The Energon Pub

So I decided to visit Target today. Of course, I went straight to the TFs to find...half of wave 1. Goody goody. But, ironically two figures caught my eye. Huffer w/ Caliburst and Smolder w/ Chopster. I tried to decide for a a while, then I thought maybe a movie figure would be more enjoyable. This caused another dilemma: Ironhide or Ravage? The PCCs just seemed to be calling my name, and I ultimately picked Smolder out of curiousity and to expand my Decepticons in my fairly small collection that is roughly 75% Autobots.
So I get home and with great effort, I remove Smolder and his little pal from their bindings. I figured out the transformation without the instructions, and left me feeling like: That's all? $9.99 for this! Why didn't I get Ironhide or Ravage! But, I kept playing around with him, and figured out the uses for the mini-con, and I started to enjoy the figure a little. Plus, Smolder features the old Unicron Trilogy mini-con plug, and the same standard fist hole, so the new and old mini-cons are compatible with each others' continuities' figures. It kind of brings back the great memories from when I discovered TFs during the Unicron trilogy. Maybe the Power Core Combiners aren't so bad after all. (But I still want Ironhide and Ravage. And please no SACRILEGE SACRILEGE! comments. These are TFs after all.)

The PCC 2 packs are all really great. They are simple but fun figures. I think you made a excellent choice. Ironhide is a nice figure but Smolder is lightyears ahead of Ravage.

LOST Cybertronian wrote:The PCC 2 packs are all really great. They are simple but fun figures. I think you made a excellent choice. Ironhide is a nice figure but Smolder is lightyears ahead of Ravage.

Thank you! I appreciate your opinion. I needed some advice from (intelligent, open minded) fans that buy more than I do.

Also, the minicons in the 2 packs are mostly good. I don't care too much for Backwind who comes with Searchlight. He is the worst of the minicons.

I love this two pack. it is exceptional chopster is loaded with playability and smolder is epic as a fire starting fire truck. WIN!

my review with voices... lol

LOST Cybertronian wrote:Also, the minicons in the 2 packs are mostly good. I don't care too much for Backwind who comes with Searchlight. He is the worst of the minicons.

I agree with you on Backwind and searchlight. They just aren't appealing. I'm thinking about buying Huffer and Caliburst (with the revised colored truck hood) next.

smolder is an awsome mold, and im not a big fan of pcc. chopster is a nice minicon, but i gave him to my henkei optimus to be his energy axe in my neo g1

grimdragon2001 wrote:smolder is an awsome mold, and im not a big fan of pcc. chopster is a nice minicon, but i gave him to my henkei optimus to be his energy axe in my neo g1

Chopster also works well with Armada Supercon Optimus Prime as a weapon.