The Energon Pub

gavinfuzzy wrote:Some local stores here have preorders on Fort Max with the note "Master Sword not pictured, but included". I really feel like pre-ordering from them and being a huge dick when the item arrives and there's no sword inside.

Man... I remember the stories tied to their QC issues when it comes to this line. So I am hoping that not only you get the Master Sword, but you also get Cerebros instead of one of the missing Mix Master heads.

Besides, I can picture myself saying "Is it in the box?!" once I get mine in the mail.

I'm starting to feel kind of odd, because the FOC Combaticons are starting to interest me a little.

headsortails wrote:I'm starting to feel kind of odd, because the FOC Combaticons are starting to interest me a little.

It's because Takara got the colors right.

You're not alone.

PrymeStriker wrote:

headsortails wrote:I'm starting to feel kind of odd, because the FOC Combaticons are starting to interest me a little.

It's because Takara got the colors right.

Except for their Bruticus's torso now has game-inaccurate colors.

While those colors make Onslaught himself game-accurate, Bruticus had a gray chest in the game. Onslaught would change from blue to gray during his combination transformation.

With the way the Onslaught toy works, the only way for them to make him game-accurately colored for both the combined and non-combined forms would be for Onslaught to be able to magically change from blue to gray between forms, but that's just a fantasy.

Sabrblade wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:

headsortails wrote:I'm starting to feel kind of odd, because the FOC Combaticons are starting to interest me a little.

It's because Takara got the colors right.

Except for their Bruticus's torso now has game-inaccurate colors.

While those colors make Onslaught himself game-accurate, Bruticus had a gray chest in the game. Onslaught would change from blue to gray during his combination transformation.

With the way the Onslaught toy works, the only way for them to make him game-accurately colored for both the combined and non-combined forms would be for Onslaught to be able to magically change from blue to gray between forms, but that's just a fantasy.

It's still better than the retail version Hasbro put out.

PrymeStriker wrote:It's still better than the retail version Hasbro put out.

Except for Hasbro's retail Onslaught being game-accurate as Onslaught. Though, Hasbro's SDCC Onslaught is game-accurate as Bruticus.

Sabrblade wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:It's still better than the retail version Hasbro put out.

Except for Hasbro's retail Onslaught being game-accurate as Onslaught. Though, Hasbro's SDCC Onslaught is game-accurate as Bruticus.

So, in a bid for overall game-accuracy, who would win:

1) SDCC Bruticus
2) TakaraTomy Bruticus
3) SDCC Bruticus with Gen. Onslaught torso
4) TakaraTomy Bruticus with Gen. Onslaught torso

For that matter, what about G1-accuracy disregarding Vortex (well, maybe not his red)?

Personally, the retail colors of Bruticus have been growing on me, and even in shiny colors, the fact that 3 of Takara Bruticus's limbs are a variant of beige kind of drags him down.

PrymeStriker wrote:Soooooo...how about them Combaticons?

I feel like they merge into a tall, Chinese NBA player who is more famous for his height than his skills.

KUMA-NIN Maximus wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:Soooooo...how about them Combaticons?

I feel like they merge into a tall, Chinese NBA player who is more famous for his height than his skills.

Ha! I see what you did there