The Energon Pub

Prowl1529 wrote:Has anyone knows whitch size will Scout Windcharger be? His he at the same size of Deluxe Bumblebee?

He is a scout class figure so he should be about as big as any other scout which means he will be smaller than deluxe bumblebee.

Love this piece. Must have it! Been waiting for this one since we got the Inferno.

I also am not overly fond of the brightness of the yellow. I would like a more realistic yellow...
But I missed out on Inferno so this is a must get for me. And it looks great despite the coloration so I'm sure I'll be happy with it.

Joetx wrote:Don't like how the color got more yellow from the preview pic at toy fair, though.

Azure_Dragoon wrote:I also am not overly fond of the brightness of the yellow. I would like a more realistic yellow...

Given the amount of photoshopping that Hasbro's publicity department uses, I'm betting that this isn't the "real" shade of yellow on the fig.

when i was about 4 - before transformers made its debut on local tv.. i was into cranes.. loved them to bits.. later when i got into transformers.. i still had a soft spot for the construction vehicles - i think i recreated the scene from arrival from cybertron with my toy crane so naturally when i saw grapple in the toyshop i begged my parents to get it.. i don't think i had ever wanted a tf so badly ad grapple!

i even bought the reissue even tho my original was in decent condition... i have classics inferno and to be honest it's one of my least favourites - maybe cos he didn't have a big white step ladder.

he is very g1 like in his blockiness and his transformation is quite fun (i really like voyager class tfs cos of their balance in transformation complexity and size). I Am pleased they remolded the arms on grapple and gave him a decent sized crane.. though certain details would've been nice such as the inclusion of weaponry - hand gun and er gun for a hand.

and yeah he should be more orange.. in that pic he looks more like a homage to the micromaster erector

but hey i'll be buying him anyways.

Samsonator wrote:

Pretender Skywarp wrote:Hang about...

"Grappel"

WTF??

Not the first glaring typographical error on Transformers packaging, probably not the last either. I'd try to argue it's necessity for trademark purposes, but then the "Solar Storm" in the name already takes care of that. Perhaps it's a packaging test shot and the error will be fixed by it's actual release... Then again, perhaps not. I could see Hasbro letting this slide...

I doubt its a typo. It'll be an intentional misspelling to get the name clear legal. Just like Scattorshot was an intentional misspelling of Scattershot. The name on the slides would be before they had to design the packaging; stuff can happen like that.

Ooo, pretty.

WANT.

"reveal the shield"? did i miss somthing

Oh man.

I already have Inferno and Spark and I told myself I don't need another version of this mold.

But he really looks tempting.

Dr. Heavy B wrote:"reveal the shield"? did i miss somthing

Yep, it's the mid-line rebranding for Generations and Hunt for the Decepticons. The gimmick is the rubsign, so the actual allegiance of the character is a mystery. That also explains why there are no "Autobot" this and "Decepticon" that, instead there are silly nicknames.

Looks great!

Nice to see the bit of remolding here. Grapple looks pretty cool.

Bass X0 wrote:

Samsonator wrote:

Pretender Skywarp wrote:Hang about...

"Grappel"

WTF??

Not the first glaring typographical error on Transformers packaging, probably not the last either. I'd try to argue it's necessity for trademark purposes, but then the "Solar Storm" in the name already takes care of that. Perhaps it's a packaging test shot and the error will be fixed by it's actual release... Then again, perhaps not. I could see Hasbro letting this slide...

I doubt its a typo. It'll be an intentional misspelling to get the name clear legal. Just like Scattorshot was an intentional misspelling of Scattershot. The name on the slides would be before they had to design the packaging; stuff can happen like that.

Indeed, though I imagine there was a three step process here:

1) Change Grapple to Grappel to pass trademark.

2) Discover that, since "Grappel" is not phonetically distinct from "Grapple" they still can't trademark it (remember, that's why they couldn't get "Airachnid"), so amend the application to add "Solar Storm", reflecting his bright yellow paint job.

3) Either forget they had changed the spelling of his name, or decide not to risk changing it back because they were already on a tight deadline, and can't afford another rejection.


Anyway, humans screw around with the spellings of their names all the time, even within a single language, consider:

Johnathan vs. Jonathon
Kathryn vs. Catherine

And if you get into nick-names things potentially get really crazy*:

Johnathan = John, Jonny, Nathan, Nate, & Jack
William = Liam, Will, & Bill
Alexander = Xander, Alex, & Lex
Robert = Bert, Rob, & Bob
Henry = Hank
Benjamin = Ben, Benny, & Obi-Wan

Why would Cybertronians be any better about spelling their names?

[*I'm not actually looking up the etymology for the names, I'm just going by shortenings of the names individuals may/might use. If you get into etymology, stepping things through multiple languages, it potentially gets stranger.]

Now THIS is how you do a remold right! Bravo Hasbro. I was expecting a crane to replace the water cannon.. but the new arms, feet -and- head were beyond my expectations. Definately a get.

He can join Costco Optimus Prime/Overload and RID Yellow Convoy in the BURNING LEMON JUSTICE League of Super Transformers. Love it.

Looks good but i'll wait for the Henkei version as it will have chrome.

This figure should have a gun of some sort and the crane should be able to be stored on his back.

I'm getting Grapple when I see him in stores but I wish they could have given him a gun of some sort guess Hasbro doesn't share the same enthusiasm for guns as I do huh "sad face"

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Dr. Heavy B wrote:"reveal the shield"? did i miss somthing

Yep, it's the mid-line rebranding for Generations and Hunt for the Decepticons.

So Generations & HFTD are merging into a single line?

This guy looks really good. I'm loving this G1 lovin'. This guy will great next to Inferno and Red Alert. Hopefully, Hasbro will give us an updated Hoist

Prowl1529 wrote:One more to spend money. But i will wait for Takara because i really hope they put his head yellow like the cartoon,

His head was also black in some episodes, just like the toy. Can't think of what episodes off hand, but yeah, most of us think of him from the "solar power tower" ep where it was yellow.

Maybe they'll tell us exactly what "solar storm" means in his bio? shrugs This toy is awesome though, I might pick it up.

As for Revealing the Shield, am I the only one who had trouble getting rub signs to work as a kid? I mean they would never change for me, unless I put hot water on them or something! Probably because I had cold hands I guess. heh.

Hasbro is actually kind of pissing me off right now. Don't get me wrong, I love all this Neo-G1 without it being all Geewunny (like, the toys don't PANDER too much to old aesthetics and are willing to make updates to style and such) but why couldn't they have had these toys out when I was living at home and had no rent to pay? By the time I get financially able to actually collect the Classics-verse toys, I'll have to pay triple the price for each toy on the aftermarket...oh WOE IS ME!

And I still haven't gotten a Classics/Henkei Optimus Prime cuz I never found him in stock... and well, he's stupid expensive on the aftermarket (end of bitching)

Loving that he has that full crane! Hope I can find an Inferno at some point so I can have both.

NuclearConvoy wrote:but why couldn't they have had these toys out when I was living at home and had no rent to pay? By the time I get financially able to actually collect the Classics-verse toys, I'll have to pay triple the price for each toy on the aftermarket...oh WOE IS ME!

Solution: Move back home!

Liftgate wrote:

NuclearConvoy wrote:but why couldn't they have had these toys out when I was living at home and had no rent to pay? By the time I get financially able to actually collect the Classics-verse toys, I'll have to pay triple the price for each toy on the aftermarket...oh WOE IS ME!

Solution: Move back home!

LOL! Not gonna happen, lol.

Joetx wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Dr. Heavy B wrote:"reveal the shield"? did i miss somthing

Yep, it's the mid-line rebranding for Generations and Hunt for the Decepticons.

So Generations & HFTD are merging into a single line?

It would appear so, especially with the pics of the Roddy and Cyclonus two pack.

Why is he yellow? I thought it was going to be orange, like the G1 figure!