The Energon Pub

by **Vapes** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 9:15 pm

I don't suppose one of you was at the Madison Heights TRU today? There was a big white pickup truck with some black racing stripes running down the back with, you guessed it, Decepticon logos. I actually wanted to know where they got 'em.
One was a regular decal, the other was this thick metal piece on the side of the truck.

News Credits: 5 · by **God Magnus** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 2:24 pm

The new Walmart at 7-mile and Middlebelt (Livonia Walmart North) has one HA Jazz. Livonia TRU has Hound and Bumblebee Speed Stars. Nothing else new that I saw.

News Credits: 1082 · by **Tigertrack** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 3:05 pm

God Magnus wrote:The new Walmart at 7-mile and Middlebelt (Livonia Walmart North) has one HA Jazz. Livonia TRU has Hound and Bumblebee Speed Stars. Nothing else new that I saw.

Canton Target had to HA Jazz yesterday, and the Stealth Force deals - Inferno.

I grabbed Gears, and Hound Stealth Force. Nifty toys. Similar to mask. Shame that like on Hound they added metal looking bits in the open form that look like movie TF wires, and joints.

I will probably grab Soundwave and Silverstreak at some point and Inferno when he comes out.

News Credits: 5 · by **God Magnus** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 6:14 pm

Stealth Force? That must be what I saw, not Speed Stars. I find it hard to keep all the new, gimmicky lines straight these days.

News Credits: 3 · by **Highbeam** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 11:59 pm

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:
tfpredaking wrote:
RodimusConvoy13 wrote:Well, that was kind of a boring 2000 post. I didn't realize it was my 2000 post. I don't even know what sub group you get to be at 2000. I'm now on the News Crew here so it doesn't say the sub group under my screen name anymore.

I believe the sub group you are part of would be.....
HAW, HAW...P-O-T-A-T-O!

Would that be these purple Energon potatoes?

actually, those are real potatoes that my brother grew one year. I can't remember what they were called though

Those potatoes are freaking me out! :shock:

by **Veritas Prime** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 10:03 am

Blaster was delivered yesterday. To my horror, this is what the box looked like:

That brown paper you can see through the hole is all that was protecting Blaster, so of course the packaging got banged up. Is there a more incompetent pair than Hasbro Toy Shop and FedEx? I even contacted HTS when I placed my order and asked that they make sure it's packed securely this time.

News Credits: 194 · by **RodimusConvoy13** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 10:05 am

Veritas Prime wrote:Blaster was delivered yesterday. To my horror, this is what the box looked like:

That brown paper you can see through the hole is all that was protecting Blaster, so of course the packaging got banged up. Is there a more incompetent pair than Hasbro Toy Shop and FedEx? I even contacted HTS when I placed my order and asked that they make sure it's packed securely this time.

I'm actually surprised that there was any packing material in it at all. Usually my HTS stuff is in a box 5 times bigger than it needs to be and no packing material.

That sucks, man, sorry. :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 5 · by **God Magnus** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 10:21 am

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:I'm actually surprised that there was any packing material in it at all. Usually my HTS stuff is in a box 5 times bigger than it needs to be and no packing material.

This.

Also, TRU is much more incompetent than any pair. If it had been them, Blaster would have been shipped in a giant envelope with no padding after alternately confirming and cancelling your order three times.

by **bigwhitey21** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:50 pm

just got back from the Flint Toys R Us with a shiny new Masterpiece Grimlock. Great figure. I just wish toy companys would go back to square boxes. Took me 10 minutes geting him out of his little plastic prison. they still had 3 left as of 2:00 pm. $69.00

News Credits: 194 · by **RodimusConvoy13** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:52 pm

bigwhitey21 wrote:just got back from the Flint Toys R Us with a shiny new Masterpiece Grimlock. Great figure. I just wish toy companys would go back to square boxes. Took me 10 minutes geting him out of his little plastic prison. they still had 3 left as of 2:00 pm. $69.00

I'm assuming there was no new animated figures?

by **bigwhitey21** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 2:24 am

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:
bigwhitey21 wrote:just got back from the Flint Toys R Us with a shiny new Masterpiece Grimlock. Great figure. I just wish toy companys would go back to square boxes. Took me 10 minutes geting him out of his little plastic prison. they still had 3 left as of 2:00 pm. $69.00

I'm assuming there was no new animated figures?

You assume correctly. Just a couple cybertron ratchets.

by **bigwhitey21** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 1:31 pm

went to the cort st. Walmart in flint and picked up the 2 new powercore 5 packs. none left. didnt see much of anything else new there

News Credits: 1082 · by **Tigertrack** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 1:57 pm

bigwhitey21 wrote:went to the cort st. Walmart in flint and picked up the 2 new powercore 5 packs. none left. didnt see much of anything else new there

Which two new would you be talking about? The cars and monster trucks? (Brand new) Or the jets/copters and battle vehicles (old for a few of us)?

by **moneycon** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 6:29 pm

found banzai tron at the grand blanc walmart...very surprised..also found the 6" suitcase iron man.

by **Vapes** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 7:48 pm

My Southfield TRU is totally stocked up on all sorts of things right now. We had some Animated Voyagers on clearance for $12.98, so I finally caved and bought Optimus.

And oh, am I happy I did. His robot mode is excellent. A very G1-reminiscent transformation, and not a complicated movie-style one at that. Unfortunately, his axe is a bit of a letdown and I don't really care for the gun design, but I'm happy I got him. He looks great on the shelf. I should really catch up on that show.

Also, I saw some HA Jazz at the 15/Coolidge Target. They had three, plus some Bumblebees in the new packaging. Tempting, but I'd already bought Optimus and randomly found a DCU Cyborg Superman/Mongul two-pack, so Jazz will wait. He'll be around. =)

My dad randomly found a box of the toys on the side of the road and gave them to me. Not much for me in there, couple of Star Wars figures, but the odd things were a preview entry-mode Starscream from the first movie (missing an arm), a Chromia, again missing an arm and some other pieces, plus one of the arm/door pieces from Deluxe Barricade. There were also a couple of those little toddler-friendly figures, Shockwave and Grimlock.

Not really sure what I'm gonna do with Starscream. It'd be nice to have that arm, lol.

News Credits: 1 · by **tfpredaking** » Sat Aug 07, 2010 8:41 am

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GOD MAGNUS :KREMZEEK:

Don't drink too much :SICK:

News Credits: 1082 · by **Tigertrack** » Sat Aug 07, 2010 9:00 am

tfpredaking wrote:HAPPY BIRTHDAY GOD MAGNUS

Don't drink too much

Indeed, a most wonderful coming forth from the chamber of the Allspark well day to you. Or however they described it in TF: Exodus.

Happy Birthday GM! :APPLAUSE:

News Credits: 5 · by **God Magnus** » Sat Aug 07, 2010 10:18 am

Well, it's next saturday, but thanks! ;)^

News Credits: 1 · by **tfpredaking** » Sat Aug 07, 2010 10:44 am

God Magnus wrote:Well, it's next saturday, but thanks!

I'm such a retardicon... whoops!

Well, you can't mad at me when I forget next week

by **bigwhitey21** » Sat Aug 07, 2010 11:24 am

tigertracks 24 wrote:
bigwhitey21 wrote:went to the cort st. Walmart in flint and picked up the 2 new powercore 5 packs. none left. didnt see much of anything else new there

Which two new would you be talking about? The cars and monster trucks? (Brand new) Or the jets/copters and battle vehicles (old for a few of us)?

oh the wave 2 ones. the rallybots and the destructicons.

by **moneycon** » Sat Aug 07, 2010 2:00 pm

bigwhitey21 wrote:just got back from the Flint Toys R Us with a shiny new Masterpiece Grimlock. Great figure. I just wish toy companys would go back to square boxes. Took me 10 minutes geting him out of his little plastic prison. they still had 3 left as of 2:00 pm. $69.00

gone...

News Credits: 1 · by **tfpredaking** » Sat Aug 07, 2010 3:43 pm

I just picked up a Japanese G1 MISB Sky Garry for shits and giggles. Just what my house needed, another "brick"

He is cool though. Can't wait to get him in the mail

News Credits: 1082 · by **Tigertrack** » Sat Aug 07, 2010 3:59 pm

tfpredaking wrote:I just picked up a Japanese G1 MISB Sky Garry for shits and giggles. Just what my house needed, another "brick"

He is cool though. Can't wait to get him in the mail

Awesome G1 fig.

News Credits: 194 · by **RodimusConvoy13** » Sat Aug 07, 2010 4:01 pm

They've got a bunch of them at BBTS.

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/temp ... late=11516

I would really like to have one, but I better not right now.

by **marshall dusty** » Sat Aug 07, 2010 4:16 pm

TRU in Ann Arbor/Ypsi had no MP grimlocks. they had battle ops BB, leader starscream and both leader primes. (hftd/rotf)
two aisles down on an endcap there are a ton of animated leader magnus for 20 dollars and supreme prime for 25.