The Energon Pub

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 1:24 pm

Convotron wrote:
shonenfan4 wrote:
Convotron wrote:The face sculpt does give me pause because from the photo, its eyes look pretty big and round. It makes Bludgeon look a bit too friendly. The rest of the figure is aces for me, though.

A friendly Bludgeon? Nonsense, its eyes are only giving you a false sense of weakness.

Wait, I know what it is. Bludgeon's assessing potential FACE donors. Its eyes are wide with anticipation. Bludgeon comes with bladed implements so, which are obviously for facial reconstruction purposes.

On the next episode of Nip/Tuck: Bludgeon

Could it be that Bludgeon is Movie Optimus Prime's lover? As that would explain Prime's line of "Give Me your face!" He just want to make Bludgy a present.

News Credits: 609 · by **Razorclaw0000** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 1:44 pm

Dead Metal wrote:
Convotron wrote:
shonenfan4 wrote:
Convotron wrote:The face sculpt does give me pause because from the photo, its eyes look pretty big and round. It makes Bludgeon look a bit too friendly. The rest of the figure is aces for me, though.

A friendly Bludgeon? Nonsense, its eyes are only giving you a false sense of weakness.

Wait, I know what it is. Bludgeon's assessing potential FACE donors. Its eyes are wide with anticipation. Bludgeon comes with bladed implements so, which are obviously for facial reconstruction purposes.

On the next episode of Nip/Tuck: Bludgeon

Could it be that Bludgeon is Movie Optimus Prime's lover? As that would explain Prime's line of "Give Me your face!" He just want to make Bludgy a present.

Possible, and creepy...

News Credits: 7 · by **Chaoslock** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 1:53 pm

Darth Bombshell wrote:Love the connection between this and the Wreckleon (what I'm calling the Wreckage repaint) figure, but am I really the only one who finds this thing as fugly as the day is long?

It looks weird, really, I must see it for myself or in a review, but it looks like Universe Galvatron 2.0 - good idea designed badly.

News Credits: 2 · by **Convotron** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 2:48 pm

Dead Metal wrote:Could it be that Bludgeon is Movie Optimus Prime's lover? As that would explain Prime's line of "Give Me your face!" He just want to make Bludgy a present.

They're trying to keep things on the down low, seeing as they're from opposing factions. It's a very Romeo and Juliet situation.

Razorclaw0000 wrote:Possible, and creepy...

Yes. Especially with Voyager Bludgeon's creepy-stalker "There you are...I see you..." wide open eyes.

He's watching.

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 3:07 pm

Convotron wrote:
Dead Metal wrote:Could it be that Bludgeon is Movie Optimus Prime's lover? As that would explain Prime's line of "Give Me your face!" He just want to make Bludgy a present.

They're trying to keep things on the down low, seeing as they're from opposing factions. It's a very Romeo and Juliet situation.

Razorclaw0000 wrote:Possible, and creepy...

Yes. Especially with Voyager Bludgeon's creepy-stalker "There you are...I see you..." wide open eyes.

He's watching.

And his mouth is watering, so what ever he's seeing he must like it a lot.

News Credits: 2 · by **Convotron** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 3:31 pm

Dead Metal wrote:And his mouth is watering, so what ever he's seeing he must like it a lot.

The most disturbing part to me is the fact that a skeleton-faced robot is salivating. Salivating! Now that's just wrong.

News Credits: 1 · by **shonenfan4** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:48 pm

Convotron wrote:
Dead Metal wrote:And his mouth is watering, so what ever he's seeing he must like it a lot.

The most disturbing part to me is the fact that a skeleton-faced robot is salivating. Salivating! Now that's just wrong.

Salivating? I'd say foaming at the the mouth is more like it.

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 8:43 pm

Foaming at the mouth? I think I am too. I'm still in shock at how awesome this is going to be.

by **TFGnome** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 9:51 pm

The most disturbing part to me is the fact that a skeleton-faced robot is salivating. Salivating! Now that's just wrong.

(or foaming whatever)

0_o

logistics fail

News Credits: 335 · by **Down_Shift** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 10:05 pm

The more I see this figure the harder my broner gets for Bludgeon. I forsee many hilarious nights seen through that bots eyes.

I'd also like to point out that since we've now seen an in pack image of him, it won't be very long at all until we see him in stores. I honestly give it about a month, maybe a month and a half and we'll see him and Jungle Fever Ironhide.

News Credits: 2 · by **Convotron** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 10:33 pm

In the heat of battle, Jungle Fever Ironhide and Voyager Bludgeon discover love in the strangest of places.

THAT'S what NEST Global Alliance really means. Love, not war.

I can't wait to get Bludgeon and display him with Ironhide.

News Credits: 335 · by **Down_Shift** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 10:58 pm

Convotron wrote:In the heat of battle, Jungle Fever Ironhide and Voyager Bludgeon discover love in the strangest of places.

THAT'S what NEST Global Alliance really means. Love, not war.

I can't wait to get Bludgeon and display him with Ironhide.

And I can't wait until those two end up in a new Expansion Pack for the ROTF game.

News Credits: 609 · by **Razorclaw0000** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:00 pm

Convotron wrote:In the heat of battle, Jungle Fever Ironhide and Voyager Bludgeon discover love in the strangest of places.

THAT'S what NEST Global Alliance really means. Love, not war.

I can't wait to get Bludgeon and display him with Ironhide.

It is hot and steamy in South East Asia, after all. It wouldn't be the first potentially homosexual pair up in Transformers history.

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Tidal_Wave_%28Armada%29

It's about half-way down, under "Energon Cartoon". Or maybe gender isn't applicable, since apparently only Arcee is female, a la Smurfette. Reproduction in the Movie-verse is apparently only done via the All Spark, so gender and sex may not be relevant.

I've just way overthought this...

Sorry!

News Credits: 8 · by **Forgotten** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:22 pm

Dead Metal wrote:
Convotron wrote:
shonenfan4 wrote:
Convotron wrote:The face sculpt does give me pause because from the photo, its eyes look pretty big and round. It makes Bludgeon look a bit too friendly. The rest of the figure is aces for me, though.

A friendly Bludgeon? Nonsense, its eyes are only giving you a false sense of weakness.

Wait, I know what it is. Bludgeon's assessing potential FACE donors. Its eyes are wide with anticipation. Bludgeon comes with bladed implements so, which are obviously for facial reconstruction purposes.

On the next episode of Nip/Tuck: Bludgeon

Could it be that Bludgeon is Movie Optimus Prime's lover? As that would explain Prime's line of "Give Me your face!" He just want to make Bludgy a present.

BLASPHEMY!!!! Bludgeon could do so much better, I bet he could hit all the Arcee sisters at the same time.

News Credits: 1 · by **shonenfan4** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:23 pm

Convotron wrote:In the heat of battle, Jungle Fever Ironhide and Voyager Bludgeon discover love in the strangest of places.

THAT'S what NEST Global Alliance really means. Love, not war.

I can't wait to get Bludgeon and display him with Ironhide.

That's just messed up... :shock:

News Credits: 2 · by **Convotron** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:26 pm

Down_Shift wrote:And I can't wait until those two end up in a new Expansion Pack for the ROTF game.

Oh, yes, that will be awesome!

Razorclaw0000 wrote:I've just way overthought this...

Sorry!

Blame Voyager Bludgeon and Jungle Fever, I mean Attack, Ironhide! :lol:

Forgotten wrote:BLASPHEMY!!!! Bludgeon could do so much better, I bet he could hit all the Arcee sisters at the same time.

He wouldn't be the first one. I hear they're the Alliance bicycles...zing-o!

shonenfan4 wrote:That's just messed up...

Yes. Yes, it is. :lol:

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:58 am

Why would Arcee want to have anything to do with Bludgeon, she's her own threesome now!

News Credits: 2 · by **Stockade** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 7:28 am

WOW!! Transformers just went to Transexuals Genders in disguise.

Back on topic, Bludgeon is AWESOME AWESOME AWESOMESAUCE!!!! :twisted:

Can we fast forward time to buy bludgeon and JA Ironhide and then come back???

News Credits: 2 · by **Convotron** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:14 am

Stockade wrote:WOW!! Transformers just went to Transexuals Genders in disguise.

Back on topic, Bludgeon is AWESOME AWESOME AWESOMESAUCE!!!!

Can we fast forward time to buy bludgeon and JA Ironhide and then come back???

If we could control time, I'd go back in time to get all the figures I want at retail price!

Yeah, I think Bludgeon is awesome. This is as good an homage to G1 Bludgeon we'll get for a loooong time. Could it be better? Yeah, anything can be better.

I do see an issue with the design for the skull-ish face, mainly due to the eyes, but as cool as a death metal skull would look on the figure, it would look more out of place.

In all of the movie designs, there has been no detail that has been an outright copy of something else. Ironhide's head and face resemble a bull to me but the features imply it, it's not a literal metal bull's head.

So for Bludgeon, looking at the toy and box art, it looks like an implied skull rather than a straight up copy of a human skull. Sure it looks odd or goofy to many but if it were a realistic skull, we'd get the same declarations of "Wow, that's not right! It's soooo out of place on an alien robot! It looks goofy! Why would a robot have a skull face?!?" and yadda, yadda, yadda.

The same goes for the samurai armour inspired bot mode. The metal plates imply generic yoroi but I wouldn't mistake it for the real thing. It doesn't look like someone just plopped samurai armour on a robot. We already have the original Pretender so I'm looking forward to this contemporary update to the character design.

Like magnusalpha on Facebook · by **magnusalpha** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:34 am

I can't freaking wait for this figure. I actually had a dream about it; I was in TRU hoping to find some hidden treasure, as TRU seems to sometimes have random and/or no-longer-produced Transformers, and I found a ROTF Bludgeon.
He was on top of the shelf, so I had to go find a TRU employee to grab a ladder and bring him down. When we made our way back to the shelf, the box was gone, and then I woke up.

Transformers collecting is starting to damage my psyche.

News Credits: 1 · by **shonenfan4** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:35 am

Convotron wrote:
Stockade wrote:WOW!! Transformers just went to Transexuals Genders in disguise.

Back on topic, Bludgeon is AWESOME AWESOME AWESOMESAUCE!!!!

Can we fast forward time to buy bludgeon and JA Ironhide and then come back???

If we could control time, I'd go back in time to get all the figures I want at retail price!

Yeah, I think Bludgeon is awesome. This is as good an homage to G1 Bludgeon we'll get for a loooong time. Could it be better? Yeah, anything can be better.

I do see an issue with the design for the skull-ish face, mainly due to the eyes, but as cool as a death metal skull would look on the figure, it would look more out of place.

In all of the movie designs, there has been no detail that has been an outright copy of something else. Ironhide's head and face resemble a bull to me but the features imply it, it's not a literal metal bull's head.

So for Bludgeon, looking at the toy and box art, it looks like an implied skull rather than a straight up copy of a human skull. Sure it looks odd or goofy to many but if it were a realistic skull, we'd get the same declarations of "Wow, that's not right! It's soooo out of place on an alien robot! It looks goofy! Why would a robot have a skull face?!?" and yadda, yadda, yadda.

The same goes for the samurai armour inspired bot mode. The metal plates imply generic yoroi but I wouldn't mistake it for the real thing. It doesn't look like someone just plopped samurai armour on a robot. We already have the original Pretender so I'm looking forward to this contemporary update to the character design.

Why a tank for an alt mode? I think he should've chosen a more Samurai feel vehicle alt mode.

Like magnusalpha on Facebook · by **magnusalpha** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:52 am

shonenfan4 wrote:
Convotron wrote:
Stockade wrote:WOW!! Transformers just went to Transexuals Genders in disguise.

Back on topic, Bludgeon is AWESOME AWESOME AWESOMESAUCE!!!!

Can we fast forward time to buy bludgeon and JA Ironhide and then come back???

If we could control time, I'd go back in time to get all the figures I want at retail price!

Yeah, I think Bludgeon is awesome. This is as good an homage to G1 Bludgeon we'll get for a loooong time. Could it be better? Yeah, anything can be better.

I do see an issue with the design for the skull-ish face, mainly due to the eyes, but as cool as a death metal skull would look on the figure, it would look more out of place.

In all of the movie designs, there has been no detail that has been an outright copy of something else. Ironhide's head and face resemble a bull to me but the features imply it, it's not a literal metal bull's head.

So for Bludgeon, looking at the toy and box art, it looks like an implied skull rather than a straight up copy of a human skull. Sure it looks odd or goofy to many but if it were a realistic skull, we'd get the same declarations of "Wow, that's not right! It's soooo out of place on an alien robot! It looks goofy! Why would a robot have a skull face?!?" and yadda, yadda, yadda.

The same goes for the samurai armour inspired bot mode. The metal plates imply generic yoroi but I wouldn't mistake it for the real thing. It doesn't look like someone just plopped samurai armour on a robot. We already have the original Pretender so I'm looking forward to this contemporary update to the character design.

Why a tank for an alt mode? I think he should've chosen a more Samurai feel vehicle alt mode.

A more Samurai-feel alt. mode? Like what, a hay-cart?

That being said, it does seem like HasTak uses tank modes a lot. Maybe it's in their mission statement to use tanks as alt. modes whenever they can't think of anything.

News Credits: 609 · by **Razorclaw0000** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 12:09 pm

magnusalpha wrote:
shonenfan4 wrote:
Convotron wrote:
Stockade wrote:WOW!! Transformers just went to Transexuals Genders in disguise.

Back on topic, Bludgeon is AWESOME AWESOME AWESOMESAUCE!!!!

Can we fast forward time to buy bludgeon and JA Ironhide and then come back???

If we could control time, I'd go back in time to get all the figures I want at retail price!

Yeah, I think Bludgeon is awesome. This is as good an homage to G1 Bludgeon we'll get for a loooong time. Could it be better? Yeah, anything can be better.

I do see an issue with the design for the skull-ish face, mainly due to the eyes, but as cool as a death metal skull would look on the figure, it would look more out of place.

In all of the movie designs, there has been no detail that has been an outright copy of something else. Ironhide's head and face resemble a bull to me but the features imply it, it's not a literal metal bull's head.

So for Bludgeon, looking at the toy and box art, it looks like an implied skull rather than a straight up copy of a human skull. Sure it looks odd or goofy to many but if it were a realistic skull, we'd get the same declarations of "Wow, that's not right! It's soooo out of place on an alien robot! It looks goofy! Why would a robot have a skull face?!?" and yadda, yadda, yadda.

The same goes for the samurai armour inspired bot mode. The metal plates imply generic yoroi but I wouldn't mistake it for the real thing. It doesn't look like someone just plopped samurai armour on a robot. We already have the original Pretender so I'm looking forward to this contemporary update to the character design.

Why a tank for an alt mode? I think he should've chosen a more Samurai feel vehicle alt mode.

A more Samurai-feel alt. mode? Like what, a hay-cart?

That being said, it does seem like HasTak uses tank modes a lot. Maybe it's in their mission statement to use tanks as alt. modes whenever they can't think of anything.