda reminds me of that of Kamen Rider Ryuki/Kamen Rider Dragon Knight.

Sabrblade wrote:You know, I never thought about it until now, but Exhaust's visor kinda reminds me of that of Kamen Rider Ryuki/Kamen Rider Dragon Knight.

That's a bit of a stretch IMO. In that case, the faceplate of the G1 Wildrider toy reminds me of that Kamen Rider Ryuki/Kamen Rider Dragon Knight.

Seibertron wrote:That's a bit of a stretch IMO.

Not saying it's an exact match (certainly impossible since Ryuki came out in 2003 ). Just that the slanted vents with red inside the silver visor called to mind those details on Ryuki's/KRDK's visor.

Dang it!
Now I want this figure?
I fear it's too late for me.
Enjoy, y'all!

I think it's almost time to try to procure Wheeljack.
Show up in the mail already Star Saber!

i need this.

I like this guy better than Wheeljack. Too bad he's a con...

Siger wrote:I like this guy better than Wheeljack. Too bad he's a con...

He has the worst luck when it comes to that: every redeco or retool of Wheeljack ends up as a Decepticon. Look at Slicer, Prime Dead End and Wilrider, and now Exhaust.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Siger wrote:I like this guy better than Wheeljack. Too bad he's a con...

He has the worst luck when it comes to that: every redeco or retool of Wheeljack ends up as a Decepticon. Look at Slicer, Prime Dead End and Wilrider, and now Exhaust.

Oh dang, happened with Club Runamuck and Runabout too! At least Energon Downshift got the KB redeco, and there was Prime Legends Hyperspeed Wheeljack Autobot Exhaust.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Siger wrote:I like this guy better than Wheeljack. Too bad he's a con...

He has the worst luck when it comes to that: every redeco or retool of Wheeljack ends up as a Decepticon. Look at Slicer, Prime Dead End and Wilrider, and now Exhaust.

Haha you are right, that's quite strange. Especially when wildrider and dead end didn't look anything like Wheeljack in G1.

Siger wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Siger wrote:I like this guy better than Wheeljack. Too bad he's a con...

He has the worst luck when it comes to that: every redeco or retool of Wheeljack ends up as a Decepticon. Look at Slicer, Prime Dead End and Wilrider, and now Exhaust.

Haha you are right, that's quite strange. Especially when wildrider and dead end didn't look anything like Wheeljack in G1.

To be fair, the Prime Wheeljack mold isn't really G1-esque either, so to say Dead End and Wildrider don't look like Wheeljack isn't a great comparison.

megatronus wrote:

Siger wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Siger wrote:I like this guy better than Wheeljack. Too bad he's a con...

He has the worst luck when it comes to that: every redeco or retool of Wheeljack ends up as a Decepticon. Look at Slicer, Prime Dead End and Wilrider, and now Exhaust.

Haha you are right, that's quite strange. Especially when wildrider and dead end didn't look anything like Wheeljack in G1.

To be fair, the Prime Wheeljack mold isn't really G1-esque either, so to say Dead End and Wildrider don't look like Wheeljack isn't a great comparison.

Prime Wildrider is stated to have taken Wheeljack's form in his bio. As for Prime Dead End... I wouldn't know.

I can only think of two Autobots any version of Wheeljack has been retooled into: Grimlock for Binaltech, and Tracks for Generations.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:As for Prime Dead End... I wouldn't know.

His bio said that he looks the way he does thanks to Dark Energon.

Here's a thing from Burcham.

Cuz I cant help but think of the screw-hole as a bullet-hole [making him blind so he wears a visor like Predator]

Va'al wrote:Here's a thing from Burcham.

Cuz I cant help but think of the screw-hole as a bullet-hole [making him blind so he wears a visor like Predator]

So that's one of the most badass things I've ever seen. Just throwing that out there.

Yup, they gotta include him in the comics now and actually make that canon. Would be so cool.

Dead Metal wrote:Yup, they gotta include him in the comics now and actually make that canon. Would be so cool.

The good and the bad. Just received Exhaust (yahoo!) The bad (my WJ decals from Ocean which I ordered 5 days prior to Exhaust shipping hasn't arrived yet.....booooooooo)

The pics I'll upload once I have all the decals in. Robot wise, a great repaint/retool. Mold hasn't deteriorated yet and well, Exhaust looks just as cool if not cooler thatn WJ

Decal issues, the Britax decal that goes on his doors, it worked well for WJ but the new tampos on Exhaust doesn't align properly.

Just received notice that my preordered Exhaust will not ship due to the PM fiasco.
Anyone have a good link to order him from?
PM if possible, thanks in advance.

triKlops wrote:Just received notice that my preordered Exhaust will not ship due to the PM fiasco.
Anyone have a good link to order him from?
PM if possible, thanks in advance.

That sucks cause he's a really nice figure. After missing out on too many MP figures (cause I didn't know where to find them) someone directed me to HLJ.com, amiami.com and anime-export.com. Even after shipping and exchange rate I've found them to be very well priced and I haven't missed a single one that I've remembered to preorder. All of this doesn't solve your current issue unfortunately though, since they are all sold out long before the release date.

I too would be interested in knowing if there is a reliable seller out there that has reasonably priced legitimate stock after a release.

triKlops wrote:Just received notice that my preordered Exhaust will not ship due to the PM fiasco.
Anyone have a good link to order him from?
PM if possible, thanks in advance.

I take it you did'nt reserve earlier at hlj? They are now at astronomically high 2ndary market prices.There was a link around here by LOST CYBERTRONIAN at Nippon Yasan. It's double the actual retail price back then.

Thanks for the heads up folks; i appreciate all the info.
I had originally preordered in September, way before all of the PM insanity went down.
And since I had not heard anything, as well as the sellers stores rep for getting items, i thought i was solid.
The store only let me know today that it would not be getting the stock and refunded me the loot.
After seeing those other sites online prices, i think I just might pass on him altogether as the inflated
price is not in my budget.
Hopefully down the line, something may pop up for a reasonable amount of duckets and i will snag it.
Thanks again for the info and suggestions folks; Seibertron fam looking out for me is much appreciated!

triKlops wrote:Thanks for the heads up folks; i appreciate all the info.
I had originally preordered in September, way before all of the PM insanity went down.
And since I had not heard anything, as well as the sellers stores rep for getting items, i thought i was solid.
The store only let me know today that it would not be getting the stock and refunded me the loot.
After seeing those other sites online prices, i think I just might pass on him altogether as the inflated
price is not in my budget.
Hopefully down the line, something may pop up for a reasonable amount of duckets and i will snag it.
Thanks again for the info and suggestions folks; Seibertron fam looking out for me is much appreciated!

No problem. Btw, that supplier, it's domestic USA?

fenrir72 wrote:

triKlops wrote:Thanks for the heads up folks; i appreciate all the info.
I had originally preordered in September, way before all of the PM insanity went down.
And since I had not heard anything, as well as the sellers stores rep for getting items, i thought i was solid.
The store only let me know today that it would not be getting the stock and refunded me the loot.
After seeing those other sites online prices, i think I just might pass on him altogether as the inflated
price is not in my budget.
Hopefully down the line, something may pop up for a reasonable amount of duckets and i will snag it.
Thanks again for the info and suggestions folks; Seibertron fam looking out for me is much appreciated!

No problem. Btw, that supplier, it's domestic USA?

Yes it is.
I am a regular customer there and am happy with them.
I was just hoping a finagle might swing my way because how long i had waited.
Was not meant to be then; at least i have MP Star Saber on its way now.

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