The Energon Pub

News Credits: 3 · by **Shockwave7** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 7:40 pm

Well I have to give props to them for Crosshairs. They engineered the figure so that people aren't calling it 'horrible, ugly, obvious, brick-like kibble', they're calling it a 'trenchcoat'.

Kudos for fooling the community into thinking the kibble looks 'cool' vs. seeing it as yet another lazy-butt shellformer.

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 5:21 am

Shockwave7 wrote:Well I have to give props to them for Crosshairs. They engineered the figure so that people aren't calling it 'horrible, ugly, obvious, brick-like kibble', they're calling it a 'trenchcoat'.

Kudos for fooling the community into thinking the kibble looks 'cool' vs. seeing it as yet another lazy-butt shellformer.

Kibble isn't always necessarily a bad thing. It can help change the sillohuette of a figure and make it look like more than just a humanoid robot. Starscream's wings and shoulder vanes, Prowl's door wings and Shrapnel's "horns" are all technically kibble, and yet they are fundamental parts of the character's design- they give them the distinctive look that we all love. Crosshair's trenchcoat-kibble is a similar phenomenon. It sets him apart from the other robots and gives him a unique shape, in addition to being somewhere to store the bits of car. Plus, it's part of the actual character model, so we can't blame Hasbro for this one.

Also, surely a car Autobot that doesn't follow the "Back of car becomes legs, front of car becomes chest, doors become wings" formula is a good thing?

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 1:18 pm

With the first wave of both Deluxes and Voyagers from the upcoming Transformers: Age of Extinction movie toyline taken care of, Seibertron.com is proud to present some fun little dino companions for those of you with a construction vein: Transformers Construct-Bots Grimlock, Strafe and Slug! Check out the images below, and click on any of them to access the full galleries, including comparison shots with other Construct-Bots and respective Generations figures.

Age of Extinction: Construct-Bots Strafe

Age of Extinction: Construct-Bots Grimlock

Age of Extinction: Construct-Bots Slug

News Credits: 12 · by **GuyIncognito** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 1:53 pm

Construct-Bot Grimlock is better-looking than Voyager Grimlock.

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 1:54 pm

GuyIncognito wrote:Construct-Bot Grimlock is better-looking than Voyager Grimlock.

And that's a sad, sad fact. :-(

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 1:54 pm

And I noticed something: Construct-Bots uses a numbering system too, only with E (which I think stands for "Episode") instead of Series. Great, more obscure info to document :lol:

The Dinos look pretty decent, but I'm kind of the fence with this line.

News Credits: 7 · by **Noideaforaname** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 2:31 pm

Strafe looks kinda generic without his shoulder-pteranodon-heads thing. On the other hand, he'd make an excellent base for a Hun-Grrrrr custom.
Actually, you could probably make all kinds of crazy monster TFs with these...

News Credits: 3 · by **Optimizzy** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 3:09 pm

why do these look better than the main line toys??? :BOOM:

by **Darth Jumpy** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 8:03 pm

Now that Construct-Bots look pretty decent, I think I'll start picking some up.

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 2:00 am

Earlier this week, we treated you to the Seibertron galleries of the Age Of Extinction Constructbots. We covered the Dinobots and how they can interact with the smaller Constructbot figures, the riders. You can see those galleries right here: Dinobot Constructbot Galleries

And now, it's the riders turn! Seibertron.com is proud to present our newest galleries, Age of Extinction Construct-Bots Dinobot Riders Lockdown, Drift, Bumblebee, and Optimus Prime!

Without further ado, the preview pics:

Age of Extinction: Construct-Bots Lockdown

Age of Extinction: Construct-Bots Drift

Age of Extinction: Construct-Bots Optimus Prime

Age of Extinction: Construct-Bots Bumblebee

Keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates, plus the best galleries around!

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 3:40 am

I'm amused that the Dino-Riders have the same proportions as MTMTE Swerve and Tailgate

by **Peridot** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 5:33 am

Can anybody who has the Construct-Bots tell me if the Dino Riders' parts compatible with the standard Construct-Bots?

by **Doubledealer93** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 6:23 am

yeah it looks like they are. the use the same ball joints, clips and pegs.

News Credits: 5 · by **welcometothedarksyde** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 8:54 am

I'm LOVING the Riders and Dinos. I'm gonna try and pick up Lockdown first. I love how it looks like one of his eyes is twitching, and the cues to animated in the toy. I totally found some Construct-bots Strafe's in a Canadian Wal-mart, and they refused to sell it to me :-(

by **Darth Jumpy** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 10:07 am

Metro Prime wrote:Can anybody who has the Construct-Bots tell me if the Dino Riders' parts compatible with the standard Construct-Bots?

They all use the same clips and ball joints. As a bonus, the ball joints are compatible with Kre-o ball joints.

I like these guys. They look a lot more interesting then the regular simplified transformation lines from the movie. If I pick up the Dinobots, I'll try to pick these up too.

News Credits: 3597 · by **Seibertron** » Sat Apr 26, 2014 12:36 pm

This was my first time putting my hands on Construct-Bots. I own all the rest that came out, just haven't had a chance to open any of them and I never bothered to tinker around with them at any of the events I attended that Hasbro had them out at such as SDCC, NYCC, etc.

I actually really like the Construct-Bots. I can't believe how huge they are for the price. The $10 ones are an absolute bargain. Yah, they're a little unorthodox. But as a cheap way to get some really nice head sculpts and some interesting takes on some of our favorite characters, the Construct-Bots were a really nice treat.

My favorite is my "custom" Soundwave. I swapped out the yellow parts with the black parts from an extra Starscream I have. He turned out pretty nice. I also was pleasantly surprised that the 2 pack of Prime and Megatron had unique head sculpts from the regular Elite Class releases. Unnecessary, but welcomed at the same time!

The Dinobot Riders were fun little basic toys. For the $5 retail price, I think they're very worth it. If they were $8 to $10 they'd be disappointing, but for $5 what the heck! Lockdown is my favorite of that group.

Hopefully they'll figure out a way to make an additional scale of figures for smaller characters like Bumblebee and Cliffjumper that should only come to Soundwave, Prime and Megatron's chests. Not small scale like the Dinobot Riders, but a happy compromise that shortens up the legs or something.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Thu May 01, 2014 2:22 pm

Still leading up to the release of Transformers: Age of Extinction next month, and pushing very close to the official street date for its accompanying toys (17th May), Seibertron.com has yet another dino-themed Contruct-Bot offering to show you! Check out below, by clicking any of the images, the double-trouble set of Construct-Bots Dinobot Warriors Optimus Prime and Gnaw Dino - who is both a green crocodino and Optimus' new battle throw. What do you think of this new gimmick? Let us know in the ever-fun Energon Pub inside!

Age of Extinction: Construct-Bots Optimus Prime

Age of Extinction: Construct-Bots Gnaw

by **RAcast** » Thu May 01, 2014 2:58 pm

I wait with baited breath...for this to go on clearance so I can snap it up! :grin:

News Credits: 650 · by **ScottyP** » Thu May 01, 2014 3:35 pm

That combining gimmick is really neat, I think. I was looking forward to that on the Beast Hunters Constructbots, but those never even came out.

News Credits: 1 · by **Bumblevivisector** » Thu May 01, 2014 5:57 pm

ScottyP wrote:That combining gimmick is really neat, I think. I was looking forward to that on the Beast Hunters Constructbots, but those never even came out.

Me too. Were they confirmed as cancelled when Target's exclusive Predacons Rising stuff shelfwarmed, or is there still some glimmer of hope? I just got CB Predaking on clearance, and he's a hell of a lot better than I guessed he'd be.

Oddly, these 2-packs were what I've been looking forward to most ever since Toy Fair, and I'm a tad disappointed to see the armor dinos don't also have their own robot modes, but I guess this makes them the equivalent of Action Master partners.

Though what Optignaw's combination REALLY reminds me of is this:

News Credits: 3597 · by **Seibertron** » Wed May 07, 2014 8:31 pm

Seibertron.com is proud to present a gallery of Age of Extinction Generations Leader Class Grimlock. This is our 17th gallery from the Transformers Age of Extinction toy line! Leader Class Grimlock is one of the most anticipated figures from the upcoming toy line which will be officially released on May 17th at brick-and-mortar stores.

While he isn't much bigger in T-Rex mode than his Voyager Class counterpart, but is much taller in robot mode. The new AOE Leader Class toys are similar in size to Ultra Class toys from previous Transformers toy lines. One striking feature of this version of Grimlock is the large amounts of chrome paint that are on this toy, which appears to be a divisive feature amongst many fans.

Check out all of our pics to decide if you'll be picking up Leader Class Grimlock. When you do find him, please make sure you stop by our sightings section to let others know that you found him!

Just to clarify where this toy came from, it was purchased on eBay.

Age of Extinction: Generations Grimlock

by **Ultra Markus** » Wed May 07, 2014 8:57 pm

i like the voyager better

News Credits: 1 · by **durroth** » Wed May 07, 2014 9:04 pm

Gonna be honest, now that I see it outside official shots, not completely hating it. kind of looks cool

News Credits: 7 · by **Noideaforaname** » Wed May 07, 2014 9:09 pm

I'm a dinosaur/monster nut, and would consider the beast modes the primary ones, but these Grimlocks do nothing but disappoint me. The other Dinobots look great, but Grimmys are just... blech.

News Credits: 1 · by **durroth** » Wed May 07, 2014 9:15 pm

the proportions don't really bother me as much as I thought they would. It's mainly the chrome that bothers me, because I remember how well it worked for all those transmetals figures that lost all color and started flaking. I do however feel big grimlock's bad front proportions could be offset by a thicker, longer tail.