The Energon Pub

News Credits: 462 · Thu Jul 31, 2014 8:49 am

leokearon wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
leokearon wrote:I don't see want the big deal is,, we already had two news stories revealing this character already and the images weren't covered/hidden, so why do it for the actual gallery? All it does it makes it more inconvenient for everyone.
To respect the Club's wishes for the secret figure to remain a secret until its official release (Ryan got his early).

That's rubbish, as I mentioned they already posted 2 news stories revealing this figure identity already. If they really respected the clubs wishes they won't have posted either story. Similar if they wanted to respect the Club's wishes why not actually wait until the official release to show the gallery instead of jumping the gun and doing this mess.

All I can say is take it up with Ryan.

Thu Jul 31, 2014 10:31 am

AutobotAlvaron wrote:Does this make anyone else wonder if Has/Tak will ever make a Twincast out of that Blaster mold? They already made a Soundblaster, so why not? Also I like this "Secret/Hidden" gallery idea; for some reason, it feels "special".

Why wait for Hasbro ? Pick up a Blaster and Soundwave and you can do it yourself...

On a side note, covering each individual photo with a "teaser alert" was tremendous overkill. Just leaving the teaser alert on the link would have been sufficient. The one person on Earth who cares about not ruining the surprise wouldn't bother to click on the link.

News Credits: 3646 · Thu Jul 31, 2014 10:47 am

Rated X wrote:
AutobotAlvaron wrote:Does this make anyone else wonder if Has/Tak will ever make a Twincast out of that Blaster mold? They already made a Soundblaster, so why not? Also I like this "Secret/Hidden" gallery idea; for some reason, it feels "special".

Why wait for Hasbro ? Pick up a Blaster and Soundwave and you can do it yourself...

On a side note, covering each individual photo with a "teaser alert" was tremendous overkill. Just leaving the teaser alert on the link would have been sufficient. The one person on Earth who cares about not ruining the surprise wouldn't bother to click on the link.

Wow ... that looks really awesome. What did you use for Blaster's face to make it that color?

News Credits: 3646 · Thu Jul 31, 2014 10:55 am

Sabrblade wrote:
leokearon wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
leokearon wrote:I don't see want the big deal is,, we already had two news stories revealing this character already and the images weren't covered/hidden, so why do it for the actual gallery? All it does it makes it more inconvenient for everyone.
To respect the Club's wishes for the secret figure to remain a secret until its official release (Ryan got his early).

That's rubbish, as I mentioned they already posted 2 news stories revealing this figure identity already. If they really respected the clubs wishes they won't have posted either story. Similar if they wanted to respect the Club's wishes why not actually wait until the official release to show the gallery instead of jumping the gun and doing this mess.
All I can say is take it up with Ryan.

This was just me having fun with all of this. It just took about 10 hours of programming, creating graphics and extensive testing to change the functionality of the galleries to make it so we can now have select "Members Only" galleries and "Spoiler" galleries if needed. Each individual thumbnail wasn't replaced, it's just some simple programming to make the gallery display the real thumbnail or a "spoiler" thumbnail.

Now that I have implemented the new gallery functionality, I will probably start using this on special galleries in the future. I already have some special galleries planned that I don't see the point of having be available to the public initially.

News Credits: 3646 · Thu Jul 31, 2014 11:05 am

leokearon wrote:I don't see want the big deal is,, we already had two news stories revealing this character already and the images weren't covered/hidden

We provided spoiler space in both stories and didn't put the character's name in the title.

leokearon wrote:So why do it for the actual gallery?

To avoid the opposite of your statements which are ... "thanks for spoiling this for me" and other similar comments. This little experiment just shows that there's just no pleasing everyone. Damned if I do, damned if I don't!

leokearon wrote:All it does it makes it more inconvenient for everyone.

It's not really inconvenient. There's ONE extra link that you have to click to disable the spoiler view and go back to the regular gallery view. That's it! Just one extra link you have to click.

leokearon wrote:If they really respected the clubs wishes they won't have posted either story. Similar if they wanted to respect the Club's wishes why not actually wait until the official release to show the gallery instead of jumping the gun and doing this mess.

Seibertron.com exists to bring fans news, information, and entertainment . We jump through all sorts of hoops to do this. If we wait until a figure is released, someone will inevitably jump the gun. We always like to be first with news ... it doesn't always happen, but we certainly try to be first!

If you have any other questions, please let me know. Thanks for participating on Seibertron.com.

Thu Jul 31, 2014 11:26 am

Seibertron wrote:
Rated X wrote:
AutobotAlvaron wrote:Does this make anyone else wonder if Has/Tak will ever make a Twincast out of that Blaster mold? They already made a Soundblaster, so why not? Also I like this "Secret/Hidden" gallery idea; for some reason, it feels "special".

Why wait for Hasbro ? Pick up a Blaster and Soundwave and you can do it yourself...

On a side note, covering each individual photo with a "teaser alert" was tremendous overkill. Just leaving the teaser alert on the link would have been sufficient. The one person on Earth who cares about not ruining the surprise wouldn't bother to click on the link.

Wow ... that looks really awesome. What did you use for Blaster's face to make it that color?

Thanks Ryan. My friend Eddie did this custom for me. He used a certain type of paint that comes in a tube to match the shade of blue perfect. I wish I could remember the name of the paint. Also, there were a lot of pins that needed to be popped out and a heating pin was needed to do so. It was no easy task. Props go to Eddie.

News Credits: 3646 · Fri Aug 08, 2014 2:53 pm

grimdragon2001 wrote:nice gallery for Scourge, but do you think you can get some shots of him with Botcon Skybyte and TFCC Sideburn. Be nice to get a pic of all the "Classics RID" figures together

Thanks to Generations Sky-Byte, I finally took care of your request 14 months later! Enjoy!!!

How's that for great service!

News Credits: 6188 · Thu Aug 21, 2014 5:49 am

Arriving now in your mailboxes, if you're a member of the Transformers Collectors' Club, is the new offering in the Seibertron.com exclusive figures gallery: Treadshot with partner Catgut! The two toys are repaints of previous Generations Deluxe Warpath and that Arms Micron that kinda looks like Ravage, shown in the galleries with their original incarnations - and just to keep you entertained, make sure to check out the third new addition: United Deluxe Warpath, the Takara repaint!

Convention & Club Exclusives Treadshot

Convention & Club Exclusives Catgut

Transformers United Warpath

News Credits: 293 · Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:43 am

gotta say, warpath is just one of those "great" molds i think ill always buy. treadshot is awesome looking, ill probably try and find one.

News Credits: 241 · Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:52 am

Wow, Catgut is actually made from two plastic colors? :shock:

News Credits: 462 · Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:04 am

It's funny how Catgut, having no instructions, can be converted into two different gun configurations.

News Credits: 3 · Fri Aug 22, 2014 9:47 am

Sabrblade wrote:It's funny how Catgut, having no instructions, can be converted into two different gun configurations.

That mold in general is really awesome. It's got plenty of modes(cat mode, gun mode, saw mode, shield mode, etc.).

News Credits: 1 · Fri Aug 22, 2014 6:57 pm

Got my Treadshot today, which was probably the quickest I've received any club figure. Thought it was worth mentioning given that I'm in the UK.

News Credits: 461 · Wed Sep 24, 2014 1:30 pm

With the 5th member of the Club Subscription 2.0 recently arriving in your mailboxes, if are subscribed that is, Seibertron.com is here to provide you with an exclusive in-depth gallery. Chromedome with his partner Stylor are repaints (with a new head mold for Chromedome) of the previous Transformers Prime RID Wheeljack and the Arms Micron from Transformers Prime Arms Micron Smokescreen Check them out and remember keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates, plus the best galleries around!

Convention & Club Exclusives Chromedome

Convention & Club Exclusives Stylor

Convention & Club Exclusives Chromedome (Deluxe Class, Exclusives)

News Credits: 241 · Wed Sep 24, 2014 1:42 pm

Take note that Stylor comes misassembled with the arms and lower legs swapped, but the galleries have him fixed.

Good job on the swaps, was that all you had to do, Seibs?

News Credits: 1 · Wed Sep 24, 2014 3:25 pm

most importantly though, stylor comes with the wings and backpack assembled correctly.Only complaint with this figure, besides mine coming with the head of the pin that keeps the rotating forearm piece on missing from one of the arms (sent back for replacement) is the wheeljack mold's lack of rotation in the elbow/forearm area. But it's such a great mold otherwise, and chromedome just OWNS it.

News Credits: 1 · Thu Sep 25, 2014 8:07 am

Heh. Anyone else think Stylor kinda looks like an Oompa-Loompa, particularly in that last picture? Or am I just over-tired? :lol:

News Credits: 241 · Thu Sep 25, 2014 8:12 am

Marcdachamp wrote:Heh. Anyone else think Stylor kinda looks like an Oompa-Loompa, particularly in that last picture? Or am I just over-tired?

He looks more like Devcon, so... You're just over-tired

News Credits: 1 · Thu Sep 25, 2014 9:00 am

Marcdachamp wrote:Heh. Anyone else think Stylor kinda looks like an Oompa-Loompa, particularly in that last picture? Or am I just over-tired?

Oompa-Loompa or not, he's damn happy to see you.

News Credits: 3 · Tue Oct 07, 2014 11:20 am

My Rewind came misassembled, his hips are pinned in backwards!

News Credits: 3646 · Tue Oct 07, 2014 5:44 pm

I updated the gallery for Eject to include his bio card

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers- ... ct/3370/1/

News Credits: 293 · Tue Oct 07, 2014 8:55 pm

FracturedKoi wrote:My Rewind came misassembled, his hips are pinned in backwards!

why is it that the botcon and TFCC figures suffer from such rampant QC problems?

News Credits: 25 · Tue Oct 07, 2014 9:04 pm

shajaki wrote:
FracturedKoi wrote:My Rewind came misassembled, his hips are pinned in backwards!
why is it that the botcon and TFCC figures suffer from such rampant QC problems?

Wasn't there a rumor a few months back that to cut costs the club doesn't pay for QC or something like that :???:

News Credits: 241 · Wed Oct 08, 2014 8:14 am

SW's SilverHammer wrote:
shajaki wrote:
FracturedKoi wrote:My Rewind came misassembled, his hips are pinned in backwards!
why is it that the botcon and TFCC figures suffer from such rampant QC problems?

Wasn't there a rumor a few months back that to cut costs the club doesn't pay for QC or something like that

A more likely explanation is that we as collectors are far more weary of slight errors, as we're paying a premium to get these figures. And the errors themselves are the same as what you can expect from regular retail, from loose joints to misassembled pieces. We just don't scream bloody murder when that happens with regular retail as they're easily replaced :lol:

News Credits: 3646 · Thu Oct 09, 2014 5:39 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
SW's SilverHammer wrote:
shajaki wrote:
FracturedKoi wrote:My Rewind came misassembled, his hips are pinned in backwards!
why is it that the botcon and TFCC figures suffer from such rampant QC problems?

Wasn't there a rumor a few months back that to cut costs the club doesn't pay for QC or something like that

A more likely explanation is that we as collectors are far more weary of slight errors, as we're paying a premium to get these figures. And the errors themselves are the same as what you can expect from regular retail, from loose joints to misassembled pieces. We just don't scream bloody murder when that happens with regular retail as they're easily replaced

Actually I heard the same thing about Quality Control. I experience a much higher percentage of problems with the Club exclusives and BotCon figures than I do with regular retail figures.