The Energon Pub

News Credits: 1646 · Sun Jan 31, 2016 2:22 pm

Sorry Will, I was asleep. I thought it was fan art, that's why I never newsed it. But I am seeing it on the Planet Iacon facebook page, so I can't say for sure yet

News Credits: 241 · Sun Jan 31, 2016 2:27 pm

Nemesis Primal wrote:If the stickers are that bad, I might just not bother, I've always found stickers annoying. Do Kabaya toys generally look okay stickerless?

They look naked without stickers, as the parts don't really have that much sculpted detail. They're ideal for customizing on the other hand.

News Credits: 19 · Sun Jan 31, 2016 3:33 pm

Can't imagine Starscream and Megatron being all that happy about being used for stomping by Autobots.

Sun Jan 31, 2016 4:20 pm

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Can't imagine Starscream and Megatron being all that happy about being used for stomping by Autobots.

dont see why not. megatron's an autobot now, and starscream renounced his decepticonhood as part of the political ploy that got him leadership of cybertron. the only contention i'd have with the set is bumblebee being dead.

News Credits: 4877 · Sun Jan 31, 2016 4:30 pm

SG Roadbuster wrote:
Carnivius_Prime wrote:Can't imagine Starscream and Megatron being all that happy about being used for stomping by Autobots.

dont see why not. megatron's an autobot now, and starscream renounced his decepticonhood as part of the political ploy that got him leadership of cybertron. the only contention i'd have with the set is bumblebee being dead.

He's still in Starscream's head. Also, I really dont think Kabaya cares about referencing modern american comics.

News Credits: 241 · Sun Jan 31, 2016 5:02 pm

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Can't imagine Starscream and Megatron being all that happy about being used for stomping by Autobots.

Remember, it's the same company that brought us Gaia Scramble, a Combiner made of 6 Limb bots:

1.) Fireflight / Slingshot
2.) Air Raid / Skydive
3.) Dead End / Breakdown
4.) Wildrider / Drag Strip
5.) Vortex / Blast Off
6.) Swindle / Brawl

Sun Jan 31, 2016 8:01 pm

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:From Twitter:

Well, you can tell he's a boy robot...

Glarryg

Sun Jan 31, 2016 8:49 pm

Glarryg wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:From Twitter:

Well, you can tell he's a boy robot...

Glarryg

Oh those Seekers and their jet kibble. :lol:

I really do like this, it's so nonsensical, but Kabaya usually does combiners well. Can't wait to have it in hand.

News Credits: 462 · Sun Jan 31, 2016 10:26 pm

william-james88 wrote:
SG Roadbuster wrote:
Carnivius_Prime wrote:Can't imagine Starscream and Megatron being all that happy about being used for stomping by Autobots.

dont see why not. megatron's an autobot now, and starscream renounced his decepticonhood as part of the political ploy that got him leadership of cybertron. the only contention i'd have with the set is bumblebee being dead.

He's still in Starscream's head. Also, I really dont think Kabaya cares about referencing modern american comics.

And, besides, Bumblebee's still dead in the comics, so his being here would be a poor reference even if it were one.

News Credits: 7 · Sun Jan 31, 2016 10:48 pm

The resemblance doesn't seem as strong to me as it apparently does to everyone else. I'll grant that there is one, but I think it could be a coincidence.

Emerje wrote:
Nemesis Primal wrote:Even if the execution won't be great, the concept is amusing enough to me on its own.

If the stickers are that bad, I might just not bother, I've always found stickers annoying. Do Kabaya toys generally look okay stickerless?

You're going to want some stickers for it to look good. Flat stickers usually stay fine, but curving ones, especially over facial features are the tough ones. Paint would really be the best method since these are usually well sculpted. Looks like the faces are the only curved parts so it should be fine.

Paint's not an option for me, so I'm glad to hear that most of the stickers will be okay.

News Credits: 462 · Sun Jan 31, 2016 10:50 pm

Nemesis Primal wrote:The resemblance doesn't seem as strong to me as it apparently does to everyone else. I'll grant that there is one, but I think it could be a coincidence.

Yeah, to me, it's just the yellow horns that look similar.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Sun Jan 31, 2016 11:43 pm

Glarryg wrote:Well, you can tell he's a boy robot...

Glarryg

Just confirms something about Starscream that we all already knew.

Sabrblade wrote:
Nemesis Primal wrote:The resemblance doesn't seem as strong to me as it apparently does to everyone else. I'll grant that there is one, but I think it could be a coincidence.
Yeah, to me, it's just the yellow horns that look similar.

For me it's not just the horns, but also the red and white jet chest, the cockpit leg, and mismatched feet. I doubt it was intentional, it just reminded me of it.

Emerje

News Credits: 19 · Mon Feb 01, 2016 8:38 am

SG Roadbuster wrote:
Carnivius_Prime wrote:Can't imagine Starscream and Megatron being all that happy about being used for stomping by Autobots.

dont see why not. megatron's an autobot now

Ugh, don't remind me. Still, he'd have to have had lost a hell of a lot of pride and dignity to accept being used as an Autobot boot...

News Credits: 656 · Mon Feb 01, 2016 10:10 am

This thread has mentioned "Universe" and "RotF" Superion and not the Energon design first? Someone hand me RAcast's sig pic and insert it here.

In other news, I tried taking the GDO Cyber Commander/Battalion figures these appear to be based off of and combining them in a similar way. It didn't work at all. I was hoping it was some insane easter egg that I just hadn't noticed with the figures, but hope faded quickly and I was left with a toppled mess of nonsensically transformed toys on the ground.

News Credits: 4877 · Mon Feb 01, 2016 10:44 am

ScottyP wrote:This thread has mentioned "Universe" and "RotF" Superion and not the Energon design first? Someone hand me RAcast's sig pic and insert it here.

Energon wasnt mentioned because it doesnt have the yellow ears we are referencing.

News Credits: 1646 · Mon Feb 01, 2016 11:00 am

ScottyP wrote:This thread has mentioned "Universe" and "RotF" Superion and not the Energon design first? Someone hand me RAcast's sig pic and insert it here.

In other news, I tried taking the GDO Cyber Commander/Battalion figures these appear to be based off of and combining them in a similar way. It didn't work at all. I was hoping it was some insane easter egg that I just hadn't noticed with the figures, but hope faded quickly and I was left with a toppled mess of nonsensically transformed toys on the ground.

haha, like some of those pics from the picture challenge when combining :lol:

News Credits: 3 · Wed Feb 03, 2016 9:53 pm

The Block Wars Combiner is definitely going to go down as one of the biggest WTF's in Transformers history.

News Credits: 4877 · Wed Feb 03, 2016 10:03 pm

I dont know guys, I dont see the big deal, it's just a candy company having fun with the license.

You can already combine good guys with bad guys with both hero mashers and kinder surprize toys (the later actually let you do that ratchet/megatron mind melt)

You dont see it here but you can switch out the arms and legs with any other one of them.

News Credits: 19 · Thu Feb 04, 2016 8:38 pm

william-james88 wrote:I dont know guys, I dont see the big deal, it's just a candy company having fun with the license.

You can already combine good guys with bad guys with both hero mashers and kinder surprize toys (the later actually let you do that ratchet/megatron mind melt)

You dont see it here but you can switch out the arms and legs with any other one of them.

that just looks bloody weird! & what the hell would it transform into?

Fri Feb 05, 2016 9:11 pm

Well at least the figures look good when they're combined

News Credits: 1646 · Sun Feb 21, 2016 1:36 am

Fellow Seibertronians, Thanks to the Planet Iacon Facebook page we have new images of the Kabaya Block Wars figures. These images show off the individual modes and combined modes plus some box art. Looking cool? Let us know in the comments section and stay tuned for all your transformers news and galleries!

News Credits: 3 · Sun Feb 21, 2016 8:51 am

Stuartmaximus wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Faction sacrifice, Bots and Cons fusing together, mass hysteria!

yeah it confuses me as to why the Autobots would wanna combine with the Decepticons....especially Optimus combining with Megatron! but i guess this mixed faction combination is already present with the Combiner Wars! so whatever floats people's boats i guess?

You should read the IDW MTMTE comics

After that you won't be questioning things like this anymore :-P

News Credits: 3 · Sun Feb 21, 2016 9:07 am

Seibertron wrote:The Cyber Battalion molds still elude me. Anyone know where you can currently get them at?

No freaking clue. Shouldn't they be released by now because we saw them about a year ago. And some reviewers on YouTube already got their hands on them.
I think I've read somewhere that they'll be Europe exclusives, but I live in Europe and they haven't appeared here anywhere.

News Credits: 4877 · Sun Feb 21, 2016 9:32 am

Lunatic Prime wrote:
Seibertron wrote:The Cyber Battalion molds still elude me. Anyone know where you can currently get them at?

No freaking clue. Shouldn't they be released by now because we saw them about a year ago. And some reviewers on YouTube already got their hands on them.
I think I've read somewhere that they'll be Europe exclusives, but I live in Europe and they haven't appeared here anywhere.

They were South America exclusives.

News Credits: 3 · Sun Feb 21, 2016 9:35 am

william-james88 wrote:
Lunatic Prime wrote:
Seibertron wrote:The Cyber Battalion molds still elude me. Anyone know where you can currently get them at?

No freaking clue. Shouldn't they be released by now because we saw them about a year ago. And some reviewers on YouTube already got their hands on them.
I think I've read somewhere that they'll be Europe exclusives, but I live in Europe and they haven't appeared here anywhere.

They were South America exclusives.

And when have they been released? You can't even find them on Ebay.