The Energon Pub

Sat Dec 03, 2011 10:58 am

Sold !!!

Im buying from whoever sells them without that dumb a** orange cap !!!

News Credits: 335 · Sat Dec 03, 2011 11:06 am

I really like it! Can't wait for more pictures.

Not really a huge fan of the sword but it doesn't take away from the figure. I'll add it to my list of **** I can't afford. ha ha ha

News Credits: 1 · Sat Dec 03, 2011 12:13 pm

If it's Voyager size .... move over Henkei Megs, you're getting replaced!

Sat Dec 03, 2011 12:56 pm

horus wrote:With slimmer legs i believe it would look way better, plus round up those angles that they have..

Here's my quick take on him:

I threw this pic above into my photo shop edit program.I added the top shoulder gun parts that 1984 gun/bot megatron has. I also photo shopped the original legs back into the pic.

megatron4.jpg

Personally this toy looks naked without the 1984 gun parts on the robot mode upper shoulder. I don't like the hollow & cut off shoulder tops on this proto type.

Sat Dec 03, 2011 1:11 pm

Ok, I wasn't convinced before, but seeing that Hercules fig beside it to give an idea of scale, this looks great!

Thin out those legs a bit, and I'm sold!

Sat Dec 03, 2011 1:26 pm

NaM3L3sS wrote:Ok, I wasn't convinced before, but seeing that Hercules fig beside it to give an idea of scale, this looks great!

Since all the TFC Hercules individual robots toys are said to be voyager sized. This proto type megatron next to the hercules individual robot toy looks to be around 8.5 inches tall in robot mode. which would place this toy around animated toy line leader size. or a extremly tall & one of the tallest $27 usa ultra sized toy.

I LOVE BUYING the bigger sized Transformers toys,so I'll most likely try to buy this proto type megatron toy.

I have a track record of always buying leader sized & $27 usa ultra sized new mold transformers toys.

News Credits: 3 · Sat Dec 03, 2011 1:33 pm

It's not perfect, but it's the best take on G1 gun Megs I've yet seen. Unless it costs an arm and a leg, bought.

News Credits: 7 · Sat Dec 03, 2011 1:38 pm

Much potential for awesomeness.

Sat Dec 03, 2011 1:45 pm

Thank Primus, this will be my first 3rd party purchase. Always wanted a voyager true G1 Megatron. It looks great, accurate and solid (MP Megatron wasn't).
Hopefully we'll get that 3rd party Ultra Magnus toy soon. I think the cab (Optimus) will be in scale with this Megatron.

I'm very happy!!!!

News Credits: 2 · Sat Dec 03, 2011 1:45 pm

I just don't know about this, we'll see what developes. :-?

Sat Dec 03, 2011 1:58 pm

looks amazing! pick axe is a nice touch for IDW fans, size looks great.

does anyone get a Transformers Armada Star Saber vibe from the sword?

News Credits: 23 · Sat Dec 03, 2011 3:54 pm

Soooo close to being perfect. Just a few tweeks and I think I would go into this. Just nitpicking since this is a third party figure and I hope that they may take some advice (unlike hasbro). Smooth out the shoulders, thin up the legs. Also hope the price point won't be so bad.

Look 3rd party guys. I hope you know that the market isn't as financially sound as you think. With more and more 3rd party companies coming out with, IMO, kinda high price points, you are making Hasbro products more enticing. No matter how awesome the figures are, I know I'm set with FansProject, Perfect Effect, and Head Robots. They are keeping their item cost in reason. With everyone hitting the $100+ mark for toys, it's just not worth it. No matter how bad ass this Megatron may be, I know I have my money allotted to certain figures and companies. I have my Classics Megatron. Do I want a better representation? Yes I do. Will I shell out massive money at this juncter for a new one when Clssics Meg and even WFC Megs are very good figures? No. I can do without those 3rd party figures because I've already payed out less for official versions.

Sat Dec 03, 2011 5:01 pm

Keep it in the double-digit price range, and I may just have to finally shell out some cash on a third party figure. yes, the legs leave a little to be desired, but i still think that this figure blows even the master piece away with it's skinny legs

News Credits: 1 · Sat Dec 03, 2011 6:22 pm

It's a nice looking figure, of that I have no doubt. Considering the designs of past gun Transformers seem to have favored the gun mode I could understand a toy company wanting to focus more on an accurate robot mode over the gun. But when it's only the handle that lets the side down (and in this case, badly) I think it's worth slimming those legs ever-so slightly.

The ideal candidate for any neo-G1 collection. He won't be going anywhere near my Classics collection. (It's for his own safety. Classics, Henkei and United Megatrons might not be so welcoming.)

News Credits: 2 · Sat Dec 03, 2011 6:31 pm

United Megs fills the gap for me, but if the price is right and the paint looks "Geewun" enough (off white/gray instead of 'silver') then I'll get him. Legs are a bit fat, but I haz my Dremel tool and I knows how to use it (he obviously will not be gracing my shelves in gun mode EVER

).

News Credits: 5 · Sat Dec 03, 2011 8:05 pm

A pic next to another 3rd party item doesn't set the scale for those of us that don't have it. What we need is a pic with Classics Optimus and/or Megatron to really get this ball rolling.

News Credits: 3 · Sat Dec 03, 2011 10:37 pm

I assume this will scale with Faith Leader... It looks pretty good, but I'm thinking the inevitable v2 MP Megs will look at least this good and likely better...and only be ½ - 1 inch bigger. May as well just wait for that one instead.

Sat Dec 03, 2011 11:06 pm

zodconvoy wrote:A pic next to another 3rd party item doesn't set the scale for those of us that don't have it. What we need is a pic with Classics Optimus and/or Megatron to really get this ball rolling.

these are my guesses below i state nothing as fact.

The TFC Hercules individual robot toys are small to medium sized voyagers,their not tall voyagers. most of them are small sized voyagers robot modes.

voyagers range in robot height from 6 inches to 7 & 1/4 inches tall in robot mode from head to toe.

short voyagers are 6 inches tall. medium voyagers are 6 & 1/4 inches tall to 6 & 6 1/2 inches tall.

since this megatron proto type is shoulders & heads bigger than the hercules robot. i'd safely say the megatron proto type is 1 & 1/2 to 2 inches taller in robot mode. which makes this megatron proto type a 8.5 inches tall in robot mode from head to toe.

Sat Dec 03, 2011 11:06 pm

JRFitzpatrick7 wrote:looks amazing! pick axe is a nice touch for IDW fans, size looks great.

does anyone get a Transformers Armada Star Saber vibe from the sword?

n here i thought megs and long haul were planting energon trees as asymbol of hope..LOL :lol:

but seriously,i hope he will be in scale with faith leader...that would be awesome! =P~

Sun Dec 04, 2011 1:33 am

In my first post I was really happy. But after seeing the size comparison with Long Haul, I am dissappointed. This is like another I-Gear Ironhide/Ratchet or Mastermind Sixshot. It looks great standing alone but looks stupid in any classics collection because of it's exaggerated size.

With the recent surge in oversized Neo-G1 figures, does anybody think the 3rd parties are trying to eliminate Hasbro from the collectors market by using size/scale as a weapon ? If you were to buy all these oversized 3rd party figures, you might be tempted to get rid of your Hasbro stuff and start collecting the new larger scale figures that Hasbro would not invest in making. This gives the collectors market to the 3rd parties. Game over Hasbro.

This new Megatron

TFC Hercules set

I-Gear Ironhide/Ratchet Weapons Specialist/Medic

Masterminds Sixshot

X-Transbots Galvatron

X-Transbots Powerglide/Wheelie (scouts become deluxe class)

Probally more coming...

News Credits: 402 · Updated Oct 21, 2022

Rated X wrote:In my first post I was really happy. But after seeing the size comparison with Long Haul, I am dissappointed. This is like another I-Gear Ironhide/Ratchet or Mastermind Sixshot. It looks great standing alone but looks stupid in any classics collection because of it's exaggerated size.

With the recent surge in oversized Neo-G1 figures, does anybody think the 3rd parties are trying to eliminate Hasbro from the collectors market by using size/scale as a weapon ? If you were to buy all these oversized 3rd party figures, you might be tempted to get rid of your Hasbro stuff and start collecting the new larger scale figures that Hasbro would not invest in making. This gives the collectors market to the 3rd parties. Game over Hasbro.

I'm not worried at all about that. Hasbro will win through sheer volume of figures they produce forcing collectors to either set up a 3rd party scale shelf or not buy the 3rd party figs at that scale because they don't fall in line with hasbro's scale.

This new Megatron

I'm fine with him being bigger than Classics Prime. He's usually depicted as standing taller than many of his army anyways.

TFC Hercules set

I'm getting mine as a standalone piece, and Maketoys as the in-scale version. That's just me though.

I-Gear Ironhide/Ratchet Weapons Specialist/Medic

They're nice figures, but in my previous statements, I'm not getting them simply because they aren't in scale with anything I own.

Masterminds Sixshot

I'm not too tossed about his size. I think he's always been depicted as a big guy

X-Transbots Galvatron

I don't think I'll be getting him because he didn't look appealing, but I've yet to see the final image and scale shots, so who knows?

X-Transbots Powerglide/Wheelie (scouts become deluxe class)

Not what I'm looking for asthetc-wise for my classics shelf. HasTak's igures do just fine

Probally more coming...

I have no doubt about that...

Sun Dec 04, 2011 5:15 am

Well for me the new Megatron's size would be OK if he didnt make the seekers look so small. Im goi with Hercules but gonna bend his knees and keep him away from my other combiners to fake the scale. If I get Giant it will be for my G2 shelf. Not interested in the green version. Sixshot all depends on the price. Ironhide/Ratchet are an easy pass because of scale. Galvatron is a maybe depending on the paint scheme which is yet to be seen. And I gotta highly reccomend the Powerglide because he goes great with the other minibots that Hasbro upgraded to deluxe. I do have the universe and cyberverse versions of powerglide which are too big and too small. And it's no secret that I would endorse anything CHMS decides to shrink or enlarge to fit with the basic Hasbro scales. Lets see what 2012 brings...

News Credits: 335 · Sun Dec 04, 2011 11:26 am

zodconvoy wrote:A pic next to another 3rd party item doesn't set the scale for those of us that don't have it. What we need is a pic with Classics Optimus and/or Megatron to really get this ball rolling.

Wouldn't all this pics of Heavy Labor next to Prime & Megatron kinda give you an idea of scale? I'm obviously not tryin to bash what you said or anything, I'm just saying that's what I would do based on old pics or youtube reviews of Heavy Labor.

Either way, I would like to see whoever's doing this megs to make a new Armada & Energon in scale with this Megs. Seeing that pic of E-Megs holding the Starsaber really makes me want an updated E-Megs and makes me remember how they dropped the ball with Armada.

I'm very interested in who's doing this Megs...

News Credits: 11 · Sun Dec 04, 2011 12:19 pm

A TRUE classics Megatron!

News Credits: 23 · Sun Dec 04, 2011 12:51 pm

Mkall wrote:
X-Transbots Galvatron

I don't think I'll be getting him because he didn't look appealing, but I've yet to see the final image and scale shots, so who knows?

For Galvatron, I'm gonna go with Rain's IDW version.

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transform ... atron.html

which looks to be based off of his custom here:

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/radicons- ... oduct.html